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Lexicon :: Strong's H6437 - pānâ

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פָּנָה
Transliteration
pānâ
Pronunciation
paw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1782

Strong’s Definitions

פָּנָה pânâh, paw-naw'; a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.:—appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, × corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), × right (early).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x

The KJV translates Strong's H6437 in the following manner: turn (53x), look (42x), prepare (6x), regard (4x), respect (4x), look back (4x), turn away (2x), turn back (2x), miscellaneous (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x
The KJV translates Strong's H6437 in the following manner: turn (53x), look (42x), prepare (6x), regard (4x), respect (4x), look back (4x), turn away (2x), turn back (2x), miscellaneous (16x).

  1. to turn

    1. (Qal)

      1. to turn toward or from or away

      2. to turn and do

      3. to turn, decline (of day)

      4. to turn toward, approach (of evening)

      5. to turn and look, look, look back or at or after or for

    2. (Piel) to turn away, put out of the way, make clear, clear away

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to turn

      2. to make a turn, show signs of turning, turn back

    4. (Hophal) to be turned back

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פָּנָה pânâh, paw-naw'; a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.:—appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, × corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), × right (early).
STRONGS H6437: Abbreviations
פָּנָה 135 verb turn (Late Hebrew id.; Syriac bdb081501, Targum מְּנָא; Ethiopic bdb081502: Arabic bdb081503 pass away, banish; compare Sabean פנה (variously) e.g. CISiv. Nos. 1, 37, 40; Assyrian pânu, face, Phoenician פנם, MI13, 18 לפני, suffix מפני Ezekiel 1:19); —
Qal117 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פ׳ Jeremiah 6:4 +, 2nd person masculine singular פָּנִיתָ 2 Samuel 9:8, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִפְנֶה 1 Samuel 13:17 +, וַיִּ֫פֶן Exodus 2:12 +, 3rd person feminine singular וַתֵּ֫פֶן 1 Kings 10:13, 1st person singular וָאֵ֫פֶן Deuteronomy 9:15; Deuteronomy 10:5, 1st person plural וַנֵּ֫פֶן Deuteronomy 2:1 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular פְּנֵה Psalm 25:16 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute פָּנֹה Haggai 1:9; construct לִפְנוֺת Genesis 24:63 +, etc.; Participle פֹּנֶה Deuteronomy 29:17 +, etc.; —
1.
†a. turn toward, אֶל person, literal, Judges 6:14; Isaiah 13:14 = Jeremiah 50:16; Job 21:5 (i.e. attentively); compare of branches Ezekiel 17:6 (in allegory); with עַל of direction Genesis 24:49; figurative with אֶליֿ׳ (in worship), Isaiah 45:22, other gods Hosea 3:1; Deuteronomy 31:18, 20; Leviticus 19:4; for help Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Job 5:1; אֶלאָֿוֶן Job 36:21; with accusative הַמָּקוֺם אֲשֶׁר יִפְנֶה Ezekiel 10:11; with ה locative 1 Kings 17:3; Deuteronomy 2:3 (+ לָכֶם dativus ethicus [dative of interest]), Songs 6:1; with דֶּרֶךְ 1 Samuel 13:18 (twice in verse); Job 24:18, אֶלדֿ׳ Judges 20:42; 1 Samuel 13:17; figurative לְדֶרֶךְ Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 56:11; with accusative כֹּל אֲשֶׁריִֿפְנֶה 1 Samuel 14:47, so, + שָׁם, figurative 1 Kings 2:3, i.e. whatever thou undertakest, אֶלכָּֿלאֲֿשֶׁר יִפְנֶה Proverbs 17:8.
