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Lexicon :: Strong's H559 - 'āmar

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אָמַר
Transliteration
'āmar
Pronunciation
aw-mar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 118

Strong’s Definitions

אָמַר ʼâmar, aw-mar'; a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):—answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5,308x

The KJV translates Strong's H559 in the following manner: said (4,874x), speak (179x), answer (99x), command (30x), tell (29x), call (7x), promised (6x), miscellaneous (84x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5,308x
The KJV translates Strong's H559 in the following manner: said (4,874x), speak (179x), answer (99x), command (30x), tell (29x), call (7x), promised (6x), miscellaneous (84x).

  1. to say, speak, utter

    1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

    2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

    3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

    4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָמַר ʼâmar, aw-mar'; a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):—answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
STRONGS H559: Abbreviations
אָמַר 5287 verb utter, say (MI, Phoenician אמר, Aramaic אֲמַר, Ethiopic አመረ፡ I. 2 shew, declare, Arabic أَمَرَ command; perhaps √ אמר originally = be or make prominent, hence Hithp. below, אָמִיר; Sabean אמר lofty, epithet of king JHMordtmZMG 1876, 37; compare DlProberbs 28 who thinks original meaning hell, sichtbar sein, whence Assyrian amâru, see, & shew, declare, say) —
Qal Perfect א׳ Genesis 3:1 +, etc.; Imperfect יאֹמַר Genesis 31:8 +; וַיּאֹ֫מֶר Genesis 1:3 +; וַיּאֹמַ֑ר Genesis 14:19 +; in Job always וַיּאֹ֑מַר Job 3:2 +; 3rd person feminine singular תּאֹמַר Genesis 21:12 +; תּאֹמֵר֑ Proverbs 1:21; 1st person singular אֹמַר Genesis 22:2 +; אוֺמְרָה Psalm 42:10; וָאֹמַר Genesis 20:13 +; וָאוֺמַר Nehemiah 2:7, 17, 20; 3rd person masculine plural יאֹמְדוּ Exodus 4:1 + etc.; suffix יֹמְרוּךָ Psalm 139:20; 2nd person masculine plural תֹּמְדוּ 2 Samuel 19:14)compare Köi. p. 385); Imperative (אֱמָר־) אֱמֹר Genesis 45:17 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute אָמוֺר Exodus 21:5 +; construct אֱמֹר Ezekiel 25:8 +; (הַ)אֲמֹר Job 34:18 but read הָאֹמֵר Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Di, or better הֶאָמֹר Infinitive absolute with ה interrogative compare Ew: § 328 d; suffix אָמְרִי Joshua 6:10 +; אֲמָרְכֶם Jeremiah 23:38; אֱמָרְכֶם Malachi 1:7 +; לֵאמֹר Genesis 1:22 +, etc.; Participle active אֹמֵר Genesis 32:10 +, etc.; passive הֶאָמוּר Micah 2:7, but this grammatically indefensible, read הֶאָמוֺר, Infinitive absolute with ה interrogative, see DrExpositor, April, 1887, 263.
1. Say (subject God Genesis 3:1 — Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4, serpent Genesis 3:1, ass Numbers 22:28, horse יאֹמַר הֶאָח Job 39:25 etc.; inanimate things, personified Job 28:14 compare Job 28:22 etc.; so in allegory or fable Judges 9:8; 2 Kings 14:9 etc.; especially in narration, וַיּאֹמֶר etc., Genesis 4:6 + very often): mostly followed by thing said, either substantive Jeremiah 14:17 (with clause app.) Deuteronomy 27:16f.; Judges 12:6; pronoun Genesis 44:16; 2 Kings 20:14 +; or (usually) clause Genesis 1:3; Genesis 3:1; Genesis 37:20 + often (oratio recta [direct speech]); with adverb thus, so Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4; Numbers 20:14; 1 Kings 20:3, 5 + often; especially כֹּה אָמַר י׳ Exodus 5:1; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 8:1; Exodus 8:20; 1 Chronicles 17:4 + often; the person addressed usually introduced by אֶל Genesis 3:1; Genesis 15:7; Genesis 22:7; Leviticus 21:1; 2 Samuel 3:7; 1 Kings 12:5, 23, or לְ Genesis 3:13; Genesis 4:15; 1 Samuel 20:2; 2 Samuel 2:21; 1 Kings 14:2 + often; rarer combinations are, בְּאָזְנֵי א׳ Isaiah 49:20 (compare Isaiah 5:9 & see דבר); לִפְנֵי א׳ Ezekiel 28:9; לְעֵינֵי א׳ Deuteronomy 31:7; Joshua 10:12; Jeremiah 28:11; בְּ א׳ Joel 2:17; Psalm 126:2, where בְּ local; in all cases usually followed by direct object of words said, Exodus 19:25 being very singular; Genesis 4:8 the object-clause has probably fallen out, compare Vrss Di; = mention, name, designate Genesis 22:2, 3; Genesis 43:27, 29; Exodus 32:13; Numbers 14:40; 1 Samuel 10:16; 1 Samuel 16:3; 2 Samuel 6:22; Nehemiah 6:19; compare Psalm 139:20 יֹמְרוּךָ לִמְזִמָּה speak of thee for falsehood (but many, as Hup Pe Dy Che, read יַמְרוּךָ); = tell, declare, proclaim, (followed by direct object only) Psalm 40:11; Ezekiel 13:7; in reply to question = answer Exodus 12:27; Joshua 4:7; 1 Kings 9:9; Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 22:9. The object spoken of may be referred to by אֶל 2 Kings 19:32; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 27:19, or לְ Genesis 20:13 אִמְרִי לִֹי say of me, etc. Deuteronomy 33:9; Judges 9:54; Isaiah 5:20; Psalm 3:3; Psalm 71:10, very rarely by a simple accusative Isaiah 3:10 (where read probably for אִמְרוּ, אַשְׁרֵי), except after אֲשֶׁר where the words used follow (compare אֲשֶׁר 4d) Genesis 3:17; Numbers 10:29; Numbers 14:31; Deuteronomy 28:68; Judges 7:4; 1 Samuel 9:17, 23b 1 Kings 8:29; Lamentations 4:20; compare Numbers 21:16; 2 Kings 17:12; 2 Kings 21:4, & (two extreme cases) Isaiah 8:12; Lamentations 2:15 (see DrSm i. 24, 5); ֶֽֽֽהאָמוּר Micah 2:7 read infinitive absolute with ה interrogative הֶאָמוֺר (see above) shall one say ? shall it be said ? After another verb of saying, introducing thing said: Deuteronomy 21:7; Deuteronomy 25:9; Deuteronomy 27:15; Songs 2:10 +, even after אמר Genesis 22:7; Leviticus 21:1; Jeremiah 34:2; Esther 7:5 +; especially infinitive לֵאמֹר, after דבר Genesis 8:15, צוה Genesis 2:16, ענה Genesis 44:16, ברך Genesis 1:22, נשׁבע Genesis 24:7, נדר Genesis 28:20, etc.; after אמר 2 Samuel 3:18; 1 Kings 12:23; Ruth 4:4; 1 Chronicles 21:18 +; after שׁלח 2 Chronicles 35:21, שׁוּב Genesis 32:7 [Genesis 32:6; compare also Genesis 28:6; Exodus 5:13; Exodus 9:5; Exodus 13:8; Exodus 17:4; Numbers 11:20; Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 13:7; Judges 8:15; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Kings 13:3; Jeremiah 32:3; Jeremiah 37:9 +; also when subject of לֵאמֹר differs from that of pre-ceding clause Genesis 31:1; Genesis 38:13, 24 etc.; after שׁמע Isaiah 37:9 = 2 Kings 19:9.
2. Say in the heart (= think) בלבב א׳ Deuteronomy 8:17 compare 1 Kings 12:26; Psalm 10:6; Psalm 10:11; Psalm 10:13; Psalm 14:1; Psalm 35:25; Isaiah 14:13; Isaiah 47:8, 10; Isaiah 49:21; Ecclesiastes 2:1, 15; Ecclesiastes 3:17, 18; לִלְבָבָם א׳ Hosea 7:2; אֶל־לִבּוֺ א׳ Genesis 8:21 said unto his heart (to himself), subject י׳, compare 1 Samuel 27:1; אָֽמְרָה נַפֲשִׁי Lamentations 3:24; thence א׳ alone Genesis 20:11; Genesis 26:9; Numbers 24:11; Ruth 4:4; 1 Samuel 20:26; 2 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Kings 5:11; followed by clause with כִּי Judges 15:2; in particular = desire מַה־תּאֹמַר נַפְשְׁךָ 1 Samuel 20:4 compare Esther 2:13; followed by infinitive = purpose, Exodus 2:14 thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian ? Joshua 22:33; 1 Samuel 30:6; 1 Kings 5:9 [1 Kings 5:5]; 2 Chronicles 28:10, 13; expect 2 Samuel 21:16 he expected to slay David 2 Chronicles 13:8; 32:1.
3. Promise (followed by infinitive) 1 Chronicles 27:23; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Esther 4:7; (id. + ל of person) 2 Kings 8:19; Nehemiah 9:15; (followed by accusative of direct object + ל of person + infinitive of purpose) Nehemiah 9:23.
4. Command (especially late) followed by אֶל־ of person addressed, Numbers 15:38; 1 Chronicles 21:18; followed by ל Joshua 11:9; 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Kings 4:24; Job 9:7; Psalm 106:34 (see below אֲשֶׁר 8e); followed by infinitive 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 1:18; 2 Chronicles 29:27, 30; 31:11; 35:21; Esther 1:17; Esther 4:13, 15; Esther 6:1; Esther 9:14; followed by infinitive + ל of pers, 2 Chron 14:3; 2 Chronicles 29:21; 31:4; Esther 1:10; followed by accusative direct object 2 Chronicles 29:24 the king commanded the burnt-offering and the sin-offering, compare 1 Kings 5:20 [1 Kings 5:6]; Esther 2:15; followed by clause with אשׁר = that Nehemiah 13:19; id. + ל of person Nehemiah 13:22; followed by clause with כִּי Job 36:10; absolute 1 Samuel 16:16 (read however probably יאמרו for יאמר, compare Dr); also Psalm 105:31; Psalm 105:34; Psalm 107:25; 1 Chronicles 14:12; 2 Chronicles 24:8; Nehemiah 13:9, 19 (all followed by verb consecutive); command by letter עִם־הַסֵּפֶר א׳ Esther 9:25 (followed by imperfect); appoint, assign לוֺ לֶחֶם א׳ 1 Kings 11:18 = threaten followed by infinitive Deuteronomy 9:25; Psalm 106:23.
† Niph. Perfect נֶאֱמַר Daniel 8:26; Imperfect יֵאָמֵר Genesis 22:14 +; יֵאָ֫מֶר לוֺ Isaiah 4:3; יֵאָמַ֑ר Genesis 10:9 +; וַיֵּאָמַ֑ר Joshua 2:2; be said, told Genesis 10:9; Genesis 22:14; Psalm 87:5; Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 16:14 (all absolute, indefinite subject, of current saying); so said in a book Numbers 21:14; be related, told, of vision Daniel 8:26; said, told to (followed by ל indirect object) Joshua 2:2; Hosea 2:1 (twice in verse); Zephaniah 3:16; either so, or told concerning Numbers 23:23; Ezekiel 13:12 (אֶל־); יֵאָמֵר לָכֶם = ye shall be called (it shall be said to you) Isaiah 61:6 (|| תִּקָּרְאוּ), compare Isaiah 4:3; Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 32:5 (|| יִקָּרֵא ל) Isaiah 62:4 (twice in verse); hence be called, of Tophet לֹא־יֵאָמֵר עוֺד הַתֹּפֶת Jeremiah 7:32; subject שֵׁם Genesis 32:29; Job 34:31 כִּי אֶל־אֵל הֶאָמַר, Rabb (compare AV) treat הֵאָמַר as Niph. Infinitive for לְהֵאָמֵר, but against grammar; the form as it stands is Qal Perfect, אֶל־אֵל being prefixed to the interrogative for emphasis (compare Jeremiah 22:15; Jeremiah 23:26; Nehemiah 13:27), see Dr§ 9 Di and others; Hoffm., however, reads הֵאָמֵר infinitive absolute = imperative 'so must one speak (it be spoken) to God.'
† Hiph. Perfect avow, avouch Deuteronomy 26:17 הֶאֱמַרְתָּ הַיּוֺם לִהְיוֺת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים אֶת־י׳; Deuteronomy 26:18 וי׳ הֶאֱמִירְךָ היום להיות לוֺ לְעַם (literally cause to declare, i.e. through agency of Moses; on this & other interpretations see Di).
† Hithp. Imperfect יִתְאַמְּרוּ Psalm 94:4 subject אָ֑וֶן כָּל־פֹּצֲלֵי act proudly, boast (|| יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק probably also 2nd person masculine plural תִּתְיַמָּ֑רוּ Isaiah 61:6 (in good sense, followed by בְּ of thing gloried in) Syriac Version Vulgate Targum & compare Greek Version of the LXX; GesComm. so De Che Köi. 457 f. (from [ימר] exchange Thes Hi Kn Ew Di; but see ימר, מור).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H560.
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Genesis

