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ka.lah H3615

כָּלָה (ka.lah) means “to end: finish” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

כָּלָה Hebrew · H3615 208 tagged occurrences in 202 verses

Pronunciation guide: kaw-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3615G

כָּלָה · ka.lah · to end: finish

: finish 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

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TBESH · H3615H

כָּלָה · ka.lah · to end: destroy

: destroy 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

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TBESH · H3615I

כָּלָה · ka.lah · to end: decides

: decides/determines/longs 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

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TBESH · H3615J

כָּלָה · ka.lah · to end: expend

: expend/spend/empty/fail 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

KJV glosses: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.

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How translators render H3615

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
had finished 20
fail 6
finished 4
and vent 3
they are finished off 3
will fail 3
consume 2
fails 2
faints 2
have finished 2
intentions 2
so that i may consume 2
they were consumed 2
to fail 2
to fulfill 2
was completed 2
was finished 2
were completed 2
when he had finished 2
when you have finished 2
will perish 2
after she 1
all the way 1
am perishing 1
and after i have vented 1
and as he finished 1
and consume 1
and consume them 1
and consumed 1
and consumed them 1
and destroy it 1
and ending 1
and finished 1
and finished him off 1
and finished it 1
and put an end to them 1
and they finished 1
and to end 1
and when i have spent 1
and when saul had finished 1
and when they had finished off 1
and wipe them 1
and you will be destroyed 1
are spent 1
as soon as moses had finished 1
at the end 1
be exhausted 1
been destroyed 1
came to an end 1
consume them 1
consumed us 1
continued 1
david had finished 1
destroyed 1
destroys 1
ehud had finished 1
exhausted 1
finish 1
finish its walls 1
finishing 1
fulfill 1
fulfilled 1
had been accomplished 1
had ended 1
has ceased 1
has destroyed 1
has ended 1
has exhausted 1
has finally been 1
he had finished 1
he has exterminated 1
he has finished 1
he has resolved 1
i devoured 1
i finish them off 1
i have finished them off 1
i have spent 1
i might destroy 1
i will spend 1
i would destroy you 1
is bent on 1
is completed 1
is consumed 1
is finished 1
is gone 1
is spent 1
it was finished 1
it was full 1
it will completely destroy 1
it will destroy 1
jacobs sons had eaten all 1
just as he finished 1
longed 1
looms 1
may fail 1
now when the man had finished 1
or be consumed 1
so as to destroy them 1
so he ended 1
so i will vent 1
so that you may put an end 1
so they finished 1
that will destroy 1
the locusts had 1
then they end 1
therefore i have consumed 1
they are consumed 1
they come to an end 1
they had dealt 1
they had utterly destroyed them all 1
they have finished gathering 1
they have had enough 1
they strip 1
they will be finished off 1
they will fade away 1
they will vanish 1
thus conclude 1
to complete 1
to destroy them 1
to eliminate them 1
to end 1
to reap 1
to stop 1
vanish 1
vanishes 1
was determined 1
was gone 1
was planning 1
wastes away 1
we are consumed 1
we finish 1
were failing 1
were finished 1
were finishing 1
when aaron has finished 1
when samson had finished 1
when the lord had finished 1
when they had finished 1
when they were finished 1
when you finish 1
when you have completed 1
will be completed 1
will be destroyed 1
will be gone 1
will devastate 1
will disappear 1
will finish them off 1
will subside 1
will they complete it 1
wipe us out 1
wiped me 1
yearns 1
you finished them off 1
you had put an end to it 1
you have finished 1
you have finished laying aside 1
you have put an end to them 1
you have wiped them out 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
had made an end 12
finished 5
shall fail 5
consumed 4
fail 4
faileth 4
and consume 3
and finished 3
and shall consume 3
when thou hast made an end 3
and it came to pass as soon as he had made an end 2
and it came to pass when he had made an end 2
and when he had made an end 2
and when they had made an end 2
are consumed 2
be accomplished 2
consume 2
had done 2
have made an end 2
is consumed 2
is determined 2
that i may consume 2
them till i have consumed 2
thus will i accomplish 2
to consume 2
upon them to accomplish 2
when they had made an end 2
against them and that i may consume 1
against them until they be consumed 1
also until they have done 1
and are spent 1
and before i had done 1
and he finished 1
and he left off 1
and i have consumed 1
and it came to pass as he had made an end 1
and it came to pass before he had done 1
and it came to pass that as soon as he had made an end 1
and it came to pass when they had eaten up 1
and it shall be when thou hast made an end 1
and left 1
and they all shall fail 1
and they made an end 1
and they shall be consumed 1
and thou shalt quite take away 1
and to consume 1
and until it was finished 1
and when he hath made an end 1
and when he shall have accomplished 1
and when she had done 1
and when they had finished 1
and when thou hast accomplished 1
and ye shall be consumed 1
are ended 1
are expired 1
are not consumed 1
are they consumed 1
as they had made an end 1
as yet failed 1
be consumed 1
but he finished 1
ceaseth 1
determined 1
did fail 1
did he consume 1
do fail 1
ended 1
fainteth 1
for we are consumed 1
from me i am consumed 1
fulfil 1
had finished 1
had fully 1
hath accomplished 1
he bringeth 1
he destroyeth 1
he had left 1
he have finished 1
him and consumed 1
i have spent 1
i will also make an end 1
is consumed away 1
is done 1
is ended 1
is spent 1
lest i consume 1
longed 1
made 1
made an end 1
might be accomplished 1
might be fulfilled 1
not consume 1
now when all this was finished 1
now when he had made an end 1
now when these things were done 1
pluck 1
shall be consumed 1
shall be finished 1
shall cease 1
shall consume 1
shall not waste 1
shall they be consumed 1
shall they consume away 1
shalt thou finish 1
should be consumed 1
so they made an end 1
that consumed 1
that shall consume 1
thee until thou hast finished 1
them but i will consume 1
them that i consumed 1
them to destroy them utterly 1
they made an end 1
they shall consume 1
they shall spend 1
they spend 1
thou hast consumed 1
thou shalt not make clean riddance 1
thou shalt not wholly reap 1
till they were consumed 1
till thou hadst consumed 1
till thou hast ended 1
till thou have consumed 1
to fail 1
to pass 1
until he had made an end 1
until he shall have done 1
until i had consumed 1
until there be an end 1
until they be consumed 1
until they had made an end 1
until they had utterly destroyed 1
until they have ended 1
until thou have consumed 1
unto the end 1
unto thee until he have consumed 1
upon thee and accomplish 1
upon them i have consumed 1
upon them i will spend 1
was ended 1
was finished 1
was spent 1
wasted 1
we spend 1
were determined 1
were ended 1
were finished 1
when he had made an end 1
when i have accomplished 1
wherefore have ye not fulfilled 1
wherefore i have consumed 1
will they make an end 1
with us till thou hadst consumed 1
yea even fainteth 1

