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translating H4191

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Genesis
  1. 50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
Judges
  1. 4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
  2. 8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
  3. 9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
1 Samuel
  1. 17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
  2. 25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
  3. 28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
  4. 31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
2 Samuel
  1. 4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
  2. 11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
  3. 12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
  4. 12:19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
  5. 12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
  6. 13:39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
1 Kings
  1. 3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
  2. 11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
  3. 21:15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
  4. 21:16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
2 Kings
  1. 4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
  2. 11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
  3. 11:2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
  4. 11:16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
1 Chronicles
  1. 1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
  2. 1:45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
  3. 1:46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
  4. 1:47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
  5. 1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
  6. 1:49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
  7. 1:50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
  8. 2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
  9. 10:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
2 Chronicles
  1. 22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

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