al H5921

עַל (al) means “upon” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עַל Hebrew · H5921 5,771 tagged occurrences in 4,490 verses

Pronunciation guide: al Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5921A

עַל · al · upon

prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative)

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TBESH · H5921B

[כִּי] עַל [כֵּן] · [ki] al [ken] · as

conj forasmuch as, because that, because, notwithstanding, although

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV glosses: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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How translators render H5921

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
on	762
over	289
against	210
in	205
to	197
for	152
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therefore	74
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into	32
it on	32
vvv	31
about	30
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concerning	27
that is why	26
near	25
over you	25
beside	24
according to	23
along	23
from me	23
on him	22
against it	21
you	21
was in charge of	20
him	19
for him	18
upon him	18
for you	17
them	17
and against	16
over us	16
so	16
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on you	15
to you	15
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around	13
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me	13
why	13
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facedown	12
men in	12
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us	12
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as	11
atop	11
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it	8
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her	7
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here	4
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in command	4
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it pleases	4
of you	4
on me	4
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past	4
this is why	4
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for it	3
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he was wearing	3
high above	3
i am against	3
i am against you	3
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in spite of	3
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it into	3
next to	3
next to it	3
nor	3
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where	3
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with us	3
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my	2
nearby	2
no wonder	2
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overlooking	2
placed on	2
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than	2
the city	2
their	2
their own	2
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were under	2
what is on	2
with you	2
you on	2
your	2
a high	1
a message	1
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about you	1
above me	1
above them	1
above you	1
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against jehoiakim	1
against nadab	1
against one	1
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against their enemies	1
against you jerusalem	1
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and show me	1
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and upon you	1
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at you in scorn	1
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back upon	1
be entrusted	1
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being responsible for	1
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between	1
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both	1
both of them	1
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but fully	1
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by me	1
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company	1
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concerning the singers	1
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corresponding to	1
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crossing	1
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despite	1
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entrusted with	1
even beyond	1
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facing	1
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for battle against her	1
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for the people	1
for themselves	1
for this	1
for your honor	1
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from each of them	1
from fighting against	1
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from her shoulder	1
from here	1
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from my people	1
from us	1
from which	1
from your neck	1
from yourselves	1
grieving for	1
had	1
had been assigned to	1
had charge	1
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hagar by	1
has aroused	1
he has received money from	1
he has veiled	1
he will reign on	1
he wrote on	1
her husband	1
here because of	1
here by	1
his own	1
his presence	1
his purpose for me	1
in addition to them	1
in addition to these	1
in charge	1
in charge of them	1
in front of it	1
in his grasp	1
in his presence	1
in me	1
in mourning for	1
in my presence	1
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is on you	1
is ordained for	1
is rewarded for his ways	1
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is to be done at	1
is to remain	1
is upon them	1
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is with	1
it across	1
it against	1
it for	1
kindly to them	1
led	1
let me supply	1
lies in	1
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like	1
loaded with	1
long as you live in	1
longed for	1
look on you	1
looms over	1
lying	1
lying on	1
manned	1
may be before	1
may you have	1
moreover	1
must wear the robe	1
my people	1
myself	1
near amasa	1
now	1
now tamar was wearing	1
of all	1
of him	1
of him instead	1
of his	1
of its value	1
of its value to it	1
of me	1
of the gatekeepers	1
of the value	1
of them	1
of your body	1
off my people	1
oil into	1
on aaron	1
on account	1
on account of her	1
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on behalf of	1
on each of	1
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on the altar	1
on the bodies	1
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on their bodies	1
on their heads	1
on them like dew	1
on this altar	1
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on which	1
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over edom	1
over her	1
over me is	1
over that	1
over the boy again	1
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over whom	1
over you and said	1
part of	1
pot on	1
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prepared on	1
reaches to	1
regard	1
regulating	1
rest on	1
rests on	1
ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
shall extend	1
sheba	1
since	1
so by	1
some	1
songs	1
standing above them	1
standing on	1
still in	1
stood in	1
supporting	1
tenderly to	1
that	1
that are on it	1
that has come upon you	1
that is on them	1
that spirit on	1
that spirit on them	1
that they	1
that was in	1
that you have in	1
the envoys	1
the envoys gladly	1
the load	1
the lord	1
the nursing child	1
the oil on	1
the ropes off	1
the space above	1
the steward	1
their bodies by	1
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themselves to	1
then along with	1
there on	1
these officers were in charge of	1
they	1
they turn against	1
they were in charge of	1
they were responsible for	1
they will attack	1
they will attack us	1
things against	1
this happened because	1
this to	1
though	1
to ahaz	1
to assist	1
to be in charge of	1
to fall into	1
to fight	1
to himself	1
to his people	1
to meet	1
to mount it on	1
to my sorrow	1
to reach	1
to that city	1
to the city	1
to the fire	1
to your	1
to your yoke	1
toward them	1
toward us	1
turned against them	1
turned away from her	1
turns on	1
unanswered	1
up	1
up on	1
upon elisha	1
upon himself	1
upon myself	1
upon yourself	1
upon yourselves	1
was above	1
was beside	1
was lifted up toward	1
was on moses	1
was over them	1
was placed	1
was reclining	1
was under	1
was upon	1
was upon us	1
we are closely	1
we will go against it	1
were above	1
were arranged	1
were assigned to	1
were at	1
were beside	1
were over	1
were responsible for	1
were still covering	1
what you have in	1
when	1
wherever	1
while those facing	1
who supervised	1
who was at	1
will be next to it	1
will be over you	1
will be set against	1
will come against	1
will grow even	1
will he	1
will remain on	1
will turn to	1
with achish	1
with her	1
with me	1
with rehoboam	1
within	1
word throughout	1
written in	1
yet	1
yet he watches over	1
you are wearing	1
you at	1
you concerning	1
you for	1
you in	1
you over	1
you to	1
you would	1
your bags to	1
your doom	1
your downfall	1
your responsibility	1
yourself in	1
yourselves above	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
beside	3
upon	3
above	2
against	2
by	2
in	2
according to	1
after	1
against them touching	1
among	1
and	1
and from	1
as	1
because	1
beyond the time	1
both	1
by reason of	1
for	1
for through	1
from	1
from off	1
from out	1
him according	1
him of	1
how long	1
in that	1
near	1
of them had the charge of	1
off	1
on	1
out	1
over	1
over us	1
than	1
than they	1
them out of	1
thereof from	1
throughout	1
to	1
to him concerning	1
with	1

Verses containing H5921

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1 Kings 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
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1 Kings 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.
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1 Kings 7:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.
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1 Kings 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
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1 Kings 7:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
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1 Kings 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.
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1 Kings 7:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
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1 Kings 7:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.
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1 Kings 7:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.
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1 Kings 7:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.
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1 Kings 7:36 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.
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1 Kings 7:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
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1 Kings 7:39 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.
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1 Kings 7:41 · BSB · 2 occurrences
the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
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1 Kings 7:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);
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1 Kings 7:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;
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1 Kings 7:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
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1 Kings 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
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1 Kings 8:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
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1 Kings 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
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1 Kings 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
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1 Kings 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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1 Kings 8:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
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1 Kings 8:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’
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1 Kings 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
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1 Kings 8:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
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1 Kings 8:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
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1 Kings 8:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
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1 Kings 8:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
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1 Kings 8:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
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1 Kings 8:66 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
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1 Kings 9:5 · BSB · 3 occurrences
then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
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1 Kings 9:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
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1 Kings 9:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
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1 Kings 9:9 · BSB · 3 occurrences
And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
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1 Kings 9:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
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1 Kings 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
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1 Kings 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
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1 Kings 10:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
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1 Kings 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
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1 Kings 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
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1 Kings 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
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1 Kings 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
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1 Kings 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
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1 Kings 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.
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1 Kings 11:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
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1 Kings 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
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1 Kings 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.
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1 Kings 11:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
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1 Kings 11:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.
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