2 Samuel 2:4

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.

• וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙and they came

  vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

• אַנְשֵׁ֣י[the] people of

  ʾansheiH582 →566 times

• יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

  yehudahH3063 →819 times

• וַיִּמְשְׁחוּ־and they anointed

  vaiyimshechu-H4886 →70 times

• שָׁ֧םthere

  shamH8033 →834 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• דָּוִ֛דDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• לְמֶ֖לֶךְto king

  lemelekhH4428 →2525 times

• עַל־over

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

  beitH1004 →2046 times

• יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

  yehudahH3063 →819 times

• וַיַּגִּ֤דוּand people told

  vaiyagiduH5046 →370 times

• לְדָוִד֙to David

  ledavidH1732 →999 times

• לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

  lemorH559 →5305 times

• אַנְשֵׁי֙[the] men of

  ʾansheiH582 →566 times

• יָבֵ֣ישׁJabesh

  yaveishH3003 →24 times

• גִּלְעָ֔דGilead

  giladH1568 →134 times

• אֲשֶׁ֥רwho

  ʾasherH834 →5497 times

• קָבְר֖וּthey buried

  kaveruH6912 →133 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• שָׁאֽוּל׃ סSaul

  shaulH7586 →402 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 16:13

  So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 10:6

    Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.

  • Hebrews 1:9

    You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”

  • John 3:34

    For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

  • 1 Samuel 10:1

    Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

  • Numbers 27:18

    And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.

• Through

  2 Samuel 5:5

  In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 2:11

    And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

• Through

  1 Chronicles 11:3

  So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of…

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 16:12–13

    So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”

  • 1 Samuel 16:1

    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…