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Lexicon :: Strong's H5975 - ʿāmaḏ

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עָמַד
Transliteration
ʿāmaḏ
Pronunciation
aw-mad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1637

Strong’s Definitions

עָמַד ʻâmad, aw-mad'; a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive):—abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 521x

The KJV translates Strong's H5975 in the following manner: stood (171x), stand (137x), (raise, stand...) up (42x), set (32x), stay (17x), still (15x), appointed (10x), standing (10x), endure (8x), remain (8x), present (7x), continue (6x), withstand (6x), waited (5x), establish (5x), miscellaneous (42x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 521x
The KJV translates Strong's H5975 in the following manner: stood (171x), stand (137x), (raise, stand...) up (42x), set (32x), stay (17x), still (15x), appointed (10x), standing (10x), endure (8x), remain (8x), present (7x), continue (6x), withstand (6x), waited (5x), establish (5x), miscellaneous (42x).
  1. to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand

    1. (Qal)

      1. to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of

      2. to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease

      3. to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast

      4. to make a stand, hold one's ground

      5. to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright

      6. to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against

      7. to stand with, take one's stand, be appointed, grow flat, grow insipid

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to station, set

      2. to cause to stand firm, maintain

      3. to cause to stand up, cause to set up, erect

      4. to present (one) before (king)

