Lexicon :: Strong's H5437 - sāḇaḇ

Now Amasa had been writhing in his blood in the middle of the highway, and the man had seen that all the troops stopped. So he moved Amasa from the highway to the field and threw a garment over him because he realized that all those who encountered Amasa were stopping.

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

“You know the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the LORD gave it to him.

“You know my father David was not able to build a temple for the name of the LORD his God. This was because of the warfare all around him until the LORD put his enemies under his feet.

He cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet[fn] high and 18 feet[fn] in circumference.[fn]

The king turned around and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing.

“Answer me, LORD! Answer me so that this people will know that you, the LORD, are God and that you have turned their hearts back.”

So Ahab went to his palace resentful and angry because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had told him. He had said, “I will not give you my ancestors’ inheritance.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and didn’t eat any food.

So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out. After they had traveled their indirect route for seven days, they had no water for the army or the animals with them.

When the servant of the man of God got up early and went out, he discovered an army with horses and chariots surrounding the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do? ”

So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. Then at night he set out to attack the Edomites who had surrounded him and the chariot commanders, but his troops fled to their tents.

So a horseman went to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Do you come in peace? ’ ”

Jehu replied, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.”

The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them but hasn’t started back.”

To satisfy the king of Assyria, he removed from the LORD’s temple the Sabbath canopy they had built in the palace, and he closed the outer entrance for the king.

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there.

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s[fn] uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

but he did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

The numbers of the armed troops who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, according to the LORD’s word, were as follows:

“Then let’s bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of him[fn] in Saul’s days.”

So David again inquired of God, and God answered him, “Do not pursue them directly. Circle around them and attack them opposite the balsam trees.

Then all the people went home, and David returned home to bless his household.

Then he made the cast metal basin,[fn] 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7 ¹/₂ feet[fn] high and 45 feet[fn] in circumference.

Then the king turned and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing.

Now Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to advance from behind them. So they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

So he said to the people of Judah, “Let’s build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we sought the LORD our God. We sought him and he gave us rest on every side.” So they built and succeeded.

They taught throughout Judah, having the book of the LORD’s instruction with them. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, “He must be the king of Israel! ” So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.

So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his commanders and all his chariots. Then at night he set out to attack the Edomites who had surrounded him and the chariot commanders.

They made a circuit throughout Judah. They gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the family heads of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

“For our ancestors were unfaithful and did what is evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned him, turned their faces away from the LORD’s dwelling place, and turned their backs on him.[fn]

After this, he built the outer wall of the city of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate; he brought it around Ophel, and he heightened it considerably. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

But Josiah did not turn away from him; instead, in order to fight with him he disguised himself.[fn] He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to the Valley of Megiddo to fight.

Then King Neco of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took his brother Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt.

They observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful, having changed the Assyrian king’s attitude toward them, so that he supported them[fn] in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

his archers[fn] surround me.

He pierces my kidneys without mercy

and pours my bile on the ground.

Lotus plants cover him with their shade;

the willows by the brook surround him.

Let the assembly of peoples gather around you;

take your seat on high over it.

They advance against me;[fn] now they surround me.

They are determined[fn]

to throw me to the ground.

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

Many bulls surround me;

strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

I wash my hands in innocence

and go around your altar, LORD,

You are my hiding place;

you protect me from trouble.

You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance.Selah

Go around Zion, encircle it;

count its towers,