15(?); 9:6f., 11, 15f.; 24:25(?); Judg 8:33; 9:4, 46; 1 Sam 18:3; 20:8; 23:18; 2 Sam 3:12f., 21; 5:3; 23:5; 1 Kgs 5:26; 15:19a, b; 20:34a, b; 2 Kgs 11:4; in J: Gen 15:18; 26:28; in E: Gen 21:27, 32; 31:44; further Exod 24:7, 8(?); Hos 6:7; 8:1(?); 10:4; 12:2; Isa 28:15, 18; from the Psa, possibly Psa 89:4, 29, 35, 40. In all, this is only about 43 occurrences. From the immediate pre-exilic period onward, berît occurs much more often; it acquires greater significance, then, indeed, primarily in the
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