1 Chronicles 21:4
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Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
In other translations
Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
Hebrew words
וּדְבַר־udevar-and [the] word ofH1697הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428חָזַקchazakit prevailedH2388עַל־'al-overH5921יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097וַיֵּצֵאvaiyetze'and he went outH3318יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְvaiyithalekhand he went aboutH1980בְּכָל־bekholin allH3605יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וַיָּבֹאvaiyavo'and he cameH935יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃yerushalimJerusalemH3389
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Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 8:4Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
- Daniel 3:18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
- Exodus 1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- 2 Samuel 24:3-83 And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? 4 Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Zidon,3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?” 4 Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel. 5 They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer. 6 Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
- Acts 5:29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
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