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Lexicon :: Strong's H5971 - ʿam

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עַם
Transliteration
ʿam
Pronunciation
am
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 1640a,1640e

Strong’s Definitions

עַם ʻam, am; from H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock:—folk, men, nation, people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,862x

The KJV translates Strong's H5971 in the following manner: people (1,836x), nation (17x), people (with H1121) (4x), folk (2x), Ammi (1x), men (1x), each (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,862x
The KJV translates Strong's H5971 in the following manner: people (1,836x), nation (17x), people (with H1121) (4x), folk (2x), Ammi (1x), men (1x), each (1x).

  1. nation, people

    1. people, nation

    2. persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men

  2. kinsman, kindred

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַם ʻam, am; from H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock:—folk, men, nation, people.
STRONGS H5971: Abbreviations
I. עַם, עָם 1840 noun masculineGenesis 11:6 (see below) people (Late Hebrew id., plebeian, common man; Targum עַמָּא people, plural peoples, tribes, etc.; Syriac bdb076603; Arabic bdb076604see above; original meaning probably those united, connected, related, compare WeGGN 1893, 480); — absolute עַם Genesis 11:6 +, עָם Judges 9:36 +, הָעָם Joshua 8:11 +; construct עַם Numbers 21:29 +; suffix עַמִּי Exodus 3:7 +, עַמְּךָ Exodus 22:27 [Exodus 22:28] +, etc.; plural עַמִּים Isaiah 2:3 +, עֲמָמִים (compare Biblical Aramaic) Nehemiah 9:22; construct עַמֵּי 1 Kings 8:43 +, עַמְמֵי Nehemiah 9:24; plural with suffix see II. עַם; — (Thes cites following as feminine וְחָטָאת עַמֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 5:16 [but corrupt and unintelligable; read perhaps וְחַטָאתָ לְע׳, so Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Di]; Judges 18:7 [but ישֶׁבֶת must agree with lost word city, or the like, see GFM]; Jeremiah 8:5 [but read שׁוֺבַב for שׁוֺבְבָה Gie]); —
1. a people, nation (sometimes || גּוֺי), collective noun (singular Exodus 21:8; Joshua 17:14, Joshua 17:15, Joshua 17:17; 2 Samuel 17:29 + often, or plural — Exodus 20:18,; Exodus 24:2; Jeremiah 5:31 + often, or both in the same clause Exodus 1:20; 2 Samuel 13:24): עַם אֶחָד = all mankind Genesis 11:6 (J); peoples in general Genesis 27:29 (J; || לְאֻמִּים), Exodus 19:5 (E), Deuteronomy 2:25; Deuteronomy 4:6 + often in Deuteronomy; Nehemiah 13:24 + often; קְהַל עַמִּים Genesis 28:3 (P) an assembly (multitude) of peoples, Genesis 48:4 (P), Ezekiel 23:24; Ezekiel 32:3 (+ רַבִּים); one's own people Jeremiah 46:16; Psalm 45:11 [Psalm 45:10]; Ruth 1:10, Ruth 1:15, Ruth 1:16 (twice in verse) + (on עַמִּי נָדִיב [H5993 Songs 6:12] see especially Bu); particular peoples, Egypt Genesis 41:40 (E), Exodus 1:22 (E), Nehemiah 9:10 +; עַםאֲֿרָם Amos 1:5; עַםכְּֿמוֺשׁ (i.e. Moab) Numbers 21:29 (JE), Jeremiah 48:46; but especially Israel Exodus 1:20 (E) + often; עַםבְּֿנֵי יִשׂ׳ Exodus 1:9 (J); called יהוה ע׳ Numbers 11:29 (E), 1 Samuel 2:24 +, and (by י׳) עַמִּי Exodus 3:7; Exodus 5:1 (J) + often (all periods); קְהַל עַםהָֿאֱלֹהִים Judges 20:2, עַםהַֿקָּהָל Leviticus 16:33 (P), קְהַל עָם Psalm 107:32; especially הָעָם הַזֶּה (often in contempt or disgust) Numbers 11:1, Numbers 11:12, Numbers 11:13 +; figurative of ants Proverbs 30:25, the shaphan Proverbs 30:26, locusts Joel 2:2, compare לְעַם לְצִיִּים Psalm 74:14 (where read לְעַם צִיִּים Hup-Now). — On Judges 1:16 see עֲמָלֵקִי.
2. = smaller units, e.g.
a. inhabitants of a city Genesis 19:4 (J), 1 Samuel 9:12, 1 Samuel 9:13; Jeremiah 29:16, Jeremiah 29:25; 2 Chronicles 31:4 + (Jeremiah 8:5 strike out יְרוּוּשׁ׳ Greek Version of the LXX Gie Co Rothst).
b. inhabitants of a locality Jeremiah 37:12 [apparently not = tribe, Deuteronomy 33:3 read עַמּוֺ Greek Version of the LXX Di Dr, Hosea 10:14; Judges 5:8, Judges 5:14 read בְּעָרֶיךָ We Now; see below d].
c. retainers, followers Genesis 14:16; Genesis 32:8 [Genesis 32:7]; Genesis 33:15; Genesis 35:6; Judges 3:18; Judges 8:5; 2 Samuel 15:17; Jeremiah 41:13, Jeremiah 41:14 +.
d. people bearing arms 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Kings 20:10 +; כָּבֵד ע׳ Numbers 20:20 (JE), i.e. a powerful force; עַם הַצָּבָא Numbers 31:32 (P), הַמִּלְחָמָה ע׳ Joshua 8:1, Joshua 8:3, Joshua 8:11; Joshua 10:7; Joshua 11:7 (all J E); so probably Judges 5:8 a (fighting) band; perhaps also Judges 5:14 (read singular ? see GFM Bu).
3. = common people Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 22:4; Leviticus 4:27 (opposed to ruler Leviticus 4:22), Nehemiah 5:1 (opposed to יְהוּדִים), Nehemiah 7:5 (opposed to rulers).
4. people in general, persons Genesis 50:20 (E), so apparently כָּלהָֿעָם אֲשֶׁר וגו׳ Exodus 33:16 (J), Numbers 11:34 (J), Joshua 5:5 (twice in verse) (D), Judges 9:36 (as singular), Judges 9:37 (as plural), Jeremiah 36:9; persons labouring 1 Kings 9:23; superior persons Job 12:2 (iron.); עַם עוֺלָם Ezekiel 26:20 people of long ago (now in Sh‘eôl).
5. phrases are:
a. (עַמָּהּ, עַמִּי, עַמְּךָ) בְּנֵי עַמּוֺ members of one's people, compatriots, fellow-countrymen, etc. Numbers 22:5 (E), Genesis 23:11 (P) Leviticus 19:18 (H), Judges 14:16, Judges 14:17; Ezekiel 33:2, Ezekiel 33:12 +.
b. בְּנֵי הָעָם = common people (see 3.) 2 Kings 23:6; Jeremiah 26:23 +; people in general שַׁעַר בְּנֵי הָעָם Jeremiah 17:19 i.e. public gate 2 Chronicles 35:5, 2 Chronicles 35:12.
c. עַם הָאָרֶץ the people at large, as a body 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Kings 11:18, 2 Kings 11:19, 2 Kings 11:20; 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 16:15; 2 Kings 21:24 (twice in verse) +, Jeremiah 37:2; Jeremiah 44:21; Leviticus 20:2 (H), Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:12, Genesis 23:13 (P); common people Jeremiah 34:19, compare הא׳ דַּלַּת ע׳ 2 Kings 24:14; distinguished from prince Ezekiel 45:22; Ezekiel 46:3, Ezekiel 46:9, from priests Haggai 2:4; Zechariah 7:5; = Canaanites Numbers 14:9 (JE), compare עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ 1 Chronicles 5:25; mixed post-exile population Ezra 4:4.
d. עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ usually peoples of the earth Joshua 4:24 (D), 2 Chronicles 32:19 +; of heathen peoples about and in Palestine after exile Ezra 10:2, Ezra 10:11; traders Nehemiah 10:31; עַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֺת Nehemiah 9:30; Nehemiah 10:29 [Nehemiah 10:28]; 2 Chronicles 32:13.
e. עַמִּים מִשְׁפְּחוֹת Psalm 96:7 = 1 Chronicles 16:28 (compare Psalm 22:28 [Psalm 22:27]).
f. בַּתעַֿמִּי = people personified Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 4:11 + 7 times Jeremiah + Jeremiah 6:14 (van d. H.; omit בַּת Baer Gi), Lamentations 2:11; Lamentations 3:48; Lamentations 4:3, Lamentations 4:6, Lamentations 4:10; בְּתוּלַת בַּתעַֿמִּי Jeremiah 14:17.
g. designations of Israel are: עַם־קָדוֹשׁ Deuteronomy 7:6 + 3 times, קְדוֺשִׁים ע׳ Daniel 8:24, (ה)קֹדֶשׁ ע׳ Isaiah 62:12; Isaiah 63:18; Daniel 12:7; סְגֻלָּה ע׳ Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 26:18.
h. of foreign (non-Israel) peoples: ע׳ נָכְרִי Exodus 21:8 (E), אַחֵר ע׳ Deuteronomy 28:32, and especially from language, עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה ע׳ Ezekiel 3:5 compare Ezekiel 3:6, כִּלְשׁוֺן עַם וָעָם Nehemiah 13:24 compare Esther 1:22 (twice in verse); Esther 3:12, לֹעֵג ע׳ Psalm 114:1.
i. עַם עֶבְרָתִי Isaiah 10:6, חֶרְמִי ע׳ Isaiah 34:11, מִֿבְחָרָיוע׳ Daniel 11:15, עַמֵּי תּוֺעֵבוֺת הָאֵלֶּה Ezra 9:14; לֹא עַם בִּינוֺת Isaiah 27:11. — For עַםעֿוֺלָם Isaiah 44:7 read (אֹתִיּת) מֵעוֹלָם עַ(עַהִשְׁמִי מִי) Oort Du Kit CheHpt compare PerlesAnal. 40, 64.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5972.

