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Lexicon :: Strong's H4616 - maʿan

Aa
מַעַן
Transliteration
maʿan
Pronunciation
mah'-an
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Part of Speech
preposition, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

מַעַן maʻan, mah'-an; from H6030; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that:—because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to, ... 's sake), + lest, that, to.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H4616 in the following manner: that, for, to, to the end, because of, lest, to the intent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H4616 in the following manner: that, for, to, to the end, because of, lest, to the intent.

  1. purpose, intent

    preposition

    1. for the sake of

    2. in view of, on account of

    3. for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to

      conjunction

    4. to the end that

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעַן maʻan, mah'-an; from H6030; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that:—because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to, ... 's sake), + lest, that, to.
STRONGS H4616: Abbreviations
[מַ֫עַן] substantive purpose, intent, only with לְ, in לְמַ֫עַן 271 preposition and conjunction for the sake of, on account of, to the intent or in order that (abbreviated from מַעֲנֶה : compare מַ֫עַל; Köii. 116); — with suffix לְמַעֲנִי, לְמַעַנְךָ, and לְמַעַנְכֶם; —
1. preposition: —
a. Genesis 18:24 wilt thou... not spare the place למען חמשׁים הציקים for the sake of the 50 righteous? Deuteronomy 30:6 חַיֶּיךָ ל׳ for thy life's sake, 1 Kings 8:41 the foreigner who comer from afar שְׁמֶ֑ךָ ל׳, Isaiah 43:14 לְמַעַנְכֶם שִׁלַּחְתִּי בָבֶ֫לָה, Isaiah 45:4; Isaiah 62:1 ציון ל׳, Isaiah 63:17 עבדיך ל׳, Isaiah 65:8; Ezekiel 36:22 (twice in verse); Job 18:4; Psalm 122:8; Psalm 122:9; (עַבְדִּי ד׳) לְמַעַן דָּוִד, i.e. for the sake of David's memory, and the promises given to him, † 1 Kings 11:12, 13, 32, 34; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 19:34 (= Isaiah 37:35), Isaiah 20:6 (all D2); לְמַעֲנִי (of י׳) for my own sake, i.e. to vindicate my name, † 2 Kings 19:34 (= Isaiah 37:35), 2 Kings 20:6; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 48:11 לְמַעֲנִי לְמַעֲנִי אֶעֲשֶׁה, so לְמַעַנְךָ Daniel 9:19, אֲדֹנָי ל׳ Daniel 9:17; י׳ is said (or entreated) to act (שִׁמְךָ, שְׁמִי) לְמַעַן שְׁמוֺ i.e. to maintain his reputation, or character, † Psalm 23:3; Psalm 25:11; Psalm 31:4; Psalm 79:9; Psalm 106:8; Psalm 143:11; Jeremiah 14:7, 21; Ezekiel 20:9, 14, 22, 44; Isaiah 48:9; simile חַסְדְּךָ ל׳ (i.e. to maintain it consistently) † Psalm 6:5; Psalm 44:27, טוּבְךָ ל׳ † Psalm 25:7, צִדְקוֺ ל׳ † Isaiah 42:21.
b. In view of, on account of (but not expressing causation distinctly, like מִן 2f, or מִפְּנֵי), Deuteronomy 3:26 בי לְמַעַנְכֶם ויתעבר י׳ on your account, 1 Kings 11:39 זֹאת ל׳ in view of this, שׁוֺרֲרַי ל׳ on account of my watchful foes, † Psalm 5:9; Psalm 27:11, צורריך ל׳ Psalm 8:3, simil. Psalm 69:19; Psalm 48:12 (Psalm 97:8) משׁפטיך ישמח הר ציון ֗֗֗ ל׳ in view of thy judgments.
c. Following infinitive Genesis 18:19 לְמַעַן הָבִיא י׳ for the purpose of J.'s bringing = to the intent that J. might bring, Genesis 37:22 הַצִּיל ל׳ in order to rescue, Genesis 50:20; Exodus 1:11; Exodus 9:16; Exodus 10:1, etc., Deuteronomy 2:30; Deuteronomy 6:28, etc., 2 Kings 10:19; Jeremiah 7:10, 18; Jeremiah 11:5; Jeremiah 50:34 (on הִרגיע, see עַד 2a b), Ezekiel 14:5; Ezekiel 21:5; Ezekiel 22:6 etc., Ezekiel 36:5, + often (Köiii.595 f.). Once, pleonastic, לְמַעַן לָמוּג לֵב Ezekiel 21:20 (compare כַּעֲבוּר לְ 1 Chronicles 19:3; but read probably הִמּוֺג).
2. conjunction (followed by imperfect): —
a. לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר Genesis 18:19 I have known him אשׁר יְצַוֶּה ל׳ to the end that he might command, etc., Deuteronomy 27:3; Joshua 3:4; 2 Samuel 13:5; Jeremiah 42:6; more often
b. without אשׁר, as Genesis 12:13 לְמַעַן יִיטַב לִי, Genesis 27:25; Exodus 4:5 יאמינו ל׳, Exodus 8:6; Exodus 8:18; Exodus 9:29; Exodus 10:2; Isaiah 5:19; Isaiah 23:16; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 30:13; Psalm 48:14 + often (Köiii. 571).
c. Following לֹא
(a) אשׁר לֹא ל׳ † Numbers 17:5; Deuteronomy 20:18; Ezekiel 31:14; Ezekiel 36:30; Ezekiel 46:18;
(b) לֹא ל׳ † Ezekiel 14:11; Ezekiel 19:9; Ezekiel 25:10; Ezekiel 26:20; Zechariah 12:7; Psalm 119:11; Psalm 119:80; Psalm 125:3 (Köiii. 574. Less common than לְבִלְתִּי or מִן with infinitive, or פֶּן־.
Note 1. — לְמַעַן is always in order that, never merely so that ἐκβατικῶς); but sometimes, in rhetorical passages, the issue of a line of action, though really undesigned, is represented by it ironically as if it were designed: Deuteronomy 29:18 (see Dr) סְפוֺת וגו׳ וְהִתְבָּרֵךְ כִּלְבָבוֺ ֗֗֗ ל׳ and he congratulate himself... in order to sweep away the moistened with the dry (i.e. to destroy all together), Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 44:9 יֵבוֺשׁוּ בל יראו ובל ידעו ל׳ in orer that they may be put to shame, Jeremiah 7:18 הַכְעִיסֵנִי ל׳, Jeremiah 7:19 פְּנֵיהֶם בּשֶׁת ל׳, Jeremiah 27:10, 15; Jeremiah 32:29; Hosea 8:4 their silver, etc., they have made into idols יִכָרֵת ל׳ in order that it may be cut off (of course, not the real purpose of the idolatry), Amos 2:7; Micah 6:16: compare Psalm 51:6 (see Comn.) in order that thou mightest be just when thou judgest (that is, by manifesting thy justice in judgement on my sin). compare bdb077501 Qor 28:7 (FlKl. Schr. i. 397 f.).
Note 2. — In Joshua 4:24 for the anomalous יְרָאתֶם ל׳, read infinitive יִרְאָתָם ל׳ in order that they might fear (Dr§ 14 Obs.): Nehemiah 6:13 לְמַעַן שָׂכוּר הוּא לְמַעַן אִירָא (si vera lectio) the first ל׳ points forwards, to this intent was he hired, to the intent that I should be afraid. — On Proverbs 16:4, see מַעֵנֶה above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:13; 18:19; 18:19; 18:24; 27:25; 37:22; 50:20

Exodus

1:11; 4:5; 8:6; 8:18; 9:16; 9:29; 10:1; 10:2

Numbers

17:5

Deuteronomy

2:30; 3:26; 20:18; 27:3; 29:18; 30:6

Joshua

3:4; 4:24

2 Samuel

13:5

1 Kings

8:41; 11:12; 11:13; 11:32; 11:34; 11:39; 15:4

2 Kings

8:19; 10:19; 19:34; 19:34; 20:6

1 Chronicles

19:3

Nehemiah

6:13

Job

18:4

Psalms

5:9; 6:5; 8:3; 9:15; 23:3; 25:7; 25:11; 27:11; 31:4; 48:12; 48:14; 51:6; 69:19; 79:9; 97:8; 106:8; 119:11; 119:80; 122:8; 122:9; 125:3; 143:11

Proverbs

16:4

Isaiah

5:19; 20:6; 23:16; 30:1; 37:35; 37:35; 42:21; 43:14; 43:25; 44:9; 45:4; 48:9; 48:11; 62:1; 63:17; 65:8

Jeremiah

7:10; 7:18; 7:18; 7:19; 11:5; 14:7; 14:21; 27:10; 27:15; 32:29; 42:6; 50:34

Ezekiel

14:5; 14:11; 19:9; 20:9; 20:14; 20:22; 20:44; 21:5; 21:20; 22:6; 25:10; 26:20; 31:14; 36:5; 36:22; 36:30; 46:18

