And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 8:14 · retained source text
And they gathered them together vpon heapes, and the land stanke.
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heaps
Meaning of “heaps”
Sense 1: Piles or masses. Sense 2: As a verb, gathers or piles up.
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20 occurrences19 verses11 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 8:14
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Every verse containing “heaps”
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 15:16 · retained source text
And Samson said, With the iawbone of an asse, heapes vpon heapes, with the iaw of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men.
1611 marginal noteHeb. an heape, two heapes
¶ And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 10:8 · retained source text
¶ And there came a messenger, and tolde him, saying, They haue brought the heads of the kings sonnes. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entring in of the gate, vntill the morning.
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 19:25 · retained source text
Hast thou not heard long agoe, how I haue done it, and of ancient times that I haue formed it? now haue I brought it to passe, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heapes.
1611 marginal noteOr, hast thou not heard how I haue made it long agoe, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laide waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heapes?
And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them by heaps.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 31:6 · retained source text
And concerning the children of Israel and Iudah, that dwelt in the cities of Iudah, they also brought in the tithes of oxen and sheepe, and the tithe of holy things, which were consecrated vnto the LORD their God, and layd them by heapes.
1611 marginal noteHeb. heapes heapes
1611 marginal noteLeuit. 27.30. deu. 14.28.
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 31:7 · retained source text
In the third moneth they began to lay the foundation of the heapes, and finished them in the seuenth moneth.
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord, and his people Israel.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 31:8 · retained source text
And when Hezekiah and the princes came, and saw the heapes, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.
Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 31:9 · retained source text
Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Leuites concerning the heapes.
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 4:2 · retained source text
And he spake before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What doe these feeble Iewes? wil they fortifie themselues? will they sacrifice? wil they make an end in a day? wil they reuiue the stones, out of the heapes of the rubbish, which are burnt?
1611 marginal noteHebr. leaue to themselues.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 15:28 · retained source text
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heapes.
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