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Lexicon :: Strong's H5030 - nāḇî'

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נָבִיא
Transliteration
nāḇî'
Pronunciation
naw-bee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1277a

Strong’s Definitions

נָבִיא nâbîyʼ, naw-bee'; from H5012; a prophet or (generally) inspired man:—prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 316x

The KJV translates Strong's H5030 in the following manner: prophet (312x), prophecy (1x), them that prophesy (1x), prophet (with H376) (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 316x
The KJV translates Strong's H5030 in the following manner: prophet (312x), prophecy (1x), them that prophesy (1x), prophet (with H376) (1x), variant (1x).

  1. spokesman, speaker, prophet

    1. prophet

    2. false prophet

    3. heathen prophet

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבִיא nâbîyʼ, naw-bee'; from H5012; a prophet or (generally) inspired man:—prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
STRONGS H5030: Abbreviations
נָבִיא 306 noun masculine spokesman, speaker, prophet — נ׳ Genesis 20:7 155 times; suffix נְבִיאֶ֑ךָ Exodus 7:1; plural נְבִיאִים Numbers 11:29 + 82 times; נְנִאִים Jeremiah 27:18 + 16 times; suffix נְבִיאַי Psalm 105:15; נְבִיָאו 1 Kings 22:22; נְבִיאָו֯ 2 Kings 17:13, etc.; —
1. genuine prophet of י׳, נביא, anciently called רֹאֶה, 1 Samuel 9:9 (antiquarian note); change probably occurred in times of Elijah and is first reflected in Ehpraimitic source literally as applied to Abraham Genesis 20:7; Moses Deuteronomy 34:10, M. and other early prophets. Hosea 6:5; Hosea 12:11 (twice in verse); Hosea 12:14 (twice in verse); Amos 2:11, 12; of prophets in ecstatic state Numbers 12:6 (E), Numbers 11:24 (JE). So in Judaic literature, of prophet like Moses Deuteronomy 18:15, 18 (D), of Aaron (as mouthpiece of Moses) Exodus 7:1 (P), of Samuel 1 Samuel 3:20, an unknown Judges 6:8; in time of Samuel prophets were organized in bands: חֶבֶל נביאים 1 Samuel 10:5, 10:10; להקת הנ׳ 1 Samuel 19:20; and in time of Elijah were בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים = members of prophets' guilds 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 15; 2 Kings 4:1, 38 (twice in verse); נָבִיא of genuine prophets (besides phrases), in Judaic prophets, only Jeremiah, Jeremiah 1:5; Ezekiel, Ezekiel 2:5 = Ezekiel 33:33; of ancient prophets Jeremiah 28:8, 9 (3 times in verse); Zechariah 1:6; Zechariah 8:9; especially הנביאים הראשׁנים Zechariah 1:4; Zechariah 7:7, 12, compare הנביאים עבדי(וׅ my (his) servants the prophets 2 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 17:13, 23; 2 Kings 21:10; 2 Kings 24:2 (all RD) Ezra 9:11; Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 25:4; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 44:4; Amos 3:7; Zechariah 1:6, compare Ezekiel 38:17; Daniel 9:6; עבדוֺ הַנּ׳ his servant the prophet 1 Kings 14:18; 2 Kings 14:25; הַנָּבִיא with proper name: Jerome, 2 Chronicles 36:12; Daniel 9:2 + 31 times Jeremiah (but Greek Version of the LXX only + 4 times, the rest probably redactional, see GieJer. xxvii); Elijah 1 Kings 18:36 (om Greek Version of the LXX), 2 Chronicles 21:12; Malachi 3:23; Nathan 2 Samuel 7:2 + 10 times Samuel and Kings; + 4 times Chronicles; Psalm 51:2 (title); Isaiah, 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 20:1, 14 = Isaiah 37:2; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1; 2 Kings 20:11; 2 Chronicles 26:22; 32:20, 32; Habakkuk Habakkuk 1:1; Habakkuk 3:1 (titles); Haggai, Haggai 1:1, 3, 12; Haggai 2:1, 10; Zechariah, Zechariah 1:1, 7 (titles); elsewhere several others in Samuel, Kings and Chronicles + 15 times; נביא is used elsewhere of Genuine prophecy only 1 Samuel 9:9 + 34 times Samuel and Kings; 1 Chronicles 16:22 = Psalm 105:15, + 13 times Chronicles; Psalm 74:9 complains of absence of נ׳; לַחְתֹּם חָזוֺן וְנָבִיא Daniel 9:24 see חתם
2. false prophets: prophets as official class, beside priests, character as false prophets: Isaiah 28:7; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 4:9; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:1, 10; Jeremiah 13:13; Jeremiah 14:18; Jeremiah 18:18; Jeremiah 23:11, 33, 34; Jeremiah 26:7, 8, 11, 16; Jeremiah 32:32; Zechariah 7:3, app. also 2 Kings 23:2; Nehemiah 9:32; Lamentations 2:20; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezekiel 7:26 (in these not characterized); always false (except of ancient and special prophets given above) in Amos 7:14; Hosea 4:5; Hosea 9:7, 8; Micah 3:5, 6, 11; Isaiah 3:2; Isaiah 9:14; Isaiah 29:10; Jeremiah 2:8, 30; Jeremiah 5:13, 31; Jeremiah 14:13, 14, 15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 23:9 + 16 times Jeremiah 27:9, 14, 15, 16, 18; Jeremiah 29:8, 15; Jeremiah 37:19; Ezekiel 13:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 13:3, 4, 9, 16; Ezekiel 14:4, 7, 9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 14:10; Ezekiel 22:25, 28; Zephaniah 3:4; Lamentations 2:9, 14; Lamentations 4:13; especially discredited Deuteronomy 13:2; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 18:20 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 18:22 (twice in verse); Zechariah 13:2, 4, 5; such a prophet Hananiah called הַנָּבִיא Jeremiah 28:1, 5, 10, 12, 15, 17 (Greek Version of the LXX omits in all but Jeremiah 28:1, where ψευδοπροφήτης). Usage of prophets themselves gives such a bad flavour to נביא, that we are not surprised that it is absent from exilic Isaiah, the Wisdom Literature, and Psalms (except for special reasons in 3 Psalms given under 1).
3. heathen prophets 1 Kings 18:20; 1 Kings 19:1; 2 Kings 3:13 (twice in verse); נביאי האשׁדה 1 Kings 18:19; נביאי הבעל 1 Kings 18:19, 22, 25, 40; 2 Kings 10:19; 1 Kings 22:6, 10, 12, 13, 22, 23 2 Chronicles 18:5; 18:9; 18:11; 18:12; 18:21; 18:22.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:7; 20:7

Exodus

7:1; 7:1

Numbers

11:24; 11:29; 12:6

Deuteronomy

13:2; 13:4; 13:6; 18:15; 18:18; 18:20; 18:22; 34:10

Judges

6:8

1 Samuel

3:20; 9:9; 9:9; 10:5; 10:10; 19:20

2 Samuel

7:2

1 Kings

14:18; 18:19; 18:19; 18:20; 18:22; 18:25; 18:36; 18:40; 19:1; 20:35; 22:6; 22:10; 22:12; 22:13; 22:22; 22:22; 22:23

2 Kings

2:3; 2:5; 2:7; 2:15; 3:13; 4:1; 4:38; 9:7; 10:19; 14:25; 17:13; 17:13; 17:23; 19:2; 20:1; 20:11; 20:14; 21:10; 23:2; 24:2

1 Chronicles

16:22

2 Chronicles

18:5; 18:9; 18:11; 18:12; 18:21; 18:22; 21:12; 26:22; 32:20; 32:32; 36:12

Ezra

9:11

Nehemiah

9:32

Psalms

51:2; 74:9; 105:15; 105:15

Isaiah

3:2; 9:14; 28:7; 29:10; 37:2; 38:1; 39:1

Jeremiah

1:5; 2:8; 2:26; 2:30; 4:9; 5:13; 5:31; 6:13; 7:25; 8:1; 8:10; 13:13; 14:13; 14:14; 14:15; 14:18; 18:18; 23:9; 23:11; 23:33; 23:34; 25:4; 26:5; 26:7; 26:8; 26:11; 26:16; 27:9; 27:14; 27:15; 27:16; 27:18; 27:18; 28:1; 28:1; 28:5; 28:8; 28:9; 28:10; 28:12; 28:15; 28:17; 29:1; 29:8; 29:15; 29:19; 32:32; 35:15; 37:19; 44:4

