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Lexicon :: Strong's H1285 - bᵊrîṯ

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בְּרִית
Transliteration
bᵊrîṯ
Pronunciation
ber-eeth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From בָּרָה (H1262) (in the sense of cutting [like בָּרָא (H1254)])
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 282a

Strong’s Definitions

בְּרִית bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'; from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254]); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):—confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 284x

The KJV translates Strong's H1285 in the following manner: covenant (264x), league (17x), confederacy (1x), confederate (1x), confederate (with H1167) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 284x
The KJV translates Strong's H1285 in the following manner: covenant (264x), league (17x), confederacy (1x), confederate (1x), confederate (with H1167) (1x).

  1. covenant, alliance, pledge

    1. between men

      1. treaty, alliance, league (man to man)

      2. constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)

      3. agreement, pledge (man to man)

      4. alliance (of friendship)

      5. alliance (of marriage)

    2. between God and man

      1. alliance (of friendship)

      2. covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)

  2. (phrases)

    1. covenant making

    2. covenant keeping

    3. covenant violation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּרִית bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'; from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254]); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):—confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
STRONGS H1285: Abbreviations
בְּרִית 285 noun feminine covenant (|| Aramaic קְיָם, διαθήκη; constitutio) — ב׳ Genesis 9:13 + 199 times; suffix בְּרִיתִי Genesis 6:18 + 50 times; בְּרִיתְךָ Deuteronomy 33:9; בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 44:18 + 11 times; בְּרִיתְכֶם Isaiah 28:18; בְּרִיתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:61; בְּרִיתוֺ Exodus 2:24 + 18 times; — pact, compact, covenant.
I. between men.
1. trety, alliance, league: Abraham and Amorites Genesis 14:13; Edom and its allies Obadiah 7; with Philistines Genesis 21:27, 32 (E) Genesis 26:28 (J); Jacob and Laban Genesis 31:44 (J); Joshua and Gibeonites Joshua 9:6, 7, 11, 15, 16 (J); Israel and Canaanites Exodus 23:32; Exodus 34:12, 15 (JE) Deuteronomy 7:2; Judges 2:2; Ammonites and Jabesh 1 Samuel 11:1; Solomon and Hiram 1 Kings 5:26; Ahab and Benhadad 1 Kings 20:34; Syria and Israel 1 Kings 15:19 2 Chronicles 16:3; Nebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah Ezekiel 17:13-19; nations against Israel Psalm 83:6; nations with Egypt Ezekiel 30:5; Ephraim and Assyria Hosea 12:2; Judah and Israel Ezekiel 16:61; Judah and Tyre Amos 1:9; Assyria and Judah Isaiah 33:8; נגיד ברית a prince in league (with him) Daniel 11:22 (so He Ew; Hi Meinh Bev reference to high priest Onias III, & translate prince of covenant, compare AV RV); figurative, with death Isaiah 28:15, 18; with stones of the field Job 5:23.
2. constitution, ordinance, between monarch and subjects: David and Abner 2 Samuel 3:12, 13, 21; David and the elders of Israel 2 Samuel 5:3 = 1 Chronicles 11:3; Zedekiah and his people Jeremiah 34:8-18; hostile prince and Israelites Daniel 9:27.
3. agreement, pledge: Jehoiada and captains 2 Kings 11:4 2 Chronicles 23:1; with onself Job 31:1; with Leviathan to be a servant Job 40:28; between man and man Hosea 10:4 compare בעל ברית Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4 = אל ברית [H1286 Judges 9:46].
4. alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan 1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 23:18 compare Psalm 55:21.
5. alliance of marriage Proverbs 2:17; Malachi 2:14. — In all cases כרת ברית is the technical phrase for making covenant except Jeremiah 34:10 באו בברית; Daniel 9:27 הגביר ברית לְ. Various prepositions are used, most often לְ Exodus 23:32 +, but also עִם Genesis 26:28 +, אֵת 2 Samuel 3:12 +, בֵּין 2 Chronicles 16:3.
II. between God and man.
1. alliance of friendship (|| H5475 סוֺד) Psalm 25:14.
2. covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges (see H226 אוֺת).
a. with Noah Genesis 9:9-17 (P) Isaiah 54:10; Jeremiah 33:20, 25; a divine promise that there would be no other deluge.
b. with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Genesis 15:18 (J) Genesis 17:2-21 Exodus 2:24; Exodus 6:4, 5; Leviticus 26:42 (P) 2 Kings 13:23; 1 Chronicles 16:15 = Psalm 105:8; Psalm 105:10; Nehemiah 9:8; Jeremiah 34:18; a promise to multiply their seed, give them the land of Canaan, and make them a blessing to the nations.
c. with Israel at Sinai = Horeb, with a covenant sacrifice Exodus 19:5; Exodus 24:7, 8 (E) Exodus 34:10, 27, 28 (J) Exodus 31:16; Leviticus 2:13 (P) Leviticus 24:8; Leviticus 26:9, 15, 25, 44, 45 (H) Deuteronomy 4:13; renewed in plains of Moab Deuteronomy 28:69 [Deuteronomy 29:1]; with blessings and curses Deuteronomy 29:20; frequently referred to in other books 2 Chronicles 34:32; Psalm 25:10; Psalm 44:18; Psalm 50:5; Psalm 50:16; Psalm 74:20; Psalm 78:10; Psalm 78:37; Psalm 103:18; Psalm 106:45; Psalm 111:5; Psalm 111:9; Isaiah 56:4, 6; Jeremiah 1:2, 3, 6, 8, 10; Jeremiah 14:21; Jeremiah 22:9; Jeremiah 31:32; Ezekiel 16:8, 59, 60; Ezekiel 44:7; Daniel 9:4; Daniel 11:28, 30, 32; Hosea 6:7; Hosea 8:1; Zechariah 9:11; Zechariah 11:10; a divine constitution given to Israel with promises on condition of obedience and penalties for disobendience, in the form of tables of the covenant Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 15, inscribed with the ten words, placed in (ׅי׳) ׅברית ׅארון the ark of the covenant Numbers 10:33 + 40 times (see H727 ארון; in 1 Samuel 4:3, 4 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 4:5 omits ברית after ארון Greek Version of the LXX We Dr); set forth in דברי הברית words of the covenant Exodus 34:28 (J) Deuteronomy 28:69; Deuteronomy 29:8; 2 Kings 23:3 (= 2 Chronicles 34:31) Jeremiah 11:2-8; written in ספר הברית the book of the covenant Exodus 24:7 (E compare Exodus 34:27 J) 2 Kings 23:2, 21 (compare 2 Chronicles 34:30).
d. with Phinehas Numbers 25:12, 13 (P), a constitution, establishing an everlasting priesthood in his line; compare ברית הכהנים Nehemiah 13:29 & ברית הלוי Malachi 2:4, 8.
e. with Joshua and Israel Joshua 24:25 (E), an ordinance or constitutional agreement to serve Yahweh only.
f. with David Psalm 89:4; Psalm 89:29; Psalm 89:34; Psalm 89:39; Psalm 132:12; Jeremiah 33:21 (compare 2 Samuel 7 = 1 Chronicles 17); a divine promise to the seed of David of an everlasting kingdom, the relation of sonship, and the superintendence of the temple (compare Psalms 2).
g. Jehoiada and the people 2 Kings 11:17 2 Chronicles 23:3, a constitutional agreement to be the people of Yahweh.
h. Hezekiah and the people 2 Chronicles 29:10, a constitutional agreement to reform the worship.
i. Josiah and the people 2 Kings 23:3, a constitutional agreement to obey the book of the covenant.
j. Ezra and the people Ezra 10:3, a constitutional agreement to put away foreign wives and observe the Law.
k. the prophetic covenant, a divine promise through a series of prophets to establish a new constitution ברית חדשׁה Jeremiah 31:31, with new institutions and precepts Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 59:21; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 31:31, 33; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 16:60, 62; Ezekiel 20:37; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; Hosea 2:20. In Isa2 the Messianic servant is ברית עם Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8, compare מלאך הברית Malachi 3:1.
III. Phrases.
1. covenant making: כרת ברית Genesis 15:18; Exodus 34:10, 27 (J) Joshua 24:25 (E) Deuteronomy 5:2, 3; Deuteronomy 28:69; Deuteronomy 29:13; Deuteronomy 29:24; 1 Kings 5:26; 2 Kings 11:17; 2 Kings 17:35, 38; 2 Kings 23:3; 2 Chronicles 21:7; 23:3, 16; 29:10; 34:30; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 9:8; Psalm 50:5; Psalm 89:4; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 31:31, 32, 33; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 34:13; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; Hosea 2:20; הקים ברית establish a covenant Genesis 6:18; Genesis 9:9, 11, 17; Genesis 17:7, 19, 21; Exodus 6:4 (P) Ezekiel 16:60, 62, but confirm covenant Leviticus 26:9 (?; H) Deuteronomy 8:18; נתן ברית Genesis 17:2; Numbers 25:12 (P); שׂם ברית 2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry); עבר בברית Deuteronomy 29:11; בא בברית 2 Chronicles 15:12; Ezekiel 16:8; צוה ברית Psalm 111:9; נשׂא ברית על פי Psalm 50:16. (compare further on these DrJ Ph xi. 1882, 210 ff.)
2. covenant keeping: on the part of man שׁמר ברית 1 Kings 11:11; Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; Psalm 78:10; Psalm 103:18; Psalm 132:12; Daniel 9:4, נצר ברית Deuteronomy 33:9; Psalm 25:10, מחזיקים בברית Isaiah 56:4, 6; on the part of God זכר ברית Genesis 9:15, 16; Exodus 2:24; Exodus 6:5 (all P), Leviticus 26:42 (3 times in verse) (H; on suffix compare Di Ges§ 128, 1 R b) Leviticus 26:45 (H) Psalm 105:8; Psalm 106:45; Psalm 111:5; 1 Chronicles 16:15; Ezekiel 16:15, 60. Thus we have נאמנת Psalm 89:29; ברית עולם Genesis 9:16; Genesis 17:7, 13, 18, 19; Exodus 31:16; Leviticus 24:8; Numbers 18:19; Numbers 25:13 (P) 2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry) 1 Chronicles 16:17 (= Psalm 105:10) Isaiah 24:5; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 16:60; Ezekiel 37:26; ברית מלח Leviticus 2:13; 2 Chronicles 13:5; 21:7 (a covenant with sacrificial meal and salt; on covenant with salt in Arabia compare WeSkizzen iii. 124); ברית שׁלום Numbers 25:12 (P) Isaiah 54:10; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; הברית והחסד Deuteronomy 7:9, 12; 1 Kings 8:23 (= 2 Chronicles 6:14) Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; Daniel 9:4; ברית קדשׁ Daniel 11:28, 30; מסרת הברית Ezekiel 20:37.
3. covenant violation: עבר ברית Deuteronomy 17:2; Joshua 7:11, 15; Joshua 23:16 (D) Judges 2:20; 2 Kings 18:12; Hosea 6:7; Hosea 8:1; הפר ברית Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 26:15, 44 (H) Deuteronomy 31:16, 20 (J) Judges 2:1; Isaiah 24:5 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 14:21; Jeremiah 31:32; Jeremiah 33:20, 21; Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 17:18, 19; Ezekiel 44:7; Zechariah 11:10; עזב ברית 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Jeremiah 22:9; Daniel 11:30; מאס ברית 2 Kings 17:15; נאר ברית Psalm 89:39; חלל ברית Psalm 89:34; Malachi 2:10; שׁקר בברית Psalm 44:18; שׁכח ברית Deuteronomy 4:23, 31; Jeremiah 50:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:18; 6:18; 9:9; 9:9; 9:10; 9:11; 9:11; 9:12; 9:13; 9:13; 9:14; 9:15; 9:15; 9:16; 9:16; 9:16; 9:17; 9:17; 14:13; 15:18; 15:18; 17:2; 17:2; 17:3; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:7; 17:7; 17:7; 17:8; 17:9; 17:10; 17:11; 17:12; 17:13; 17:13; 17:14; 17:14; 17:15; 17:16; 17:17; 17:18; 17:18; 17:19; 17:19; 17:19; 17:20; 17:21; 17:21; 21:27; 21:32; 26:28; 26:28; 31:44

