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Lexicon :: Strong's H5704 - ʿaḏ

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עַד
Transliteration
ʿaḏ
Pronunciation
ad
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Part of Speech
conjunction, preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, the same as עַד (H5703) (used as prep, adv or conj)
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TWOT Reference: 1565c

Strong’s Definitions

עַד ʻad, ad; properly, the same as H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with):—against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 99x

The KJV translates Strong's H5704 in the following manner: by, as long, hitherto, when, how long, as yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 99x
The KJV translates Strong's H5704 in the following manner: by, as long, hitherto, when, how long, as yet.
preposition

  1. as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as

    1. of space

      1. as far as, up to, even to

    2. in combination

      1. from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' - from)

    3. of time

      1. even to, until, unto, till, during, end

    4. of degree

      1. even to, to the degree of, even like

        conjunction

  2. until, while, to the point that, so that even

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַד ʻad, ad; properly, the same as H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with):—against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.
STRONGS H5704: Abbreviations
III. עַד, in poetry עֲדֵי)†Numbers 24:20, 24; Psalm 104:23; Psalm 147:6; Job 7:4; Job 20:5, and in עֲדֵי עַד Isaiah 26:4; Isaiah 65:18; Psalm 83:18; Psalm 92:8; Psalm 132:12; Psalm 132:14:compare אֱלֵי, עֲלֵי), preposition as far as, even to, up to, until, while (Aramaic עד, bdb072310Sabean עד, עדי, MordtmZMG xxx (1876), 27; DHMxxxvii (1883), 414, Assyrian adi Dl§ 81 a (Arabic bdb072311 is except); perh akin to bdb072312pass on, advance to, Köii. 304, 309: עֲדֵי probably from ground-form ‘ădăy, Ol428, 431 Köii. 309 ff.; but LagSym. ii. 101-3, Mitth. i. 231 f., as plur. like אַחֲרֵי); — with suffix עָדַי Numbers 23:18 +, עָדֶיךָ Micah 4:8 +, etc., עָֽדיֵכֵם † Job 32:12; 2 Kings 9:18 עַדהֵֿם occurs; — as far as, even to (differing from אֶל in that the limit is included, as in Arabic bdb072401FlKl. Schr. i. 402 f.):
I. preposition
1. of space; —
a. Genesis 11:31 ויבאו עד חרן as far as Haran, Genesis 12:6; Genesis 13:3, 12 + often, Isaiah 8:8 עד צואר יגעַ, Isaiah 15:4 עד יהץ נשׁמע קולם, Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 26:5; Psalm 36:6 אמונתך עד שׁחקים, Psalm 69:2 דאו מים עד נפשׁ (compare Jonah 2:6; Micah 1:9; Jeremiah 4:10, 18), Psalm 90:3 תָּשֵׁד אֱנוֺשׁ עַד דַּכָּא Job 11:7, etc.; pregnantly Psalm 118:27 אִסְדוּ חָג עַד וגו׳ bind... (and lead) up to...; Isaiah 57:9 עַד מֵרָחוק even to afar (מִן 1c); with the goal a person, Exodus 22:8 עד האלהים יָבאֹ דְבַר שְׁנֵיהֶם, 1 Samuel 9:9; Psalm 65:3 עָדֶיךָ כָלבָּֿשָׂר יָבאֹוּ Isaiah 45:24; Job 4:5, שׁוּב עַד י׳ Hosea 14:2 others. (see שׁוּב, stronger than שׁוּב אֶליֿ׳); in poetry Numbers 24:20 וְאַחֲדִיתוֺ עֲדֵי אֹבֵד shall be even unto destruction, shall issue in destruction, Numbers 24:24; rarely with verbs of attending, הֶאֱזִין עַד † Numbers 23:18, הִתְבּוֺנֵן עַד Job 32:12; Job 38:18 (usually אֶל). Before another preposition, 1 Samuel 7:11 עַד מִתַּחַת ל׳ 1 Kings 4:12 עַד מֵעֵבֶר ל׳, עַד מֵעַל Ezekiel 41:20, עַד לִפְנֵי Esther 4:2, and even (si vera lectio) עַד אְלֵיהֶם 2 Kings 9:20:compare עַד נֶגֶד Nehemiah 3:16, 26, עַד נֹכַח Judges 19:10 +.
b. In the combination מִן ֗֗֗ (וְ)עַד, as Genesis 10:19 מצידון ֗֗֗ עַד עַזָּה from Sidon... as far as Gaza + often (see מן 5a); and idiomatic, not of actual space, but of class of objects, to express the idea of both... and, as Genesis 19:4 מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקִן from young to old (inclusively) = both young and old (see מִן 5b); without מִן, even to = including, Leviticus 11:42; Numbers 8:4 even to (i.e. including) it base and its flower, compare 1 Samuel 18:4.
2. Of time:
a.
(a) even to, until Genesis 8:5 even to the 10th month, Exodus 12:6 unto the 14th day, etc., Exodus 12:15; Exodus 12:18, etc.; עד היום unto this day, Genesis 19:37, 38, עד היום הזה Genesis 26:33; Genesis 32:33, both + often; עד יום followed by infinitive Exodus 40:37; Joshua 6:10; Judges 18:30; עד בקר till morning, Exodus 12:10 + (15 times), עד הבקר Exodus 16:23 + (11 times); so עד (ה)ערב Exodus 18:13, 14 +, in poetry עֲרֵי ערב Psalm 104:23; עַד עוֺלָם Genesis 13:15 + often; פְּעָמִים שֶׁבַע עַד 2 Kings 4:35; עַד דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 13:20; see also בְּלִי, and בִּלְתִּי, near the end and followed by another preposition, Leviticus 23:16 עַד מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת, Nehemiah 13:9 עַד אַחַר הַשַּׁבָּת. With the force of against, Judges 6:31 יוּמַת עַד הַבֹּקֶר; compare (b) end.
(b) followed by infinitive, both of past time, as Genesis 8:7; Genesis 32:35 עַד עֲלוֺת הַשַּׁחַר, Genesis 33:3; Genesis 34:5, and especially future time, as Genesis 3:19 עַד שׁוּבְךָ until thy returning, Genesis 19:22; Genesis 27:45; Deuteronomy 7:20, 23; Deuteronomy 20:20; Deuteronomy 22:2; Deuteronomy 28:20, 22, — both + often; compare עַד בּוֺשׁ Judges 3:25 +; עַד תֹּם ֗֗֗ Leviticus 25:29 + 10 times; עַד תֻּמָּם Deuteronomy 2:15 +; עַד כַּלֵּה 2 Kings 13:17, 19; Ezekiel 19:14; עַד כַּלּוֺתָ(םׅ 1 Samuel 15:18; Jeremiah 9:15 +; עַד אוֺר הַבֹּקֶר Judges 16:2 +; also in עַד הִשְׁמִדְךָ אֹתָם Deuteronomy 7:24 (compare Deuteronomy 28:48; Joshua 11:14; 1 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 3:25; 2 Kings 10:17; 2 Kings 24:20 [|| Jeremiah 52:3 הִשְׁלִיכוֺ]; on the anomalous הִ׳, see Dr, read probably הַ׳); and most probably compare Köiii. 583) in עַד בִּלְתִּי הִשְׁאִיר לוֺ (לָהֶם) שָׂרִיד Deuteronomy 3:3 (see Dr), + 5 times (see above), read probably הַשְׁאִיר. With the force of towards the end of, against, especially in בֹּאָ(ם) עַד, Genesis 43:25; Exodus 22:25; Numbers 10:21 והקימו את המשׁכן עַד בֹּאָם used to set up the tabernacle against their coming, 2 Kings 16:11; Ezekiel 33:22; compare 2 Samuel 17:22. Elliptical Judges 16:2 עַד אוֺד הַבֹּקֶד וַהֲרַגְנוּהוּ (wait) till the morning dawn, and we slay him! (GFM; Dr§ 115).
(c) with various adverbs of time. (q. v.) as עַד אָנָה, עַדמָֿה, עַד מָתַי, עַד הֵנָּה, עַד כֹּה, עַד כֵּן, עַד עַתָּה, compare עַד כַּמֶּה פְעָמִים (see מָה 4b).
(d) to suffest also degree (compare 3), עַד אֵין מָקוֺם until there is no place Isaiah 5:8, מִסְפָּר אֵין עַד Psalm 40:13; Job 5:9; Job 9:10; compare Leviticus 26:18 וְאִםעַֿדאֵֿלֶּה and if even up to these things, even the end of all these punishment, you do not hearken to me.
b. During (rare; prop, as far as the limit indicated, including the time previous, compare ἔως: so often Aramaic עַד, bdb072402, while), 2 Kings 9:22 what is peace עַד זְנוּנֵי אִיזֶבֶל during, etc.,? Job 20:5 עֲדֵי רָ֑גַע during a moment; followed by infinitive Judges 3:26 עַד הִתְמַהְמְהָם during their delaying, Exodus 33:22; Job 7:19 עַד בִּלְעִי רֻקִּי Jonah 4:2.
3. Of degree, to suggest a higher or the highest; as עַד מְאֹד even to muchness, i.e. exceedingly (see מְאֹד), עַד מְהֵרָה even to haste Psalm 147:15; Esther 5:6 וּמַהבֻּֿקָּשָׁתֵךְ עַדחֲֿצִי הַמַּלְכוּת וְתֵעָשׂ, Esther 5:3; Esther 7:2. See also עַד לְ, below. With a negative, to express not even as much as, Deuteronomy 2:5 לא אתן לכם מארצם עַד מִדְרַךְ כַּף רָ֑גֶל, and with אֶחָד, † Exodus 9:7 לֹא מֵת ֗֗֗ עַדאֶֿחָד, simil. Exodus 14:28; Judges 4:16; 2 Samuel 17:22 (read אֶחָד for ׃אַחַד see Dr). Sts. almost = Latin adeo, 1 Samuel 2:5 (si vera lectio) עַד עֲקָרָה ילדה שׁבעה even to the barren, she hath borne seven, i.e. even the barren hath, etc., Job 25:5 הן עדיָֿרֵחַ ולא יאהיל, Haggai 2:19. In comparisons, to the degree of, even like (rare), Nahum 1:10 עַד סִירִים סְבֻכִים (text dubious) entangled even like thorns, 1 Chronicles 4:27 לא הִרְבּוּ עד בני יהודה did not multiply to the degree of (i.e.like), etc. compare. 2 Samuel 23:19 עַד הַשְּׁלשָׁה לֹא בָא did not attain (in prowess) unto the three.
II. conjunction
1. until; —
a. עַד אֲשֶׁר until that:
(a) with perfect, of past time, Exodus 32:20 ויטחן עד אשׁר דָּק (Deuteronomy 9:21), Deuteronomy 2:14 עד אשׁר עָבַרְנוּ, Joshua 3:17; Joshua 8:26; Judges 4:24; 1 Kings 10:7 (2 Chronicles 9:6), 2 Kings 17:20, 23; 2 Kings 21:16; with suggestion of degree, 1 Samuel 30:4 (followed byאֵין), 1 Kings 17:17; rarely of future time (the 'future perfect,' Dr§ 17), 2 Samuel 17:13 (of degree), Ezekiel 34:21 So שֶׁ־ עַד (often in Late Hebrew; see שֶׁ) † Judges 5:7; Songs 3:4 (twice in verse); עַד כִּי † Genesis 26:13 עַד כִּיגָֿדַל מְאֹד, Genesis 41:49; 2 Samuel 23:10; 2 Chronicles 26:15; and (of future time) עַד אֲשֶׁר אִם † Genesis 28:15; Numbers 32:17; Isaiah 6:11.
(b) with imperfect, usually of future time, Genesis 27:44 עַד אֲשֶׁר תָּשׁוּב חֲמַר אָחִיךָ, Genesis 29:8; Exodus 23:30; Exodus 24:14; Leviticus 22:4; Numbers 11:20; Numbers 20:17; 1 Samuel 22:3; Hosea 5:15 +; rarely of past time, Jonah 4:5 עד אשׁר יראה till he should see, Ecclesiastes 2:3. So (of the future) שֶׁ־ עַד Songs 2:7, 17; Songs 3:5; Songs 4:6; Songs 8:4; Psalm 123:2; and עַד כִּי † Genesis 49:10 עַד כִּייָֿבאֹ שִׁילֹה.
b. עַד alone, until:
(a) with perfect, of past time, Joshua 2:22; Joshua 4:23 עַדעָֿבַרְנוּ, 1 Samuel 20:41 עַד דָּוִד הִגְדִּיל, 2 Samuel 21:10; 1 Kings 11:16; Ezekiel 28:15; of the future (rare), 2 Kings 7:3 עַד מָ֑תְנוּ, Ezekiel 39:15; Daniel 11:36 עַד כָּלָה זָ֑עַם. So עַד סִם (of the future), † Genesis 24:19, 33; Isaiah 30:17; Ruth 2:21.
(b) with imperfect, of future time, 1 Samuel 1:22 (elliptic: compare Judges 16:2, I 2a (b) end), Isaiah 22:14; Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 62:1, 7; Psalm 57:2; Psalm 71:18; Job 27:5 +; of the past (rare), Exodus 15:16 עד יעבור עמך, Exodus 15:16; Joshua 10:13 (poetry) עַד יִקֹּם גּוֺי אוֺיְבָיו, Psalm 73:17. — N.B. In poetry, עַד is sometimes used to mark not an absolute close, but an epoch or turning-point, in the future, as Psalm 110:1 (see De) עַד אָשִׁית אֹיְבֶיךָ הֲדֹם לְרַגְלֶיךָ, Hosea 10:12; Job 14:6 (but see 3); after a negative clause, Genesis 49:10; Numbers 23:24; Isaiah 42:4; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 112:8; Job 8:21 (but read probably with Ew Hi Di Du others עֹד he will yet, etc., understanding Job 8:20 as present, not future).
2. While (rare: compare I 2 b): —
a. with perfect, 1 Samuel 14:19 עד דִּבֶּר שׁאול while Saul spake.
b. with imperfect, Psalm 141:10 יַחד אָנֹכִי עַד אֶעֱבֹר while I at the same time pass by.
c. with participle, Job 1:18 עַד זֶה מְדַבֵּר (but read probably עֹד, as Job 1:16; Job 1:17), Nehemiah 7:3.
d. שֶׁ־ עַד (without verb) † Songs 1:12. So עַד לֹא while not = ere yet (of past time) † Proverbs 8:26 עד לא עשׂה אדץ (so עַד לָא, bdb072501bdb072502, often, e.g. Genesis 24:15 Targum, Matthew 1:18); and עד אשׁר לא (of the future) † Ecclesiastes 12:1, 2, 6 (compare Talmud עַד דְּלָא, Mishna שֶׁלּאֹ עַד).
3. Of degree, to the point that, so that even (rare), Isaiah 47:7 Thou saidst, I shall be for ever a lady, עַד לֹא שַׂמְתְּ אֵלֶּה עַל לִבֵךְ to the point that (going so far in thy pride that) thou didst not, etc. (but Hi Che Du al. join גְּבֶרֶת עַד I shall be for ever, a lady perpetually; see I. עַד); Job 14:6 (Di De Bu Du) to the point that he may enjoy, etc., Isaiah 22:14 (Du). In Joshua 17:14 אֲשֶׁר עַד י׳ בְּֽרְכַנִי כֹּה עַד, read עַל אֲשֶׁר because that (Ges Buhl; compare Di).
† III. עַד לְ, a strengthened form for עַד, found chiefly in Chronicles, Ezra, and occurring in most of the above senses. Thus
1. of space: לְבוֺא חֲמָת עַד Joshua 13:5; Judges 3:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5, מִדְבָּ֫רָה עד ל׳ 1 Chronicles 5:9, מצרים עד ל׳ 2 Chronicles 16:8; עַד לְמִזְרַהּ הַגָּ֑יְא 1 Chronicles 4:39, עַד לַמְצָד 1 Chronicles 12:17; עַד לִגְרָר 2 Chronicles 14:12; עַד לַשָּׁמַיִם 2 Chronicles 28:9; Ezra 9:6.
2. Of time: עד לעולם 1 Chronicles 23:25; 1 Chronicles 28:7; לְמֵרָחוֺק עַד 2 Chronicles 26:15; Ezra 3:13; Ezra 9:4 עד למנחת הערב; עַד לַדָּבָר הַזֶּה Ezra 10:14 probably during (KeilGes Be with regard to, strengthened for לְ); followed by infinitive עַד לַעֲלוֺת הַמִּנְחָה 1 Kings 18:29; עַד לִכְלוֺת 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 29:28; עַד לְכַלֵּה 2 Chronicles 24:10; 31:1; עד להשׁחית 2 Chronicles 26:16; עַד לָמוּת 2 Chronicles 32:24 (|| 2 Kings 20:1 לָמוּת alone); Ezra 10:14 עד להשׁיב.
3. Of degree: עַד לְמַחֲנֶה גָדוֺל even unto (till there was) a great camp, 1 Chronicles 12:23; עַד לְמַ֫עְלָה = exceedingly 2 Chronicles 16:12; 17:12; 26:8; עַד לִמְאֹד 2 Chronicles 16:14; עַד לְשִׂמְחָה 2 Chronicles 29:30 עַד לָרֹב 2 Chronicles 31:30; עַד לְאֵין מַרְפֵּא 2 Chronicles 36:16.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5705.
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Genesis

3:19; 8:5; 8:7; 10:19; 11:31; 12:6; 13:3; 13:12; 13:15; 19:4; 19:22; 19:37; 19:38; 24:15; 24:19; 24:33; 26:13; 26:33; 27:44; 27:45; 28:15; 29:8; 33:3; 34:5; 41:49; 43:25; 49:10; 49:10

Exodus

9:7; 12:6; 12:10; 12:15; 12:18; 14:28; 15:16; 15:16; 16:23; 18:13; 18:14; 22:8; 22:25; 23:30; 24:14; 32:20; 33:22; 40:37

Leviticus

11:42; 22:4; 23:16; 25:29; 26:18

Numbers

8:4; 10:21; 11:20; 20:17; 23:18; 23:18; 23:24; 24:20; 24:20; 24:24; 24:24; 32:17

Deuteronomy

2:5; 2:14; 2:15; 3:3; 7:20; 7:23; 7:24; 9:21; 20:20; 22:2; 28:20; 28:22; 28:48

Joshua

2:22; 3:17; 4:23; 6:10; 8:26; 10:13; 11:14; 13:5; 17:14

Judges

3:3; 3:25; 3:26; 4:16; 4:24; 5:7; 6:31; 16:2; 16:2; 16:2; 18:30; 19:10

Ruth

2:21

1 Samuel

1:22; 2:5; 7:11; 9:9; 14:19; 15:18; 18:4; 20:41; 22:3; 30:4

2 Samuel

17:13; 17:22; 17:22; 21:10; 23:10; 23:19

1 Kings

4:12; 10:7; 11:16; 15:29; 17:17; 18:29

2 Kings

3:25; 4:35; 7:3; 9:18; 9:20; 9:22; 10:17; 13:17; 13:19; 16:11; 17:20; 17:23; 20:1; 21:16; 24:20

1 Chronicles

4:27; 4:39; 5:9; 12:17; 12:23; 13:5; 23:25; 28:7; 28:20

2 Chronicles

9:6; 14:12; 16:8; 16:12; 16:14; 17:12; 24:10; 26:8; 26:15; 26:15; 26:16; 28:9; 29:28; 29:30; 31:1; 32:24; 36:16

