TBESH · H5971A
עַם · am · people
: people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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עַם (am) means “people” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: am Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עַם · am · people
: people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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עַם · am · kinsman
kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · Ammi
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at Sng.6.12 § kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · People's (Gate)
§ kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · (Ibleam)-am
Combined with yiv.le.am (יִבְלְעָם "Ibleam" H2991) § kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · Amaw
This name means nation, people
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עַם · am · people: soldiers
: soldiers/army 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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עַם · am · people: creatures
: creatures 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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from H6004 (עָמַם); a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV glosses: folk, men, nation, people.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the people | 395 |
| people | 179 |
| my people | 96 |
| of the people | 67 |
| your people | 67 |
| his people | 62 |
| the peoples | 45 |
| of my people | 43 |
| and the people | 36 |
| the troops | 35 |
| peoples | 30 |
| a people | 29 |
| the nations | 26 |
| them | 18 |
| for the people | 17 |
| and his people | 15 |
| so the people | 15 |
| and your people | 13 |
| army | 13 |
| but the people | 13 |
| of the peoples | 13 |
| of his people | 12 |
| to the people | 12 |
| among the people | 11 |
| from his people | 11 |
| nations | 11 |
| of the nations | 11 |
| of the troops | 11 |
| of your people | 11 |
| his troops | 10 |
| then the people | 9 |
| among the nations | 8 |
| and the troops | 8 |
| from the people | 8 |
| let my people | 8 |
| are the people | 6 |
| they | 6 |
| to his people | 6 |
| to my people | 6 |
| and the peoples | 5 |
| her people | 5 |
| o my people | 5 |
| of peoples | 5 |
| our people | 5 |
| that the people | 5 |
| the men | 5 |
| their people | 5 |
| to your people | 5 |
| when the people | 5 |
| you people | 5 |
| are my people | 4 |
| for my people | 4 |
| his men | 4 |
| let the people | 4 |
| men | 4 |
| the army | 4 |
| vvv | 4 |
| against his people | 3 |
| among his people | 3 |
| among the peoples | 3 |
| and his troops | 3 |
| and my people | 3 |
| are a people | 3 |
| as a people | 3 |
| but my people | 3 |
| for his people | 3 |
| from a people | 3 |
| his own people | 3 |
| it to the people | 3 |
| nation | 3 |
| o people | 3 |
| o peoples | 3 |
| of people | 3 |
| of them | 3 |
| the others | 3 |
| these people | 3 |
| this people | 3 |
| to the nations | 3 |
| troops | 3 |
| against your people | 2 |
| among my people | 2 |
| among the troops | 2 |
| among your people | 2 |
| an army | 2 |
| and among their people | 2 |
| and for his people | 2 |
| and for the people | 2 |
| and his army | 2 |
| and his men | 2 |
| and of your people | 2 |
| are creatures | 2 |
| are your people | 2 |
| as do your people | 2 |
| for the peoples | 2 |
| for your people | 2 |
| from the nations | 2 |
| is like your people | 2 |
| its people | 2 |
| let the peoples | 2 |
| my people are | 2 |
| of the others | 2 |
| on the people | 2 |
| over my people | 2 |
| people of yours | 2 |
| so they | 2 |
| solomon sent the people | 2 |
| those | 2 |
| to a people | 2 |
| to let the people | 2 |
| a multitude | 1 |
| a nation | 1 |
| against my people | 1 |
| against the people | 1 |
| along with his people | 1 |
| among your own people | 1 |
| and | 1 |
| and a people | 1 |
| and all your people | 1 |
| and an army | 1 |
| and by the people | 1 |
| and have caused my people | 1 |
| and if my people | 1 |
| and its people | 1 |
| and led my people | 1 |
| and my people are | 1 |
| and our people | 1 |
| and people | 1 |
| and peoples | 1 |
| and the lives of my people | 1 |
| and the lord made his people | 1 |
| and the nations | 1 |
| and the rest of the people | 1 |
| and their people | 1 |
| and they | 1 |
| and those people | 1 |
| and troops | 1 |
| and when the people | 1 |
| and when they | 1 |
| are those | 1 |
| army appears | 1 |
| as a nation | 1 |
| as do the peoples | 1 |
| as the people | 1 |
| as the peoples | 1 |
| as they | 1 |
| before the people | 1 |
| bound the troops | 1 |
| but the followers | 1 |
| but the troops | 1 |
| by the people | 1 |
| came with your people | 1 |
| concerning the people | 1 |
| do my people | 1 |
| do the people | 1 |
| each people | 1 |
| elses | 1 |
| following | 1 |
| for the army | 1 |
| for when the people | 1 |
| for your people are like those | 1 |
| from his own people | 1 |
| had bound the people | 1 |
| had placed the troops | 1 |
| has a people | 1 |
| he brought forth his people | 1 |
| he led out his people | 1 |
| his army | 1 |
| his troops however | 1 |
| i brought my people | 1 |
| in his people | 1 |
| in my people | 1 |
| is a people | 1 |
| is his people | 1 |
| is with your own people | 1 |
| is your people | 1 |
| israels troops | 1 |
| led the people | 1 |
| let the nations | 1 |
| like people | 1 |
| like the nations | 1 |
| may peoples | 1 |
| multitude | 1 |
| my fellow townspeople | 1 |
| my own people | 1 |
| my troops | 1 |
| nevertheless the people | 1 |
| now the troops | 1 |
| now when the people | 1 |
| of any people | 1 |
| of each | 1 |
| of every people | 1 |
| of its peoples | 1 |
| of my men | 1 |
| of nations | 1 |
| of our people | 1 |
| of the men | 1 |
| of the neighboring peoples | 1 |
| of the soldiers | 1 |
| of those | 1 |
| of troops | 1 |
| offered by the people | 1 |
| on his people | 1 |
| or anyone | 1 |
| or her people | 1 |
| own | 1 |
| people for me | 1 |
| people here | 1 |
| people up | 1 |
| population | 1 |
| remain upon your people | 1 |
| send the people | 1 |
| sent the people | 1 |
| so a people | 1 |
| so davids army | 1 |
| so gideon brought the men | 1 |
| so my people | 1 |
| so that a people | 1 |
| so the forces | 1 |
| soldiers | 1 |
| than those | 1 |
| that is why the people | 1 |
| that your people | 1 |
| the other nations | 1 |
| the other people | 1 |
| the other peoples | 1 |
| the others to destruction | 1 |
| the people have | 1 |
| the people in it | 1 |
| the people of shechem | 1 |
| the people on | 1 |
| the peoples representative | 1 |
| the soldiers | 1 |
| the troops out to battle | 1 |
| the workers | 1 |
| their | 1 |
| their troops | 1 |
| then all the people | 1 |
| then his people | 1 |
| then i will let your people | 1 |
| then my people | 1 |
| then the troops | 1 |
| then you my people | 1 |
| they are my people | 1 |
| they have led my people | 1 |
| they were a people | 1 |
| this peoples | 1 |
| though the troops | 1 |
| to every people | 1 |
| to foreigners | 1 |
| to lead my people | 1 |
| to let my people | 1 |
| to one of my people | 1 |
| to the creatures | 1 |
| to the troops | 1 |
| to them | 1 |
| was a people | 1 |
| we are his people | 1 |
| what the people | 1 |
| when her people | 1 |
| when my people | 1 |
| when people | 1 |
| when peoples | 1 |
| when the troops | 1 |
| when they | 1 |
| when you have brought the people | 1 |
| when your people | 1 |
| whether its people | 1 |
| who lead my people | 1 |
| why have his people | 1 |
| will be my people | 1 |
| will make my people | 1 |
| with his people | 1 |
| with his troops | 1 |
| with the nations | 1 |
| with the people | 1 |
| with the peoples | 1 |
| with the troops | 1 |
| yet my people | 1 |
| you among the peoples | 1 |
| your merchants | 1 |
| your own people | 1 |
| your troops | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the people | 194 |
| of the people | 164 |
| and the people | 108 |
| and all the people | 105 |
| people | 103 |
| my people | 55 |
| of my people | 52 |
| his people | 44 |
| unto the people | 43 |
| thy people | 40 |
| all the people | 29 |
| this people | 29 |
| for the people | 28 |
| among the people | 21 |
| unto all the people | 21 |
| of thy people | 20 |
| a people | 19 |
| of all the people | 17 |
| of his people | 17 |
| to the people | 15 |
| of this people | 13 |
| unto his people | 13 |
| and his people | 10 |
| from the people | 10 |
| over my people | 9 |
| so the people | 9 |
| that the people | 9 |
| and to all the people | 8 |
| but the people | 8 |
| over the people | 8 |
| and my people | 7 |
| for my people | 7 |
| o my people | 7 |
| of people | 7 |
| and all his people | 6 |
| and they shall be my people | 6 |
| and thy people | 6 |
| and when the people | 6 |
| from his people | 6 |
| let my people | 6 |
| to all the people | 6 |
| to this people | 6 |
| unto thy people | 6 |
| with the people | 6 |
| behold the people | 5 |
| then the people | 5 |
| against the people | 4 |
| all ye people | 4 |
| among his people | 4 |
| and of thy people | 4 |
| from among his people | 4 |
| let the people | 4 |
| their people | 4 |
| unto a people | 4 |
| unto my people | 4 |
| unto this people | 4 |
| against his people | 3 |
| against thy people | 3 |
| all his people | 3 |
| all this people | 3 |
| among all nations | 3 |
| among all people | 3 |
| among thy people | 3 |
| and for the people | 3 |
| and this people | 3 |
| and upon thy people | 3 |
| and ye shall be my people | 3 |
| as thy people | 3 |
| but my people | 3 |
| for all people | 3 |
| for all the people | 3 |
| for his people | 3 |
| for thy people | 3 |
| he and all the people | 3 |
