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1 Samuel 30:4–7

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Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
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From verse 4

  1. 1 Samuel 11:4Rank 1 from verse 4
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    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.

  2. 1 Samuel 4:13Rank 2 from verse 4
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    13And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

  3. Genesis 37:33–35Rank 3 from verse 4
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    33And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

    34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

    35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

  4. Judges 2:4Rank 4 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.

  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;

  6. Numbers 14:1Rank 6 from verse 4
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    1AND all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

  7. Numbers 14:39Rank 7 from verse 4
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    39And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

  8. Ezra 10:1Rank 8 from verse 4
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    1NOW when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

From verse 5

  1. 1 Samuel 25:42–43Rank 1 from verse 5
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    42And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

    43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.

  2. 2 Samuel 2:2Rank 2 from verse 5
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    2So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite.

  3. 1 Samuel 1:2Rank 3 from verse 5
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    2And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

  4. 1 Samuel 27:3Rank 4 from verse 5
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    3And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.

  5. 2 Samuel 3:2–3Rank 5 from verse 5
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    2¶ And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

    3And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

From verse 6

  1. Psalms 56:3–4Rank 1 from verse 6
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    3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

    4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

  2. Psalms 56:11Rank 2 from verse 6
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    11In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

  3. Psalms 62:5Rank 3 from verse 6
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    5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

  4. Psalms 27:1–3Rank 4 from verse 6
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    1THE Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

    2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

    3Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

  5. Psalms 18:6Rank 5 from verse 6
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    6In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

  6. Psalms 25:17Rank 6 from verse 6
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    17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

  7. Psalms 40:1–2Rank 7 from verse 6
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    1I WAITED patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

    2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

  8. 2 Corinthians 1:8–10Rank 8 from verse 6
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    8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

    9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

    10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

  9. Exodus 17:4Rank 9 from verse 6
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    4And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

  10. Hebrews 13:6Rank 10 from verse 6
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    6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

  11. Romans 8:31Rank 11 from verse 6
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    31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

  12. Psalms 116:10Rank 12 from verse 6
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    10I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

  13. Psalms 116:3–4Rank 13 from verse 6
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    3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

    4Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

  14. Psalms 27:14Rank 14 from verse 6
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    14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

  15. Psalms 42:11Rank 15 from verse 6
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    11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

  16. Psalms 62:8–9Rank 16 from verse 6
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    8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

    9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

  17. Romans 4:18Rank 17 from verse 6
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    18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

  18. 2 Corinthians 4:8Rank 18 from verse 6
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    8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

  19. Psalms 34:1–8Rank 19 from verse 6
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    1I WILL bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

    2My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

    3O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

    4I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

    5They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

    6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

    7The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

    8O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

  20. John 8:59Rank 20 from verse 6
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    59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

  21. Numbers 14:10Rank 21 from verse 6
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    10But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

  22. Psalms 118:8–13Rank 22 from verse 6
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    8It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.

    9It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

    10All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.

    11They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

    12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

    13Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.

  23. 1 Samuel 1:10Rank 23 from verse 6
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    10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

  24. 2 Corinthians 7:5Rank 24 from verse 6
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    5For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

  25. Proverbs 18:10Rank 25 from verse 6
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    10The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

  26. Isaiah 37:14–20Rank 26 from verse 6
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    14¶ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

    15And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,

    16O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

    17Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.

    18Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,

    19And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

    20Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.

  27. Job 13:15Rank 27 from verse 6
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    15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

  28. 2 Corinthians 1:6Rank 28 from verse 6
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    6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

  29. Genesis 32:7Rank 29 from verse 6
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    7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

  30. Isaiah 25:4Rank 30 from verse 6
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    4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

  31. Matthew 21:9Rank 31 from verse 6
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    9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

  32. Matthew 27:22Rank 32 from verse 6
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    22Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

  33. Romans 4:20Rank 33 from verse 6
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    20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

  34. 2 Samuel 17:8Rank 34 from verse 6
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    8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

  35. Habakkuk 3:17–18Rank 35 from verse 6
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    17¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

    18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

  36. Jeremiah 16:19Rank 36 from verse 6
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    19O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

  37. Judges 18:25Rank 37 from verse 6
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    25And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

  38. Psalms 26:1–2Rank 38 from verse 6
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    1JUDGE me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.

    2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

  39. Psalms 42:7Rank 39 from verse 6
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    7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

  40. Psalms 62:1Rank 40 from verse 6
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    1TRULY my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

  41. Psalms 42:5Rank 41 from verse 6
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    5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

  42. 2 Kings 4:27Rank 42 from verse 6
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    27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

From verse 7

  1. 1 Kings 2:26Rank 1 from verse 7
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    26¶ And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

  2. 1 Samuel 22:20–21Rank 2 from verse 7
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    20¶ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

    21And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord’s priests.

  3. 1 Samuel 23:2–9Rank 3 from verse 7
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    2Therefore David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

    3And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

    4Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

    5So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

    6And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

    7¶ And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

    8And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

    9¶ And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

  4. Mark 2:26Rank 4 from verse 7
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    26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

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1 Samuel 30:4

COMBINED MEANING

people

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

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power

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Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.

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

COMBINED MEANING

weep

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To shed tears or lament in grief, sorrow, compassion, repentance, joy, or other deep feeling.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Samuel 30:5

COMBINED MEANING

taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Samuel 30:6

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distressed

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Suffering great pain or torture; severely afflicted; harassed; oppressed with calamity or misfortune.

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

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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people

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

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

grieved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of grieve, meaning to feel pain of mind or heart; to be in pain on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

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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DEFINED WORDS

1 Samuel 30:7

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priest

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One appointed to sacred service, ministering in things pertaining to God or a deity, especially by offering gifts or sacrifices.

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

COMBINED MEANING

son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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pray

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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hither

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To or toward this place or direction; in “hither and thither,” this way and that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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30:3¶ So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

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

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30:5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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30:6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

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30:7And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

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30:8And David inquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

30:9So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

30:10But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

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