Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39638 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

benhadadsbenhadad's

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 123 times in 93 works
Consistency: 99.1% (123 of 124)
Reach if approved: ~130 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: benhadad's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 124 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (123 changes in 93 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 123)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… we haue an example in Tamars case, 2. Sam. 13. 19. and for putting on sackcloth in BenhadadsBenhadad's seruants: 1. King. 20. 31. So we reade, Iosh. 7. 6. that in prayer he and the Elders fell …
With rule
… we haue an example in Tamars case, 2. Sam. 13. 19. and for putting on sackcloth in BenhadadsBenhadad's seruants: 1. King. 20. 31. So we reade, Iosh. 7. 6. that in prayer he and the Elders fell …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and seeketh for mercy, as a condemned person would sue for life: euen as BenhadadsBenhadad's seruants came with ropes about their necks, and most submissiuely sued for their liues.
With rule
… and seeketh for mercy, as a condemned person would sue for life: euen as BenhadadsBenhadad's seruants came with ropes about their necks, and most submissiuely sued for their liues.
Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 349 · Open in the reader
Printed
… afford to his ſpirit, and will be exceeding chary of them. As you ſee BenhadadsBenhadad's ſervants did, 1 Kings 20.31, 32, 33. After they had put up their requeſts, the Text ſaith— The …
With rule
… afford to his ſpirit, and will be exceeding chary of them. As you ſee BenhadadsBenhadad's ſervants did, 1 Kings 20.31, 32, 33. After they had put up their requeſts, the Text ſaith— The …
Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of these? For 1. what is it to lay hold of the Covenant, but (as BenhadadsBenhadad's Servants did by Ahabs words, 1 Kings 20.33.) to take up those gracious discoveries which God …
With rule
… of these? For 1. what is it to lay hold of the Covenant, but (as BenhadadsBenhadad's Servants did by Ahabs words, 1 Kings 20.33.) to take up those gracious discoveries which God …
William Eyre · Justification Without Conditions · p. 204 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 We must meet the Lord humbly and submissively. As BenhadadsBenhadad's servants met the King of Israel, with ropes about their necks, because that they …
With rule
2 We must meet the Lord humbly and submissively. As BenhadadsBenhadad's servants met the King of Israel, with ropes about their necks, because that they …
Thomas Hall · Exposition of Amos 4-9 · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hearts hanker after, observe holy men overtaken with them, and indulge unto them, like BenhadadsBenhadad's servants, they hastily catch at such an advantage, and are emboldened by their example …
With rule
… hearts hanker after, observe holy men overtaken with them, and indulge unto them, like BenhadadsBenhadad's servants, they hastily catch at such an advantage, and are emboldened by their example …
Edward Reynolds · Gods Fidelity The Churchs Safety · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… under it for ſhelter ſhall periſh, as did ſometimes ſeven and twenty thouſand of BenhadadsBenhadad's men in Aphek: Vocat autem eloquenciam ſaecularem & Rhetoricam inanem lutum ſine palea, &c. ſaith …
With rule
… under it for ſhelter ſhall periſh, as did ſometimes ſeven and twenty thouſand of BenhadadsBenhadad's men in Aphek: Vocat autem eloquenciam ſaecularem & Rhetoricam inanem lutum ſine palea, &c. ſaith …
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 425 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by how much the victor is greater; to mitigate the griefe, and indignation of BenhadadsBenhadad's foile, his paraſites aſcribe it to gods, not to men; an humane power could …
With rule
… by how much the victor is greater; to mitigate the griefe, and indignation of BenhadadsBenhadad's foile, his paraſites aſcribe it to gods, not to men; an humane power could …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1353 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.