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1 Kings 16:15

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¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
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  1. 1 Kings 15:27Rank 1 from verse 15
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    27¶ And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

  2. Joshua 19:44Rank 2 from verse 15
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    44And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,

  3. 1 Kings 16:8Rank 3 from verse 15
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    8¶ In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

  4. 2 Kings 9:31Rank 4 from verse 15
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    31And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?

  5. Job 20:5Rank 5 from verse 15
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    5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

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1 Kings 16:15

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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twenty

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The number equal to two tens, following nineteen and preceding twenty-one.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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reign

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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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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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encamped

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of encamp, meaning to pitch or occupy a camp.

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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belonged

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Past-tense or past-participial form of belong (to be the property, part, concern, attribute, relation, or fitting possession of the person or thing named).

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14Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

15¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

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16And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

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