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Lexicon :: Strong's H8081 - šemen

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שֶׁמֶן
Transliteration
šemen
Pronunciation
sheh'-men
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2410c

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁמֶן shemen, sheh'-men; from H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness:—anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x

The KJV translates Strong's H8081 in the following manner: oil (165x), ointment (14x), olive (4x), oiled (2x), fat (2x), things (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x
The KJV translates Strong's H8081 in the following manner: oil (165x), ointment (14x), olive (4x), oiled (2x), fat (2x), things (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. fat, oil

    1. fat, fatness

    2. oil, olive oil

      1. as staple, medicament or unguent

      2. for anointing

    3. fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁמֶן shemen, sheh'-men; from H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness:—anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.
STRONGS H8081: Abbreviations
שֶׁ֫מֶן 192 noun masculine 2 Kings 20:13 (on apparently feminine Songs 1:3 compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 99, 106) fat, oil; — שׁ׳ absolute Genesis 28:18 +, construct Leviticus 8:2 +; שָׁ֑׳ 2 Kings 4:6 +; suffix שַׁמְנִי Hosea 2:7 +, etc.; plural שְׁמָנִים Amos 6:6 +; suffix שְׁמָנֶיךָ Songs 1:3, נַיִח - Songs 4:10; —
1. fat, fatness: קֶרֶן בֶּןשֿׁ׳ Isaiah 5:1 (of fertile slope); plural גֵּיאשְֿׁמָנִים Isaiah 28:1, 4; of food (in figurative) Isaiah 25:6 (twice in verse); literal כְּשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁ֑מֶן Psalm 109:24 (compare צוֺם Psalm 109:24a), compare שׁ׳מִפְּנֵי Isaiah 10:27 (in figurative, si vera lectio, meaning obscure; most now emend by conjecture; RSJPH xili (1885), 62 עָלָה מִצָּפוֺן שֹׁרֵד [see also II. חבל], joining to Isaiah 10:28; Du Marti has gone up from Pene-Rimmon [??], compare Di-Kit).
2.
a. oil, specifically olive-oil, as rich product Deuteronomy 8:8 + (see זַיִת); hence עֵץ שׁ׳ Isaiah 41:19 oil-tree, usually explained as wild olive, oleaster, so Nehemiah 8:15 (|| וַיִת), עֲצֵי שׁ׳ oleaster-wood 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33; once הַמֹּר שׁ׳ Esther 2:2 (see מֹר; מ׳ also in holy anointing oil Exodus 30:23).
b. שׁ׳ as staple (codiment) Numbers 11:8 (J; see לשׁד), of value 1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16; 2 Kings 2:4, 6, 7 + 4 times; symbol of plenty Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:24; Job 29:6; ascribed (fassely) to gift of Baals Hosea 2:7; as royal treasure 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2, compare 1 Kings 5:25 (כָּ תִית שׁ׳, see כ׳) = 2 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 2:14 + 3 times; tribute Hosea 12:2, article of trade Ezekiel 27:17; odoriferous Proverbs 27:9; Songs 1:3; Songs 4:10, רוֺקֵחַ שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:1, so (figurative) Songs 1:3; Ecclesiastes 7:1; Proverbs 27:16 is corrupt, see Toy; sign of luxury Ezekiel 16:13; Proverbs 21:17, of prosperity Ezekiel 16:20.
c. שׁ׳ as medicament Isaiah 1:6; as unguent, for shield 2 Samuel 1:21, person Amos 6:6; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:40; Ezekiel 16:9; Esther; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 104:15, not for mourner 2 Samuel 14:2; on head token of happiness Ecclesiastes 9:8, of hospitality, ראֹשִׁי דִּמַּנְתָּ בַּמֹּ׳ Psalm 23:5 (figurative), in simile Psalm 133:2; Psalm 141:5.
d. for anointing king, הַשּׁ׳ פַּךְ 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:1, 3, compare 2 Kings 9:6, with קֶרֶן 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39; compare קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו בְּשׁ׳ Psalm 89:21.
e. in various figures of joy שָׂשׂוֺן שׁ׳ Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 45:8; soft words Psalm 55:22; Proverbs 5:3; as penetrating Psalm 109:18; as clear, transparent Ezekiel 32:14.
f. used in primitive worship, poured on stone Genesis 28:18 (E), Genesis 35:14 (J).
g. in later ritual: for anointing priests, tabernacle, altar utensils, etc. (P), made of various ingredients, וַיִת שׁ׳ among them, Exodus 30:24, הַמִּשְׁתָה שׁ׳ Exodus 25:6; Leviticus 8:2, 10, 12 + 11 times; מִשְׁחַתקֹֿדֶשׁ שׁ׳ Exodus 30:25 (twice in verse) + 2 times; י׳ מ׳ שׁ׳ Leviticus 10:7, אֱםהָיו מ׳ שׁ׳ Leviticus 21:12; הקּ׳ שׁ׳ Numbers 35:25; שׁ׳ alone Leviticus 14:10 + 12 times Leviticus 14; for lighting Exodus 25:6 + 6 times + זַיִת זָח כָּ חִית שׁ׳ Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:2 (see כָּ תִית); poured upon מִנְחָה Leviticus 2:1 + 5 times, compare Leviticus 5:11; Numbers 5:15; smeared (see מָשַׁח) upon wafers Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4 +, and cakes (or mixed in the making? compare בָּלַל) Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4, 5 +, so סֹלֶת בַּשׁ׳ Leviticus 2:7 etc. (approximately + 45 times in all), חַלַּת לֶחֶם שׁ׳ Exodus 29:23; Leviticus 8:26.
h. for use in temple 1 Chronicles 9:29.
i. for תְּרוּמָה in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) + 7 times in Ezekiel 45 and 46.
† j. efficacy denied Micah 6:7
† k. offered to idols Isaiah 57:9; Ezekiel 16:18, 19; Ezekiel 23:41. — See MacalisterHast. DB OIL ARSKEncy. Bib. OIL.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:18; 28:18; 35:14