Verses containing H3615

Page 2 of 5. 202 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. Judges 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.

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  2. Judges 15:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.

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  3. Ruth 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”

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  4. Ruth 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

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  5. Ruth 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

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  6. Ruth 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”

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  7. 1 Samuel 2:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

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  8. 1 Samuel 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.

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  9. 1 Samuel 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.

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  10. 1 Samuel 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.

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  11. 1 Samuel 15:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’

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  12. 1 Samuel 18:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

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  13. 1 Samuel 20:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

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  14. 1 Samuel 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”

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  15. 1 Samuel 20:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

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  16. 1 Samuel 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud

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    Source alternate reference: 24.17

  17. 1 Samuel 25:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”

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  18. 2 Samuel 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.

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  19. 2 Samuel 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king a full account of the battle,

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  20. 2 Samuel 13:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.

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  21. 2 Samuel 13:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.

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  22. 2 Samuel 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,

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  23. 2 Samuel 22:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

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  24. 2 Samuel 22:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

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  25. 1 Kings 1:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.

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  26. 1 Kings 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

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  27. 1 Kings 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.

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  28. 1 Kings 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Solomon built the temple and finished it.

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  29. 1 Kings 6:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.

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  30. 1 Kings 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

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  31. 1 Kings 7:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:

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  32. 1 Kings 8:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

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  33. 1 Kings 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,

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  34. 1 Kings 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”

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  35. 1 Kings 17:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.

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  36. 1 Kings 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”

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  37. 2 Kings 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.

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  38. 2 Kings 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

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  39. 2 Kings 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to it. But now you will strike down Aram only three times.”

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  40. 1 Chronicles 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

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  41. 1 Chronicles 27:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.

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  42. 1 Chronicles 28:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

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  43. 2 Chronicles 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:

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  44. 2 Chronicles 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

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  45. 2 Chronicles 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,

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  46. 2 Chronicles 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

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  47. 2 Chronicles 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

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  48. 2 Chronicles 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”

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  49. 2 Chronicles 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

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  50. 2 Chronicles 24:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.

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