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2 Samuel 15:25

Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.

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ASV

And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:

KJV

And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
לְצָד֔וֹקle.tza.Dokto ZadokH6659 →
הָשֵׁ֛בha.Shevtake backH7725 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֲר֥וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430 →
הָעִ֑ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
אֶמְצָ֥א'em.Tza'I will findH4672 →
חֵן֙chenfavorH2580 →
בְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וֶהֱשִׁבַ֕נִיve.he.shi.Va.niand he will bring back meH7725 →
וְהִרְאַ֥נִיve.hir.'A.niand he will show meH7200 →
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
נָוֵֽהוּ׃na.Ve.huhabitation hisH5116 →

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Jeremiah 25:30So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.Psalms 26:8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.Psalms 43:3–4Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.Exodus 15:13With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.Daniel 9:25Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.Isaiah 38:22And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”Jeremiah 7:4Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’2 Samuel 6:17So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.Psalms 27:4–5One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.Psalms 42:1–2As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.Psalms 84:1–3How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!Psalms 122:9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.2 Samuel 12:10–11Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’2 Samuel 7:2he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”1 Samuel 4:3–11When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”Psalms 63:1–2O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

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