2 Kings 17:27

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.

• וַיְצַ֨וand he commanded

  vaytzavH6680 →494 times

• מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

  melekh-H4428 →2525 times

• אַשּׁ֜וּרAssyria

  ʾashurH804 →151 times

• לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying

  lemorH559 →5305 times

• הֹלִ֤יכוּtake

  holikhuH1980 →1546 times

• שָׁ֙מָּה֙there towards

  shamahH8033 →834 times

• אֶחָ֤דone

  ʾechadH259 →971 times

• מֵהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙from the priests

  mehakohanimH3548 →750 times

• אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom

  ʾasherH834 →5497 times

• הִגְלִיתֶ֣םyou took into exile

  higlitemH1540 →186 times

• מִשָּׁ֔םfrom there

  mishamH8033 →834 times

• וְיֵלְכ֖וּso they may go

  veyelekhuH1980 →1546 times

• וְיֵ֣שְׁבוּand they may dwell

  veyeshevuH3427 →1079 times

• שָׁ֑םthere

  shamH8033 →834 times

• וְיֹרֵ֕םso he may teach them

  veyoremH3384 →80 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• מִשְׁפַּ֖ט[the] custom of

  mishpatH4941 →422 times

• אֱלֹהֵ֥י[the] god of

  ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

• הָאָֽרֶץ׃the land

  haaretzH776 →2504 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 Kings 12:31

  Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

  it leads to

  • 2 Chronicles 13:9

    But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now…

  • 2 Kings 17:32

    So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.

  • 1 Kings 13:32–33

    for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely…

  • Numbers 3:10

    So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”

  • 2 Chronicles 11:14–15

    For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.

• Through

  Judges 17:13

  Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

  it leads to

  • Matthew 15:13

    But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

  • John 16:2

    They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

  • Romans 10:2–3

    For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.