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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 114 times in 97 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ch 1:34–1Ch 17:24)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:34 - And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:43 - Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; H3478 Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1 - These are the sons of Israel; H3478 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:7 - And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, H3478 who transgressed in the thing accursed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:10 - And Jabez called on the God of Israel, H3478 saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 - Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, H3478 (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: H3478 and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:3 - The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel H3478 were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:17 - All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - And the God of Israel H3478 stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38 - The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:49 - But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, H3478 according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:64

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:64 - And the children of Israel H3478 gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:29 - And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:1 - So all Israel H3478 were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel H3478 and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:2 - Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, H3478 the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:1 - Now the Philistines fought against Israel; H3478 and the men of Israel H3478 fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:7 - And when all the men of Israel H3478 that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:1 - Then all Israel H3478 gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2 - And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: H3478 and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, H3478 and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:3 - Therefore came all the elders of Israel H3478 to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, H3478 according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:4 - And David and all Israel H3478 went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:10 - These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, H3478 to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel H3478 ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:38 - All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: H3478 and all the rest also of Israel H3478 were of one heart to make David king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, H3478 If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, H3478 and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David gathered all Israel H3478 together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - And David went up, and all Israel, H3478 to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - And David and all Israel H3478 played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, H3478 for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:8 - And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, H3478 all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:3 - And David gathered all Israel H3478 together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12 - And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel H3478 unto the place that I have prepared for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:14 - So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - So David, and the elders of Israel, H3478 and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:28 - Thus all Israel H3478 brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:3 - And he dealt to every one of Israel, H3478 both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:4 - And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:13 - O ye seed of Israel H3478 his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:17 - And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel H3478 for an everlasting covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:36 - Blessed be the LORD God of Israel H3478 for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:40 - To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel; H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:5 - For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel H3478 unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:6 - Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, H3478 spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, H3478 whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7 - Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:9 - Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, H3478 and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:10 - And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. H3478 Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:21 - And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, H3478 whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:22 - For thy people Israel H3478 didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:24 - Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, H3478 even a God to Israel: H3478 and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.

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