na.khah H5221

נָכָה (na.khah) means “to smite” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נָכָה Hebrew · H5221 500 tagged occurrences in 460 verses

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

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5221

נָכָה · na.khah · to smite

1) to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill 1a)(Niphal) to be stricken or smitten 1b) (Pual) to be stricken or smitten 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust 1c2) to smite, kill, slay (man or beast) 1c3) to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage 1c4) to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy 1d) (Hophal) to be smitten 1d1) to receive a blow 1d2) to be wounded 1d3) to be beaten 1d4) to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain 1d5) to be attacked and captured 1d6) to be smitten (with disease) 1d7) to be blighted (of plants)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

KJV glosses: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.

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How translators render H5221

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
struck down	18
and struck down	11
he struck down	10
killed	10
struck	10
and struck	8
and put	7
attacked	7
defeated	7
strike	7
and attacked	6
and strike	6
struck him down	6
to strike	5
and attack	4
and he struck	4
and killed	4
had struck down	4
killed him	4
who kills	4
will strike	4
and defeated	3
and put it	3
and struck them down	3
and they struck down	3
conquered	3
has slain	3
he struck	3
i will strike down	3
put him	3
strikes	3
striking down	3
they put	3
they struck down	3
also defeated	2
also struck down	2
and afflicting	2
and attack me	2
and defeating	2
and he strikes	2
and put them	2
and strike down	2
and they killed	2
beat down	2
conquering	2
david also defeated	2
from the slaughter	2
had defeated	2
had struck	2
had struck them down	2
i struck down	2
i struck you	2
it struck	2
kills	2
kills him	2
shall i kill them	2
so he struck	2
strike him	2
strike me	2
striking	2
struck them	2
struck them down	2
to kill	2
to strike them down	2
was stricken	2
who defeated	2
who defeated them	2
who had murdered	2
who struck	2
whoever kills	2
whoever strikes	2
will afflict	2
wounded	2
after the israelites had struck down	1
am striking you	1
amaziah executed	1
and attacked it as well	1
and attacked them	1
and attacks	1
and be flogged	1
and beat	1
and began killing	1
and cast	1
and had struck down	1
and having stabbed	1
and he attacked	1
and he struck down	1
and he struck him	1
and he will kill them	1
and infected	1
and is beaten	1
and joab stabbed	1
and kill	1
and kill him	1
and kill me	1
and kill them	1
and killed him	1
and kills him	1
and plunge it	1
and routed chedorlaomers army	1
and shot	1
and slash	1
and slaughtered	1
and slaughtered them	1
and start killing	1
and strike him	1
and strike them dead	1
and striking them down	1
and take	1
and the people clapped	1
and they beat	1
and they conquered	1
and they put	1
and they stabbed him	1
and they struck	1
and was defeated	1
and we defeated him	1
and when he had struck	1
and when you strike	1
and wounded him	1
and you are to strike down	1
and you shall attack	1
and you will strike down	1
anyone strikes	1
are being beaten	1
are you attacking	1
attack them	1
attacked them	1
baasha had struck down	1
be beaten	1
be struck down	1
beat	1
beat down on them	1
beaten	1
beating	1
beatings	1
but god struck down	1
but i will strike	1
but we defeated them	1
but whoever kills	1
clap	1
conquered the area	1
deserves to be beaten	1
destroyed	1
for you shall strike	1
from defeating	1
from killing	1
from striking down	1
had been struck down	1
had inflicted on him	1
had killed	1
has attacked	1
has been taken	1
has killed	1
has struck down	1
has the lord struck israel	1
have you beaten	1
have you stricken us	1
having killed	1
he also put	1
he also struck down	1
he beat	1
he devastated	1
he had defeated	1
he had struck down	1
he had suffered	1
he has wounded us	1
he may receive	1
he put	1
he strikes him	1
he who strikes down	1
he will put them	1
he will split it	1
he will strike	1
he will strike them	1
her oppressors	1
him who struck them	1
hoshea attacked pekah	1
i beat	1
i have defeated	1
i have slain	1
i have struck	1
i have struck you	1
i strike	1
i struck	1
i will pin	1
i will strike	1
i will strike them	1
i will strike you down	1
i will tear down	1
inflicting	1
is afflicted	1
is like one who slays	1
is struck down	1
ishmael had killed	1
joab stabbed him	1
joshua put	1
kill	1
kill them	1
lashes cut into	1
let us denounce him	1
of the murderers	1
of the slain	1
one struck down	1
or to flog	1
pekah struck down	1
put	1
put them	1
shoot	1
should he take	1
should i strike	1
so he attacked tiphsah	1
so he beat her	1
so he struck them	1
so i struck him	1
so israel struck them down	1
so that he may be struck down	1
so the young man struck him down	1
so they struck down og	1
strike it down	1
strikes down	1
striking them down	1
struck elah down	1
struck him	1
struck it down	1
take	1
takes the life	1
that attacked	1
that man killed	1
that struck you	1
the israelites put	1
the one striking him	1
the one who struck down	1
the one who struck him	1
the slayer	1
the woman who was killed	1
the wounds i received	1
then he struck	1
then i will strike	1
then the one who struck him	1
they attacked the hamites	1
they beat me	1
they had inflicted on him	1
they put the city	1