† II. [עַם] noun [masculine] kinsman **later development of I. עַם RSK 58; 2nd ed. 72, (on father's side) (Arabic bdb076901 paternal uncle, etc., see I. עמם; compare perhaps Tel Amarna ammu, kinsmen (?); on Nabataean עם ancestor compare Lzb151, 499; see also especially NesEg 187, ZAW xvi (1896), 322 f. Krenkelib. viii (1888), 280-84); — suffix עַמִּי in בֶּןעַֿמִּי (which see), and proper name following; elsewhere plural suffix עַמֶּיךָ Numbers 27:13; Numbers 31:2 (Leviticus 19:16 read עַמְּךָ Greek Version of the LXX Sam), + (possibly) עֲמָמֶיךָ Judges 5:14; עַמָּיו Genesis 25:8 + 15 times, עַמֶּיהָ Genesis 17:14 + 3 times; read עַמַּי (for MT עַמִּי, I. עַם; compare Krenkell.c. 281) Genesis 49:29 and perhaps Judges 14:3 (compare Leviticus 21:14); according to Buhl Kit also 2 Kings 4:13; — father's kinsmen: וַיֵּאָסֵף אֶלעַֿמָּיו Genesis 25:8 (of joining kinsmen in Sh‘eôl), so Genesis 25:17; Genesis 35:29; Genesis 49:33; Numbers 20:24; Deuteronomy 32:50, compare Genesis 49:29 (see above), Numbers 27:13; Numbers 31:2; Deuteronomy 32:50 (all P); וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ מֵעַמֶּיהָ Genesis 17:4 (severed from living kinsmen), so Leviticus 7:20, Leviticus 7:21, Leviticus 7:25, Leviticus 7:27; Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 23:29; Numbers 9:13, מִקֶּרֶב עַמֶּיהָ Exodus 31:14, compare Exodus 30:33, Exodus 30:38; Leviticus 17:9 (all PH); מֵעַמָּיו יִקַּח אִשָּׁה Leviticus 21:14 (H), and perhaps Judges 14:3 (simile I. עַם : [םָ֯, הָּ֯] מִקֶּרֶב עַמּוֺ Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 18:29+); other combinations Judges 5:14 (si vera lectio read perhaps בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ, see I. עַם 2 d), Leviticus 21:1, Leviticus 21:4, Leviticus 21:15 (H), Ezekiel 18:18 and (perhaps) 2 Kings 4:13. — בֶּןעַֿמִּי perhaps = son of my kinsman; on proper name with עַם see GrayProp. N. 41 ff.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:6; 11:6; 11:6; 14:16; 17:4; 17:14; 19:4; 23:7; 23:11; 23:12; 23:13; 25:8; 25:8; 25:17; 27:29; 28:3; 32:7; 33:15; 35:6; 35:29; 41:40; 48:4; 49:29; 49:29; 49:33; 50:20

Exodus

1:9; 1:20; 1:20; 1:22; 3:7; 3:7; 5:1; 5:16; 19:5; 20:18; 21:8; 21:8; 22:28; 24:2; 30:33; 30:38; 31:14; 33:16

Leviticus

4:22; 4:27; 7:20; 7:21; 7:25; 7:27; 16:33; 17:4; 17:9; 17:10; 18:29; 19:8; 19:16; 19:18; 20:2; 21:1; 21:4; 21:14; 21:14; 21:15; 23:29

Numbers

9:13; 11:1; 11:12; 11:13; 11:29; 11:34; 14:9; 20:20; 20:24; 21:29; 21:29; 22:5; 27:13; 27:13; 31:2; 31:2; 31:32

Deuteronomy

2:25; 4:6; 7:6; 7:6; 14:2; 26:18; 28:32; 32:50; 32:50; 33:3

Joshua

4:24; 5:5; 8:1; 8:3; 8:11; 8:11; 10:7; 11:7; 17:14; 17:15; 17:17

Judges

1:16; 3:18; 5:8; 5:8; 5:14; 5:14; 5:14; 5:14; 8:5; 9:36; 9:36; 9:37; 14:3; 14:3; 14:16; 14:17; 18:7; 20:2

Ruth

1:10; 1:15; 1:16

1 Samuel

2:24; 9:12; 9:13; 11:11

2 Samuel

13:24; 15:17; 17:29

1 Kings

8:43; 9:23; 20:10

2 Kings

4:13; 4:13; 11:14; 11:18; 11:19; 11:20; 15:5; 16:15; 21:24; 23:6; 24:14

1 Chronicles

5:25; 16:28

2 Chronicles

31:4; 32:13; 32:19; 35:5; 35:12

Ezra

4:4; 9:14; 10:2; 10:11

Nehemiah

5:1; 7:5; 9:10; 9:22; 9:24; 9:30; 10:28; 10:31; 13:24; 13:24

Esther

1:22; 3:12

Job

12:2

Psalms

22:27; 45:10; 74:14; 96:7; 107:32; 114:1

Proverbs

30:25; 30:26

Isaiah

2:3; 10:6; 22:4; 27:11; 34:11; 44:7; 62:12; 63:18

Jeremiah

4:11; 5:31; 6:14; 8:5; 8:5; 14:17; 17:19; 21:7; 22:4; 26:23; 29:16; 29:25; 34:19; 36:9; 37:2; 37:12; 41:13; 41:14; 44:21; 46:16; 48:46

Lamentations

2:11; 3:48; 4:3; 4:6; 4:10

Ezekiel

3:5; 3:6; 18:18; 23:24; 26:20; 32:3; 33:2; 33:12; 45:22; 46:3; 46:9

Daniel

8:24; 11:15; 12:7

Hosea

10:14

Joel

2:2

Amos

1:5

Haggai

2:4

Zechariah

7:5

H5971

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Strong's Number H5971 matches the Hebrew עַם (ʿam),
which occurs 103 times in 85 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Sa 1:4–2Sa 17:9)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:4 - And David said to him, “How did things go? Tell me now.” And he said, “The people H5971 have fled from the battle, and also many of the people H5971 have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they lamented and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people H5971 of [fn]Yahweh and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you [fn]refrain from telling the people H5971 to turn back from following their brothers?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then the people H5971 would have only gone away in the morning, each from following his brother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28 - So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people H5971 stood still and pursued Israel no longer, nor did they continue to fight anymore.

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Now Joab returned from following Abner. And he had gathered all the people H5971 together, and [fn]nineteen of David’s servants besides Asahel were missing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18 - “So now, do it! For Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David [fn]I will save My people H5971 Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.’”

