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Lexicon :: Strong's H505 - 'elep̄

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אֶלֶף
Transliteration
'elep̄
Pronunciation
eh'-lef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Prop, the same as אֶלֶף (H504)
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TWOT Reference: 109a

Strong’s Definitions

אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh'-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 505x

The KJV translates Strong's H505 in the following manner: thousand (500x), eleven hundred (with H3967) (3x), variant (1x), twelve hundred (with H3967) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 505x
The KJV translates Strong's H505 in the following manner: thousand (500x), eleven hundred (with H3967) (3x), variant (1x), twelve hundred (with H3967) (1x).

  1. a thousand

    1. as numeral

  2. a thousand, company

    1. as a company of men under one leader, troops

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh'-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.
STRONGS H505: Abbreviations
II. אֶ֫לֶף noun masculineJudges 6:15 thousand (אלף MI, SI, Sabean DHMZMG 1875, 615; Arabic أَلفً, Aramaic PElAx  , אֲלַף, אלפיא) — א׳ (אָ֑׳) Genesis 20:16 +; suffix אַלְמִּי Judges 6:15; dual אַלְמַּיִם Numbers 4:36 +; plural אֲלָפִים Exodus 18:21 +; construct אַלְפֵי Exodus 32:28 +; אֲלָפֶיךָ Deuteronomy 7:13 + 2 times; אֲלָפָיו Qr 1 Samuel 18:7 + 2 times (Kt ־פו) — a thousand.
1. numeral:
a. used with noun alone; mostly before noun Numbers 35:4; Joshua 7:3; Nehemiah 3:13; 1 Chronicles 18:4 +; after noun (late) 1 Chronicles 12:35 + 6 times Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah; בָּאַמָּה א׳ Numbers 35:5 (4 times in verse); Ezekiel 47:3 (strike out Co); the noun always plural when preceding, sometimes when following, 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Kings 3:4; 2 Kings 18:23 = Isaiah 36:8; 2 Chronicles 30:24; Psalm 90:4; Job 42:12; Ecclesiastes 6:6; elsewhere singular אישׁ Judges 9:49; Judges 15:15, 16; Joshua 7:3 +; אַמָּה Numbers 35:4 + (so SI); דּוֺר Deuteronomy 7:9 +, compare 1 Chronicles 18:4; 1 Chronicles 19:6; 2 Kings 15:19; Job 42:12; Songs 4:4; Isaiah 7:23, noun sometimes collective; א׳ plural construct Micah 6:7; Psalm 119:72; Genesis 24:60; noun not expressed (or not fully) Genesis 20:16; Numbers 31:5, 6 +; distributive אֶלֶף⬩⬩⬩אֶלֶף Numbers 31:4; multiplicative Deuteronomy 1:11 פְּעָמִים א׳; indefinite for great number (plural) Exodus 20:6; Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 5:10; Jeremiah 32:18, (singular) Deuteronomy 32:30; Ecclesiastes 6:6 +.
b. א׳ + other number usually precedes it Exodus 38:25 + often; but following רִבּוֺא Ezra 2:64 + 2 times; it follows also smaller number Numbers 3:50; 1 Kings 5:12 (so SI); the noun following in singular Exodus 28:25 + 8 times; plural 2 Samuel 8:4 + 2 times; noun precedes, in plural (late) Daniel 12:12 + 2 times; noun not expressed Exodus 38:28 —
c. א׳ X other number always following Exodus 12:37 +; usual order is no. X א׳ + additional no. (if any) + noun (if expressed) Numbers 31:52; Judges 20:35 compare Exodus 12:37; 2 Kings 3:4 (twice in verse) +; less often noun + no. X א׳ Numbers 31:33; 1 Kings 8:63 +; (other combinations see Exodus 38:26; Numbers 26:51; Numbers 31:32; Ezekiel 48:30; 1 Chronicles 29:7 etc.); א׳ usually singular Numbers 11:21 +; except after units, where plural absolute Numbers 1:46; Judges 20:34 + (so MI); seldom plural construct Exodus 32:28; Judges 4:10; Job 1:3 (twice in verse); (noun mostly singular when following Judges 4:10; 1 Kings 12:21+, yet plural Joshua 4:13; 1 Samuel 13:5 +; when preceding it is plural 1 Chronicles 5:21 +, or collective Numbers 31:33; 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chronicles 7:5 +); אֶלֶף אֲלָפִים 1 Chronicles 21:5; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 2 Chronicles 14:8; אַלְפֵי שִׁנְאָן Psalm 68:18, compare שִׁנְאָן; בְּהַרֲרֵי אָ֑לֶף Psalm 50:10, read אֵל compare Psalm 36:7, Ol Bi Che; yet see Hup De. —
Note.10,000= עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים etc. Judges 1:4; Judges 3:29; 1 Kings 5:28; 1 Chronicles 29:7 +; less often רִבּוֺ, רְבָבָה etc. which see.
2. a thousand, a company of 1000 men, as united under one superior, or leader, hence (שָׂרֵי) שַׂר א׳ Exodus 18:21, 25 compare Numbers 31:14 +; compare יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאשֵׁי א׳ Numbers 1:16; Numbers 10:4; Joshua 22:21, 30 & see below; compare also 1 Samuel 29:2; especially family, etc. Judges 6:15; 1 Samuel 10:19 (|| שֵׁבֶט & compare מִשְׁפַּחַת 1 Samuel 10:21); compare Micah 5:2; — Numbers 10:36 (רִבְבוֺת אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל) Numbers 31:5; Joshua 22:14; 1 Samuel 23:23 apparently shew transition to this technical use.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H506.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:16; 20:16; 24:60

Exodus

12:37; 12:37; 18:21; 18:21; 18:25; 20:6; 28:25; 32:28; 32:28; 34:7; 38:25; 38:26; 38:28

Numbers

1:16; 1:46; 3:50; 4:36; 10:4; 10:36; 11:21; 26:51; 31:4; 31:5; 31:5; 31:6; 31:14; 31:32; 31:33; 31:33; 31:52; 35:4; 35:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

1:11; 5:10; 7:9; 7:13; 32:30

Joshua

4:13; 7:3; 7:3; 22:14; 22:21; 22:30

Judges

1:4; 3:29; 4:10; 4:10; 6:15; 6:15; 6:15; 9:49; 15:15; 15:16; 20:34; 20:35

1 Samuel

10:19; 10:21; 13:5; 18:7; 23:23; 25:2; 25:2; 29:2

2 Samuel

8:4

1 Kings

3:4; 5:12; 8:63; 8:63; 12:21

2 Kings

3:4; 15:19; 18:23

1 Chronicles

5:21; 12:35; 18:4; 18:4; 19:6; 21:5; 22:14; 29:7; 29:7

2 Chronicles

7:5; 14:8; 30:24

Ezra

2:64

Nehemiah

3:13

Job

1:3; 42:12; 42:12

Psalms

36:7; 50:10; 68:18; 90:4; 119:72

Ecclesiastes

6:6; 6:6

Song of Songs

4:4

Isaiah

7:23; 36:8

Jeremiah

32:18

Ezekiel

47:3; 48:30

Daniel

12:12

Micah

5:2; 6:7

H505

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Strong's Number H505 matches the Hebrew אֶלֶף ('elep̄),
which occurs 505 times in 390 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 8 (1Sa 17:5–2Ki 18:23)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand H505 shekels of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18 - And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, H505 and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7 - And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, H505 and David his ten thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:8 - And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: H505 and what can he have more but the kingdom?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13 - Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; H505 and he went out and came in before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, H505 and David his ten thousands?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, H505 and captains of hundreds;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23 - See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands H505 of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2 - Then Saul took three thousand H505 chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2 - And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand H505 sheep, and a thousand H505 goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2 - Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand H505 chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2 - And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: H505 but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 - Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, H505 and David his ten thousands?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:1 - Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4 - And David took from him a thousand H505 chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand H505 footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5 - And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand H505 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:13 - And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand H505 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 - And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand H505 footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand H505 men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand H505 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18 - And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand H505 horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:1 - Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand H505 men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:1 - And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands H505 and captains of hundreds over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3 - But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand H505 of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4 - And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:7 - Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand H505 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand H505 shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:17 - And there were a thousand H505 men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9 - And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand H505 valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand H505 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15 - So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand H505 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4 - And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand H505 burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:26 - And Solomon had forty thousand H505 stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand H505 horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32 - And he spake three thousand H505 proverbs: and his songs were a thousand H505 and five.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand H505 measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13 - And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand H505 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand H505 a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:15 - And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand H505 that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand H505 hewers in the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand H505 and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand H505 baths.

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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 H505 oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand H505 sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 - And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand H505 and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand H505 horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 - And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand H505 chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - Yet I have left me seven thousand H505 in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29 - And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand H505 footmen in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30 - But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand H505 of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:4 - And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand H505 lambs, and an hundred thousand H505 rams, with the wool.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:5 - And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand H505 pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:7 - Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand H505 footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, H505 and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:19 - And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand H505 talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand H505 horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

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