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de.rekh H1870

דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) means “way: conduct” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

דֶּ֫רֶךְ Hebrew · H1870 706 tagged occurrences in 626 verses

Pronunciation guide: deh'-rek Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1870G

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: conduct

: conduct/lifestyle 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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TBESH · H1870H

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · Way

This name means way, road

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TBESH · H1870I

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · (King's) Highway

This name means way, road Combined with me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "King's" H4428I)

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TBESH · H1870J

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: direction

: direction 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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TBESH · H1870K

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: road

: road/route 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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TBESH · H1870L

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: journey

: journey 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H1869 (דָּרַךְ); a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

KJV glosses: along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).

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How translators render H1870

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the way	62
your ways	24
ways	22
the road	21
way	21
his ways	16
my ways	16
in the way	15
in his ways	14
in the ways	14
journey	14
the ways	13
by way	12
along the road	11
his way	11
in the road	9
the path	9
toward	8
on the road	7
on your way	7
on his way	6
on the journey	6
on the way	6
path	6
their ways	6
through	6
your way	6
along the way	5
by	5
in my ways	5
is the way	5
a way	4
according to his ways	4
by the way	4
in the direction	4
in your ways	4
on	4
road	4
their way	4
to	4
according to your ways	3
along the route	3
and	3
but the way	3
direction	3
facing	3
my way	3
of his ways	3
on their way	3
roads	3
wherever	3
along the path	2
and the way	2
but the ways	2
conduct	2
down the road	2
for their journey	2
for your journey	2
for your ways	2
from his way	2
from the direction	2
from their ways	2
from your ways	2
highway	2
in the path	2
in their ways	2
its ways	2
of the road	2
on a journey	2
route	2
street	2
the distance	2
the roads	2
the same way	2
their conduct	2
their path	2
up the road	2
vvv	2
what he has done	2
a path	1
a ramp	1
a road	1
according to his way	1
according to our ways	1
according to their conduct	1
according to their ways	1
all her ways	1
along	1
along the route to	1
along with his ways	1
along your way	1
and a path	1
and his ways	1
and make your journey	1
and one whose way	1
are my ways	1
are the way	1
are those whose way	1
as is the custom	1
at your behavior	1
away	1
beside the road	1
blows toward	1
bring your deeds	1
but another path	1
by a route	1
by a way	1
by the road	1
by the way you came	1
by their own ways	1
by way of	1
bypaths	1
course	1
did	1
does the way	1
down a path	1
for their ways	1
from	1
from a journey	1
from his ways	1
from it	1
from the path	1
from the way	1
from their routes	1
had made his journey	1
has been your way	1
has made my journey	1
her ways	1
his behavior	1
his course	1
his journey	1
his own way	1
his path	1
his paths	1
his way sure	1
his ways straight	1
i am having my period	1
i will bring their conduct	1
i will bring their deeds	1
in all you do	1
in formation	1
in his journey	1
in his mission	1
in their walk	1
in your own way	1
in your rebellion	1
into roads	1
is in the road	1
is it my way	1
is the fate	1
is the road	1
its way	1
journeys	1
keep your path	1
lie on the path	1
like those	1
long	1
make my journey	1
may their path	1
missions	1
my path	1
of his own ways	1
of his way	1
of the walkway	1
of the ways	1
of their own way	1
of what route	1
of your ways	1
off the road	1
on her way	1
on his journey	1
on the	1
on the mission	1
on the path	1
on the right course	1
on their path	1
on your journey	1
one road	1
or	1
or as surely as the way	1
or clears a path	1
or on a journey	1
or the journey	1
or your vigor	1
our journey	1
our way	1
our ways	1
out of the way	1
out of their way	1
room	1
started on his way	1
than your ways	1
that your ways	1
the crossroads	1
the example	1
the highways	1
the pathways	1
the way i have taken	1
their behavior	1
their course	1
their own ways	1
this way	1
those whose ways	1
to his own way	1
to his way	1
to the desires	1
to the path	1
to their own way	1
until your roads	1
way of life	1
we will stay on the main road	1
where the road	1
whose ways	1
with a passageway	1
with your word	1
works	1
you in the way	1
you on a mission	1
you on the way	1
you the way	1
your favors	1
your journey	1
your own way	1
your path	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the way	66
by the way	65
in the way	50
way	46
toward	27
his way	21
ways	16
journey	15
my ways	11
out of the way	11
in his ways	10
thy way	10
a way	9
of the way	9
their way	9
in the ways	8
in all his ways	7
the ways	7
your ways	7
his ways	6
according to his ways	5
in my ways	5
my way	5
thee in the way	5
thy ways	5
and the way	4
but the way	4
from the way	4
in all the way	4
not the way	4
on his way	4
after the manner	3
from his way	3
her ways	3
in thy ways	3
no way	3
of his way	3
thee according to thy ways	3
thee by the way	3
them the way	3
to their way	3
and his ways	2
and in the way	2
are not your ways	2
conversation	2
for the way	2
him by the way	2
in all the ways	2
in all thy ways	2
in by the way	2
in his way	2
in thy way	2
me thy way	2
not in the way	2
of thy ways	2
on thy way	2
unto the way	2
unto thee toward	2
us of his ways	2
us our way	2
ye the way	2
your way	2
according to their way	1
according to thy ways	1
according unto all his ways	1
after his ways	1
after their ways	1
against thee after the manner	1
all his ways	1
all my ways	1
all the way	1
all the ways	1
along by the high way	1
along that way	1
and a way	1
and if the way	1
and is not in a journey	1
and it came to pass by the way	1
and it came to pass while they were in the way	1
and let all thy ways	1
and lo all the way	1
and make your ways	1
and now what hast thou to do in the way	1
and of all his ways	1
and the manner	1
and was with me in the way	1
any of his ways	1
are not my ways	1
as he journeyed	1
at thee	1
away	1
because	1
because of the way	1
because the journey	1
but as for them their way	1
by	1
by a way	1
by the same way	1
by the way side	1
by the wayside	1
by what way	1
eastward	1
every way	1
for all his ways	1
for all my ways	1
for him in the way	1
for in the way	1
for the custom	1
for the journey	1
for the ways	1
for your own ways	1
from his ways	1
from me the way	1
from thy ways	1
he me the way	1
her into the way	1
her way	1
him and he shall make his way	1
him because the way	1
him his way	1
him in the way	1
him into the way	1
himself in a way	1
his journey	1
his own way	1
in a journey	1
in a manner	1
in a way	1
in their ways	1
in this way	1
is not my way	1
it by their own way	1
let their way	1
make thy way	1
me in the way	1
me now thy way	1
me thy ways	1
me toward	1
mine own ways	1
no more that way	1
none of his ways	1
nor in the ways	1
nor thy ways	1
not by the way	1
not from their ways	1
not in his ways	1
not in thy ways	1
not the ways	1
not thou in the way	1
now the way	1
of	1
of every way	1
of his ways	1
of the ways	1
of their own way	1
of their way	1
of thy way	1
on his ways	1
on my ways	1
on the way	1
on their way	1
on your way	1
on your ways	1
or a way	1
or he is in a journey	1
or what hast thou to do in the way	1
our ways	1
out their way	1
passengers	1
shall be there and a way	1
so are my ways	1
than your ways	1
that the way	1
that thou makest thy ways	1
that thy way	1
the journey	1
the pathway	1
the way toward	1
thee a way	1
thee from the way	1
thee in all thy ways	1
thee in thy ways	1
thee on a journey	1
thee out of the way	1
their own way	1
their own ways	1
their ways	1
them along the way	1
them by the way	1
them for the ways	1
them for their ways	1
them in the way	1
there in the way	1
thine own ways	1
this their way	1
thou me in thy way	1
thou thy way	1
through	1
through the way	1
throughout all the way	1
thy manner	1
to her ways	1
to him the way	1
to his own way	1
to my ways	1
to the way	1
to their own way	1
unto her by the way	1
unto thee by the way	1
unto them after their way	1
unto them what way	1
unto us according to our ways	1
unto us after the manner	1
up thy way	1
upon all the ways	1
upon all their ways	1
upon the ways	1
upon their ways	1
upon them by the way	1
upon thy ways	1
us in all the way	1
us the way	1
was in the way	1
wherefore doth the way	1
wherefore their way	1
whether our way	1
which way	1
whithersoever	1
whose way	1
with his own ways	1
with in the ways	1
ye in all the ways	1
ye in the ways	1
you by what way	1
you the way	1

