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 Kings 15:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
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1 Kings 15:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
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1 Kings 15:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
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1 Kings 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
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1 Kings 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.
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1 Kings 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
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1 Kings 16:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
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1 Kings 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
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1 Kings 20:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
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1 Kings 20:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
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1 Kings 20:35 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.
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1 Kings 20:36 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
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1 Kings 20:37 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Then the prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please!” So the man struck him and wounded him,
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1 Kings 22:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
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1 Kings 22:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
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2 Kings 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
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2 Kings 2:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
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2 Kings 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”
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2 Kings 3:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”
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2 Kings 3:24 · BSB · 3 occurrences
But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
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2 Kings 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
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2 Kings 6:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
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2 Kings 6:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
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2 Kings 6:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
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2 Kings 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
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2 Kings 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
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2 Kings 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
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2 Kings 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.
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2 Kings 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
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2 Kings 9:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
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2 Kings 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
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2 Kings 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next morning, Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?
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2 Kings 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.
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2 Kings 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
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2 Kings 10:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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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2 Kings 10:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
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2 Kings 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
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2 Kings 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
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Source alternate reference: 12.21
2 Kings 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
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Source alternate reference: 12.22
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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2 Kings 13:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows!” So he took them, and Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” So he struck the ground three times and stopped.
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2 Kings 13:19 · BSB · 3 occurrences
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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2 Kings 13:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities of Israel.
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2 Kings 14:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
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2 Kings 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
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2 Kings 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
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2 Kings 14:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
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2 Kings 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 15:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
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Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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