1 Kings 12:16

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.

• וַיַּ֣רְאand it saw

  vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• כִּ֠יthat

  kiH3588 →4482 times

• לֹֽא־not

  lo'-H3808 →5168 times

• שָׁמַ֣עhe had listened

  shama'H8085 →1159 times

• הַמֶּלֶךְ֮the king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• אֲלֵיהֶם֒to them

  ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times

• וַיָּשִׁ֣בוּand they brought back

  vaiyashivuH7725 →1056 times

• הָעָ֣םthe people

  haamH5971 →1873 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• דָּבָ֣ר׀word

  davarH1697 →1440 times

• לֵאמֹ֡ר<to> saying

  lemorH559 →5305 times

• מַה־what?

  mah-H4100 →752 times

• לָּנוּ֩[belongs] to <the> us

  lanu

• חֵ֨לֶקportion

  chelekH2506 →

• בְּדָוִ֜דin David

  bedavidH1732 →999 times

• וְלֹֽא־and not

  velo'-H3808 →5168 times

• נַחֲלָ֣הan inheritance

  nachalahH5159 →222 times

• בְּבֶן־in [the] son of

  beven-H1121 →4930 times

• יִשַׁ֗יJesse

  yishaiH3448 →

• לְאֹהָלֶ֙יךָ֙to tents your

  leohaleikhaH168 →345 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לO Israel

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• עַתָּ֕הnow

  ʾatahH6258 →433 times

• רְאֵ֥הconsider

  reehH7200 →1300 times

• בֵיתְךָ֖own house your

  veitekhaH1004 →2046 times

• דָּוִ֑דO David

  davidH1732 →999 times

• וַיֵּ֥לֶךְand it went

  vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃to tents its

  leohalavH168 →345 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

  1 Kings 22:17

  So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

  it leads to

  • Numbers 27:17

    who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

  • Matthew 9:36

    When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

  • 1 Kings 22:34–36

    However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and…

  • 2 Chronicles 18:16–17

    So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

  • Jeremiah 50:6

    My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

• Through

  1 Kings 22:36

  As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”

  it leads to

  • 2 Kings 14:12

    And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.

• Through

  2 Chronicles 10:16

  When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your…

  it leads to

  • 2 Chronicles 10:19

    So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.

  • 2 Samuel 20:1

    Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son.…