2 Kings 18:8 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֽוּא־	hu'-	he	H1931 →
הִכָּ֧ה	hi.Kah	he struck down	H5221 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים	pe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
עַזָּ֖ה	'a.Zah	Gaza	H5804 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
גְּבוּלֶ֑יהָ	ge.vu.Lei.ha	territories its	H1366 →
מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל	mi.mig.Dal	from a tower of	H4026 →
נוֹצְרִ֖ים	notz.Rim	watchmen	H5341 →
עַד־	'ad-	unto	H5704 →
עִ֥יר	'ir	a city of	H5892 →
מִבְצָֽר׃ פ	miv.Tzar	fortification	H4013 →

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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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.

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Isaiah 5:2
He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield…
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:21
  I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
- Deuteronomy 32:32–33
  But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
- Isaiah 1:2–4
  Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Revelation 14:18–20
  Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters…
- 1 Corinthians 9:7
  Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
Through
Isaiah 14:29
Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
leads to
- Isaiah 11:8
  The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
- Isaiah 30:6
  This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of…
Through
2 Chronicles 28:18
The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
leads to
- Ezekiel 16:57
  before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.

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.

Isaiah 14:29Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.2 Kings 17:9The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.Amos 1:7So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.2 Chronicles 28:18The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.1 Chronicles 4:41These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites and Meunites there in their dwellings, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.Isaiah 5:2He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!2 Chronicles 26:10Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

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