Exodus

25:6; 25:6; 27:20; 29:2; 29:2; 29:23; 30:23; 30:24; 30:25

Leviticus

2:1; 2:4; 2:4; 2:5; 2:7; 5:11; 8:2; 8:2; 8:10; 8:12; 8:26; 10:7; 14; 14:10; 21:12; 24:2

Numbers

5:15; 11:8; 35:25

Deuteronomy

8:8; 28:40; 32:13; 33:24

1 Samuel

10:1; 16:1; 16:13

2 Samuel

1:21; 14:2

1 Kings

1:39; 6:23; 6:31; 6:32; 6:33; 17:12; 17:14; 17:16

2 Kings

2:4; 2:6; 2:7; 4:6; 9:1; 9:3; 9:6; 20:13; 20:13

1 Chronicles

9:29

2 Chronicles

2:9; 2:14

Nehemiah

8:15

Esther

2:2

Job

29:6

Psalms

23:5; 45:8; 55:22; 89:21; 92:11; 104:15; 109:18; 109:24; 109:24; 133:2; 141:5

Proverbs

5:3; 21:17; 27:9; 27:16

Ecclesiastes

7:1; 9:8; 10:1

Song of Songs

1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 4:10; 4:10

Isaiah

1:6; 5:1; 10:27; 10:28; 25:6; 28:1; 28:4; 39:2; 41:19; 57:9; 61:3

Ezekiel

16:9; 16:13; 16:18; 16:19; 16:20; 23:41; 27:17; 32:14; 45:14

Hosea

2:7; 2:7; 12:2

Amos

6:6; 6:6

Micah

6:7; 6:15

H8081

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8081 matches the Hebrew שֶׁמֶן (šemen),
which occurs 193 times in 176 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (1Ki 6:31–Isa 39:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:32 - He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 - So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - And she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:16 - The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:6 - When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - Then Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tie up your garments, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:3 - Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and flee; do not linger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:6 - So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:13 - And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Others of them were appointed over the furniture and over all the holy utensils, also over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the incense, and the spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - And also their relatives, from as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28 - Over the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - I will give for your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, 20,000 cors[fn] of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths[fn] of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:15 - Now therefore the wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which my lord has spoken, let him send to his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - He made the fortresses strong, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - and that they should proclaim it and publish it in all their towns and in Jerusalem, “Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:6 - when my steps were washed with butter,
and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:7 - you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:21 - His speech was smooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were drawn swords.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:20 - I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have anointed him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:10 - But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;
you have poured over me[fn] fresh oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:15 - and wine to gladden the heart of man,
oil to make his face shine
and bread to strengthen man’s heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:18 - He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soak[fn] into his body like water,
like oil into his bones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees are weak through fasting;
my body has become gaunt, with no fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 133:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:2 - It is like the precious oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
running down on the collar of his robes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 - For the lips of a forbidden[fn] woman drip honey,
and her speech[fn] is smoother than oil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling,
but a foolish man devours it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:16 - to restrain her is to restrain the wind
or to grasp[fn] oil in one’s right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:1 - A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death than the day of birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench;
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 - your anointing oils are fragrant;
your name is oil poured out;
therefore virgins love you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much better is your love than wine,
and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:6 - From the sole of the foot even to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
and raw wounds;
they are not pressed out or bound up
or softened with oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:1 - Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6 - On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley,
will be like a first-ripe fig[fn] before the summer:
when someone sees it, he swallows it
as soon as it is in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - And Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. And he showed them his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his whole armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

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