ma.tsa H4672

מָצָא (ma.tsa) means “to find” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מָצָא Hebrew · H4672 455 tagged occurrences in 425 verses

Pronunciation guide: maw-tsaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4672

מָצָא · ma.tsa · to find

1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

KJV glosses: [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.

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How translators render H4672

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
found	22
i have found	22
find	10
and found	9
is found	9
was found	9
be found	8
they found	8
find them	7
finds	7
find him	5
he found	5
i find	5
were found	5
who were present	5
and find	4
and they found	4
are found	4
finding	4
i found	4
to find	4
we have found	4
you will find	4
could be found	3
find her	3
he found him	3
is caught	3
met	3
that was found	3
to be found	3
we found	3
and he was found	2
and you will find	2
brought him	2
but i found	2
can be found	2
can find	2
discover	2
encounters	2
find anything	2
found him	2
has found	2
have been found	2
have you found	2
he will be found	2
i encountered	2
i have discovered	2
if you find	2
overtook him	2
that had been found	2
that still survives	2
there	2
to comprehend	2
we will find	2
who were found	2
will be found	2
will find	2
would they have enough	2
you find	2
you found	2
acquired	1
afford	1
among	1
an ever-present	1
and acquires	1
and all that was found	1
and discover	1
and find me	1
and found them	1
and have found	1
and he found	1
and i find	1
and i found	1
and i have found you	1
and if i have found	1
and spreads	1
and strikes	1
and there it was found	1
and there were found to be	1
and they are discovered	1
and verified	1
and you have found	1
are stained	1
befell him	1
brought	1
but find	1
but finds	1
but found	1
but he found	1
but i discovered	1
can fathom it	1
can we find	1
can you fathom	1
caught	1
come upon us	1
comes	1
could lift	1
delivered you	1
demands	1
did you ever find	1
discovered	1
encounters her	1
enough	1
fathom	1
find elijah	1
find it	1
find its meaning	1
find me	1
find the donkeys	1
find you	1
finding them	1
finds me	1
for they could find	1
found you	1
god finds	1
grant me this favor	1
had	1
had been found	1
had found	1
had gained	1
happened to us	1
has been found	1
has befallen us	1
has come upon us	1
has exposed	1
has found the courage	1
have come upon them	1
have found	1
have found me	1
have happened to you	1
have i found	1
have solved	1
he accomplishes this	1
he brings consequences	1
he could find a place	1
he finds	1
he found her	1
he found them	1
he has	1
he has found	1
he is caught	1
he reaped	1
he who finds	1
he will find	1
i am pleased with	1
i can find a place	1
i discovered that	1
i have found you out	1
i have here	1
i have indeed found	1
i may find	1
i was confronted	1
i was found	1
i will be found	1
if i found you	1
in attendance	1
in their path	1
is actually found	1
is it found	1
it is attained	1
it was found	1
lay a hand on	1
let me find	1
lies	1
like one who brings	1
like one who finds	1
may be captured	1
may i continue to find	1
may i find	1
met him	1
more room is found	1
now his men found	1
obtain	1
one is found	1
or seeking	1
or the man is found	1
our reach	1
overcame me	1
reached	1
receive	1
remains	1
seized	1
shall find me	1
so that i may find	1
so they found	1
so you have found me out	1
that find	1
that had happened	1
that has been found	1
then the prophet found	1
then you will find	1
there is	1
there they found	1
they brought	1
they can find	1
they had encountered	1
they have been found	1
they reach	1
they took	1
they will find her	1
those present	1
those who found	1
to detect	1
to fall	1
to those who find	1
to those who find them	1
trying to find	1
was he ever found among thieves	1
we find him	1
we have lived	1
were	1
whatever can be found	1
when you meet	1
where to find him	1
while he may be found	1
who are here	1
who are present	1
who can be found	1
who finds	1
who found him	1
who found them	1
who was found	1
whoever finds me	1
whoever had	1
will apprehend	1
will befall him	1
will befall them	1
will find you out	1
will meet you	1
will overtake us	1
will seize	1
would befall	1
would overwhelm	1
yet if caught	1
you are able	1
you can find	1
you can find it	1
you can spare	1
you do	1
you find here	1
you find it	1
you have found	1
you may be found	1
you meet	1
you were found	1
you will find it again	1
your fugitives	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
found	31
and found	17
be found	10
find	10
that was found	8
is found	7
and they found	6
findeth	6
hath found	5
i have found	5
present	5
that they found	5
that were found	5
that were present	5
were found	5
but found	4
find out	4
shall be found	4
shall find	4
are found	3
have i found	3
if i find	3
if i have found	3
if now i have found	3
they found	3
to find	3
and all that was found	2
and find	2
and he found	2
and i find	2
and i have found	2
but they found	2
but they shall not find	2
for them to suffice	2
hast thou found	2
have found	2
him but i found	2
him he will be found	2
hit	2
i found	2
it be found	2
let me find	2
met	2
presented	2
shall find out	2
that i have found	2
that is found	2
they shall find	2
to find out	2
unto him if now i have found	2
was found	2
which were found	2
who can find	2
all that are found	1
all that found	1
also find	1
among all those have i not found	1
and all that came to hand	1
and all that were present	1
and catch	1
and could not find	1
and every man with whom was found	1
and find out	1
and foundest	1
and have not delivered	1
and he cannot find	1
and he caused all that were present	1
and he was found	1
and i found	1
and i will be found	1
and if i have found	1
and if she be not able to bring	1
and it was found	1
and lighteth	1
and made all that were present	1
and met	1
and not be found	1
and now if i have found	1
and received	1
and shall not be found	1
and shall not find	1
and that which was found	1
and there shall meet	1
and therein was found	1
and they presented	1
and they shall not be found	1
and they that found	1
and thou hast also found	1
and thou hast found	1
and thou hast not found	1
and what hast thou found	1
and wherefore have i not found	1
and ye shall find	1
and yet so they sufficed	1
any finding	1
are befallen	1
are come	1
as occasion	1
as one that findeth	1
as one that found	1
be certainly	1
be not found	1
be with us why then is all this befallen	1
because he hath found	1
because in him there is found	1
because they had found	1
behold he findeth	1
behold i have	1
but he found	1
but he found her	1
but i find	1
but i found	1
but it was not found	1
but lo i will deliver	1
but they were not found	1
can find out	1
can we find	1
canst thou find	1
come	1
every one that findeth me	1
every one that is found	1
every one that shall be found	1
for all that were present	1
for and there were found	1
for he found	1
for i cannot find	1
for i have not found	1
for thou hast found	1
for thou shalt find	1
for whoso findeth	1
found her	1
found him	1
from them but i found	1
gat hold	1
had gotten	1
hath found out	1
hath gotten	1
hath not been found	1
have taken hold	1
have they not sped	1
he be found	1
he causeth it to come	1
he found	1
her and it come to pass that she find	1
her but they found	1
him but he could not be found	1
him but i could not find	1
him he could not be found	1
him he was found	1
him lest he get	1
him or if he be found	1
i am found	1
i have found me out	1
i have not found	1
i may find	1
i pray thee whatsoever cometh	1
i shall find	1
i should find	1
if i have now found	1
if i shall find	1
if there be found	1
if thou meet	1
if ye find	1
is not enough	1
it but i found	1
it was found out	1
let us find	1
me and find	1
me findeth	1
me for he hath found	1
nay i pray thee if now i have found	1
needeth it let me find	1
nor finding	1
now there was found	1
now therefore i pray thee if i have found	1
of all that he hath	1
of them he found	1
of them they found	1
on them for they are found	1
or have found	1
or what there is present	1
out	1
ready	1
shall befall	1
shall he get	1
shall not be found	1
shall not find	1
shalt find	1
shalt find occasion	1
she findeth	1
should find	1
so shalt thou find	1
so that there shall not be found	1
that are left	1
that are present	1
that befell	1
that found	1
that had come	1
that hath befallen	1
that i may find	1
that is left	1
that shall come	1
that shall come on	1
that she shall not find	1
that they came to	1
that thou findest	1
that thou hast found	1
that ye have not found	1
thee that hath come	1
thee that i may find	1
them and shalt not find	1
them and they were found	1
them but shall not find	1
them that they may find	1
themselves to find	1
then he found	1
then thou shalt find	1
thence and found	1
thence he lighted	1
there and find	1
there shall not be found	1
there was not found	1
there were found	1
therein and ye shall find	1
thereof if ye can find	1
thereof neither is it found	1
thereon it shall not be found	1
they if we have found	1
this have i found	1
this have we found	1
thou art found	1
thou find	1
thou findest	1
thou hast found	1
thou shalt find	1
to her i found	1
to redeem	1
to restore	1
to them that find	1
until i find out	1
unto him he found	1
unto him i pray thee if i have found	1
unto him we have found	1
unto him why have i found	1
unto thee was he found	1
unto those that find	1
upon me i found	1
was not found	1
was there found	1
we cannot find him out	1
we found	1
we have found	1
we have found out	1
we may find	1
we shall find	1
what hast thou found	1
when he is found	1
when they can find	1
when thou hast found	1
when thou mayest be found	1
when ye find	1
where he could find	1
where he shall be found	1
where i may find	1
where i might find	1
which are here	1
which are present	1
which he found	1
which shall be found	1
which they found	1
which was found	1
which we found	1
while he may be found	1
who can find it out	1
will come	1
will find you out	1
with her and they be found	1
with them and among them all was found	1
with whom was found	1
ye can find	1
ye find	1
ye had not found out	1
ye shall find	1
ye shall not find	1
yet he shall not find	1
you that ye may find	1

