2 Samuel 8:5

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.

• וַתָּבֹא֙and it came

  vatavo'H935 →2568 times

• אֲרַ֣םAram

  ʾaramH758 →143 times

• דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקDamascus

  damesekH1834 →

• לַעְזֹ֕רto help

  la'zorH5826 →81 times

• לַהֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶר<to> Hadadezer

  lahadadezerH1909 →9 times

• מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

  melekhH4428 →2525 times

• צוֹבָ֑הZobah

  tzovahH6678 →12 times

• וַיַּ֤ךְand he struck down

  vaiyakhH5221 →499 times

• דָּוִד֙David

  davidH1732 →999 times

• בַּֽאֲרָ֔םamong Aram

  baaramH758 →143 times

• עֶשְׂרִֽים־twenty

  ʾesrim-H6242 →315 times

• וּשְׁנַ֥יִםand two

  ushenayimH8147 →768 times

• אֶ֖לֶףthousand

  ʾelefH505 →505 times

• אִֽישׁ׃man

  ʾishH376 →1663 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

  2 Samuel 8:3

  David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 14:47

    After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed…

  • 2 Samuel 10:16

    Hadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam with Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.

  • 2 Samuel 10:19

    When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help…

  • 2 Samuel 10:6

    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah…

  • 1 Chronicles 18:3

    As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.

• Through

  Isaiah 7:8

  For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

  it leads to

  • Isaiah 17:1–3

    This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

  • Genesis 14:15

    During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

  • Hosea 1:6–10

    Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever…