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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

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3 - So they looked through all Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20 - Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30 - I will keep today the oath I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel: 'Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:34 - There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, 'Long live King Solomon!'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48 - and said this: 'The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4 - and the LORD will fulfill his promise to me, 'If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,' he promised, 'you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - "You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me - how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11 - David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 - He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine and all Israel considered me king. But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the LORD decided it should be his.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - May the LORD punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David's back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he - Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:28 - When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected the king, for they realized that he possessed supernatural wisdom to make judicial decisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:1 - King Solomon ruled over all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7 - Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon's lifetime.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13 - King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:13 - I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 - Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem Israel's elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the LORD's covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:2 - All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month Ethanim (the seventh month).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:3 - When all Israel's elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5 - Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:9 - There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. It was there that the LORD made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:14 - Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:15 - He said, "The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16 - He told David, 'Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:17 - Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20 - The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David's place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the LORD God of Israel

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:22 - Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23 - He prayed: "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25 - Now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, 'You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:26 - Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:30 - Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33 - "The time will come when your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, and pray for your help in this temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:34 - then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38 - When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:41 - "Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43 - Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, obey you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:52 - "May you be attentive to your servant's and your people Israel's requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:55 - When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56 - "The LORD is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59 - May the LORD our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, so that he might vindicate his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:62 - The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63 - Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65 - At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the LORD our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:66

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:66 - On the fifteenth day after the festival started, he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king and then went to their homes, happy and content because of all the good the LORD had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5 - Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, just as I promised your father David, 'You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:7 - then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.

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