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Lexicon :: Strong's H7993 - šālaḵ

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שָׁלַךְ
Transliteration
šālaḵ
Pronunciation
shaw-lak
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2398

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלַךְ shâlak, shaw-lak; a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively):—adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 125x

The KJV translates Strong's H7993 in the following manner: cast (77x), cast out (15x), cast away (11x), cast down (11x), cast forth (4x), cast off (2x), adventured (1x), hurl (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 125x
The KJV translates Strong's H7993 in the following manner: cast (77x), cast out (15x), cast away (11x), cast down (11x), cast forth (4x), cast off (2x), adventured (1x), hurl (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to throw, cast, hurl, fling

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to throw, cast, throw away, cast off, shed, cast down

      2. to cast (lots) (fig)

    2. (Hophal)

      1. to be thrown, be cast

      2. to be cast forth or out

      3. to be cast down

      4. to be cast (metaph)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלַךְ shâlak, shaw-lak; a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively):—adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
STRONGS H7993: Abbreviations
[שָׁלַךְ] 125 verb
Hiph.112 throw, fling, cast (Phoenician שלד in compare proper name, meaning dubious; Arabic bdb102011 is travel (or cause to travel) along a road, cause to enter); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁלִיךְ Amos 8:3 +; 2nd person masculine singular suffix consecutive וְהִשְׁלַכְּתּוֺ Jeremiah 51:63; 2nd person feminine plural consecutive וְהִשְׁלַכְתֶּ֫נָה Amos 4:3, etc.; Imperfect יַשְׁלִיךְ Isaiah 2:20, וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ Judges 9:17 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַשְׁלֵךְ Exodus 7:9; Psalm 55:23, feminine singular הַשְׁלִיכִי Jeremiah 7:29, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁלֵךְ Jeremiah 22:19; Jeremiah 36:23; construct הַשְׁלִיךְ Ecclesiastes 3:5, 6, etc.; Participle מֵשְׁלְיךְ Micah 2:5; Psalm 147:17, etc.; —
1. usually human subject, throw, cast:
a. accusative of thing, with many prepositions: e.g. אָל location 2 Kings 23:12; Ezekiel 5:4; Zechariah 5:8 (twice in verse) +, also (accusative of thing omitted) Exodus 15:25 (J), Numbers 19:6 (P) +; ב loc, Exodus 32:24 (E), Ezekiel 7:19 +; rarely ל location 2 Chronicles 30:14 and (accusative omitted) 2 Chronicles 24:10; עַל location 2 Kings 23:6, ָ  ה locative Exodus 4:3 (twice in verse), שָׁ֫מָּה Judges 8:25; 2 Kings 6:6 (accusative omitted), etc.; especially of casting dead bodies, אֶל location Joshua 8:29 (J), Joshua 10:27 (J), + 3 times, ב location Amos 8:3; 2 Kings 9:25, 26. 2 Kings 13:21, מֵהָֽלְאָה לְ Jeremiah 22:19; accusative of thing + אֶל person 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Samuel 20:22 (accusative omitted); accusative of thing with עַל person Nahum 3:6; Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21 (+ מֵעַל), etc.; accusative of thing + מִיָּד Exodus 32:19 (E), compare Deuteronomy 9:17 (מֵעַל); + ל of animal Exodus 22:30 (E), Isaiah 2:20, etc.
†b. with accusative of person, אֶל of pit Genesis 37:22 (E), Jeremiah 38:6, 9, ב of pit Genesis 37:20 (E), with ה locative Genesis 37:24 (E; pit), Exodus 1:22 (J), compare Amos 4:3 (si vera lectio); תַּחַת location Genesis 21:15 (E); accusative י׳, figurative, with אַחֲרֵי גַוֶּךָ֑ 1 Kings 14:9 (of apostasy), Ezekiel 23:35, so י׳'s law Nehemiah 9:26, words (אַחֲרֵי person reflexive) Psalm 50:17.
