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Lexicon :: Strong's H1471 - gôy

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גּוֹי
Transliteration
gôy
Pronunciation
go'-ee
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (H1465)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 326e

Strong’s Definitions

גּוֹי gôwy, go'-ee; rarely (shortened) גֹּי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 558x

The KJV translates Strong's H1471 in the following manner: nation (374x), heathen (143x), Gentiles (30x), people (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 558x
The KJV translates Strong's H1471 in the following manner: nation (374x), heathen (143x), Gentiles (30x), people (11x).
masculine noun

  1. nation, people

    1. nation, people

      1. usually of non-Hebrew people

      2. of descendants of Abraham

      3. of Israel

    2. of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)

      proper masculine noun

    3. Goyim? = "nations"

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גּוֹי gôwy, go'-ee; rarely (shortened) גֹּי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
STRONGS H1471: Abbreviations
גּוֺי 561 noun masculineGenesis 12:2 nation, people (Late Hebrew id. Gentiles, Phoenician גו community, axvfg, Sabean גו id., DHMZMG 1883, 348) — ג׳ Genesis 12:2 121 times; suffix 1st person singular גּוֺיִ Zephaniah 2:9, גּוֺיֶ֑ךָ Psalm 106:5, גּוֺיֵךְ Kt Ezekiel 36:13, 14, 15 (Qr wrongly גּוֺיַיִךְ compare Co, who strike out Ezekiel 36:15); plural גּוֺיִם Genesis 10:5 410 times + Qr Genesis 25:23; Psalm 79:10 (Kt גיים) + 6 times Ezekiel (variant reading emended Co); construct גּוֺיֵי Genesis 18:18 + 8 times, גּוֺיֵ 2 Chronicles 32:13; Ezra 6:21 (compare Baer's notes); suffix גּוֺיֵהֶם Genesis 10:5, 20, 31, 32; —
1. nation, people Genesis 10:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 10:20, 31, 32 (twice in verse) (all P) +; Isaiah 2:2, 4 (twice in verse) = Micah 4:2, 3(twice in verse); Job 12:23 (twice in verse); Job 34:29; Proverbs 14:34; כֹּל גּוֺיֵי הָאָרֶץ Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4 (all J); Deuteronomy 28:1.
a. specifically of descendants of Abraham, גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 12:2; compare Genesis 18:18 (both J), גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:6, הֲמוֺן גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:4, 15 (all P); of Sarah גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:16 (P); of Ishmael גּוֺי Genesis 21:13, גָּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 21:18 (both E), גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 17:20 (P); of Jacob גּוֺי וּקְהַל גּוֺיִם Genesis 35:11 (P), גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 46:3 (E); of Ephraim מְלֹא הַגּ׳ Genesis 48:19 (J); of Moses גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Exodus 32:10 (J) compare Numbers 14:12 (J) Deuteronomy 9:14; of Jacob and Esau as two nations Genesis 25:23 (J).
b. definitely of Israel Exodus 19:6 (קָדוֺשׁ גּ׳) Exodus 33:13 (both J E), Deuteronomy 4:6 (הַגּוֺי הַגָּדוֺל הַזֶּה, said by heathen compare Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 4:8) see also Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 26:5 compare Psalm 33:12; Psalm 83:5 (said by enemies) Jeremiah 31:36; Jeremiah 33:24; Ezekiel 37:22; in narrative Joshua 3:17; Joshua 4:1; Joshua 5:8 (JE), Joshua 5:6 (D), Joshua 10:13 (in poetry, no article); of Israel and Judah as two nations Ezekiel 35:10 (said by heathen) Ezekiel 37:22; of Judah Isaiah 26:2, 15 (twice in verse); compare Isaiah 58:2; Isaiah 60:22; Micah 4:7; once my people Zephaniah 2:9 (|| עַם); thy people Psalm 106:5 (i.e. of י׳), compare also Ezekiel 36:13, 14 (read Kt); especially of Israel and (or) Judah as sinful, rebellious Deuteronomy 32:28; Judges 2:20; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 10:6; Jeremiah 5:9, 29; Jeremiah 7:28; Jeremiah 9:8; Jeremiah 12:17; Ezekiel 2:3 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co) Haggai 2:14; Malachi 3:9. — Note. This definite reference to Israel and (or) Judah is comparatively rare; in Hexateuch not P (yet see Genesis 17:4, 5, 6, 16; Genesis 35:11 P); seldom in exile & post-exile prophets; not Chronicles —
c. usually of non-Hebrew peoples Exodus 9:24; Exodus 34:10 (JE) Leviticus 25:44 (H) Numbers 14:15 (J) Deuteronomy 15:6 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 5:11; 1 Chronicles 14:17; 1 Chronicles 16:20; Isaiah 11:10, 12 + often; opposed to Israel as עם י׳ 2 Samuel 7:23; 1 Chronicles 17:21 (twice in verse) etc., see H5971 עם, compare also Numbers 23:9; note especially גְּלִיל הַגּוֺיִם Isaiah 8:23 [Isaiah 9:1] circle or district of the nations (see H1551 גָּלִיל); also חֲרשֶׁת הַגּ׳ Judges 4:2, 13, 16 Charosheth of the nations, & מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם לְגִלְגָּ֖ל Joshua 12:23 king of nations (peoples, tribes) belonging to Gilgal (Greek Version of the LXX Di to the district, i.e 'Galilee'); especially of these peoples as heathen: idolatrous Leviticus 8:24, 28 (P) Leviticus 20:23 (H) 1 Kings 14:24; 2 Kings 17:8, 11, 15, 26, 29 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 28:3; 32:13 +, Ezra 6:21; Ezekiel 5:6 +; hostile Genesis 15:14 (J) Leviticus 26:33, 38, 45 (H) Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 9:4, 5; Deuteronomy 18:9; 1 Chronicles 16:35; Jeremiah 5:15; Ezekiel 4:13 — Jeremiah Ezekiel, etc.; in simile Ezekiel 20:32; Ezekiel 25:8; sometimes || עַם Psalm 33:10; Psalm 33:12; Isaiah 11:10; Jeremiah 6:18, see also Isaiah 2:2, 4 compare with Micah 4:1, 3.
2. figurative of swarm of locusts Joel 1:6; of all species of beasts Zephaniah 2:14.
3. גּוֺיִם Genesis 14:1, 9 probably mutilated proper name see below.

גּוֺיִם proper name, of a people Genesis 14:1, 9, in phrase תִּדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם Tid`al king of Goim; probably a Babylonian (Elamitic, etc.) name corrupted; H. Rawlinson proposes Gutî a people northeast of Babylonia COT on Genesis 14:1; also KGF258and elsewhere; compare also DlPa 233 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:4; 10:5; 10:5; 10:5; 10:20; 10:20; 10:31; 10:31; 10:32; 10:32; 12:1; 12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 14:1; 14:1; 14:1; 14:9; 14:9; 15:14; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:6; 17:15; 17:16; 17:16; 17:20; 18:18; 18:18; 18:18; 21:13; 21:18; 22:18; 25:23; 25:23; 26:4; 35:11; 35:11; 46:3; 48:19

Exodus

9:24; 19:6; 32:10; 33:13; 34:10

Leviticus

8:24; 8:28; 20:23; 25:44; 26:33; 26:38; 26:45

Numbers

14:12; 14:15; 23:9

Deuteronomy

4:6; 4:7; 4:8; 4:27; 4:34; 9:4; 9:5; 9:14; 15:6; 18:9; 26:5; 28:1; 32:28

Joshua

3:17; 4:1; 5:6; 5:8; 10:13; 12:23

Judges

2:20; 4:2; 4:13; 4:16

2 Samuel

7:23

1 Kings

5:11; 14:24

2 Kings

17:8; 17:11; 17:15; 17:26; 17:29

1 Chronicles

14:17; 16:20; 16:35; 17:21

2 Chronicles

28:3; 32:13; 32:13

Ezra

6:21; 6:21

Job

12:23; 34:29

Psalms

33:10; 33:12; 33:12; 79:10; 83:5; 106:5; 106:5

Proverbs

14:34

Isaiah

1:4; 2:2; 2:2; 2:4; 2:4; 9:1; 10:6; 11:10; 11:10; 11:12; 26:2; 26:15; 58:2; 60:22

Jeremiah

5:9; 5:15; 5:29; 6:18; 7:28; 9:8; 12:17; 31:36; 33:24

Ezekiel

2:3; 4:13; 5:6; 20:32; 25:8; 35:10; 36:13; 36:13; 36:14; 36:14; 36:15; 36:15; 37:22; 37:22

Joel

1:6

Micah

4:1; 4:2; 4:3; 4:3; 4:7

Zephaniah

2:9; 2:9; 2:14

Haggai

2:14

Malachi

3:9

H1471

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Strong's Number H1471 matches the Hebrew גּוֹי (gôy),
which occurs 567 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 11 (Jdg 4:16–Neh 13:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16 - But Barak pursued the chariots and all those in the camp as far as Harosheth-hagoyim H1471, and all the camp of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not even one remained.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations H1471.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:20 - that we also may be like all the nations H1471, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - “And what one nation H1471 on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations H1471 and their gods?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:11 - King David also set these apart as holy to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he had set apart as holy from all the nations H1471 which he had subdued:

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“You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;

You have kept me as head of the nations H1471;

A people whom I have not known serve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:50 -

“Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh, among the nations H1471,

And I will sing praises to Your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:31 - And he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and [fn]Darda, the sons of Mahol; and the renown of his name was in all the surrounding nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - from the nations H1471 concerning which Yahweh had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not [fn]go along with them, nor shall they [fn]go along with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:24 - There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations H1471 which Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:10 - “As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation H1471 or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and if they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made the kingdom or nation H1471 swear that they could not find you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:18 - And they came down to him, and Elisha prayed to Yahweh and said, “Strike this [fn]people H1471 with blindness, I pray.” So He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:3 - But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations H1471 whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:8 - and walked in the statutes of the nations H1471 whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel, and in the statutes of the kings of Israel which they had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:11 - and there they burned incense on all the high places as the nations H1471 did which Yahweh had taken away into exile before them; and they did evil things provoking Yahweh to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They also rejected His statutes and His covenant which He cut with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations H1471 which surrounded them, concerning which Yahweh had commanded them not to do like them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations H1471 whom you have taken away into exile and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions among them, and behold, they are putting them to death because they do not know the custom of the god of the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:29 -

But each H1471 nation H1471 was still making gods of its own and put them in the houses of the high places which the people of Samaria had made, each H1471 nation H1471 in their cities in which they lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:33 - They were fearing Yahweh and serving their own gods according to the custom of the nations H1471 from among whom they had been taken away into exile.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:41 - So while these nations H1471 were fearing Yahweh, they also were serving their graven images; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers acted, so they are acting this way to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:33 - ‘Has any one of the gods of the nations H1471 delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12 - ‘Did the gods of [fn]those nations H1471 which my fathers brought to ruin deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:17 - “Truly, O Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations H1471 and their lands

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:2 - And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to the abominations of the nations H1471 whom Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:9 - But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray in order to do more evil than the nations H1471 whom Yahweh destroyed before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:17 - Then the name of David went out into all the lands; and Yahweh brought the dread of him on all the nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:20 -

And they wandered about from nation H1471 to nation H1471,

And from one kingdom to another people,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:24 -

Recount His glory among the nations H1471,

His wondrous deeds among all the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:31 -

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;

And let them say among the nations H1471, “Yahweh reigns.”

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Then say, “Save us, O God of our salvation,

And gather us and deliver us from among the nations H1471,

To give thanks to Your holy name

And revel in Your praise.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:21 - “And what one nation H1471 in the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make You a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations H1471 from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - King David also set these apart as holy to Yahweh with the silver and the gold which he had carried away from all the nations H1471: from Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, and from Amalek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - “And nation H1471 was crushed by nation H1471, and city by city, for God threw them into confusion with every kind of distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:6 - and he said, “O Yahweh, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations H1471? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can take their stand against You.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:3 - Moreover, he offered offerings in smoke in the valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations H1471 whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:13 - ‘Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations H1471 of the lands able at all to deliver their land from my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:14 - ‘Who was there among all the gods of these nations H1471 which my fathers devoted to destruction, who could deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - ‘So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or incite you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation H1471 or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17 - He also wrote letters to [fn]reproach Yahweh, the God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, “As the gods of the nations H1471 of the lands [fn]have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:23 - And many were bringing presents to Yahweh at Jerusalem and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was lifted up in the sight of all nations H1471 thereafter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:2 - And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to the abominations of the nations H1471 whom Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:9 - Thus Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray in order to do more evil than the nations H1471 whom Yahweh destroyed before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:14 - Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations H1471; and they defiled the house of Yahweh which He had set apart as holy in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:21 - Then the sons of Israel who returned from exile and all those who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the nations H1471 of the land to join them, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:8 - I said to them, “We, according to our ability, have bought back our Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations H1471; and now would you also sell your brothers that they may be sold to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a word to say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:9 - And I said, “The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations H1471, our enemies?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:17 - Moreover, there were at my table 150 Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations H1471 that were around us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:6 - In it was written,

“It is heard among the nations H1471, and [fn]Gashmu says, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel; therefore you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16 - Now it happened that when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations H1471 surrounding us saw it, [fn]their confidence fell. And they knew that it was from our God that this work had been accomplished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:26 - “Did not Solomon king of Israel sin regarding these things? Yet among the many nations H1471 there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God gave him to be king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin.

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