Ezra

3:13; 9:4; 9:6; 10:14; 10:14

Nehemiah

3:16; 3:26; 7:3; 13:9

Esther

4:2; 5:3; 5:6; 7:2

Job

1:16; 1:17; 1:18; 4:5; 5:9; 7:4; 7:19; 8:20; 8:21; 9:10; 11:7; 14:6; 14:6; 20:5; 20:5; 25:5; 27:5; 32:12; 32:12; 38:18

Psalms

36:6; 40:13; 57:2; 65:3; 69:2; 71:18; 71:18; 73:17; 83:18; 90:3; 92:8; 104:23; 104:23; 110:1; 112:8; 118:27; 123:2; 132:12; 132:14; 141:10; 147:6; 147:15

Proverbs

8:26

Ecclesiastes

2:3; 12:1; 12:2; 12:6

Song of Songs

1:12; 2:7; 2:17; 3:4; 3:5; 4:6; 8:4

Isaiah

5:8; 6:11; 8:8; 13:20; 15:4; 22:14; 22:14; 25:12; 26:4; 26:5; 26:20; 30:17; 32:15; 42:4; 45:24; 47:7; 57:9; 62:1; 62:7; 65:18

Jeremiah

4:10; 4:18; 9:15; 52:3

Ezekiel

19:14; 28:15; 33:22; 34:21; 39:15; 41:20

Daniel

11:36

Hosea

5:15; 10:12; 14:2

Jonah

2:6; 4:2; 4:5

Micah

1:9; 4:8

Nahum

1:10

Haggai

2:19

Matthew

1:18

H5704

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Strong's Number H5704 matches the Hebrew עַד (ʿaḏ),
which occurs 56 times in 54 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Ki 2:2–2Ki 23:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:2 - And Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the LORD has told me to go to Bethel.”
But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you!” So they went down together to Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:17 - But they kept urging him until they shamed him into agreeing, and he finally said, “All right, send them.” So fifty men searched for three days but did not find Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:22 - And the water has remained pure ever since, just as Elisha said.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - They destroyed the towns, covered their good land with stones, stopped up all the springs, and cut down all the good trees. Finally, only Kir-hareseth and its stone walls were left, but men with slings surrounded and attacked it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - So the servant took him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But around noontime he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - She sent a message to her husband: “Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the man of God and come right back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35 - Elisha got up, walked back and forth across the room once, and then stretched himself out again on the child. This time the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:2 - Let’s go down to the Jordan River, where there are plenty of logs. There we can build a new place for us to meet.”
“All right,” he told them, “go ahead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - As a result, there was a great famine in the city. The siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a cup of dove’s dung sold for five pieces[fn] of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 - Now there were four men with leprosy[fn] sitting at the entrance of the city gates. “Why should we sit here waiting to die?” they asked each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5 - So at twilight they set out for the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the edge of the camp, no one was there!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - When the lepers arrived at the edge of the camp, they went into one tent after another, eating and drinking wine; and they carried off silver and gold and clothing and hid it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - Finally, they said to each other, “This is not right. This is a day of good news, and we aren’t sharing it with anyone! If we wait until morning, some calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on, let’s go back and tell the people at the palace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - They went all the way to the Jordan River, following a trail of clothing and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their mad rush to escape. The scouts returned and told the king about it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6 - “Is this true?” the king asked her. And she told him the story. So he directed one of his officials to see that everything she had lost was restored to her, including the value of any crops that had been harvested during her absence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7 - Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the king that the man of God had come,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:11 - Elisha stared at Hazael[fn] with a fixed gaze until Hazael became uneasy.[fn] Then the man of God started weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:22 - So Edom has been independent from Judah to this day. The town of Libnah also revolted about that same time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - So a horseman went out to meet Jehu and said, “The king wants to know if you are coming in peace.”
Jehu replied, “What do you know about peace? Fall in behind me!”
The watchman called out to the king, “The messenger has met them, but he’s not returning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20 - The watchman exclaimed, “The messenger has met them, but he isn’t returning either! It must be Jehu son of Nimshi, for he’s driving like a madman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22 - King Joram demanded, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?”
Jehu replied, “How can there be peace as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother, Jezebel, are all around us?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:8 - A messenger went to Jehu and said, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.”
So Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the city gate, and leave them there until morning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:11 - Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s relatives living in Jezreel and all his important officials, his personal friends, and his priests. So Ahab was left without a single survivor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17 - When Jehu arrived in Samaria, he killed everyone who was left there from Ahab’s family, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - As soon as Jehu had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, he commanded his guards and officers, “Go in and kill all of them. Don’t let a single one escape!” So they killed them all with their swords, and the guards and officers dragged their bodies outside.[fn] Then Jehu’s men went into the innermost fortress[fn] of the temple of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:11 - The palace guards stationed themselves around the king, with their weapons ready. They formed a line from the south side of the Temple around to the north side and all around the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17 - Then he commanded, “Open that eastern window,” and he opened it. Then he said, “Shoot!” So he shot an arrow. Elisha proclaimed, “This is the LORD’s arrow, an arrow of victory over Aram, for you will completely conquer the Arameans at Aphek.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19 - But the man of God was angry with him. “You should have struck the ground five or six times!” he exclaimed. “Then you would have beaten Aram until it was entirely destroyed. Now you will be victorious only three times.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But the LORD was gracious and merciful to the people of Israel, and they were not totally destroyed. He pitied them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day he still has not completely destroyed them or banished them from his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - Amaziah also killed 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He also conquered Sela and changed its name to Joktheel, as it is called to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s king, Amaziah son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then he marched to Jerusalem, where he demolished 600 feet[fn] of Jerusalem’s wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - Jeroboam II recovered the territories of Israel between Lebo-hamath and the Dead Sea,[fn] just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had promised through Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5 - The LORD struck the king with leprosy,[fn] which lasted until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house. The king’s son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:6 - At that time the king of Edom[fn] recovered the town of Elath for Edom.[fn] He drove out the people of Judah and sent Edomites[fn] to live there, as they do to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:11 - Uriah followed the king’s instructions and built an altar just like it, and it was ready before the king returned from Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - The people of Israel had also secretly done many things that were not pleasing to the LORD their God. They built pagan shrines for themselves in all their towns, from the smallest outpost to the largest walled city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:20 - The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He punished them by handing them over to their attackers until he had banished Israel from his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:23 - until the LORD finally swept them away from his presence, just as all his prophets had warned. So Israel was exiled from their land to Assyria, where they remain to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:34 - And this is still going on today. They continue to follow their former practices instead of truly worshiping the LORD and obeying the decrees, regulations, instructions, and commands he gave the descendants of Jacob, whose name he changed to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:41 - So while these new residents worshiped the LORD, they also worshiped their idols. And to this day their descendants do the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been offering sacrifices to it. The bronze serpent was called Nehushtan.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He also conquered the Philistines as far distant as Gaza and its territory, from their smallest outpost to their largest walled city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 - Then I will arrange to take you to another land like this one—a land of grain and new wine, bread and vineyards, olive groves and honey. Choose life instead of death!
“Don’t listen to Hezekiah when he tries to mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will rescue us!’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3 - They told him, “This is what King Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble, insults, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:17 - The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:15 - For they have done great evil in my sight and have angered me ever since their ancestors came out of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:16 - Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the LORD’s sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2 - And the king went up to the Temple of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, along with the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. There the king read to them the entire Book of the Covenant that had been found in the LORD’s Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - Josiah brought to Jerusalem all the priests who were living in other towns of Judah. He also defiled the pagan shrines, where they had offered sacrifices—all the way from Geba to Beersheba. He destroyed the shrines at the entrance to the gate of Joshua, the governor of Jerusalem. This gate was located to the left of the city gate as one enters the city.

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