e.ved H5650

עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) means “servant/slave” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עֶ֫בֶד Hebrew · H5650 800 tagged occurrences in 714 verses

Pronunciation guide: eh'-bed Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5650

עֶ֫בֶד · e.ved · servant/slave

1) slave, servant 1a) slave, servant, man-servant 1b) subjects 1c) servants, worshippers (of God) 1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc) 1e) servant (of Israel) 1f) servant (as form of address between equals) Aramaic equivalent: a.vad (עֲבַד "servant/slave" H5649)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H5647 (עָבַד); a servant

KJV glosses: [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.

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How translators render H5650

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
your servant	89
servants	52
his servants	48
your servants	47
my servant	39
the servant	30
his servant	21
of your servant	20
servant	19
my servants	16
slaves	16
to your servant	14
of slavery	13
of your servants	12
the servants	12
a servant	9
menservants	8
of the servants	8
and his officials	7
and his servants	7
his officials	7
of his servant	7
of his servants	7
of my servant	7
subject	7
and servants	6
and your officials	6
to his servants	6
your menservants	6
officials	5
slave	5
am your servant	4
are my servant	4
are your servants	4
as slaves	4
them	4
a slave	3
and my servant	3
and the servants	3
and your servant	3
for your servant	3
let your servant	3
of my servants	3
servants of yours	3
so the servant	3
to your servants	3
along with her servants	2
and his officers	2
as a slave	2
as menservants	2
as my servant	2
i	2
i am your servant	2
in his servants	2
is your servant	2
me	2
nor your manservant	2
o servants	2
of his manservant	2
of his officials	2
of servants	2
officers	2
official	2
or his manservant	2
should your servant	2
so his servants	2
so the servants	2
soldiers	2
the officers	2
their servants	2
then the servant	2
to his servant	2
to my servant	2
to slavery	2
vassal	2
we your servants	2
who were servants	2
with your servant	2
with your servants	2
your manservant	2
your officials	2
a manservant	1
against his servant	1
against his servants	1
against my servant	1
against your servant	1
allow your servants	1
along with crews	1
and	1
and a servant	1
and he brought them	1
and in his servant	1
and menservants	1
and my servants	1
and of my servant	1
and soldiers	1
and the servants of joash	1
and the servants of sennacherib	1
and the slave	1
and their officials	1
and there was a servant	1
and your servants	1
are handing your servant	1
are my servants	1
are servants to you	1
are slaves	1
as male	1
as servants	1
as the menservants do	1
but his servants	1
but i your servant	1
but my servant ziba	1
but the servants	1
but they	1
but to his servants	1
but when they	1
but while your servant	1
but your servant	1
but your servants	1
can your servant	1
did your servants	1
eglons servants	1
elahs servant	1
envoys	1
for a slave	1
for his servant	1
for my servant	1
for their own servants	1
from your servant	1
give your servant	1
have made your servant	1
his	1
his forces	1
his manservant	1
his officers	1
his own servants	1
his slaves	1
in his service	1
is slave	1
jeroboam was a servant	1
let me your servant	1
let my servants	1
like a slave	1
like my servant	1
like slaves	1
like the servant	1
meanwhile the servants	1
must your servant wait	1
my menservants	1
my own servant	1
naamans servants however	1
nor your servant	1
not servants	1
of his children	1
of his subjects	1
of my manservant	1
of your officials	1
on your servant	1
or your servants	1
serve	1
slave who	1
some of his servants	1
subjects	1
the men	1
the menservants	1
the menservants and maidservants	1
the slave	1
their menservants	1
their presence	1
then he	1
then his servants	1
then my servant	1
then the servants	1
then the servants of amon	1
then the servants of ben-hadad	1
then your servant	1
then your servants	1
therefore your servant	1
they belong to your servant	1
through my servants	1
to be his servant	1
to become slaves	1
to slave	1
to the servant	1
upon your servant	1
we are your servants	1
we are your slaves	1
were servants	1
when the servants	1
while his servants	1
will be servant	1
will be your servant	1
with my servant	1
yet have a servant	1
you servants	1
your servant by	1
your servant is	1
your servants way	1
your slave	1
your slaves	1
yours	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
servants	55
thy servant	51
my servant	36
the servant	29
his servants	27
his servant	25
thy servants	25
of thy servant	22
of his servants	19
servant	19
and his servants	18
unto his servants	14
unto thy servant	13
for thy servant	11
of thy servants	11
and the servants	10
my servants	10
of bondage	10
unto thy servants	10
with thy servant	10
of his servant	9
and the servant	8
a servant	7
of the servants	7
with thy servants	7
and menservants	6
for thy servants	6
bondmen	5
and my servant	4
and thy servant	4
behold my servants	4
that thou wast a bondman	4
the servants	4
which thy servant	4
with the servants	4
and all his servants	3
and thy manservant	3
and thy servants	3
and to all his servants	3
for bondmen	3
of servants	3
so the servants	3
therefore thy servant	3
to thy servant	3
with his servants	3
all his servants	2
and his servant	2
and servants	2
and when the servants	2
as thy servant	2
became his servant	2
behold my servant	2
behold now thy servant	2
behold thy servant	2
behold thy servants	2
but my servant	2
concerning thy servant	2
for a servant	2
for my servant	2
for servants	2
from his servants	2
he and his servants	2
it for mine own sake and for my servant	2
let thy servant	2
o ye servants	2
of all thy servants	2
of bondmen	2
of my servants	2
she and her servants	2
should let his manservant	2
that thy servants	2
that were on the servants	2
these thy servants	2
to his servants	2
to my servant	2
unto all his servants	2
unto his servant	2
unto my servant	2
unto you all my servants	2
upon thy servant	2
a bondman	1
a manservant	1
against his servant	1
against my servant	1
against thee or against thy servants	1
against thy servant	1
all the servants	1
also and all his servants	1
also his servant	1
also of his servants	1
also of thy servants	1
also unto you all my servants	1
among all thy servants	1
among the servants	1
and a servant	1
and against his servant	1
and all these thy servants	1
and also upon the servants	1
and as thy servant	1
and at all the servants	1
and behold my servants	1
and behold the servants	1
and behold thy servants	1
and caused the servants	1
and from thy servants	1
and hath a servant	1
and he shall be thy servant	1
and if the servant	1
and if thy servant	1
and my servants	1
and of his servants	1
and on all his servants	1
and to his servants	1
and unto all his servants	1
and upon all his servants	1
and upon all thy servants	1
and upon thy servants	1
and when his servants	1
and ye servants	1
and ye shall be his servants	1
and your menservants	1
are there and the servant	1
are thy servants	1
as a bondservant	1
as a servant	1
as my servant	1
as servants	1
as the menservants	1
as with the servant	1
became servants	1
because of him thy servant	1
because thy servant	1
beside their manservants	1
beside their servants	1
both thy bondmen	1
but as for thee and thy servants	1
but behold thy servant	1
but his servants	1
but let thy servant	1
but neither he nor his servants	1
but the servants	1
but thy servants	1
can thy servant	1
even there also will thy servant	1
for mine own sake and for my servant	1
for my servants	1
for thee and for thy servants	1
for to thy servant	1
for you for thee and for thy servant	1
from being bondmen	1
from thy servant	1
from thy servants	1
had a servant	1
hath thy servant	1
he and all his servants	1
he shall be my servant	1
here with you none of the servants	1
him for a servant	1
him then shall ye be our servants	1
him therefore he shall be my servant	1
himself against them he and his servants	1
himself concerning his servants	1
himself for his servants	1
his own servants	1
i beseech thee and his servants	1
i pray thee from thy servant	1
i pray thee thy servant	1
i pray thee to thy servants	1
i pray thee unto thy servants	1
i pray you into your servants	1
i will be thy servant	1
if thou wilt be a servant	1
in his servants	1
in thee and all his servants	1
in thy servant	1
it and my servants	1
it to me but the servants	1
it to thy servant	1
let my servants	1
like as my servant	1
like my servant	1
made his servants	1
me but i thy servant	1
me for thy servant	1
me then will we be your servants	1
me thy servant	1
moreover by them is thy servant	1
much less for a servant	1
nevertheless they shall be his servants	1
no bondmen	1
no servants	1
nor any of his servants	1
nor his manservant	1
nor servants	1
nor thy manservant	1
not a servant	1
not thou o my servant	1
not thy servant	1
not to be the servants	1
now therefore i pray thee let thy servant	1
now therefore we pray thee let thy servants	1
of all his servants	1
of all the servants	1
of her and his servants	1
of my manservant	1
of my servant	1
on all sides	1
or his manservant	1
out his manservants	1
over the servants	1
shall be his servant	1
shall be my servant	1
shall be with thy servants	1
so shall thy servant	1
so will thy servant	1
than all the servants	1
that his servants	1
that my servant	1
that thou shouldest be my servant	1
that thou wast a servant	1
that thy manservant	1
that thy servant	1
that which thy servant	1
that ye should not be their bondmen	1
thee concerning thy servants	1
there for why should thy servant	1
therefore hath thy servant	1
thou and all thy servants	1
thou and thy servants	1
thou hast made thy servant	1
thou hast not been as my servant	1
thou not o my servant	1
thou thus with thy servants	1
thou thy servant	1
thy manservant	1
to a servant	1
to all his servants	1
to be bondmen	1
to be his servants	1
to be servants	1
to be unto you for servants	1
to him for servants	1
to his servant	1
to make thy servant	1
to the servants	1
to them then they will be thy servants	1
to them they will be thy servants	1
to thy servants	1
toward his servants	1
unto him wherefore have thy servants	1
unto the servant	1
unto the servants	1
unto thee are not his servants	1
unto them by my servants	1
unto you all his servants	1
upon thee and upon thy servants	1
upon thy servants	1
us for bondmen	1
us therefore we his servants	1
what thy servant	1
where they were servants	1
wherefore his servants	1
wherefore then should thy servant	1
will be servants	1
with all the servants	1
with whomsoever of thy servants	1
with you the servants	1
your menservants	1
your servant	1
your servants	1

Verses containing H5650

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2 Samuel 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
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2 Samuel 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two groups took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.
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2 Samuel 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
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2 Samuel 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
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2 Samuel 2:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
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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 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
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2 Samuel 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, because David had sent him on his way in peace.
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2 Samuel 3:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
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2 Samuel 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
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2 Samuel 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
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2 Samuel 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
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2 Samuel 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?
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2 Samuel 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.
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2 Samuel 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
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2 Samuel 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
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2 Samuel 7:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
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2 Samuel 7:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
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2 Samuel 7:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
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2 Samuel 7:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
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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 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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2 Samuel 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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2 Samuel 9:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And there was a servant of the house of Saul named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.
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2 Samuel 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
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2 Samuel 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
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2 Samuel 9:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
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2 Samuel 9:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.
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2 Samuel 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.
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2 Samuel 10:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
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2 Samuel 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
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2 Samuel 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
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2 Samuel 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
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2 Samuel 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
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2 Samuel 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
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2 Samuel 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
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2 Samuel 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
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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 11:24 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
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2 Samuel 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
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2 Samuel 12:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.
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2 Samuel 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
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2 Samuel 13:24 · BSB · 3 occurrences
And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”
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2 Samuel 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
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2 Samuel 13:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
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2 Samuel 13:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
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2 Samuel 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
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2 Samuel 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
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