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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 83 times in 67 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ki 1:39–1Ki 16:22)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39 - There Zadok the priest took the flask of olive oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon with the oil. Then they sounded the ram’s horn and all the people shouted, “Long live King Solomon!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people followed Solomon into Jerusalem, playing flutes and shouting for joy. The celebration was so joyous and noisy that the earth shook with the sound.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:2 - At that time the people of Israel sacrificed their offerings at local places of worship, for a temple honoring the name of the LORD had not yet been built.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:8 - And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:34 - And kings from every nation sent their ambassadors to listen to the wisdom of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:7 - When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he was very pleased and said, “Praise the LORD today for giving David a wise son to be king of the great nation of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - and 3,600[fn] foremen to supervise the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:13 - I will live among the Israelites and will never abandon my people Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16 - ‘From the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of the tribes of Israel as the place where a Temple should be built to honor my name. But I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:30 - May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33 - “If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if they turn to you and acknowledge your name and pray to you here in this Temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:34 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them to follow the right path, and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as their special possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38 - and if your people Israel pray about their troubles, raising their hands toward this Temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:41 - “In the future, foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel will hear of you. They will come from distant lands because of your name,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43 - then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built honors your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:44 - “If your people go out where you send them to fight their enemies, and if they pray to the LORD by turning toward this city you have chosen and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - Forgive your people who have sinned against you. Forgive all the offenses they have committed against you. Make their captors merciful to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:51 - for they are your people—your special possession—whom you brought out of the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:52 - “May your eyes be open to my requests and to the requests of your people Israel. May you hear and answer them whenever they cry out to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53 - For when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O Sovereign LORD, you told your servant Moses that you had set Israel apart from all the nations of the earth to be your own special possession.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56 - “Praise the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel, just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the wonderful promises he gave through his servant Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59 - And may these words that I have prayed in the presence of the LORD be before him constantly, day and night, so that the LORD our God may give justice to me and to his people Israel, according to each day’s needs.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:60 - Then people all over the earth will know that the LORD alone is God and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:66

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:66 - After the festival was over,[fn] Solomon sent the people home. They blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad because the LORD had been good to his servant David and to his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:7 - then I will uproot Israel from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:20 - There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:23 - Solomon appointed 550 of them to supervise the people working on his various projects.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:5 - Rehoboam replied, “Give me three days to think this over. Then come back for my answer.” So the people went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - Then King Rehoboam discussed the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. “What is your advice?” he asked. “How should I answer these people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:7 - The older counselors replied, “If you are willing to be a servant to these people today and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:12 - Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam’s decision, just as the king had ordered.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13 - But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15 - So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of the LORD, for it fulfilled the LORD’s message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 - When all Israel realized that the king had refused to listen to them, they responded,
“Down with the dynasty of David!
We have no interest in the son of Jesse.
Back to your homes, O Israel!
Look out for your own house, O David!” So the people of Israel returned home.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23 - “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the people of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27 - When these people go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Temple of the LORD, they will again give their allegiance to King Rehoboam of Judah. They will kill me and make him their king instead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:30 - But this became a great sin, for the people worshiped the idols, traveling as far north as Dan to worship the one there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - Jeroboam also erected buildings at the pagan shrines and ordained priests from the common people—those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33 - But even after this, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil ways. He continued to choose priests from the common people. He appointed anyone who wanted to become a priest for the pagan shrines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:2 - So Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you as my wife. Then go to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh—the man who told me I would become king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7 - Give your husband, Jeroboam, this message from the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘I promoted you from the ranks of the common people and made you ruler over my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - “I lifted you out of the dust to make you ruler of my people Israel, but you have followed the evil example of Jeroboam. You have provoked my anger by causing my people Israel to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - Zimri began to rule over Israel in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa’s reign in Judah, but his reign in Tirzah lasted only seven days. The army of Israel was then attacking the Philistine town of Gibbethon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - When they heard that Zimri had committed treason and had assassinated the king, that very day they chose Omri, commander of the army, as the new king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:21 - But now the people of Israel were split into two factions. Half the people tried to make Tibni son of Ginath their king, while the other half supported Omri.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:22 - But Omri’s supporters defeated the supporters of Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became the next king.

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