Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dwelt' occurs 275 times in the standard works.

74 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'dwelt' in the standard works and contain 26.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 2:20-23 (6 in 4 verses)

Judg. 1:29-33 (5 in 5 verses)

Neh. 11:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Neh. 11:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 7:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 10:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 2:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 7:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Sam. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

 9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.




2 Kgs. 17:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 8:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 208 0 208
Gen. 26 0 26
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 10 0 10
Deut. 19 0 19
Josh. 14 0 14
Judg. 23 0 23
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 13 0 13
2 Kgs. 8 0 8
1 Chr. 26 0 26
2 Chr. 12 0 12
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 13 0 13
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 4 0 4
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 7 0 7
Ezek. 6 0 6
Dan. 2 0 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
NT 18 0 18
BM 33 0 33
DC 6 0 6
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 275 0 275

2 Sam. 2:3
And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

2 Sam. 5:9
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

2 Sam. 7:6
Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

2 Sam. 9:12
And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

2 Sam. 9:13
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.

2 Sam. 14:28
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.