Joshua 15:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 26:33 : 33 And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Josh 19:2-3 : 2 And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 3 and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
1 Chr 4:28 : 28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
Gen 21:14 : 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and [gave her] the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Gen 21:31-33 : 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. 32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33 And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Neh 11:26-27
2 verses
88%
26and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet,
27and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the towns thereof,
Josh 15:23-27
5 verses
86%
23and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25and Hazor - hadattah, and Kerioth - hezron (the same is Hazor),
26Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
27and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet,
1 Chr 4:28
83%
28And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
Josh 19:3
82%
3and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
Josh 15:29-33
5 verses
82%
29Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem,
30and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
31and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
32and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.
33In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
Josh 19:5
80%
5and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
Josh 15:58-59
2 verses
79%
58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
59and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
Josh 18:22
77%
22and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
Neh 11:30
77%
30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
Josh 15:53-56
4 verses
77%
53and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
54and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,
56and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
Josh 15:35-38
4 verses
77%
35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
38and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
Neh 11:33-34
2 verses
76%
33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Neh 10:18
76%
18Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
1 Chr 7:37
76%
37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
2 Chr 11:8-10
3 verses
75%
8and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
10and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
Josh 18:25-26
2 verses
75%
25Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
26and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
1 Chr 4:30-31
2 verses
75%
30and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
Josh 19:20-21
2 verses
75%
20and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez,
21and Remeth, and Engannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez,
Josh 13:18-19
2 verses
74%
18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
19and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
Josh 15:48
74%
48And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
Josh 15:61
74%
61In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
2 Sam 24:7
74%
7and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba.
Gen 26:33
74%
33And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Josh 15:43
74%
43and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
Josh 19:36
74%
36and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
Num 32:35
73%
35and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,
1 Chr 8:15
73%
15and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,