1 Chronicles 14:8

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.

• וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּand they heard

  vaiyishmeuH8085 →1159 times

• פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים[the] Philistines

  felishtimH6430 →287 times

• כִּי־that

  ki-H3588 →4482 times

• נִמְשַׁ֨חhe had been anointed

  nimshachH4886 →70 times

• דָּוִ֤ידDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙to king

  lemelekhH4428 →2525 times

• עַל־over

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• וַיַּעֲל֥וּand they went up

  vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times

• כָל־all

  khol-H3605 →5413 times

• פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים[the] Philistines

  pelishtimH6430 →287 times

• לְבַקֵּ֣שׁto seek

  levakeshH1245 →225 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• דָּוִ֑ידDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עand he heard

  vaiyishma'H8085 →1159 times

• דָּוִ֔ידDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• וַיֵּצֵ֖אand he went out

  vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times

• לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃<to> before them

  lifneihemH6440 →2123 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 5:3

  So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 2:4

    Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 1 Samuel 16:13

    So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…

  • 1 Samuel 23:18

    So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

• Through

  1 Chronicles 11:3

  So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of…

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 16:1

    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 1 Samuel 16:12–13

    So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”

  • 2 Samuel 5:3

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

• Through

  1 Samuel 21:11

  But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David…

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 29:5

    Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

  • Psalms 56:1–13

    Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.