Lamentations

2:9; 2:14; 2:20; 4:13

Ezekiel

2:5; 7:26; 13:2; 13:3; 13:4; 13:9; 13:16; 14:4; 14:7; 14:9; 14:10; 22:25; 22:28; 33:33; 38:17

Daniel

9:2; 9:6; 9:24

Hosea

4:5; 6:5; 9:7; 9:8; 12:11; 12:14

Amos

2:11; 2:12; 3:7; 7:14

Micah

3:5; 3:6; 3:11

Habakkuk

1:1; 3:1

Zephaniah

3:4

Haggai

1:1; 1:3; 1:12; 2:1; 2:10

Zechariah

1:1; 1:4; 1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 7:3; 7:7; 7:12; 8:9; 13:2; 13:4; 13:5

H5030

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Strong's Number H5030 matches the Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇî'),
which occurs 317 times in 288 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 20:7–1Ki 18:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:7 - But now give back the man's wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don't give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:1 - So the LORD said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:29 - Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for me? I wish that all the LORD's people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:6 - The LORD said, "Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision; I will speak with him in a dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1 - Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the LORD your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the LORD your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:15 - The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you - from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:18 - I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:20 - "But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:22 - whenever a prophet speaks in my name and the prediction is not fulfilled, then I have not spoken it; the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:10 - No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the LORD face to face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:8 - he sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said to them, "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'I brought you up from Egypt and took you out of that place of slavery.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:9 - (Now it used to be in Israel that whenever someone went to inquire of God he would say, "Come on, let's go to the seer." For today's prophet used to be called a seer.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:11 - When everyone who had known him previously saw him prophesying with the prophets, the people all asked one another, "What on earth has happened to the son of Kish? Does even Saul belong with the prophets?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:12 - A man who was from there replied, "And who is their father?" Therefore this became a proverb: "Is even Saul among the prophets?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20 - So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw a company of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing there as their leader, the spirit of God came upon Saul's messengers, and they also prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:24 - He even stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay there naked all that day and night. (For that reason it is asked, "Is Saul also among the prophets?")

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:5 - Then Gad the prophet said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Go to the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:6 - So Saul inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him - not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15 - Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul replied, "I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me - not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - The king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:25 - and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah for the LORD's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:11 - When David got up the next morning, the LORD had already spoken to Gad the prophet, David's seer:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's elite warriors did not ally themselves with Adonijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:10 - But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, or his brother Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:22 - Just then, while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - The king was told, "Nathan the prophet is here." Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32 - King David said, "Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada." They came before the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 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 Box 1Ki 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites went down, put Solomon on King David's mule, and led him to Gihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king's mule.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45 - Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29 - At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah was wearing a brand new robe,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:11 - Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. When his sons came home, they told their father everything the prophet had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:18 - The old prophet then said, "I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the LORD's authority, 'Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.'" But he was lying to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:20 - While they were sitting at the table, the LORD spoke through the old prophet

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:23 - When the prophet from Judah finished his meal, the old prophet saddled his visitor's donkey for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - Some men came by and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. They went and reported what they had seen in the city where the old prophet lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said, "It is the prophet who rebelled against the LORD. The LORD delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up and killed him, just as the LORD warned him."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - The old prophet picked up the corpse of the prophet, put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:2 - Jeroboam told his wife, "Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam's wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:18 - All Israel buried him and mourned for him, just as the LORD had predicted through his servant the prophet Ahijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the LORD the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the LORD. His actions angered the LORD (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam's dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam's.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:12 - Zimri destroyed Baasha's entire family, just as the LORD had predicted to Baasha through Jehu the prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - When Jezebel was killing the LORD's prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - Certainly my master is aware of what I did when Jezebel was killing the LORD's prophets. I hid one hundred of the LORD's prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.

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