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ἦν — 668x G1510 εἰμί
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V-IAI-3S
Occurrences: 668 times in 608 verses
Speech: Verb
Parsing: Imperfect Active Indicative
3rd Person Singular
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7 - And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the LORD God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the LORD God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel.
When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:20 - Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise livestock and live in tents.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - His brother's name was Jubal, the first of all who play the harp and flute.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 - Lamech's other wife, Zillah, gave birth to a son named Tubal-cain. He became an expert in forging tools of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain had a sister named Naamah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 - By the time Noah was 500 years old, he was the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:12 - God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:6 - Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:19 - Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:22 - Everything that breathed and lived on dry land died.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1 - But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:18 - The sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their father were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:9 - Since he was the greatest hunter in the world,[fn] his name became proverbial. People would say, “This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:1 - At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - They began saying to each other, “Let's make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30 - But Sarai was unable to become pregnant and had no children.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - So Abram departed as the LORD had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai's beauty.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:20 - Pharaoh ordered some of his men to escort them, and he sent Abram out of the country, along with his wife and all his possessions.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2 - (Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:6 - But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - They also captured Lot—Abram's nephew who lived in Sodom—and carried off everything he owned.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:17 - After Abram returned from his victory over Kedorlaomer and all his allies, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:18 - And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High,[fn] brought Abram some bread and wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - Abram was eighty-six years old when Ishmael was born.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:24 - Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - and Ishmael, his son, was thirteen.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - The other men turned and headed toward Sodom, but the LORD remained with Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:5 - Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “Hagar, what's wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 - And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the field itself, the cave that was in it, and all the surrounding trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1 - Abraham was now a very old man, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - Rebekah was very beautiful and old enough to be married, but she was still a virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up again.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29 - Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, who ran out to meet the man at the spring.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:36 - “When Sarah, my master's wife, was very old, she gave birth to my master's son, and my master has given him everything he owns.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20 - When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21 - Isaac pleaded with the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The LORD answered Isaac's prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 - And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - Then the other twin was born with his hand grasping Esau's heel. So they named him Jacob.[fn] Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter. He was an outdoorsman, but Jacob had a quiet temperament, preferring to stay at home.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - They replied, “We can plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let's make a covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:34 - At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - Then she took Esau's favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - He named that place Bethel (which means “house of God”), although it was previously called Luz.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - He saw a well in the distance. Three flocks of sheep and goats lay in an open field beside it, waiting to be watered. But a heavy stone covered the mouth of the well.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:14 - Laban exclaimed, “You really are my own flesh and blood!” After Jacob had stayed with Laban for about a month,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - But when Jacob woke up in the morning—it was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob raged at Laban. “I worked seven years for Rachel! Why have you tricked me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to have children, but Rachel could not conceive.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:29 - Jacob replied, “You know how hard I've worked for you, and how your flocks and herds have grown under my care.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - You had little indeed before I came, but your wealth has increased enormously. The LORD has blessed you through everything I've done. But now, what about me? When can I start providing for my own family?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:35 - But that very day Laban went out and removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted or had white patches, and all the black sheep. He placed them in the care of his own sons,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:2 - And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban's attitude toward him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:5 - He said to them, “I have noticed that your father's attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - In fact, if the God of my father had not been on my side—the God of Abraham and the fearsome God of Isaac[fn]—you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen your abuse and my hard work. That is why he appeared to you last night and rebuked you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Meanwhile, Jacob's sons had come in from the field as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious that their sister had been raped. Shechem had done a disgraceful thing against Jacob's family,[fn] something that should never be done.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - Shechem wasted no time in acting on this request, for he wanted Jacob's daughter desperately. Shechem was a highly respected member of his family,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28 - They seized all the flocks and herds and donkeys—everything they could lay their hands on, both inside the town and outside in the fields.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - They looted all their wealth and plundered their houses. They also took all their little children and wives and led them away as captives.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6 - Eventually, Jacob and his household arrived at Luz (also called Bethel) in Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:7 - There was not enough land to support them both because of all the livestock and possessions they had acquired.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - Timna, the concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz, gave birth to a son named Amalek. These are the descendants of Esau's wife Adah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - This is the account of Jacob and his family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father's flocks. He worked for his half brothers, the sons of his father's wives Bilhah and Zilpah. But Joseph reported to his father some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3 - Jacob[fn] loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:5 - And when she gave birth to a third son, she named him Shelah. At the time of Shelah's birth, they were living at Kezib.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - So he asked the men who lived there, “Where can I find the shrine prostitute who was sitting beside the road at the entrance to Enaim?”
