Occurrences
Besem occurs 29 times in 25 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (4), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (5), Esther (1), Song of Songs (6), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (1)
- Exodus 25:6 — Oil for the light, spices (בְּשָׂמִים֙) for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
- Exodus 30:23 — Take thou also unto thee principal spices (בְּשָׂמִ֣ים), of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
- Exodus 30:23 — Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet (בֶּ֥שֶׂם) cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
- Exodus 30:23 — Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet (בֹ֖שֶׂם) calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
- Exodus 35:8 — And oil for the light, and spices (וּבְשָׂמִים֙) for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
- Exodus 35:28 — And spice (הַבֹּ֖שֶׂם), and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
- 1 Kings 10:2 — And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices (בְּשָׂמִ֧ים), and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
- 1 Kings 10:10 — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices (וּבְשָׂמִ֛ים) very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:10 — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices (כַבֹּ֨שֶׂם) as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:25 — And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices (וּבְשָׂמִ֔ים), horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
- 2 Kings 20:13 — And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices (הַבְּשָׂמִ֜ים), and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
- 1 Chronicles 9:29 — Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices (וְהַבְּשָׂמִֽים).
- 1 Chronicles 9:30 — And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices (לַבְּשָׂמִֽים).
- 2 Chronicles 9:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices (בְּשָׂמִ֧ים), and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
- 2 Chronicles 9:9 — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices (וּבְשָׂמִ֛ים) great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:9 — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice (כַּבֹּ֣שֶׂם) as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:24 — And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices (וּבְשָׂמִ֔ים), horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14 — And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with (בְּשָׂמִ֣ים) sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.
- 2 Chronicles 32:27 — And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices (וְלִבְשָׂמִים֙), and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
- Esther 2:12 — Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with (בַּבְּשָׂמִ֔ים) sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
- Song of Songs 4:10 — How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices (בְּשָׂמִֽים)!
- Song of Songs 4:14 — Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices (בְשָׂמִֽים):
- Song of Songs 4:16 — Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices (בְשָׂמָ֑יו) thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
- Song of Songs 5:13 — His cheeks are as a bed of spices (הַבֹּ֔שֶׂם), as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
- Song of Songs 6:2 — My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices (הַבֹּ֑שֶׂם), to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- Song of Songs 8:14 — Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices (בְשָׂמִֽים).
- Isaiah 3:24 — And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell (בֹּ֜שֶׂם) there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
- Isaiah 39:2 — And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices (הַבְּשָׂמִ֜ים), and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
- Ezekiel 27:22 — The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices (בֹּ֜שֶׂם), and with all precious stones, and gold.