ha.yah H1961

הָיָה (ha.yah) means “to be” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

הָיָה Hebrew · H1961 3,561 tagged occurrences in 3,132 verses

Pronunciation guide: haw-yaw Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1961

הָיָה · ha.yah · to be

1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא)); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

KJV glosses: beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

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How translators render H1961

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
will be	205
came	155
was	149
be	108
and	91
were	61
will become	48
is	36
are	31
and there was	29
had	28
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to be	28
now	27
vvv	25
there was	24
has become	21
you will be	21
i am	19
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it will be	18
so	18
there will be	18
they will be	17
he was	15
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has	12
then	12
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they are	12
will come	12
you were	12
become	11
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been	10
have	10
must be	10
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and became	9
has happened	9
i have become	9
i was	9
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when	9
will	9
and i will be	8
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it was	8
remained	8
you are to hold	8
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and he became	7
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as	7
as soon as	7
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but	7
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however	7
i will be	7
it shall be	7
may be	7
some time later	7
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after	6
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to	6
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you will become	5
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one day	4
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will run	4
you will have	4
all	3
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spread	3
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whenever	3
while	3
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will last forever	3
will lie	3
would become	3
you are to have	3
about	2
act	2
am	2
and as	2
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and bind them	2
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and he has become	2
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and if	2
and it will surely happen	2
and joash remained	2
and let them be	2
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including	2
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it will belong to	2
it will happen	2
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make	2
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numbered	2
on	2
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yet	2
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you shall hold	2
you will	2
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a man	1
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and will be	1
and with	1
and would receive	1
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and you can serve	1
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and you will become	1
and you will have	1
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appeared	1
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at	1
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her	1
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in	1
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it belongs	1
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it has come	1
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joram brought	1
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long as he lives	1
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man be	1
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reach	1
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shall extend	1
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share	1
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should you be	1
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so adonijah	1
so are	1
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so he became	1
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so it has become	1
so it shall serve as	1
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so that david will not have	1
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so that you may become	1
so that you will be	1
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so that you would no longer be	1
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so there were	1
so they became	1
so they could give me	1
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so they were counted as	1
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so whenever	1
so will i be	1
sold	1
some time later however	1
soon	1
spent	1
stand	1
still belongs to	1
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supported	1
take	1
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testify	1
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that it may turn into	1
that may be	1
that they may become	1
that they may go	1
that they would become	1
that you become	1
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the city must remain	1
the following	1
the remainder will belong to	1
their company	1
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then i will be	1
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then you will become	1
there	1
there are	1
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there has ever been	1
there is to be	1
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there should now be	1
therefore and be	1
therefore be	1
therefore it will remain	1
these curses will be	1
these may become	1
these nations were left	1
these nobles kept	1
these will serve	1
they are but	1
they become	1
they came into	1
they had been	1
they had taken	1
they have	1
they have occurred	1
they have remained	1
they married	1
they may marry	1
they pressed the amorites	1
they serve	1
they spent	1
they themselves have been	1
they went	1
they will	1
they will be fulfilled	1
they will be left	1
they will be thorns	1
they will come	1
they will make	1
they will remain	1
they will serve as	1
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this was	1
this will belong to	1
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this will happen	1
this will make	1
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those who	1
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to be used	1
to bring	1
to come	1
to have this	1
to make	1
to marry	1
to provide	1
to remain	1
to serve	1
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treat	1
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using	1
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where they will be	1
whether that man will be	1
which	1
which became	1
which he was	1
which served	1
while he is	1
while joseph was	1
while they were	1
who are	1
who became	1
who comes	1
who had preceded me	1
who had received	1
who is	1
who was	1
who were	1
why was	1
wielding	1
wife has	1
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will be set	1
will be spread	1
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will bring you	1
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will go out	1
will go up	1
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will join	1
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will qualify	1
will reach	1
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will stand	1
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will supply	1
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will surely come to pass	1
will take place	1
will touch	1
will you have	1
with this bitter	1
would happen	1
would last forever	1
would lie	1
yet it seemed	1
yet they shall be	1
yet you have	1
you	1
you are to apply	1
you are to observe	1
you are to treat them	1
you be	1
you had	1
you harbored	1
you have become	1
you have been working	1
you have done	1
you have indeed become	1
you lived	1
you must	1
you must be	1
you must have	1
you must maintain	1
you must treat	1
you must use	1
you shall have	1
you shall maintain	1
you shall regard it	1
you should be	1
you to be	1
you were only	1
you who were	1
you will escape	1
you will go	1
your god	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
shall be	6
and be	2
and there shall be	2
be	2
done	2
had	2
is	2
let there be	2
was	2
accomplished	1
all that pertained	1
and it came to pass	1
and it is done	1
and it shall be	1
and it shall come to pass	1
and it was so	1
and quit	1
and shall be brought to pass	1
and thou shalt not be	1
and ye shall be	1
art become	1
as when there was	1
be thou	1
brake	1
came	1
caused	1
did	1
fainted	1
fell	1
followed	1
had been	1
had communication	1
happened to us	1
hath been	1
how was	1
i am	1
is committed	1
is done	1
kept	1
lasted	1
required	1
should be	1
that i am	1
that i was altogether	1
them that thou mayest use	1
there are	1
there hath not been	1
there was	1
this that is done	1
thou art become	1
thou shalt be	1
to be	1
to you it shall be	1
to you quit	1
unto thee be not	1
unto thee therefore thou art	1
we should have been	1
we will be	1
were	1
what is done	1
which were	1
with us and be to us	1
you and will be	1

Verses containing H1961

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2 Samuel 7:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
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2 Samuel 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
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2 Samuel 7:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
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2 Samuel 7:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
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2 Samuel 7:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
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2 Samuel 7:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
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2 Samuel 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
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2 Samuel 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
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2 Samuel 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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2 Samuel 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 8:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
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2 Samuel 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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2 Samuel 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
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2 Samuel 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
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2 Samuel 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
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2 Samuel 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
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2 Samuel 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
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2 Samuel 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
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2 Samuel 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
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2 Samuel 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
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2 Samuel 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
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2 Samuel 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
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2 Samuel 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers were.
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2 Samuel 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
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2 Samuel 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
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2 Samuel 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
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2 Samuel 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
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2 Samuel 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
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2 Samuel 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
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2 Samuel 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
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2 Samuel 12:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
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2 Samuel 12:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
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2 Samuel 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
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2 Samuel 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
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2 Samuel 13:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
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2 Samuel 13:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
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2 Samuel 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
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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 13:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
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2 Samuel 13:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
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2 Samuel 13:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
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2 Samuel 13:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
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2 Samuel 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
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2 Samuel 14:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
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2 Samuel 14:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
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2 Samuel 14:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
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2 Samuel 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
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2 Samuel 15:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
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2 Samuel 15:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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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