Occurrences
Chemdâh occurs 16 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 2 Chronicles (3), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (1), Daniel (2), Hosea (1), Nahum (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (1)
- 1 Samuel 9:20 — And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire (חֶמְדַּ֣ת) of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house?
- 2 Chronicles 21:20 — Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired (חֶמְדָּ֔ה). Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
- 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, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant (חֶמְדָּֽה) jewels;
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 — And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly (חֶמְדַּ֣ת) vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- Psalms 106:24 — Yea, they despised the pleasant (חֶמְדָּ֑ה) land, they believed not his word:
- Isaiah 2:16 — And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant (הַחֶמְדָּֽה) pictures.
- Jeremiah 3:19 — But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant (חֶמְדָּ֔ה) land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
- Jeremiah 12:10 — Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant (חֶמְדָּתִ֖י) portion a desolate wilderness.
- Jeremiah 25:34 — Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant (חֶמְדָּֽה) vessel.
- Ezekiel 26:12 — And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant (חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְ) houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
- Daniel 11:8 — And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious (חֶמְדָּתָ֜ם) vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
- Daniel 11:37 — Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire (חֶמְדַּ֥ת) of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
- Hosea 13:15 — Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant (חֶמְדָּֽה) vessels.
- Nahum 2:9 — Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant (חֶמְדָּֽה) furniture.
- Haggai 2:7 — And I will shake all nations, and the desire (חֶמְדַּ֣ת) of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Zechariah 7:14 — But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant (חֶמְדָּ֖ה) land desolate.