167 verses contain “ham” (in the KJV: 138, in the BSB: 161) — showing 1–100
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After
Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth.
In the
selfsame day entered
Noah, and
Shem, and
Ham, and
Japheth, the sons of
Noah, and
Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
On that very day
Noah entered the ark, along with his sons
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
And the sons of
Noah, that went forth of the ark, were
Shem, and
Ham, and
Japheth: and
Ham is the father of
Canaan.
And
Ham, the father of
Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
And
Ham, the father of
Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
Now these are the generations of the sons of
Noah,
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
This is the account of
Noah’s sons
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the
Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the
Canaanites spread abroad.
the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the
Hamathites. Later the
Canaanite clans were scattered,
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
And in the
fourteenth year came
Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and
smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in
Ham, and the
Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
In the
fourteenth year,
Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in
Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
And he bought a
parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of
Hamor,
Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of
Hamor,
Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
And when
Shechem the son of
Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and
defiled her.
When
Shechem son of
Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
And
Shechem spake unto his father
Hamor, saying, Get me this
damsel to wife.
So
Shechem told his father
Hamor, “Get me this
girl as a wife.”
And
Hamor the father of
Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
Meanwhile,
Shechem’s father
Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
And
Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son
Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
But
Hamor said to them, “My son
Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
And the sons of Jacob answered
Shechem and
Hamor his father
deceitfully, and said, because he had
defiled Dinah their sister:
And their words pleased
Hamor, and
Shechem Hamor’s son.
Their offer seemed good to
Hamor and his son
Shechem.
And
Hamor and
Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
So
Hamor and his son
Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
And unto
Hamor and unto
Shechem his son
hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was
circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
And they
slew Hamor and
Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of
Shechem’s house, and went out.
They killed
Hamor and his son
Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of
Shechem’s house, and went away.
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of
Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and
Hamul.
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah,
Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of
Canaan. The sons of
Perez: Hezron and
Hamul.
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they
slew a man, and in their selfwill they
digged down a wall.
May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and
hamstring oxen on a
whim.
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
Make two
cherubim of
hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
And thou shalt make a
candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the
candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his
bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
He made two
cherubim of
hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
And he made the
candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the
candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his
bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
The buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with
cunning work.
They
hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to
interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled
craftsman.
And this work of the
candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the
candlestick.
This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
Make thee two
trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
“Make two
trumpets of
hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to
Hamath.
So they went up and
spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-
hamath.
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are
hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
As for the censers of those who
sinned at the cost of their own lives,
hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”
And
Eleazar the priest took the
brasen censers,
wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
So
Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them
hammered out to overlay the altar,
And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
And these were the descendants of
Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the
Hamulite clan from
Hamul.
From mount
Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of
Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
and from Mount
Hor to Lebo-
hamath, then extend to Zedad,
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to
morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt
hough their horses, and burn their
chariots with fire.
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time
tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to
hamstring their horses and burn up their
chariots.”
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD
bade him: he
houghed their horses, and burnt their
chariots with fire.
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he
hamstrung their horses and burned up their
chariots.
And
Hebron, and Rehob, and
Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
It went on to Ebron, Rehob,
Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater
Sidon.
And the
fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and
Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
And out of the tribe of
Naphtali, Kedesh in
Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the
slayer; and
Hammoth-
dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
And from the tribe of
Naphtali they were given Kedesh in
Galilee (a city of refuge for the
manslayer),
Hammoth-
dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in
Shechem, in a
parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of
Hamor the father of
Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at
Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of
Hamor,
Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
Then Jael
Heber’s wife took a
nail of the tent, and took an
hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and
smote the
nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast
asleep and
weary. So he died.
But as he lay sleeping from
exhaustion,
Heber’s wife Jael took a tent
peg,
grabbed a
hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the
peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
She put her hand to the
nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s
hammer; and with the
hammer she
smote Sisera, she
smote off his head, when she had pierced and
stricken through his temples.
She reached for the tent
peg, her right hand for the
workman’s
hammer. She struck Sisera and
crushed his skull; she
shattered and pierced his temple.
And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is
Abimelech, and who is
Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of
Hamor the father of
Shechem: for why should we serve him?
Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is
Abimelech, and who is
Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of
Hamor, the father of
Shechem. Why should we serve
Abimelech?
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
David captured from him a thousand
chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he
hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the
chariots.
When Toi king of
Hamath heard that David had
smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
When King Toi of
Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither
hammer nor
axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the
quarry, so that no
hammer or
chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them
cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the
cherubim and palm trees with
hammered gold.
And he carved
thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
He carved into them
cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold,
hammered evenly over the carvings.
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-
hamath to the
Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one
target.
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of
Lebanon.
He also made three hundred small shields of
hammered gold; three
minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of
Lebanon.
He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of
Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant
Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of
Gath-hepher.
This
Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-
hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant
Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from
Gath-hepher.
Now the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he
warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and
Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
As for the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he
waged war and recovered both Damascus and
Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from
Ava, and from
Hamath, and from
Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva,
Hamath, and
Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of
Cuth made Nergal, and the men of
Hamath made Ashima,
The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of
Cuth made Nergal, the men of
Hamath made Ashima,
Where are the gods of
Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
Where are the gods of
Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
Where is the king of
Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of
Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was
Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of
Libnah.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was
Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from
Libnah.
And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned
Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of
Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a
levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was
Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of
Libnah.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was
Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from
Libnah.
And the king of Babylon
smote them, and
slew them at Riblah in the land of
Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
There at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
The sons of
Perez: Hezron and
Hamul.
And the families of the
scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the
Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-
joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the clans of the
scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the
Kenites who came from
Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
The sons of Mishma: Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was
spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some
Hamites had lived there formerly.
And these written by name came in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and
smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
These who were noted by name came in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the
Hamites and Meunites there in their dwellings,
devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
And out of the tribe of
Naphtali; Kedesh in
Galilee with her suburbs, and
Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
And from the tribe of
Naphtali they were given Kedesh in
Galilee,
Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
These were the sons of
Gilead son of Machir, the son of
Manasseh. His sister
Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.
So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-
hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
And David
smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto
Hamath, as he went to
stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
As far as
Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.
David captured from him a thousand
chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he
hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the
chariots.
Now when Tou king of
Hamath heard how David had
smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
When King Tou of
Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-
hamath to the
Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
And Solomon went to
Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
Then Solomon went to
Hamath-zobah and captured it.
And he built
Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in
Hamath.
He built
Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in
Hamath.
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one
target.
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of
Lebanon.
He also made three hundred small shields of
hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of
Lebanon.
After these things did king
Ahasuerus promote
Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
After these events, King
Xerxes honored
Haman son of
Hammedatha, the Agagite,
elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced
Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But
Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid
homage to
Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But
Mordecai would not bow down or pay
homage.
Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he
hearkened not unto them, that they told
Haman, to see whether
Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a
Jew.
And when
Haman saw that
Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was
Haman full of wrath.
And he thought
scorn to lay hands on
Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of
Mordecai: wherefore
Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of
Ahasuerus, even the people of
Mordecai.
And when he learned the identity of
Mordecai’s people, he
scorned the notion of laying hands on
Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of
Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of
Xerxes.
In the first month, that is, the month
Nisan, in the
twelfth year of king
Ahasuerus, they cast
Pur, that is, the lot, before
Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the
twelfth month, that is, the month
Adar.
In the
twelfth year of King
Xerxes, in the first month, the month of
Nisan, the
Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before
Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the
twelfth month, the month of
Adar.
And
Haman said unto king
Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and
dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are
diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
Then
Haman informed King
Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and
dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from
everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to
tolerate them.
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto
Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
So the king removed the
signet ring from his finger and gave it to
Haman son of
Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
And the king said unto
Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
“Keep your money,” said the king to
Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
Then were the king’s
scribes called on the
thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that
Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king
Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.
On the
thirteenth day of the first month, the royal
scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as
Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the
script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King
Xerxes and sealed with the royal
signet ring.
The posts went out, being
hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in
Shushan the palace. And the king and
Haman sat down to drink; but the city
Shushan was
perplexed.
The couriers left,
spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of
Susa. Then the king and
Haman sat down to drink, but the city of
Susa was in confusion.
And
Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that
Haman had promised to pay to the king’s
treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
and
Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that
Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.
And
Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and
Haman come this day unto the
banquet that I have prepared for him.
“If it pleases the king,”
Esther replied, “may the king and
Haman come
today to the
banquet I have prepared for the king.”
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and
Haman come to the
banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to
morrow as the king hath said.
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and
fulfill my request, may the king and
Haman come
tomorrow to the
banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
