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Lexicon :: Strong's H5892 - ʿîr

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עִיר
Transliteration
ʿîr
Pronunciation
eer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עוּר (H5782) a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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TWOT Reference: 1587a,1615

Strong’s Definitions

עִיר ʻîyr, eer; or (in the plural) עָר ʻâr; or עָיַר ʻâyar; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):—Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,089x

The KJV translates Strong's H5892 in the following manner: city (1,074x), town (7x), every one (2x), variant (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,089x
The KJV translates Strong's H5892 in the following manner: city (1,074x), town (7x), every one (2x), variant (6x).

  1. excitement, anguish

    1. of terror

  2. city, town (a place of waking, guarded)

    1. city, town

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עִיר ʻîyr, eer; or (in the plural) עָר ʻâr; or עָיַר ʻâyar; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):—Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
STRONGS H5892: Abbreviations
† I. עִיר noun [masculine] excitement; — of terror, וּבֶהָלוֺת ע׳ Jeremiah 15:9; of rage (si vera lectio), לֹא אָבוֺא בְּעִיר Hosea 11:9, but St proposes לְבָעֵר compare We Oort Now GASm. — בָּעִיר Psalm 73:20 see עור Hiph. — see II, III. עִיר.

II. עִיר 1092 noun feminineGenesis 10:12 (AlbrZAW xvi.40 f.) city, town (√ unknown; Late Hebrew id.; ? Phoenician ער Lzb345; Sabean ער fortified height (compare 3) PräZMG xxvi (1872), 437, ערן, עהרן city CISiv. pp. 94, 95, 173); — ע׳ absolute Genesis 4:17 +, construct Genesis 24:10 +; הָעִ֫ירָה 1 Kings 14:12 + 7 times; suffix עִירִי 2 Samuel 19:38 2 times, etc.; plural עָרִים Isaiah 6:11 +, עֲיָרִים Judges 10:4 (text error, or word-play, compare GFM); construct עָרֵי Genesis 19:29 +; suffix עָרַי Zechariah 1:17, עָרֵיכֶם Isaiah 1:7 +, etc.; —
1. city, town, abode of men Genesis 4:17 (J) and often; גְּדֹלָה Genesis 10:12 (J), +, or קְטַנָּה Ecclesiastes 9:14 (compare Genesis 19:20); especially
a. fortified: עָרִים בְּצֻרוֺת 2 Samuel 20:6 +, etc., see בָּצַר, מִבְצָר; עִיר מִבְצַרצֹֿר Joshua 19:29 (P) fortified city (of) Tyre, מָצוֺר ע׳ Psalm 31:22 +, etc., see מָצוֺר, מְצוּרָה below צוּר (Micah 7:12 see מָצוֺר); עָזלָֿנוּ ע׳ Isaiah 26:1, עָרֵי מָעוּזּוֺ Isaiah 17:9; וּבְרִיחַ דְּלָתַיִם ע׳ 1 Samuel 23:7; חוֺמָה ע׳ Leviticus 25:29, compare Leviticus 25:30 (P), 1 Kings 4:13; on Hosea 10:14 see I. עַם 2b (1 Samuel 9:14 read הַשֵּׁעַר Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others).
b. opposed to הַפְּרָזִי כֹּפֶר 1 Samuel 6:18, הַפּ׳ עָרֵי Deuteronomy 3:5, הַפְּרָזוֹת ע׳ Esther 9:19; distinguished from dependencies חֲצֵרִים Joshua 13:23 + often P.
c. עָרֶיה are dependent towns Joshua 13:17 (P), Jeremiah 19:15.
†d. עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה Joshua 10:2 (JE) royal cities (i.e. with a king, compare Tel Amarna al šarri), so singular 1 Samuel 27:5, opposed to הַשָּׁדֶה עָרֵי 1 Samuel 27:5 rural towns; הַמְּלוּכָה ע׳ 2 Samuel 12:26 (but read הַמַּיִם ע׳ We Bu Kit Löhr HPS, see 2 below).
†e. עֶרֵי מִסְכְּנוֺת Exodus 1:11 storage-cities, so 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6, 4; 17:12; for נַפְתָּלִי ע׳ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 16:4 read probably כִּנְרוֺת עֵלוֿגו׳ (as 1 Kings 15:20; Be Kit Buhl); compare הֶרֶכֶב ע׳ 1 Kings 9:19; 1 Kings 10:26 2 Chronicles 8:6; 9:25; 2 Chronicles 1:14; הַפָּרָשִׁים ע׳ 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6.
†f. (הַ)מִקְלָט ע׳ (P) asylum-cities Numbers 35:11, 13, 14; Joshua 20:2, compare Numbers 35:25, 26, 27, 28, 32, לְמִקְלָט ע׳ Numbers 35:12; מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ ע׳ Joshua 21:13 + 4 times in Joshua 21.
g. (הָ)אֱלֹהִים ע׳ = Jerusalem: Psalm 46:5; Psalm 87:3, compare Psalm 48:2; Psalm 48:9; י׳ ע׳ Isaiah 60:14; Psalm 101:8; צְבָאוֺת י׳ ע׳ Psalm 48:9.
h. city = inhabitants 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Samuel 5:12; Isaiah 22:2; Ruth 1:19, so 2 Samuel 20:22 (reading הָעִיר for MT הָעָם) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others (compare also following).
i. combinations are: רֹכְלִים ע׳ Ezekiel 17:4 city of merchants; מוֺשָׁב ע׳ Psalm 107:4; Psalm 107:7; Psalm 107:36 city for dwelling; especially of character or condition: † הַצֶּדֶק ע׳ Isaiah 1:26, † ע׳ הָאֱמֶת Zechariah 8:3; † הַקּדֶשׁ ע׳ Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 11:1, 18, compare Daniel 9:24, all of Jerusalem; עָרֵי קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ Jeremiah 5:17 of Judaean cities; of foreign cities, תְּהִלָּךְ ע׳ Jeremiah 49:25, הָע׳ הַהֻלָּלה Ezekiel 26:17, הָעַלִּיזָה הָע׳ Zephaniah 2:15; of Jerusalem also הַיּוֺנָה הָע׳ Zephaniah 3:1 oppressive city, (הַ)דָּמִים ע׳ bloody city Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 24:6, 9 and (of Nineveh) Nahum 3:1.
2. of fortress in a city especially עִיר דָּוִד 2 Samuel 5:7, 9; 2 Samuel 6:10 + often (see דָּוִד); כֵית הַבָּ֑עַל ע׳ 2 Kings 10:25 (crpt; Klo proposes דְּבִיר for ע׳, compare Kmp Benz Kit); הַמַּיִם ע׳ 2 Samuel 12:27 (so read also 2 Samuel 12:26, see 1d).
3. apparently fortified place, of any size, עִיר מִבְצָר בְּכָלעָֿרֵיהֶם מִמִּגְּדַּל נוֺצְרִים עַדֿ 2 Kings 17:9 2 Kings 18:8; compare Numbers 13:9 (P; but on compare of ver. see Di); perhaps also עֲמָלֵק ע׳ 1 Samuel 15:5 (HPS). — Hosea 7:4 see I. עור Hiph.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:17; 4:17; 10:12; 10:12; 19:20; 19:29; 24:10

Exodus

1:11

Leviticus

25:29; 25:30

Numbers

13:9; 35:11; 35:12; 35:13; 35:14; 35:25; 35:26; 35:27; 35:28; 35:32

Deuteronomy

3:5

Joshua

10:2; 13:17; 13:23; 19:29; 20:2; 21:13

Judges

10:4

Ruth

1:19

1 Samuel

4:13; 5:12; 6:18; 9:14; 15:5; 23:7; 27:5; 27:5

2 Samuel

5:7; 5:9; 6:10; 12:26; 12:26; 12:27; 19:38; 20:6; 20:22

1 Kings

4:13; 9:19; 9:19; 9:19; 10:26; 14:12; 15:20

2 Kings

10:25; 17:9; 18:8

2 Chronicles

1:14; 8:4; 8:6; 8:6; 8:6; 9:25; 16:4; 17:12

Nehemiah

11:1; 11:18

Esther

9:19

Psalms

31:22; 46:5; 48:2; 48:9; 48:9; 73:20; 87:3; 101:8; 107:4; 107:7; 107:36

Ecclesiastes

9:14

Isaiah

1:7; 1:26; 6:11; 17:9; 22:2; 26:1; 48:2; 52:1; 60:14

Jeremiah

5:17; 15:9; 19:15; 49:25

Ezekiel

17:4; 22:2; 24:6; 24:9; 26:17

Daniel

9:24

Hosea

7:4; 10:14; 11:9

Micah

7:12

Nahum

3:1

Zephaniah

2:15; 3:1

Zechariah

1:17; 8:3

H5892

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Strong's Number H5892 matches the Hebrew עִיר (ʿîr),
which occurs 1,095 times in 936 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 12 / 19 (2Ch 12:4–2Ch 32:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:4 - And he took the fenced cities H5892 which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 - So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city H5892 which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:16 - And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city H5892 of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities H5892 from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:1 - So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city H5892 of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5 - Also he took away out of all the cities H5892 of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:6 - And he built fenced cities H5892 in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, H5892 and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - And they smote all the cities H5892 round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; H5892 for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - And nation was destroyed of nation, and city H5892 of city: H5892 for God did vex them with all adversity.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities H5892 which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4 - And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities H5892 of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities H5892 of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city H5892 of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - And he placed forces in all the fenced cities H5892 of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities H5892 of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:7 - Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities H5892 of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:9 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities H5892 of Judah, and taught the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:12 - And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities H5892 of store.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:13 - And he had much business in the cities H5892 of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:19 - These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities H5892 throughout all Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:25 - Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, H5892 and to Joash the king's son;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:5 - And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities H5892 of Judah, city H5892 by city, H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, H5892 between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:4 - And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities H5892 of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:1 - Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city H5892 of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:3 - And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities H5892 in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city H5892 of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:2 - And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities H5892 of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:21 - And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city H5892 was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities H5892 of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:16 - And they buried him in the city H5892 of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25 - And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city H5892 of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities H5892 of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:28 - And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city H5892 of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:6 - And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities H5892 about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:4 - Moreover he built cities H5892 in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:9 - And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city H5892 of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city H5892 of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - The Philistines also had invaded the cities H5892 of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:25 - And in every several city H5892 of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, H5892 even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:20 - Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, H5892 and went up to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:10 - So the posts passed from city H5892 to city H5892 through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities H5892 of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:6 - And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities H5892 of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities H5892 of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, H5892 in every several city, H5892 the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 - After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, H5892 and thought to win them for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: H5892 and they did help him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city H5892 of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6 - And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, H5892 and spake comfortably to them, saying,

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