they put them	1
they struck	1
they struck me	1
they struck them down	1
they will strike	1
through him	1
thrust	1
to attack	1
to defeat	1
to defeat them	1
to inflict	1
to kill him	1
to kill them	1
to pin	1
to strike down	1
to strike him	1
to take	1
to the one who would strike him	1
to those who struck me	1
was defeated	1
we struck them down	1
we will attack	1
were afflicted	1
were beaten	1
were destroyed	1
when he struck down	1
when i strike	1
when i strike down	1
where he defeated the philistines	1
where he struck down	1
while they were killing	1
who attacked	1
who had defeated	1
who had him put	1
who strikes	1
who strikes down	1
who strikes the blow	1
who struck down	1
who struck them	1
who struck them down	1
who was slain	1
whoever attacks	1
will afflict you	1
will be smashed	1
will i destroy	1
will kill you	1
will strike them down	1
will strike you	1
would kill	1
you have beaten me	1
you have indeed defeated	1
you killed	1
you must put	1
you must surely put	1
you put	1
you should have struck	1
you strike him	1
you struck	1
you struck them	1
you were to strike down	1
you will strike down	1
you would have struck down	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
and smote	53
smote	50
smite	20
slew	18
and he smote	14
and slew	14
and they smote	13
and smite	11
had smitten	7
he slew	7
and they slew	6
who smote	6
and i will smite	5
from the slaughter	5
he smote	5
shall smite	5
and smitten	4
he that smiteth	4
that killeth	4
to smite	4
against him and smote	3
hath slain	3
him and smote	3
i will smite	3
is smitten	3
it and slew	3
that was slain	3
they smote	3
to slay	3
and he shall smite	2
and he that killeth	2
and he will smite	2
and if he smite	2
and shall smite	2
and thou shalt smite	2
and we smote	2
and will smite	2
beat	2
had given	2
had slain	2
he had slain	2
he shall smite	2
i smote	2
it and smote	2
shall i smite	2
shall slay	2
smiting	2
smitten	2
stripes	2
that i smote	2
that smote	2
thee to smite	2
them and smote	2
therefore he smote	2
was smitten	2
which smote	2
whoso killeth	2
with him and smote	2
after he had smitten	1
against him and kill	1
against him and smite	1
against him and they slew	1
against me and slay me	1
against them and hath smitten	1
against them and smote	1
against us they shall smite	1
also and slew	1
also slew	1
and be smitten	1
and beat	1
and because he killed	1
and cast forth	1
and hath also slain	1
and he shall slay	1
and he slew	1
and he struck	1
and he that smiteth	1
and it came to pass while they were slaying	1
and it smote	1
and let us smite	1
and shall slay	1
and slay	1
and smite it	1
and smite me	1
and smiteth	1
and they have smitten	1
and to be beaten	1
and to smite	1
and when he also had smitten	1
and why didst thou not smite	1
and ye shall smite	1
at him to smite	1
beaten	1
because he smote	1
behold he smote	1
behold i will smite	1
behold therefore i have smitten	1
between the slayer	1
even he smote	1
for thou hast smitten	1
for thou shalt smite	1
for though ye had smitten	1
from him and smote	1
from smiting	1
hath he smitten	1
have i slain	1
have i smitten	1
he smite	1
he that smote	1
he who smote	1
him and slew	1
him and they clapped	1
him and they smote	1
him but who slew	1
him should kill	1
him so that in smiting	1
him that smote	1
i have smitten	1
i pray thee and i will slay	1
i will also smite	1
in smiting	1
it and he that killeth	1
it and smitten	1
let us not kill	1
lo thou hast smitten	1
made	1
me that we may smite	1
me they smote	1
me wherefore should i smite	1
not unto him that smiteth	1
not were smitten	1
now therefore let me smite	1
of him that smiteth	1
of him that smote	1
of slaying	1
of the murderers	1
over them were beaten	1
shall not smite	1
slain	1
slay	1
so he smote	1
so they smote	1
some on this side and some on that side and they smote	1
that had killed	1
that he may be smitten	1
that he slew	1
that i may smite	1
that smiteth	1
that were with him and smote	1
thee not for i have wounded	1
thee thou shalt smite	1
them but they went forward	1
them that every one that killeth	1
them that whosoever killeth	1
then hadst thou smitten	1
then shall he that smote	1
thereof and they smote	1
they have smitten	1
they have stricken	1
thither which killeth	1
those that smote	1
thou beatest	1
thou hast indeed	1
thou hast killed	1
thou hast stricken	1
thou shalt beat	1
thou shalt not smite	1
thou shalt smite	1
thou shalt surely	1
thou shouldest have smitten	1
to be beaten	1
to have slain	1
to him that smiteth	1
to him that smote	1
to him which smote	1
to strike	1
to the smiters	1
together	1
unto him surely i will be with thee and thou shalt smite	1
unto him wherefore hast thou smitten	1
unto thee that thou hast smitten	1
unto you and will punish	1
unto you smite	1
upon him and he smote	1
upon him that smote	1
upon us and smite	1
us and we smote	1
us he hath smitten	1
we may smite	1
were not smitten	1
when i shall smite	1
when i smite	1
whereas now thou shalt smite	1
wherefore should he slay	1
wherefore smitest	1
wherewith thou smotest	1
which had slain	1
which slew	1
which was slain	1
which were given	1
who hath slain	1
who killeth	1
who slew	1
whom he had slain	1
whom i have slain	1
whom thou hast smitten	1
whom thou slewest	1
whosoever smiteth	1
why hast thou smitten	1
why should ye be stricken	1
why shouldest thou be smitten	1
will smite	1
with me and to kill	1
with which i was wounded	1
wouldest thou smite	1
wounded	1
yea and slain	1
yea they have slain	1

Verses containing H5221

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Numbers 21:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.
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Numbers 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”
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Numbers 22:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.
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Numbers 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her once again.
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Numbers 22:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.
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Numbers 22:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
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Numbers 22:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
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Numbers 25:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
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Numbers 25:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
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Numbers 25:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
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Numbers 25:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”
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Numbers 32:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your servants have livestock.”
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Numbers 33:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.
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Numbers 35:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
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Numbers 35:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
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Numbers 35:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
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Numbers 35:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
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Numbers 35:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
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Numbers 35:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
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Numbers 35:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
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Numbers 35:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
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Deuteronomy 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
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Deuteronomy 2:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
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Deuteronomy 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.
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Deuteronomy 4:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
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Deuteronomy 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
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Deuteronomy 13:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
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Source alternate reference: 13.16
Deuteronomy 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
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Deuteronomy 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
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Deuteronomy 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
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Deuteronomy 20:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
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Deuteronomy 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
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Deuteronomy 25:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
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Deuteronomy 25:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
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Deuteronomy 25:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
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Deuteronomy 27:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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Deuteronomy 27:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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Deuteronomy 28:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.
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Deuteronomy 28:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
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Deuteronomy 28:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,
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Deuteronomy 28:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
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Deuteronomy 29:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
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Source alternate reference: 29.6
Joshua 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”
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Joshua 7:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
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Joshua 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
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Joshua 8:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.
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Joshua 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
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Joshua 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
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Joshua 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
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Joshua 10:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
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