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Lexicon :: Strong's H1 - 'āḇ

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אָב
Transliteration
'āḇ
Pronunciation
awb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A root
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TWOT Reference: 4a

Strong’s Definitions

אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x

The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x
The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).

  1. father of an individual

  2. of God as father of his people

  3. head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

  4. ancestor

    1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

    2. of people

  5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

  6. of producer, generator (fig.)

  7. of benevolence and protection (fig.)

  8. term of respect and honour

  9. ruler or chief (spec.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
STRONGS H1: Abbreviations
אָב 1191 noun masculine father (Phoenician אב, Assyrian abu, Arabic أَبً, Sabean אב CISiv, 1, 37 1. 2 and others, Ethiopic አብ፡ Aramaic אַבָּא, axBAf  — absolute אָב Genesis 44:19 + 47 times; construct אַב Genesis 17:4, 5; (compare in אַבְרָהָם ib. & elsewhere in proper names. On Hal's proposed אֲבִר see אברהם); אֲבִי (compare Ge§§ 90, 3b, 96) Genesis 4:20 +; suffix אָבִי Genesis 19:34 + (MI אבי); אָבִיךָ Genesis 12:1 +; אָבִיו Genesis 2:24 +; אָבִ֫יהוּ Judges 14:10 + 6 times; plural אָבוֺת Exodus 12:3 +; construct אֲבוֺת Exodus 6:25 + 7 times; suffix אֲבוֺתַי (אֲבֹתַי, אֲבוֺתָ֑י) Genesis 47:9 + 15 times; אֲבוֺתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:38 + 32 times (late); אֲבוֺתָם Exodus 4:5 + 106 times etc.;
1. father of individual Genesis 2:24 (+ אֵם) Genesis 11:28, 29 (twice in verse); Genesis 19:31, 32, 33, + often (mostly J E D); of father as commanding Genesis 50:16 (J) Jeremiah 35:6f, Proverbs 6:20 (compare Genesis 18:19; J Genesis 28:1, 6 P 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Kings 2:1); instructing מוסר Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 4:1 (compare Deuteronomy 8:5); specifically as begetter, genitor Proverbs 23:22; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse) (+ אֵם) Isaiah 45:10; compare Genesis 49:4 (J) Leviticus 18:7, 8, 11 (P); rebuking Genesis 37:10; loving Genesis 37:4; Genesis 44:20 (JE; compare Genesis 22:2; Genesis 25:28; Genesis 37:3; 2 Samuel 14:1); pitying Psalm 103:13 (in simile compare 2 Samuel 18:5); blessing Genesis 27:41 (JE compare Genesis 27:4; also Genesis 28:1 P +); as glad Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; compare Proverbs 29:3; grieving Genesis 37:35 (JE; compare 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:2f) etc. Also as object of honour, obedience, love Exodus 20:12 (E)=Deuteronomy 5:16; Exodus 21:15, 17 (E) Deuteronomy 21:18, 19; Genesis 28:7 (P) 1 Kings 19:20 (all + אֵם), Genesis 50:1; Genesis 50:5 (J) Malachi 1:6 etc. Hence metaphor of intimate connection Job 17:14 to corruption I cry, My father art thou (|| אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּה).
2. of God as father of his people (see RSSem 42), who constituted, controls, guides and lovingly watches over it: Deuteronomy 32:6; Jeremiah 3:4, 19; Jeremiah 31:9; Isaiah 63:16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 64:7; Malachi 1:6; Malachi 2:10 (compare Exodus 4:22; Exodus 19:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:11; Hosea 11:1); compare Jeremiah 2:27 (of idolatrous Israel) אֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ ילדתני׃; especially God as father of Davidic line 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 89:27; f. of needy (late) Psalm 68:6 (compare Psalm 103:13) (in proper name, father of individual, compare below)
3. head of household, family or clan; בֵּית אָבִי as abode Genesis 38:11 (twice in verse); Leviticus 22:13 +; = family Genesis 24:40 (|| מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי) Genesis 41:51; Genesis 46:31 — Numbers 18:1, 2; Joshua 2:12, 18; Joshua 6:25; especially techn. of divisions of Israel לְמִשְׁפָּחוֹת אָב בֵּית Numbers 3:30, 35 = a father's house, i.e. a family or clan; more often plural (אבותם, אבותיו) בֵית אָבוֺת = father's houses = families, clans (compare Di on Exodus 6:14) Exodus 6:14; Exodus 12:3; Numbers 1:2, 18 ff (often in Numbers) Joshua 14:1; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 21:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse) (always P in Hexateuch); also 1 Chronicles 5:13, 15 + often in Chronicles; compare רָאשֵׁי אבות הלוים (= 'בית א 'ר) Exodus 6:25 compare 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 7:11 — Ezra Nehemiah.
4. ancestor
(a) of individual; grandfather (instead of precise term) Genesis 28:13; Genesis 31:10 [Genesis 32:9] (J; where used by Jacob of Abraham & then of Isaac); greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:13; great-greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:11 etc.; oft plural (= fathers, forefathers) Genesis 15:15; Genesis 46:34 (JE) 1 Kings 19:4; 1 Kings 21:3, 4; 2 Kings 19:12; 2 Kings 20:17 +; particularly שׁכב עם אבותיו 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 11:21; 1 Kings 22:40 +; joined with ויקבר עם אב׳ 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:24; 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Kings 15:38 compare 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 16:20 + (all of kings of Judah); intensive, אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֺת אֲבֹתֶיךָ Exodus 10:6 compare Daniel 11:24;
(b) of people Genesis 10:21 (J) Genesis 17:4, 5 (P) Genesis 19:37, 38 (J) Genesis 36:9, 43 (P) Deuteronomy 26:5; Isaiah 51:2; Isaiah 43:27 (where אביך הראשׁון thy first father, see Che) compare also Ezekiel 16:3, 45 + often; plural Exodus 3:13, 15, 16 (E) Deuteronomy 1:8; Joshua 1:6; Judges 2:1; 1 Samuel 12:6 +; 1 Samuel 12:15 near the end read וּבְמַלְכְּכֶם Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art Genesis 4:20, 21.
6. figurative of producer, Generator Job 38:28 הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּטָר אָ֑ב (|| הוֺלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ מִי־).
7. figurative of benevolence & protection Job 29:6 אָב אָֽנֹכִי לָֽאֶבְיוֺנִים, compare Job 31:18; of Eliakim Isaiah 22:21; perhaps also of gracious Messianic king אֲבִי עַד Isaiah 9:5 [Isaiah 9:6] everlasting father (Ge Ew De Che Brd Di) — others divider of spoil (Abarb Hi Kn Kue BrMP).
8. term of respect & honour (Abbas, Pater, Papa, Pope); applied to master 2 Kings 5:13; priest Judges 17:10; Judges 18:19; prophet 2 Kings 2:12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 6:21; 2 Kings 13:14 (twice in verse); compare 2 Kings 8:9; counsellor Genesis 45:8 (E; compare δευτέρου πατρός Greek Version of the LXX add. Esther 3:13; τῷ πατρί1Mac Esth 11:32); king 1 Samuel 24:12; artificer 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 4:16.
9. specifically, ruler, chief (late) 1 Chronicles 2:24, 42 (twice in verse); etc. (compare Ew§ 273 b) see also EwGeschichte. i. 524. H i. 365. On the force of אָב in proper names (in many probably a divine title), see CheEncy. Bib., ABI, NAMES WITH Nöib., NAMES, §§ 44, 45.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:24; 2:24; 4:20; 4:20; 4:21; 10:21; 11:28; 11:29; 12:1; 15:15; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:5; 18:19; 19:31; 19:32; 19:33; 19:34; 19:37; 19:38; 22:2; 24:40; 25:28; 27:4; 27:41; 28:1; 28:1; 28:6; 28:7; 28:13; 32:9; 36:9; 36:43; 37:3; 37:4; 37:10; 37:35; 38:11; 41:51; 44:19; 44:20; 45:8; 46:31; 46:34; 47:9; 49:4; 50:1; 50:5; 50:16

Exodus

3:13; 3:15; 3:16; 4:5; 4:22; 6:14; 6:14; 6:25; 6:25; 10:6; 12:3; 12:3; 19:4; 20:12; 21:15; 21:17

Leviticus

18:7; 18:8; 18:11; 22:13

Numbers

1:2; 1:18; 3:30; 3:35; 18:1; 18:2

Deuteronomy

1:8; 5:16; 8:5; 21:18; 21:19; 26:5; 32:6; 32:11

Joshua

1:6; 2:12; 2:18; 6:25; 14:1; 19:51; 21:1; 22:14

Judges

2:1; 14:10; 17:10; 18:19

1 Samuel

12:6; 12:15; 17:20; 24:12

2 Samuel

7:14; 12:22; 14:1; 18:5; 19:1; 19:2

1 Kings

1:21; 2:1; 2:10; 8:1; 11:21; 14:31; 15:11; 15:13; 15:24; 19:4; 19:20; 21:3; 21:4; 22:40; 22:51

2 Kings

2:12; 5:13; 6:21; 8:9; 8:24; 13:14; 15:7; 15:38; 16:20; 19:12; 20:17

1 Chronicles

2:24; 2:42; 4:38; 5:13; 5:15; 6:4; 7:11

2 Chronicles

2:12; 4:16

Esther

3:13

Job

17:14; 29:6; 31:18; 38:28

Psalms

68:6; 89:27; 103:13; 103:13

Proverbs

1:8; 4:1; 6:20; 10:1; 15:20; 23:22; 29:3

Isaiah

9:6; 22:21; 43:27; 45:10; 51:2; 63:16; 64:7

Jeremiah

2:27; 3:4; 3:19; 31:9; 35:6

Ezekiel

16:3; 16:45

Daniel

11:24

Hosea

11:1

Zechariah

13:3

Malachi

1:6; 1:6; 2:10

H1

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Strong's Number H1 matches the Hebrew אָב ('āḇ),
which occurs 95 times in 80 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ki 1:6–1Ki 12:11)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - His father H1 had never [fn]crossed him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man, and [fn]he was born after Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:21 - “Otherwise it will come about, as soon as my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, H1 that I and my son Solomon will be considered [fn]offenders.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:10 - Then David slept with his fathers H1 and was buried in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:12 - And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, H1 and his kingdom was firmly established.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24 - “Now therefore, as the LORD lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father H1 and who has made me a house as He promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 - Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth to your own field, for you [fn]deserve to die; but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord [fn]GOD before my father H1 David, and because you were afflicted in everything with which my father H1 was afflicted.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - The king said to him, “Do as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father’s H1 house the blood which Joab shed without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - “The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father H1 David did not know it: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44 - The king also said to Shimei, “You know all the evil which [fn]you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father H1 David; therefore the LORD shall return your evil on your own head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3 - Now Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of his father H1 David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - Then Solomon said, “You have shown great lovingkindness to Your servant David my father, H1 according as he walked before You in [fn]truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have [fn]reserved for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 - “Now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father H1 David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14 - “If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father H1 David walked, then I will prolong your days.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1 - [fn]Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, H1 for Hiram had [fn]always been a friend of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:3 - “You know that David my father H1 was unable to build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5 - “Behold, I [fn]intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, H1 saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:12 - “Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father H1 was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:51 - Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things dedicated by his father H1 David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 - Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ H1 households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the city of David, which is Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:15 - He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father H1 David and has fulfilled it with His hand, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:17 - “Now it was [fn]in the heart of my father H1 David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:18 - “But the LORD said to my father H1 David, ‘Because it was [fn]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was [fn]in your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20 - “Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father H1 David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD [fn]promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:21 - “There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers H1 when He brought them from the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:24 - who have kept with Your servant, my father H1 David, that which You have [fn]promised him; indeed, You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25 - “Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father H1 that which You have [fn]promised him, saying, ‘[fn]You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way to walk before Me as you have walked.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:26 - “Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Your word, I pray, be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant, my father H1 David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:34 - then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:40 - that they may [fn]fear You all the days that they live [fn]in the land which You have given to our fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48 - if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, H1 the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53 - “For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers H1 forth from Egypt, O Lord [fn]GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:57 - “May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; H1 may He not leave us or forsake us,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:58 - that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:4 - “As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father H1 David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5 - then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I [fn]promised to your father H1 David, saying, ‘[fn]You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9 - “And they will say, ‘Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought their fathers H1 out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the LORD has brought all this adversity on them.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:4 - For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not [fn]wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father H1 had been.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:6 - Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as David his father H1 had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:12 - “Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father H1 David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17 - that Hadad fled [fn]to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father’s H1 servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers H1 and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Send me away, that I may go to my own country.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27 - Now this was the reason why he [fn]rebelled against the king: Solomon built the [fn]Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of his father H1 David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his father H1 David did.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43 - And Solomon slept with his fathers H1 and was buried in the city of his father H1 David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father H1 made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father H1 and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had [fn]served his father H1 Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father H1 put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father H1 made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ But you shall speak to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s H1 loins!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - ‘Whereas my father H1 loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father H1 disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

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