| him and the people | 3 |
| not my people | 3 |
| of a people | 3 |
| that all the people | 3 |
| that my people | 3 |
| to a people | 3 |
| to his people | 3 |
| to my people | 3 |
| unto all people | 3 |
| upon this people | 3 |
| with all the people | 3 |
| also and the people | 2 |
| among all the people | 2 |
| among my people | 2 |
| among you of all his people | 2 |
| and among all the people | 2 |
| and from his people | 2 |
| and it came to pass when the people | 2 |
| and of all the people | 2 |
| and people | 2 |
| and upon the people | 2 |
| as this people | 2 |
| because the people | 2 |
| behold a people | 2 |
| but all the people | 2 |
| for a people | 2 |
| for our people | 2 |
| had let the people | 2 |
| her people | 2 |
| him and his people | 2 |
| if thy people | 2 |
| let all the people | 2 |
| like thy people | 2 |
| me this people | 2 |
| not thou for this people | 2 |
| not unto the people | 2 |
| now in the presence of all his people | 2 |
| o people | 2 |
| of all people | 2 |
| of every people | 2 |
| of the nations | 2 |
| on the people | 2 |
| out of the people | 2 |
| over his people | 2 |
| so all the people | 2 |
| so that the people | 2 |
| than any of the people | 2 |
| themselves from the people | 2 |
| then all the people | 2 |
| therefore my people | 2 |
| therefore the people | 2 |
| thou the people | 2 |
| to be over my people | 2 |
| to thee for that all people | 2 |
| to thy people | 2 |
| upon my people | 2 |
| upon thy people | 2 |
| us he and all his people | 2 |
| when all the people | 2 |
| when the people | 2 |
| with him and all the people | 2 |
| ye people | 2 |
| ye the people | 2 |
| above all people | 1 |
| above all the people | 1 |
| above the people | 1 |
| after the manner of the nations | 1 |
| against my people | 1 |
| against this people | 1 |
| all her people | 1 |
| all people | 1 |
| all thy people | 1 |
| alone and of the people | 1 |
| also neither would he let the people | 1 |
| also thine own people | 1 |
| ammi | 1 |
| among all his people | 1 |
| among all this people | 1 |
| among the nations | 1 |
| among this people | 1 |
| and against the people | 1 |
| and all people | 1 |
| and all this people | 1 |
| and among the people | 1 |
| and as for the people | 1 |
| and behold the people | 1 |
| and caused my people | 1 |
| and for all the people | 1 |
| and for thy people | 1 |
| and from a people | 1 |
| and from thy people | 1 |
| and had caused my people | 1 |
| and hast made my people | 1 |
| and he did not let the people | 1 |
| and her people | 1 |
| and how the people | 1 |
| and i and all the people | 1 |
| and i and my people | 1 |
| and i will let the people | 1 |
| and if the people | 1 |
| and if thy people | 1 |
| and it came to pass when all the people | 1 |
| and it shall be as with the people | 1 |
| and let all the people | 1 |
| and nations | 1 |
| and none else and my people | 1 |
| and of what people | 1 |
| and on all the people | 1 |
| and on all thy people | 1 |
| and shall be my people | 1 |
| and so it fell out unto him for the people | 1 |
| and there shall be like people | 1 |
| and to all this people | 1 |
| and to his people | 1 |
| and to the people | 1 |
| and unto this people | 1 |
| and upon all the people | 1 |
| and when all the people | 1 |
| and when this people | 1 |
| and would to god this people | 1 |
| as people | 1 |
| at the people | 1 |
| because my people | 1 |
| because of his people | 1 |
| before all the people | 1 |
| before all thy people | 1 |
| before this people | 1 |
| behold o my people | 1 |
| behold there is a people | 1 |
| behold thy people | 1 |
| between him and between all the people | 1 |
| between my people | 1 |
| both on thee and upon thy people | 1 |
| both thou and this people | 1 |
| but made his own people | 1 |
| but not for himself and the people | 1 |
| but not on thy people | 1 |
| but that they may be my people | 1 |
| but this people | 1 |
| but when the people | 1 |
| by all this people | 1 |
| by all thy people | 1 |
| caused the people | 1 |
| concerning all the people | 1 |
| concerning the people | 1 |
| else if thou wilt not let my people | 1 |
| even all the people | 1 |
| every people | 1 |
| folk | 1 |
| for among my people | 1 |
| for as yet the people | 1 |
| for he was above all the people | 1 |
| for himself and for all the people | 1 |
| for himself and for the people | 1 |
| for it shall be upon my people | 1 |
| for me and for the people | 1 |
| for this people | 1 |
| for though thy people | 1 |
| for thyself and for the people | 1 |
| for unto this people | 1 |
| for you and the people | 1 |
| from a people | 1 |
| from all people | 1 |
| from all the people | 1 |
| from among the people | 1 |
| from hence for thy people | 1 |
| from me and from my people | 1 |
| from my people | 1 |
| from this people | 1 |
| he also shall become a people | 1 |
