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Lexicon :: Strong's H4399 - mᵊlā'ḵâ

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מְלָאכָה
Transliteration
mᵊlā'ḵâ
Pronunciation
mel-aw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as מַלְאָךְ (H4397)
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TWOT Reference: 1068b

Strong’s Definitions

מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh, mel-aw-kaw'; from the same as H4397; properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor):—business, cattle, industrious, occupation, ( -pied), officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x

The KJV translates Strong's H4399 in the following manner: work (129x), business (12x), workmen (with H6213) (7x), workmanship (5x), goods (2x), cattle (1x), stuff (1x), thing (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x
The KJV translates Strong's H4399 in the following manner: work (129x), business (12x), workmen (with H6213) (7x), workmanship (5x), goods (2x), cattle (1x), stuff (1x), thing (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. occupation, work, business

    1. occupation, business

    2. property

    3. work (something done or made)

    4. workmanship

    5. service, use

    6. public business

      1. political

      2. religious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh, mel-aw-kaw'; from the same as H4397; properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor):—business, cattle, industrious, occupation, ( -pied), officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
STRONGS H4399: Abbreviations
מְלָאכָה 167 noun feminine occupation, work (for *מַלְאָכָה; compare Phoenician מלאכת labour) — מ׳ Exodus 12:16 102 times; מְלָ֑אכֶת 2 Chronicles 13:10; construct מְלֶאכֶת Exodus 35:24 + 42 times; suffix מְלַאכְתְּךָ Jonah 1:8; מְלַאכְתֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 20:9 + 2 times; מְלַאכְתּוֺ Genesis 2:2 + 13 times; plural construct מַלְאֲכוֺת 1 Chronicles 28:19; suffix מַלְאֲכוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 73:28; —
1. occupation, business, מַה מְּלַאכְתְּךָ what is thy occupation Jonah 1:8; business of a steward Genesis 39:11 (J); diligent in business Proverbs 22:29; slack in business Proverbs 18:9.
2. property in which one is occupied, רעהוּ מ׳ his neighbour's property Exodus 22:7; Exodus 22:10 (E); possessions of herds and flocks Genesis 33:14 (J), 1 Samuel 15:9 (compare מִקְנֶה); רבה מ׳ great property 2 Chronicles 17:13.
3. work as something done or made:
a. of God in creation Genesis 2:2 (twice in verse); Genesis 2:3 (P), in judgment Jeremiah 50:25, in general Psalm 73:28.
b. of men, עור מ׳ leather-work Leviticus 13:48, 51 (P), השׂדה מ׳ work in the field 1 Chronicles 27:26; in building Proverbs 24:27 +, the walls of Jerusalem Nehemiah 4:5 +, making the tabernacle and its furniture Exodus 36:2 +, the temple 1 Kings 5:30 +; work of the potter Jeremiah 18:3, of the seaman Psalm 107:23, of the Levites 1 Chronicles 26:29, of priests in the sacrifices 2 Chronicles 29:34; † מְלָאכֶת (ה)עֲבֹדָה phrase of P, Exodus 35:24; Exodus 36:1, 3; Leviticus 23:7, 8, 21, 25, 35, 36; Numbers 28:18, 25, 26; Numbers 29:1, 12, 35 also 1 Chronicles 9:13; 1 Chronicles 9:19; 1 Chronicles 28:13; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 24:12; לעבדה המ׳ 1 Chronicles 23:24; עבדה למ׳ Exodus 36:5 (P); compare the phrase עֹשֵׂה המ׳ workmen Ezra 3:9; Nehemiah 2:16; עֹשִׂים במ׳ 1 Kings 5:30; 1 Kings 9:23 +; כל מ׳ any work forbidden on the Sabbath Exodus 20:9, 10; Leviticus 23:3 (P) Deuteronomy 5:13, 14; Jeremiah 17:22, 24; on holy convocations Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 23:28, 30, 31; Numbers 29:7 (P).
† 4. workmanship, כל מלאכה in every kind of workmanship, phrase of P: Exodus 31:3, 5; Exodus 35:29, 31, 33, 35; and Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 22:15; 1 Chronicles 28:21; 1 Chronicles 29:5; 1 Kings 7:14.
† 5. service, use Leviticus 7:24; Leviticus 11:32; Judges 16:11; Ezekiel 28:13.
† 6. public business:
a. political 1 Kings 11:28; 1 Chronicles 29:6; Daniel 8:27; Esther 3:9; Esther 9:3.
b. religious, putting away foreign wives Ezra 10:13; יהוה מ׳ 1 Chronicles 26:30; הַקֹּדֶשׁ מ׳ Exodus 36:4; Exodus 38:24 (P), קדשׁ הקדשׁים מ׳ 1 Chronicles 6:34; אהל מ׳ מועד Exodus 35:21 (P), בית י׳ מ׳ 1 Chronicles 23:4; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 6:22; Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 11:22.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:2; 2:2; 2:3; 33:14; 39:11

