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
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therefore	74
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into	32
it on	32
vvv	31
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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
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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
against us	12
facedown	12
men in	12
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us	12
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it	8
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it pleases	4
of you	4
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past	4
this is why	4
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he was wearing	3
high above	3
i am against	3
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it into	3
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next to it	3
nor	3
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where	3
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nearby	2
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than	2
the city	2
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with you	2
you on	2
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a high	1
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above you	1
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at you in scorn	1
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being responsible for	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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for battle against her	1
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for themselves	1
for this	1
for your honor	1
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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
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grieving for	1
had	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
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his presence	1
his purpose for me	1
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in addition to these	1
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in me	1
in mourning for	1
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is rewarded for his ways	1
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it across	1
it against	1
it for	1
kindly to them	1
led	1
let me supply	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 each of	1
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over the boy again	1
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over you and said	1
part of	1
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regard	1
regulating	1
rest on	1
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ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
shall extend	1
sheba	1
since	1
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some	1
songs	1
standing above them	1
standing on	1
still in	1
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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
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then along with	1
there on	1
these officers were in charge of	1
they	1
they turn against	1
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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 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 15:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.
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1 Chronicles 15:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.
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1 Chronicles 15:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.
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1 Chronicles 16:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
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1 Chronicles 16:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
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1 Chronicles 16:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences
to regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel to keep.
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1 Chronicles 17:7 · 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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1 Chronicles 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.
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1 Chronicles 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.
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1 Chronicles 17:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,
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1 Chronicles 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
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1 Chronicles 17:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
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1 Chronicles 18:7 · 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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1 Chronicles 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
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1 Chronicles 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
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1 Chronicles 18:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
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1 Chronicles 18:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
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1 Chronicles 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
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1 Chronicles 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
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1 Chronicles 20:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
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1 Chronicles 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
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1 Chronicles 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
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1 Chronicles 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
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1 Chronicles 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
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1 Chronicles 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
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1 Chronicles 21:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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1 Chronicles 21:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
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1 Chronicles 21:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
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1 Chronicles 21:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
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1 Chronicles 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
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1 Chronicles 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
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1 Chronicles 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
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1 Chronicles 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.
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1 Chronicles 22:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.
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1 Chronicles 22:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
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1 Chronicles 22:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
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1 Chronicles 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
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1 Chronicles 23:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
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1 Chronicles 23:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
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1 Chronicles 23:28 · BSB · 3 occurrences
but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
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1 Chronicles 23:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.
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1 Chronicles 25:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
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1 Chronicles 25:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 25:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
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1 Chronicles 26:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
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1 Chronicles 26:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 26:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.
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1 Chronicles 26:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.
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1 Chronicles 26:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of Shelomith and his brothers.
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