Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'shekel' occurs 43 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'shekel' in the standard works and contain 48.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 30:13-15 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 38:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)


2 Kgs. 7:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

 7:16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.

 7:17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

 7:18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:




Lev. 27:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:47 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 7:85-86 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 43 96 139
Gen. 1 3 4
Ex. 10 9 19
Lev. 4 10 14
Num. 18 44 62
Deut. 0 2 2
Josh. 0 2 2
Judg. 0 5 5
1 Sam. 1 2 3
2 Sam. 0 5 5
1 Kgs. 0 2 2
2 Kgs. 6 1 7
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 4 4
Neh. 1 1 2
Jer. 0 1 1
Ezek. 1 4 5
Amos 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 43 96 139

2 Kgs. 7:1
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

2 Kgs. 7:16
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 7:18
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

2 Kgs. 15:20
And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.