Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'shekels' occurs 96 times in the standard works.

70 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'shekels' in the standard works and contain 72.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 27:3-7 (8 in 5 verses)

Ex. 30:23-24 (4 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:85-86 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 7:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:49-50 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:55-56 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:61-62 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:67-68 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:73-74 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:79-80 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 17:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 7:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 38:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 96 0 96
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 9 0 9
Lev. 10 0 10
Num. 44 0 44
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 5 0 5
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Neh. 1 0 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 4 0 4
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 96 0 96

2 Sam. 14:26
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

2 Sam. 18:11
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

2 Sam. 18:12
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

2 Sam. 21:16
And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

2 Sam. 24:24
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.