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told

Meaning of “told”

Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:11

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Joshua 2:2
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
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1611 witness · Joshua 2:2 · retained source text

And it was told the king of Iericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night, of the children of Israel, to search out the countrey.

Joshua 2:23
¶ So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 2:23 · retained source text

¶ So the two men returned, and descended from the mountaine, and passed ouer, and came to Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and told him all things that befell them.

Joshua 9:24
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
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1611 witness · Joshua 9:24 · retained source text

And they answered Ioshua, and said, Because it was certainely told thy seruants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his seruant Moses to giue you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our liues because of you, and haue done this thing.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 7.1.

Joshua 10:17
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
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1611 witness · Joshua 10:17 · retained source text

And it was told Ioshua, saying, The fiue kings are found hid in a caue at Makkedah.

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