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
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to	197
for	152
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at	88
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therefore	74
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above	45
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because	38
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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
against her	15
on you	15
to you	15
upon me	15
upon us	15
was over	15
around	13
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me	13
why	13
against us	12
facedown	12
men in	12
over him	12
to me	12
us	12
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as	11
atop	11
away from	11
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it	8
next	8
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together with	8
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her	7
to him	7
administrator	6
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and next	5
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beyond	4
east	4
here	4
in addition to	4
in command	4
in him	4
it is because	4
it pleases	4
of you	4
on me	4
on their behalf	4
on your behalf	4
past	4
this is why	4
with him	4
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across	3
and at	3
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be upon	3
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cover	3
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faces	3
for it	3
from them	3
he was wearing	3
high above	3
i am against	3
i am against you	3
in front of	3
in spite of	3
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it into	3
next to	3
next to it	3
nor	3
on account of	3
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throughout	3
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where	3
with them	3
with us	3
about him	2
according	2
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against zechariah	2
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await you	2
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extending across	2
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for your sake	2
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it over	2
meat with	2
my	2
nearby	2
no wonder	2
or on	2
outside the city	2
over the people	2
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overlooking	2
placed on	2
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rested on them	2
so at	2
so that	2
than	2
the city	2
their	2
their own	2
things to	2
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to its value	2
to us	2
was upon me	2
were under	2
what is on	2
with you	2
you on	2
your	2
a high	1
a message	1
about me	1
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about us	1
about you	1
above me	1
above them	1
above you	1
accompanied by	1
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against gog	1
against jehoiakim	1
against nadab	1
against one	1
against our fathers	1
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against their enemies	1
against you jerusalem	1
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although	1
and a leader over	1
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and defend	1
and i must care for	1
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and over it	1
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and sends it	1
and show me	1
and standing on	1
and stood over	1
and the distance from	1
and the inflow	1
and there by	1
and therefore	1
and this is why	1
and to give a ruling	1
and under	1
and upon them	1
and upon you	1
and was over	1
and what was attached to it	1
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and you shall not wear	1
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are heavy	1
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as one who is above	1
as they had spoken against	1
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at each of	1
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at jonathan	1
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at them	1
at what	1
at you in scorn	1
atop one pillar	1
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away from us	1
back upon	1
be entrusted	1
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be upon you	1
because of him	1
because of this	1
because of you	1
because the foundation	1
because they were	1
before him	1
before me	1
behalf	1
being responsible for	1
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beside the springs	1
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bestowed on	1
better than	1
between	1
bind her	1
binds her	1
both	1
both of them	1
both you	1
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but fully	1
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by being in the presence	1
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by me	1
by such things	1
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carrying it on	1
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company	1
concerning abram	1
concerning the singers	1
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concerning you	1
concerning you o nineveh	1
corresponding to	1
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crossing	1
crowns you	1
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despite	1
elsewhere	1
entrusted with	1
even beyond	1
even though	1
even till	1
expected	1
explicitly	1
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facing	1
fall on them	1
far	1
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floated on	1
foes	1
for battle against her	1
for its contents	1
for the people	1
for themselves	1
for this	1
for your honor	1
from atop	1
from doing	1
from each of them	1
from fighting against	1
from her	1
from her shoulder	1
from here	1
from it	1
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
had charge of	1
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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in the land	1
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in you	1
in your	1
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is against her	1
is against you	1
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is for me	1
is heard over	1
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is on me	1
is on you	1
is ordained for	1
is rewarded for his ways	1
is the basis	1
is to be done at	1
is to remain	1
is upon them	1
is why	1
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
on account of him	1
on account of you	1
on before	1
on behalf of	1
on each of	1
on his shoulders	1
on his side	1
on the altar	1
on the bodies	1
on their	1
on their bodies	1
on their heads	1
on them like dew	1
on this altar	1
on top	1
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on which	1
on which was placed	1
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onto	1
onward	1
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ourselves	1
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over edom	1
over her	1
over me is	1
over that	1
over the boy again	1
over to	1
over whom	1
over you and said	1
part of	1
pot on	1
poured on	1
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
their bodies on	1
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 Chronicles 6:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
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Source alternate reference: 6.17
1 Chronicles 6:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
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Source alternate reference: 6.24
1 Chronicles 6:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
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Source alternate reference: 6.29
1 Chronicles 6:49 · BSB · 3 occurrences
But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
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Source alternate reference: 6.34
1 Chronicles 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.
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1 Chronicles 7:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
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1 Chronicles 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
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1 Chronicles 9:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.
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1 Chronicles 9:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
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1 Chronicles 9:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
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1 Chronicles 9:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
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1 Chronicles 9:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.
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1 Chronicles 9:29 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.
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1 Chronicles 9:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.
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1 Chronicles 9:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.
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1 Chronicles 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.
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1 Chronicles 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
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1 Chronicles 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
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1 Chronicles 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
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1 Chronicles 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
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1 Chronicles 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
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1 Chronicles 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.
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1 Chronicles 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
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1 Chronicles 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
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1 Chronicles 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
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1 Chronicles 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
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1 Chronicles 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
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1 Chronicles 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
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1 Chronicles 11:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, chief of the Reubenites, and the thirty with him,
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1 Chronicles 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;
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1 Chronicles 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
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Source alternate reference: 12.9
1 Chronicles 12:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
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Source alternate reference: 12.16
1 Chronicles 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
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Source alternate reference: 12.18
1 Chronicles 12:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
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Source alternate reference: 12.20
1 Chronicles 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.
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Source alternate reference: 12.21
1 Chronicles 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.
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Source alternate reference: 12.22
1 Chronicles 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For at that time men came to David day after day to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God.
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Source alternate reference: 12.23
1 Chronicles 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
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Source alternate reference: 12.24
1 Chronicles 12:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
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Source alternate reference: 12.33
1 Chronicles 12:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.
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Source alternate reference: 12.39
1 Chronicles 13:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
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1 Chronicles 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.
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1 Chronicles 13:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.
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1 Chronicles 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
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1 Chronicles 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went out to face them.
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1 Chronicles 14:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.”
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1 Chronicles 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place Baal-perazim.
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1 Chronicles 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
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1 Chronicles 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David’s fame went out into every land, and the LORD caused all nations to fear him.
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