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Lexicon :: Strong's H1121 - bēn

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בֵּן
Transliteration
bēn
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bane
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 254

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בן.

Strong’s Definitions

בֵּן bên, bane; from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.):—afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, × in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, rebel, + robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, + spark, steward, + stranger, × surely, them of, + tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4,906x

The KJV translates Strong's H1121 in the following manner: son (2,978x), children (1,568x), old (135x), first (51x), man (20x), young (18x), young (with H1241) (17x), child (10x), stranger (10x), people (5x), miscellaneous (92x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4,906x
The KJV translates Strong's H1121 in the following manner: son (2,978x), children (1,568x), old (135x), first (51x), man (20x), young (18x), young (with H1241) (17x), child (10x), stranger (10x), people (5x), miscellaneous (92x).

  1. son, grandson, child, member of a group

    1. son, male child

    2. grandson

    3. children (pl. - male and female)

    4. youth, young men (pl.)

    5. young (of animals)

    6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

    7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

    8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

    9. a member of a guild, order, class

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֵּן bên, bane; from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.):—afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, × in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, rebel, + robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, + spark, steward, + stranger, × surely, them of, + tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
STRONGS H1121: Abbreviations
בֵּן 4870 noun masculine son (MI Phoenician בן; so Sabean CISiv. No. 2, compare בני DHMSemitic Sprachforsch. 6; Arabic اِبْنً; Assyrian bin(u), LyonSargon 9, 1. 57; especially in bin-bin, grandson COTGloss, compare Dl below; Aramaic בַּר, Rfb, plural בְּנִין, Nycnb; compare Palmyrene, especially VogNo. 21. 31. 36a and others; possibly originally connected with בנה build, so Thes, compare Assyrian bânu, begetter (DlPr 104 & compare BaZMG 1887, 638 ff.); but all traces of this √ lost in Hebrew form; √ perhaps originally bilit (בִּן, בֵּן) *בַּן see Sta§ 183) — absolute בּ׳ Genesis 4:25 +; בֵּֽן־ Ezekiel 18:10; construct בֵּן Genesis 49:22 (twice in verse); בֶּן־ Genesis 5:32 +; בֶּן Esther 2:5; Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefix Genesis 17:17; Numbers 8:25; 1 Chronicles 27:23; 2 Chronicles 25:5; 31:16, 17; בְּנוֺ Numbers 23:18; Numbers 24:3, 15; בְּנִי Genesis 49:11; בִּן Deuteronomy 25:2; בִּן־ Exodus 33:11 + 32 times (29 times in combination בִּן־נוּן (ישׁוע, הושׁע) יהושׁע); suffix בְּנִי Genesis 21:10 +; בִּנְךָ Exodus 20:10 +; לִבֱנ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 7:3; 1 Kings 11:13; בְּנֵךְ Genesis 30:14 +; בְּנוֺ Genesis 4:17 +; בְּנָהּ Genesis 21:10 +; plural בָּנִים Genesis 3:16 +; construct בְּנֵי Genesis 6:2 +; suffix בָּנַי Genesis 31:43 +; בָּנֵינוּ Joshua 22:25 +; בְּנֵיכֶם Exodus 3:22 +, etc.; —
1. son, male child, born of a woman Genesis 4:25; Genesis 16:11, 15; Genesis 17:19 compare Genesis 17:16; Genesis 18:10, 14; Genesis 19:37, 38 —בֶּן־בִּטְנָהּ Isaiah 49:15; begotten by a man Genesis 5:4f; Genesis 5:28; Genesis 6:10; Genesis 11:11f. + often; || (בָּנוֺת) בַּת daughter Genesis 5:4, 7, 10f. Genesis 11:11, 13, 15f; Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 5:14; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14; 1 Samuel 30:3; 1 Samuel 30:6; Job 1:2; Job 42:13 +; of son as desired Genesis 30:2 (compare Genesis 15:2; Genesis 16:2; Genesis 17:17; Genesis 18:10f.; 1 Samuel 1:5-11) 2 Kings 4:14, 28; Psalm 127:3 +; rejoiced in Genesis 30:6 +; beloved Exodus 21:5; 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:3; 2 Samuel 19:5; 1 Kings 3:26; cared for Deuteronomy 1:31; spared Malachi 3:17; disciplined & trained Deuteronomy 8:5; Proverbs 3:12; Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:17; owing reverence, obedience, etc. to parents Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 13:1; בִּנְךָ בְּכוֺרְךָ thy first-born son Genesis 27:32; הַבֵּן הַבְּכֹר Deuteronomy 21:15 compare 1 Samuel 8:2; בְּנָהּ הַגָּדֹל her elder son Genesis 27:15, 42; בְּנוֺ הַגָּדֹל Genesis 27:1; בְּנָהּ הַקָּטָן her younger son Genesis 27:15, 42. In particular
a. בֶּן־אִמּוֺ son of his mother, i.e. own (uterine) brother Genesis 43:29, compare Genesis 27:29; Judges 8:19; Psalm 50:20; Psalm 69:9, & see אֵם; בְּנֵי אָבִיךָ sons of thy father = brethren Genesis 49:8 (poetry).
†b. בְּנֵי דֹדֵיהֶן = cousins Numbers 36:11.
c. בְּנִי my son, as term of kindliness or endearment, used by Eli to Samuel 1 Samuel 3:6, 16; compare 1 Samuel 4:16; 1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Samuel 26:17, 21, 25, see also Proverbs 1:8, 10; Proverbs 2:1 +; compare בִּנְךָ, used by Benhadad of himself to Elisha 2 Kings 8:9; by Ahaz to Tiglath-pileser 2 Kings 16:7; especially to express intimate and gracious relation with God: י׳ calls Israel בְּנִי בְכֹרִי Exodus 4:22 compare Exodus 4:23; Hosea 11:1, see also Psalm 80:16 (but compare Che); בָּנִים אַתֶּם ליהוה אלהיכם Deuteronomy 14:1; בְּנֵי עֶלְיוֺן Psalm 82:6 (|| אלהים); בְּנֵי אֵל־חָ֑י Hosea 2:1; compare further Deuteronomy 32:5 (plural) Deuteronomy 32:20 (plural) Isaiah 1:2, 4; Isaiah 30:1, 9; Jeremiah 3:14, 22; Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 31:20; of future Davidic king 2 Samuel 7:14 = 1 Chronicles 17:13 compare Psalm 2:7; expressly referred to Solomon 1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 28:6; also of children (offered in fire) Ezekiel 16:21.
d. בְּנֵי האלהים applied to supernatural beings Genesis 6:2, 4; Job 1:6; Job 2:1; בְּנֵי אלהים Job 38:7; בְּנֵי אֵלִים Psalm 29:1 (on which compare Che's note) Psalm 89:7.
e. בֶּן־אָדָם son of man, compare בְּנֵי א׳, see אָדָם; בְּנֵי אִישׁ Psalm 4:3 & (|| בני אדם) Psalm 49:3; Psalm 62:10.
†f. בֶּן־בִּנְךָ = thy grandson Exodus 10:2; Deuteronomy 6:2; Judges 8:22 compare Jeremiah 27:7; plural Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 4:25; Judges 12:14; 2 Kings 17:41; 2 Chronicles 8:40; Job 42:16; Psalm 128:6; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 17:6; Ezekiel 37:25; also בֵּן alone with similar reference Genesis 29:5 (Laban son of Nahor); Laban calls his daughters' children his own sons Genesis 31:28, 43; compare Genesis 32:1 [Genesis 31:55; so of Naomi Ruth 4:17; בְּנֵי רְבִעִים 2 Kings 10:30 sons of the fourth generation, and, in general, descendants Joshua 22:24, 25, 27 +; see also below i. below.
g. constantly, as more precise designation, added to personal name כָּלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה Numbers 14:30; Numbers 32:12; Numbers 34:19 +; יְהוֺשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן Numbers 11:28; Numbers 14:30; Numbers 32:12, 28; Numbers 34:17 +; יָרָבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט 1 Kings 12:2, 15 +, etc.; also without personal name (often with implication of contempt) בֶּן־קִישׁ 1 Samuel 10:11; בֶּן־יִשַׁי 1 Samuel 20:27, 30, 31; 1 Samuel 22:7, 8, 9, 13; 1 Samuel 25:10; 2 Samuel 20:1; בְּנֵי צְרוּיָה 2 Samuel 16:10; בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ Isaiah 7:4, 5, 9; Isaiah 8:16; בֶּן־טָֽבְאַ֑ל Isaiah 7:6; compare also בְּנֵי לֵוִי Numbers 16:7, 8.
h. designated as בֶּן־זְקֻנִים i.e. born in old age of father Genesis 37:3; opposed to בְּנֵי הַנְּעוּרִים sons of one's youth Psalm 127:4; also בֶּן־בֵּיתִי one born in my house Genesis 15:3 (i.e. slave) so בְּנֵי בַיִת Ecclesiastes 2:7.
i. in various combinations:
(α) as expression of contumely, בֶּן־ נַעֲוַת הַמַּרְדּוּת 1 Samuel 20:30; בֶּן־הַמְּרַצֵּחַ הַזֶּה 2 Kings 6:32 this son of a murderer; compare בְּנֵי־נָבָל Job 30:8; בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם ib.; בְּנֵי עֹנֲַנָה Isaiah 57:3 (|| זֶרַע מְנָאֵף); compare בֶּן־אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת Judges 11:2 (compare Judges 11:1);
(β) as term of respect, dignity, בֶּן־חוֺרִים son of nobles Ecclesiastes 10:17 (in Aramaic = free born); בֶּן־חֲכָמִים Isaiah 19:11; בֶּן־מַלְכֵי־קֶדֶם ib.; compare בֶּן־מֶלֶךְ Psalm 72:1 (|| מֶלֶךְ); בֶּן־אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 86:16 in addressing י׳ (|| עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ) & בְּנֵי־עֲבָדֶיךָ Psalm 102:29; of noble appearance בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ Judges 8:18.
