1 Samuel 15:34 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
הָרָמָ֑תָה	ha.ra.Ma.tah	<the> Ramah towards	H7414 →
וְשָׁא֛וּל	ve.sha.'Ul	and Saul	H7586 →
עָלָ֥ה	'a.Lah	he went up	H5927 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בֵּית֖וֹ	bei.To	house his	H1004 →
גִּבְעַ֥ת	giv.'At	Gibeah of	H1390 →
שָׁאֽוּל׃	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →

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1 Samuel 11:4
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 10:26
  Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
- Judges 2:4
  When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
- Judges 21:2
  So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
- 1 Samuel 30:4
  So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
- Galatians 6:2
  Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Through
1 Samuel 7:17
Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 1:19
  The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered…
- 1 Samuel 8:4
  So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 1:1
  Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of…

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1 Samuel 11:4When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.Hosea 5:8Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.1 Samuel 7:17Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.Isaiah 10:29They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.1 Samuel 13:2He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.1 Kings 15:17Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.1 Samuel 19:18So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

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