Verses containing H1870

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1 Samuel 15:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
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1 Samuel 17:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
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1 Samuel 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
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1 Samuel 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”
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Source alternate reference: 21.6
1 Samuel 24:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
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Source alternate reference: 24.4
1 Samuel 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.
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Source alternate reference: 24.8
1 Samuel 24:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
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Source alternate reference: 24.20
1 Samuel 25:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
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1 Samuel 26:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
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1 Samuel 26:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.
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1 Samuel 28:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”
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1 Samuel 30:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
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2 Samuel 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
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2 Samuel 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
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2 Samuel 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
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2 Samuel 13:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
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2 Samuel 13:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”
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2 Samuel 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
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2 Samuel 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
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2 Samuel 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.
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2 Samuel 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
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2 Samuel 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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2 Samuel 22:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
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2 Samuel 22:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
God is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear.
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1 Kings 1:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.
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1 Kings 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
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1 Kings 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
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1 Kings 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
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1 Kings 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
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1 Kings 8:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’
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1 Kings 8:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
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1 Kings 8:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
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1 Kings 8:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—
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1 Kings 8:44 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
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1 Kings 8:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
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1 Kings 8:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
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1 Kings 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
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1 Kings 11:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
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1 Kings 11:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
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1 Kings 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”
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1 Kings 13:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
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1 Kings 13:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
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1 Kings 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”
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1 Kings 13:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
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1 Kings 13:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
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1 Kings 13:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”
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1 Kings 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
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1 Kings 13:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
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1 Kings 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
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1 Kings 15:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
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