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Then David said to Joab and to all the people H5971 who were with him, “Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - Thus they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people H5971 wept.

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“Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters;

As one falls before the [fn]unrighteous, you have fallen.”

And all the people H5971 continued to weep over him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - Then all the people H5971 came to [fn]persuade David to eat bread while it was still day; but David swore an oath, saying, “May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:36 - Now all the people H5971 took note of it, and it was good in their sight, just as everything the king did was good in the sight of all the people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So all the people H5971 and all Israel knew that day that it had not been the will of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - “Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and Yahweh said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people H5971 Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - Thus David knew that Yahweh had established him as king over Israel, and that He had lifted up his kingdom for the sake of His people H5971 Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:2 - And David arose and went with all the people H5971 who were with him [fn]from [fn]Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the Name, the very name of Yahweh of hosts who is [fn]enthroned above the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:18 - Then David completed offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings. And he blessed the people H5971 in the name of Yahweh of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - And he apportioned to all the people H5971, to all the multitude of Israel, both to men and women, a cake of bread and one of dates and one of raisins to each one. Then all the people H5971 went each to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - So David said to Michal, “It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people H5971 of Yahweh, over Israel; therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - “Wherever I have gone about with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to shepherd My people H5971 Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “So now, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people H5971 Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:10 - “And I will appoint a place for My people H5971 Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and not be disturbed again; and the [fn]unrighteous will not afflict them any more as formerly,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:11 - even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people H5971 Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Yahweh also declares to you that Yahweh will make a house for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - “And what one nation on the earth is like Your people H5971 Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people H5971 and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people H5971 whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24 - “Yet You have established for Yourself Your people H5971 Israel as Your own people H5971 forever, and You, O Yahweh, have become their God.

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So David reigned over all Israel; and David was doing justice and righteousness for all his people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - But the remainder of the people H5971 he put in the hand of Abishai his brother; and he arranged them to meet the sons of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:12 - “Be strong, and let us show strength for the sake of our people H5971 and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what is good in His sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:13 - So Joab and the people H5971 who were with him drew near for the battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:7 - When Uriah came to him, David asked concerning the [fn]state of Joab and the [fn]state of the people H5971 and the [fn]state of the war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17 - And the men of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people H5971 among David’s servants fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - “So now, gather the rest of the people H5971 together and camp against the city and capture it, lest I capture the city myself and it be named after me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:29 - So David gathered all the people H5971 and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - He also brought out the people H5971 who were in it and set them up with saws, sharp iron instruments, and iron axes, and made them pass through the brickkiln. And thus he used to do to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people H5971 returned to Jerusalem.

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Then Absalom fled. And the young man who was the watchman raised his eyes and looked, and behold, many people H5971 were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:13 - Then the woman said, “Why then have you thought up such a thing against the people H5971 of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “So now, [fn]the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people H5971 have made me afraid; so your servant-woman said, ‘Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the word of his maidservant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for the people H5971 increased continually with Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:17 - And the king went out and all the people H5971 [fn]with him, and they stopped at the last house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:23 - While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people H5971 passed over. The king also passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people H5971 passed over toward the way of the wilderness.

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Now behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar came up until all the people H5971 had finished passing from the city.

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But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went, and his head was covered and he was walking barefoot. And all the people H5971 who were with him each covered his head and went up weeping as they went.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - He also threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David; and all the people H5971 and all the mighty men were at his right hand and at his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14 - Then the king and all the people H5971 who were with him arrived weary and he refreshed himself there.

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Now Absalom and all the people H5971, the men of Israel, had entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:18 - Then Hushai said to Absalom, “No! For whom Yahweh, this people H5971, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:2 - “And I will come upon him while he is weary with his hands falling limp and throw him into utter fright, so that all the people H5971 who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king alone,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:3 - and I will cause all the people H5971 to return to you. [fn]The return of everyone depends on the man you seek; then all the people H5971 will be at peace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8 - Then Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men and they are bitter of soul, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father is a man of war, and will not spend the night with the people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - “Behold, he has now hidden himself in one of the [fn]caves or in another place; and it will be [fn]when he falls on them at the first attack, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people H5971 who follow Absalom.’

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