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Lexicon :: Strong's H2428 - ḥayil

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חַיִל
Transliteration
ḥayil
Pronunciation
khah'-yil
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 624a

Strong’s Definitions

חַיִל chayil, khah'-yil; from H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength:—able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ( ) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 243x

The KJV translates Strong's H2428 in the following manner: army (56x), man of valour (37x), host (29x), forces (14x), valiant (13x), strength (12x), riches (11x), wealth (10x), power (9x), substance (8x), might (6x), strong (5x), miscellaneous (33x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 243x
The KJV translates Strong's H2428 in the following manner: army (56x), man of valour (37x), host (29x), forces (14x), valiant (13x), strength (12x), riches (11x), wealth (10x), power (9x), substance (8x), might (6x), strong (5x), miscellaneous (33x).

  1. strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army

    1. strength

    2. ability, efficiency

    3. wealth

    4. force, army

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חַיִל chayil, khah'-yil; from H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength:—able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ( ) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
STRONGS H2428: Abbreviations
חַ֫יִל 244 noun masculine 2 Kings 10:2 strength, efficiency, wealth, army; — absolute ח׳ Genesis 47:6 +, חָ֑יִל Psalm 60:14 [Psalm 60:12] +, חָ֑יִל Psalm 60:14 [Psalm 60:12]+, חֵיל Isaiah 36:2; 2 Kings 18:17; construct חֵיל Exodus 14:28 + (on Psalm 10:10 see חלכה); suffix חֵילִי Job 31:25 + 2 times; חֵילְךָ Jeremiah 15:13 +; חֵילוֺ Exodus 14:4 +, etc.; plural חֲיָלִים 1 Chronicles 7:5 + 19 times; suffix חֵילֵיהֶם Isaiah 30:6; —
1. strength, usually physical:
a. seldom alone (chiefly in poetry) 1 Samuel 2:4; Psalm 18:33, 40＝2 Samuel 22:33, 40; also ח'נָּֽברוּ Job 21:7, compare Ecclesiastes 10:10; מֵחַיִל אֶלחָֿ֑יִל Psalm 84:8; בְּכֹחַ ח׳ 2 Chronicles 26:13; of virility Proverbs 31:3; of י׳'s power Psalm 59:12; Psalm 110:3, compare Habakkuk 3:19; strength of horse Psalm 33:17; figurative of product of vine and fig-tree Joel 2:22 (|| פְּרִי).
b. of result or display of strength עשׂה ח׳ achieve might＝do valiantly Numbers 24:18 (JE), 1 Samuel 14:48; Psalm 60:14 [Psalm 60:12]＝Psalm 108:14 [Psalm 108:13]; Psalm 118:15, 16.
c. often in phrases גִּבּוֺר(הַ)ח׳, גִּבּוֺרֵי(הַ)ח׳ hero(es) of strength, mighty man (men) of valour Joshua 1:14 (D), Joshua 6:2; Joshua 8:3; Joshua 10:7 (all J E), Judges 6:12; Judges 11:1; 1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Kings 11:28; 2 Kings 5:1; 2 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 24:14, 16; 1 Chronicles 5:24; 1 Chronicles 7:2, 9; 1 Chronicles 8:40 —הַגִּבּוֺרִים וכל גבורי ח׳ 1 Chronicles 28:1; also ח׳ ג׳ 2 Chronicles 13:3 (|| מלחמה ג׳); (הַ)חֲיָלִים ג׳ 1 Chronicles 7:5, 7, 11, 40; 1 Chronicles 11:26 (see also גִּבּוֺר); בֶּןֿ(הַ)ח׳, בְּנֵי(הַ)ח׳ Deuteronomy 3:18; Judges 18:2 + (see בֵּן 8); אִישׁ ח׳, אַנְשֵׁי ח׳ Judges 3:29; Judges 20:44; Judges 20:46; 1 Samuel 31:12; 1 Samuel 11:16; 2 Samuel 23:20 (Qr; Kt חי, on phrase בןאֿישׁ חיל compare Dr)＝1 Chronicles 11:22 (Kt חיל), 2 Samuel 24:9; Nahum 2:4; Jeremiah 48:15; 1 Chronicles 10:12; Nehemiah 11:6; Psalm 76:6; ironical לִמְסֹךְ שֵׁכָר ח׳ א׳ Isaiah 5:22＝(|| גבורים לשׁתות יין); Ecclesiastes 12:3 metaphor of legs.
