ye.ho.vah H3068

יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) means “LORD” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

יְהֹוָה Hebrew · H3068 6,522 tagged occurrences in 5,524 verses

Pronunciation guide: yeh-ho-vaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3068G

יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · LORD

Jehovah = "the existing One" 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of a.do.na (אֲדֹנָי "Lord" H0136)

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TBESH · H3068H

יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · The Lord

Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)

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TBESH · H3068I

יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · (Jerusalem of) the Lord

Combined with ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H1961 (הָיָה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

KJV glosses: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

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How translators render H3068

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 lord	2870
of the lord	1384
to the lord	451
o lord	343
and the lord	181
then the lord	171
am the lord	156
the lords	72
for the lord	58
may the lord	58
but the lord	54
so the lord	51
in the lord	46
as surely as the lord	39
he	38
by the lord	36
from the lord	36
against the lord	33
when the lord	24
is the lord	23
of the lords	20
before the lord	15
that the lord	14
him	13
now the lord	12
has the lord	11
god	9
because the lord	8
is the lords	8
belongs to the lord	7
his	7
lord	7
and he	6
again the lord	5
be the lord	5
is from the lord	5
therefore the lord	5
and may the lord	4
as the lord	4
does the lord	4
if the lord	4
so he	4
the lord is	4
with the lord	4
yet the lord	4
against the lords	3
and	3
and when the lord	3
are the lord	3
are the lords	3
belong to the lord	3
even though the lord	3
from the lords	3
in his	3
since the lord	3
the lord himself	3
the lord to anger	3
what the lord	3
you o lord	3
and since the lord	2
are from the lord	2
because of the lords	2
but in the lords	2
but it is the lord	2
by his	2
can the lord	2
did the lord	2
even if the lord	2
in him	2
it is the lord	2
like the lord	2
of his	2
of the lord go	2
on the lord	2
the lord also	2
the lord however	2
then may the lord	2
thus the lord	2
to the lords	2
with the lords	2
about the lord	1
after all the lord	1
against him	1
against his	1
although the lord	1
and did not the lord	1
and his	1
and how he	1
and how the lord	1
and now the lord	1
and that the lord	1
and the lord will cause	1
and the lords	1
and when he	1
any of the lords	1
are upon the lord	1
as one the lord	1
at the lords	1
at this time the lord	1
be the lords	1
belonging to the lord	1
bless the lord	1
but by the lord	1
but he	1
by the lords	1
due the lord	1
even when the lord	1
for he	1
for me	1
how then can the lord	1
i the lord	1
in the lords	1
indeed the lord	1
is for the lord	1
is in the lord	1
is like the lord	1
is of the lord	1
it for the lord	1
it to the lord	1
it was the lord	1
let the lord	1
meanwhile the lord	1
moreover the lord	1
nevertheless the lord	1
o lord are god	1
of him	1
of obligation to the lord	1
of the lord is	1
of the lord itself	1
of the lord of hosts	1
of the lords temple	1
offense has the lord	1
on behalf of the lord	1
our lord	1
pray that the lord	1
rather the lord	1
so that he	1
so that his	1
that he	1
that he himself	1
that is why the lord	1
that it is the lord	1
that it was the lord	1
the foundation of the lords	1
the lord in hebron	1
the lord loved him	1
the lord with contempt	1
the offerings for the lords	1
then as the lord	1
then he	1
there	1
things the lord	1
this is the lords	1
to serve the lord	1
to the lord begins	1
to the lord for destruction	1
to the lord freely	1
unless the lord	1
until the lord	1
upon the lord	1
upon them o lord	1
was the lord	1
were treating the lords	1
where the lord	1
who	1
whom the lord	1
would the lord	1
yet it was the lords	1
yet may the lord	1
you before the lord	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the lord	1928
of the lord	1559
and the lord	507
unto the lord	454
o lord	191
which the lord	174
for the lord	157
that the lord	95
as the lord	88
to the lord	70
against the lord	61
in the lord	54
from the lord	52
lord	49
but the lord	41
the lords	39
of the lords	30
because the lord	27
me o lord	23
whom the lord	19
i the lord	18
when the lord	18
therefore the lord	17
all that the lord	13
that i the lord	13
upon the lord	13
according to all that the lord	12
not the lord	12
so the lord	12
then the lord	12
with the lord	12
ye the lord	12
by the lord	11
moreover the lord	10
thee o lord	10
for i the lord	8
on the lord	8
what the lord	8
and when the lord	7
in the lords	7
now the lord	7
unto him the lord	7
unto thee o lord	7
but thou o lord	6
how that the lord	6
wherefore the lord	6
also the lord	5
behold the lord	5
hath the lord	5
