ya.shav H3427

יָשַׁב (ya.shav) means “to dwell” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

יָשַׁב Hebrew · H3427 1,079 tagged occurrences in 972 verses

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

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3427

יָשַׁב · ya.shav · to dwell

1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell Aramaic equivalent: ye.tiv (יְתִב "to dwell" H3488)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

KJV glosses: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

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How translators render H3427

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
lived	45
the people	27
the inhabitants	26
who lived	23
live	20
living	19
was sitting	18
and settled	17
stay	17
settled	16
who dwell	16
sit	15
who live	14
to live	13
sitting	11
the residents	11
dwell	10
remained	10
sat	10
to sit	10
and sat	9
and sat down	9
inhabitant	9
stayed	9
will dwell	9
will sit	9
and stayed	8
and the residents	8
were sitting	8
your dwelling	8
and live	7
o dwellers	7
and lived	6
and the people	6
its people	6
the dwellers	6
to dwell	6
to stay	6
and stay	5
dwelling	5
inhabitants	5
its dwellers	5
its inhabitants	5
o dweller	5
and settle	4
be inhabited	4
the one enthroned	4
was living	4
was staying	4
who sits	4
and all who dwell	3
and occupied	3
are living	3
by marrying	3
dwelt	3
enthroned	3
had lived	3
had settled	3
he lived	3
in which to live	3
inhabited	3
remain	3
sat down	3
seated	3
they lived	3
those living	3
those who dwell	3
those who live	3
to the dwellers	3
who had married	3
who sit	3
you who dwell	3
and	2
and dwell	2
and i sit	2
and inhabit	2
and remained	2
and settle down	2
and settled them	2
and sit	2
and sit down	2
and stayed there	2
and they lived	2
and they occupied	2
and they settled	2
and you dwell	2
are dwelling	2
dwells	2
for you to dwell	2
i sit	2
in which to dwell	2
its residents	2
left	2
lie	2
lives	2
may remain	2
o inhabitants	2
of the people	2
settle	2
she sits	2
stay here	2
that they may dwell	2
the men	2
the ruler	2
their dwellers	2
then they will dwell	2
therefore their inhabitants	2
they settled	2
they will live	2
they will sit	2
to dwell in	2
to inhabit	2
to live in	2
to settle	2
took up residence	2
wait	2
were hidden	2
when you sit	2
who dwells	2
who inhabited	2
who is enthroned	2
who was ruling	2
who were living	2
whoever stays	2
will be inhabited	2
will remain	2
with the inhabitants	2
you must live	2
you people	2
you sat	2
you sit	2
your sitting down	2
abides	1
about those living	1
after jacob had stayed	1
along with her people	1
am dwelling	1
among the inhabitants	1
and after they had lived	1
and all who dwell in them	1
and as she sat	1
and as they sat down	1
and dwell in them	1
and from the people	1
and gave	1
and give	1
and have led the people	1
and have lived	1
and have settled	1
and he lived	1
and he must live	1
and he sat	1
and he will sit	1
and inhabited	1
and its inhabitants	1
and its people	1
and its residents	1
and lay in wait	1
and lie	1
and lie uninhabited	1
and lived there	1
and make them dwell	1
and mounted	1
and now you live	1
and occupying	1
and on those who dwell	1
and people	1
and placed	1
and presided	1
and ranked	1
and remain	1
and reside	1
and residents	1
and rested	1
and sat up	1
and settled down	1
and she lived	1
and stay up	1
and the dwellers	1
and their inhabitants	1
and their people	1
and there they will dwell	1
and they did so	1
and they have lived	1
and they sat down	1
and they stayed	1
and they will dwell	1
and they will dwell securely	1
and those living	1
and those sitting	1
and those who lived	1
and to its residents	1
and to stay	1
and uninhabited	1
and was seated	1
and was sitting	1
and while he was dwelling	1
and who live	1
and who were left behind	1
and will dwell	1
and will remain	1
and will sit	1
and withdrew	1
and you can dwell	1
and you dwelt	1
and you live	1
and your inhabitants	1
any life	1
are those who dwell	1
but he must remain	1
but seat	1
but the inhabitants	1
but the people	1
but we have lived	1
continued to dwell	1
continued to live	1
did you sit	1
dwellers	1
find	1
for his dwelling	1
for them to dwell	1
for this reason you stayed	1
for your dwelling	1
for your people	1
from	1
from his dwelling	1
had inhabited	1
had stayed	1
has lived	1
has taken his seat	1
have a home	1
he had caused the people	1
he has made me dwell	1
he is enthroned	1
he is staying	1
he is to stay	1
he lies	1
he must live alone	1
he sat down	1
he seats them	1
he settles	1
he sits	1
he sits enthroned	1
he who dwells	1
her inhabitants	1
i sat	1
i sat down	1
i stayed	1
i will again make you dwell	1
i will dwell	1
i will make you as inhabited	1
i will make you dwell	1
i will remain	1
i will sit	1
i will sit down	1
inhabit them	1
inhabitant is left	1
is at rest	1
is enthroned	1
is seated	1
is sitting	1
it abides	1
it to be inhabited	1
it will be uninhabited	1
just sit	1
just sitting here	1
led the people	1
left unoccupied	1
let him live	1
let him sit	1
let the people	1
let them live	1
lies	1
live here	1
living ever since	1
living in	1
longer be inhabited	1
lurking	1
make me dwell	1
making me dwell	1
may he sit enthroned	1
may sit	1
meet	1
must dwell	1
must live	1
must stay	1
now dwell	1
now inhabited	1
o citizen	1
o inhabitant	1
o people	1
o residents	1
of dwelling	1
of its dwellers	1
of its residents	1
of the one who stayed	1
of the residents	1
of them living	1
of those who dwell	1
one lives	1
one that dwells	1
one to sit	1
or sits	1
or staying	1
out of	1
passed	1
people	1
people will live	1
peoples	1
populous	1
reign	1
remains	1
sat there	1
seat	1
settle wherever you please	1
settles	1
shall dwell	1
she has lived	1
she was sitting	1
she will be inhabited	1
she will sit	1
should sit	1
sit down	1
sit enthroned	1
sit up	1
sits enthroned	1
so all the people	1
so he remained	1
so i can live	1
so jeremiah remained	1
so she has lived	1
so she sat down	1
so that he lived	1
so that they may dwell	1
so that you may dwell	1
so the naphtalites also lived	1
so they sat down	1
so we have remained	1
so we stayed	1
solomon would live	1
some sat	1
stand	1
stationed	1
succeeded him	1
supposed to dine	1
that dwells	1
that it may dwell	1
that she rested	1
that you remain	1
the boy sat	1
the dweller	1
the inhabited	1
the manslayer must remain	1
the people of jerusalem	1
the woman shall continue	1
their rulers	1
then i will settle them	1
then joash took his seat	1
then she must continue	1
then the people	1
then they sat	1
then they settled	1
then those who dwell	1
then you lived	1
then you will live	1
there we sat	1
they also settled	1
they had lived	1
they have lived	1
they live	1
they may dwell	1
they sat	1
they seated	1
they sit	1
they stayed	1
they were seated	1
they will dwell	1
they will dwell securely	1
they will set up	1
those seated here	1
those who sit	1
to be resettled	1
to coexist	1
to him who sits	1
to live here	1
to occupy	1
to resettle	1
to seat them	1
to the site	1
to those who live	1
took his seat	1
took up positions	1
used to live	1
vvv	1
we lived	1
we sat	1
we sit	1
we will dwell	1
were also living	1
were hiding	1
were inhabited	1
were living	1
were staying	1
were to dwell	1
when he is seated	1
when i sit	1
when the people	1
when they dwell	1
when you lived	1
when you relieve yourself	1
where he sat down	1
where he settled	1
where he sits	1
where they could settle	1
where they settled	1
where they stayed	1
where we lived	1
while dwelling	1
while the people	1
while they stayed	1
who dwelt	1
who has married	1
who inhabit	1
who is sitting	1
who remain	1
who sat	1
who sat down	1
who set me	1
who settled	1
who sits enthroned	1
who sits securely	1
who stayed	1
who was sitting	1
whoever sits	1
will be a city	1
will be desolate	1
will be inhabited forever	1
will go to those who live	1
will live	1
will live there	1
will occupy	1
will stand	1
will stay	1
with the people	1
would sit	1
yet he steadied	1
you are to dwell	1
you dwell	1
you have stayed	1
you may settle	1
you must remain	1
you shall settle	1
you sit down	1
you to live	1
you used to live	1
you who live	1
you who sit enthroned	1
you will be allowed to settle	1
you will indeed stay	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
dwelt	53
the inhabitants	36
and dwelt	35
and the inhabitants	26
dwell	24
sat	23
that dwelt	21
to dwell	19
which dwelt	17
abode	14
and sat	14
abide	13
and dwell	13
that dwell	11
and all the inhabitants	10
shall dwell	10
of the inhabitants	9
sitting	9
to sit	9
all the inhabitants	8
and they dwelt	8
without an inhabitant	8
tarry	7
that dwelleth	7
to dwell in	7
which dwell	7
and abode	6
and upon the inhabitants	6
nor the inhabitants	6
sit	6
against the inhabitants	5
and sat down	5
and they shall dwell	5
and they that dwell	5
and to the inhabitants	5
inhabited	5
remained	5
that dwellest	5
thy dwelling	5
who dwelt	5
with the inhabitants	5
and he dwelt	4
and set	4
and sit	4
dwelling	4
i sat	4
me and he shall sit	4
sitteth	4
that sitteth	4
them and dwelt	4
to the inhabitants	4
upon all the inhabitants	4
and against the inhabitants	3
