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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 89 times in 74 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 - And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, H5892 and with the king at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 - Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city H5892 of David, which is Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:5 - Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city H5892 among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:34 - If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city H5892 which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:38 - If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city H5892 which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:2 - That the cities H5892 which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:4 - And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, H5892 which he built in Hamath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, H5892 with walls, gates, and bars;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - And Baalath, and all the store cities H5892 that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, H5892 and the cities H5892 of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11 - And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city H5892 of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, H5892 and with the king at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city H5892 of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:17 - But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities H5892 of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:5 - And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities H5892 for defence in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:10 - And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:12 - And in every several city H5892 he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:23 - And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: H5892 and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:4

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

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

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 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 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 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 Box2Ch 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 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 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 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 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 Box2Ch 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 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 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 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 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 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 Box2Ch 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 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

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 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 Box2Ch 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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