Verses containing H4672

Page 3 of 9. 425 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Deuteronomy 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.
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Deuteronomy 22:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
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Deuteronomy 22:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
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Deuteronomy 22:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
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Deuteronomy 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
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Deuteronomy 22:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
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Deuteronomy 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
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Deuteronomy 22:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
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Deuteronomy 22:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
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Deuteronomy 24:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
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Deuteronomy 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
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Deuteronomy 31:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
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Deuteronomy 31:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
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Deuteronomy 32:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
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Joshua 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
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Joshua 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them.
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Joshua 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”
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Joshua 17:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
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Judges 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
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Judges 5:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
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Judges 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
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Judges 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
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Judges 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
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Judges 14:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
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Judges 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
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Judges 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
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Judges 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
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Judges 20:48 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
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Judges 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
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Judges 21:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
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Ruth 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud
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Ruth 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
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Ruth 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”
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Ruth 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
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1 Samuel 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.
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1 Samuel 9:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.
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1 Samuel 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
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1 Samuel 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
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1 Samuel 9:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
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1 Samuel 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
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1 Samuel 10:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
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1 Samuel 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
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1 Samuel 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
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1 Samuel 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
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1 Samuel 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
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1 Samuel 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.
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1 Samuel 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
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1 Samuel 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
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1 Samuel 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
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