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years

Meaning of “years”

Periods of twelve months.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:14

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Showing verses 1–10 of 35 · 46 word occurrences in this result

2 Kings 3:1
NOW Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Now Iehoram the sonne of Ahab began to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, the eighteenth yere of Iehoshaphat king of Iudah, and reigned twelue yeeres.

2 Kings 8:1
THEN spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:1 · retained source text

¶ Then spake Elisha vnto the woman ( whose sonne he had restored to life) saying, Arise, and goe thou and thine housholde, and soiourne whersoeuer thou canst soiourne: for the LORD hath called for a famin, and it shall also come vpon the land seuen yeeres.

1611 marginal noteChap. 4.35.

2 Kings 8:2
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:2 · retained source text

And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her housholde, and soiourned in the land of the Philistines seuen yeeres.

2 Kings 8:3
And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:3 · retained source text

And it came to passe at the seuen yeeres ende, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went foorth to crie vnto the king for her house, and for her land.

2 Kings 8:17
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:17 · retained source text

Thirtie and two yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and hee reigned eight yeeres in Ierusalem.

2 Kings 8:26
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:26 · retained source text

Two and twentie yeeres old was Ahaziah when he began to reigne, and he reigned one yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

2 Kings 10:36
And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 10:36 · retained source text

And the time that Iehu reigned ouer Israel in Samaria, was twentie and eight yeeres.

1611 marginal noteHeb the dayes were.

2 Kings 11:3
And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 11:3 · retained source text

And he was with her hidde in the House of the LORD, sixe yeeres: and Athaliah did reigne ouer the land.

2 Kings 12:1
IN the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:1 · retained source text

¶ In the seuenth yeere of Iehu, Iehoash began to reigne, and fourtie yeeres reigned he in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 24.1.

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