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2 Samuel 15:8

For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”

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ASV

For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Jehovah.

KJV

For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
נֵ֙דֶר֙ne.dera vowH5088 →
נָדַ֣רna.Darhe vowedH5087 →
עַבְדְּךָ֔'av.de.Khaservant yourH5650 →
בְּשִׁבְתִּ֥יbe.shiv.Tiwhen dwelt IH3427 →
בִגְשׁ֛וּרvig.Shurat GeshurH1650 →
בַּאֲרָ֖םba.'a.Ramin AramH758 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
יָשׁ֨וֹבye.shovcertainly <to dwell>H3427 →
יְשִׁיבֵ֤נִיye.shi.Ve.nihe will bring back meH7725 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
וְעָבַדְתִּ֖יve.'a.vad.Tiand I will serveH5647 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָֽהYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בְּחֶבְרוֹן׃be.chev.Ronin HebronH2275 →

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Genesis 28:20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,2 Samuel 13:37–38Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.Genesis 28:20–21Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,Genesis 28:21so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.1 Samuel 1:11And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”Jeremiah 9:3–5“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.2 Samuel 14:32“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”Jeremiah 42:20For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’2 Samuel 14:23So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.Isaiah 28:15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”1 Samuel 16:2“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’Ecclesiastes 5:4When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.Psalms 56:12Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.2 Samuel 13:38After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.Ezekiel 27:16Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.Joshua 12:5He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.1 Chronicles 3:2the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

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