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kun H3559

כּוּן (kun) means “to establish: prepare” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

כּוּן Hebrew · H3559 217 tagged occurrences in 209 verses

Pronunciation guide: koon Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3559A

כּוּן · kun · to establish: prepare

: prepare/direct 1) to be firm, be stable, be established 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be established, be fastened 1c2) to be prepared, be ready 1d) (Polel) 1d1) to set up, establish 1d2) to constitute, make 1d3) to fix 1d4) to direct 1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared 1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored

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TBESH · H3559B

נָכוֹן · na.khon · blow

a blow, a strike

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TBESH · H3559H

כּוּן · kun · to establish: establish

: establish/fix 1) to be firm, be stable, be established 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be established, be fastened 1c2) to be prepared, be ready 1d) (Polel) 1d1) to set up, establish 1d2) to constitute, make 1d3) to fix 1d4) to direct 1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared 1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored

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TBESH · H3559I

כּוּן · kun · to establish: make

: make/found/restore 1) to be firm, be stable, be established 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be established, be fastened 1c2) to be prepared, be ready 1d) (Polel) 1d1) to set up, establish 1d2) to constitute, make 1d3) to fix 1d4) to direct 1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared 1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored

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TBESH · H3559J

כּוּן · kun · to establish: commit

: commit 1) to be firm, be stable, be established 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be established, be fastened 1c2) to be prepared, be ready 1d) (Polel) 1d1) to set up, establish 1d2) to constitute, make 1d3) to fix 1d4) to direct 1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared 1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored

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TBESH · H3559K

כּוּן · kun · to establish: right

: right/know/certain 1) to be firm, be stable, be established 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be established, be fastened 1c2) to be prepared, be ready 1d) (Polel) 1d1) to set up, establish 1d2) to constitute, make 1d3) to fix 1d4) to direct 1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared 1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)

KJV glosses: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.

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How translators render H3559

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
established	9
prepare	6
and i will establish	5
will be established	5
and prepare	4
he had prepared	4
is steadfast	4
prepared	4
be established	3
is firmly established	3
set	3
accurately	2
and established it	2
firm	2
had established him	2
had prepared	2
had set	2
have established	2
he established	2
i have made provision	2
i have prepared	2
i will establish	2
made preparations	2
provided	2
ready	2
supporting	2
to prepare	2
was carried out	2
was established	2
will establish her	2
a right	1
after rehoboam had established	1
am ready	1
and consider	1
and direct	1
and established	1
and established you	1
and establishes	1
and fashioned me	1
and have set	1
and he prepared	1
and made	1
and make preparations	1
and piles up	1
and prepare it	1
and prepared	1
and strung	1
and they did so	1
and took	1
and when it is ready	1
are established	1
are ordered	1
are prepared	1
as surely as	1
be restored	1
be right	1
be set	1
because he could	1
but establish	1
by providing	1
can be trusted	1
certainty	1
complete	1
determines	1
directs	1
endure forever	1
establish	1
established it	1
for you have established	1
form us	1
get ready	1
had provided for them	1
has been decreed	1
has been made ready	1
has established	1
has prepared	1
he established it	1
he establishes	1
he had appointed	1
he has established	1
he has prepared	1
he ordered	1
i had made preparations	1
i have also provided	1
i must make preparations	1
is bent	1
is established	1
is pregnant with	1
is prepared	1
is ready	1
is set in place	1
is trained	1
it is established	1
it prepares	1
loyal	1
makes	1
midday	1
order	1
preparations	1
prepare yourselves	1
preparing	1
provides	1
refreshed	1
secure	1
sets	1
shall be established	1
shall stand	1
solomon also prepared	1
supplied	1
supply	1
that i have provided	1
that they may establish	1
then he restored	1
they are prepared	1
they made preparations	1
they prepared	1
they set	1
they set up	1
they spread	1
to attack me	1
to establish	1
to provide	1
to set up	1
turn	1
was firmly established	1
was prepared	1
we have prepared	1
we have provided	1
were committed	1
were fastened	1
were formed	1
were standing	1
what he lays up	1
when he established	1
when they prepare	1
who established me	1
who prepares	1
will be achieved	1
will be sure	1
will sustain him	1
would have established	1
yes establish	1
yet they store up	1
you are to build	1
you direct	1
you establish	1
you established	1
you formed	1
you have set in place	1
you must turn	1
you prepare	1
you provided	1
you will be established	1
you will strengthen	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
shall be established	12
and prepare	9
had prepared	6
prepared	6
be established	4
established	4
is fixed	4
prepare	4
was prepared	4
and i will establish	3
is established	3
ready	3
right	3
to prepare	3
and be ready	2
and i will stablish	2
and prepared	2
because he prepared	2
certain	2
firm	2
had established	2
hath prepared	2
have established	2
he hath established	2
i have prepared	2
prepareth	2
that he had prepared	2
was established	2
a right	1
all that i have prepared	1
also is stablished	1
also shall be established	1
also shall be stable	1
and established	1
and had made ready	1
and hast prepared	1
and it shall be established	1
and made it ready	1
and make ready	1
and more unto the perfect	1
and set	1
and stablisheth	1
and they made ready	1
and they prepared	1
and they set	1
are fashioned	1
are ordered	1
are prepared	1
aright	1
be fitted	1
be set forth	1
be thou prepared	1
be upon us and establish	1
broad fastened	1
but be ye all ready	1
but establish	1
did provide	1
directeth	1
establish	1
even to make all ready	1
even to prepare	1
fashion	1
for he could not frame	1
for thou hast confirmed	1
had confirmed	1
had not prepared	1
hast prepared	1
hath he established	1
have i prepared	1
have we prepared	1
he directeth	1
he hath also prepared	1
he hath prepared	1
he may prepare	1
he prepared	1
he provide	1
he that is ready	1
he were ready	1
himself shall establish	1
i pray you prepare	1
i prepared	1
if thou prepare	1
in very deed	1
is prepared	1
is ready	1
it he hath established	1
it he prepared	1
it is established	1
it is not meet	1
it is prepared	1
it shall be established	1
it to establish	1
me and fashioned	1
moreover i will establish	1
no faithfulness	1
now i have prepared	1
now make preparation	1
of his preparation	1
order	1
provideth	1
set	1
setteth fast	1
shall be prepared	1
shall not be established	1
shall not tarry	1
shalt thou be established	1
shalt thou establish	1
so they prepared	1
stablished	1
standeth	1
stood	1
that they may prepare	1
that we have prepared	1
the which i have made provision	1
thee and established	1
therefore thou shalt set	1
they have prepared	1
they made ready	1
they make ready	1
they shall prepare	1
thine thou hast prepared	1
this unto thee prepare	1
thou dost establish	1
thou hast established	1
thou preparest	1
thou shalt make ready	1
thou shalt not be established	1
thou shalt prepare	1
thou wilt prepare	1
till he establish	1
to direct	1
to me with the certainty	1
to order	1
unto them for whom nothing is prepared	1
was not right	1
was set in order	1
were directed	1
when he prepared	1
when thou hast so provided	1
whereby thou didst confirm	1
which hath established	1
which he had prepared	1
which i have prepared	1
which thou hast ordained	1
who prepareth	1
who provideth	1
whom he had prepared	1
will establish	1
will i establish	1
yet they prepare	1
you and prepare	1
yourselves and prepare	1

Verses containing H3559

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Genesis 41:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
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Genesis 43:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”
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Genesis 43:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.
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Exodus 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
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Source alternate reference: 8.22
Exodus 15:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
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Exodus 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”
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Exodus 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
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Exodus 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
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Exodus 23:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
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Exodus 34:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
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Numbers 21:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
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Numbers 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
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Numbers 23:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
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Deuteronomy 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
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Source alternate reference: 13.15
Deuteronomy 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,
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Deuteronomy 19:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.
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Deuteronomy 32:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
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Joshua 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
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Joshua 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.
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Joshua 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”
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Joshua 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
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Joshua 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
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Judges 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
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Judges 16:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”
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Judges 16:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
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1 Samuel 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
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1 Samuel 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
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1 Samuel 20:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”
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1 Samuel 23:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
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1 Samuel 23:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
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1 Samuel 26:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.
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2 Samuel 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
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2 Samuel 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
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2 Samuel 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
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2 Samuel 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
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2 Samuel 7:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
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2 Samuel 7:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
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1 Kings 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
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1 Kings 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
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1 Kings 2:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But King Solomon will be blessed and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”
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1 Kings 2:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
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1 Kings 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
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1 Kings 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
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1 Chronicles 9:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.
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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 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
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1 Chronicles 15:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
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1 Chronicles 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
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1 Chronicles 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
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1 Chronicles 16:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
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