Exodus

12:1; 12:16; 12:16; 20:9; 20:9; 20:10; 22:7; 22:10; 31:3; 31:5; 35:21; 35:24; 35:24; 35:29; 35:31; 35:33; 35:35; 36:1; 36:2; 36:3; 36:4; 36:5; 38:24

Leviticus

7:24; 11:32; 13:48; 13:51; 16:29; 23:3; 23:7; 23:8; 23:21; 23:25; 23:28; 23:30; 23:31; 23:35; 23:36

Numbers

28:18; 28:25; 28:26; 29:1; 29:7; 29:12; 29:35

Deuteronomy

5:13; 5:14

Judges

16:11

1 Samuel

15:9

1 Kings

7:14; 9:23; 11:28

1 Chronicles

6:34; 9:13; 9:19; 22:15; 23:4; 23:24; 26:29; 26:30; 27:26; 28:13; 28:19; 28:20; 28:21; 29:5; 29:6

2 Chronicles

13:10; 17:13; 24:12; 29:34

Ezra

3:8; 3:9; 6:22; 10:13

Nehemiah

2:16; 4:5; 10:34; 11:22

Esther

3:9; 9:3

Psalms

73:28; 73:28; 107:23

Proverbs

18:9; 22:29; 24:27

Jeremiah

17:22; 17:24; 18:3; 50:25

Ezekiel

28:13

Daniel

8:27

Jonah

1:8; 1:8

H4399

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Strong's Number H4399 matches the Hebrew מְלָאכָה (mᵊlā'ḵâ),
which occurs 167 times in 149 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Num 29:1–2Ch 24:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1 - And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: H4399 it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:7 - And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work H4399 therein:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12 - And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, H4399 and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:35 - On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work H4399 therein:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:13 - Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, H4399 thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:8 - Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work H4399 therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11 - And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, H4399 then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing H4399 that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, H4399 three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works H4399 in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:22 - And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work H4399 of the pillars finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:40 - And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work H4399 that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:51 - So was ended all the work H4399 that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:23 - These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, H4399 five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:28 - And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, H4399 he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, H4399 that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:14 - But they gave that to the workmen, H4399 and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:15 - Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: H4399 for they dealt faithfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:5 - And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, H4399 that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work H4399 which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:9 - And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, H4399 that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:23 - These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 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 H4399 of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work H4399 of the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work H4399 of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33 - And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work H4399 day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - Moreover there are workmen H4399 with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work H4399 of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work H4399 for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen H4399 according to their service was:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29 - Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business H4399 over Israel, for officers and judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business H4399 of the LORD, and in the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:26 - And over them that did the work H4399 of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work H4399 of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:19 - All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works H4399 of this pattern.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work H4399 for the service of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship H4399 every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1 - Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work H4399 is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:5 - The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work H4399 to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 - Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, H4399 offered willingly,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work H4399 that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:1 - Thus all the work H4399 that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:9 - But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; H4399 but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16 - Now all the work H4399 of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:10 - But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work H4399 cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:13 - And he had much business H4399 in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work H4399 of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:13 - So the workmen H4399 wrought, and the work H4399 was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

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