1:3; 1:3; 1:22; 1:22; 2:16; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:13; 3:17; 4:6; 4:8; 4:15; 8:15; 8:21; 10:9; 10:9; 14:19; 15:7; 20:11; 20:13; 20:13; 21:12; 22:2; 22:2; 22:3; 22:7; 22:7; 22:14; 22:14; 24:7; 26:9; 28:6; 28:20; 31:1; 31:8; 32:4; 32:4; 32:6; 32:10; 32:29; 37:20; 38:13; 38:24; 43:27; 43:29; 44:16; 44:16; 45:17

Exodus

2:14; 4:1; 5:1; 5:13; 7:17; 8:1; 8:20; 9:5; 12:27; 13:8; 17:4; 19:25; 21:5; 32:13

Leviticus

21:1; 21:1

Numbers

10:29; 11:20; 14:31; 14:40; 15:38; 20:14; 21:14; 21:16; 22:28; 23:23; 24:11

Deuteronomy

1:28; 8:17; 9:25; 13:7; 21:7; 25:9; 26:17; 26:18; 27:15; 27:16; 28:68; 31:7; 33:9

Joshua

2:2; 2:2; 4:7; 6:10; 10:12; 11:9; 22:33

Judges

7:4; 8:15; 9:8; 9:54; 12:6; 15:2

Ruth

4:4; 4:4

1 Samuel

9:17; 9:23; 10:16; 16:3; 16:16; 20:2; 20:4; 20:26; 23:2; 24:11; 27:1; 30:6

2 Samuel

2:21; 3:7; 3:18; 5:6; 6:22; 12:22; 16:11; 19:14; 21:16

1 Kings

5:5; 5:6; 8:29; 9:9; 11:18; 12:5; 12:23; 12:23; 12:26; 13:3; 14:2; 20:3; 20:5

2 Kings

4:24; 5:11; 8:19; 14:9; 17:12; 19:9; 19:32; 20:14; 21:4

1 Chronicles

14:12; 17:4; 21:17; 21:18; 21:18; 27:23

2 Chronicles

13:8; 14:3; 21:7; 24:8; 28:10; 28:13; 29:21; 29:24; 29:27; 29:30; 31:4; 31:11; 32:1; 35:21; 35:21

Nehemiah

2:7; 2:17; 2:20; 6:19; 9:15; 9:23; 13:9; 13:19; 13:19; 13:22; 13:27

Esther

1:10; 1:17; 2:13; 2:15; 4:7; 4:13; 4:15; 6:1; 7:5; 9:14; 9:25

Job

3:2; 9:7; 28:14; 28:22; 34:18; 34:31; 36:10; 39:25

Psalms

3:3; 10:6; 10:11; 10:13; 14:1; 35:25; 40:11; 42:10; 71:10; 87:5; 94:4; 105:31; 105:34; 106:23; 106:34; 107:25; 126:2; 139:20; 139:20

Proverbs

1:21

Ecclesiastes

2:1; 2:15; 3:17; 3:18

Song of Songs

2:10

Isaiah

3:10; 4:3; 4:3; 5:9; 5:20; 8:12; 14:13; 19:18; 32:5; 37:9; 47:8; 47:10; 49:20; 49:21; 61:6; 61:6; 62:4

Jeremiah

4:11; 5:19; 7:32; 14:17; 16:14; 22:9; 22:15; 22:18; 23:26; 23:38; 27:19; 28:11; 32:3; 34:2; 37:9

Lamentations

2:15; 3:24; 4:20

Ezekiel

13:7; 13:12; 25:8; 28:9

Daniel

8:26; 8:26

Hosea

2:1; 7:2

Joel

2:17

Micah

2:7; 2:7

Zephaniah

3:16

Malachi

1:7

H559

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Strong's Number H559 matches the Hebrew אָמַר ('āmar),
which occurs 326 times in 244 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his servants said H559 to him, “Let them seek a young virgin for my lord the king, and let her stand before the king and become his nurse; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.”

