2 Samuel 18:4

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.

• וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• אֲלֵיהֶם֙to them

  ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times

• הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• אֲשֶׁר־[that] which

  ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

• יִיטַ֥בit will be good

  yitavH3190 →

• בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֖םin view your

  beeineikhemH5869 →887 times

• אֶעֱשֶׂ֑הI will do

  ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times

• וַיַּעֲמֹ֤דand he stood

  vaiyaamodH5975 →521 times

• הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• אֶל־to

  ʾel-H413 →5510 times

• יַ֣ד[the] side of

  yadH3027 →1618 times

• הַשַּׁ֔עַרthe gate

  hashaarH8179 →374 times

• וְכָל־and all

  vekholH3605 →5413 times

• הָעָם֙the people

  haamH5971 →1873 times

• יָֽצְא֔וּthey went out

  yatzeuH3318 →1067 times

• לְמֵא֖וֹתto hundreds

  lemeotH3967 →581 times

• וְלַאֲלָפִֽים׃and to thousands

  velaalafimH505 →505 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

  Isaiah 28:6

  a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

  it leads to

  • Psalms 18:32–34

    It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.

  • John 5:30

    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

  • Joshua 1:9

    Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

  • Numbers 11:16–17

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them…

  • Isaiah 11:2–4

    The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

• Through

  1 Samuel 29:2

  As the Philistine leaders marched out their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 28:1–2

    Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”

  • Joshua 13:3

    All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of…

• Through

  2 Samuel 18:24

  Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 19:8

    So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites…