Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sheba' occurs 76 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sheba' in the standard works and contain 25% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 21:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)


2 Sam. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

 20:2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.




2 Sam. 20:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 27:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 76 12 88
Gen. 14 1 15
Ex. 0 1 1
Num. 0 1 1
Josh. 3 1 4
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 15 0 15
1 Kgs. 14 0 14
2 Kgs. 2 1 3
1 Chr. 6 1 7
2 Chr. 7 0 7
Neh. 2 6 8
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 3 0 3
Amos 2 0 2
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 76 12 88

2 Sam. 3:10
To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.

2 Sam. 11:3
And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

2 Sam. 12:24
And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him.

2 Sam. 17:11
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

2 Sam. 20:1
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

2 Sam. 20:2
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 20:6
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

2 Sam. 20:7
And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Sam. 20:10
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Sam. 20:13
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Sam. 20:21
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

2 Sam. 20:22
Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

2 Sam. 24:2
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

2 Sam. 24:7
And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.

2 Sam. 24:15
So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.