Daniel

9:17; 9:19

Hosea

8:4

Amos

2:7

Micah

6:16

Zechariah

12:7

H4616

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Strong's Number H4616 matches the Hebrew מַעַן (maʿan),
which occurs 272 times in 252 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 6 (Deu 12:28–2Ki 10:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 - Be careful to obey all my commands, so that all will go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and pleasing to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a large nation, just as he swore to your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored—and eat it there in his presence. This applies to your tithes of grain, new wine, olive oil, and the firstborn males of your flocks and herds. Doing this will teach you always to fear the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - Give it to the Levites, who will receive no allotment of land among you, as well as to the foreigners living among you, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, so they can eat and be satisfied. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all your work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3 - Eat it with bread made without yeast. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, as when you escaped from Egypt in such a hurry. Eat this bread—the bread of suffering—so that as long as you live you will remember the day you departed from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:20 - Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:16 - “The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the LORD has told you, ‘You must never return to Egypt.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:19 - He must always keep that copy with him and read it daily as long as he lives. That way he will learn to fear the LORD his God by obeying all the terms of these instructions and decrees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - This regular reading will prevent him from becoming proud and acting as if he is above his fellow citizens. It will also prevent him from turning away from these commands in the smallest way. And it will ensure that he and his descendants will reign for many generations in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:18 - This will prevent the people of the land from teaching you to imitate their detestable customs in the worship of their gods, which would cause you to sin deeply against the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7 - You may take the young, but let the mother go, so that you may prosper and enjoy a long life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:20 - You may charge interest to foreigners, but you may not charge interest to Israelites, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything you do in the land you are about to enter and occupy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - “When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don’t go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - Yes, always use honest weights and measures, so that you may enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - Write this whole body of instruction on them when you cross the river to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you—a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:6 - You ate no bread and drank no wine or other alcoholic drink, but he gave you food so you would know that he is the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:9 - “Therefore, obey the terms of this covenant so that you will prosper in everything you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:13 - By entering into the covenant today, he will establish you as his people and confirm that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19 - “Those who hear the warnings of this curse should not congratulate themselves, thinking, ‘I am safe, even though I am following the desires of my own stubborn heart.’ This would lead to utter ruin!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6 - “The LORD your God will change your heart[fn] and the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love him with all your heart and soul and so you may live!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:19 - “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:12 - Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:19 - “So write down the words of this song, and teach it to the people of Israel. Help them learn it, so it may serve as a witness for me against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - Since you have never traveled this way before, they will guide you. Stay about a half mile[fn] behind them, keeping a clear distance between you and the Ark. Make sure you don’t come any closer.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:6 - We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:24 - He did this so all the nations of the earth might know that the LORD’s hand is powerful, and so you might fear the LORD your God forever.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 - For the LORD hardened their hearts and caused them to fight the Israelites. So they were completely destroyed without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - I did this to test Israel—to see whether or not they would follow the ways of the LORD as their ancestors did.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2 - He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - “It’s true that the army spared the best of the sheep, goats, and cattle,” Saul admitted. “But they are going to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. We have destroyed everything else.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - But when David’s oldest brother, Eliab, heard David talking to the men, he was angry. “What are you doing around here anyway?” he demanded. “What about those few sheep you’re supposed to be taking care of? I know about your pride and deceit. You just want to see the battle!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - “Well,” Jonadab said, “I’ll tell you what to do. Go back to bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, ask him to let Tamar come and prepare some food for you. Tell him you’ll feel better if she prepares it as you watch and feeds you with her own hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3 - Observe the requirements of the LORD your God, and follow all his ways. Keep the decrees, commands, regulations, and laws written in the Law of Moses so that you will be successful in all you do and wherever you go.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4 - If you do this, then the LORD will keep the promise he made to me. He told me, ‘If your descendants live as they should and follow me faithfully with all their heart and soul, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:40 - Then they will fear you as long as they live in the land you gave to our ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:41 - “In the future, foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel will hear of you. They will come from distant lands because of your name,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43 - then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built honors your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:60 - Then people all over the earth will know that the LORD alone is God and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:12 - But for the sake of your father, David, I will not do this while you are still alive. I will take the kingdom away from your son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13 - And even so, I will not take away the entire kingdom; I will let him be king of one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, my chosen city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:32 - But I will leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:34 - “‘But I will not take the entire kingdom from Solomon at this time. For the sake of my servant David, the one whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees, I will keep Solomon as leader for the rest of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - His son will have one tribe so that the descendants of David my servant will continue to reign, shining like a lamp in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen to be the place for my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:39 - Because of Solomon’s sin I will punish the descendants of David—though not forever.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15 - So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of the LORD, for it fulfilled the LORD’s message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4 - But for David’s sake, the LORD his God allowed his descendants to continue ruling, shining like a lamp, and he gave Abijam a son to rule after him in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - But the LORD did not want to destroy Judah, for he had made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would continue to rule, shining like a lamp forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - Therefore, summon all the prophets and worshipers of Baal, and call together all his priests. See to it that every one of them comes, for I am going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who fails to come will be put to death.” But Jehu’s cunning plan was to destroy all the worshipers of Baal.

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