and all that dwell	3
and inhabitants	3
and placed	3
and she sat	3
and they sat down	3
and when the inhabitants	3
dwelled	3
dwelleth	3
he sitteth	3
o inhabitant	3
remain	3
shall abide	3
shall be inhabited	3
shall remain	3
shall sit	3
that sat	3
that sit	3
the inhabitant	3
they that dwell	3
upon the inhabitants	3
without inhabitant	3
ye dwell	3
ye inhabitants	3
abiding	2
all ye inhabitants	2
among the inhabitants	2
and abide	2
and dwelt in	2
and have taken	2
and he sat	2
and he shall sit	2
and i sat	2
and inhabit	2
and of all that dwell	2
and remained	2
and she dwelt	2
and tarry	2
and the inhabitant	2
and them that dwell	2
and they sat	2
and to all the inhabitants	2
and upon all the inhabitants	2
and ye inhabitants	2
and ye shall dwell	2
continued	2
from thy dwelling	2
had dwelt	2
he shall dwell	2
he that sitteth	2
i dwell	2
inhabitants	2
it and dwell	2
it and dwelt	2
let all the inhabitants	2
now she dwelt	2
of all them that dwell	2
of them that dwell	2
of them when thou sittest	2
over all the inhabitants	2
shall not dwell	2
sit down	2
tarried	2
that had taken	2
that inhabited	2
that they may dwell	2
them and dwellest	2
them that dwell	2
therefore their inhabitants	2
these dwelt	2
they shall not dwell	2
thou inhabitant	2
thou that dwellest	2
thy abode	2
unto the inhabitants	2
upon thee o inhabitant	2
which dwelleth	2
ye shall dwell	2
abideth	1
after that i may dwell	1
against all the inhabitants	1
against it and against the inhabitants	1
against me when they dwelt	1
against thee o inhabitant	1
all of them dwelling	1
all them that dwell	1
also did sit	1
also dwelt	1
also sitting	1
and against them that dwell	1
and all that she had and she dwelleth	1
and am set	1
and among the inhabitants	1
and among them that dwell	1
and behold there sat	1
and caused the inhabitants	1
and dwelled	1
and every one that dwelleth	1
and he abode	1
and he sat down	1
and he shall abide	1
and he shall dwell	1
and he that sitteth	1
and how the inhabitants	1
and i dwell	1
and i should not fail	1
and i will bring them again to place	1
and i will cause them to dwell	1
and i will dwell	1
and i will place	1
and i will settle	1
and inhabited	1
and it came to pass as they sat	1
and it shall be when he sitteth	1
and it shall be when thou wilt ease	1
and let all them which have taken	1
and made them dwell	1
and no man dwelleth	1
and none shall dwell	1
and not inhabited	1
and now o inhabitants	1
and sat her down	1
and sat him down	1
and sat in	1
and satest	1
and shall set	1
and shall sit	1
and shall tarry	1
and shall ye sit	1
and shalt remain	1
and she shall continue	1
and she shall then continue	1
and that dwelt	1
and there abide	1
and there shall dwell	1
and there will we dwell	1
and they abide	1
and they also dwelt	1
and they continued	1
and they dwelled	1
and they returned	1
and they shall abide	1
and they shall set	1
and they sit	1
and they tarried	1
and those that dwell	1
and those that dwelt	1
and thou shalt dwell	1
and thou shalt not dwell	1
and we have dwelt	1
and will not sit	1
and without inhabitant	1
and ye dwelled	1
and ye dwelt	1
are inhabited	1
are not inhabited	1
as for me behold i will dwell	1
as he sat	1
as she sat	1
as soon as he sat	1
be inhabited	1
because he should have remained	1
because of them that dwell	1
before the inhabitants	1
behold he abideth	1
beside me i shall not sit	1
beside the inhabitants	1
but he dwelt	1
but not inhabit	1
but they shall sit	1
but we have dwelt in	1
but ye shall not dwell	1
by reason of the inhabitants	1
doth inhabit	1
doth sit	1
dwell in	1
every thing also that she sitteth	1
fitly set	1
for even all the inhabitants	1
for he dwelt	1
for i have not dwelt in	1
for me to dwell in	1
for she sitteth	1
for the inhabitant	1
for thee to abide in	1
for thee to dwell in	1
for there are set	1
for there will i sit	1
for thy dwelling	1
for us to dwell in	1
for you o ye to dwell	1
from off her and shall remain	1
from thence and dwelt	1
from you when ye dwell	1
had abode	1
had married	1
had remained	1
hast thou sat	1
hath dwelt	1
have dwelt	1
have the inhabitants	1
he and the inhabitants	1
he dwelleth	1
he hath made me to dwell	1
he hath set	1
he inhabited	1
he sat	1
he sat him down	1
he shall abide	1
he shall have none to sit	1
he shall sit	1
he that abideth	1
he that dwelleth	1
he that remaineth	1
her inhabitants	1
here and they sat down	1
here will i dwell	1
him and he abode	1
him sitting	1
himself and sat	1
himself unto her and sat down	1
himself withal and he sat down	1
his will i be and with him will i abide	1
how they dwelt	1
how we have dwelt	1
i have not sat	1
i pray thee sit	1
i sit	1
i will sit	1
i will tarry	1
in and sat	1
in marrying	1
in these dwelt	1
inhabit	1
it and dwellest	1
it and shalt dwell	1
it neither shall it be inhabited	1
it shall not be inhabited	1
it to be inhabited	1
let none dwell	1
let the inhabitants	1
let them dwell	1
lo i dwell	1
lurking	1
make	1
makest me dwell	1
me and set	1
my downsitting	1
nevertheless the inhabitants	1
no more with the inhabitants	1
nor sitteth	1
not and ye dwell	1
not dwell	1
not inhabited	1
now i dwell	1
now there dwelt	1
now therefore i pray you tarry	1
o inhabitants	1
o thou inhabitant	1
o thou that art situate	1
o thou that dwellest	1
o ye inhabitants	1
o ye that dwell	1
of his habitation	1
of such as dwell	1
of their dwelling	1
on all that haunt	1
on each side of the sitting	1
on the inhabitants	1
out the inhabitants	1
placed	1
remainest	1
sat down	1
sat him down	1
sat on	1
seeing he dwelleth	1
setteth	1
shall also sit	1
shall be for them that dwell	1
shall endure	1
shall not abide	1
shall not be inhabited	1
shall not return	1
shall the inhabitant	1
shall they have to dwell in	1
shalt endure	1
she and her inhabitants	1
she dwelleth	1
she sit still	1
she sitteth	1
should dwell	1
sit ye down	1
sitteth still	1
so he dwelt	1
so that ye dwell	1
so they sat down	1
so we abode	1
so we dwell	1
so ye abode	1
such as sit	1
tarried still	1
than that they might dwell	1
that are inhabited	1
that are not inhabited	1
that dost inhabit	1
that he may dwell	1
that he may set	1
that i may dwell	1
that i sat down	1
that inhabitest	1
that it may remain	1
that none shall remain	1
that she sat	1
that sittest	1
that sitteth in	1
that tarrieth	1
that there is none inhabitant	1
that they abode	1
that they dwell	1
that they dwell in	1
that they may be placed	1
that they should not dwell	1
that thou be not inhabited	1
that thou mayest dwell	1
that was situate	1
that ye abide	1
that ye abode	1
that ye may dwell	1
thee that there shall be no inhabitant	1
thee to dwell	1
their sitting down	1
them and they shall dwell	1
them and ye shall dwell	1
them and ye shall dwell in	1
them but they shall dwell	1
them even he that abideth	1
them that sit	1
them that they might dwell	1
them the inhabitants	1
them who shall sit	1
themselves to dwell	1
then sat	1
then shall they dwell	1
then sitting	1
thence to the inhabitants	1
there and if we sit still	1
there dwelt	1
there they dwelt	1
there we sat down	1
there where we may dwell	1
therefore shall ye abide	1
therefore the inhabitants	1
therein and it shall be no more inhabited	1
thereof and they dwelt	1
thereof nor abide	1
they also that dwell	1
they dwelt	1
they have remained	1
they shall sit	1
they that inhabit	1
they that sit in	1
they unto whom the inhabitants	1
thine habitation	1
thou dwellest	1
thou from thy dwelling	1
thou satest	1
thou shalt be inhabited	1
thou sittest	1
thus dwelt	1
to be inhabited	1
to him and behold he sat	1
to him for he tarried	1
to him that sitteth	1
to keep	1
to me that i may dwell	1
to set	1
to sit up	1
to the dwelling	1
to us and we will dwell	1
under him and he sat	1
under the inhabitants	1
until now that she tarried	1
unto all the inhabitants	1
unto her thou shalt abide	1
unto him and he was sitting	1
unto him dwell	1
unto him sit down	1
unto him tarry	1
unto me and sat	1
unto thee o inhabitant	1
unto thee o thou that dwellest	1
unto them and they will dwell	1
unto us for to dwell	1
upon them all the inhabitants	1
upon them and upon the inhabitants	1
upon us and that all the inhabitants	1
us therefore let them dwell	1
was inhabited	1
we will not dwell	1
when he sitteth	1
when i sit	1
when thou sittest	1
when we sat	1
when ye dwelt	1
where he abode	1
where he dwelt	1
where they sat	1
where we dwell	1
whereas i have not dwelt	1
wherein they dwelt	1
wherein ye dwell	1
wherein ye dwelt	1
whereon he sat	1
whereon he sitteth	1
whereon she sitteth	1
which dwellest	1
which no man inhabiteth	1
which remain	1
which sat	1
which sit	1
which ye shall inhabit	1
while i abode	1
who dwelleth	1
who inhabited	1
who should sit	1
who were the inhabitants	1
whom i dwell	1
whom they had made also to abide	1
whose habitation	1
why abodest	1
why do we sit still	1
why sit	1
why sittest	1
will yet make thee to dwell	1
with thee and thou dost dwell	1
with them abode	1
with you then i abode	1
without any to dwell	1
ye have dwelt	1
ye that sit	1
yea he doth establish	1
yea they shall dwell	1
you to dwell	1
yourselves sit down	1

Verses containing H3427

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1 Samuel 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
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1 Samuel 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
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1 Samuel 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
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1 Samuel 19:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
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1 Samuel 20:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
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1 Samuel 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
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1 Samuel 20:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
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1 Samuel 20:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
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1 Samuel 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
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1 Samuel 22:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
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1 Samuel 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
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1 Samuel 22:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”
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1 Samuel 23:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
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1 Samuel 23:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
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1 Samuel 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
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1 Samuel 23:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
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1 Samuel 23:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
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Source alternate reference: 24.1
1 Samuel 24:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
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Source alternate reference: 24.4
1 Samuel 25:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
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1 Samuel 26:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
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1 Samuel 27:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
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1 Samuel 27:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
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1 Samuel 27:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
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1 Samuel 27:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
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1 Samuel 27:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
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1 Samuel 28:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
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1 Samuel 30:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
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1 Samuel 30:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
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1 Samuel 31:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
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1 Samuel 31:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
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2 Samuel 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
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2 Samuel 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.
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2 Samuel 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two groups took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.
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2 Samuel 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
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2 Samuel 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
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2 Samuel 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
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2 Samuel 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.
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2 Samuel 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
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2 Samuel 7:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
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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 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
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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 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.
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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 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 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
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2 Samuel 11:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
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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 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
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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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