if the lord	5
whither the lord	5
yea the lord	5
and it shall be when the lord	4
before the lord	4
but now the lord	4
for behold the lord	4
for thou lord	4
it the lord	4
jehovah	4
let the lord	4
not unto them as the lord	4
of which the lord	4
them o lord	4
thou o lord	4
thus the lord	4
until the lord	4
unto them the lord	4
whereof the lord	4
wherewith the lord	4
will the lord	4
according as the lord	3
according unto all that the lord	3
against the lords	3
and behold the lord	3
and now the lord	3
and the lords	3
be the lord	3
did not the lord	3
even the lord	3
for thus hath the lord	3
from me o lord	3
god	3
howbeit the lord	3
in thee o lord	3
it may be that the lord	3
it unto the lord	3
not against the lord	3
now o lord	3
now therefore o lord	3
of which the lords	3
seeing the lord	3
shall the lord	3
them for the lord	3
therefore hath the lord	3
to provoke the lord	3
toward the lord	3
unto them as the lord	3
unto whom the lord	3
upon me o lord	3
wherefore hath the lord	3
ye of the lord	3
yet the lord	3
and it shall come to pass when the lord	2
and now o lord	2
and thou lord	2
because of the lord	2
between the lord	2
but for the lord	2
but o lord	2
did the lord	2
for that the lord	2
for thou o lord	2
for us unto the lord	2
furthermore the lord	2
here i pray thee for the lord	2
him and the lord	2
how long lord	2
i that the lord	2
it as the lord	2
me and the lord	2
me for the lord	2
neither hath the lord	2
nevertheless the lord	2
not because the lord	2
not of the lord	2
now therefore behold the lord	2
of you for the lord	2
only the lord	2
sake o lord	2
so as the lord	2
so shall the lord	2
so that the lord	2
that the lords	2
that they should be the lords	2
that thou lord	2
that which the lord	2
thee as the lord	2
them for i the lord	2
them the lord	2
them unto the lord	2
themselves before the lord	2
then shall the lord	2
then will the lord	2
there unto the lord	2
therefore now lord	2
therefore that the lord	2
thereon unto the lord	2
thou lord	2
thou of the lord	2
thou that the lord	2
thou the lord	2
unto them by the lord	2
us o lord	2
what hath the lord	2
wherein the lord	2
why hath the lord	2
after that the lord	1
against me before the lord	1
against me the lord	1
against thee unto the lord	1
against them and the lord	1
against us if so be that the lord	1
against whom the lord	1
all this the lord	1
also by us and the lord	1
also in the lord	1
also unto me o lord	1
among you for the lord	1
and according unto all that the lord	1
and as the lord	1
and god	1
and he was there with the lord	1
and i the lord	1
and if the lord	1
and it came to pass when the lord	1
and it shall be to the lord	1
and let the lord	1
and now behold the lord	1
and now i beseech thee o lord	1
and now lord	1
and so the lord	1
and that the lord	1
and there they be as the lord	1
and therefore will the lord	1
and unto the lord	1
and what doth the lord	1
and what hath the lord	1
and wherefore hath the lord	1
as the lords	1
at the lord	1
at the lords	1
away from the lord	1
be given thee of the lord	1
because by him the lord	1
because of the lords	1
because that the lord	1
because the lords	1
because thou lord	1
behold now the lord	1
between me and thee and the lord	1
between us that the lord	1
both with the lord	1
but as for thee the lord	1
but as for us the lord	1
but because the lord	1
but if the lord	1
but lo the lord	1
but now o lord	1
but thou lord	1
but unto the lord	1
by him for the lord	1
concerning whom the lord	1
counsel of the lord	1
doth the lord	1
even as the lord	1
every one of them and the lord	1
except as the lord	1
except the lord	1
for himself the lord	1
for in thee o lord	1
for it was his from the lord	1
for it was of the lord	1
for me the lord	1
for the lords	1
for the which the lord	1
for them as the lord	1
for them hath the lord	1
for them the lord	1
for there the lord	1
for thus shall the lord	1
for us the lord	1
for which the lord	1
for whom the lord	1
for with the lord	1
for you unto the lord	1
forasmuch as the lord	1
from thee which the lord	1
from them and the lord	1
from thence will the lord	1
hath not the lord	1
have not i the lord	1
he of the lord	1
her the lord	1
him of the lord	1
him only the lord	1
him the lord	1
him to the lord	1
him unto the lord	1
himself before the lord	1
himself but when the lord	1
himself in the lord	1
himself to the lord	1
himself unto the lord	1
hitherto hath the lord	1
how the lord	1
i o lord	1
i pray thee here for the lord	1
i pray thee o lord	1
i pray thee of the lord	1
i say on the lord	1
in by it because the lord	1
in provoking the lord	1
in thee for thou lord	1
in which the lord	1
is me now for the lord	1
is not the lord	1
is the lords	1
it and the lord	1
it came to pass that the lord	1
it except the lord	1
it for the lord	1
it i the lord	1
it may be the lord	1
it that the lord	1
it upon us for the lord	1
it whereas the lord	1
itself for the lord	1
lest the lord	1
let them be before the lord	1
like as the lord	1
like unto the lord	1
