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Lexicon :: Strong's H8269 - śar

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שַׂר
Transliteration
śar
Pronunciation
sar
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 2295a

Strong’s Definitions

שַׂר sar, sar; from H8323; a head person (of any rank or class):—captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 421x

The KJV translates Strong's H8269 in the following manner: prince (208x), captain (130x), chief (33x), ruler (33x), governor (6x), keeper (3x), principal (2x), general (1x), lords (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 421x
The KJV translates Strong's H8269 in the following manner: prince (208x), captain (130x), chief (33x), ruler (33x), governor (6x), keeper (3x), principal (2x), general (1x), lords (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain

    1. chieftain, leader

    2. vassal, noble, official (under king)

    3. captain, general, commander (military)

    4. chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)

    5. heads, princes (of religious office)

    6. elders (of representative leaders of people)

    7. merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)

    8. patron-angel

    9. Ruler of rulers (of God)

    10. warden

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שַׂר sar, sar; from H8323; a head person (of any rank or class):—captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
STRONGS H8269: Abbreviations
שַׂר 420 noun masculine chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince (Late Hebrew especially of angels; Assyrian šarru, king); — absolute שַׂר 2 Samuel 3:38 +, הַשַּׂר Micah 7:3 +, שָׂ֑ר Hosea 3:4 +; construct שַׂר Judges 4:2 +; suffix שַׂרְכֶם Daniel 10:21; plural שָׂרִים 1 Kings 4:2 +; construct שָׂרֵי Genesis 12:15 +; suffix שָׂרַי Judges 5:15; Isaiah 10:8, שָׂרֵיכֶם Jeremiah 44:21, שָׂרֵיהֶם Isaiah 3:4 +; —
1. chieftain, leader:
a. plural of Israel Numbers 21:18 (poem in J E; || נְדִיֹב הָעָם), of Issachar Judges 5:15 (poem); שָׂרֵי גִלְעָד Judges 10:18 is dubious (we should expect וְשׂ׳, and compare זִקְנֵי ג׳, instead, Judges 11:5-11); of Midian Judges 7:25; Judges 8:3; Philistines 1 Samuel 29:3 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 29:4 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 29:9; (apparently = סְרָנִים 1 Samuel 29:2; 1 Samuel 29:6; 1 Samuel 29:7 [We], yet distinguished by HPS and [with reserve] Bu; Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Th Bu strike out in 1 Samuel 29:4 b), compare 1 Samuel 18:30; in poetry, of כְּמוֺשׁ (i.e. the leading Moabites) Jeremiah 48:7, of מָלכם (which see; i.e. the leading Ammonites) Amos 1:15 = Jeremiah 49:3.
b. singular David as leader of freebooters 1 Samuel 22:2; compare גְּדוּד שׂ׳ 1 Kings 11:24, plural 2 Samuel 4:2.
2. vassal, noble, official, under king (acting, on occasion, as counselor, commander, etc.):
a. plural, in Egypt Genesis 12:15 (J) + 3 times in Isaiah Isaiah 30:4 Di Du Skinner (>of foreign embassy [compare || מַלְאָכָיו] Che and others reading [CheHeb. Hpt. Marti] שָׁשׂרִים), Psalm 105:22; Moab Numbers 22:8 + 8 times in Numberse 22; 23 (JE), Amos 2:3; Edom Isaiah 34:12 (|| הֹרִים); Assyrian Isaiah 10:8; Isaiah 31:9; Babylonian Isaiah 21:5 + 7 timesin Jeremiah + 2 Chronicles 32:31 (but here perhaps vaguely = authorities); other nations Jeremiah 49:38 + 17 times in Ezra, Esther; in general Isaiah 49:7; officials, official class, under kings of Israel: David (only Chronicles) 1 Chronicles 22:17 + 5 timesin 1 Chronicles; Ezra 8:20; Solomon 1 Kings 4:2; Jehoiachin 2 Kings 24:12, 14; Zedak. Jeremiah 34:21; 2 Chronicles 36:18; other kings + 19 times in 2 Chronicles; in general Ecclesiastes 10:16, 17; see also (Judah) Jeremiah 1:18 + 31 times in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:25a strike out שׂ׳ Gf Che Gie Du), + 4 times in Lamentations; Ezekiel 17:12; Zephaniah 1:8 (where distinguished from בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ, who are never called שׂ׳); so, in general, Nehemiah 9:32, 34; Daniel 9:6, 8; and (Northern Israel) Hosea 3:4 + 6 times in Hosea.
b. as having powers of magistrate (ḳadi) Exodus 2:14 (E + שֹׁפֵט); under Moses (over groups of 1000, 100, 50, 10) Exodus 18:21 + 7 times in Exodus 18 (E), Deuteronomy 1:15 (4 times in verse); later in Judah Hosea 5:10 (Now reads שָׂרֵי תִשׁ׳), Isaiah 1:23, compare Isaiah 3:4, 14; Isaiah 32:1; Micah 7:3 (singular; || שֹׁפֵט), Zephaniah 3:3 (|| id.), Ezekiel 22:27, compare Proverbs 8:16 (|| נְדִיבִים); Proverbs 28:2 read perhaps צָרֶיהָ, see Toy.
c. as ruler or magistrate of a district (מְרִינָה), 1 Kings 20:14, 15, 17, 19; (compare Esther 1:3; Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3, שָׂרֵי עַם וָעָם Esther 3:12).
d. as commandant of city, הָעִיר שׂ׳ Judges 9:30, compare 1 Kings 22:26 2 Chronicles 18:25; 2 Kings 23:8; 2 Chronicles 34:8; of citadel, הַבִּירָה שׂ׳ Nehemiah 7:2; plural of city officials סֻכּוֺת שׂ׳ Judges 8:6, 14 (distinguished from זְקֵנִים), compare 2 Kings 10:1; 2 Chronicles 29:20.
3. specifically military, = captain, general:
a. שַׂרֿ(ה)צבא Genesis 21:22, 32 (E), Genesis 26:26 (J), 1 Samuel 12:9 + 23 times, + יֿ׳ צֿ׳ שׂ׳ Joshua 5:14, 15 (J E; צָבָא 1b), angel-captain in vision; see also 8, 9; שָׂרֵי הַצּ׳ 1 Kings 1:25 + 3 times Chronicles, שָׂרִים בַּצּ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:22 (Gi Baer; van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:21); שָׂרֵי צְבָאוֺת Deuteronomy 20:9; 1 Kings 2:5; 1 Chronicles 27:3; שַׂרהַֿחַ֫יִל 2 Samuel 24:2 (but read וְאֶלשָֿׂרֵי as LXX of Lucian (Lag.) and || 1 Chronicles 21:2 Th We Dr HPS Bu), שָׂרֵי (הַ)ח׳ 1 Chronicles 21:4; 1 Chronicles 21:4; 2 Kings 9:5; 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 2:9, שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים 1 Kings 15:20 2 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Kings 25:23, 26; Jeremiah 40:7, 13 + 7 times Jeremiah; שָׂרֵי מִלְחָמוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:6; so (ה)שׂר alone 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 19:7; 1 Kings 9:22 2 Chronicles 8:9 Greek Version of the LXX.:B Be Kit (שָׁרָיו וְשָׁלִישָׁיו, for MT שָׂרֵי שׁ׳), 2 Kings 9:5 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 11:6, 21 + 9 times, + Job 39:25; Daniel 11:5; וְגָדוֺל שׂ׳ 2 Samuel 3:38 (of Abner); possibly military figurative also in שַׂר שָׁלוֺם Isaiah 9:5 (Messianic name).
b. leading companies of 50 2 Kings 1:9-14 Isaiah 3:3, of 100 1 Samuel 22:7 + 16 times + 1 Samuel 8:12 (reading מֵאוֺת for חֲמִשִּׁים Greek Version of the LXX HPS, compare We; Bu insert שָׂרֵי מֵאוֺת), of 1000 1 Samuel 17:18 + 11 times, + שָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים וְהַמֵּאוֺת 1 Chronicles 13:1; 1 Chronicles 26:26 (distinguished from שָׂרֵי הַצָּבָא), 1 Chronicles 27:1; 1 Chronicles 29:6; 2 Chronicles 1:2; also הָרֶכֶב שׂ׳ captain of the chariotry 1 Kings 22:31, 32, 33 2 Chronicles 18:30; 18:31; 18:32 + 3 times + שָׂרֵי וּפָרָשָׁיו ר׳ 1 Kings 9:22 2 Chronicles 8:9.
4.
a. chief, head, of other official classes: שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים, Egypt, Genesis 37:36 + 5 times; שָׂרֵי הָרָצִים 1 Kings 14:27 2 Chronicles 12:10; שָׂרֵי הַנִּצָּבִים 1 Kings 5:30; 1 Kings 9:23 2 Chronicles 8:10; even domestic positions (court of Pharaoh), שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים Genesis 40:2 + 5 times, שַׂר הָאוֺפוֺת Genesis 40:2 + 4 times (all E); שָׂרֵי הַמּחְלְקוֺת 1 Chronicles 28:1, i.e. of the successive courses of royal military officials; compare הַשַּׂר 1 Chronicles 27:28; שַׂר הַסָּרִיסִים Daniel 1:7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18; שַׂר מְנוּחָה Jeremiah 51:59.
b. = overseer: שַׂר בֵּית הַסֹּהַר Genesis 39:21, 23, שָׂרֵי מִקְנֶה Genesis 47:6 (all J; compare אַבִּיר הָרֹעִים 1 Samuel 21:8), שָׂרֵי מִסִּים Exodus 1:11 (J); compare 1 Chronicles 15:27; 1 Chronicles 29:6; 1 Chronicles 27:31; 1 Chronicles 28:1. — In 1 Chronicles 15:22 read probably סַר הַמַּשָּׂא (= שַׂר) overseer of the carrying (for MT בְּמַשָּׂא יָסֹר בַּמַּשָּׂא), so Greek Version of the LXX Benz Kit, Be יָסֹר = יָשׂר; see another view יָסַר Qal.
5. of religious office: שָׂרֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים Ezra 8:24, 29; Ezra 10:5; 2 Chronicles 36:14; הַלְוִיִּם שׂ׳ 1 Chronicles 15:16, 22; 2 Chronicles 35:9, compare 1 Chronicles 15:5, 6, 7, 8, 10 (twice in verse); heads of classes or courses of priests, called שָׂרֵי קֹרֶשׁ 1 Chronicles 24:5, אֱלֹהִים שׂ׳ 1 Chronicles 24:5; — שָׂרֵי ק׳ Isaiah 43:28 (usually consecrated princes, whether priests, or kings, or both) is probably corrupt, read perhaps שַׁעֲרֵי (Du) or וַיְחַלְּלוּ שָׂרֶיךָ קָרְשִׁי Greek Version of the LXX Houb Klo CheHpt Gr (substantially).
6. late, of representative leaders of people, tribal heads, שׂ׳ שִׁבְטֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Chronicles 27:22; 1 Chronicles 29:6, compare 1 Chronicles 28:1; apparently = elders, הָעָם שׂ׳ Ezekiel 11:1; 2 Chronicles 24:23; שׂ׳ alone, Psalm 68:28 (3 times in verse); in post-exilic Jerusalem Ezra 9:1, 2; Nehemiah 4:10; Nehemiah 10:1; Nehemiah 11:1 (שָׂרֵי הָעָם), + elders Ezra 10:8, 14; called שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה Nehemiah 12:31, 32; of district-rulers Nehemiah 3:9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; of heads of families, שָׂרֵי הָאָבוֺת Ezra 8:29; 1 Chronicles 29:6 (= רָאשֵׁי הָא׳ 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 27:1; Nehemiah 7:70).
7. late, as term of rank and dignity, Isaiah 23:8 (compare 'merchant- princes'), Job 3:15; Job 29:9 (|| נְגִירִים), Job 34:19; Psalm 45:17; Psalm 82:7; Psalm 148:11, opposed to עבד(יםׅ Proverbs 19:10; Ecclesiastes 10:7; formidable foes Psalm 119:23; Psalm 119:161.
8. = patron-angel, only Daniel: פָּרַס (מַלְכוּת) שַׂר Daniel 10:13, 20, יָוָן שׂ׳ Daniel 10:20; specifically of מִיכָאֵל Daniel 10:13, 21; Daniel 12:1
9. שַׂרהַֿצָּבָא Daniel 8:11 = God (probably, compare צָרָא 1c; yet see also צ׳ 1b), so שַׂר שְׂרִים Daniel 8:25.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:15; 12:15; 21:22; 21:32; 26:26; 30:4; 37:36; 39:21; 39:23; 40:2; 40:2; 47:6

Exodus

1:11; 2:14; 18; 18:21

Numbers

21:18; 22:8

Deuteronomy

1:15; 20:9

Joshua

5:14; 5:15

Judges

4:2; 5:15; 5:15; 7:25; 8:3; 8:6; 8:14; 9:30; 10:18; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7; 11:8; 11:9; 11:10; 11:11

1 Samuel

8:12; 12:9; 17:18; 18:30; 21:8; 22:2; 22:7; 29:2; 29:3; 29:4; 29:4; 29:6; 29:7; 29:9

2 Samuel

3:38; 3:38; 4:2; 18:5; 19:7; 24:2

1 Kings

1:25; 2:5; 4:2; 9:22; 9:22; 9:23; 11:24; 14:27; 15:20; 20:14; 20:15; 20:17; 20:19; 22:26; 22:31; 22:32; 22:33

2 Kings

1:9; 1:10; 1:11; 1:12; 1:13; 1:14; 9:5; 9:5; 10:1; 23:8; 24:12; 24:14; 25:23; 25:26

1 Chronicles

11:6; 11:21; 12:21; 12:22; 13:1; 15:5; 15:6; 15:7; 15:8; 15:10; 15:16; 15:22; 15:22; 15:27; 21:2; 21:4; 21:4; 22:17; 24:5; 24:5; 24:31; 26:26; 27:1; 27:1; 27:3; 27:22; 27:28; 27:31; 28:1; 28:1; 28:1; 29:6; 29:6; 29:6; 29:6

