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sha.lach H7971

שָׁלַח (sha.lach) means “to send: depart” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׁלַח Hebrew · H7971 847 tagged occurrences in 790 verses

Pronunciation guide: shaw-lakh' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7971G

שָׁלַח · sha.lach · to send: depart

: depart/send 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

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TBESH · H7971H

שָׁלַח · sha.lach · to send: let go

: let_go/free 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

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TBESH · H7971I

שָׁלַח · sha.lach · to send: divorce

: divorce 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

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TBESH · H7971J

שָׁלַח · sha.lach · to send: marriage

: marriage 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

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TBESH · H7971K

שָׁלַח · sha.lach · to send: reach

: reach/put/send(hand) 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

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TBESH · H7971L

שָׁלַח · sha.lach · to send: burn

: burn/send(to_fire) 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

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TBESH · H7971M

שָׁלַח · sha.lach · to send: exile

: exile 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

KJV glosses: [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

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How translators render H7971

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
sent	120
go	24
send	22
i will send	21
he sent	19
has sent me	17
and sent	14
has sent	10
will send	10
had sent	9
sent me	9
i have sent	7
i sent	7
lay	7
reached out	7
send them	7
sent out	7
summoned	7
and he sent	6
away	6
sent them	6
so i will send	6
and sent them	5
i am sending	5
and i will send	4
had sent him	4
sent for	4
to send	4
who sent	4
am sending	3
and again	3
and sent out	3
and sent them away	3
and they sent	3
by sending	3
he has sent	3
he sends forth	3
he stretched out	3
let me go	3
send me on my way	3
sent word	3
she sent	3
so they sent	3
stretch out	3
to let them go	3
am driving out	2
am sending you	2
and he sent it	2
and sent her	2
brought	2
but men were sent	2
david has sent	2
divorce her	2
go out	2
has been sent	2
has sent us	2
he has sent me	2
he must let the servant go	2
he reached down	2
he shot	2
i have sent away	2
i send	2
i will send for	2
let you go	2
lift	2
reached	2
replied	2
send him	2
send me	2
send out	2
sending	2
sent you	2
so he reached out	2
so the king sent	2
so they sent for	2
the king sent	2
then i sent	2
they sent	2
to assassinate	2
to him who sent me	2
to set	2
to those who send him	2
were sent	2
when i will send	2
you have sent	2
you send them	2
you sent	2
you sent me	2
you sent us	2
you will send	2
abandoned	1
absalom would reach out	1
allow them to go	1
and calling for	1
and cast them out	1
and delivered	1
and exile	1
and he brought	1
and he gave portions	1
and he sent her away	1
and he sent them	1
and i specifically told	1
and i will banish	1
and i will send them out	1
and i will send you on your way	1
and i will send you with	1
and i will unleash	1
and if he releases them	1
and in order to send them	1
and let us send	1
and lowered them	1
and mordecai sent	1
and one who stirs up	1
and reaches out	1
and release	1
and released him	1
and released the foxes	1
and released them	1
and send her away	1
and send him away	1
and send him on his way	1
and send it away	1
and send out	1
and send you on your way	1
and sending	1
and sends	1
and sends her away	1
and sent david away	1
and sent her away	1
and sent him away	1
and sent me away	1
and sent them on their way	1
and sent them out	1
and sent word	1
and set	1
and she reaches out	1
and she sent them away	1
and the man reached out	1
and the man will release	1
and they sent him away	1
and they would invite	1
and when he lets you go	1
and when i send you off	1
are sending	1
as if i were aiming	1
as it spread them out	1
banished him	1
been sent	1
being sent	1
burned down	1
but i will send	1
but neco sent	1
but released	1
but sent	1
but then you must let him go	1
can extend	1
can you send	1
cast	1
david had sent him	1
did you dismiss him	1
dismissed	1
divorce	1
divorced her	1
divorces	1
does he let him go	1
expects	1
extend	1
extended	1
extends	1
finally he is to release	1
for i had turned	1
free	1
gave me	1
gave orders	1
gideon sent	1
give orders now	1
god will vent	1
grow long	1
had also sent	1
had dismissed	1
had instructed	1
had released	1
had sent him to say	1
had sent me	1
had sent out scouts	1
has sent you away	1
have been sent	1
have sent	1
have sent out	1
have sent you	1
he attacked	1
he gave them over	1
he had divorced	1
he had put	1
he has taken	1
he reach out	1
he reaches down	1
he sent away	1
he sent forth	1
he sent messengers	1
he sent them	1
he sent them away	1
he sent word	1
he unleashed	1
he ushered out	1
he will allow you to leave	1
he will extend	1
he will let the people go	1
he will release	1
he will send	1
help me get away	1
i am about to remove you	1
i could have stretched out	1
i did send her	1
i send it	1
i send you	1
i sent her away	1
i want to send	1
i will lay	1
i will let you go	1
i will release	1
i will send him	1
i will send out	1
i will send you back	1
i will summon	1
i would have sent you away	1
if i had sent you	1
if i send	1
in order	1
in reply	1
instead let me go	1
instead sent	1
is the sending	1
it sent out	1
it stretched out	1
jehoshaphat sent	1
josiah sent	1
laying	1
lead him	1
left to himself	1
let us send	1
let us send word	1
loot	1
may he send you	1
may i never lift	1
must send for him	1
my companion attacks	1
nevertheless the lord sent	1
now jacob had sent	1
of you must free	1
on their way	1
please let me go	1
pushed	1
put	1
put forth	1
putting	1
raise	1
range freely	1
reach down	1
reaching out	1
relayed	1
release you ahab replied	1
rushing	1
send away	1
send for	1
send for him	1
send him away	1
send him out	1
send it away	1
send the people out	1
send you	1
send you an urgent summons	1
sending me away	1
sending you	1
sending you on your way	1
sends forth	1
sends you	1
sennacherib sent	1
sent a message	1
sent for jeremiah	1
sent him	1
sent him to do	1
sent me out	1
sent moses	1
sent officials	1
sent orders	1
sent them on their way	1
sent them out	1
sent this message	1
sent you out	1
set	1
set free	1
shall i send	1
she had written	1
she has sent out	1
she reached	1
she sent for	1
she stretches	1
she summoned	1
shoot	1
should extend	1
should free	1
so absalom sent	1
so gideon sent	1
so he covertly sent	1
so he sent	1
so he sent him off	1
so he summoned	1
so i gave them up	1
so i sent	1
so i will free	1
so i will stretch out	1
so jesse sent for his youngest son	1
so let us send them	1
so the king sent out	1
sows	1
spreads	1
stretched	1
stretched out	1
stretches out	1
summon	1
summoned adonijah	1
summoned jehoiachin	1
swing	1
that he may release	1
that i may send	1
that they would free	1
the king of aram sent	1
the man has taken	1
the man who released	1
the miner strikes	1
the pointing	1
then he dismissed	1
then he sent	1
then he sent out	1
then i summoned	1
then i will send for you	1
then king ahaziah sent	1
then noah sent out	1
then send	1
then they sent	1
they deliver	1
they had freed	1
they have burned	1
they have cast off	1
they lay snares	1
they let her go	1
they lowered	1
they send forth	1
they sent me	1
they summoned	1
those who sent you	1
throw	1
to attack	1
to let him go	1
to let us go	1
to lift	1
to release them	1
to see them off	1
to send away	1
to send it back	1
to send me	1
to send out	1
to stray	1
vvv	1
was sent away	1
we have released	1
we sent	1
were sent on their way	1
when he demanded	1
when i sent	1
when i shower	1
when you send	1
when you sent	1
which sends	1
who reached out	1
who sent him	1
who sent them	1
whom he gave in marriage	1
will be sent against him	1
will drive	1
will let you go	1
will send you	1
would send for his children	1
yet i sent	1
you are to let her go	1
you demanded	1
you extend	1
you had set	1
you have let slip	1
you must send away	1
you must set him	1
you release him	1
you return	1
you send it	1
you send me	1
you send us	1
you sisters sent	1
you specify	1
you unleash	1
you unleashed	1
you will set	1
you would have sent me away	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
sent	174
go	36
and sent	29
he sent	26
hath sent	25
send	24
and he sent	16
had sent	10
put forth	10
and i will send	8
behold i will send	8
and sending	7
but i will send	7
and send	6
away	6
i will send	6
and i sent	5
hath not sent	5
shall send	5
and sent them away	4
that sent	4
to lay	4
and she sent	3
and they sent	3
i have sent	3
i send	3
i sent	3
put	3
send me away	3
she sent	3
that i will send	3
they sent	3
thou sendest	3
to them that send	3
and didst send	2
and he put forth	2
and he shall let go	2
and i have sent	2
and sendeth	2
behold i have sent	2
behold i sent	2
but they sent	2
depart	2
for he sent	2
go out	2
hath he sent	2
he shall let him go	2
he shall send	2
i have not sent	2
i will also send	2
is sent	2
let me go	2
not put her away	2
now therefore send	2
put away	2
sent out	2
sent them away	2
shall ye send	2
so he sent	2
stretched forth	2
stretched out	2
that he hath sent	2
that he sent	2
that they sent	2
then sent	2
thou hast sent	2
thou shalt let him go	2
to him that sent	2
to let him go	2
to send	2
to stretch forth	2
which hath sent	2
which he sent	2
which i cast out	2
which i sent	2
which i will send	2
which sent	2
who sent	2
whom i have sent	2
will send	2
against him and he have cast them away	1
against him in sending	1
against thee he sent	1
all that thou didst send	1
also he sendeth them out	1
also he sent	1
also he sent forth	1
also sent	1
also they set	1
although i have sent	1
among them and i will send	1
among them did they not let the people go	1
and behold i will send	1
and cast them out	1
and have sent thee away	1
and he hath sent him away	1
and he sent forth	1
and he sent her away	1
and he sent out	1
and he shall send	1
and he that let go	1
and he that soweth	1
and i then send	1
and i will let you go	1
and i will send thee	1
and i will stretch out	1
and in like manner they sent	1
and lay	1
and let him go	1
and let them down	1
and let us send	1
and lo they put	1
and now i have sent	1
and now lest he put forth	1
and put forth	1
and put them out	1
and sendest him away	1
and sent away	1
and sent forth	1
and sent her away	1
and sent him away	1
and sent out	1
and set	1
and shall put	1
and shot	1
and they let down	1
and they sent away	1
and to send	1
and when thou sendest	1
and which i sent	1
and will send	1
as though i shot	1
be so with you as i will let you go	1