      5. to appoint, ordain, establish

    3. (Hophal) to be presented, be caused to stand, be stood before

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָמַד ʻâmad, aw-mad'; a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive):—abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
STRONGS H5975: Abbreviations
עָמַד 520 take one's stand, stand (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician עמד; Assyrian emêdu, stand, set up; Arabic bdb076307 prop up, support, and derivatives; Ethiopic bdb076308 pillar; Targum עַמּוּדָא pillar, Syriac bdb076309, Palmyrene עמודא, compare also proper name תימעמד; Sabean עמד pillar, according to CISiv. 91 (or other derivatives from √ עמד DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 5), plural אעמדן pillars DHMEpigr. Denkm. sus Abess. 80); —
Qal435 Perfect ע׳ Genesis 19:27 +, 3rd person feminine singular עָֽמְדָה 2 Kings 13:6 +, etc.; Imperfect יַעֲמֹד Exodus 21:21, יַעֲמוֺד Nahum 1:6 +, יַעֲמָדֿ 1 Samuel 16:22 +; 1st person singular אֶעֱמֹ֑דָה Habakkuk 2:1, וָאֶעֱמֹד 2 Samuel 1:10; 3rd person masculine plural יַעַמְדוּ Jeremiah 32:14 +, יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ Ezekiel 1:21 +, 2nd person masculine plural וַתַּעַמְדוּן Deuteronomy 4:11, etc.; Imperative עֲמֹד 1 Samuel 9:27 +, עֲמָדֿ 2 Samuel 1:9; feminine singular עִמְדִי Isaiah 47:12; Jeremiah 48:19, etc.; Infinitive absolute עָמֹד Esther 9:16; construct עֲמֹד Exodus 18:23 +, suffix עָמְדִי Jeremiah 18:20, עֲמָדְךָ Obadiah 11, etc.; Participle עֹמֵד Isaiah 3:13 +, feminine עֹמֶ֫דֶת Haggai 2:5 +, etc.; —
1.
a. take one's stand, and (especially participle) stand, be in a standing attitude: with עַל by, 1 Samuel 26:13; 2 Samuel 2:25; 2 Kings 2:7 +, so participle Genesis 18:8 (J), Genesis 41:1, 17 (E) +, עַל on, Exodus 3:5 (E), Deuteronomy 27:12 +; with ב location Exodus 32:26; Numbers 22:24, 26 (all J E), +; with אֶל location 1 Kings 20:38 (+ לְ person), Jeremiah 48:19; Ezekiel 21:26; Ezekiel 27:29; with אֶל person 1 Samuel 17:51; 2 Kings 5:25; with אֵצֶל Genesis 41:3 (E), Ezekiel 9:2; Ezekiel 10:6; Nehemiah 8:4; with לִפְנֵי Genesis 18:22; 1 Kings 3:16; 1 Kings 8:22 +; before י׳, for intercession Genesis 19:27 (J), Deuteronomy 4:10; Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 18:20, etc.; take one's stand and do a thing 1 Samuel 17:8; 1 Kings 8:55; 2 Kings 18:28 = Isaiah 36:13 +; followed by infinitive 1 Kings 8:11 2 Chronicles 5:14 +.
b. stand forth (to speak, etc.) 2 Kings 10:9 +.
c. take a stand against (עַל), in opposition to, Judges 6:31; Ezra 10:15 (but stand over, = have charge of, according to KueGes. Abh. 247 f.) 2 Chronicles 26:18; compare עַלדַּֿם Leviticus 19:16 (H) against the blood of, i.e. seek one's blood, life; with יָ֑חַד Isaiah 50:8 together, i.e. against each other.
d. present oneself before (לִפְנֵי) Genesis 43:15 (J), Exodus 9:10 (E), Numbers 27:2, 21 (P), 1 Samuel 16:21 +; before י׳ (in sanctuary) Deuteronomy 19:17; Jeremiah 7:10; compare Jeremiah 18:20; Leviticus 9:5 (P); so in heaven 1 Kings 22:21 2 Chronicles 18:20; with ב location of child at birth Hosea 13:13, in palace (as retainer, courtier) Daniel 1:4
e. with לִפְנֵי attend upon, be(come) servant of 1 Samuel 16:22 (see Dr), 1 Kings 1:2 +; servant of י׳ 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 3:14; 2 Kings 5:16; Jeremiah 15:19; priests (לְשָֽׁרְתוֺׅ לִפְנֵי י׳ Deuteronomy 10:8; Judges 20:28; Ezekiel 44:15; 2 Chronicles 29:11; of Levites, stand before congregation for menial duties Ezekiel 44:11; Numbers 16:9 (P).
f. stand afar מֵרָחוֺק Exodus 20:18, 21 (E), Isaiah 59:14; Psalm 38:12, בְּר׳ Psalm 10:1; מִנֶּגֶד מֵר׳ 2 Kings 2:7; stand aloof, מִנֶֹּגֶד Obadiah 11; Psalm 38:12.
g. stand (silent) Job 32:16.
h. stand (appealingly) Job 30:20 (but read עָמַדְתָּ, of God, Me Hi Du).
i. stand, subject רֶגֶל Zechariah 14:4 (עַל location), Psalm 122:2 (ב location) so Psalm 26:12 (figurative).
j. stand, of water, עַלהָֿרִים Psalm 104:6. See also prepositions אֶל, אֵצֶל, עַל, מִמַּעַל, עִם, etc.
2.
a. stand still, stop, cease moving, of moon Joshua 10:13 (J E; || וַיִּדֹּם), sun Joshua 10:13, both, Habakkuk 3:11; of person 1 Samuel 9:27 (opposed to עָבַר), 2 Samuel 2:28 (opposed to רָדַף), עִמְדוּ עֲמֹ֫דוּ Nahum 2:9 +; stop flowing (of oil) 2 Kings 4:6; remain standing, with תַּחְתֵּינוּ Judges 7:21; 1 Samuel 14:9 etc.; of eruption in skin = remain unchanged Leviticus 13:23, 28; so (without ת׳) Leviticus 13:5, 37 (all P).
b. = be inactive 2 Chronicles 20:17 (opposed to לְהִלָּחֵם, + הִתְיַצְּבוּ).
c. = be attentive Job 37:14.
d. stop, cease doing a thing 2 Kings 13:18; with מִן Genesis 29:35; Genesis 30:9 (both J), Joel 1:15.
3.
a. tarry, delay Genesis 45:9 (E), Joshua 10:19 (J E; opposed to רָדַף), 1 Samuel 20:38 (opposed to מְהֵרָה, חוּשָׁה), +.
b. remain, with ב location 2 Kings 15:20; Deuteronomy 10:10; with עִמָּדִי Deuteronomy 5:28 (opposed to שׁוּב); + infinitive purpose Esther 7:7.
c. continue, abide Jeremiah 32:14; Isaiah 66:22; Psalm 102:27 (opposed to אָבַד); = dwell Exodus 8:18 (J; עַל location); לָעַד Psalm 19:10; Psalm 111:3; Psalm 111:10; Psalm 112:3; Psalm 112:9; לְעוֺלָם Psalm 33:11; Ecclesiastes 1:4; בְּתוֺךְ Haggai 2:5; of plan = be established Psalm 33:11 (earlier קוּם, as Isaiah 14:24), so Esther 3:4; Daniel 11:17 b; = maintain itself (earlier קוּם Joshua 2:11) Ecclesiastes 2:9; לֹא יַעֲמָדבִּֿי כֹחַ Daniel 10:17.
d. endure Exodus 18:23 (E), Ezekiel 22:14 (|| חָזַק).
e. be steadfast Deuteronomy 25:8; Ruth 2:7.
f. persist Ecclesiastes 8:3.
4. make a stand, hold one's ground, Amos 2:15; 2 Kings 10:4; Malachi 3:2 +; with לִפְנֵי Judges 2:14; 2 Kings 10:4 +, בִּפְנֵי Joshua 10:8; Joshua 21:44 (Ginsb; van d. H. Baer Joshua 21:42), Joshua 23:9 (all D); with עַל, for one's life Esther 8:11; Esther 9:16.
5. stand upright:
a. remain standing 2 Kings 13:6; of head 2 Kings 6:31 remain upright upon him (עָלָיו); of house (figurative of endurance) Job 8:15; Proverbs 12:7.
b. stand up, opposed to sit, Nehemiah 8:5; Job 29:8 (+ קוּם); opposed to lie prostrate Ezekiel 2:1 (עַלרַֿגְלֶיךָ), so Ezekiel 37:10 (id.), Daniel 10:1, Daniel 10:11 (עַלעָֿמְדָ֑ךָ), Esther 8:4; of revival after death Daniel 12:13 (late for קוּם).
c. stand up, rise, of water Joshua 3:13 (+ appositive נֵד אֶחָד), Joshua 3:16 (+ קָמוּ + id.; both J E).
d. be erect, upright, of boards Exodus 26:15; Exodus 36:20 (P).
† 6.
a. arise, appear, come on the scene (= קוּם; late) Ezra 2:63 = Nehemiah 7:65; Psalm 106:30 (compare Ecclus 47:1; Ecclus 47:12), especially Daniel 8:22 (twice in verse); Daniel 8:23; Daniel 11:2, 3, 4; Daniel 12:1, compare Daniel 11:7 (כַּנּוֺ), Daniel 11:20; Daniel 11:21 (עַלכַּֿנּוֺ); with תַּחַת instead of Ecclesiastes 4:15; of war 1 Chronicles 20:4, deliverance Esther 4:14.
b. stand forth, appear = come into being Isaiah 48:13; Psalm 33:9; Psalm 119:90.
c. rise up as foe (earlier קום Amos 7:9; Genesis 4:8), with עַל against 1 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Chronicles 20:23; Daniel 8:25; Daniel 11:14, with לְנֶגְדִּי against Daniel 10:13.
7. rare usages are:
a. אֶתֿ ע׳ stand with, as attendant, servitor Genesis 45:1 (E), Numbers 1:5 (P).
b. take one's stand in covenant, בַּבְּרִית 2 Kings 23:3.
c. stand עַלחֶֿרֶב Ezekiel 33:26 (resort to the sword).
d. stand בְּסוֺד י׳ Jeremiah 23:18, 22 (see סוֺד).
e. be appointed Ezra 10:14.
f. stand before (לִפְנֵי) beast Leviticus 18:23 (carnal intercourse)
g. grow flat, insipid (Gie), taste of wine Jeremiah 48:11 (figurative of Moab), or remain unchanged (so most, in that case compare 3b). — עָמְדִי Daniel 11:1b is corrupt, read probably עָמַדְתִּי, or עָמַד (מִיכָאֵל subject), join then to Daniel 10:21 and strike out Daniel 11:1a; so Bev Behrm MartiKau.
Hiph.83 (compare DrIntr. (6) 535) Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֶעֱמִיד 1 Kings 12:32 +, 2nd person masculine singular הֶעֱמַדְתָּה Psalm 30:8, וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ֫ Numbers 3:6 +, etc., Imperfect יַעֲמִיד Proverbs 29:4 +, וַיַּעֲמֵד 2 Kings 8:1 +; 3rd person feminine singular suffix וַתַּעֲמִדֵנִי Ezekiel 2:2; Ezekiel 3:24, 1st person plural וַנַּעֲמִיד Nehemiah 4:3, etc.; Imperative הַעֲמֵד Isaiah 21:6; suffix הַעֲמִידֶהָ Ezekiel 24:11; Infinitive absolute הַעֲמֵיד Nehemiah 7:3; construct הַעֲמִיד 1 Kings 15:4 +; Participle מַעֲמִיד 2 Chronicles 18:34 (but see Hoph.): —
1. station, set, with accusative Judges 16:25 (בֵּין); for duty Numbers 11:24 (E; סְבִיבֹת) 1 Kings 12:32 (ב location), 2 Chronicles 19:5 (id.), Nehemiah 13:11(עַלֿ עָמְדָם), Isaiah 21:6 + (Neh 4:7a read perhaps Qal, so PerlesAnal. 65), with עַל against Nehemiah 4:3.
2. cause to stand firm Psalm 18:34 = 2 Samuel 22:34 (with עַל location); maintain (opposed to overthrow) Exodus 9:16 (J), 1 Kings 15:4, compare Proverbs 29:4.
3. cause to stand up, set up, erect, with accusative + עַלרַֿגְלַי Ezekiel 2:2; Ezekiel 3:24, so עַלעָֿמְדִי Daniel 8:18; temple Ezra 2:68 (עַל location), compare 2 Chronicles 24:13; (על location, of repairs); especially doors Nehemiah 3:1 + 7 times Nehemiah; Asherim 2 Chronicles 33:19, compare 2 Chronicles 25:14.
4. + לִפְנֵי present one before king Genesis 47:7 (P), י׳ (in sanctuary) Leviticus 14:11 + 3 times P, + (of goat) Leviticus 16:7, priest Leviticus 27:8 + 4 times P, + (of beast) Leviticus 27:11.
5. appoint Nehemiah 7:3; 1 Chronicles 15:17 + (late); with עַל over Nehemiah 13:9 +, with infinitive purpose Nehemiah 6:7 +, with 2 accusative 1 Chronicles 15:16; = assign (land) to (ל) 2 Chronicles 33:8 (|| 2 Kings 21:8 נָתַן); appoint courses of priests 2 Kings 8:14; 2Ki 31:2, compare Nehemiah 13:30; ordain commandments, עַל person Nehemiah 10:33, compare 2 Chronicles 30:5; establish עַדהָֿעוֺלָם 1 Chronicles 17:14 (ב location), compare 2 Chronicles 9:8; Psalm 148:6; with accusative of covenant Psalm 105:10 = 1 Chronicles 16:17 (ל person + ל of thing); with חָזוֺן vision Daniel 11:14 (= fulfil, earlier הֵקִים).
6. other meanings:
a. אֶת־פָּנָיו ע׳ 2 Kings 8:11 have a fixed look.
b. with accusative רַגְלַי + ב location Psalm 31:9 (figurative).
c. make to stand (in a covenant; see || 2 Kings 23:3) 2 Chronicles 34:32.
d. restore waste places Ezra 9:9.
e. + לְפָנֶיהָ Esther 4:5, i.e. make servant to.
f. cause wind to arise Psalm 107:25.
g. = raise an army Daniel 11:11, 13. — 2 Chronicles 18:34 see Hoph.; Psalm 30:8 see עֹז; Ezekiel 29:7 see מָעַד.
Hoph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָעֳמַדֿ Leviticus 16:10 be presented (of goat), + לִפְנֵי י׳; Participle הָיָה מָעֳמָד 1 Kings 22:35 he was caused to stand, i.e. propped up, in (ב) his chariot, so read also || 2 Chronicles 18:34 (as Greek Version of the LXX), for MT מַעֲמִיד. — On Perfect הָעֳמַדְתִּי see עֹז Psalm 30:8.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:8; 18:8; 18:22; 19:27; 19:27; 29:35; 30:9; 41:1; 41:3; 41:17; 43:15; 45:1; 45:9; 47:7

Exodus

3:5; 8:18; 9:10; 9:16; 18:23; 18:23; 20:18; 20:21; 21:21; 26:15; 32:26; 36:20

Leviticus

9:5; 13:5; 13:23; 13:28; 13:37; 14:11; 16:7; 16:10; 18:23; 19:16; 27:8; 27:11

Numbers

1:5; 3:6; 11:24; 16:9; 22:24; 22:26; 27:2; 27:21

Deuteronomy

4:10; 4:11; 5:28; 10:8; 10:10; 19:17; 25:8; 27:12

Joshua

2:11; 3:13; 3:16; 10:8; 10:13; 10:13; 10:19; 21:42; 21:44; 23:9

Judges

2:14; 6:31; 7:21; 16:25; 20:28

Ruth

2:7

1 Samuel

9:27; 9:27; 14:9; 16:21; 16:22; 16:22; 17:8; 17:51; 20:38; 26:13

2 Samuel

1:9; 1:10; 2:25; 2:28; 22:34

1 Kings

1:2; 3:16; 8:11; 8:22; 8:55; 12:32; 12:32; 15:4; 15:4; 17:1; 18:15; 20:38; 22:21; 22:35

2 Kings

2:7; 2:7; 3:14; 4:6; 5:16; 5:25; 6:31; 8:1; 8:11; 8:14; 10:4; 10:4; 10:9; 13:6; 13:6; 13:18; 15:20; 18:28; 21:8; 23:3; 23:3

1 Chronicles

15:16; 15:17; 16:17; 17:14; 20:4; 21:1

2 Chronicles

5:14; 9:8; 18:20; 18:34; 18:34; 18:34; 19:5; 20:17; 20:23; 24:13; 25:14; 26:18; 29:11; 30:5; 33:8; 33:19; 34:32

Ezra

2:63; 2:68; 9:9; 10:14; 10:15

Nehemiah

3:1; 4:3; 4:3; 4:7; 6:7; 7:3; 7:3; 7:65; 8:4; 8:5; 10:33; 13:9; 13:11; 13:30

Esther

3:4; 4:5; 4:14; 7:7; 8:4; 8:11; 9:16; 9:16

Job

8:15; 29:8; 30:20; 32:16; 37:14

Psalms

10:1; 18:34; 19:10; 26:12; 30:8; 30:8; 30:8; 31:9; 33:9; 33:11; 33:11; 38:12; 38:12; 102:27; 104:6; 105:10; 106:30; 107:25; 111:3; 111:10; 112:3; 112:9; 119:90; 122:2; 148:6

Proverbs

12:7; 29:4; 29:4

Ecclesiastes

1:4; 2:9; 4:15; 8:3

Isaiah

3:13; 14:24; 21:6; 21:6; 36:13; 47:12; 48:13; 50:8; 59:14; 66:22

Jeremiah

7:10; 15:1; 15:19; 18:20; 18:20; 18:20; 23:18; 23:22; 32:14; 32:14; 48:11; 48:19; 48:19

Ezekiel

1:21; 2:1; 2:2; 2:2; 3:24; 3:24; 9:2; 10:6; 21:26; 22:14; 24:11; 27:29; 29:7; 33:26; 37:10; 44:11; 44:15

Daniel

1:4; 8:18; 8:22; 8:23; 8:25; 10:1; 10:11; 10:13; 10:17; 10:21; 11:1; 11:1; 11:2; 11:3; 11:4; 11:7; 11:11; 11:13; 11:14; 11:14; 11:17; 11:20; 11:21; 12:1; 12:13

Hosea

13:13

Joel

1:15

Amos

2:15; 7:9

Obadiah

1:11; 1:11

Nahum

1:6; 2:9

Habakkuk

2:1; 3:11

Haggai

2:5; 2:5

Zechariah

14:4

Malachi

3:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5975 matches the Hebrew עָמַד (ʿāmaḏ),
which occurs 51 times in 50 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:13 - The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4 - It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets—
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:14 - so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:3 - Then the king turned around and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:12 - Then Solomon[fn] stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - (for Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven);
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - And the priests attended to their services; the Levites also with instruments of the music of the LORD, which King David had made to praise the LORD, saying, “For His mercy endures forever,”[fn] whenever David offered praise by their ministry. The priests sounded trumpets opposite them, while all Israel stood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - And, according to the order of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, the Levites for their duties (to praise and serve before the priests) as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for so David the man of God had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:7 - “Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - “Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God! Because your God has loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne; there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - Twelve lions stood there, one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, saying, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:8 - But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15 - Then he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for the demons, and the calf idols which he had made.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maachah as chief, to be leader among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - Then Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right hand and His left.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:20 - “Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will persuade him.’ The LORD said to him, ‘In what way?’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - The battle increased that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening; and about the time of sunset he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:5 - Then he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 - Moreover in Jerusalem, for the judgment of the LORD and for controversies, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the chief fathers of Israel, when they returned to Jerusalem.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:5 - Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - ‘If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:13 - Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - ‘You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the LORD, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the LORD is with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:20 - So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 - And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:

“Praise the LORD,
For His mercy endures forever.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:10 - Then he set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and by the temple, all around the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - When she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance; and the leaders and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, also the singers with musical instruments, and those who led in praise. So Athaliah tore her clothes and said, “Treason! Treason!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:19 - And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that no one who was in any way unclean should enter.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:13 - So the workmen labored, and the work was completed by them; they restored the house of God to its original condition and reinforced it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:20 - Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He also has forsaken you.’ ”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, according to their fathers’ houses, throughout all Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them to be three hundred thousand choice men, able to go to war, who could handle spear and shield.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:14 - Now it was so, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up to be his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense to them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You shall have no honor from the LORD God.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:11 - “My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should minister to Him and burn incense.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 - And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for thus was the commandment of the LORD by His prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:26 - The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5 - So they resolved to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem, since they had not done it for a long time in the prescribed manner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:16 - They stood in their place according to their custom, according to the Law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood received from the hand of the Levites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 - And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp[fn] of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:8 - “and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers—only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - Also his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed they are written among the sayings of Hozai.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD, to follow the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:32 - And he made all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:2 - And he set the priests in their duties and encouraged them for the service of the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:5 - “And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brethren the lay people, and according to the division of the father’s house of the Levites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 - So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their places, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king’s command.
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