Exodus

2:24; 2:24; 2:24; 6:4; 6:4; 6:5; 6:5; 19:5; 23:32; 23:32; 24:7; 24:7; 24:8; 31:16; 31:16; 34:10; 34:10; 34:12; 34:15; 34:27; 34:27; 34:27; 34:28; 34:28

Leviticus

2:13; 2:13; 24:8; 24:8; 26:9; 26:9; 26:15; 26:15; 26:25; 26:42; 26:42; 26:44; 26:44; 26:45; 26:45

Numbers

10:33; 18:19; 25:12; 25:12; 25:12; 25:13; 25:13

Deuteronomy

4:13; 4:23; 4:31; 5:2; 5:3; 7:2; 7:9; 7:12; 8:18; 9:9; 9:11; 9:15; 17:2; 29:1; 29:8; 29:11; 29:13; 29:20; 29:24; 31:16; 31:20; 33:9; 33:9

Joshua

7:11; 7:15; 9:6; 9:7; 9:11; 9:15; 9:16; 23:16; 24:25; 24:25

Judges

2:1; 2:2; 2:20; 8:33; 9:4

1 Samuel

4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 11:1; 18:3; 20:8; 23:18

2 Samuel

3:12; 3:12; 3:13; 3:21; 5:3; 7; 23:5; 23:5

1 Kings

8:23; 11:11; 15:19; 19:10; 19:14; 20:34

2 Kings

11:4; 11:17; 11:17; 13:23; 17:15; 17:35; 17:38; 18:12; 23:2; 23:3; 23:3; 23:3; 23:21

1 Chronicles

11:3; 16:15; 16:15; 16:17; 17

2 Chronicles

6:14; 13:5; 15:12; 16:3; 16:3; 21:7; 21:7; 23:1; 23:3; 23:3; 23:16; 29:10; 29:10; 34:30; 34:30; 34:31; 34:32

Ezra

10:3; 10:3

Nehemiah

1:5; 1:5; 9:8; 9:8; 9:32; 9:32; 13:29

Job

5:23; 31:1

Psalms

2; 25:10; 25:10; 25:14; 44:18; 44:18; 44:18; 50:5; 50:5; 50:16; 50:16; 55:21; 74:20; 78:10; 78:10; 78:37; 83:6; 89:4; 89:4; 89:29; 89:29; 89:34; 89:34; 89:39; 89:39; 103:18; 103:18; 105:8; 105:8; 105:10; 105:10; 106:45; 106:45; 111:5; 111:5; 111:9; 111:9; 132:12; 132:12

Proverbs

2:17

Isaiah

24:5; 24:5; 28:15; 28:18; 28:18; 33:8; 42:6; 42:6; 49:8; 49:8; 54:10; 54:10; 55:3; 55:3; 55:3; 56:4; 56:4; 56:6; 56:6; 59:21; 61:8; 61:8; 61:8

Jeremiah

1:2; 1:3; 1:6; 1:8; 1:10; 11:2; 11:3; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7; 11:8; 11:10; 11:10; 14:21; 14:21; 22:9; 22:9; 31:31; 31:31; 31:31; 31:32; 31:32; 31:32; 31:33; 31:33; 32:40; 32:40; 32:40; 33:20; 33:20; 33:21; 33:21; 33:25; 34:8; 34:9; 34:10; 34:10; 34:11; 34:12; 34:13; 34:13; 34:14; 34:15; 34:16; 34:17; 34:18; 34:18; 50:5; 50:5; 50:5

Ezekiel

16:8; 16:8; 16:15; 16:59; 16:59; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:61; 16:61; 16:62; 16:62; 17:13; 17:14; 17:15; 17:16; 17:17; 17:18; 17:18; 17:19; 17:19; 20:37; 20:37; 30:5; 34:25; 34:25; 34:25; 37:26; 37:26; 37:26; 37:26; 44:7; 44:7

Daniel

9:4; 9:4; 9:4; 9:27; 9:27; 11:22; 11:28; 11:28; 11:30; 11:30; 11:30; 11:32

Hosea

2:20; 2:20; 6:7; 6:7; 8:1; 8:1; 10:4; 12:2

Amos

1:9

Obadiah

1:7

Zechariah

9:11; 11:10; 11:10

Malachi

2:4; 2:8; 2:10; 2:14; 3:1

H1285

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Strong's Number H1285 matches the Hebrew בְּרִית (bᵊrîṯ),
which occurs 284 times in 264 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (Jdg 20:27–2Ch 5:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:27 - And the people of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:3 - And when the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD here from Shiloh, that it[fn] may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:5 - As soon as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:3 - Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8 - Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:18 - And the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:12 - And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf,[fn] saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring over all Israel to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - And Abner said to David, “I will arise and go and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:3 - So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 - And Abiathar came up, and behold, Zadok came also with all the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God until the people had all passed out of the city.

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For will he not cause to prosper
all my help and my desire?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:12 - And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19 - The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6 - Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:21 - And there I have provided a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:17 - And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people, that they should be the LORD’s people, and also between the king and the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:35 - The LORD made a covenant with them and commanded them, “You shall not fear other gods or bow yourselves to them or serve them or sacrifice to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:38 - and you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:12 - because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. They neither listened nor obeyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2 - And the king went up to the house of the LORD, and with him all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the prophets, all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:3 - And the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in the covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:21 - And the king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:3 - So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:26 - And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:28 - So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - And as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6 - and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:15 - Remember his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:17 - which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37 - So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister regularly before the ark as each day required,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:1 - Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - Now set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:2 - Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:18 - for the altar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 - Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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