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Lexicon :: Strong's H256 - 'aḥ'āḇ

Aa
אַחְאָב
Transliteration
'aḥ'āḇ
Pronunciation
akh-awb'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אַחְאָב ʼAchʼâb, akh-awb'; once (by contraction) אֶחָב ʼEchâb (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 and H1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon:—Ahab.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 93x

The KJV translates Strong's H256 in the following manner: Ahab (93x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 93x
The KJV translates Strong's H256 in the following manner: Ahab (93x).

  1. Ahab = "father's brother"

    1. king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel

    2. false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַחְאָב ʼAchʼâb, akh-awb'; once (by contraction) אֶחָב ʼEchâb (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 and H1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon:—Ahab.
STRONGS H256: Abbreviations
אַחְאָב 91 proper name, masculine Ahab (father's brother;＝אחיאב NöZMG 1886, 172, Ἀχίαβος was a nephew of Herod; compare like name in Syriac, given ob maximum cum parte suo similitudinem, Bar Hebræus in EusebiusChronicles ii. 23 compare LCB1879, 1339. In many cases, however, the meaning of proper names compared with H251 אח is dubious, & perfect consistency, especially in comparison with compounds of אָב, seems impossible; compare remark below H22 אביאל and further WeSkizzen, iii. 1 f, DlPr. cap. vi) — אַחְאָב 1 Kings 16:28 +; וּכְאֶחָב Jeremiah 29:22 —
1. son of Omri, king of Israel. 1 Kings 16:28, 29; 1 Kings 18:1, 2, 3; 1 Kings 20:2, 13, 14 + 41 times 1 Kings, + 27 times 2 Kings, + 14 times 2 Chronicles; Micah 6:16.
2. false prophet, time of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 29:21, 22.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

16:28; 16:28; 16:29; 18:1; 18:2; 18:3; 20:2; 20:13; 20:14

Jeremiah

29:21; 29:22; 29:22

Micah

6:16

H256

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H256 matches the Hebrew אַחְאָב ('aḥ'āḇ),
which occurs 93 times in 81 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ki 16:28–2Ki 8:25)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - So H7901➔ Omri H6018 slept ➔H7901 with H5973 his fathers, H1 and was buried H6912 in Samaria: H8111 and H4427➔ Ahab H256 his son H1121 reigned ➔H4427 in his stead. H8478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 - And H256➔ in the H8141➔ thirty H7970 and eighth H8083 year ➔H8141 of Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063 began H4427➔ Ahab ➔ H256 the son H1121 of Omri H6018 to reign ➔H4427 over H5921 Israel: H3478 and H4427➔ Ahab H256 the son H1121 of Omri H6018 reigned ➔H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 in Samaria H8111 twenty H6242 and two H8147 years. H8141

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:30 - And H6213➔ Ahab H256 the son H1121 of Omri H6018 did ➔H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 above all H3605 that H834 were before him. H6440

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - And H6213➔ Ahab H256 made ➔H6213 a grove; H842 and H3254➔ Ahab H256 did H6213 more ➔H3254 to provoke H3707➔ the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 to anger ➔H3707 than all H3605 the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 that H834 were H1961 before him. H6440

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1 - And H559➔ Elijah H452 the Tishbite, H8664 who was of the inhabitants H8453 of Gilead, H1568 said ➔H559 unto H413 Ahab, H256 As the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 liveth, H2416 before H6440 whom H834 I stand, H5975 there shall H1961➔ not H518 be ➔H1961 dew H2919 nor rain H4306 these H428 years, H8141 but H3588 H518 according to H6310 my word. H1697

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:1 - And it came to pass H1961 after many H7227 days, H3117 that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to H413 Elijah H452 in H8141➔ the third H7992 year, ➔H8141 saying, H559 Go, H3212 shew thyself H7200 unto H413 Ahab; H256 and I will send H5414 rain H4306 upon H5921 H6440 the earth. H127

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - And H3212➔ Elijah H452 went ➔H3212 to shew himself H7200 unto H413 Ahab. H256 And H7458➔ there was a ➔H7458➔ sore H2389 famine ➔H7458 in Samaria. H8111

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:3 - And H7121➔ Ahab H256 called ➔H7121 Obadiah, H5662 which H834 was the governor of his house. H5921 H1004 (Now Obadiah H5662 feared H1961 H3373 the LORD H3068 greatly: H3966

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - And H559➔ Ahab H256 said ➔H559 unto H413 Obadiah, H5662 Go H3212 into the land, H776 unto H413 all H3605 fountains H4599 of water, H4325 and unto H413 all H3605 brooks: H5158 peradventure H194 we may find H4672 grass H2682 to save H2421➔ the horses H5483 and mules H6505 alive, ➔H2421 that H3808➔ we lose H3772 not ➔H3808 all the beasts. H929

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:6 - So they divided H2505 the land H776 between them to pass throughout H5674 it: Ahab H256 went H1980 one H259 way H1870 by himself, H905 and Obadiah H5662 went H1980 another H259 way H1870 by himself. H905

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:9 - And he said, H559 What H4100 have I sinned, H2398 that H3588 thou H859 wouldest deliver H5414 thy servant H5650 into the hand H3027 of Ahab, H256 to slay me? H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:12 - And it shall come to pass, H1961 as soon as I H589 am gone H3212 from thee, H854 that the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 shall carry thee H5375 whither H834 I know H3045 not; H3808 and so when I come H935 and tell H5046 Ahab, H256 and H3808➔ he H4672➔ cannot ➔H3808 find thee, ➔H4672 he shall slay me: H2026 but I thy servant H5650 fear H3372 the LORD H3068 from my youth. H5271

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:16 - So H3212➔ Obadiah H5662 went ➔H3212 to meet H7125 Ahab, H256 and told H5046 him: and H3212➔ Ahab H256 went ➔H3212 to meet H7125 Elijah. H452

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:17 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H7200➔ Ahab H256 saw ➔H7200 Elijah, H452 that H559➔ Ahab H256 said ➔H559 unto him, H413 Art thou H859 he H2088 that troubleth H5916 Israel? H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:20 - So H7971➔ Ahab H256 sent ➔H7971 unto all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and gathered H6908➔ the prophets H5030 together ➔H6908 unto H413 mount H2022 Carmel. H3760

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41 - And H559➔ Elijah H452 said ➔H559 unto Ahab, H256 Get thee up, H5927 eat H398 and drink; H8354 for H3588 there is a sound H6963 of abundance H1995 of rain. H1653

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So H5927➔ Ahab H256 went up ➔H5927 to eat H398 and to drink. H8354 And Elijah H452 went up H5927 to H413 the top H7218 of Carmel; H3760 and he cast himself down H1457 upon the earth, H776 and put H7760 his face H6440 between H996 his knees, H1290

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And it came to pass H1961 at the seventh time, H7637 that he said, H559 Behold, H2009 there ariseth H5927 a H5645➔ little H6996 cloud ➔H5645 out of the sea, H3220 like a H3709➔ man's H376 hand. ➔H3709 And he said, H559 Go up, H5927 say H559 unto H413 Ahab, H256 Prepare H631 thy chariot, and get thee down, H3381 that H3808➔ the rain H1653 stop thee H6113 not. ➔H3808

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And it came to pass H1961 in the mean while, H5704 H3541 H5704 H3541 that the heaven H8064 was black H6937 with clouds H5645 and wind, H7307 and there was H1961 a H1653➔ great H1419 rain. ➔H1653 And H7392➔ Ahab H256 rode, ➔H7392 and went H3212 to Jezreel. H3157

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46 - And the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 on H413 Elijah; H452 and he girded up H8151 his loins, H4975 and ran H7323 before H6440 Ahab H256 to H5704 the entrance H935 of Jezreel. H3157

