2 Kings 1:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלָכֵן֙	ve.la.Khen	and <to> therefore	H3651 →
כֹּֽה־	koh-	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הַמִּטָּ֞ה	ha.mi.Tah	the bed	H4296 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	where	H834 →
עָלִ֥יתָ	'a.Li.ta	you have gone up	H5927 →
שָּׁ֛ם	sham	there	H8033 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תֵרֵ֥ד	te.Red	you will come down	H3381 →
מִמֶּ֖נָּה	mi.Me.nah	from it	H4480 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
מ֣וֹת	Mot	certainly <to die>	H4191 →
תָּמ֑וּת	ta.Mut	you will die	H4191 →
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
אֵלִיָּֽה׃	'e.li.Yah	Elijah	H452 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
leads to
- Romans 6:23
  For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- James 1:15
  Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- Genesis 3:19
  By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:56
  The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
- Revelation 21:8
  But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
Through
Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
leads to
- Ezekiel 18:20
  The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of…
- Numbers 16:22
  But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
Through
Genesis 3:4
“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.
leads to
- John 8:44
  You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him.…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Ezekiel 3:18If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”Genesis 3:4“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.2 Kings 1:16And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”Proverbs 11:19Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.1 Samuel 28:19Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”2 Kings 1:6They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”Numbers 26:65For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.1 Kings 14:12As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.2 Kings 8:10Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”Deuteronomy 31:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.

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