j. often plural with name of ancestor, people, land, or city, to denote descendants, inhabitants, membership in a nation or family, etc.:
(α) e.g. בְּנֵי־עֵבֶר Genesis 10:21; בְּנֵי־חֵת Genesis 23:3, 5, 7, 10 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:11, 16, 18, 20; Genesis 25:10; Genesis 49:32 (all P); (בְּנֵי־שֵׁת Numbers 24:17 see below 8); בְּנֵי־חֲמוֺר Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32; בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו Genesis 36:5, 15, 19; Deuteronomy 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר Genesis 36:20, 21; בֶּן־(בני)הִנֹּם Joshua 15:8 + (compare below גַּיְא); בְּנֵי לוֺט Deuteronomy 2:9, 19; Psalm 83:9; בְּנֵי־יוֺסֵף (literal Genesis 46:27; Genesis 48:8; 1 Chronicles 5:1) Numbers 1:32; Numbers 26:28, 37; Numbers 34:23; Numbers 36:5 (י׳ מַטֵּה ב׳) + 6 times Joshua, compare Psalm 77:16; even בְּנֵי חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה 1 Chronicles 5:23; בְּנֵי דָוַיד (literal 2 Samuel 8:18 = 1 Chronicles 18:17; 1 Chronicles 3:1, 9) 2 Chronicles 13:8; 23:3; 32:33; בְּנֵי אָסָף 2 Chronicles 29:13; Ezra 2:41; Ezra 3:8 + (see H623 אָסָף); בְּנֵי קֹרַח in titles of Psalm 42-49, 84, 85, 87, 88; especially
(β) בְּנֵי־עַמּוֺן (standing designation of people of Ammon) Genesis 19:38 + 81 times (compare עַמּוֺן & NöZMG 1886, 171 DrSm 66); בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב (literal Genesis 34:7, 13, 25, 27; Genesis 35:5, 22, 26; Genesis 49:2) 2 Kings 17:34; Psalm 105:6; Malachi 3:6 compare Psalm 77:16; & chiefly
(γ) בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (literal Genesis 42:5; Genesis 45:21; Genesis 46:5; Exodus 1:1) Exodus 1:7 + 613 times, including Hexateuch + 427 (of which + 328 P, + 49 E, + 25 J, + 25 D), Judges + 61, Samuel Kings Chronicles + 73 (23 in reference to ancient history, + 10 in opposition to Judah); so also Vrss & variant reading sometimes for בֵּית יִשׂ׳, e.g. Joshua 21:43 + see Di, Ezekiel 3:1 + see Co; also the reverse Ezekiel 2:3 and elsewhere; note especially יִשְׂרָאֵל עַם בּ׳ Exodus 1:9; יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמִּי בּ׳ Exodus 3:10; Exodus 7:4; עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Exodus 16:1, 2, 9, 10; Exodus 17:1; Leviticus 16:5; Leviticus 19:2; Numbers 1:2, 53; Numbers 8:9, 20; Numbers 13:26; Numbers 15:25, 26; Numbers 17:6; Numbers 19:9; Numbers 25:6; Numbers 26:2; Numbers 31:12 (all P); יִשׂ׳ דֹּרוֺת ב׳ Judges 3:2; וְכָל־הָעָם יִשׂ׳ כָּל־ב׳ Judges 20:26; וּבְּנֵי הַלֵּוִי יִשׂ׳ ב׳ Nehemiah 10:40; also
(δ) בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה (literal Genesis 46:12; Genesis 26:19; 1 Chronicles 2:3, 10; 1 Chronicles 4:1) Numbers 1:26 + 18 times Numbers, Joshua, Judges 1:8, 9, 16 (so read also Judges 1:21; Judges 1:21 compare Joshua 15:53 & see below H1144 בנימן) 2 Samuel 1:18; 1 Chronicles 4:27 + 8 times Chronicles, Jeremiah 7:30 + 4 times Jeremiah; Hosea 2:2; Joel 4:6; Joel 4:8; Joel 4:19; Obadiah 12 (not in Kings, of Judah or of any other tribe, except בְּנֵי לֵוִי 1 Kings 12:31) including מַטֵּה בְּנֵי יהוּדָה Joshua 15:1, 20, 21; Joshua 21:1; 1 Chronicles 6:50; for usage with other tribes of Israel, see the articles; — but note
(ε) † בְּנֵי לֵוִי (literal Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16; Numbers 3:17; 1 Chronicles 5:27; 1 Chronicles 6:1; compare 1 Chronicles 23:6) Exodus 32:28; Numbers 3:15; Numbers 16:7, 8; Numbers 18:21; Joshua 21:10 (as including sons of Aaron etc.); כָּל־בְּנֵי לֵוִי Exodus 32:26; ל׳ כָּל־אַחֶיךָ ב׳ Numbers 16:10; ל׳ הַכֹּהֲנִים ב׳ Deuteronomy 21:5; Deuteronomy 31:9 compare 1 Kings 12:31 & Malachi 3:8; 1 Chronicles 23:24, 27; 1 Chronicles 24:20; Ezra 8:15 (distinguished from priests) Nehemiah 12:23; Ezekiel 40:46 (including בְּנֵי צָדוֺק the priests); also ל׳ מַחֲנוֺת ב׳ 1 Chronicles 9:18; בְּנֵי הַלֵּוִי 1 Chronicles 12:27; Nehemiah 10:40; בְּנֵי הַלְּוִיִם 1 Chronicles 15:15; 1 Chronicles 24:30 (compare also לֵוִי);
