1 Kings 2:28

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.

• וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙and the report

  vehashemuahH8052 →

• בָּ֣אָהit came

  baahH935 →2568 times

• עַד־to

  ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

• יוֹאָ֔בJoab

  yoavH3097 →144 times

• כִּ֣יfor

  kiH3588 →4482 times

• יוֹאָ֗בJoab

  yoavH3097 →144 times

• נָטָה֙he had turned aside

  natahH5186 →214 times

• אַחֲרֵ֣יafter

  ʾachareiH310 →715 times

• אֲדֹנִיָּ֔הAdonijah

  ʾadoniyahH138 →26 times

• וְאַחֲרֵ֥יand after

  veachareiH310 →715 times

• אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםAbsalom

  ʾavshalomH53 →110 times

• לֹ֣אnot

  lo'H3808 →5168 times

• נָטָ֑הhe had turned aside

  natahH5186 →214 times

• וַיָּ֤נָסand he fled

  vaiyanosH5127 →159 times

• יוֹאָב֙Joab

  yoavH3097 →144 times

• אֶל־to

  ʾel-H413 →5510 times

• אֹ֣הֶל[the] tent of

  ʾohelH168 →345 times

• יְהוָ֔הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• וַֽיַּחֲזֵ֖קand he took hold

  vaiyachazekH2388 →291 times

• בְּקַרְנ֥וֹתon [the] horns of

  bekarnotH7161 →76 times

• הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃the altar

  hamizbeachH4196 →401 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

  Exodus 27:2

  Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

  it leads to

  • Psalms 118:27

    The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

• Through

  1 Kings 1:7

  So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 20:25

    Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

  • 1 Kings 2:22

    King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest…

• Through

  2 Samuel 18:2

  He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will…

  it leads to

  • Judges 7:16

    And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.

  • 2 Samuel 15:19–22

    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your…

• Through

  1 Kings 1:50

  But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.

  it leads to

  • Exodus 27:2

    Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

  • Exodus 38:2

    He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

  • Exodus 21:14

    But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.