because he laid	1
because thou hast let go	1
because thou hast sent	1
behold i send	1
behold i will cast	1
but he sent	1
but he shall let go	1
but if thou wilt not send	1
but let me go	1
but sent	1
but they laid	1
but they let go	1
canst thou send	1
cast	1
cast out	1
concerning him and they sent him away	1
did i not earnestly	1
did send	1
doth send	1
even they sent	1
for behold i will send	1
for he had sent	1
for he had sent him away	1
for he is cast	1
for i have not sent	1
for i set	1
for i will send	1
for now i will stretch out	1
for the which he hath sent	1
for therefore he sent	1
for unto thee am i now sent	1
for your sake i have sent	1
forasmuch as thou hast sent	1
forsaken	1
from thee thou shalt not let him go away	1
had been with me surely thou hadst sent me away	1
had let him go	1
had not sent	1
hath sent thee away	1
have brought	1
have not i sent	1
have sent	1
he cast	1
he had sent them away	1
he hath put forth	1
he hath sent	1
he laid	1
he put forth	1
he putteth forth	1
he sendeth	1
he sendeth forth	1
he sendeth out	1
he sent away	1
he sent forth	1
he sent them away	1
he shall stretch forth	1
he soweth	1
he that sendeth	1
he was sent	1
he will let you go	1
him and he sent	1
him and putteth forth	1
him because he put	1
him not for who can stretch forth	1
hither that i may send	1
how much more when i send	1
howbeit he will not stretch out	1
howbeit i sent	1
i am hath sent	1
i do send	1
i had put her away	1
i have even sent	1
i have sent forth	1
i will even send	1
i will lay	1
i will let thee depart	1
i will let thee go	1
i will let you go	1
i will not let thee go	1
i will not put forth	1
i will send thee away	1
if ye send away	1
in any wise	1
in her then thou shalt let her go	1
in sending me away	1
it and she sent them away	1
it thee and send thee away	1
laid	1
lay	1
left	1
let loose	1
let me depart	1
let us go	1
let us send	1
let ye go	1
loose	1
me and have sent me away	1
me that i might have sent thee away	1
me they have also let loose	1
me thou shalt stretch forth	1
nor have laid	1
not let them go	1
not put forth	1
not sent	1
not stretch forth	1
nothing howbeit let me go	1
now therefore and i will send	1
o send out	1
of let him send	1
only upon himself put not forth	1
or if i send	1
out	1
put in	1
putting away	1
send away	1
sent away	1
sent forth	1
sent him forth	1
shall be sent	1
shall cast	1
shall he let them go	1
shall send forth	1
shall ye put	1
shall ye put out	1
she hath sent forth	1
she layeth	1
she put	1
she sent out	1
so i gave them up	1
so that they sent	1
so they sent	1
so will i send	1
soweth	1
spreadeth out	1
surely had i sent	1
that he hath not put	1
that he may send away	1
that he put forth	1
that he send	1
that he will let you go	1
that i have sent	1
that i may send	1
that i may send thee away	1
that i should stretch forth	1
that send forth	1
that sendeth	1
that they might send	1
that they put out	1
that thou shalt appoint	1
that thou shalt send	1
that thou wilt not let them go	1
that thou wouldest send	1
that we may send	1
that we sent	1
that ye have sent	1
the putting forth	1
the things which thou sentest	1
thee thou sentest forth	1
them and sent them away	1
them shoot out	1
then he put forth	1
then he sent out	1
then i sent	1
then they sent	1
therefore he hath sent	1
therefore sent	1
therefore sent out	1
therefore sent them forth	1
therefore they sent	1
thereof and send it away	1
thereof and will send	1
they cast out	1
they have cast	1
they laid	1
they let her go	1
they push away	1
they send forth	1
thou givest	1
thou hast sent him away	1
thou shalt in any wise	1
thou shalt send	1
thou wilt send	1
till thou send	1
to all that i shall send	1
to conduct	1
to grow long	1
to have sent	1
to him and when he sent again	1
to him then i will send	1
to let them go	1
to thee and he put out	1
to whom i send	1
toward him and shot forth	1
unto me let me go	1
unto whom ye sent	1
unto you and i sent	1
upon thee and i will send	1
upon them and sent	1
us wherewith we shall send	1
we will send	1
were sent	1
were sent away	1
were served and he sent	1
when he shot forth	1
when i sent	1
when i shall send	1
when it shooteth forth	1
when they had sent	1
when thou sendest him away	1
when ye sent	1
whereabout i send	1
wherefore he put forth	1
wherefore now send	1
whereto i sent	1
whether he have put	1
which he put forth	1
which sent her away	1
which she had sent	1
which thou didst send	1
which thou sentest	1
whither thou sentest	1
who had sent	1
who hath sent out	1
whom i have put away	1
whom i sent	1
whom shall i send	1
whom they had let go	1
whom thou didst send	1
whom thou wilt send	1
whom ye had set	1
will he let him go	1
will i cast out	1
will i send	1
wilt thou set	1
with him and sent him away	1
with them to bring them on the way	1
would i not put forth	1
ye shall not send	1
ye shall send	1
yea he sent out	1
yea she reacheth forth	1
yet he sent	1
yet i sent	1
yet i will send	1
yet they sent	1

Verses containing H7971

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1 Kings 20:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.
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1 Kings 20:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”
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1 Kings 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
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1 Kings 21:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
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1 Kings 21:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”
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2 Kings 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
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2 Kings 1:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
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2 Kings 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
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2 Kings 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”
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2 Kings 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.
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2 Kings 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
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2 Kings 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
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2 Kings 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
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2 Kings 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
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2 Kings 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
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2 Kings 2:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
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2 Kings 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
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2 Kings 4:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”
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2 Kings 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
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2 Kings 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
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2 Kings 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
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2 Kings 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
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2 Kings 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”
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2 Kings 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘Look, two young men from the sons of the prophets have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”
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2 Kings 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.
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2 Kings 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.
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2 Kings 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
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2 Kings 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
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2 Kings 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”
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2 Kings 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
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2 Kings 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
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2 Kings 6:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
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2 Kings 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”
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2 Kings 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”
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2 Kings 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
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2 Kings 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
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2 Kings 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
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2 Kings 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
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2 Kings 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:
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2 Kings 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”
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2 Kings 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
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2 Kings 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
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2 Kings 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
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2 Kings 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
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2 Kings 14:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
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2 Kings 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
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2 Kings 15:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
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2 Kings 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
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2 Kings 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
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