†c. throw away, accusative of thing Judges 15:17 (מִיָּדוֺ), 2 Kings 7:15; Ezekiel 20:7, 8; Psalm 2:3 (מִן reflexive), Ecclesiastes 3:5 (opposed to = כָּנַס); accusative omitted Jeremiah 7:29; Joel 1:7 (of locusts); absolute Ecclesiastes 3:6 (opposed to שָׁמַר); accusative of transgression Ezekiel 18:31 (figurative; מֵעַל reflexive).
†d. cast off, shed, blossom (like flower) Job 15:33.
e. cast down (late), subject goat, accusative ram, Daniel 8:7 (אַ֫רְצָה) little horn, accusative אֱמֶת Daniel 8:12 (id.); accusative of person (literal) 2 Chronicles 25:12 (מִן local), Job 18:7 his (own) counsel felleth him; so probably Jeremiah 9:18 they have overthrown our dwellings (Du reads Hoph.).
f. figurative, Psalm 55:23 cast עליֿ׳ thy lot.
2. י׳ subject:
a. cast, accusative of thing, + עַל person Joshua 10:11 (E), Job 27:22 (accusative of thing omitted); sandal upon Edom Psalm 60:10 = Psalm 108:10 (sign of possession); ice (no preposition) Psalm 147:17.
b. accusative of person + ב location 2 Kings 2:16 (subject רוּחַ י׳), Nehemiah 9:11; Jonah 2:4 (+ accusative of location); + אַ֫רְצָה Ezekiel 28:17 (figurative); אֶל location (of exile) Deuteronomy 29:27; especially of י׳'s rejecting men, accusative of person + פָּנָיו מֵעַל 2 Kings 13:23; 2 Kings 24:20, compare 2 Kings 17:20; Jeremiah 7:15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:3, also Psalm 51:13 and (without מִן) Psalm 71:9; casting sins (accusative) אַחֲרֵי גֵּוְךָ Isaiah 38:17, ב location Micah 7:19.
c. cast down, honour of Israel + accusative of location, מִן local, Lamentations 2:1; accusative of person Psalm 102:11 (opposed to נָשָׂא).
3. phrases: הִשׁי גּוֺרָל † Joshua 18:8, 10 (RD) cast lots ל in behalf of; חֶבֶל בְגוֺרָל מַשׁ׳ Micah 2:5 (see גּוֺרָל 3, I. חֶבֶל 2); בַּיְאוֺר חַכָּה מַשׁ׳ Isaiah 19:8 i.e. fishermen; וַיַּשְׁלֵח נַפְשׁוֺ מִנֶּגֶד Judges 9:17, see נֶגֶד 2c; טָ֑רֶף מִשּׁנָּיו אַשׁ׳ Job 29:17 out of his teeth I cast the prey.
† Hoph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֻשְׁלַח Daniel 8:11; 2nd person masculine singular הָשְׁלַכְתָּ Isaiah 14:19, etc.; Imperfect 2nd person feminine singular וַתֻּשְׁלְכִי Ezekiel 16:5; 3rd person masculine plural יֻשְׁלָ֑כוּ Isaiah 34:3; Participle מֻשְׁלָח 2 Samuel 20:21, etc.; —
1. be thrown, cast, accusative of head, אֶל person + בְּעַד of wall 2 Samuel 20:21; carcass, ב location 1 Kings 13:24, 25, 28; Jeremiah 14:16; לַחֹרֶב Jeremiah 36:30.
2. be cast forth, out, absolute of dead Isaiah 34:3; מִן of grave Isaiah 14:19; הַשָּׁדֶה אֶל־פְּנֵי Ezekiel 16:5 (Jerusalem personified as infant); עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Jeremiah 22:28 (of exile).
3. be cast down, לָאָרֶץ Ezekiel 19:12 (Israel, figurative of vine); absolute of sanctuary Daniel 8:11.
4. metaphor, be cast, על of י׳ Psalm 22:11 (i.e. on his protection).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:15; 37:20; 37:22; 37:24

Exodus

1:22; 4:3; 7:9; 15:25; 22:30; 32:19; 32:24

Numbers

19:6

Deuteronomy

9:17; 29:27

Joshua

8:29; 10:11; 10:27; 18:8; 18:10

Judges

8:25; 9:17; 9:17; 9:53; 15:17

2 Samuel

11:21; 20:21; 20:21; 20:22

1 Kings

13:24; 13:25; 13:28; 14:9; 19:19

2 Kings

2:16; 6:6; 7:15; 9:25; 9:26; 13:21; 13:23; 17:20; 23:6; 23:12; 24:20

2 Chronicles

24:10; 25:12; 30:14

Nehemiah

9:11; 9:26

Job

15:33; 18:7; 27:22; 29:17

Psalms

2:3; 22:11; 50:17; 51:13; 55:23; 55:23; 60:10; 71:9; 102:11; 108:10; 147:17; 147:17

Ecclesiastes

3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:6

Isaiah

2:20; 2:20; 14:19; 14:19; 19:8; 34:3; 34:3; 38:17

Jeremiah

7:15; 7:29; 7:29; 9:18; 14:16; 22:19; 22:19; 22:28; 36:23; 36:30; 38:6; 38:9; 51:63; 52:3

Lamentations

2:1

Ezekiel

5:4; 7:19; 16:5; 16:5; 18:31; 19:12; 20:7; 20:8; 23:35; 28:17

Daniel

8:7; 8:11; 8:11; 8:12

Joel

1:7

Amos

4:3; 4:3; 8:3; 8:3

Jonah

2:4

Micah

2:5; 2:5; 7:19

Nahum

3:6

Zechariah

5:8

H7993

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Strong's Number H7993 matches the Hebrew שָׁלַךְ (šālaḵ),
which occurs 125 times in 121 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 21:15–2Ki 13:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:15 - And the water was exhausted from the flask; and she cast the child under one of the shrubs,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him -- in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:24 - and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty -- there was no water in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:3 - And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:9 - When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Do a miracle for yourselves, -- then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy staff and cast it before Pharaoh -- it will become a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:10 - And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh, and before his bondmen, and it became a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25 - And he cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah shewed him wood, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance; and there he tested them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:31 - -- And ye shall be holy men unto me; and ye shall not eat flesh torn in the field: ye shall cast it to the dog.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - And it came to pass, when he came near the camp, and saw the calf and the dancing, that Moses' anger burned, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and shattered them beneath the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:24 - And I said to them, Who has gold? They broke it off, and gave it me, and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:16 - And he shall remove its crop with its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east, into the place of the ashes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40 - then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them out of the city, in an unclean place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:20 - And if he thrust at him out of hatred, or hurl at him intentionally, so that he die,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:22 - But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything unintentionally,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17 - And I seized the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21 - And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, until it became fine dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that flowed down from the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:28 - and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in fury, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it appears this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcase down from the tree, and threw it down at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised upon it a great heap of stones, which remains to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 - And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, -- they were at the descent of Beth-horon, -- that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them up to Azekah, and they died. They were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel had slain with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave where they had been hid, and laid great stones before the cave's mouth, which remain to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:8 - And the men arose and went away. And Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:10 - And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. And there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:25 - And they said, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and cast therein every man the earrings of his booty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - -- for my father fought for you, and endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53 - and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill on Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:17 - And it came to pass when he had ended speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-Lehi.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:21 - Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why did ye go near the wall? -- then say thou, Thy servant Urijah the Hittite is dead also.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and raised a very great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled every one to his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:12 - Now Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by stood still.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21 - The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give up him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - and he departed. And a lion met him by the way and slew him; and his corpse was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the corpse.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And behold, men passed by, and saw the corpse cast in the way and the lion standing by the corpse; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - And he went and found his corpse cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:9 - but thou hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:19 - And he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing with twelve yokes before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah went over to him, and cast his mantle on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16 - and said to him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty valiant men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the Spirit of Jehovah have taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some ravine. And he said, Ye shall not send.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - And he went forth to the source of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith Jehovah: I have healed these waters: there shall not be from thence any more death or barrenness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone and filled it, and they stopped every well of water, and felled every good tree, until they left only the stones at Kirhareseth; and the slingers went about it, and smote it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41 - And he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot, and said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:6 - And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - And they went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the way was full of garments and materials, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - And he said to Bidkar his captain, Take him up and cast him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jizreelite. For remember how, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, that Jehovah laid this burden upon him:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:26 - Certainly I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plot, saith Jehovah. And now, take and cast him into the plot, according to the word of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - And it came to pass as soon as they had ended offering up the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the couriers and to the captains, Go in, slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the couriers and the captains cast them there. And they went to the city of the house of Baal,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:21 - And it came to pass as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw the band, and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha; and the man went down, and touched the bones of Elisha, and he revived, and stood upon his feet.

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