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Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying H559, “I will be king.” So he prepared for himself a chariot and horsemen and fifty men as runners before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - But his father had never [fn]grieved him at any time by asking H559, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man in form, and [fn]he was born after Absalom.

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Then Nathan spoke H559 to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying H559, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - “Go [fn]at once to King David and say H559 to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying H559, “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:16 - Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself [fn]before the king. And the king said H559, “What [fn]do you wish?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - And she said H559 to him, “My lord, you swore to your maidservant by [fn]Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - Then they told the king, saying H559, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And then he came in before the king and prostrated himself [fn]before the king with his [fn]face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24 - Then Nathan said H559, “My lord the king, have you said H559, ‘Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - “For he has gone down today and has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons and the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest, and behold, they are eating and drinking before him; and they say H559, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

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Then King David answered and said H559, “Call Bathsheba to me.” And she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king swore and said H559, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30 - surely as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying H559, ‘Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place’; I will surely do so this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her [fn]face to the ground, and prostrated herself [fn]before the king and said H559, “May my lord King David live forever.”

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Then King David said H559, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” And they came into the king’s presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:33 - And the king said H559 to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:34 - “And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet shall anoint him there as king over Israel and blow the trumpet and say H559, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said H559, “Amen! Thus may Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say H559.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39 - Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said H559, “Long live King Solomon!”

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And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. Then Joab heard the sound of the trumpet and said H559, “Why is the sound of the city such an uproar?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:42 - While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. Then Adonijah said H559, “Come in, for you are a valiant man and bring good news.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - But Jonathan answered and said H559 to Adonijah, “No! Our lord King David has made Solomon king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - “And also, the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying H559, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48 - “And also, the king said H559 thus, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has granted one to sit on my throne today while my own eyes see it.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - Then it was told to Solomon, saying H559, “Behold, Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon, and behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying H559, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:52 - And Solomon said H559, “If he is a worthy man, not one of his hairs will fall to the ground; but if evil is found in him, he will die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53 - So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and prostrated himself [fn]before King Solomon, and Solomon said H559 to him, “Go to your house.”

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Then David’s [fn]time to die drew near, so he commanded Solomon his son, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4 - so that Yahweh may establish His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying H559, ‘If your sons keep their way, to walk before Me in [fn]truth with all their heart and with all their soul, He said H559, [fn]you shall not have a man cut off from the throne of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - “Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a [fn]violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by Yahweh, saying H559, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

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Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said H559, “Do you come peacefully?” And he said H559, “Peacefully.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:14 - Then he said H559, “I have something to say to you.” And she said H559, “Speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 - So he said H559, “You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel [fn]expected me to be king; however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:16 - “So now, I am making one request of you; do not [fn]turn me away.” And she said H559 to him, “Speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:17 - Then he said H559, “Please speak H559 to Solomon the king, for he will not [fn]turn you away, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:18 - And Bathsheba said H559, “Very well; I will speak to the king for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20 - Then she said H559, “I am making one small request of you; do not turn [fn]me away.” And the king said H559 to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not turn [fn]you away.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:21 - So she said H559, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - Then King Solomon answered and said H559 to his mother, “And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him also the kingdom—for he is my older brother—even for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23 - Then King Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying H559, “May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own [fn]life.

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Then to Abiathar the priest the king said H559, “Go to Anathoth to your own field, for you [fn]deserve to die; but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of Lord Yahweh before my father David, and because you were afflicted in everything with which my father was afflicted.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And it was told to King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying H559, “Go, fall upon him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - So Benaiah came to the tent of Yahweh and said H559 to him, “Thus the king has said H559, ‘Come out.’” But he said H559, “No, for I will die here.” And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying H559, “Thus spoke Joab, and thus he answered me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - And the king said H559 to him, “Do as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father’s house the blood which Joab shed without cause.

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Then the king sent and called for Shimei and said H559 to him, “Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38 - Shimei then said H559 to the king, “The word is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

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But it happened at the end of three years, that two of the slaves of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying H559, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42 - So the king sent and called for Shimei and said H559 to him, “Did I not make you swear by Yahweh and solemnly warn you, saying H559, ‘You will know for certain that on the day you go out and go anywhere, you shall surely die’? And you said H559 to me, ‘The word which I have heard is good.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44 - The king also said H559 to Shimei, “You know all the evil which [fn]you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore Yahweh shall return your evil on your own head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:5 - In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said H559, “Ask what I should give to you.”

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