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Lexicon :: Strong's H1 - 'āḇ

Aa
אָב
Transliteration
'āḇ
Pronunciation
awb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 4a

Strong’s Definitions

אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x

The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x
The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).

  1. father of an individual

  2. of God as father of his people

  3. head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

  4. ancestor

    1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

    2. of people

  5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

  6. of producer, generator (fig.)

  7. of benevolence and protection (fig.)

  8. term of respect and honour

  9. ruler or chief (spec.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
STRONGS H1: Abbreviations
אָב 1191 noun masculine father (Phoenician אב, Assyrian abu, Arabic أَبً, Sabean אב CISiv, 1, 37 1. 2 and others, Ethiopic አብ፡ Aramaic אַבָּא, axBAf  — absolute אָב Genesis 44:19 + 47 times; construct אַב Genesis 17:4, 5; (compare in אַבְרָהָם ib. & elsewhere in proper names. On Hal's proposed אֲבִר see אברהם); אֲבִי (compare Ge§§ 90, 3b, 96) Genesis 4:20 +; suffix אָבִי Genesis 19:34 + (MI אבי); אָבִיךָ Genesis 12:1 +; אָבִיו Genesis 2:24 +; אָבִ֫יהוּ Judges 14:10 + 6 times; plural אָבוֺת Exodus 12:3 +; construct אֲבוֺת Exodus 6:25 + 7 times; suffix אֲבוֺתַי (אֲבֹתַי, אֲבוֺתָ֑י) Genesis 47:9 + 15 times; אֲבוֺתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:38 + 32 times (late); אֲבוֺתָם Exodus 4:5 + 106 times etc.;
1. father of individual Genesis 2:24 (+ אֵם) Genesis 11:28, 29 (twice in verse); Genesis 19:31, 32, 33, + often (mostly J E D); of father as commanding Genesis 50:16 (J) Jeremiah 35:6f, Proverbs 6:20 (compare Genesis 18:19; J Genesis 28:1, 6 P 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Kings 2:1); instructing מוסר Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 4:1 (compare Deuteronomy 8:5); specifically as begetter, genitor Proverbs 23:22; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse) (+ אֵם) Isaiah 45:10; compare Genesis 49:4 (J) Leviticus 18:7, 8, 11 (P); rebuking Genesis 37:10; loving Genesis 37:4; Genesis 44:20 (JE; compare Genesis 22:2; Genesis 25:28; Genesis 37:3; 2 Samuel 14:1); pitying Psalm 103:13 (in simile compare 2 Samuel 18:5); blessing Genesis 27:41 (JE compare Genesis 27:4; also Genesis 28:1 P +); as glad Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; compare Proverbs 29:3; grieving Genesis 37:35 (JE; compare 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:2f) etc. Also as object of honour, obedience, love Exodus 20:12 (E)=Deuteronomy 5:16; Exodus 21:15, 17 (E) Deuteronomy 21:18, 19; Genesis 28:7 (P) 1 Kings 19:20 (all + אֵם), Genesis 50:1; Genesis 50:5 (J) Malachi 1:6 etc. Hence metaphor of intimate connection Job 17:14 to corruption I cry, My father art thou (|| אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּה).
2. of God as father of his people (see RSSem 42), who constituted, controls, guides and lovingly watches over it: Deuteronomy 32:6; Jeremiah 3:4, 19; Jeremiah 31:9; Isaiah 63:16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 64:7; Malachi 1:6; Malachi 2:10 (compare Exodus 4:22; Exodus 19:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:11; Hosea 11:1); compare Jeremiah 2:27 (of idolatrous Israel) אֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ ילדתני׃; especially God as father of Davidic line 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 89:27; f. of needy (late) Psalm 68:6 (compare Psalm 103:13) (in proper name, father of individual, compare below)
3. head of household, family or clan; בֵּית אָבִי as abode Genesis 38:11 (twice in verse); Leviticus 22:13 +; = family Genesis 24:40 (|| מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי) Genesis 41:51; Genesis 46:31 — Numbers 18:1, 2; Joshua 2:12, 18; Joshua 6:25; especially techn. of divisions of Israel לְמִשְׁפָּחוֹת אָב בֵּית Numbers 3:30, 35 = a father's house, i.e. a family or clan; more often plural (אבותם, אבותיו) בֵית אָבוֺת = father's houses = families, clans (compare Di on Exodus 6:14) Exodus 6:14; Exodus 12:3; Numbers 1:2, 18 ff (often in Numbers) Joshua 14:1; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 21:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse) (always P in Hexateuch); also 1 Chronicles 5:13, 15 + often in Chronicles; compare רָאשֵׁי אבות הלוים (= 'בית א 'ר) Exodus 6:25 compare 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 7:11 — Ezra Nehemiah.
4. ancestor
(a) of individual; grandfather (instead of precise term) Genesis 28:13; Genesis 31:10 [Genesis 32:9] (J; where used by Jacob of Abraham & then of Isaac); greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:13; great-greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:11 etc.; oft plural (= fathers, forefathers) Genesis 15:15; Genesis 46:34 (JE) 1 Kings 19:4; 1 Kings 21:3, 4; 2 Kings 19:12; 2 Kings 20:17 +; particularly שׁכב עם אבותיו 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 11:21; 1 Kings 22:40 +; joined with ויקבר עם אב׳ 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:24; 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Kings 15:38 compare 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 16:20 + (all of kings of Judah); intensive, אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֺת אֲבֹתֶיךָ Exodus 10:6 compare Daniel 11:24;
(b) of people Genesis 10:21 (J) Genesis 17:4, 5 (P) Genesis 19:37, 38 (J) Genesis 36:9, 43 (P) Deuteronomy 26:5; Isaiah 51:2; Isaiah 43:27 (where אביך הראשׁון thy first father, see Che) compare also Ezekiel 16:3, 45 + often; plural Exodus 3:13, 15, 16 (E) Deuteronomy 1:8; Joshua 1:6; Judges 2:1; 1 Samuel 12:6 +; 1 Samuel 12:15 near the end read וּבְמַלְכְּכֶם Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art Genesis 4:20, 21.
6. figurative of producer, Generator Job 38:28 הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּטָר אָ֑ב (|| הוֺלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ מִי־).
7. figurative of benevolence & protection Job 29:6 אָב אָֽנֹכִי לָֽאֶבְיוֺנִים, compare Job 31:18; of Eliakim Isaiah 22:21; perhaps also of gracious Messianic king אֲבִי עַד Isaiah 9:5 [Isaiah 9:6] everlasting father (Ge Ew De Che Brd Di) — others divider of spoil (Abarb Hi Kn Kue BrMP).
8. term of respect & honour (Abbas, Pater, Papa, Pope); applied to master 2 Kings 5:13; priest Judges 17:10; Judges 18:19; prophet 2 Kings 2:12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 6:21; 2 Kings 13:14 (twice in verse); compare 2 Kings 8:9; counsellor Genesis 45:8 (E; compare δευτέρου πατρός Greek Version of the LXX add. Esther 3:13; τῷ πατρί1Mac Esth 11:32); king 1 Samuel 24:12; artificer 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 4:16.
9. specifically, ruler, chief (late) 1 Chronicles 2:24, 42 (twice in verse); etc. (compare Ew§ 273 b) see also EwGeschichte. i. 524. H i. 365. On the force of אָב in proper names (in many probably a divine title), see CheEncy. Bib., ABI, NAMES WITH Nöib., NAMES, §§ 44, 45.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:24; 2:24; 4:20; 4:20; 4:21; 10:21; 11:28; 11:29; 12:1; 15:15; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:5; 18:19; 19:31; 19:32; 19:33; 19:34; 19:37; 19:38; 22:2; 24:40; 25:28; 27:4; 27:41; 28:1; 28:1; 28:6; 28:7; 28:13; 32:9; 36:9; 36:43; 37:3; 37:4; 37:10; 37:35; 38:11; 41:51; 44:19; 44:20; 45:8; 46:31; 46:34; 47:9; 49:4; 50:1; 50:5; 50:16

