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2 Samuel 1:20

Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

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Tell it not in Gath, Publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

KJV

Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תַּגִּ֣ידוּta.Gi.duyou tellH5046 →
בְגַ֔תve.Gatin GathH1661 →
אַֽל־'al-may notH408 →
תְּבַשְּׂר֖וּte.va.se.Ruyou bear newsH1319 →
בְּחוּצֹ֣תbe.chu.Tzotin [the] streets ofH2351 →
אַשְׁקְל֑וֹן'ash.ke.LonAshkelonH831 →
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
תִּשְׂמַ֙חְנָה֙tis.Mach.nahthey should rejoiceH8055 →
בְּנ֣וֹתbe.Not[the] daughters ofH1323 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430 →
פֶּֽן־pen-lestH6435 →
תַּעֲלֹ֖זְנָהta.'a.Lo.ze.nahthey should exultH5937 →
בְּנ֥וֹתbe.Not[the] daughters ofH1323 →
הָעֲרֵלִֽים׃ha.'a.re.Limthe uncircumcisedH6189 →

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Micah 1:10Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.1 Samuel 31:9They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.1 Samuel 18:6As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.Judges 11:34And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.Exodus 15:20–21Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.Amos 3:9Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”1 Chronicles 10:9They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.1 Samuel 6:17As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.Judges 14:3But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”Deuteronomy 32:26–27I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,Judges 16:23–24Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”1 Samuel 17:26David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”Ezekiel 16:27Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.Judges 14:19Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,Ezekiel 16:57before 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.1 Samuel 31:4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.1 Samuel 31:8–9The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.1 Samuel 17:36Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

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