2 Chronicles

1:2; 8:9; 8:9; 8:10; 12:10; 16:4; 18:25; 18:30; 18:31; 18:32; 24:23; 29:20; 32:6; 32:31; 33:14; 34:8; 35:9; 36:14; 36:18

Ezra

8:20; 8:24; 8:29; 8:29; 9:1; 9:2; 10:5; 10:8; 10:14

Nehemiah

2:9; 3:9; 3:12; 3:14; 3:15; 3:16; 3:17; 3:18; 3:19; 4:10; 7:2; 7:70; 9:32; 9:34; 10:1; 11:1; 12:31; 12:32

Esther

1:3; 3:12; 8:9; 9:3

Job

3:15; 29:9; 34:19; 39:25

Psalms

45:17; 68:28; 82:7; 105:22; 119:23; 119:161; 148:11

Proverbs

8:16; 19:10; 28:2

Ecclesiastes

10:7; 10:16; 10:17

Song of Songs

1

Isaiah

1:23; 3:3; 3:4; 3:4; 3:14; 9:5; 10:8; 10:8; 21:5; 23:8; 31:9; 32:1; 34:12; 43:28; 49:7

Jeremiah

1:18; 17:25; 34:21; 40:7; 40:13; 44:21; 48:7; 49:3; 49:38; 51:59

Ezekiel

11:1; 17:12; 22:27

Daniel

1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:10; 1:11; 1:18; 8:11; 8:25; 9:6; 9:8; 10:13; 10:13; 10:20; 10:20; 10:21; 10:21; 11:5; 12:1

Hosea

3:4; 3:4; 5:10

Amos

1:15; 2:3

Micah

7:3; 7:3

Zephaniah

1:8; 3:3

H8269

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Strong's Number H8269 matches the Hebrew שַׂר (śar),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - and he sacrificeth ox, and fatling, and sheep in abundance, and calleth for all the sons of the king, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab head of the host -- and for Solomon thy servant he hath not called.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - for he hath gone down to-day, and doth sacrifice ox, and fatling, and sheep, in abundance, and calleth for all the sons of the king, and for the heads of the host, and for Abiathar the priest, and lo, they are eating and drinking before him, and they say, Let king Adonijah live!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - 'And also, thou hast known that which he did to me -- Joab son of Zeruiah -- that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether -- that he slayeth them, and maketh the blood of war in peace, and putteth the blood of war in his girdle, that is on his loins, and in his sandals that are on his feet;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:2 - and these are the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok is the priest;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - apart from the heads of the officers of Solomon, who are over the work, three thousand and three hundred, those ruling over the people who are working in the business.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:22 - And out of the sons of Israel Solomon hath not appointed a servant, for they are the men of war, and his servants, and his heads, and his captains, and the heads of his chariots, and his horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:23 - These are the heads of the officers who are over the work of Solomon, fifty and five hundred, those ruling among the people who are labouring in the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - and it cometh to pass, in David's being with Edom, in the going up of Joab head of the host to bury the slain, that he smiteth every male in Edom --

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - And Hadad hath heard in Egypt that David hath lain with his fathers, and that Joab head of the host is dead, and Hadad saith unto Pharaoh, 'Send me away, and I go unto my land.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:24 - and gathereth unto himself men, and is head of a troop in David's slaying them, and they go to Damascus, and dwell in it, and reign in Damascus;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - And king Rehoboam maketh in their stead shields of brass, and hath made them a charge on the hand of the heads of the runners, those keeping the opening of the house of the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:20 - And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa, and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath against cities of Israel, and smiteth Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - and conspire against him doth his servant Zimri (head of the half of the chariots) and he is in Tirzah drinking -- a drunkard in the house of Arza, who is over the house in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - and the people who are encamping hear, saying, 'Zimri hath conspired, and also hath smitten the king;' and all Israel cause Omri head of the host to reign over Israel on that day in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - And Ahab saith, 'By whom?' and he saith, 'Thus said Jehovah, By the young men of the heads of the provinces;' and he saith, 'Who doth direct the battle?' and he saith, 'Thou.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - And he inspecteth the young men of the heads of the provinces, and they are two hundred, two and thirty, and after them he hath inspecteth the whole of the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - And the young men of the heads of the provinces go out at the first, and Ben-Hadad sendeth, and they declare to him, saying, 'Men have come out of Samaria.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19 - And these have gone out of the city -- the young men of the heads of the provinces -- and the force that is after them,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:26 - And the king of Israel saith, 'Take Micaiah, and turn him back unto Amon head of the city, and unto Joash son of the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31 - And the king of Aram commanded the heads of the charioteers whom he hath -- thirty and two -- saying, 'Ye do not fight with small or with great, but with the king of Israel by himself.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:32 - And it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they said, 'He is only the king of Israel;' and they turn aside to him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:33 - and it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that he is not the king of Israel, that they turn back from after him.
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