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1 Samuel 11:4

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¶ Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
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  1. 1 Samuel 10:26Rank 1 from verse 4
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    26¶ And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

  2. Judges 2:4Rank 2 from verse 4
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    4And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

  3. 1 Samuel 15:34Rank 3 from verse 4
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    34¶ Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

  4. 1 Samuel 30:4Rank 4 from verse 4
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    4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

  5. Judges 21:2Rank 5 from verse 4
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    2And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

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1 Samuel 11:4

COMBINED MEANING

messengers

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Persons who bear messages or errands; bearers of spoken or written communications or dispatches.

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COMBINED MEANING

told

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

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tidings

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News, report, information, announcement, or a message brought concerning something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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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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ears

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Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

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people

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

4¶ Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

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5And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

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