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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1 Samuel 30:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
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1 Samuel 31:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
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2 Samuel 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
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2 Samuel 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
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2 Samuel 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
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2 Samuel 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Asahel refused to turn away. So Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
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2 Samuel 2:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.
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2 Samuel 3:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
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2 Samuel 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
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2 Samuel 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
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2 Samuel 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
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2 Samuel 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
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2 Samuel 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
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2 Samuel 5:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
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2 Samuel 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
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2 Samuel 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
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2 Samuel 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
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2 Samuel 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
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2 Samuel 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
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2 Samuel 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
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2 Samuel 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
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2 Samuel 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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2 Samuel 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
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2 Samuel 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
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2 Samuel 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
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2 Samuel 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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2 Samuel 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
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2 Samuel 13:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
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2 Samuel 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
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2 Samuel 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
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2 Samuel 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
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2 Samuel 17:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
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2 Samuel 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
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2 Samuel 18:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
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2 Samuel 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
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2 Samuel 21:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
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2 Samuel 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
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2 Samuel 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
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2 Samuel 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
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2 Samuel 21:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha.
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2 Samuel 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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2 Samuel 21:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
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2 Samuel 23:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
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2 Samuel 23:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.
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2 Samuel 23:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
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2 Samuel 23:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also struck down an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
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2 Samuel 24:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
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2 Samuel 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
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1 Kings 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
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1 Kings 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
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