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Ezekiel 17:13

He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,

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ASV

And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

KJV

And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּקַּח֙vai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947 →
מִזֶּ֣רַעmi.Ze.ra'one of [the] offspring ofH2233 →
הַמְּלוּכָ֔הha.me.lu.Khah<the> royaltyH4410 →
וַיִּכְרֹ֥תvai.yikh.Rotand he madeH3772 →
אִתּ֖וֹ'i.Towith himH854 →
בְּרִ֑יתbe.Rita covenantH1285 →
וַיָּבֵ֤אvai.ya.Ve'and he made goH935 →
אֹתוֹ֙'o.To<obj.> himH853 →
בְּאָלָ֔הbe.'a.Lahin an oathH423 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
אֵילֵ֥י'ei.Lei[the] leaders ofH352 →
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
לָקָֽח׃la.Kachhe tookH3947 →

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1 Samuel 11:1Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.2 Kings 24:15–17Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.Ezekiel 17:5He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.Jeremiah 5:2Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”Jeremiah 37:1Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.Jeremiah 24:1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.Jeremiah 29:2(This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)1 Samuel 30:15“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”Ezekiel 17:16‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.Genesis 21:27So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.Isaiah 3:2the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,Jeremiah 41:1In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.Joshua 6:22Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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