Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'elah' occurs 17 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'elah' in the standard works and contain 23.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 4:15 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Kgs. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 16:13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

 16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 113 130
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 6 6
PGP 0 6 6
TOTAL 17 125 142

Gen. 5:21
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

Gen. 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:25
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Gen. 5:26
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:27
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Gen. 23:9
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

Gen. 23:17
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure

Gen. 23:19
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

Gen. 25:9
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

Gen. 36:41
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

Gen. 38:5
And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

Gen. 38:11
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

Gen. 38:14
And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

Gen. 38:26
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

Gen. 46:12
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

Gen. 46:21
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

Gen. 49:30
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

Gen. 50:13
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

Num. 26:20
And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

Num. 26:35
These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

Num. 26:36
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

Josh. 18:28
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

1 Sam. 17:2
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

1 Sam. 17:19
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

1 Sam. 21:9
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

2 Sam. 21:14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

1 Kgs. 4:18
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

1 Kgs. 16:6
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs. 16:8
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

1 Kgs. 16:13
For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

1 Kgs. 16:14
Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

2 Kgs. 14:7
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

2 Kgs. 15:30
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

2 Kgs. 17:1
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

2 Kgs. 18:1
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

2 Kgs. 18:9
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

1 Chr. 1:3
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

1 Chr. 1:18
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

1 Chr. 1:24
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

1 Chr. 1:52
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

1 Chr. 2:3
The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.

1 Chr. 4:5
And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

1 Chr. 4:7
And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

1 Chr. 4:15
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

1 Chr. 4:21
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

1 Chr. 7:20
And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

1 Chr. 7:21
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

1 Chr. 7:25
And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

1 Chr. 9:8
And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

1 Chr. 12:7
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

1 Chr. 25:2
Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.

1 Chr. 25:14
The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Ezra 2:59
And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

Neh. 7:61
And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

Ps. 3:2
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

Ps. 3:4
I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

Ps. 3:8
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

Ps. 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

Ps. 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Ps. 7:5
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Ps. 9:16
The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Ps. 9:20
Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Ps. 20:3
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

Ps. 21:2
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

Ps. 24:6
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Ps. 24:10
Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Ps. 32:4
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Ps. 32:5
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Ps. 32:7
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Ps. 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Ps. 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Ps. 44:8
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

Ps. 46:3
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

Ps. 46:7
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Ps. 46:11
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Ps. 47:4
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

Ps. 48:8
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

Ps. 49:13
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

Ps. 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

Ps. 50:6
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

Ps. 52:3
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

Ps. 52:5
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Ps. 54:3
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

Ps. 55:7
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

Ps. 55:19
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

Ps. 57:3
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

Ps. 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

Ps. 59:5
Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

Ps. 59:13
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

Ps. 60:4
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

Ps. 61:4
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

Ps. 62:4
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Ps. 62:8
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Ps. 66:4
All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

Ps. 66:7
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

Ps. 66:15
I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

Ps. 67:1
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.

Ps. 67:4
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

Ps. 68:7
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

Ps. 68:19
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Ps. 68:32
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

Ps. 75:3
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

Ps. 76:3
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

Ps. 76:9
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

Ps. 77:3
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

Ps. 77:9
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

Ps. 77:15
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

Ps. 81:7
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Ps. 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Ps. 83:8
Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

Ps. 84:4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Ps. 84:8
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Ps. 85:2
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

Ps. 87:3
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

Ps. 87:6
The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

Ps. 88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Ps. 88:10
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

Ps. 89:4
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

Ps. 89:37
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

Ps. 89:45
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

Ps. 89:48
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Ps. 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Ps. 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Ps. 140:8
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

Ps. 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Hab. 3:3
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

Hab. 3:9
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

Hab. 3:13
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.

D&C 52:32
And let my servants Newel Knight and Selah J. Griffin both be ordained, and also take their journey.

D&C 56:5
Wherefore, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Thomas B. Marsh and Ezra Thayre, and give a new commandment unto my servant Thomas, that he shall take up his journey speedily to the land of Missouri, and my servant Selah J. Griffin shall also go with him.

D&C 56:6
For behold, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Selah J. Griffin and Newel Knight, in consequence of the stiffneckedness of my people which are in Thompson, and their rebellions.

D&C 107:50
Methuselah was one hundred years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam.

D&C 107:52
Noah was ten years old when he was ordained under the hand of Methuselah.

D&C 107:53
Three years previous to the death of Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, who were all high priests, with the residue of his posterity who were righteous, into the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and there bestowed upon them his last blessing.

Moses 6:25
And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begat Methuselah.

Moses 8:2
And it came to pass that Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was not taken, that the covenants of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he made to Enoch; for he truly covenanted with Enoch that Noah should be of the fruit of his loins.

Moses 8:3
And it came to pass that Methuselah prophesied that from his loins should spring all the kingdoms of the earth (through Noah), and he took glory unto himself.

Moses 8:5
And it came to pass that Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begat Lamech;

Moses 8:6
And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begat sons and daughters;

Moses 8:7
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.