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reign

Meaning of “reign”

Sense 1: To exercise kingly rule, dominion, governing power, or controlling power. Sense 2: Royal rule or dominion, or the period during which a ruler governs.

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First occurrence: Genesis 37:8

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2 Chronicles 36:9
¶ Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 36:9 · retained source text

¶ Iehoiachin was eight yeeres old when hee began to reigne, and hee reigned three moneths and ten dayes in Ierusalem, and hee did that which was euill in the sight of the LORD.

1611 marginal note2.King. 24.8.

2 Chronicles 36:11
¶ Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 36:11 · retained source text

¶ Zedekiah was one and twentie yeres old, when he began to reigne, and reigned eleuen yeeres in Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteIer. 52.1.&c. 2.king 24.18.

2 Chronicles 36:20
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 36:20 · retained source text

And them that had escaped from the sword, caried he away to Babylon: where they were seruants to him and his sonnes, vntil the reigne of the kingdome of Persia:

1611 marginal noteHeb. the remainder from the sword.

Ezra 4:5
And hired counsellers against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezra 4:5 · retained source text

And hired counsellers against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the dayes of Cyrus king of Persia, euen vntill the reigne of Darius king of Persia.

Ezra 4:6
And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
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1611 witness · Ezra 4:6 · retained source text

And in the reigne of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reigne, wrote they vnto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Iudah and Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Ahashuerosh.

Ezra 4:24
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezra 4:24 · retained source text

Then ceased the woorke of the house of the God, which is at Ierusalem. So it ceased, vnto the second yeere of the reigne of Darius king of Persia.

Ezra 6:15
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
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1611 witness · Ezra 6:15 · retained source text

And this honse was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixt yere of the reigne of Darius the king.

Ezra 7:1
NOW after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
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1611 witness · Ezra 7:1 · retained source text

¶ Now after these things, in the reigne of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the sonne of Azariah, the sonne of Hilkiah,

Ezra 8:1
THESE are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezra 8:1 · retained source text

¶ These are now the chiefe of their fathers, and this is the genealogie of them that went vp with mee from Babylon, in the reigne of Artaxerxes the king.

Nehemiah 12:22
¶ The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 12:22 · retained source text

¶ The Leuites in the dayes of Eliashib, Ioiada, and Iohanan, and Iaddua, were recorded chiefe of the fathers: also the Priests, to the reigne of Darius the Persian.

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