1 Kings 20:26

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

• לִתְשׁוּבַ֣תto [the] return of

  litshuvatH8666 →

• הַשָּׁנָ֔הthe year

  hashanahH8141 →877 times

• וַיִּפְקֹ֥דand he mustered

  vaiyifkodH6485 →303 times

• בֶּן־Ben

  ben-H1130 →50 times

• הֲדַ֖דHadad

  hadadH1130 →50 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• אֲרָ֑םAram

  ʾaramH758 →143 times

• וַיַּ֣עַלand he went up

  vaiyaalH5927 →890 times

• אֲפֵ֔קָהAphek towards

  ʾafekahH663 →

• לַמִּלְחָמָ֖הfor <the> battle

  lamilchamahH4421 →320 times

• עִם־with

  ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

  yisraelH3478 →2507 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

  Joshua 13:4

  to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;

  it leads to

  • Joshua 19:30

    Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.

    Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

• Through

  1 Samuel 29:1

  Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 4:1

    Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 1 Kings 21:1

    Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

  • 2 Kings 9:30

    Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

• Through

  1 Kings 20:22

  Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against…

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 11:1

    In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David…

  • 1 Kings 20:13

    Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day,…

• Through

  1 Samuel 4:1

  Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 29:1

    Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

• Through

  2 Kings 13:17

  “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for…

  it leads to

  • 2 Kings 5:10–14

    Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”