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:1 - And H5046➔ Ahab H256 told ➔H5046 Jezebel H348 all H3605 that H834 Elijah H452 had done, H6213 and H853 withal H3605 how H834 he had slain H2026 all H3605 the prophets H5030 with the sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:2 - And he sent H7971 messengers H4397 to H413 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 into the city, H5892 and said H559 unto him, Thus H3541 saith H559 Benhadad, H1130

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:13 - And, behold, H2009 there came H5066 a H259 prophet H5030 unto H413 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 Hast thou seen H7200 all H3605 this H2088 great H1419 multitude? H1995 behold, I H2005 will deliver it H5414 into thine hand H3027 this day; H3117 and thou shalt know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - And H559➔ Ahab H256 said, ➔H559 By whom? H4310 And he said, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 Even by the young men H5288 of the princes H8269 of the provinces. H4082 Then he said, H559 Who H4310 shall order H631 the battle? H4421 And he answered, H559 Thou. H859

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:1 - And it came to pass H1961 after H310 these H428 things, H1697 that Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158 had H1961 a vineyard, H3754 which H834 was in Jezreel, H3157 hard by H681 the palace H1964 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Samaria. H8111

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - And H1696➔ Ahab H256 spake ➔H1696 unto H413 Naboth, H5022 saying, H559 Give H5414 me thy vineyard, H3754 that H1961➔ I H589 may have it ➔H1961 for a garden H1588 of herbs, H3419 because H3588 it H1931 is near H7138 unto H681 my house: H1004 and I will give H5414 thee for it H8478 a H3754➔ better H2896 vineyard ➔H3754 than it; H4480 or, if H518 it seem H5869➔ good H2896 to thee, ➔H5869 I will give H5414 thee the worth H4242 of it H2088 in money. H3701

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3 - And H559➔ Naboth H5022 said ➔H559 to H413 Ahab, H256 The LORD H3068 forbid it H2486 me, that I should give H5414 the inheritance H5159 of my fathers H1 unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - And H935➔ Ahab H256 came ➔H935 into H413 his house H1004 heavy H5620 and displeased H2198 because of H5921 the word H1697 which H834 Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158 had spoken H1696 to him: H413 for he had said, H559 I will H5414➔ not H3808 give ➔H5414 thee the inheritance H5159 of my fathers. H1 And he laid him down H7901 upon H5921 his bed, H4296 and turned away H5437 his face, H6440 and H3808➔ would eat H398 no ➔H3808 bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:8 - So she wrote H3789 letters H5612 in H8034➔ Ahab's H256 name, ➔H8034 and sealed H2856 them with his seal, H2368 and sent H7971 the letters H5612 unto H413 the elders H2205 and to H413 the nobles H2715 that H834 were in his city, H5892 dwelling H3427 with H854 Naboth. H5022

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H8085➔ Jezebel H348 heard ➔H8085 that H3588 Naboth H5022 was stoned, H5619 and was dead, H4191 that H559➔ Jezebel H348 said ➔H559 to H413 Ahab, H256 Arise, H6965 take possession H3423 of the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite, H3158 which H834 he refused H3985 to give H5414 thee for money: H3701 for H3588 Naboth H5022 is H2416➔ not H369 alive, ➔H2416 but H3588 dead. H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H8085➔ Ahab H256 heard ➔H8085 that H3588 Naboth H5022 was dead, H4191 that H6965➔ Ahab H256 rose up ➔H6965 to go down H3381 to H413 the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite, H3158 to take possession of it. H3423

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:18 - Arise, H6965 go down H3381 to meet H7125 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel, H3478 which H834 is in Samaria: H8111 behold, H2009 he is in the vineyard H3754 of Naboth, H5022 whither H834 he is gone down H3381 to possess it. H3423

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:20 - And H559➔ Ahab H256 said ➔H559 to H413 Elijah, H452 Hast thou found me, H4672 O mine enemy? H341 And he answered, H559 I have found H4672 thee: because H3282 thou hast sold thyself H4376 to work H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - Behold, H2005 I will bring H935 evil H7451 upon thee, H413 and will take away H1197 thy posterity, H310 and will cut off H3772 from Ahab H256 him that pisseth H8366 against the wall, H7023 and him that is shut up H6113 and left H5800 in Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - Him that dieth H4191 of Ahab H256 in the city H5892 the dogs H3611 shall eat; H398 and him that dieth H4191 in the field H7704 shall H398➔ the fowls H5775 of the air H8064 eat. ➔H398

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25 - But H7535 there was H1961 none H3808 like unto Ahab, H256 which H834 did sell himself H4376 to work H6213 wickedness H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 whom H834 Jezebel H348 his wife H802 stirred up. H5496

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H8085➔ Ahab H256 heard ➔H8085 those H428 words, H1697 that he rent H7167 his clothes, H899 and put H7760 sackcloth H8242 upon H5921 his flesh, H1320 and fasted, H6684 and lay H7901 in sackcloth, H8242 and went H1980 softly. H328

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:29 - Seest thou H7200 how H3588 Ahab H256 humbleth himself H3665 before me? H6440 because H3282 H3588 he humbleth himself H3665 before me, H6440 I will H935➔ not H3808 bring ➔H935 the evil H7451 in his days: H3117 but in H3117➔ his son's H1121 days ➔H3117 will I bring H935 the evil H7451 upon H5921 his house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:20 - And H559➔ the LORD H3068 said, ➔H559 Who H4310 shall persuade H6601 Ahab, H256 that he may go up H5927 and fall H5307 at Ramothgilead? H7433 H1568 And H559➔ one H2088 said ➔H559 on this manner, H3541 and another H2088 said H559 on that manner. H3541

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39 - Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Ahab, H256 and all H3605 that H834 he did, H6213 and H1004➔ the ivory H8127 house ➔H1004 which H834 he made, H1129 and all H3605 the cities H5892 that H834 he built, H1129 are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Israel? H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:40 - So H7901➔ Ahab H256 slept ➔H7901 with H5973 his fathers; H1 and H4427➔ Ahaziah H274 his son H1121 reigned ➔H4427 in his stead. H8478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:41 - And Jehoshaphat H3092 the son H1121 of Asa H609 began to reign H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063 in the H8141➔ fourth H702 year ➔H8141 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:49 - Then H227 said H559 Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 unto H413 Jehoshaphat, H3092 Let H3212➔ my servants H5650 go ➔H3212 with H5973 thy servants H5650 in the ships. H591 But H3808➔ Jehoshaphat H3092 would H14 not. ➔H3808

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51 - Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 began to reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 in Samaria H8111 the seventeenth H7651 H6240 year H8141 of Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 and reigned H4427 two years H8141 over H5921 Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:1 - Then H6586➔ Moab H4124 rebelled ➔H6586 against Israel H3478 after H310 the death H4194 of Ahab. H256

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1 - Now Jehoram H3088 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 began to reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 in Samaria H8111 the H8141➔ eighteenth H8083 H6240 year ➔H8141 of Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 and reigned H4427 twelve H8147 H6240 years. H8141

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:5 - But it came to pass, H1961 when H4194➔ Ahab H256 was dead, ➔H4194 that H6586➔ the king H4428 of Moab H4124 rebelled ➔H6586 against the king H4428 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:16 - And in the H8141➔ fifth H2568 year ➔H8141 of Joram H3141 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel, H3478 Jehoshaphat H3092 being then king H4428 of Judah, H3063 Jehoram H3088 the son H1121 of Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah H3063 began to reign. H4427

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:18 - And he walked H3212 in the way H1870 of the kings H4428 of Israel, H3478 as H834 did H6213 the house H1004 of Ahab: H256 for H3588 the daughter H1323 of Ahab H256 was H1961 his wife: H802 and he did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:25 - In the H8141➔ twelfth H8147 H6240 year ➔H8141 of Joram H3141 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 did H4427➔ Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Jehoram H3088 king H4428 of Judah H3063 begin to reign. ➔H4427

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