2. ability, efficiency, often involving moral worth אַנְשֵׁי ח׳ Genesis 47:6 (J), Exodus 18:21, 25 (both E); of a woman אֵשֶׁת ח׳ Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 31:10; Ruth 3:11; compare 1 Kings 1:42, 52 (opposed to רעה), and especially יִרְאֵי אלהים אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת שׂנְאֵי בָּ֑צַע אַנְשֵׁי ח׳ Exodus 18:21(E); עָשָׂה חיל Proverbs 31:29 do worthily, efficiently, perhaps also Ruth 4:11; late (with weakened meaning of גִּבּוֺר) גִּבּוֺרֵי חֵיל מְלֶאכֶת עֲבוֺדַת בֵּית הָאלהים 1 Chronicles 9:13, compare בַּכִּחַ לַעֲבֹדָה אישׁ ח׳ 1 Chronicles 26:8. So also 1 Samuel 10:26 (read בְּנֵי ח׳, see Greek Version of the LXX We Dr, men of worth, opposed to בני בליעל 1 Samuel 10:27) for MT ח׳ force, band.
3. wealth Genesis 34:29＝Numbers 31:9 (both P), Deuteronomy 8:17, 18; Deuteronomy 33:11; Isaiah 8:4; Isaiah 10:14; Isaiah 30:6 (|| אוֺצְרֹתָם), Isaiah 60:5 (|| הֲמוֺן יָם) Isaiah 60:11; Isaiah 61:6; Micah 4:13; Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:3 (both || אצרות), Zephaniah 1:13; Ezekiel 26:12; Ezekiel 28:4, 5 (twice in verse); Zechariah 14:14; Job 5:5; Job 15:29; Job 20:15, 18; Job 31:25; Psalm 49:7; Psalm 49:11; Psalm 62:11; Psalm 73:12; Proverbs 13:22.
4. force, army, very often Exodus 14:4, 9, 17, 28 (all P), Exodus 15:4 (song), 1 Samuel 17:20; 2 Samuel 8:9; 2 Kings 6:4, 15; 2 Kings 25:1, 5 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 25:10; 2 Chronicles 13:3 (בְּחַיִל גִּבּוֺרֵי מלחמה), 2 Chron 14:7; 2 Chronicles 16:7; 23:14 +; so usually Jeremiah: Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 34:1 +; frequently Ezekiel: Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 27:10 +; Daniel 11:7, 13, 25 (twice in verse); Daniel 11:26; ＝a band 1 Samuel 10:26 (MT, but see 2, at the end); of train of Queen of Sheba גדול ח׳ 1 Kings 10:2 2 Chronicles 9:1; חֵיל כָּבֵד Isaiah 36:1＝2 Kings 18:17 a powerful army (on form compare Sta§ 194 c); also (late) חֵיל הַצָּבָא 1 Chronicles 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:13, חֵיל עָם Esther 8:11; הֲמוֺן חֲיָלִים Daniel 11:10; שַׂרהֿח׳ 2 Samuel 24:2＝captain of the host, שָׂרֵי הח׳ 2 Samuel 24:4; 2 Samuel 24:4; שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים captains of armies (bands, divisions) 1 Kings 15:20 2 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:7, 13; Jeremiah 41:11, 13, 16; Jeremiah 42:1, 8; Jeremiah 43:4, 5. החִיל פִּקּוּדֵי Numbers 31:14 (P). — חֵילוּ Ezekiel 32:31 omitted by B Hi Co: for חֵילֵךְ Ezekiel 27:11 read probably a proper name, of a location, compare Da; Co proposes חתלון (compare Ezekiel 47:15; Ezekiel 48:1), HalMÈl. Epigr. 1874, 69 חלך＝Cilicia, see LagM i. 211.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2429.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:29; 47:6; 47:6