†b. turn from, מִן local Genesis 18:22, figurative, of heart, with מֵעִם י׳ Deuteronomy 29:17, absolute = turn away Deuteronomy 30:17; in phrase עֹרֶף פ׳ turn (with) the back (compare ראה עֹרֶף) Jeremiah 18:17), + לִפְנֵי, Joshua 7:12 (of flight), figurative, + אֶליֿ׳, Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 32:33.
c. turn and do a thing, literal (especially + verb of motion) Numbers 21:33; Deuteronomy 1:7, 24; Judges 18:21; 1 Kings 10:13 + 17 times; to do a thing (infinitive) † Ecclesiastes 2:12.
†d.turn, decline, of day Jeremiah 6:4, days of life Psalm 90:9.
†e. turn toward, approach, of evening, לִפְנוֺת עָ֑רֶב Genesis 24:63; Deuteronomy 23:12; of morning, (הַ)בֹּקֶר לִפ׳ Exodus 14:27; Judges 19:26; Psalm 46:6 (figurative).
†2.
a. turn and look, look, literal, אֶל person Numbers 12:10; 2 Chronicles 20:24; 26:20, וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה Exodus 2:12; with לְמָ֑עְלָה Isaiah 8:21 absolute look (back) 2 Chronicles 13:14; with אַתֲרִי look behind one (and see, or say), Joshua 8:20; Judges 20:40; 2 Samuel 1:7; 2 Samuel 2:20; 2 Kings 2:24, look after anotber Ezekiel 29:16 (figurative for seek alliance with); with אֶל of direction Exodus 16:10; Numbers 17:7.
b. of inanimate things, face, with אֶל location Joshua 15:7, usually of facing points of compass, with ה locative 1 Kings 7:25 (4 times in verse) = 2 Chronicles 4:4 (4 times in verse), Joshua 15:2; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 46:19, but also with קָדִים Ezekiel 43:17; Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 46:1, 12; Ezekiel 47:2, compare Ezekiel 43:1.
c. especially figurativelook at,אֶלֿ person, regard,
(1) graciously 2 Samuel 9:8; of י׳ Ezekiel 36:9; Leviticus 26:9; 2 Kings 13:23; Psalm 40:5, + חָנַן Psalm 25:16; Psalm 69:17; Psalm 86:16; Psalm 119:132; with אֶלתְּֿפִלָּה 1 Kings 8:28 2 Chronicles 6:19; Psalm 102:18, אֶלמִֿנְחָה Numbers 16:15; Malachi 2:13;
(2) sternly, אֶלקְֿשִׁי הָעָם Deuteronomy 9:27.
d. look for (אֶל of thing) = expect Haggai 1:9.
e. figurative look at (ב of thing) = consider Ecclesiastes 2:11. — 2 Chronicles 25:23 see פִּנָּה.
† Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פִּנָּה Zephaniah 3:15, etc.; Imperative masculine plural פַּנּוּ Isaiah 40:3 + 2 times; — turn away, put out of the way, with accusative of person Zephaniah 3:15 (|| הֵסִיר); hence make clear, with accusative הַבַּיִת, i.e. clear away things scattered about, make orderly, German 'aufräumen' Genesis 24:31; empty it Leviticus 14:36; figurative, with accusative דֶּרֶךְ make clear, free from obstacles, Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 57:14; Isaiah 62:10; Malachi 3:1; accusative omitted clear away (ground) before it, i.e. to plant it Psalm 80:10 (figurative).
† Hiph. (especially Jeremiah) Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִפְנָה Jeremiah 48:39, 3rd person feminine singular הִפְנְתָה Jeremiah 49:24, etc.; Imperfect וַיֶּ֫פֶן Judges 15:4; Infinitive construct suffix הַפְנֹתוֺ 1 Samuel 10:9; Participle מַפְנֶה Nahum 2:9; —
1. turn, with accusative וַיֶּפֶן זָנָב אֶלזָֿנָב Judges 15:4, עֹרֶף Jeremiah 48:39 (compare הפך Joshua 7:8), שִׁכְמוֺ לָלֶכֶת 1 Samuel 10:9.
2. make a turn, shew (signs of) turning, + נָסוּ Jeremiah 46:21, לָנוּם Jeremiah 49:24; opposed to נָסוּ Jeremiah 46:5, compare Nahum 2:9; + אֶל person Nah 47:3.
† Hoph. Imperative masculine plural הָפְנוּ Jeremiah 49:8 (Ges§ 46a, N.) be ye turned back! (in flight, + נֻסוּ); Participle מָפְנֶה צָפ֫וֺנָה Ezekiel 9:2 the gate...`which is faced northward (compare Qal 2 b.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:22; 24:31; 24:49; 24:63; 24:63