| he and all his people | 1 |
| he and his people | 1 |
| he and the people | 1 |
| he hath made his people | 1 |
| he the people | 1 |
| hence thou and the people | 1 |
| him and all his people | 1 |
| him for her people | 1 |
| him lo the people | 1 |
| him shall the people | 1 |
| him the people | 1 |
| him unto his people | 1 |
| himself among the people | 1 |
| himself to the people | 1 |
| his own people | 1 |
| how long will this people | 1 |
| i and my people | 1 |
| i and thy people | 1 |
| i pray you all people | 1 |
| i unto the people | 1 |
| if my people | 1 |
| if the people | 1 |
| if this people | 1 |
| in his people | 1 |
| in my people | 1 |
| in number than any people | 1 |
| in the presence of the people | 1 |
| in thine own people | 1 |
| in which my people | 1 |
| is this people | 1 |
| it all the people | 1 |
| lest peradventure the people | 1 |
| let people | 1 |
| letting the people | 1 |
| like unto thee o people | 1 |
| likewise the people | 1 |
| make his people | 1 |
| make not all the people | 1 |
| me among my people | 1 |
| me from his people | 1 |
| me let my people | 1 |
| me that this people | 1 |
| me the people | 1 |
| mine own people | 1 |
| nation | 1 |
| neither had the people | 1 |
| neither shall the people | 1 |
| nevertheless the people | 1 |
| none like him among all the people | 1 |
| nor her people | 1 |
| nor the people | 1 |
| not a man among all the people | 1 |
| not a people | 1 |
| not for this people | 1 |
| not lest the people | 1 |
| not of thy people | 1 |
| not this the people | 1 |
| not thy people | 1 |
| not unto them the people | 1 |
| of all this people | 1 |
| of any of the people | 1 |
| of each | 1 |
| of her people | 1 |
| of his own people | 1 |
| of the folk | 1 |
| of the peoples | 1 |
| of thee upon the nations | 1 |
| of their people | 1 |
| of these people | 1 |
| off from his people | 1 |
| on his people | 1 |
| only the people | 1 |
| or against this people | 1 |
| or among all my people | 1 |
| or of all thy people | 1 |
| out of all the people | 1 |
| out of it that the people | 1 |
| out of the nations | 1 |
| over a people | 1 |
| over them o my people | 1 |
| over this people | 1 |
| shall a nation | 1 |
| shall all my people | 1 |
| shall be upon my people | 1 |
| should not a people | 1 |
| so none of the people | 1 |
| so that all the people | 1 |
| so we thy people | 1 |
| such a thing against the people | 1 |
| that he shall not let the people | 1 |
| that i and thy people | 1 |
| that it be not a people | 1 |
| that make my people | 1 |
| that they might be unto me for a people | 1 |
| that thy people | 1 |
| the cause of his people | 1 |
| the nations | 1 |
| the peoples | 1 |
| thee among all people | 1 |
| thee among the people | 1 |
| thee and thy people | 1 |
| thee but thou makest this people | 1 |
| thee from all the nations | 1 |
| thee unto this people | 1 |
| thee what this people | 1 |
| their own people | 1 |
| them among the people | 1 |
| them and all the people | 1 |
| them and cause my people | 1 |
| them and the people | 1 |
| them and they shall be my people | 1 |
| them but this people | 1 |
| them from among all the people | 1 |
| them he and all his people | 1 |
| them not lest my people | 1 |
| them seeing all the people | 1 |
| them so shall they be my people | 1 |
| themselves with the people | 1 |
| then shall the people | 1 |
| then were the people | 1 |
| therefore his people | 1 |
| therefore shall the people | 1 |
| thereof and against the people | 1 |
| thereof and all the people | 1 |
| thereof and to every people | 1 |
| thereof and unto every people | 1 |
| thereof for the people | 1 |
| thine own people | 1 |
| this thy people | 1 |
| thither of the people | 1 |
| thou and all the people | 1 |
| thou and all this people | 1 |
| thou and the people | 1 |
| thou and thy people | 1 |
| thou not what this people | 1 |
| thou thyself against my people | 1 |
| thou thyself alone and all the people | 1 |
| thou unto the people | 1 |
| through the people | 1 |
| till the people | 1 |
| till thy people | 1 |
| to all my people | 1 |
| to be unto him a people | 1 |
| to cause my people | 1 |
| to himself nor cause the people | 1 |
| to his own people | 1 |
| to let my people | 1 |
| to let the people | 1 |
| to me and the people | 1 |
| to our own people | 1 |
| to thee the people | 1 |
| to thyself thy people | 1 |
| toward the people | 1 |
| toward this people | 1 |
| until all the people | 1 |
| unto all his people | 1 |
| unto all nations | 1 |
| unto all this people | 1 |
| unto her people | 1 |
| unto him all people | 1 |
| unto him let not all the people | 1 |
| unto himself above all people | 1 |
| unto himself above all the nations | 1 |
| unto me above all people | 1 |
| unto me and all the people | 1 |
| unto me my people | 1 |
| unto thee as the people | 1 |
| unto them i and my people | 1 |
| unto them the people | 1 |
| upon all people | 1 |
| upon the people | 1 |
| upon thee and upon thy people | 1 |
| upon them because of the people | 1 |
| us all the people | 1 |
| us and our people | 1 |
| us not and our people | 1 |
| when her people | 1 |
| when my people | 1 |
| when people | 1 |
| when thy people | 1 |
| where the people | 1 |
| wherefore the people | 1 |
| which i have caused my people | 1 |
| which is not of thy people | 1 |
| which the men of | 1 |
| whom this people | 1 |
| with his people | 1 |
| with my people | 1 |
| with thee be thou for the people | 1 |
| with thee unto thy people | 1 |
| with them there for my people | 1 |
| with this people | 1 |
| with you and my people | 1 |
| ye my people | 1 |
| yea all the people | 1 |
| yet my people | 1 |
| you above all people | 1 |
| you among the nations | 1 |
| you from the people | 1 |
| you his people | 1 |
| you so shall ye be my people | 1 |
| you to me for a people | 1 |
| yourselves among the people | 1 |
| yourselves from the people | 1 |
| yourselves o ye people | 1 |
Page 17 of 34. 1655 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
Read word by wordFrom Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
Read word by wordSo Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
Read word by wordHe carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
Read word by wordBy the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
Read word by wordThen Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
Read word by wordOf those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
Read word by wordNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
Read word by wordThen all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
Read word by wordBut they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
Read word by wordThey stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
Read word by wordEven 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.’”
Read word by wordHe was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
Read word by wordAnd because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordWhen David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
Read word by word“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
Read word by wordthey wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
Read word by wordDeclare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.
Read word by wordFor all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
Read word by wordAscribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Read word by wordBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”
Read word by wordThen all the people departed for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.
Read word by wordIn all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
Read word by wordNow 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.
Read word by wordAnd I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordAnd who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
Read word by wordFor You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
Read word by wordThus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
Read word by wordSo they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and marched out for battle.
Read word by wordAnd he placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
Read word by wordBe strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
Read word by wordSo Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
Read word by wordDavid brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordSo David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
Read word by wordBut 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?”
Read word by wordAnd Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
Read word by wordAnd David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
Read word by wordThen 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.”
Read word by word“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
Read word by wordFor David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
Read word by wordThen King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,
Read word by wordThe divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”
Read word by wordAnd the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.
Read word by wordBut who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
Read word by wordI know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
Read word by wordO LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
Read word by wordNow, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Read word by wordNow grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
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