1 Kings 20:1

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.

• וּבֶן־and Ben

  uven-H1130 →50 times

• הֲדַ֣דHadad

  hadadH1130 →50 times

• מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

  melekh-H4428 →2525 times

• אֲרָ֗םAram

  ʾaramH758 →143 times

• קָבַץ֙he gathered

  kavatzH6908 →127 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• חֵיל֔וֹarmy his

  cheiloH2428 →246 times

• וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםand thirty

  usheloshimH7970 →172 times

• וּשְׁנַ֥יִםand two

  ushenayimH8147 →768 times

• מֶ֛לֶךְking[s]

  melekhH4428 →2525 times

• אִתּ֖וֹ[were] with him

  ʾitoH854 →929 times

• וְס֣וּסand horse[s]

  vesusH5483 →140 times

• וָרָ֑כֶבand chariotry

  varakhevH7393 →119 times

• וַיַּ֗עַלand he went up

  vaiyaalH5927 →890 times

• וַיָּ֙צַר֙and he laid siege

  vaiyatzarH6696 →38 times

• עַל־on

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןSamaria

  shomeronH8111 →109 times

• וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםand he fought

  vaiyilachemH3898 →177 times

• בָּֽהּ׃against it

  bah

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 22:31

  Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 20:24

    So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:30

    Now the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”

• Through

  1 Kings 15:20

  And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.

  it leads to

  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…

  • Judges 18:29

    They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.

• Through

  1 Kings 15:18

  So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this…

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 14:26

    He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

  • 2 Kings 12:18

    So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries…

  • 1 Kings 11:23–24

    And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,

• Through

  1 Kings 16:24

  He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 13:32

    for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely…