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Lexicon :: Strong's H2490 - ḥālal

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חָלַל
Transliteration
ḥālal
Pronunciation
khaw-lal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָלָה (H2470)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 660,661

Strong’s Definitions

חָלַל châlal, khaw-lal'; a primitive root (compare H2470); also denominative (from H2485) properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute):—begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x

The KJV translates Strong's H2490 in the following manner: begin (52x), profane (36x), pollute (23x), defile (9x), break (4x), wounded (3x), eat (2x), slay (2x), first (1x), gather grapes (1x), inheritance (1x), began men (1x), piped (1x), players (1x), prostitute (1x), sorrow (1x), stain (1x), eat as common things (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x
The KJV translates Strong's H2490 in the following manner: begin (52x), profane (36x), pollute (23x), defile (9x), break (4x), wounded (3x), eat (2x), slay (2x), first (1x), gather grapes (1x), inheritance (1x), began men (1x), piped (1x), players (1x), prostitute (1x), sorrow (1x), stain (1x), eat as common things (1x).
  1. to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself

        1. ritually

        2. sexually

      2. to be polluted, be defiled

    2. (Piel)

      1. to profane, make common, defile, pollute

      2. to violate the honour of, dishonour

      3. to violate (a covenant)

      4. to treat as common

    3. (Pual) to profane (name of God)

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to let be profaned

      2. to begin

    5. (Hophal) to be begun

  2. to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore

    1. (Qal) to pierce

    2. (Pual) to be slain

    3. (Poel) to wound, pierce

    4. (Poal) to be wounded

  3. (Piel) to play the flute or pipe

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלַל châlal, khaw-lal'; a primitive root (compare H2470); also denominative (from H2485) properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute):—begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
STRONGS H2490: Abbreviations
† I. חָלַל verb bore, pierce (Arabic خَلَّ perforate, pierce through, transfix, Ethiopic ሐለት፡ (hollow) read; Aramaic חֲלַל hollow out, חֲלִילָא pipe; Hylo adjective hollow, Hlxo cave, aXtleo sheath, etc.; Late Hebrew in derivatives חָלָל noun hollow, adjective slain, חָלִיל pipe); —
Qal Perfect לִבִּי חָלַל בְּקִרְבִּי my heart is pierced (wounded) within me Psalm 109:22 (? literally one has pierced my heart; or read Pu. חֻלַּל ?); Infinitive construct חַלּוֺתִי הִיא Psalm 77:11 it is my piercing, my wound (my woe, my cross; so Ew Hi De Bae MV SS Köi. 341, but Hup Pe Bi Che read חֲלוֺתִי my sickness).
Pi. Participle plural (Baer) בְּיַד מְחַללֶי֑ךָ Ezekiel 28:9 in the hand of the ones wounding thee (Sm Co read מְחוֺלְלֶ֑ךָ).
Pu. Participle מְחֻלֲלֵי חֶרֶב pierced by the sword Ezekiel 32:26.
Po`el Perfect 3rd person feminine singular חֹלֲלָה יָדוֺ נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ Job 26:13 his hand pierced the fleeing serpent; Participle feminine מְחוֺלֶלֶת תַּנִּין Isaiah 51:9 who pierced the dragon.
Po`al Participle מִפְּשָׁעֵינוּ מֲחֹלָל Isaiah 53:5 pierced, wounded because of our transgressions (of the servant of י׳, || מְדֻכָּא מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵינוּ).

† II. [חלל] verb denominative play the pipe, pipe
Qal Participle plural וְשָׁרִים כְּחֹלֲלִים Psalm 87:7 as well the singers as the pipe-players, compare AV; < RV Pe De Che Bae and others
Polel Participle from 1. חוּל dancers.
Pi. Participle וְהָעָם מְחַלְּלִים בַּחֲלִלִים 1 Kings 1:40 and the people piped with pipes (compare Assyrian ḫâlalu, according to Dl in ZimBP 117).

† III. [חָלַל] verb pollute, defile, profane;
Hiph. also begin (literally untie, loosen, open, see Arabic) (Arabic حَلَّ untie, undo, become free, lawful, free from obligation or tie; IV. make lawful; x. esteem lawful or free, profane, desecrate, violate; Late Hebrew חלל be profane, desecrated (also Pi. Hiph. transitive), compare Aramaic חֲלַל Lelfo Pa. is purify, LeoAf  Aph. is profane) —
Niph. Perfect נִחָ֑ל Ezekiel 25:3, נִחַלְתְּ (־תִּי Co) Ezekiel 22:16, נִחֲלוּ Ezekiel 7:24; Imperfect יֵחָ֑ל Isaiah 48:11, תֵּחֵל Leviticus 21:9, וָאֵחַל Ezekiel 22:26; Infinitive הֵחֵל Ezekiel 20:9, 14, 22, suffix לְהֵחַלּוֺ Leviticus 21:4. —
1. reflex. pollute, defile oneself
a. ritually, by contact with dead || טמא, Leviticus 21:4 (H).
b. sexually || זנה Leviticus 21:9 (H).
2. Passive, be polluted, defiled, of holy places Ezekiel 7:24; Ezekiel 25:3, name of God Ezekiel 20:9, 14, 22; Isaiah 48:11 and even God himself Ezekiel 22:16, 26.
Pi. Perfect חִלֵּל Leviticus 19:8 + 3 times; suffix חִלִּלוֺ Deuteronomy 20:6; 2nd person masculine singular חִלַּלְתָּ Genesis 49:4 + 3 times; 2nd person feminine singular חִלָּ֑֔לְתְּ Ezekiel 22:8; 3rd person plural suffix חִלְּלוּהֻ֯ Ezekiel 7:21 etc., + 16 times Perfect; Imperfect יְחַלֵּל Leviticus 21:12, 15, 23; suffix יְחַלְּלֶנּוּ Deuteronomy 20:6; plural יְחַלְּלוּ Leviticus 21:6 + 4 times, יְחַלֵּ֑לוּ Psalm 89:32 etc., + 13 times Imperfect; Infinitive חַלֵּל Amos 2:7 + 4 times; חַלְּלוֺ Ezekiel 23:39 + 4 times; חַלְּלָם Jeremiah 16:18; Participle מְחַלֵּל Ezekiel 24:21 plural מְחַלְּלִים Malachi 1:12; Nehemiah 13:17; suffix מְחַלֲלֶיהָ Exodus 31:14; feminine מְחַלֶּלֶת Leviticus 21:9; —
1. defile, pollute:
a. sexually, Genesis 49:4 (poem) = 1 Chronicles 5:1 (the father's bed); a woman = זנה Leviticus 19:29; Leviticus 21:9 (H); זַרְעוֺ Leviticus 21:15 (H).
b. ceremonially, profane, the altar by a tool Exodus 20:25 (JE); sacred places Leviticus 21:12, 23 (H), Ezekiel 7:21, 22 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:39; Ezekiel 24:21; Ezekiel 44:7; Zephaniah 3:4; Malachi 2:11; Psalm 74:7; Daniel 11:31; the holy land Jeremiah 16:18; sacred things Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 22:9, 15 (H) Numbers 18:32 (P) Ezekiel 22:26; the sabbath Exodus 31:14 (P), Isaiah 56:2, 6; Ezekiel 20:13, 16, 21, 24; Ezekiel 22:8; Ezekiel 23:38; Nehemiah 13:17, 18; and so the sanctity of the prince of Tyre who made himself God, and his holy places, Ezekiel 28:7, 16, 18.
d. י׳ defiles or profanes his inheritance by giving it over to Babylon Isaiah 47:6; the princes of the sanctuary by giving them to Chaldeans Isaiah 43:28.
2. violate the honour of, dishonour, י׳ subject crown of Davidic kingdom Psalm 89:40 (followed by לארץ pregnantly), kingdom of Judah Lamentations 2:2; the גאון בל צבי Isaiah 23:9.
3. violate a covenant Psalm 55:21; Psalm 89:35; Malachi 2:10, the חקות of God Psalm 89:32.
4. treat a vineyard as common (see חֹל) by beginning to use its fruit Deuteronomy 20:6 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 28:30; Jeremiah 31:5 (see the law Leviticus 19:23-25, H).
Pu. Participle בַּגּוֺיִם שְׁמִי הַגָּדוֺל הַמְֿחֻלָּל Ezekiel 36:23 my great name which is profaned among the nations.
Hiph.
1. a. Imperfect אֶתשֶֿׁםקָֿדְשִׁי עוֺד לֹא אַחֵל Ezekiel 39:7 I will not let my holy name be profaned any more.
b. לֹא יַחֵל דְּבָרוֺ he shall not violate his word Numbers 30:3 (P).
2. begin, Perfect הֵחֵל Genesis 6:1 + 15 times, הֵ֫חֵלָּה Judges 20:40, הַחִלּוֺתָ Deuteronomy 3:24; Esther 6:13, הַחִלֹּתִי Deuteronomy 2:31; 1 Samuel 22:15, הֵחֵ֫לּוּ Ezra 3:6 + 6 times; Imperfect יָחֵל Judges 10:18; Judges 13:5, וַיָּ֫חֶל Genesis 9:20 + 5 times, 3rd person feminine singular וַ֫תָּחֶל Judges 13:25; Judges 16:19, 2nd person masculine singular תָּחֵל Deuteronomy 16:9, אָחֵל Deuteronomy 2:25; Joshua 3:7, וַיָּחֵ֫לּוּ Judges 20:31 + 3 times, וַתְּחִלֶּינָה Genesis 41:54, תָּחֵ֫לּוּ Ezekiel 9:6; Imperative הָחֵל Deuteronomy 2:24, 31; Infinitive construct הָחֵל 1 Samuel 3:12 + 2 times; suffix הַחִלָּם Genesis 11:6; Participle מֵחַל Jeremiah 25:29; — begin, Numbers 17:11; Numbers 17:12 (P) Deuteronomy 16:9; 2 Chronicles 29:27 (twice in verse); so 2 Samuel 24:15 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr (Greek Version of the LXX inserts וְהַמַּגֵּפָה הֵחֵ֫לָּה בָּעָם before וַיָּ֫מָת); with Infinitive (ל) begin to Genesis 41:54 (E), Genesis 6:1; Genesis 10:8 = 1 Chronicles 1:10; Genesis 11:6; Numbers 25:1 (all J), Deuteronomy 2:25, 31; Deuteronomy 3:24; Deuteronomy 16:9; Joshua 3:7 (D), Judges 10:18; Judges 13:5, 25; Judges 16:19, 22; Judges 20:31, 39, 40; 1 Samuel 3:2; 1 Samuel 14:35; 1 Samuel 22:15; 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Kings 15:37; 1 Chronicles 27:24; 2 Chronicles 3:1, 2; 29:17; 31:7, 10, 21; 34:3 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:6; Nehemiah 4:1; Esther 6:13; Esther 9:23; Jeremiah 25:29; Jonah 3:4; with ו consecutive Genesis 9:20 (J), Ezra 3:8; with בְּ begin with Genesis 44:12 (J), Ezekiel 9:6; 2 Chronicles 20:22; so 2 Samuel 24:5, read וַיָּחֵ֫לּוּ for וַיַּחֲנוּ LXX of Lucian (Lag.) We Dr.; with מן begin from Ezekiel 9:6; הָחֵל רָשׁ begin! possess! Deuteronomy 2:24, 31; הָחֵל וְכַלֵּה beginning and ending 1 Samuel 3:12 (i.e. accomplishing my full purpose, see Dr).
Hoph. Perfect אָז הוּחַל לִקְראֹ בְּשֵׁם י׳ then it was begun (= men began) to call on the name of י׳ Genesis 4:26 (J).
Note.וַיָּחֵלּוּ מְעַט מִמַּשָּׂא Hosea 8:10 begin to be minished by reason of the burden RV Hi and others; Wü Now read וְיָחִלוּ (I. חול, חיל) — for omission of daghesh see also וְיָחֵלוּ of Babylonian Manuscript — shall be in anguish a little for the burden, so Ra AV; Ew וְיָחִלוּ that they may wait (?) a little; Greek Version of the LXX וחדלו מעט ממשׁח cease a little from anointing, so Che We, this probably best.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:26; 6:1; 6:1; 9:20; 9:20; 10:8; 11:6; 11:6; 41:54; 41:54; 44:12; 49:4; 49:4

