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Lexicon :: Strong's H3389 - yᵊrûšālam

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יְרוּשָׁלַם
Transliteration
yᵊrûšālam
Pronunciation
yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A dual (in allusion to its two main hills [the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשְׁלֵם (H3390)]), probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה (H3384) and שָׁלַם (H7999)
Strong’s Definitions

יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im; rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yᵉrûwshâlayim; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine:—Jerusalem.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 643x

The KJV translates Strong's H3389 in the following manner: Jerusalem (643x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 643x
The KJV translates Strong's H3389 in the following manner: Jerusalem (643x).

  1. Jerusalem = "teaching of peace"

    1. the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im; rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yᵉrûwshâlayim; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine:—Jerusalem.
STRONGS H3389: Abbreviations
יֲרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ, יְרוּשָׁלַ֫יִם 644 proper name, of a location Jerusalem (in Assyrian Urusalim, Tel Amarna, ZimZA, 1891, 252, 254; Ursalimmu, COTGlossary; Greek Version of the LXX Ιερουσαλημ; √ and meaning dubious; Rel Ew and others derive from יְרוּשׁ שׁלם possession of peace (or Salem's possession); Thes and others from יָרָה, i.e. יְרוּ + שָׁלֵם a foundation of peace; GrillZAW, 1884, 134 ff. foundation of Shalem (Shalem = God of peace, = י׳); but name not certainly Hebrew; according to SayceAcad. Feb. 7, 1891, 138; Higher Crit. 176 (opposed by ZimZA. 1891, 263), JastrJBL xi, 1892, 185 = Uru (city) + Salim, proper name, of divinity); — usually יְרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ (Qr perpetuum), Joshua 10:10 +; יְרוּשָׁלָ֑םִ 1 Samuel 17:54 +; ־לַ֫יִם + 5 times according to Masora (see FrensdorffMass. Magna, 293), namely Jeremiah 26:18; 1 Chronicles 3:5; 2 Chronicles 25:1; 32:9 (with ה locative), Esther 2:6, (but לָ֑֫םִ - 1 Chronicles 3:5 van d. H Baer), so Maccabean coins, LevyGeschichte. d. jüd. Münz. 42 f.; with ה locative יְרוּשָׁלַ֫מֳה 1 Kings 10:2; Isaiah 36:2; Ezekiel 8:3; (־לַ֫יְמָה 2 Chronicles 32:9 above); ־לָ֑מֳה 2 Kings 9:28; with prefixes: בִּירו׳ 2 Samuel 9:13 +; לִירו׳ 2 Kings 18:22 +; מִירו׳ 2 Samuel 15:11 +; וִירו׳ 2 Kings 23:1 +; — Jerusalem, renowned as capital of all Israel, afterwards of southern kingdom, seat of central worship in temple, first named as city of Canaanite Adoni-Ṣedek † Joshua 10:1, 3, 5, 23 (all J E), compare Joshua 12:10 (D); inhabited by Jebusites Joshua 15:63 (twice in verse) (P), Judges 1:21 (twice in verse), compare Judges 1:7 (Adoni-Bezek); identification with יְבוּס Judges 19:10, and הַיְבוּסִי (which see) Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:28 (both P); captured by Judah Judges 1:8; first named in connection with David 1 Samuel 17:54†; taken possession of by David as king 2 Samuel 5:6; David's royal seat 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel 5:14; 2 Samuel 8:7; 2 Samuel 11:1 +; it remained the capital until taken by Nebuchadrezzar, B.C. 588, 2 Kings 25:1 +; it became the chief home of the returned exiles Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:11; Nehemiah 2:11, 17 +; mentioned Samuel + 31 times, Kings + 92 times, Chronicles + 151 times, Ezra + 25 times, Nehemiah + 38 times, Isaiah1 + 27 times, Isaiah2,3 + 22 times, Jeremiah + 107 times, Ezekiel + 26 times, Zechariah + 41 times, etc. — See also proper name, of a location יְבוּס, שָׁלֵם.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3390.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

10:1; 10:3; 10:5; 10:10; 10:23; 12:10; 15:8; 15:63; 18:28

Judges

1:7; 1:8; 1:21; 19:10

1 Samuel

17:54; 17:54

2 Samuel

5:5; 5:6; 5:13; 5:14; 8:7; 9:13; 11:1; 15:11

1 Kings

10:2

2 Kings

9:28; 18:22; 23:1; 25:1

1 Chronicles

3:5; 3:5

2 Chronicles

25:1; 32:9; 32:9

Ezra

1:11; 2:11

Nehemiah

2:11; 2:17

Esther

2:6

Isaiah

36:2

Jeremiah

26:18

Ezekiel

8:3

H3389

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Strong's Number H3389 matches the Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַם (yᵊrûšālam),
which occurs 63 times in 56 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Ki 8:17–2Ki 24:15)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:17 - Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:26 - Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:28 - And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, H3389 and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 - In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17 - Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:18 - And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:2 - He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, H3389 and brake down the wall of Jerusalem H3389 from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:19 - Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: H3389 and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20 - And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem H3389 with his fathers in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:2 - Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:33 - Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, H3389 and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:5 - Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem H3389 to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:2 - Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. H3389 His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. H3389 And they went up and came to Jerusalem. H3389 And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:22 - But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, H3389 Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:35 - Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem H3389 out of mine hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:10 - Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem H3389 shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem H3389 hath shaken her head at thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:31 - For out of Jerusalem H3389 shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:1 - Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Hephzibah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:4 - And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem H3389 will I put my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:7 - And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, H3389 which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:12 - Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem H3389 and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - And I will stretch over Jerusalem H3389 the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem H3389 as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:16 - Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem H3389 from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:19 - Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:1 - Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:14 - So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem H3389 in the college;) and they communed with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:1 - And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2 - And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem H3389 in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; H3389 them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, H3389 unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:9 - Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, H3389 but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - And the high places that were before Jerusalem, H3389 which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20 - And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:23 - But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, H3389 did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:27 - And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem H3389 which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30 - And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, H3389 and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:31 - Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33 - And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; H3389 and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:36 - Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem H3389 with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:8 - Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem H3389 three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:10 - At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, H3389 and the city was besieged.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - And he carried away all Jerusalem, H3389 and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem H3389 to Babylon.

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