1 Kings 15:21

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.

• וַֽיְהִי֙and it was

  vayhiH1961 →3559 times

• כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַwhen heard

  kishmoa'H8085 →1159 times

• בַּעְשָׁ֔אBaasha

  ba'sha'H1201 →28 times

• וַיֶּחְדַּ֕לand he ceased

  vaiyechdalH2308 →58 times

• מִבְּנ֖וֹתfrom building

  mibenotH1129 →376 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• הָֽרָמָ֑ה<the> Ramah

  haramahH7414 →36 times

• וַיֵּ֖שֶׁבand he remained

  vaiyeshevH3427 →1079 times

• בְּתִרְצָֽה׃in Tirzah

  betirtzahH8656 →18 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

  Song of Solomon 6:4

  You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.

  it leads to

  • Song of Solomon 6:10

    Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?

  • Psalms 48:2

    Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

  • 1 Kings 14:17

    Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

• Through

  1 Kings 14:17

  Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 15:33

    In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.

  • 1 Kings 16:23

    In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

  • 1 Kings 16:15

    In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

• Through

  1 Kings 15:17

  Baasha 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.

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 12:27

    If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return…

  • 2 Chronicles 16:1–6

    In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.