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2 Samuel 15:10

Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”

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ASV

But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.

KJV

But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971 →
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙'av.sha.lOmAbsalomH53 →
מְרַגְּלִ֔יםme.ra.ge.LimspiesH7270 →
בְּכָל־be.kholin allH3605 →
שִׁבְטֵ֥יshiv.Tei[the] tribes ofH7626 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ke.sha.me.'a.Khemwhen hear youH8085 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
ק֣וֹלKol[the] sound ofH6963 →
הַשֹּׁפָ֔רha.sho.Farthe ram's hornH7782 →
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕םva.'a.mar.Temand you will sayH559 →
מָלַ֥ךְma.Lakhhe has become kingH4427 →
אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם'av.sha.LomAbsalomH53 →
בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃be.chev.Ronin HebronH2275 →

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2 Samuel 12:11This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.2 Samuel 19:10But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”1 Chronicles 12:23Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:1 Chronicles 12:38All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.2 Samuel 3:2–3And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;2 Samuel 2:11And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.2 Kings 9:13Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”2 Samuel 5:5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.Psalms 73:18–19Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.1 Kings 1:34There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’2 Samuel 2:1Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.2 Samuel 14:30Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.1 Chronicles 11:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.Job 20:5–29the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”1 Samuel 30:31and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.1 Kings 1:18But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it.

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