Occurrences
Bîyrâh occurs 16 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (3), Esther (10), Daniel (1)
- 1 Chronicles 29:1 — Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace (הַבִּירָ֔ה) is not for man, but for the LORD God.
- 1 Chronicles 29:19 — And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace (הַבִּירָ֥ה), for the which I have made provision.
- Nehemiah 1:1 — The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace (הַבִּירָֽה),
- Nehemiah 2:8 — And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace (הַבִּירָ֤ה) which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
- Nehemiah 7:2 — That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace (הַבִּירָ֖ה), charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
- Esther 1:2 — That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace (הַבִּירָֽה),
- Esther 1:5 — And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace (הַבִּירָ֜ה), both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;
- Esther 2:3 — And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace (הַבִּירָה֙), to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
- Esther 2:5 — Now in Shushan the palace (הַבִּירָ֑ה) there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
- Esther 2:8 — So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace (הַבִּירָ֖ה), to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
- Esther 3:15 — The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace (הַבִּירָ֑ה). And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
- Esther 8:14 — So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace (הַבִּירָֽה).
- Esther 9:6 — And in Shushan the palace (הַבִּירָ֗ה) the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
- Esther 9:11 — On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace (הַבִּירָ֖ה) was brought before the king.
- Esther 9:12 — And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace (הַבִּירָ֡ה), and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
- Daniel 8:2 — And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace (הַבִּירָ֔ה), which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.