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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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1 Samuel 25:12
So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:12 · retained source text

So Dauids yong men turned their way, and went againe, and came and told him all those sayings.

1 Samuel 25:14
¶ But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:14 · retained source text

¶ But one of the yong men told Abigail Nabals wife, saying, Behold, Dauid sent messengers out of the wildernesse to salute our master: and he railed on them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. flew vpon them.

1 Samuel 25:19
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:19 · retained source text

And she said vnto her seruants, Goe on before me, behold, I come after you: but she told not her husband Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:36
¶ And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:36 · retained source text

¶ And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king; & Nabals heart was merry within him, for hee was very drunken: wherefore shee tolde him nothing, lesse or more, vntill the morning light.

1 Samuel 25:37
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:37 · retained source text

But it came to passe in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

1 Samuel 27:4
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 27:4 · retained source text

And it was told Saul, that Dauid was fled to Gath, and he sought no more againe for him.

2 Samuel 1:5
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
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And Dauid said vnto the yong man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Ionathan his sonne be dead?

2 Samuel 1:6
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 1:6 · retained source text

And the yong man that told him, said, As I happened by chance vpon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned vpon his speare: and loe, the charets and horsemen followed hard after him.

2 Samuel 1:13
¶ And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 1:13 · retained source text

¶ And Dauid said vnto the yong man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the sonne of a stranger, an Amalekite.

2 Samuel 2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 2:4 · retained source text

And the men of Iudah came, and there they anointed Dauid king ouer the house of Iudah: and they tolde Dauid, saying; That the men of Iabesh Gilead were they that buried Saul.

1611 marginal note1.Macc. 2.57.

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 31.13.

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