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Lexicon :: Strong's H6999 - qāṭar

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קָטַר
Transliteration
qāṭar
Pronunciation
kaw-tar'
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Part of Speech
gentilic adjective, masculine noun, verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [identical with קָטַר (H7000) through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants]
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TWOT Reference: 2011,2011e,20

Strong’s Definitions

קָטַר qâṭar, kaw-tar'; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants); to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship):—burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x

The KJV translates Strong's H6999 in the following manner: incense (59x), burn (49x), offer (3x), kindle (1x), offering (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x
The KJV translates Strong's H6999 in the following manner: incense (59x), burn (49x), offer (3x), kindle (1x), offering (1x), miscellaneous (4x).
verb

  1. to sacrifice, burn incense, burn sacrifices, make sacrifices smoke

    1. (Piel)

      1. to make sacrifices smoke

      2. to sacrifice

    2. (Pual) to smoke a sacrifice

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to make sacrifices smoke

      2. to cause incense to smoke, offer incense

      3. to make smoke upon

    4. (Hophal) to be made to smoke

      masculine noun

  2. incense

    feminine noun

  3. incense-altar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָטַר qâṭar, kaw-tar'; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants); to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship):—burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).
STRONGS H6999: Abbreviations
[קָטַר]115 verb denominative Pi. Hiph. make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke (properly produce קְטֹרֶת, see StaZAW vi (1886), 298 f.); —
Pi.42 Perfect 3rd person masculine plural קִטְּרוּ Jeremiah 19:13 +, קִטַּרְתֶּם Jeremiah 44:21, 23; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְקַטֵּר Habakkuk 1:16 +; 3rd person masculine plural יְקַטֵּר֑וּן Hosea 11:2, etc.; Infinitive absolute קַטֵּר 1 Samuel 2:16 +; construct Jeremiah 11:13 +, Participle plural מְקַטְּרִים Isaiah 65:3 +, etc.; — make sacrifices smoke, offer them by burning : to י׳, 1 Samuel 2:16 (where probably read יְקַטְּרוּן [and so 1 Samuel 2:15] Stal.c. 299): elsewhere to other gods or in illegal worship, Jeremiah 44:23; with accusative קִטֵּר (but see this, below) Jeremiah 44:21 (here [and al. in some other passages] of incense), תּוֺדָה Amos 4:5; place is usually with ב, e.g. כַּבָּמוֺת 2 Kings 17:11; 2 Kings 23:5; עוֺד הָעָם מְוַבְּחִים וּמְקַטְּרִים בַּבָּמוֺת 1 Kings 22:44; 2 Kings 12:4; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4, 35 (R), compare 2 Kings 16:4 2 Chronicles 28:4 (compare RSSem.i. 471; 2nd ed. 490); אֲשֶׁר הַבּ׳ קִטְּרוּ שָׁמָּה 2 Kings 23:8; with עַל e.g. על הגבעות Hosea 4:13, על גג(ו)ת Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29, על הלבנים Isaiah 65:3, על ההרים Isaiah 65:7; with לְ of deity, Hosea 11:2; Jeremiah 1:16 + 14 times Jeremiah (+Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29 above), Habakkuk 1:16; 2 Kings 22:17; 2 Kings 23:5; 2 Chronicles 25:14; 28:25; 34:25 Qr (>Kt Hiph.), to the brazen serpent 2 Kings 18:4.
Pu. Participle מְקֻטֶּרֶת מֹר וגו׳ Songs 3:6 fumigated with myrrh, etc. (Aq Vulgate Schlottm מִקְּטֹרֶת).
Hiph. 71 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִקְטִיר Leviticus 9:10 +; 2nd person masculine singular הִקְטַרְתָּ Exodus 29:13, 18, 25, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַקְטִיר Leviticus 4:26; Leviticus 16:25; Exodus 40:27 +, etc.: Imperative masculine singular הַקְטֵר 2 Kings 16:15; Infinitive absolute הַקְטֵיר 1 Kings 9:25; construct לְהַקְטִיר Exodus 30:20 +; Participle מַקְטִיר Jeremiah 33:18 +, etc.
1. make sacrifices smoke, usually
a. in worship of י׳ : absolute 1 Kings 12:33; 1 Kings 13:1; 2 Chronicles 29:11; with accusative חלב Leviticus 17:6; Numbers 18:17; 1 Samuel 2:15, 16, עלת 2 Kings 16:13, 15; 2 Chronicles 13:11, אִשֶּׁה Exodus 30:20; Leviticus 2:11; Numbers 18:17, מנחה Jeremiah 33:18; ראֹשׁ, etc., Leviticus 8:20 אַזְכָּרָה Leviticus 2:16, חלבי השׁלמים Leviticus 6:5; קטרת 1 Samuel 2:28; on 1 Kings 9:25 see Klo Benz; place is על מזבח Leviticus 4:10 + 5 times, הַמִוְבֵּ֫חָה Exodus 29:13, 18, 25 + 23 times Leviticus, Numbers 5:26 (all P); with הַמִּזְבֵּחַ (accusative) Leviticus 6:8; בַּבָּמוֺת 1 Kings 3:3; בגיא בן הִנֹּם 2 Chronicles 28:3.
b. less often in worship of other gods, לאלהין (gods of Solomon's wives) 1 Kings 11:8, לאלהיו (of Moab) Jeremiah 48:35, להם (Baalim) Hosea 2:15; — 2 Chronicles 34:25 read Qr. Qal.
2. cause incense to smoke, offer incense absolute 2 Chron 2:5; 2 Chronicles 26:18 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 26:19; with עַל of altar 2 Chronicles 26:16; Exodus 30:7; Exodus 40:27; with accusative יַקְטִירֶנָּה Exodus 30:7, 8, קטרת סמים Exodus 30:7; Exodus 40:27; 2 Chronicles 2:3, קטרת תמיד Exodus 30:8, קטרת הק׳ Numbers 17:5; 2 Chronicles 29:7.
3. make smoke upon (על) both altars (of burnt-offering and of incense) 1 Chronicles 6:34, compare also 1 Chronicles 23:13.
Hoph. be made to smoke as a sacrifice: Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תָּקְטָ֑ר Leviticus 6:15, Participle מֻקְטָר Malachi 1:11 (Ew Ke and others [Ges§ 121b]; We Now read לִשְׁמִי מִנְחָה מ׳; but see מֻקְטָר).

† מֻקְטָר noun masculine incense; — absolute מ׳ Malachi 1:11 (Thes Hi MartiKau GASm Köiii, § 307).

† [מְקַטֵּרָה] noun feminine incense-alter; — plural absolute מְקַטְּרוֺת 2 Chronicles 30:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

29:13; 29:13; 29:18; 29:18; 29:25; 29:25; 30:7; 30:7; 30:7; 30:8; 30:8; 30:20; 30:20; 40:27; 40:27; 40:27

Leviticus

2:11; 2:16; 4:10; 4:26; 6:5; 6:8; 6:15; 8:20; 9:10; 16:25; 17:6

Numbers

5:26; 17:5; 18:17; 18:17

1 Samuel

2:15; 2:15; 2:16; 2:16; 2:16; 2:28

1 Kings

3:3; 9:25; 9:25; 11:8; 12:33; 13:1; 22:44

2 Kings

12:4; 14:4; 15:4; 15:35; 16:4; 16:13; 16:15; 16:15; 17:11; 18:4; 22:17; 23:5; 23:5; 23:8

1 Chronicles

6:34; 23:13

2 Chronicles

2:3; 2:5; 13:11; 25:14; 26:16; 26:18; 26:19; 28:3; 28:4; 28:25; 29:7; 29:11; 30:14; 34:25; 34:25

Song of Songs

3:6

Isaiah

65:3; 65:3; 65:7

Jeremiah

1:16; 11:13; 19:13; 19:13; 19:13; 32:29; 32:29; 33:18; 33:18; 44:21; 44:21; 44:23; 44:23; 48:35

Hosea

2:15; 4:13; 11:2; 11:2

Amos

4:5

Habakkuk

1:16; 1:16

Malachi

1:11; 1:11

H6999

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Strong's Number H6999 matches the Hebrew קָטַר (qāṭar),
which occurs 117 times in 112 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Exo 29:13–1Ki 12:33)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:13 - and thou hast taken all the fat which is covering the inwards, and the redundance on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat which is on them, and hast made perfume on the altar;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:18 - and thou hast made perfume with the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt-offering to Jehovah, a sweet fragrance; a fire-offering it is to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:25 - and thou hast taken them out of their hand, and hast made perfume on the altar beside the burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance before Jehovah; a fire-offering it is to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - 'And Aaron hath made perfume on it, perfume of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right he doth perfume it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - and in Aaron's causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he doth perfume it; a continual perfume before Jehovah to your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - in their going in unto the tent of meeting they wash with water, and die not; or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister, to perfume a fire-offering to Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:27 - and maketh perfume on it -- spice-perfume -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:9 - and its inwards and its legs he doth wash with water; and the priest hath made perfume with the whole on the altar, a burnt-offering, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:13 - and the inwards and the legs he doth wash with water, and the priest hath brought the whole near, and hath made perfume on the altar; it is a burnt-offering, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:15 - and the priest hath brought it near unto the altar, and hath wrung off its head, and hath made perfume on the altar, and its blood hath been wrung out by the side of the altar;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:17 - and he hath cleaved it with its wings (he doth not separate it), and the priest hath made it a perfume on the altar, on the wood, which is on the fire; it is a burnt-offering, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - and he hath brought it in unto the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he hath taken from thence the fulness of his hand of its flour and of its oil, besides all its frankincense, and the priest hath made perfume with its memorial on the altar, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:9 - and the priest hath lifted up from the present its memorial, and hath made perfume on the altar, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 - No present which ye bring near to Jehovah is made fermented, for with any leaven or any honey ye perfume no fire-offering to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - and the priest hath made perfume with its memorial from its beaten out corn, and from its oil, besides all its frankincense -- a fire-offering to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:5 - and sons of Aaron have made it a perfume on the altar, on the burnt-offering which is on the wood, which is on the fire -- a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:11 - and the priest hath made it a perfume on the altar -- bread of a fire-offering to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:16 - and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar -- bread of a fire-offering, for sweet fragrance; all the fat is Jehovah's.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:10 - as it is lifted up from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings; and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar of the burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:19 - and all its fat he doth lift up from it, and hath made perfume on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:26 - and with all its fat he doth make perfume on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings; and the priest hath made atonement for him because of his sin, and it hath been forgiven him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:31 - and all its fat he doth turn aside, as the fat hath been turned aside from off the sacrifice of the peace-offerings, and the priest hath made perfume on the altar, for sweet fragrance to Jehovah; and the priest hath made atonement for him, and it hath been forgiven him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:35 - and all its fat he turneth aside, as the fat of the sheep is turned aside from the sacrifice of the peace-offerings, and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar, according to the fire-offerings of Jehovah, and the priest hath made atonement for him, for his sin which he hath sinned, and it hath been forgiven him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:12 - and he hath brought it in unto the priest, and the priest hath taken a handful from it -- the fulness of his hand -- its memorial -- and hath made perfume on the altar, according to the fire-offerings of Jehovah; it is a sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12 - 'And the fire on the altar is burning on it, it is not quenched, and the priest hath burned on it wood morning by morning, and hath arranged on it the burnt-offering, and hath made perfume on it with the fat of the peace-offerings;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - and one hath lifted up of it with his hand from the flour of the present, and from its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the present, and hath made perfume on the altar, sweet fragrance -- its memorial to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:22 - 'And the priest who is anointed in his stead, from among his sons, doth make it, -- a statute age-during of Jehovah: it is completely perfumed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:5 - and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar, a fire-offering to Jehovah; it is a guilt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:31 - 'And the priest hath made perfume with the fat on the altar, and the breast hath been Aaron's and his sons;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:16 - And he taketh all the fat that is on the inwards, and the redundance above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses maketh Perfume on the altar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:20 - and the ram he hath cut into its pieces, and Moses maketh perfume with the head, and the pieces, and the fat,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:21 - and the inwards and the legs he hath washed with water, and Moses maketh perfume with the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance; it is a fire-offering to Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:28 - And Moses taketh them from off their hands, and maketh perfume on the altar, on the burnt-offering, they are consecrations for sweet fragrance; it is a fire-offering to Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:10 - and the fat, and the kidneys, and the redundance of the liver, of the sin-offering, he hath made a perfume on the altar, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:13 - and the burnt-offering they have presented unto him, by its pieces, and the head, and he maketh perfume on the altar;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:14 - and he washeth the inwards and the legs, and maketh perfume for the burnt-offering on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:17 - and he bringeth near the present, and filleth his palm with it, and maketh perfume on the altar, apart from the burnt-offering of the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:20 - and they set the fat on the breasts, and he maketh perfume with the fat on the altar;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:25 - and with the fat of the sin-offering he doth make perfume on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:6 - 'And the priest hath sprinkled the blood upon the altar of Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting, and hath made perfume with the fat for sweet fragrance to Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:26 - and the priest hath taken a handful of the present, its memorial, and hath made perfume on the altar, and afterwards doth cause the woman to drink the water:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:40 - a memorial to the sons of Israel, so that a stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron doth not draw near to make a perfume before Jehovah, and is not as Korah, and as his company, -- as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 - 'Only, the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou dost not ransom, holy they are: their blood thou dost sprinkle on the altar, and of their fat thou makest perfume, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - Also before they make perfume with the fat -- then hath the priest's servant come in, and said to the man who is sacrificing, 'Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he doth not take of thee flesh boiled, but raw;'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:16 - and the man saith unto him, 'Let them surely make a perfume (as to-day) with the fat, then take to thee as thy soul desireth;' and he hath said to him, 'Surely now thou dost give; and if not -- I have taken by strength.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - even to choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to Me for a priest, to go up on Mine altar, to make a perfume, to bear an ephod before Me, and I give to the house of thy father all the fire-offerings of the sons of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3 - And Solomon loveth Jehovah, to walk in the statutes of David his father -- only, in high places he is sacrificing and making perfume --

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:25 - And Solomon caused to ascend, three times in a year, burnt-offerings and peace-offerings on the altar that he built to Jehovah, and he perfumed it with that which is before Jehovah, and finished the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:8 - and so he hath done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:33 - And he offereth up on the altar that he made in Beth-El, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised of his own heart, and he maketh a festival to the sons of Israel, and offereth on the altar -- to make perfume.

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