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2 Chronicles 15:9–14

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And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
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From verse 9

  1. 2 Chronicles 11:16Rank 1 from verse 9
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    16And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers.

  2. Acts 9:31Rank 2 from verse 9
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    31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

  3. Zechariah 8:21–23Rank 3 from verse 9
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    21And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.

    22Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord.

    23Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

  4. 1 Chronicles 12:19Rank 4 from verse 9
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    19And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

  5. 1 Kings 12:19Rank 5 from verse 9
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    19So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

  6. 1 Kings 3:28Rank 6 from verse 9
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    28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

  7. 1 Samuel 18:28Rank 7 from verse 9
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    28¶ And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.

  8. 2 Chronicles 30:1–11Rank 8 from verse 9
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    1AND Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel.

    2For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

    3For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

    4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

    5So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.

    6So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

    7And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

    8Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

    9For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

    10So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

    11Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

  9. 2 Chronicles 30:25Rank 9 from verse 9
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    25And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.

  10. Acts 7:9–10Rank 10 from verse 9
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    9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

    10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  11. Genesis 39:3Rank 11 from verse 9
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    3And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

From verse 10

  1. Esther 8:9Rank 1 from verse 10
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    9Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

From verse 11

  1. 2 Chronicles 14:13–15Rank 1 from verse 11
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    13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

    14And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

    15They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

  2. 1 Chronicles 26:26–27Rank 2 from verse 11
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    26Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

    27Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord.

  3. 1 Samuel 15:15Rank 3 from verse 11
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    15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

  4. 1 Samuel 15:21Rank 4 from verse 11
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    21But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

  5. 2 Chronicles 1:6Rank 5 from verse 11
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    6And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.

  6. 2 Chronicles 7:5Rank 6 from verse 11
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    5And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

  7. Numbers 31:28–29Rank 7 from verse 11
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    28And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

    29Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord.

  8. Numbers 31:50Rank 8 from verse 11
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    50We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.

From verse 12

  1. Acts 24:14Rank 1 from verse 12
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    14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

  2. 2 Chronicles 23:16Rank 2 from verse 12
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    16¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.

  3. Deuteronomy 10:12Rank 3 from verse 12
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    12¶ And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

  4. 2 Chronicles 29:10Rank 4 from verse 12
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    10Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

  5. 1 Kings 8:48Rank 5 from verse 12
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    48And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

  6. 2 Chronicles 15:4Rank 6 from verse 12
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    4But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

  7. 2 Chronicles 34:31–32Rank 7 from verse 12
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    31And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

    32And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

  8. 2 Corinthians 8:5Rank 8 from verse 12
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    5And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

  9. 2 Kings 23:3Rank 9 from verse 12
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    3¶ And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

  10. Deuteronomy 29:1Rank 10 from verse 12
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    1THESE are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

  11. Deuteronomy 29:12Rank 11 from verse 12
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    12That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:

  12. Deuteronomy 4:29Rank 12 from verse 12
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    29But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

  13. Jeremiah 29:12–13Rank 13 from verse 12
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    12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

    13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

  14. Jeremiah 50:5Rank 14 from verse 12
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    5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

  15. Nehemiah 10:29Rank 15 from verse 12
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    29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

  16. Nehemiah 9:38Rank 16 from verse 12
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    38And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

From verse 13

  1. Exodus 22:20Rank 1 from verse 13
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    20¶ He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

  2. Deuteronomy 29:18Rank 2 from verse 13
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    18Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

  3. 1 Kings 18:40Rank 3 from verse 13
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    40And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

  4. Acts 26:22Rank 4 from verse 13
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    22Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

  5. Deuteronomy 13:5–15Rank 5 from verse 13
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    5And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

    6¶ If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

    7Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

    8Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

    9But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    10And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

    11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

    12¶ If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

    13Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

    14Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

    15Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

  6. Deuteronomy 17:2–5Rank 6 from verse 13
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    2¶ If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

    3And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

    4And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

    5Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

  7. Psalms 115:13Rank 7 from verse 13
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    13He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

  8. Revelation 20:12Rank 8 from verse 13
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    12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

  9. Exodus 12:29Rank 9 from verse 13
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    29¶ And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

  10. Genesis 19:11Rank 10 from verse 13
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    11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

  11. Job 3:19Rank 11 from verse 13
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    19The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

  12. Job 34:19Rank 12 from verse 13
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    19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

  13. Revelation 6:15Rank 13 from verse 13
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    15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

From verse 14

  1. Nehemiah 10:29Rank 1 from verse 14
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    29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

  2. Nehemiah 5:13Rank 2 from verse 14
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    13Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.

  3. Psalms 81:1–4Rank 3 from verse 14
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    1SING aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

    2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

    3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

    4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Chronicles 15:9

COMBINED MEANING

gathered

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

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

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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fell

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1. Came or went down; dropped, bowed, lay flat, collapsed, or lost an upright or raised place. 2. Was slain, died, was overthrown, or came under another's hand or power. 3. Came upon, seized, or affected someone or something, or entered a stated condition such as sickness, sleep, fear, lusting, or a trance. 4. Attacked or set upon. 5. Happened or came to pass. 6. Joined, yielded, went over, or departed from a person, side, office, or former standing. 7. Was assigned or determined by lot or portion. 8. As the present verb fell, to cut or bring down a tree or other standing thing.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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.

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Chronicles 15:10

COMBINED MEANING

gathered

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

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2 Chronicles 15:11

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offered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of offer, meaning to present, bring, give, propose, or attempt.

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

COMBINED MEANING

time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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spoil

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Sense 1: Goods or captives taken from an enemy. Sense 2: As a verb, to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.

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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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sheep

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Sense 1: Flock animals kept for wool, food, and sacrifice. Sense 2: Figuratively, people pictured as a flock or as needing a shepherd.

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2 Chronicles 15:12

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entered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of enter, meaning to go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

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

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covenant

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Sense 1: A binding agreement, promise, pledge, or appointed order. Sense 2: The stated words, terms, testimony, or written record of such an agreement or promise.

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

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

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2 Chronicles 15:13

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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small

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1. Little or limited in size, amount, number, extent, strength, power, rank, or importance. 2. Fine or minute; broken or ground into small particles. 3. In “no small,” considerable or great. 4. In “small cattle,” sheep and goats, as distinguished from oxen or larger cattle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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

DEFINED WORDS

2 Chronicles 15:14

COMBINED MEANING

shouting

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The act or sound of crying out loudly in joy, worship, harvest, alarm, battle, or tumult.

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

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15:8And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.

15:9And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

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15:10So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

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15:11And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

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15:12And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

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15:13That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

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15:14And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

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15:15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

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