2 Kings 18:9

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.

• וַֽיְהִ֞יand it was

  vayhiH1961 →3559 times

• בַּשָּׁנָ֤הin the year

  bashanahH8141 →877 times

• הָֽרְבִיעִית֙<the> fourth

  hareviitH7243 →56 times

• לַמֶּ֣לֶךְof the king

  lamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּHezekiah

  chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times

• הִ֚יאit

  hi'H1931 →1879 times

• הַשָּׁנָ֣ה[was] the year

  hashanahH8141 →877 times

• הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ית<the> seventh

  hasheviitH7637 →98 times

• לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַof Hoshea

  lehoshea'H1954 →16 times

• בֶּן־[the] son of

  ben-H1121 →4930 times

• אֵלָ֖הElah

  ʾelahH425 →16 times

• מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

  melekhH4428 →2525 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• עָלָ֞הhe came up

  ʾalahH5927 →890 times

• שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶרShalmaneser

  shalmaneserH8022 →

• מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

  melekh-H4428 →2525 times

• אַשּׁ֛וּרAssyria

  ʾashurH804 →151 times

• עַל־on

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• שֹׁמְר֖וֹןSamaria

  shomeronH8111 →109 times

• וַיָּ֥צַרand he laid siege

  vaiyatzarH6696 →38 times

• עָלֶֽיהָ׃on it

  ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 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

  Hosea 10:14

  the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with…

  it leads to

  • Hosea 13:16

    Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

  • 2 Kings 18:9–10

    In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.

  • Habakkuk 1:10

    They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

  • 2 Kings 19:11–13

    Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?

• Through

  2 Kings 18:1

  In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.

  it leads to

  • 2 Chronicles 28:27

    And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his…

  • 1 Chronicles 3:13

    Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

  • Matthew 1:9–10

    Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

  • 2 Kings 16:20

    And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.