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Lexicon :: Strong's H5045 - neḡeḇ

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נֶגֶב
Transliteration
neḡeḇ
Pronunciation
neh'-gheb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be parched
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TWOT Reference: 1288a

Strong’s Definitions

נֶגֶב negeb, neh'-gheb; from an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine):—south (country, side, -ward).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 112x

The KJV translates Strong's H5045 in the following manner: south (89x), southward (16x), south side (5x), south country (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 112x
The KJV translates Strong's H5045 in the following manner: south (89x), southward (16x), south side (5x), south country (2x).

  1. south-country, Nekeb, south

    1. south-country

      1. region of southern Judah, boundaries not specific

    2. south

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֶגֶב negeb, neh'-gheb; from an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine):—south (country, side, -ward).
STRONGS H5045: Abbreviations
† נֶ֫גֶב noun [masculine]] south-country, Negeb, south (compare LagBN 78); — נ׳ absolute Genesis 20:1 +; construct Joshua 11:2 +; נֶ֫גְבָּה Genesis 13:14 +; —
1. south-country, i.e.
a. specifically the region south of Judah, boundaries not exactly defined (see cities in it Joshua 15:21-32), but with from hills south of Hebron to Kadesh, אֶרֶץ הַנּ׳ Genesis 20:1 (E), Genesis 24:62 (J), Numbers 13:29 (JE), Judges 1:15; Joshua 15:19; almost = proper name הַנּ׳, הַנֶּ֫גְבָּה, Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1; Numbers 13:17, 22; Numbers 21:1 (all J), Deuteronomy 34:3 (JE), Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 10:40; Joshua 11:16; Joshua 12:8 (all D), Numbers 33:40; Joshua 15:21 (both P), Judges 1:9; 1 Samuel 20:41 (but read הָאַרְגָּב, i.e. the mound Greek Version of the LXX (ἀργαβ) Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS), Jeremiah 13:19; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Zechariah 7:7; Obadiah 20; Psalm 126:4 (simile), Ezekiel 21:3a (= Judah); נ׳ (no article) Genesis 13:3 (J), 1 Samuel 30:1; Isaiah 30:6 (compare Di); of particular districts in the Negeb: עֲרָד נ׳ Judges 1:16 (compare GFM), יהוּדָה נ׳ etc. 1 Samuel 27:10 (3 times in verse) (compare Dr), 1 Samuel 30:14 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 24:7; 2 Chronicles 28:18; see also Zechariah 14:10; רָמַת נ׳ Joshua 19:8, רָמוֺת נ׳ 1 Samuel 30:27; collective with plural verb = people of south-land Obadiah 19.
b. land south of Babylon Isaiah 21:1 (compare Di).
c. = Egypt Daniel 11:5, 6, 9, 14, 15, 25 (twice in verse); Daniel 11:29, 40 (see Meinh Bev Behrm, compare Daniel 11:43).
2. hence south (opposed to north, east, west) Genesis 13:14; Genesis 28:14 (both J), Joshua 17:10 (P), 1 Kings 7:25 2 Chronicles 4:4; 1 Chronicles 9:24; 1 Chronicles 26:15, 17 (compare 1 Chronicles 26:14; 1 Chronicles 26:16; 1 Chronicles 26:18), Ezekiel 21:3b; Ezekiel 21:9; Daniel 8:4, 9, further 1 Kings 7:39; Zechariah 14:4; מְּאַת נֶ֫גְבָּה תֵּימָ֫נָה Exodus 26:18, compare Exodus 27:9; Exodus 36:23; Exodus 38:9; Exodus 40:24 (of south side of tabernacle); שַׁ֫עַר נ׳ Ezekiel 46:9 (twice in verse); מְּאַת נ׳ south side or border Numbers 34:3; Numbers 35:5; Joshua 18:15 (all P), Ezekiel 47:19, cf Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:16, 28, 33; גְּבוּל נ׳ south boundary Numbers 34:3; Joshua 15:2, 4; Joshua 18:19 (all P), compare מִנֶּ֫גֶב לְ (הַגְּבוּל) on the south of Numbers 34:4 (twice in verse); Joshua 15:3 (לְ אֶלמִֿנּ׳), Joshua 15:3; Joshua 15:7; Joshua 18:3 (all P), Judges 21:19; מִנּ׳ absolute on the south Joshua 18:5 (JE), Joshua 19:34 (P), 1 Samuel 14:5; Ezekiel 40:2; כֶּ֫תֶף הַיְבוּסִי מִנּ׳ Joshua 15:8, compare Joshua 18:13, 16 (all P); נֶ֫גְבָּה Joshua 15:1, 2; Joshua 18:14 (twice in verse); Joshua 18:19 (all P), 2 Chronicles 4:10; Ezekiel 21:2 (Co; HCT נגב) Ezekiel 48:10, 17; נֶ֫גְבָּה לְ Joshua 17:9 (P). — For בִּנְּרוֺת נ׳ Joshua 11:2 read נֶגֶד (Greek Version of the LXX Di).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:9; 13:1; 13:3; 13:14; 13:14; 20:1; 20:1; 24:62; 28:14

Exodus

26:18; 27:9; 36:23; 38:9; 40:24

Numbers

13:17; 13:22; 13:29; 21:1; 33:40; 34:3; 34:3; 34:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

1:7; 34:3

Joshua

10:40; 11:2; 11:2; 11:16; 12:8; 15:1; 15:2; 15:2; 15:3; 15:3; 15:4; 15:7; 15:8; 15:19; 15:21; 15:21; 15:22; 15:23; 15:24; 15:25; 15:26; 15:27; 15:28; 15:29; 15:30; 15:31; 15:32; 17:9; 17:10; 18:3; 18:5; 18:13; 18:14; 18:15; 18:16; 18:19; 18:19; 19:8; 19:34

Judges

1:9; 1:15; 1:16; 21:19

1 Samuel

14:5; 20:41; 27:10; 30:1; 30:14; 30:27

2 Samuel

24:7

1 Kings

7:25; 7:39

1 Chronicles

9:24; 26:14; 26:15; 26:16; 26:17; 26:18

2 Chronicles

4:4; 4:10; 28:18

Psalms

126:4

Isaiah

21:1; 30:6

Jeremiah

13:19; 17:26; 32:44; 33:13

Ezekiel

21:2; 21:3; 21:3; 21:9; 40:2; 46:9; 47:19; 47:19; 48:10; 48:16; 48:17; 48:28; 48:33

Daniel

8:4; 8:9; 11:5; 11:6; 11:9; 11:14; 11:15; 11:25; 11:29; 11:40; 11:43

Obadiah

1:19; 1:20

Zechariah

7:7; 14:4; 14:10

H5045

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Strong's Number H5045 matches the Hebrew נֶגֶב (neḡeḇ),
which occurs 111 times in 97 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (1Sa 27:10–Zec 14:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south H5045 of Judah, and against the south H5045 of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south H5045 of the Kenites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:1 - And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, H5045 and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - We made an invasion upon the south H5045 of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south H5045 of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south H5045 of Judah, even to Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, H5045 and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. H5045

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:24 - In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. H5045

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:15 - To Obededom southward; H5045 and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:17 - Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward H5045 four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4 - It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, H5045 and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south. H5045

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south H5045 of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:4 - Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. H5045

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south H5045 pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden of the beasts of the south: H5045 into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:19 - The cities of the south H5045 shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, H5045 bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44 - Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: H5045 for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:13 - In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, H5045 and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:46 - Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south H5045 field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - And say to the forest of the south, H5045 Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south H5045 to the north shall be burned therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south H5045 to the north:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:2 - In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. H5045

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:9 - But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south H5045 gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south H5045 gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:1 - Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south H5045 side of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:19 - And the south H5045 side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward. H5045

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:10 - And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south H5045 five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:16 - And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south H5045 side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:17 - And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south H5045 two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28 - And by the border of Gad, at the south H5045 side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33 - And at the south H5045 side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:4 - I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; H5045 so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:9 - And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, H5045 and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:5 - And the king of the south H5045 shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south H5045 shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:9 - So the king of the south H5045 shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:11 - And the king of the south H5045 shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:14 - And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: H5045 also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south H5045 shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:25 - And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south H5045 with a great army; and the king of the south H5045 shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:29 - At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; H5045 but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:40 - And at the time of the end shall the king of the south H5045 push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:19 - And they of the south H5045 shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:20 - And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. H5045

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:7 - Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south H5045 and the plain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. H5045

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south H5045 of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

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