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
shall be	28
to be	28
now	27
vvv	25
there was	24
has become	21
you will be	21
i am	19
became	18
it will be	18
so	18
there will be	18
they will be	17
he was	15
lived	14
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has	12
then	12
there is	12
they are	12
will come	12
you were	12
become	11
has been	11
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been	10
have	10
must be	10
now there was	10
and became	9
has happened	9
i have become	9
i was	9
there were	9
when	9
will	9
and i will be	8
and you will be	8
he had	8
it was	8
remained	8
you are to hold	8
you have been	8
and he became	7
and it will be	7
as	7
as soon as	7
becomes	7
but	7
had been	7
have become	7
however	7
i will be	7
it shall be	7
may be	7
some time later	7
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would be	7
after	6
and they will become	6
comes	6
fell	6
he is	6
he will be	6
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to	6
and become	5
and came out	5
and ended	5
belong	5
during	5
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happen	5
have been	5
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shall have	5
these were	5
they will become	5
you are	5
you will become	5
and he will be	4
and it became	4
and she became	4
and there will be	4
and when	4
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happened	4
i have been	4
it will become	4
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one day	4
preceded	4
she will become	4
so that	4
they have become	4
who had	4
will belong	4
will belong to	4
will run	4
you will have	4
all	3
all this happened	3
and end	3
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and it shall be	3
and there is	3
appears	3
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belongs	3
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for	3
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lay	3
may	3
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received	3
shall become	3
she will be	3
spread	3
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they marry	3
they must be	3
this will be	3
we have become	3
we were	3
when they were	3
whenever	3
while	3
will extend	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
and becoming	2
and bind them	2
and he had	2
and he has become	2
and i	2
and if	2
and it will surely happen	2
and joash remained	2
and let them be	2
and these were	2
and they are	2
and they shall be	2
and they will be	2
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fall	2
fall upon	2
follow	2
for you to be	2
from	2
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he retains	2
he will have	2
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included	2
including	2
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it belongs to	2
it happened	2
it has become	2
it will belong to	2
it will happen	2
jehoram was	2
let it be	2
lie	2
make	2
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may they be	2
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numbered	2
on	2
or	2
owned	2
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serving	2
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shall come	2
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they are like	2
they had	2
they made	2
they shall be	2
this	2
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to become	2
to have	2
to occupy	2
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went	2
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will happen	2
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will serve	2
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with	2
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yet	2
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you must stay	2
you shall hold	2
you will	2
you yourselves were	2
a man	1
a total of	1
a woman marries	1
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after they had been	1
again be	1
again will there be	1
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and abram acquired	1
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and david became	1
and ending	1
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and have	1
and have lived	1
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and he also has become	1
and he continued	1
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and he shall be	1
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and is	1
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and it came to be	1
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and let it serve as	1
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and may you receive	1
and mordecai	1
and prove yourself	1
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and settled	1
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and the lord said	1
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and then	1
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and they had	1
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and while	1
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and will be	1
and with	1
and would receive	1
and you became	1
and you can serve	1
and you have become	1
and you must have	1
and you were	1
and you will become	1
and you will have	1
and your beauty was theirs for the asking	1
appeared	1
are always	1
are in office	1
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are like those	1
are to appear	1
are to have	1
are to remain	1
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at	1
at that time	1
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be made into	1
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because	1
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brings me	1
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but may you be	1
but saul remained	1
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by being	1
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contain	1
continue	1
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does	1
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earlier	1
egypt will be	1
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fixing	1
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formed	1
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have i been	1
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having	1
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he also had	1
he become	1
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he must be	1
he owned so many	1
he remained	1
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he replied	1
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he will renew	1
he will stay	1
he would be	1
her	1
his message becomes	1
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i came	1
i count them	1
i have	1
i need not raise	1
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i will pounce	1
i will serve	1
if you are already	1
in	1
in all	1
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is tuned	1
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it becomes	1
it belonged to	1
it belongs	1
it even brought	1
it had	1
it had been	1
it has come	1
it is	1
it is to be	1
it is to remain	1
it may be	1
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it remained	1
it serves	1
it shall have	1
it sprang up	1
it was a time of	1
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it will bring	1
it will go	1
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its people were	1
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joram brought	1
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let me	1
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let them stay	1
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lies	1
live	1
long as he lives	1
looking	1
lying	1
man be	1
man had	1
marry	1
match	1
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may they rest	1
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mount these stones	1
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must have	1
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must participate	1
must wear them	1
my flock will be	1
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nor	1
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occurred	1
of	1
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of yours	1
offering is to remain	1
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one to be	1
oppose	1
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reach	1
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results	1
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serve as	1
set	1
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shall be made	1
shall be yours	1
shall belong to	1
shall endure	1
shall extend	1
shall he be	1
share	1
she	1
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she had done	1
she has	1
she is	1
she must become	1
she was	1
shortly before	1
should be	1
should he bring	1
should i be	1
should you be	1
since there were	1
since what they already had	1
so adonijah	1
so are	1
so as	1
so he became	1
so i	1
so it has become	1
so it shall serve as	1
so moses was	1
so that david will not have	1
so that i am	1
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so that it may remain	1
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so that she may be	1
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so that they would spend	1
so that while he was	1
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so that you may become	1
so that you will be	1
so that you will not be	1
so that you would no longer be	1
so the lord became	1
so there are to be	1
so there is	1
so there were	1
so they became	1
so they could give me	1
so they used	1
so they were counted as	1
so this allotment was	1
so this city will bring	1
so when	1
so when it was	1
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
struck	1
struck the philistines	1
supported	1
take	1
take her	1
testify	1
that he was	1
that i might be	1
that is	1
that is what happened	1
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
that you should crush	1
the animals must be	1
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
then i would be revealed	1
then we will be	1
then when	1
then you shall be	1
then you will become	1
there	1
there are	1
there had been	1
there had never been	1
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
this continued	1
this happened	1
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this was	1
this will belong to	1
this will bring	1
this will happen	1
this will make	1
those things are	1
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
to the lord	1
to use	1
together	1
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touches	1
treat	1
turned into	1
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using	1
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we seemed	1
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when you are	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
will apply	1
will be again	1
will be counted	1
will be inscribed	1
will be like	1
will be plundered	1
will be put	1
will be set	1
will be spread	1
will be used	1
will be yours	1
will bring you	1
will decay	1
will descend	1
will equal	1
will go out	1
will go up	1
will help	1
will help you	1
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will it cause	1
will join	1
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will not come	1
will qualify	1
will reach	1
will receive	1
will reside	1
will rule over	1
will seem	1
will sell	1
will serve as	1
will stain	1
will stand	1
will strike	1
will supply	1
will surely become	1
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 36 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.

1 Chronicles 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Bela: Addar, Gera, Abihud,
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1 Chronicles 8:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
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1 Chronicles 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.
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1 Chronicles 9:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
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1 Chronicles 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
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1 Chronicles 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
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1 Chronicles 11:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
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1 Chronicles 11:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.
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1 Chronicles 11:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
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1 Chronicles 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
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1 Chronicles 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
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1 Chronicles 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
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Source alternate reference: 12.18
1 Chronicles 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.
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Source alternate reference: 12.22
1 Chronicles 12:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
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Source alternate reference: 12.40
1 Chronicles 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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1 Chronicles 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because this will mean that God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
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1 Chronicles 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.
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1 Chronicles 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
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1 Chronicles 15:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
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1 Chronicles 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
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1 Chronicles 17:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
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1 Chronicles 17:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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1 Chronicles 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
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1 Chronicles 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
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1 Chronicles 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
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1 Chronicles 17:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
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1 Chronicles 17:13 · BSB · 3 occurrences
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
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1 Chronicles 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”
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1 Chronicles 17:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
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1 Chronicles 17:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
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1 Chronicles 18:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
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1 Chronicles 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.
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1 Chronicles 18:6 · 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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1 Chronicles 18:7 · 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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1 Chronicles 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
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1 Chronicles 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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1 Chronicles 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
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1 Chronicles 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.
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1 Chronicles 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
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1 Chronicles 19:10 · 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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1 Chronicles 19:12 · 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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1 Chronicles 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
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1 Chronicles 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh 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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1 Chronicles 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
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1 Chronicles 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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1 Chronicles 20:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
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1 Chronicles 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
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1 Chronicles 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
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1 Chronicles 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
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1 Chronicles 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
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