like unto thee o lord	1
likewise when the lord	1
lo o lord	1
lords	1
may be in the lord	1
me not o lord	1
me the lord	1
me then the lord	1
me unto the lord	1
nay but whom the lord	1
no more for i the lord	1
no not when the lord	1
none like unto the lord	1
none like unto thee o lord	1
nor unto whatsoever the lord	1
not against us but against the lord	1
not how thou provokedst the lord	1
not i the lord	1
not in the lord	1
not o lord	1
not right against the lord	1
not seeing the lord	1
not that the lord	1
not that which the lord	1
not the lords	1
not thou he o lord	1
not to the lord	1
not unto us o lord	1
not upon the lord	1
not ye against the lord	1
notwithstanding the lord	1
now for the lord	1
now then o lord	1
now therefore unto me by the lord	1
now unto the lord	1
of all that the lord	1
of behold the lord	1
of him as the lord	1
of him concerning me i the lord	1
of it for the lord	1
of it unto the lord	1
of me seeing the lord	1
of such unto the lord	1
of the same the lords	1
of them and the lord	1
of them for the lord	1
of them so shall the lord	1
of these things unto the lord	1
on the lords	1
ourselves to the lord	1
over thee whom the lord	1
over us when the lord	1
over you the lord	1
peradventure the lord	1
provoking the lord	1
sake did the lord	1
shall be the lords	1
shall surely be the lords	1
shalt thou have of the lord	1
so now the lord	1
so unto the lord	1
so whomsoever the lord	1
so will the lord	1
surely the lords	1
that then the lord	1
thee and what hath the lord	1
thee for now would the lord	1
thee that the lord	1
thee what the lord	1
them and the lord	1
them as the lord	1
them because the lord	1
them by the lord	1
them i the lord	1
them in the lord	1
them that the lord	1
them therefore hath the lord	1
them to minister unto the lord	1
them which the lord	1
them will the lord	1
themselves lest the lord	1
themselves to the lord	1
themselves unto them and provoked the lord	1
there before the lord	1
there for the lord	1
there the lord	1
there when the lord	1
therefore as the lord	1
therefore it shall be when the lord	1
therefore now o lord	1
therefore unto the lord	1
therefore when the lord	1
therein for the lord	1
therein to the lord	1
therein unto the lord	1
thereof and the lord	1
thereof the lord	1
thereof the lords	1
thereof to the lord	1
thereon as the lord	1
thereon let the lord	1
these unto the lord	1
thine for the lord	1
thine o lord	1
this is the lords	1
thither the lord	1
thou in the lord	1
thou therefore o lord	1
thou unto us all that the lord	1
thou us unto thee o lord	1
though the lord	1
thyself also in the lord	1
thyself for then shall the lord	1
thyself in the lord	1
till the lord	1
to her by the lord	1
to him by the lord	1
to me o lord	1
to thee o lord	1
together unto the lord	1
unto her the lord	1
unto him hath not the lord	1
unto him nay for the lord	1
unto him what hath the lord	1
unto me and the lord	1
unto me by the lord	1
unto me for i the lord	1
unto me the lord	1
unto me where is the lord	1
unto me wherewith the lord	1
unto thee because of the lord	1
unto thee because the lord	1
unto thee but the lord	1
unto thee by the lord	1
unto thee for i the lord	1
unto thee from the lord	1
unto thee only the lord	1
unto thee wherefore hath the lord	1
unto them behold because the lord	1
unto them i am the lord	1
unto them let the lord	1
upon him and the lord	1
upon it as the lord	1
upon me because the lord	1
upon me lord	1
upon thee i the lord	1
upon them as the lord	1
upon them the lord	1
upon us o lord	1
upon which the lords	1
upon you for the lord	1
upon you which the lord	1
us not the lord	1
us not thou o lord	1
us the lord	1
was from the lord	1
was the lord	1
what doth the lord	1
what have ye to do with the lord	1
whatsoever the lord	1
where the lord	1
whereby the lord	1
wherein the lords	1
wherewith he provoked the lord	1
whether the lord	1
which should be the lords	1
which thou o lord	1
with him and that the lord	1
with me forasmuch as when the lord	1
with me the lord	1
with that which the lord	1
with thee for the lord	1
with thee i the lord	1
with whom the lord	1
within her and the lord	1
ye him whom the lord	1
ye in the lord	1
ye make the lords	1
ye not against the lord	1
ye now what the lord	1
ye provoked the lord	1
ye that the lord	1
ye to the lord	1
yet lord	1
yet thou o lord	1
you and the lord	1
you but the lord	1
you so shall the lord	1
you so the lord	1
you the lord	1
yourselves to the lord	1
yourselves unto the lord	1

Verses containing H3068

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2 Samuel 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
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2 Samuel 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
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2 Samuel 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
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2 Samuel 7:8 · 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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2 Samuel 7:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
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2 Samuel 7:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
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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 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
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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 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
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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 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
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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 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
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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 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
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2 Samuel 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
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2 Samuel 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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2 Samuel 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
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2 Samuel 12:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
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2 Samuel 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
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2 Samuel 12:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
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2 Samuel 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.
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2 Samuel 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
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2 Samuel 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
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2 Samuel 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
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2 Samuel 14:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
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2 Samuel 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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 15:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
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2 Samuel 15:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
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2 Samuel 15:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
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2 Samuel 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
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2 Samuel 15:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
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2 Samuel 16:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
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2 Samuel 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
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2 Samuel 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
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2 Samuel 16:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
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2 Samuel 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
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2 Samuel 17:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
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2 Samuel 18:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
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2 Samuel 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
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2 Samuel 18:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
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2 Samuel 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
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Source alternate reference: 19.8
2 Samuel 19:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.22
2 Samuel 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
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2 Samuel 21:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
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2 Samuel 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”
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2 Samuel 21:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
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2 Samuel 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
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