2 Kings 17:32

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.

• וַיִּהְי֥וּand they were

  vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times

• יְרֵאִ֖יםfearing

  yereimH3373 →64 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• יְהוָ֑הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּand they appointed

  vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times

• לָהֶ֤םfor themselves

  lahem

• מִקְצוֹתָם֙from among themselves

  miktzotamH7098 →

• כֹּהֲנֵ֣יpriests of

  kohaneiH3548 →750 times

• בָמ֔וֹת[the] high places

  vamotH1116 →102 times

• וַיִּהְי֛וּand they were

  vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times

• עֹשִׂ֥יםoffering

  ʾosimH6213 →2628 times

• לָהֶ֖םfor them

  lahem

• בְּבֵ֥יתin [the] house of

  beveitH1004 →2046 times

• הַבָּמֽוֹת׃the high places

  habamotH1116 →102 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 12:31

  Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

  it leads to

  • 2 Chronicles 13:9

    But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 1 Kings 13:32–33

    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…

  • Numbers 3:10

    So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”

• Through

  Zephaniah 1:5

  those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

  it leads to

  • Jeremiah 19:13

    The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and…

  • 2 Kings 17:33

    They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

  • 2 Kings 17:41

    So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

  • 1 Kings 18:21

    Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did…

  • 1 Kings 11:33

    For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor…