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1 Samuel 25:1

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AND Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
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  1. 1 Samuel 28:3Rank 1 from verse 1
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    3¶ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

  2. Deuteronomy 34:8Rank 2 from verse 1
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    8¶ And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

  3. Numbers 20:29Rank 3 from verse 1
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    29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

  4. 2 Chronicles 33:20Rank 4 from verse 1
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    20¶ So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

  5. Acts 8:2Rank 5 from verse 1
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    2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

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1 Samuel 25:1

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gathered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.

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lamented

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Past-tense or past-participial form of lament. Mourned, grieved, wept, wailed, or expressed sorrow for.

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buried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of bury. Sense 1: Laid a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: Covered or concealed beneath earth or another substance, or treated as buried by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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arose

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1. Rose, stood up, got up, or moved upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. Began, emerged, appeared, came into being, or came forward. 3. Took action, intervened, or undertook the stated work. 4. Rose from death; returned to life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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wilderness

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Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

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1AND Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

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2And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

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