Exodus

2:12; 2:12; 14:27; 16:10

Leviticus

14:36; 19:4; 19:31; 20:6; 26:9

Numbers

12:10; 16:15; 17:7; 21:33

Deuteronomy

1:7; 1:24; 2:1; 2:3; 9:15; 9:27; 10:5; 23:12; 29:17; 29:17; 30:17; 31:18; 31:20

Joshua

7:8; 7:12; 8:20; 15:2; 15:7

Judges

6:14; 15:4; 15:4; 18:21; 19:26; 20:40; 20:42

1 Samuel

10:9; 10:9; 13:17; 13:17; 13:18; 14:47

2 Samuel

1:7; 2:20; 9:8; 9:8

1 Kings

2:3; 7:25; 8:28; 10:13; 10:13; 17:3

2 Kings

2:24; 13:23

2 Chronicles

4:4; 6:19; 13:14; 20:24; 25:23; 26:20

Job

5:1; 21:5; 24:18; 36:21

Psalms

25:16; 25:16; 40:5; 46:6; 69:17; 80:10; 86:16; 90:9; 102:18; 119:132

Proverbs

17:8

Ecclesiastes

2:11; 2:12

Song of Songs

6:1

Isaiah

8:21; 13:14; 40:3; 40:3; 45:22; 53:6; 56:11; 57:14; 62:10

Jeremiah

2:27; 6:4; 6:4; 18:17; 32:33; 46:5; 46:21; 48:39; 48:39; 49:8; 49:24; 49:24; 50:16

Ezekiel

1:19; 8:3; 9:2; 10:11; 17:6; 29:16; 36:9; 43:1; 43:17; 44:1; 46:1; 46:12; 46:19; 47:2

Hosea

3:1

Nahum

2:9; 2:9

Zephaniah

3:15; 3:15

Haggai

1:9; 1:9

Malachi

2:13; 3:1

H6437

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Strong's Number H6437 matches the Hebrew פָּנָה (pānâ),
which occurs 135 times in 128 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 18:22–Jdg 20:47)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:31 - “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” he said. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:63 - He went out to the field one evening to meditate,[fn] and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - Instead, he turned and went into his palace, and did not take even this to heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:6 - They will fill your houses and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.’ ” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward[fn] it, and the LORD swept them into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:10 - While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - The priest is to order the house to be emptied before he goes in to examine the mold, so that nothing in the house will be pronounced unclean. After this the priest is to go in and inspect the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - “ ‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:31 - “ ‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 - “ ‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:9 - “ ‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam’s skin was leprous[fn]—it became as white as snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - Since the Amalekites and the Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 - Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:42 - But when the assembly gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron and turned toward the tent of meeting, suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33 - Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:24 - They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - Then we turned back and set out toward the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea,[fn] as the LORD had directed me. For a long time we made our way around the hill country of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:3 - “You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - So we went on past our relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber, and traveled along the desert road of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1 - Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - So I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:27 - Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - Then I came back down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD commanded me, and they are there now.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7 - Roast it and eat it at the place the LORD your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11 - But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:17 - But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:18 - And I will certainly hide my face in that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:20 - The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city rising up into the sky, but they had no chance to escape in any direction; the Israelites who had been fleeing toward the wilderness had turned back against their pursuers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - The boundary then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor and turned north to Gilgal, which faces the Pass of Adummim south of the gorge. It continued along to the waters of En Shemesh and came out at En Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - Now that the LORD your God has given them rest as he promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - So he went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:21 - Putting their little children, their livestock and their possessions in front of them, they turned away and left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:26 - So the Danites went their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him, turned around and went back home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the whole city going up in smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - So they fled before the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness, but they could not escape the battle. And the Israelites who came out of the towns cut them down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - As they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, the Israelites cut down five thousand men along the roads. They kept pressing after the Benjamites as far as Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - But six hundred of them turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.

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