2 Sam 3 1 Kgs 11 2 Kgs 5 Isa 51 Jer 18 Ezek 52 Hos 7 Joel 2 Amos 1 Obad — Jonah 2 Mic 3 Nah — Hab 2 Zeph — Hag 4 Zech 9 Mal 3 Psa 39 Job 31 Prov 21 Ruth — Song Sol — Eccl 24 Lam 1 Esth — Dan 4 Ezra 2 Neh 2 1 Chron 5 2 Chron 10 These rough statistics are of only limited significance because they take into account neither the various semantic spheres of the word nor the chronological distribution of the books. They still indicate the rather broad distribution of the word in narrative, prophetic, and
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