Exodus

3:13; 3:15; 3:16; 4:5; 4:22; 6:14; 6:14; 6:25; 6:25; 10:6; 12:3; 12:3; 19:4; 20:12; 21:15; 21:17

Leviticus

18:7; 18:8; 18:11; 22:13

Numbers

1:2; 1:18; 3:30; 3:35; 18:1; 18:2

Deuteronomy

1:8; 5:16; 8:5; 21:18; 21:19; 26:5; 32:6; 32:11

Joshua

1:6; 2:12; 2:18; 6:25; 14:1; 19:51; 21:1; 22:14

Judges

2:1; 14:10; 17:10; 18:19

1 Samuel

12:6; 12:15; 17:20; 24:12

2 Samuel

7:14; 12:22; 14:1; 18:5; 19:1; 19:2

1 Kings

1:21; 2:1; 2:10; 8:1; 11:21; 14:31; 15:11; 15:13; 15:24; 19:4; 19:20; 21:3; 21:4; 22:40; 22:51

2 Kings

2:12; 5:13; 6:21; 8:9; 8:24; 13:14; 15:7; 15:38; 16:20; 19:12; 20:17

1 Chronicles

2:24; 2:42; 4:38; 5:13; 5:15; 6:4; 7:11

2 Chronicles

2:12; 4:16

Esther

3:13

Job

17:14; 29:6; 31:18; 38:28

Psalms

68:6; 89:27; 103:13; 103:13

Proverbs

1:8; 4:1; 6:20; 10:1; 15:20; 23:22; 29:3

Isaiah

9:6; 22:21; 43:27; 45:10; 51:2; 63:16; 64:7

Jeremiah

2:27; 3:4; 3:19; 31:9; 35:6

Ezekiel

16:3; 16:45

Daniel

11:24

Hosea

11:1

Zechariah

13:3

Malachi

1:6; 1:6; 2:10

H1

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Strong's Number H1 matches the Hebrew אָב ('āḇ),
which occurs 1,213 times in 1,060 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 17 / 22 (2Ch 26:12–Ezr 8:29)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The whole number of the chief of the fathers H1 of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - So Uzziah slept with his fathers, H1 and they buried him with his fathers H1 in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:2 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father H1 Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:9 - And Jotham slept with his fathers, H1 and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:6 - For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:9 - But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers H1 was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:25 - And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers, H1 and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:2 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father H1 had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:5 - And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, H1 and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - For our fathers H1 have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:9 - For, lo, our fathers H1 have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:7 - And be not ye like your fathers, H1 and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, H1 who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers H1 were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19 - That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, H1 though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, H1 and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:13 - Know ye not what I and my fathers H1 have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:14 - Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers H1 utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: H1 how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, H1 and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father H1 had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:8 - Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; H1 so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:20 - So Manasseh slept with his fathers, H1 and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:22 - But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: H1 for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father H1 had made, and served them;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:23 - And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father H1 had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, H1 and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: H1 and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21 - Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers H1 have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:28 - Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, H1 and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:32 - And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33 - And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:4 - And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, H1 after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:5 - And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers H1 of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families H1 of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:12 - And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families H1 of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. H1 And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 - Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's H1 stead in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - And the LORD God of their fathers H1 sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:5 - Then rose up the chief of the fathers H1 of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:59 - And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's H1 house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:68 - And some of the chief of the fathers, H1 when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, H1 who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, H1 and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers H1 of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:27 - Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, H1 which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:1 - These are now the chief of their fathers, H1 and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:28 - And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers H1 of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

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