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
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and	91
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is	36
are	31
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to be	28
now	27
vvv	25
there was	24
has become	21
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i am	19
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so	18
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they will be	17
he was	15
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then	12
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you were	12
become	11
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been	10
have	10
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has happened	9
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when	9
will	9
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it was	8
remained	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
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it shall be	7
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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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all	3
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spread	3
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whenever	3
while	3
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will last forever	3
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you are to have	3
about	2
act	2
am	2
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and bind them	2
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and it will surely happen	2
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including	2
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it will belong to	2
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make	2
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numbered	2
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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 have	1
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appeared	1
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at	1
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he owned so many	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 had been	1
it has come	1
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joram brought	1
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reach	1
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shall extend	1
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share	1
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so adonijah	1
so are	1
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so it shall serve as	1
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so that you will 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
stretched	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
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that they would become	1
that you become	1
that you should crush	1
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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 shall be	1
then you will become	1
there	1
there are	1
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there has ever been	1
there is to be	1
there must be	1
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 happened	1
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this was	1
this will belong to	1
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this will happen	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
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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 again	1
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will be put	1
will be set	1
will be spread	1
will be used	1
will be yours	1
will bring you	1
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will equal	1
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will go up	1
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will join	1
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will qualify	1
will reach	1
will receive	1
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will rule over	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

Page 34 of 63. 3132 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

2 Kings 6:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
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2 Kings 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
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2 Kings 6:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
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2 Kings 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
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2 Kings 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
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2 Kings 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
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2 Kings 7:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”
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2 Kings 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
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2 Kings 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
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2 Kings 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.
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2 Kings 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
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2 Kings 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
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2 Kings 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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2 Kings 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
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2 Kings 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
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2 Kings 9:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
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2 Kings 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
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2 Kings 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
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2 Kings 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next morning, Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?
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2 Kings 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.
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2 Kings 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Joash remained hidden with his nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
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2 Kings 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
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2 Kings 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
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2 Kings 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.
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Source alternate reference: 12.7
2 Kings 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
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Source alternate reference: 12.11
2 Kings 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
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Source alternate reference: 12.17
2 Kings 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
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2 Kings 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
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2 Kings 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 15:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
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2 Kings 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
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2 Kings 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
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2 Kings 15:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
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2 Kings 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”
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2 Kings 17:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
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2 Kings 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
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2 Kings 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
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2 Kings 17:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
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2 Kings 17:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
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2 Kings 17:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
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2 Kings 17:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
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2 Kings 17:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
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2 Kings 17:41 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
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2 Kings 18:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
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2 Kings 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
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2 Kings 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
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2 Kings 18:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
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2 Kings 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
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