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Lexicon :: Strong's H1964 - hêḵāl

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הֵיכָל
Transliteration
hêḵāl
Pronunciation
hay-kawl'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from יָכֹל (H3201) (in the sense of capacity)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 493

Strong’s Definitions

הֵיכָל hêykâl, hay-kawl'; probably from H3201 (in the sense of capacity); a large public building, such as a palace or temple:—palace, temple.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x

The KJV translates Strong's H1964 in the following manner: temple (70x), palace (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x
The KJV translates Strong's H1964 in the following manner: temple (70x), palace (10x).

  1. palace, temple, nave, sanctuary

    1. palace

    2. temple (palace of God as king)

    3. hall, nave (of Ezekiel's temple)

    4. temple (of heavenly temple)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הֵיכָל hêykâl, hay-kawl'; probably from H3201 (in the sense of capacity); a large public building, such as a palace or temple:—palace, temple.
STRONGS H1964: Abbreviations
† הֵיכָל noun masculineNah 2:7 (on Isaiah 44:28 compare Che Di) palace, temple (see also Late Hebrew id. temple, Aramaic הֵיכָלָא, הֵיכְלָא, Lfkyfh, palace, temple, Palmyrene הכלא temple Vog16; compare Arabic هَيْكَلً (probably Aramaic loan-word according to Frä274), Ethiopic ሀይከል፡ temple; Assyrian ekallu, palace, temple; — probably loan-word from Akkadian e-gal, great house, compare SchrHI 148 COT 2 Kings 20:18 HptE-vowel 11 f. LehmannŠamaššumukîn 126, and on usage Dl338; > from יכל (וכל) = כול contain Ew§ 162 b Thes Add84; compare Ol§ 191 b HoffmAGG xxxvi. Mai 1889:25 Dlw; from an original יכל LagBN 121, but compare HomZMG 1890.547) absolute ה׳ Amos 8:3 + 27 times (הַה׳ 1 Kings 6:17 +); construct הֵיכַל Micah 1:2 + 35 times; suffix הֵיכָלָ֑ךָ Psalm 48:10 + 2 times; הֵיכָלוֺ Jeremiah 50:28 + 7 times; plural הֵיכָלוֺת Hosea 8:14; construct הֵיכְלֵי Isaiah 13:22 + 2 times; suffix הֵיכְלֵיכֶם Joel 4:5; — never in Hexateuch, rarely in Samuel & pre-exile prophets; especially frequently in Ki Ezekiel & late prophets, also Chronicles; occasionally in Psalms; —
1. rather seld. (royal) palace (so almost always in Assyrian); of Ahab 1 Kings 21:1, of king of Babylon 2 Kings 20:18 = Isaiah 38:17; 2 Chronicles 36:7, compare Daniel 1:4, and plural הֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג Isaiah 13:22 luxurious palaces; at Nineveh נָמוֺג וְהַה׳ Nahum 2:7; not clearly defined are הֵיכַל מֶלֶךְ Psalm 45:16 and הֵיכְלֵי שֵׁן Psalm 45:9; הֵיכָלוֺת Hosea 8:14 (in Northern Israel); see also וְהֵילִילוּ שִׁירוֺת הֵיכָל בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא Amos 8:3 and palace-songs shall be howlings in that day; compare also (probably) of Phoenician palaces Joel 4:5; quite general הֵיכְלֵי מֶלֶךְ, Proverbs 30:28, & תַּבְנִית הֵיכָל Psalm 144:12 (simile of well-proportioned daughters); — usual term for royal palace in Hebrew is בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ, see בית.
2. of palace of God considered as king, = house of God or of י׳, temple (compare הַה׳ Isaiah 6:1 e. below where prophet sees אדני ישֵׁב עַלכִּֿסֵּא):
a. of early, pre-Solomonic house at Shiloh הֵיכַל י׳ 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 3:3 (= בֵּית י׳ 1 Samuel 1:7; 1 Samuel 3:15; מוֺעֵד אֹהֶל פֶּתַח 1 Samuel 2:22 omitted by Greek Version of the LXX We Klo Dr) with doors (דלתות, 1 Samuel 3:15) & a doorpost (מזוזה 1 Samuel 1:9) (compare 2 Samuel 22:7 = Psalm 18:7 e below).
b. of Solomon's temple: specifically the hall or nave of the temple (the holy place, distinguished from the דְּבִּיר the inner sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, and with this included in the more general term בֵּית י׳ or הַבַּיִת, 1 Kings 6:1, 2+ often) 1 Kings 6:17 (compare 1 Kings 6:19; 1 Kings 6:20 & 1 Kings 6:2) also 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 6:33; 1 Kings 7:50 2 Chronicles 4:22; further 2 Chronicles 4:7, 8; Ezekiel 8:16 (twice in verse) עַל־פְּנֵי הָאוּלָם הַבַּיִת הֵיכַל 1 Kings 6:3; אֻלָם הַהֵיכָל 1 Kings 7:21 || עַל־פְּנֵי הַהֵיכָל 2 Chronicles 3:17; הֵיכַל י׳ 2 Kings 18:16; also in wide sense (apparently = בֵּית י׳), הֵיכַל י׳ 2 Kings 23:4; 2 Kings 24:13 (|| בֵּית י׳), Jeremiah 7:4 (3 times in verse) (|| בֵּית י׳ Jeremiah 7:2), Jeremiah 24:1 see also נִקְמַת הֵיכָלוֺ Jeremiah 50:28; Jeremiah 51:11 (both || נִקְמַת י׳); 2 Chronicles 26:16; 27:2, compare 2 Chronicles 29:16 (|| י׳ בֵית פְּנִ֫ימָה; opposed to י׳ חֲצַר ב׳), in all three הֵיכַל י׳.
c. hall or nave of Ezekiel's temple, the holy place (see above) (included in הַבַּיִת, the general term embracing the whole group of buildings) Ezekiel 41:1, 4, 15, 21, 23, 25 (compare Ezekiel 41:20) Ezekiel 42:8.
d. general designation of 2nd temple, הַהֵיכָל Zechariah 8:9 (|| צְבָאוֺת בֵּית י׳); oftener הֵיכַל י׳ Haggai 2:15, 18; Zechariah 6:12, 13, 14, 15; Ezra 3:6, 10, הֵיכָלוֺ Malachi 3:1; Psalm 27:4; בּוֺנִים הֵיכָל ליהוה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezra 4:1; (הַ)הֵיכָל Nehemiah 6:10 (twice in verse) (|| בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים), Nehemiah 6:11; Isaiah 44:28, compare also Isaiah 66:6. — הֵיכָל occurs occasionally in Psalms, without conclusive evidence, in all cases, to what temple reference is had; apparently distinguished from בֵּית י׳ (as below b) Psalm 5:8 (הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ; see בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 5:7); perhaps also Psalm 68:30 (distinguished from Holy of Holies by De Che; yet verse obscure); but no distinction evident Psalm 79:1; Psalm 138:2; Jonah 2:5; Jonah 2:8 (all הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ); compare קְדשׁ הֵיכָל֑ךָ Psalm 65:5 (|| בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ); as containing the worshipping assembly Psalm 48:10.
e. of the heavenly temple where י׳ sits enthroned Isaiah 6:1; his abode in the heavens 2 Samuel 22:7 = Psalm 18:7; Psalm 11:4 (|| שָׁמַיִם; compare זְבֻל קָדְשׁוֺ Isaiah 63:15, || id.), Isaiah 29:9; אֲדֹנָי מֵהֵיכַל קָדְשׁוֺ Micah 1:2, compare Habakkuk 2:20 ויהוה בְּהֵיכַל קָדְשׁוֺ.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1965.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

1:7; 1:9; 1:9; 2:22; 3:3; 3:15; 3:15

2 Samuel

22:7; 22:7

1 Kings

6:1; 6:2; 6:2; 6:3; 6:5; 6:17; 6:17; 6:19; 6:20; 6:33; 7:21; 7:50; 21:1

2 Kings

18:16; 20:18; 20:18; 23:4; 24:13

2 Chronicles

3:17; 4:7; 4:8; 4:22; 26:16; 27:2; 29:16; 36:7

Ezra

3:6; 3:10; 4:1

Nehemiah

6:10; 6:11

Psalms

5:7; 5:8; 11:4; 18:7; 18:7; 27:4; 45:9; 45:16; 48:10; 48:10; 65:5; 68:30; 79:1; 138:2; 144:12

Proverbs

30:28

Isaiah

6:1; 6:1; 13:22; 13:22; 29:9; 38:17; 44:28; 44:28; 63:15; 66:6

Jeremiah

7:2; 7:4; 24:1; 50:28; 50:28; 51:11

Ezekiel

8:16; 41:1; 41:4; 41:15; 41:20; 41:21; 41:23; 41:25; 42:8

Daniel

1:4

Hosea

8:14; 8:14

Amos

8:3; 8:3

Jonah

2:5; 2:8

Micah

1:2; 1:2

Nahum

2:7; 2:7

Habakkuk

2:20

Haggai

2:15; 2:18

Zechariah

6:12; 6:13; 6:14; 6:15; 8:9

Malachi

3:1

H1964

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Strong's Number H1964 matches the Hebrew הֵיכָל (hêḵāl),
which occurs 80 times in 76 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Sa 1:9–Jer 51:11)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9 - Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the LORD’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the LORD, where the ark of God was.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7 - “In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits,[fn] and projected ten cubits[fn] from the front of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:5 - Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits[fn] long.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 - In the same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood that were one fourth of the width of the hall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin[fn] and the one to the north Boaz.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:50 - the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:1 - Some time later there was an incident involving a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. The vineyard was in Jezreel, close to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:16 - At this time Hezekiah king of Judah stripped off the gold with which he had covered the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18 - And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests next in rank and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry hosts. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley and took the ashes to Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:13 - As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the temple of the LORD and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin[fn] and the one to the north Boaz.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8 - He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:22 - the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:16 - But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:2 - He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done, but unlike him he did not enter the temple of the LORD. The people, however, continued their corrupt practices.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16 - The priests went into the sanctuary of the LORD to purify it. They brought out to the courtyard of the LORD’s temple everything unclean that they found in the temple of the LORD. The Levites took it and carried it out to the Kidron Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:7 - Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon articles from the temple of the LORD and put them in his temple[fn] there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:6 - On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, though the foundation of the LORD’s temple had not yet been laid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10 - When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the LORD, as prescribed by David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:1 - When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - One day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home. He said, “Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the temple doors, because men are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:11 - But I said, “Should a man like me run away? Or should someone like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:7 - But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne. He observes everyone on earth; his eyes examine them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 - In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:9 - The voice of the LORD twists the oaks[fn] and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:8 - All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces adorned with ivory the music of the strings makes you glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:15 - Led in with joy and gladness, they enter the palace of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:9 - Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:4 - Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:29 - Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1 - A psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:2 - I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:12 - Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28 - a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:1 - In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:22 - Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds, jackals her luxurious palaces. Her time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:7 - And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd and will accomplish all that I please; he will say of Jerusalem, “Let it be rebuilt,” and of the temple, “Let its foundations be laid.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:6 - Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple! It is the sound of the LORD repaying his enemies all they deserve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:4 - Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 - After Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:28 - Listen to the fugitives and refugees from Babylon declaring in Zion how the LORD our God has taken vengeance, vengeance for his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - “Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields! The LORD has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is to destroy Babylon. The LORD will take vengeance, vengeance for his temple.

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