Exodus

14:4; 14:4; 14:9; 14:17; 14:28; 14:28; 15:4; 18:21; 18:21; 18:25

Numbers

24:18; 31:9; 31:14

Deuteronomy

3:18; 8:17; 8:18; 33:11

Joshua

1:14; 6:2; 8:3; 10:7

Judges

3:29; 6:12; 11:1; 18:2; 20:44; 20:46

Ruth

3:11; 4:11

1 Samuel

2:4; 9:1; 10:26; 10:26; 10:27; 14:48; 16:18; 17:20; 31:12

2 Samuel

8:9; 22:33; 22:40; 23:20; 24:2; 24:4; 24:4; 24:9

1 Kings

1:42; 1:52; 10:2; 11:28; 15:20

2 Kings

5:1; 6:4; 6:15; 10:2; 15:20; 18:17; 18:17; 24:14; 24:16; 25:1; 25:5; 25:10; 25:23

1 Chronicles

5:24; 7:2; 7:5; 7:5; 7:7; 7:9; 7:11; 7:40; 8:40; 9:13; 10:12; 11:22; 11:26; 20:1; 26:8; 28:1

2 Chronicles

9:1; 13:3; 13:3; 14:7; 16:4; 16:7; 23:14; 26:13; 26:13

Nehemiah

11:6

Esther

8:11

Job

5:5; 15:29; 20:15; 20:18; 21:7; 31:25; 31:25

Psalms

10:10; 18:33; 18:40; 33:17; 49:7; 49:11; 59:12; 60:12; 60:12; 60:12; 62:11; 73:12; 76:6; 84:8; 108:13; 110:3; 118:15; 118:16

Proverbs

12:4; 13:22; 31:3; 31:10; 31:29

Ecclesiastes

10:10; 12:3

Isaiah

5:22; 8:4; 10:14; 30:6; 30:6; 36:1; 36:2; 60:5; 60:11; 61:6

Jeremiah

15:13; 15:13; 17:3; 32:2; 34:1; 40:7; 40:13; 41:11; 41:13; 41:16; 42:1; 42:8; 43:4; 43:5; 48:15

Ezekiel

17:17; 26:12; 27:10; 27:11; 28:4; 28:5; 32:31; 47:15; 48:1

Daniel

11:7; 11:10; 11:13; 11:25; 11:26

Joel

2:22

Micah

4:13

Nahum

2:4

Habakkuk

3:19

Zephaniah

1:13

Zechariah

14:14

H2428

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Strong's Number H2428 matches the Hebrew חַיִל (ḥayil),
which occurs 234 times in 221 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 5 (1Ki 1:42–2Ch 9:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:42 - While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. And Adonijah said, “Come in, for you are a worthy man and bring good news.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:52 - And Solomon said, “If he will show himself a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:28 - The man Jeroboam was very able, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:20 - And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:1 - Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together. Thirty-two kings were with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and closed in on Samaria and fought against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19 - So these went out of the city, the servants of the governors of the districts and the army that followed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:25 - and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16 - And they said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. It may be that the Spirit of the LORD has caught him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - So he sent there horses and chariots and a great army, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 - When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:5 - And when he came, behold, the commanders of the army were in council. And he said, “I have a word for you, O commander.” And Jehu said, “To which of us all?” And he said, “To you, O commander.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:15 - Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains who were set over the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to death with the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest said, “Let her not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - Menahem exacted the money from Israel, that is, from all the wealthy men, fifty shekels[fn] of silver from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, except the poorest people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, 7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:1 - And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:10 - And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - Now when all the captains and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:26 - Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:24 - These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher,[fn] Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5 - Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7 - The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers’ houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:9 - And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers’ houses, approved, mighty warriors, chiefs of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was 26,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 - The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, 150. All these were Benjaminites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - besides their kinsmen, heads of their fathers’ houses, 1,760, mighty men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12 - all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man[fn] of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two heroes of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - The mighty men were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:21 - They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and were commanders in the army.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:25 - Of the Simeonites, mighty men of valor for war, 7,100.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:28 - Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own fathers’ house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:30 - Of the Ephraimites 20,800, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:6 - Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers’ houses, for they were men of great ability.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:7 - The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers were able men, Elihu and Semachiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:8 - All these were of the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and brothers, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:9 - And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, able men, eighteen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, 1,700 men of ability, had the oversight of Israel westward of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:31 - Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was chief of the Hebronites of whatever genealogy or fathers’ houses. (In the fortieth year of David’s reign search was made and men of great ability among them were found at Jazer in Gilead.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32 - King David appointed him and his brothers, 2,700 men of ability, heads of fathers’ houses, to have the oversight of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites for everything pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 - David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the stewards of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mighty men and all the seasoned warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

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