(ζ) בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן (literal Exodus 28:1, 40; 1 Chronicles 5:29; 1 Chronicles 24:1; often Aaron and his sons literal Exodus 27:21; Exodus 28:1, 4 +) Leviticus 3:5, 8, 13; Leviticus 6:7; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 7:10; Leviticus 7:83; Joshua 21:10; 1 Chronicles 6:35; 1 Chronicles 6:39; 1 Chronicles 6:42; 1 Chronicles 15:4 (+ Levites) 1 Chronicles 24:1; 1 Chronicles 24:31; Nehemiah 12:47; also הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי א׳ Leviticus 1:5, 8, 11; Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 3:2; Numbers 3:8; Numbers 10:8 & Joshua 21:19; 2 Chronicles 31:19; compare 2 Chronicles 26:18; 29:21; 35:14 (twice in verse); בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן Leviticus 1:7; Joshua 21:4 (as subdivision of Levites) Joshua 21:13 compare Leviticus 7:34; אֶת־כֹּהֲנֵי יהוה אֶת־בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְהַלְּוִּיִּם 2 Chronicles 13:9 compare 2 Chronicles 13:10; once in singular הַכֹּהֵן בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן Nehemiah 10:39; see also below H175 אַהֲרֹן;
(η) † בְּנֵי צָדוֺק Ezekiel 40:26, 44:15 הכהנים הלוים בני צדוק; Ezekiel 48:11 הכהנים הַמְֿקֻדָּשׁ מנגי צדוק (Greek Version of the LXX Sm Co join מ of מבני to preceding word, making plural);
(θ) בְּנֵי with names of peoples, lands, and cities, בְּנֵי כֻּשִׁיִּים Amos 9:7; בְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם Ezekiel 16:26; בְּנֵי אַשּׁוּר Ezekiel 16:28; Ezekiel 23:7, 9, 12, 23; אֶדֶץ הַבְּרִית ב׳ Ezekiel 30:5 (Co strike out ארץ); בָּבֶל ב׳ Ezekiel 23:15. Ezekiel 23:17, 28; יְרוּשָׁלַם ב׳ Joel 4:6; צִיּוֺן ב׳ Joel 2:23; Lamentations 4:2; Psalm 149:2 (compare Zechariah 9:13). See further
(ι) בְּנֵי עַמֶּ֑ךָ Leviticus 19:18; compare Leviticus 20:17; Numbers 22:5; Judges 14:16, 17; Ezekiel 3:11; Ezekiel 33:2, 12, 17, 30; Ezekiel 37:18; Daniel 12:1 בְּנֵי פָּרִיצֵי עַמְּךָ Daniel 11:14;
(κ) קֶבֶר בְּנֵי הָעָם 2 Kings 23:6; 2 Chronicles 35:5, 7, 12; קִבְרֵי בְּנֵי הָעָם Jeremiah 26:23;
(λ) בְּנֵי־קֶדֶם Genesis 29:1; Judges 7:12; Judges 8:10; 1 Kings 5:10; Job 1:3; Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 49:28; Ezekiel 25:4, 10;
† (μ) בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה Ezra 2:1 = Nehemiah 7:6;
(ν) of bulls, בְּנֵי בָשָׁן Deuteronomy 32:14 (song) compare KloSK 1872. 254 Di.
2. children (male and female) Genesis 3:16; Genesis 21:7; Exodus 21:5; Exodus 22:23; hence בְּנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה הַזְכָּרִים Joshua 17:2 male children, בֵּן זָכָר Jeremiah 20:15.
3. youth, young men (plural) Proverbs 7:7; Songs 2:3.
4. the young of animals Leviticus 22:28 (שׁוֺר אוֺ שֶׂה) compare Deuteronomy 22:6, 7; 1 Samuel 6:7, 10; Zechariah 9:9; Job 4:11; Job 28:8; Job 39:4, 16; — בֶּן־בָּקָר etc. see below 7b below.
5. of plant-shoots פֹּרָת בֵּן Genesis 49:22 (twice in verse); also בֵּן Psalm 80:16 ? (|| כַּנָּה; see Chetransl. & critical note)
6. figurative of lifeless things, בְּנֵי רֶשֶׁף sparks Job 5:7; stars עַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ Job 38:32; arrows בֶּן־קָ֑שֶׁת Job 41:2; בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתוֹ Lamentations 3:13; compare בֶּן־גָּרְנִי i.e. corn of my threshing-floor Isaiah 21:10.
7.
a. member of a guild, order or class, † בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים i.e. those belonging to the prophetic order 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 15; 2 Kings 4:1, 38 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 5:22; 2 Kings 6:1; 2 Kings 9:1 (Hoffm RSProph, 85, 388, Ki 15 f.; ZehnpfBAS i, 355 compare Assyrian mâr šipri (šiprâtum), son of a messenger = messenger, and explains from the son's succeeding to father's calling) & בֶּן־נָבִיא Amos 7:14; probably also בְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים 1 Chronicles 9:30; Ezra 2:61; Ezra 10:18; בְּנֵי הַשֹּׁעֲרִים Ezra 2:42; compare בְּנֵי הַגְּדוּד 2 Chronicles 25:13 men of the troop, see Palmyrene בנישירתא men of the caravan VogNo, 4 and others; also בְּנֵי הַגּוֺלָה = exiles Ezra 4:1; Ezra 6:19, 20; Ezra 8:35; Ezra 10:7, 16 (see H1473 גולה): further, in בֶּן־נֵכָר = foreigner (only P, poetry, & late) Genesis 17:12, 27; Exodus 12:43; Leviticus 22:25; Ezekiel 44:9 (twice in verse); ־הַנּ׳ ב׳ Isaiah 56:3; בְּנֵיִ־נֵכָר 2 Samuel 22:45, 46 = Psalm 18:45; Psalm 18:46; Nehemiah 9:2; Isaiah 60:10; Isaiah 61:5; Isaiah 62:8; Ezekiel 44:7; Psalm 144:7; Psalm 144:11, בְּנֵי־הַנּ׳ Isaiah 56:6; also בְּנֵי הַתּוֺשָׁבִּים הַגָּרִים עִמָּכֶם Leviticus 25:4, 5.
b. of animals, בֶּן־בָּקָר son of (the) herd, i.e. young one of the herd, בָּקָר וּבְנֵי בָקָר 1 Samuel 14:32 compare עֵגֶל בֶּן־בָּקָר Leviticus 9:2 (P); then, in general, one of the herd: fit for food Genesis 18:7, 8 (J), for sacrifice Numbers 15:8, 9 (P); בן־הַב׳ only Leviticus 12:6 (P); especially פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר Exodus 29:1; Leviticus 4:3, 14; Leviticus 16:3; Leviticus 23:18; Numbers 7:15 + 16 times Numbers (all P) + 2 Chronicles 13:9; Ezekiel 43:19, 23, 25; Ezekiel 45:18; Ezekiel 46:6; פָּרִים בְּנֵי בָּקָר Numbers 28:11, 19, 27; Numbers 29:13, 17 (P); also בְּנִי אֲתֹנוֺ Genesis 49:11 (poem, J; || עִירֹה); בְּנֵי־צֹאן Psalm 114:4; Psalm 114:6; בֶּן־רְאֵמִים Psalm 29:6; בְָּנֵי הָרַמָּכִים Esther 8:10; בְּנֵי (הַ)יּוֺנָה Leviticus 1:14 + 7 times Lev + Numbers 6:10 compare בֶּן־יוֺנָה Leviticus 12:6 (all P); בְּנֵי־ נָ֑שֶׁר Proverbs 30:17; בְּנֵי עֹרֵב Psalm 147:9.
8. ב׳ as relative noun followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc. especially
† (α) בֶּן־(בני)חַיִל = mighty man 1 Samuel 14:52; 1 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 2:7; 2 Samuel 13:28; 2 Samuel 17:10 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:52 + 7 times Chronicles; אֲנָשִׁים בני ח׳ Judges 18:2; 2 Kings 2:16; אֶלֶף אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי הֶחָ֑יִל Judges 21:10;
† (β) בְּנֵי עַוְלָה wicked men 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Samuel 7:10; 1 Chronicles 17:9; Hosea 10:9; בֶּן־ע׳ Psalm 89:23 (for בני בליעל see H1100 בליעל);
† (γ) בְּנֵי מֶ֑רִי rebels Numbers 17:25 (compare בַּיִת);
† (δ) בְּנֵי הַתַּעֲרֻבוֺת sons of pledges = hostages 2 Kings 14:14 2 Chronicles 25:24;
† (ε) בְּנֵי מָוֶת i.e. those deserving of death 1 Samuel 26:16; so בֶּן־מות 2 Samuel 12:5; בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה appointed or exposed to death Psalm 79:11; Psalm 102:21; compare
† (ζ) בִּן הַכּוֺת one worthy of smiting Deuteronomy 25:2;
† (η) בְּנֵי עֹ֑נִי Proverbs 31:5;
† (θ) בְּנֵי חֲלוֺף Proverbs 31:8;
† (ι) בְּנֵי שָׁאוֺן Jeremiah 48:45 = tumultuous ones; so also (= שֵׁאת) בְּנֵי שֵׁת Numbers 24:17 compare RV Di and others;
† (κ) כְּנֵי הַיִּצְהָר Zechariah 4:14 i.e. anointed ones;
† (λ) בֶּן־מֶשֶׁק Genesis 15:2 son of possession, i.e. heir;
† (μ) הֵילֵל בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר Isaiah 14:12 son of dawn;
† (ν) of animals בְּנֵיִ שָׁ֑הַץ i.e. proud beasts Job 28:8; Job 41:26;
(ξ) of Jonah's gourd בִּן־לַיְלָה Jonah 4:10 (twice in verse);
† (ο) of a fertile hill קֶרֶן בֶּן־שֶׁמֶן Isaiah 5:1.
9. noun relative of age:
a. of men, וַיְהִי נֹחַ בֶּן־הֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:32; compare Genesis 7:6 + 71 times P; Genesis 50:26; Joshua 14:7. Joshua 14:10; Joshua 24:29 (all E); Numbers 32:11 (J), Deuteronomy 31:2; also Judges 2:8; 1 Samuel 4:15; 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 19:33; 2 Samuel 19:36; 1 Chronicles 2:21; 1 Chronicles 23:3, 24, 27; 1 Chronicles 27:3; 2 Chronicles 24:15; 25:5; 31:16, 17; Ezra 3:8; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:1; + 41 times Samuel Kings Chronicles, of kings of accession; note especially (included in above) the phrase מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמָ֑עְלָה Exodus 30:14; Exodus 38:26; Numbers 1:3 + 21 times Numbers 1-3 + Numbers 26:2, 4; Numbers 32:11; 1 Chronicles 23:24, 27; 2 Chronicles 25:5; Ezra 3:8; compare Leviticus 27:7; Numbers 8:24; Numbers 26:62; 1 Chronicles 23:3 & without מעלה Numbers 8:25; Numbers 18:16; also מִבֶּן עשׂרים שׁנה וְעַד בֶּן־שִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה Leviticus 27:3 compare Leviticus 27:5; Leviticus 27:6; מִבֶּן שׁלשׁים שׁנה ומעלה ועד בן־חמשׁים שׁנה Numbers 4:3 (twice in verse) + 12 times Numbers 4; מבּן שׁלושׁ שׁנים וּלְמַ֫עְלָה 2 Chronicles 31:16 compare 2 Chronicles 31:17; & לְמִבֶּן עשׂרים שׁנה וּלְמָ֑טָּה 1 Chronicles 27:23.
b. of animals, (Hexateuch all P, including H) בֶּן־שָׁנָה Exodus 12:5; Exodus 29:38; Leviticus 9:3; Leviticus 23:18, 19; Numbers 7:17 + 28 times Numbers 7, 28, 29; also Micah 6:6; בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֺ Leviticus 12:6; Leviticus 23:12; Numbers 6:12, 14 + 12 times Numbers 7; also Ezekiel 46:13.
Note. — בן appears perhaps abbreviated as בּ in a few compound proper names; see H920 בִּדְקַר (= בֶּן־דקר ?), בִּלְשָׁן, בִּמְהָל, בַּעֲלִיס, בַּעֲנָה, בִּרְשַׁע, בִּשְׁלָם (so MV after Schol. Hamâsa3ed. Freytag; Röde libr, hist, interpr, Arab, 20, 21; but this is very uncertain, compare Ol§ 227 b, p. 613). — On Lag's explanation of אבי in some proper names as for אבן = בן compare LagBN 75 & see אבינר p. 4, etc., but this is dubious.

