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1. 1 Samuel 22:22נֶ֖פֶשׁlife of

   Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.

2. 1 Samuel 22:23נַפְשִׁ֖יlife my

   Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”

3. 1 Samuel 22:23נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָlife your

   Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”

4. 1 Samuel 23:15נַפְשׁ֑וֹlife his

   While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

5. 1 Samuel 23:20נַפְשְׁךָ֥self your

   Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”

6. 1 Samuel 24:11נַפְשִׁ֖יlife my

   See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

7. 1 Samuel 25:26נַפְשְׁךָ֙self your

   Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.

8. 1 Samuel 25:29נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָlife your

   And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

9. 1 Samuel 25:29נֶ֨פֶשׁ[the] life of

   And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

10. 1 Samuel 25:29נֶ֤פֶשׁ[the] life of

    And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

11. 1 Samuel 26:21נַפְשִׁ֛יlife my

    Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

12. 1 Samuel 26:24נַפְשְׁךָ֛life your

    As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”

13. 1 Samuel 26:24נַפְשִׁי֙life my

    As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”

14. 1 Samuel 28:9בְּנַפְשִׁ֖יon life my

    But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”

15. 1 Samuel 28:21נַפְשִׁי֙life my

    When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.

16. 1 Samuel 30:6נֶ֣פֶשׁ[the] soul of

    And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

17. 2 Samuel 1:9נַפְשִׁ֖יlife my

    Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’

18. 2 Samuel 3:21נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָself your

    Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

19. 2 Samuel 4:8נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָlife your

    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

20. 2 Samuel 4:9נַפְשִׁ֖יlife my

    But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

21. 2 Samuel 5:8נֶ֣פֶשׁof [the] self of

    On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”

22. 2 Samuel 11:11נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָself your

    Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

23. 2 Samuel 14:7בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁfor [the] life of

    Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

24. 2 Samuel 14:14נֶ֔פֶשׁlife

    For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.

25. 2 Samuel 14:19נַפְשְׁךָ֩self your

    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.

26. 2 Samuel 16:11נַפְשִׁ֑יlife my

    Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.

27. 2 Samuel 17:8נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙soul

    He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

28. 2 Samuel 18:13בְנַפְשִׁי֙on life my

    If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”

29. 2 Samuel 19:5נַפְשְׁךָ֙life your

    Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.

30. 2 Samuel 19:5נֶ֤פֶשׁ[the] life of

    Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.

31. 2 Samuel 19:5וְנֶ֣פֶשׁand [the] life of

    Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.

32. 2 Samuel 19:5וְנֶ֖פֶשׁand [the] life of

    Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.

33. 2 Samuel 23:17בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָ֔םwith lives their

    saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.

34. 1 Kings 1:12נַפְשֵׁ֔ךְlife your

    Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

35. 1 Kings 1:12נֶ֥פֶשׁ[the] life of

    Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

36. 1 Kings 1:29נַפְשִׁ֖יlife my

    And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

37. 1 Kings 2:4נַפְשָׁ֑םbeing their

    and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

38. 1 Kings 2:23בְנַפְשׁ֔וֹby own life his

    Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

39. 1 Kings 3:11נֶ֣פֶשׁ[the] life of

    So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—

40. 1 Kings 8:48נַפְשָׁ֔םbeing their

    and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

41. 1 Kings 11:37נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָself your

    But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

42. 1 Kings 17:21נֶֽפֶשׁ־[the] life of

    Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

43. 1 Kings 17:22נֶֽפֶשׁ־[the] life of

    And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

44. 1 Kings 19:2נַפְשְׁךָ֔life your

    So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”

45. 1 Kings 19:2כְּנֶ֖פֶשׁlike [the] life of

    So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”

46. 1 Kings 19:3נַפְשׁ֔וֹlife his

    And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

47. 1 Kings 19:4נַפְשׁוֹ֙self his

    while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

48. 1 Kings 19:4נַפְשִׁ֔יlife my

    while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

49. 1 Kings 19:10נַפְשִׁ֖יlife my

    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

50. 1 Kings 19:14נַפְשִׁ֖יlife my

    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”