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Lexicon :: Strong's H3478 - yiśrā'ēl

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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration
yiśrā'ēl
Pronunciation
yis-raw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x

The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x
The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

  1. Israel = "God prevails"

    1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

    2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

      1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

      2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

      3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.
STRONGS H3478: Abbreviations
יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let Ēl persist) [usually contendeth (NesEg.60 ff.) or Let Ēl contend (GrayProp. N. 218), but see DrHast. DB JACOB 530]; on vocalization see LagBN 131 f. Kit 1 Chronicles 4:16 (Hpt); MI5, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l SteindZAW xvi (1896), 331, compare BreastedBib. World ix (1897), 62 ff. PatonSyr. and Pal. 134; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) SchrKG 356 ff., 364; COT Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 16:29. — On a possibly relation of יִשׂ׳ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RSK 257, 2nd ed. 34; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּ); — Ισραηλ:
1. proper name, masculine. second name of Jacob Genesis 32:29 + 28 times Genesis (JE), Exodus 32:13 (JE), Hosea 12:13; Judges 18:29; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all P), 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 1:34 + 8 times Chronicles, Psalm 105:23; בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ruth 4:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (literal) Genesis 42:5 + 3 times E, + 2 times P + Exodus 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exodus 28:9 + 7 times P; אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6.
2. proper name, of a people (usually masculineJudges 11:17 f but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9 [not || 1 Chronicles 21:5], compare Dron the passage AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (see בֵּן):
a.
(1) undivided kingdom; יִשׂ׳ Genesis 47:27 (J), Genesis 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 times J E, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 33:10 (poem) + 76 times D, Genesis 34:7; Exodus 12:15 + 42 times P; Judges 5:2, 7 (twice in verse) + 104 times Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-12; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ of whole people 2 Samuel 8:15 +, of whole army 2 Samuel 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2 Samuel 2:9 + (so also later).
(2) יִשׂ׳ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2 Samuel 2:9, compare 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 5:5 +; so at disruption 1 Kings 12:16 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 12:18, 19; then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1 Kings 12:28; 1Ki 24:7; 1Ki 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hosea 1:5; Hosea 4:15 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 +, Micah 1:13, etc.
(3) יִשׂ׳ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 8:18; Micah 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 12:17; after fall of Samaria, יִשׂ׳ (less often בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 23:22; Isaiah 17:9; Psalm 103:7; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:17, 19 +; יִשׂ׳ also = Judah Jeremiah 2:14, 31; Jeremiah 4:1 +, Ezekiel 13:2, 4, 16; Ezekiel 14:1, 7, 9 +, Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:3 +, Psalm 14:7 (twice in verse) = Psalm 53:7 [Psalm 53:6] (twice in verse), Psalm 147:2; Psalm 149:2 +, etc.
(4) usage in Chronicles: יִשׂ׳ of whole people 1 Chronicles 2:7 + 110 times, of Northern kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1 + 16 times, of Judah 2 Chronicles 12:6; 19:8 + 9 times
(5) יִשׂ׳ personified as עֶבֶד י׳, Isaiah 44:1, 21; Isaiah 49:3.
b. בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳,
(1) of undivided people Exodus 1:12 (J), Exodus 3:9 (E) + 72 times J E, Deuteronomy 3:18; Deuteronomy 10:6 + 25 times D, Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] + 327 times P; Judges 1:1 + 60 times Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-12; in 1 Kings 13—2 Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise).
(2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 times Amos, Hosea; 2 Chronicles 13:12 + 7 times Chronicles.
(3) of Judah (late) Ezekiel 2:3; Nehemiah 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2 Chronicles 31:5.
c. בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38 + 142 times (see בַּיִת 5d (δ); + 81 times Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exodus 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ׳ Isaiah 8:14.
d. other phrases, see sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, (נטה) מַטֶּה, (יעד) עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of י׳) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, I. גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), I. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֺשׁ, I. רָעָה 1d (3).
†e. יִשׂ׳ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3; 1 Chronicles 9:2; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5; הָעָם יִשׂ׳ Ezra 9:1; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 10:40, compare שְׁאָר יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 11:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:29; 32:32; 34:7; 36:31; 42:5; 47:27; 49:7

Exodus

1:7; 1:12; 3:9; 6:14; 12:15; 16:31; 28:9; 32:13; 37:16; 40:38

Numbers

1:20; 26:5

Deuteronomy

1:1; 3:18; 10:6; 18:6; 33:10

Judges

1:1; 5:2; 5:7; 11:17; 18:29

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

17:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 8:15; 11:1; 12:7; 20:1; 24:9

1 Kings

1:35; 4:20; 5:5; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:28; 16:29; 18:31; 18:36

2 Kings

17:34; 21:8; 23:22

1 Chronicles

1:34; 2:1; 2:7; 4:16; 9:2; 21:5; 29:18

2 Chronicles

11:1; 12:6; 13:12; 19:8; 30:6; 31:5

Ezra

2:59; 2:70; 2:70; 3:1; 3:11; 9:1; 10:5; 10:25

Nehemiah

1:6; 7:61; 10:3; 10:34; 11:3; 11:20

Psalms

14:7; 53:6; 103:7; 105:23; 147:2; 149:2

Isaiah

1:3; 8:14; 8:18; 17:9; 40:27; 41:8; 42:24; 44:1; 44:21; 49:3

Jeremiah

2:3; 2:14; 2:31; 4:1; 50:17; 50:19

Ezekiel

2:3; 13:2; 13:4; 13:16; 14:1; 14:7; 14:9

Hosea

1:5; 4:15; 5:3; 5:5; 12:13

Amos

1:1; 2:6; 2:11; 3:14

Micah

1:13; 1:14; 1:15

H3478

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 203 times in 171 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (1Ki 1:3–1Ki 9:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3 - So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, H3478 and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20 - And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel H3478 are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30 - Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, H3478 saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:34 - And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: H3478 and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel H3478 and over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48 - And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, H3478 which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4 - That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, H3478 unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11 - And the days that David reigned over Israel H3478 were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 - And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel H3478 set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, H3478 and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:28 - And all Israel H3478 heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:1 - So king Solomon was king over all Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7 - And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, H3478 which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - Judah and Israel H3478 were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - And Judah and Israel H3478 dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13 - And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; H3478 and the levy was thirty thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel H3478 were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, H3478 in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:13 - And I will dwell among the children of Israel, H3478 and will not forsake my people Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 - Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, H3478 and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, H3478 unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:2 - And all the men of Israel H3478 assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:3 - And all the elders of Israel H3478 came, and the priests took up the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5 - And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, H3478 that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:9 - There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, H3478 when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:14 - And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: H3478 (and all the congregation of Israel H3478 stood;)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:15 - And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, H3478 which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16 - Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel H3478 out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel H3478 to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:17 - And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20 - And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, H3478 as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:22 - And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, H3478 and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23 - And he said, LORD God of Israel, H3478 there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25 - Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, H3478 keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; H3478 so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:26 - And now, O God of Israel, H3478 let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:30 - And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, H3478 when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33 - When thy people Israel H3478 be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:34 - Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, H3478 and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, H3478 that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38 - What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, H3478 which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:41 - Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, H3478 but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43 - Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; H3478 and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:52 - That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, H3478 to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:55 - And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel H3478 with a loud voice, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56 - Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, H3478 according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59 - And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel H3478 at all times, as the matter shall require:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:62 - And the king, and all Israel H3478 with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63 - And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel H3478 dedicated the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65 - And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel H3478 with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:66

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:66 - On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel H3478 his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5 - Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel H3478 for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:7 - Then will I cut off Israel H3478 out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel H3478 shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

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