Exodus

20:25; 31:14; 31:14

Leviticus

18:21; 19:8; 19:8; 19:12; 19:23; 19:24; 19:25; 19:29; 20:3; 21:4; 21:4; 21:6; 21:6; 21:9; 21:9; 21:9; 21:9; 21:12; 21:12; 21:15; 21:15; 21:23; 21:23; 22:2; 22:9; 22:15; 22:32

Numbers

17:11; 17:12; 18:32; 25:1; 30:3

Deuteronomy

2:24; 2:24; 2:25; 2:25; 2:31; 2:31; 2:31; 2:31; 3:24; 3:24; 16:9; 16:9; 16:9; 20:6; 20:6; 20:6; 28:30

Joshua

3:7; 3:7

Judges

10:18; 10:18; 13:5; 13:5; 13:25; 13:25; 16:19; 16:19; 16:22; 20:31; 20:31; 20:39; 20:40; 20:40

1 Samuel

3:2; 3:12; 3:12; 14:35; 22:15; 22:15

2 Samuel

24:5; 24:15

1 Kings

1:40

2 Kings

10:32; 15:37

1 Chronicles

1:10; 5:1; 27:24

2 Chronicles

3:1; 3:2; 20:22; 29:17; 29:27; 31:7; 31:10; 31:21; 34:3

Ezra

3:6; 3:6; 3:8

Nehemiah

4:1; 13:17; 13:17; 13:18

Esther

6:13; 6:13; 9:23

Job

26:13

Psalms

55:21; 74:7; 77:11; 87:7; 89:32; 89:32; 89:35; 89:40; 109:22

Isaiah

23:9; 43:28; 47:6; 48:11; 48:11; 51:9; 53:5; 56:2; 56:6

Jeremiah

16:18; 16:18; 25:29; 25:29; 31:5; 34:16

Lamentations

2:2

Ezekiel

7:21; 7:21; 7:22; 7:24; 7:24; 9:6; 9:6; 9:6; 13:19; 20:9; 20:9; 20:13; 20:14; 20:14; 20:16; 20:21; 20:22; 20:22; 20:24; 20:39; 22:8; 22:8; 22:16; 22:16; 22:26; 22:26; 22:26; 23:38; 23:39; 23:39; 24:21; 24:21; 25:3; 25:3; 28:7; 28:9; 28:16; 28:18; 32:26; 36:20; 36:21; 36:22; 36:23; 36:23; 39:7; 44:7

Daniel

11:31

Hosea

8:10

Amos

2:7; 2:7

Jonah

3:4

Zephaniah

3:4

Malachi

1:12; 1:12; 2:10; 2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2490 matches the Hebrew חָלַל (ḥālal),
which occurs 143 times in 132 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 4:26–1Sa 22:15)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:26 - To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:1 - When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:20 - Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - And he searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you went up to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:14 - You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:21 - You shall not give any of your children to offer them[fn] to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:8 - and everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:12 - You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:29 - “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:4 - He shall not make himself unclean as a husband among his people and so profane himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:6 - They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the LORD’s food offerings, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:9 - And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by whoring, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:12 - He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:15 - that he may not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - but he shall not go through the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries,[fn] for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:2 - “Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they abstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name: I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:9 - They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby when they profane it: I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:15 - They shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the LORD,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:32 - And you shall not profane my holy name, that I may be sanctified among the people of Israel. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:46 - And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:47 - So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:32 - And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have contributed the best of it. But you shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, lest you die.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:1 - While Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - If a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 - ‘Rise up, set out on your journey and go over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession, and contend with him in battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:25 - This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:31 - And the LORD said to me, ‘Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24 - ‘O Lord GOD, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:9 - “You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:6 - And is there any man who has planted a vineyard and has not enjoyed its fruit? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:30 - You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:7 - The LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:25 - And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - She made him sleep on her knees. And she called a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:22 - But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - And the people of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city. And as at other times they began to strike and kill some of the people in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:39 - the men of Israel should turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to strike and kill about thirty men of Israel. They said, “Surely they are defeated before us, as in the first battle.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them, and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2 - At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:12 - On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:35 - And Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first altar that he built to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - Is today the first time that I have inquired of God for him? No! Let not the king impute anything to his servant or to all the house of my father, for your servant has known nothing of all this, much or little.”

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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
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Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan