Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'beth' occurs 225 times in the standard works.

112 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'beth' in the standard works and contain 49.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 44 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 6:12-15 (5 in 4 verses)

Judg. 1:33 (4 in 1 verse)

Josh. 18:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:32-13:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 18:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 35:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 7:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 6:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 23:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 11:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 19:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 19:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 19:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 1:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 2:51 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 4:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Sam. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

 20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.




1 Chr. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 225 25 250
Gen. 15 9 24
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 3 0 3
Josh. 49 3 52
Judg. 23 0 23
Ruth 7 0 7
1 Sam. 27 0 27
2 Sam. 10 0 10
1 Kgs. 17 5 22
2 Kgs. 13 0 13
1 Chr. 17 1 18
2 Chr. 9 1 10
Ezra 2 1 3
Neh. 7 2 9
Esth. 0 1 1
Prov. 0 1 1
Song. 0 1 1
Jer. 7 0 7
Ezek. 1 0 1
Hosea 6 0 6
Amos 7 0 7
Micah 2 0 2
NT 0 43 43
BM 0 1 1
DC 0 1 1
PGP 0 3 3
TOTAL 225 73 298

2 Sam. 2:32
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.

2 Sam. 10:6
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.

2 Sam. 20:14
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

2 Sam. 20:15
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

2 Sam. 21:12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

2 Sam. 21:19
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

2 Sam. 23:14
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

2 Sam. 23:15
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

2 Sam. 23:16
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.

2 Sam. 23:24
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,