1 Kings 16:18

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיְהִ֞יand it was

  vayhiH1961 →3559 times

• כִּרְא֤וֹתwhen saw

  kirotH7200 →1300 times

• זִמְרִי֙Zimri

  zimriH2174 →15 times

• כִּֽי־that

  ki-H3588 →4482 times

• נִלְכְּדָ֣הit was captured

  nilkedahH3920 →

• הָעִ֔ירthe city

  hairH5892 →1090 times

• וַיָּבֹ֖אand he went

  vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times

• אֶל־into

  ʾel-H413 →5510 times

• אַרְמ֣וֹן[the] fortress of

  ʾarmonH759 →

• בֵּית־[the] house of

  beit-H1004 →2046 times

• הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• וַיִּשְׂרֹ֨ףand he burned

  vaiyisrofH8313 →117 times

• עָלָ֧יוover himself

  ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• בֵּֽית־[the] house of

  beit-H1004 →2046 times

• מֶ֛לֶךְ[the] king

  melekhH4428 →2525 times

• בָּאֵ֖שׁwith <the> fire

  baeshH784 →378 times

• וַיָּמֹֽת׃and he died

  vaiyamotH4191 →839 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  2 Samuel 17:23

  When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he…

  it leads to

  • Matthew 27:5

    So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

  • 2 Kings 20:1

    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to…

  • 2 Samuel 15:12

    While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

  • Psalms 5:10

    Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

  • 2 Samuel 15:31

    Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

• Through

  Judges 9:54

  He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 31:4–5

    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

• Through

  Matthew 27:5

  So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

  it leads to

  • Acts 1:18–19

    (Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.

  • 2 Samuel 17:23

    When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he…