בְּנוֺ 1 Chronicles 24:26, 27 as proper name, masculine in AV RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, compare VB & Be Öttli.
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Genesis

3:16; 3:16; 4:17; 4:25; 4:25; 5:4; 5:4; 5:7; 5:10; 5:28; 5:32; 5:32; 6:2; 6:2; 6:4; 6:10; 7:6; 10:21; 11:11; 11:11; 11:13; 11:15; 15:2; 15:2; 15:3; 16:2; 16:11; 16:15; 17:12; 17:16; 17:17; 17:17; 17:19; 17:27; 18:7; 18:8; 18:10; 18:10; 18:14; 19:37; 19:38; 19:38; 21:7; 21:10; 21:10; 23:3; 23:5; 23:7; 23:10; 23:11; 23:16; 23:18; 23:20; 25:10; 26:19; 27:1; 27:15; 27:15; 27:29; 27:32; 27:42; 27:42; 29:1; 29:5; 30:2; 30:6; 30:14; 31:28; 31:43; 31:43; 31:55; 33:19; 34:7; 34:13; 34:25; 34:27; 35:5; 35:22; 35:26; 36:5; 36:15; 36:19; 36:20; 36:21; 37:3; 42:5; 43:29; 45:21; 46:5; 46:11; 46:12; 46:27; 48:8; 49:2; 49:8; 49:11; 49:11; 49:22; 49:22; 49:32; 50:26

Exodus

1:1; 1:7; 1:9; 3:10; 3:22; 4:22; 4:23; 6:16; 7:4; 10:2; 12:5; 12:43; 16:1; 16:2; 16:9; 16:10; 17:1; 20:10; 20:10; 21:5; 21:5; 22:23; 27:21; 28:1; 28:1; 28:4; 28:40; 29:1; 29:38; 30:14; 32:26; 32:28; 33:11; 34:7; 38:26

Leviticus

1:5; 1:7; 1:8; 1:11; 1:14; 2:2; 3:2; 3:5; 3:8; 3:13; 4:3; 4:14; 6:7; 6:11; 7:10; 7:34; 9:2; 9:3; 12:6; 12:6; 12:6; 16:3; 16:5; 19:2; 19:18; 20:17; 22:25; 22:28; 23:12; 23:18; 23:18; 23:19; 25:4; 25:5; 27:3; 27:5; 27:6; 27:7

Numbers

1; 1:2; 1:3; 1:26; 1:32; 1:53; 2; 3; 3:8; 3:15; 3:17; 4; 4:3; 6:10; 6:12; 6:14; 7; 7; 7:15; 7:17; 7:28; 7:29; 8:9; 8:20; 8:24; 8:25; 8:25; 10:8; 11:28; 13:26; 14:30; 14:30; 15:8; 15:9; 15:25; 15:26; 16:7; 16:7; 16:8; 16:8; 16:10; 17:6; 18:16; 18:21; 19:9; 22:5; 23:18; 24:3; 24:15; 24:17; 24:17; 25:6; 26:2; 26:2; 26:4; 26:28; 26:37; 26:62; 28:11; 28:19; 28:27; 29:13; 29:17; 31:12; 32:11; 32:11; 32:12; 32:12; 32:28; 34:17; 34:19; 34:23; 36:5; 36:11

Deuteronomy

1:31; 2:4; 2:8; 2:9; 2:12; 2:19; 2:22; 2:29; 4:9; 4:25; 5:14; 6:2; 7:3; 8:5; 14:1; 16:11; 16:14; 21:5; 21:15; 22:6; 22:7; 25:2; 25:2; 31:2; 31:9; 32:5; 32:14; 32:20

Joshua

14:7; 14:10; 15:1; 15:8; 15:20; 15:21; 15:53; 17:2; 21:1; 21:4; 21:10; 21:10; 21:13; 21:19; 21:43; 22:24; 22:25; 22:25; 22:27; 24:29; 24:32

Judges

1:8; 1:9; 1:16; 1:21; 1:21; 2:8; 3:2; 7:12; 8:10; 8:18; 8:19; 8:22; 11:1; 11:2; 12:14; 14:16; 14:17; 18:2; 20:26; 21:10

Ruth

4:17

1 Samuel

1:5; 1:6; 1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:10; 1:11; 3:6; 3:16; 4:15; 4:16; 6:7; 6:10; 8:2; 10:11; 14:32; 14:52; 18:17; 20:27; 20:30; 20:30; 20:31; 22:7; 22:8; 22:9; 22:13; 24:17; 25:10; 26:16; 26:17; 26:21; 26:25; 30:3; 30:6

2 Samuel

1:18; 2:7; 3:34; 4:4; 7:10; 7:14; 8:18; 12:5; 13:28; 16:10; 17:10; 19:1; 19:3; 19:5; 19:33; 19:36; 20:1; 22:45; 22:46

1 Kings

1:52; 3:26; 5:10; 11:13; 12:2; 12:15; 12:31; 12:31; 20:35

2 Kings

2:3; 2:5; 2:7; 2:15; 2:16; 4:1; 4:14; 4:28; 4:38; 5:22; 6:1; 6:32; 8:9; 9:1; 10:30; 14:14; 16:7; 17:34; 17:41; 23:6

1 Chronicles

2:3; 2:10; 2:21; 3:1; 3:9; 4:1; 4:27; 5:1; 5:23; 6:1; 6:35; 6:39; 6:42; 6:50; 9:18; 9:30; 12:27; 15:4; 15:15; 17:9; 17:13; 18:17; 22:10; 23:3; 23:3; 23:6; 23:24; 23:24; 23:24; 23:27; 23:27; 23:27; 24:1; 24:1; 24:20; 24:26; 24:27; 24:30; 24:31; 27:3; 27:23; 27:23; 28:6

2 Chronicles

13:8; 13:9; 13:9; 13:10; 23:3; 24:15; 25:5; 25:5; 25:5; 25:13; 25:24; 26:18; 29:13; 29:21; 31:16; 31:16; 31:16; 31:17; 31:17; 31:17; 31:19; 32:33; 35:5; 35:7; 35:12; 35:14

Ezra

2:1; 2:41; 2:42; 2:61; 3:8; 3:8; 3:8; 4:1; 6:19; 6:20; 8:15; 8:35; 10:7; 10:16; 10:18

Nehemiah

6:18; 7:6; 9:2; 10:39; 12:23; 12:47

Esther

2:5; 8:10

Job

1:2; 1:3; 1:6; 2:1; 4:11; 5:7; 28:8; 28:8; 30:8; 38:7; 38:32; 39:4; 39:16; 41:2; 41:26; 42:13; 42:16

Psalms

2:7; 4:3; 18:45; 18:46; 29:1; 29:6; 49:3; 50:20; 62:10; 69:9; 72:1; 77:16; 77:16; 79:11; 80:16; 80:16; 82:6; 83:9; 86:16; 89:7; 89:23; 102:21; 105:6; 114:4; 114:6; 127:3; 127:4; 128:6; 144:7; 144:11; 147:9; 149:2

Proverbs

1:8; 1:10; 2:1; 3:12; 6:20; 7:7; 10:1; 13:1; 13:22; 13:24; 17:6; 19:18; 29:17; 30:17; 31:5; 31:8

Ecclesiastes

2:7; 10:17

Song of Songs

2:3

Isaiah

1:2; 1:4; 5:1; 7:4; 7:5; 7:6; 7:9; 8:16; 11:14; 14:12; 19:11; 21:10; 30:1; 30:9; 49:15; 56:3; 56:6; 57:3; 60:10; 61:5; 62:8; 65:20

Jeremiah

3:14; 3:22; 4:22; 7:30; 20:15; 26:23; 27:7; 31:20; 48:45; 49:28; 52:1

Lamentations

3:13; 4:2

Ezekiel

2:3; 3:1; 3:11; 16:21; 16:26; 16:28; 18:10; 23:7; 23:9; 23:12; 23:15; 23:17; 23:23; 23:28; 25:4; 25:10; 30:5; 33:2; 33:12; 33:17; 33:30; 37:18; 37:25; 40:26; 40:46; 43:19; 43:23; 43:25; 44:7; 44:9; 44:15; 45:18; 46:6; 46:13; 48:11

Daniel

11:14; 12:1

Hosea

2:1; 2:2; 10:9; 11:1

Joel

2:23

Amos

7:14; 9:7

Obadiah

1:12

Jonah

4:10

Micah

6:6

Zechariah

4:14; 9:9; 9:13

Malachi

3:6; 3:8; 3:17

H1121

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Strong's Number H1121 matches the Hebrew בֵּן (bēn),
which occurs 141 times in 115 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:1 - Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu,[fn] the son of Tohu,[fn] the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:3 - This man went up from his city yearly to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. Also the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:4 - And whenever the time came for Elkanah to make an offering, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:8 - Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:20 - So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel,[fn] saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - So Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him. Only let the LORD establish His[fn] word.” Then the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
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Even the barren has borne seven,
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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:12 - Now the sons of Eli were corrupt;[fn] they did not know the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:21 - And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel,[fn] and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24 - “No, my sons! For it is not a good report that I hear. You make the LORD’s people transgress.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - ‘Did I not choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod before Me? And did I not give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - ‘Why do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling place, and honor your sons more than Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:34 - ‘Now this shall be a sign to you that will come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die, both of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - Then the LORD called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” He answered, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - “For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:16 - Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!” He answered, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:11 - Also the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:15 - Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were so dim that he could not see.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 - Then the man said to Eli, “I am he who came from the battle. And I fled today from the battle line.” And he said, “What happened, my son?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - So the messenger answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead; and the ark of God has been captured.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:20 - And about the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “Do not fear, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer, nor did she regard it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:7 - “Now therefore, make a new cart, take two milk cows which have never been yoked, and hitch the cows to the cart; and take their calves home, away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:10 - Then the men did so; they took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:1 - Then the men of Kirjath Jearim came and took the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - So the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths,[fn] and served the LORD only.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:6 - So they gathered together at Mizpah, drew water, and poured it out before the LORD. And they fasted that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the children of Israel at Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:7 - Now when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:8 - So the children of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:3 - But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - and said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:11 - And he said, “This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:1 - There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - And he had a choice and handsome son whose name was Saul. There was not a more handsome person than he among the children of Israel. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:3 - Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. And Kish said to his son Saul, “Please take one of the servants with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - “When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now your father has ceased caring about the donkeys and is worrying about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:11 - And it happened, when all who knew him formerly saw that he indeed prophesied among the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What is this that has come upon the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:18 - and said to the children of Israel, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all kingdoms and from those who oppressed you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21 - When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was chosen. And Saul the son of Kish was chosen. But when they sought him, he could not be found.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:27 - But some rebels said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:8 - When he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:2 - “And now here is the king, walking before you; and I am old and grayheaded, and look, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - “And when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the LORD your God was your king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:1 - Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - Saul, Jonathan his son, and the people present with them remained in Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22 - So it came about, on the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan. But they were found with Saul and Jonathan his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:1 - Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.

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