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Joshua 7:26

And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.

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ASV

And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

KJV

And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּקִ֨ימוּvai.ya.Ki.muand they set upH6965 →
עָלָ֜יו'a.Lavover himH5921 →
גַּל־gal-a heap ofH1530 →
אֲבָנִ֣ים'a.va.NimstonesH68 →
גָּד֗וֹלga.DolgreatH1419 →
עַ֚ד'aduntilH5704 →
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וַיָּ֥שָׁבvai.Ya.shovand he turned backH7725 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מֵחֲר֣וֹןme.cha.Ronfrom [the] burning ofH2740 →
אַפּ֑וֹ'a.Poanger hisH639 →
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּ֠ןken-foreH3651 →
קָרָ֞אka.Ra'someone calledH7121 →
שֵׁ֣םshem[the] name ofH8034 →
הַמָּק֤וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
הַהוּא֙ha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →
עֵ֣מֶק'E.mek[the] valley ofH6010 →
עָכ֔וֹרa.KhorAchorH5911 →
עַ֖ד'aduntilH5704 →
הַיּ֥וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ פha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →

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Hosea 2:15There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.Isaiah 65:10Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.Deuteronomy 13:17Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,Joshua 8:29He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.Lamentations 3:53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.2 Samuel 18:17They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.Joshua 7:24Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.Genesis 31:46and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.Joshua 15:7Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.Judges 7:25They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.2 Samuel 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.Zechariah 6:8Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”John 3:9–10“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.Joshua 10:27At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.Joel 2:18Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.Isaiah 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”Joel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

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Achan Is Stoned to Death — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Achan Is Stoned to Death — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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