2 Samuel 5:3

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.

• וַ֠יָּבֹאוּand they came

  vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• זִקְנֵ֨י[the] elders of

  zikneiH2205 →178 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֤לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• אֶל־to

  ʾel-H413 →5510 times

• הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• חֶבְר֔וֹנָהHebron towards

  chevronahH2275 →72 times

• וַיִּכְרֹ֣תand he made

  vaiyikhrotH3772 →288 times

• לָהֶם֩to <the> them

  lahem

• הַמֶּ֨לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• דָּוִ֥דDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• בְּרִ֛יתa covenant

  beritH1285 →284 times

• בְּחֶבְר֖וֹןat Hebron

  bechevronH2275 →72 times

• לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

  lifneiH6440 →2123 times

• יְהוָ֑הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• וַיִּמְשְׁח֧וּand they anointed

  vaiyimshechuH4886 →70 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• דָּוִ֛דDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• לְמֶ֖לֶךְto king

  lemelekhH4428 →2525 times

• עַל־over

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 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?

• Through

  Judges 11:11

  So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 10:17

    After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

  • James 1:5

    Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

• Through

  2 Samuel 2:4

  Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

  it leads to

  • 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.