2 Samuel 4:7

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.

• וַיָּבֹ֣אוּand they came

  vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

• הַבַּ֗יִתthe house

  habayitH1004 →2046 times

• וְהֽוּא־and he

  vehu'-H1931 →1879 times

• שֹׁכֵ֤ב[was] lying

  shokhevH7901 →212 times

• עַל־on

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• מִטָּתוֹ֙bed his

  mitatoH4296 →

• בַּחֲדַ֣רin [the] chamber of

  bachadarH2315 →38 times

• מִשְׁכָּב֔וֹlying down his

  mishkavoH4904 →46 times

• וַיַּכֻּ֙הוּ֙and they struck him

  vaiyakuhuH5221 →499 times

• וַיְמִתֻ֔הוּand they killed him

  vaymituhuH4191 →839 times

• וַיָּסִ֖ירוּand they removed

  vaiyasiruH5493 →299 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• רֹאשׁ֑וֹhead his

  roshoH7218 →599 times

• וַיִּקְחוּ֙and they took

  vaiyikchuH3947 →966 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• רֹאשׁ֔וֹhead his

  roshoH7218 →599 times

• וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּand they went

  vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times

• דֶּ֥רֶךְ[the] way of

  derekhH1870 →707 times

• הָעֲרָבָ֖הthe Arabah

  haaravahH6160 →61 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• הַלָּֽיְלָה׃the night

  halayelahH3915 →233 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

  1 Samuel 31:9

  They 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.

  it leads to

  • 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.

  • Judges 16:23–24

    Now 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 31:4

    Then 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…

  • 1 Samuel 17:54

    David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.

  • 1 Samuel 17:51

    David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him; and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that…

• Through

  Matthew 14:11

  John’s head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

  it leads to

  • Revelation 16:6

    For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”

  • Genesis 49:7

    Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

• Through

  2 Samuel 2:29

  And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 2:8

    Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,