“We've never had a shrine prostitute here,” they replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:27 - When the time came for Tamar to give birth, it was discovered that she was carrying twins.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:30 - Then the baby with the scarlet string on his wrist was born, and he was named Zerah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:2 - The LORD was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4 - This pleased Potiphar, so he soon made Joseph his personal attendant. He put him in charge of his entire household and everything he owned.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:5 - From the day Joseph was put in charge of his master's household and property, the LORD began to bless Potiphar's household for Joseph's sake. All his household affairs ran smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6 - So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn't worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat!
Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:11 - One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:21 - But the LORD was with Joseph in the prison and showed him his faithful love. And the LORD made Joseph a favorite with the prison warden.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23 - The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The LORD was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:9 - So the chief cup-bearer told Joseph his dream first. “In my dream,” he said, “I saw a grapevine in front of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20 - Pharaoh's birthday came three days later, and he prepared a banquet for all his officials and staff. He summoned[fn] his chief cup-bearer and chief baker to join the other officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And these thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, well-formed heads! Then Pharaoh woke up again and realized it was a dream.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:8 - The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12 - There was a young Hebrew man with us in the prison who was a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he told us what each of our dreams meant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - And the shriveled heads swallowed the seven healthy heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but no one could tell me what they mean.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:46 - He was thirty years old when he began serving in the court of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And when Joseph left Pharaoh's presence, he inspected the entire land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - During those years, Joseph gathered all the crops grown in Egypt and stored the grain from the surrounding fields in the cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - He piled up huge amounts of grain like sand on the seashore. Finally, he stopped keeping records because there was too much to measure.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56 - So with severe famine everywhere, Joseph opened up the storehouses and distributed grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5 - So Jacob's[fn] sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6 - Since Joseph was governor of all Egypt and in charge of selling grain to all the people, it was to him that his brothers came. When they arrived, they bowed before him with their faces to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:23 - Of course, they didn't know that Joseph understood them, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:27 - But when they stopped for the night and one of them opened his sack to get grain for his donkey, he found his money in the top of his sack.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:35 - As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man's sack was the bag of money he had paid for the grain! The brothers and their father were terrified when they saw the bags of money.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - Meanwhile, the famine became so severe that all the food was used up, and people were starving throughout the lands of Egypt and Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:26 - Joseph then issued a decree still in effect in the land of Egypt, that Pharaoh should receive one-fifth of all the crops grown on his land. Only the land belonging to the priests was not given to Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Jacob crossed his arms as he reached out to lay his hands on the boys' heads. He put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, though he was the younger boy, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, though he was the firstborn.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:5 - In all, Jacob had seventy[fn] descendants in Egypt, including Joseph, who was already there.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro,[fn] the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai,[fn] the mountain of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:7 - Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three when they made their demands to Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - The fish in the river died, and the water became so foul that the Egyptians couldn't drink it. There was blood everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - Never in all the history of Egypt had there been a storm like that, with such devastating hail and continuous lightning.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:32 - But the wheat and the emmer wheat were spared, because they had not yet sprouted from the ground.)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - During all that time the people could not see each other, and no one moved. But there was light as usual where the people of Israel lived.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:30 - Pharaoh and all his officials and all the people of Egypt woke up during the night, and loud wailing was heard throughout the land of Egypt. There was not a single house where someone had not died.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17 - When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promised Land. God said, “If the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Didn't we tell you this would happen while we were still in Egypt? We said, ‘Leave us alone! Let us be slaves to the Egyptians. It's better to be a slave in Egypt than a corpse in the wilderness!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”).
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:15 - The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. “What is it?” they asked each other. They had no idea what it was.
And Moses told them, “It is the food the LORD has given you to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:31 - The Israelites called the food manna.[fn] It was white like coriander seed, and it tasted like honey wafers.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:36 - The container used to measure the manna was an omer, which was one-tenth of an ephah; it held about two quarts.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - At the LORD's command, the whole community of Israel left the wilderness of Sin[fn] and moved from place to place. Eventually they camped at Rephidim, but there was no water there for the people to drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:21 - As the people stood in the distance, Moses approached the dark cloud where God was.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:23 - But if there is further injury, the punishment must match the injury: a life for a life,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:18 - Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. He remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. I will write on them the same words that were on the tablets you smashed.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:28 - Moses remained there on the mountain with the LORD forty days and forty nights. In all that time he ate no bread and drank no water. And the LORD[fn] wrote the terms of the covenant—the Ten Commandments[fn]—on the stone tablets.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:30 - So when Aaron and the people of Israel saw the radiance of Moses' face, they were afraid to come near him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:7 - Their contributions were more than enough to complete the whole project.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:38 - The cloud of the LORD hovered over the Tabernacle during the day, and at night fire glowed inside the cloud so the whole family of Israel could see it. This continued throughout all their journeys.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:13 - But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father's home as in her youth, she may eat her father's food again. Otherwise, no one outside a priest's family may eat the sacred offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:10 - One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father came out of his tent and got into a fight with one of the Israelite men.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:24 - In the Year of Jubilee the field must be returned to the person from whom he purchased it, the one who inherited it as family property.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - But Nadab and Abihu died in the LORD's presence in the wilderness of Sinai when they burned before the LORD the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. Since they had no sons, this left only Eleazar and Ithamar to serve as priests with their father, Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and has sex with another man, but neither her husband nor anyone else knows about it. She has defiled herself, even though there was no witness and she was not caught in the act.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:12 - On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab, leader of the tribe of Judah, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:15 - On the day the Tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered it.[fn] But from evening until morning the cloud over the Tabernacle looked like a pillar of fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 - Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the LORD heard everything they said. Then the LORD's anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - The people would go out and gather it from the ground. They made flour by grinding it with hand mills or pounding it in mortars. Then they boiled it in a pot and made it into flat cakes. These cakes tasted like pastries baked with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - Moses heard all the families standing in the doorways of their tents whining, and the LORD became extremely angry. Moses was also very aggravated.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - But while they were gorging themselves on the meat—while it was still in their mouths—the anger of the LORD blazed against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:2 - There was no water for the people to drink at that place, so they rebelled against Moses and Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - The king of Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This mob will devour everything in sight, like an ox devours grass in the field!”
So Balak, king of Moab,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - Then the angel of the LORD moved farther down the road and stood in a place too narrow for the donkey to get by at all.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:64 - Not one person on this list had been among those listed in the previous registration taken by Moses and Aaron in the wilderness of Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:3 - “Our father died in the wilderness,” they said. “He was not among Korah's followers, who rebelled against the LORD; he died because of his own sin. But he had no sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:1 - The tribes of Reuben and Gad owned vast numbers of livestock. So when they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideally suited for their flocks and herds,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:14 - They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:39 - Aaron was 123 years old when he died there on Mount Hor.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23 - or accidentally drops a huge stone on someone, though they were not enemies, and the person dies.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:15 - The LORD struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4 - We conquered all sixty of his towns—the entire Argob region in his kingdom of Bashan. Not a single town escaped our conquest.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - Do not forget that he led you through the great and terrifying wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:2 - and I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the ones you smashed. Then place the tablets in the Ark.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - “If the distance to the nearest city of refuge is too far, an enraged avenger might be able to chase down and kill the person who caused the death. Then the slayer would die unfairly, since he had never shown hostility toward the person who died.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:27 - Since the man raped her out in the country, it must be assumed that she screamed, but there was no one to rescue her.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:12 - The LORD alone guided them;
they followed no foreign gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:7 - Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:17 - We will obey you just as we obeyed Moses. And may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 - When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings who lived along the Mediterranean coast[fn] heard how the LORD had dried up the Jordan River so the people of Israel could cross, they lost heart and were paralyzed with fear because of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 - When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - They completely destroyed everything in it with their swords—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - The men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all the other relatives who were with her. They moved her whole family to a safe place near the camp of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:27 - So the LORD was with Joshua, and his reputation spread throughout the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:22 - So Joshua sent some men to make a search. They ran to the tent and found the stolen goods hidden there, just as Achan had said, with the silver buried beneath the rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - Joshua impaled the king of Ai on a sharpened pole and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body, as Joshua commanded, and threw it in front of the town gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:35 - Every word of every command that Moses had ever given was read to the entire assembly of Israel, including the women and children and the foreigners who lived among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:37 - They captured the town and killed everyone in it, including its king, leaving no survivors. They did the same thing to all of its surrounding villages. And just as he had done at Eglon, he completely destroyed the entire population.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:10 - Joshua then turned back and captured Hazor and killed its king. (Hazor had at one time been the capital of all these kingdoms.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:19 - No one in this region made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites of Gibeon. All the others were defeated.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15 - (Previously Hebron had been called Kiriath-arba. It had been named after Arba, a great hero of the descendants of Anak.)
And the land had rest from war.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:15 - From there he went to fight against the people living in the town of Debir (formerly called Kiriath-sepher).
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:1 - The next allotment of land was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph's older son. Makir, the firstborn son of Manasseh, was the father of Gilead. Because his descendants were experienced soldiers, the regions of Gilead and Bashan on the east side of the Jordan had already been given to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - Didn't divine anger fall on the entire community of Israel when Achan, a member of the clan of Zerah, sinned by stealing the things set apart for the LORD[fn]? He was not the only one who died because of his sin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:10 - Judah marched against the Canaanites in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath-arba), defeating the forces of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:11 - From there they went to fight against the people living in the town of Debir (formerly called Kiriath-sepher).
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:19 - The LORD was with the people of Judah, and they took possession of the hill country. But they failed to drive out the people living in the plains, who had iron chariots.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23 - They sent men to scout out Bethel (formerly known as Luz).
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:15 - Every time Israel went out to battle, the LORD fought against them, causing them to be defeated, just as he had warned. And the people were in great distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - Whenever the LORD raised up a judge over Israel, he was with that judge and rescued the people from their enemies throughout the judge's lifetime. For the LORD took pity on his people, who were burdened by oppression and suffering.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - so they waited. But when the king didn't come out after a long delay, they became concerned and got a key. And when they opened the doors, they found their master dead on the floor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:26 - While the servants were waiting, Ehud escaped, passing the stone idols on his way to Seirah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3 - Sisera, who had 900 iron chariots, ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13 - he called for all 900 of his iron chariots and all of his warriors, and they marched from Harosheth-haggoyim to the Kishon River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5 - These enemy hordes, coming with their livestock and tents, were as thick as locusts; they arrived on droves of camels too numerous to count. And they stayed until the land was stripped bare.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1 - So Jerub-baal (that is, Gideon) and his army got up early and went as far as the spring of Harod. The armies of Midian were camped north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8 - So Gideon collected the provisions and rams' horns of the other warriors and sent them home. But he kept the 300 men with him.
The Midianite camp was in the valley just below Gideon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - The armies of Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels were like grains of sand on the seashore—too many to count!
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:11 - Gideon circled around by the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, taking the Midianite army by surprise.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - Turning to Jether, his oldest son, he said, “Kill them!” But Jether did not draw his sword, for he was only a boy and was afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:24 - However, I do have one request—that each of you give me an earring from the plunder you collected from your fallen enemies.” (The enemies, being Ishmaelites, all wore gold earrings.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower inside the town, and all the men and women—the entire population—fled to it. They barricaded themselves in and climbed up to the roof of the tower.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1 - Now Jephthah of Gilead was a great warrior. He was the son of Gilead, but his mother was a prostitute.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - “Finally, they went around Edom and Moab through the wilderness. They traveled along Moab's eastern border and camped on the other side of the Arnon River. But they never once crossed the Arnon River into Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - So when I realized you weren't coming, I risked my life and went to battle without you, and the LORD gave me victory over the Ammonites. So why have you now come to fight me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:9 - God answered Manoah's prayer, and the angel of God appeared once again to his wife as she was sitting in the field. But her husband, Manoah, was not with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:6 - At that moment the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he ripped the lion's jaws apart with his bare hands. He did it as easily as if it were a young goat. But he didn't tell his father or mother about it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - Later, when he returned to Timnah for the wedding, he turned off the path to look at the carcass of the lion. And he found that a swarm of bees had made some honey in the carcass.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for the rest of the celebration. At last, on the seventh day he told her the answer because she was tormenting him with her nagging. Then she explained the riddle to the young men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:20 - So his wife was given in marriage to the man who had been Samson's best man at the wedding.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze chains and forced to grind grain in the prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27 - Now the temple was completely filled with people. All the Philistine rulers were there, and there were about 3,000 men and women on the roof who were watching as Samson amused them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:6 - In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:12 - So Micah installed the Levite as his personal priest, and he lived in Micah's house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:1 - Now in those days Israel had no king. And the tribe of Dan was trying to find a place where they could settle, for they had not yet moved into the land assigned to them when the land was divided among the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - So the five men went on to the town of Laish, where they noticed the people living carefree lives, like the Sidonians; they were peaceful and secure.[fn] The people were also wealthy because their land was very fertile. And they lived a great distance from Sidon and had no allies nearby.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - The men replied, “Come on, let's attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. What are you waiting for? Don't hesitate to go and take possession of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:27 - Then, with Micah's idols and his priest, the men of Dan came to the town of Laish, whose people were peaceful and secure. They attacked with swords and burned the town to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:29 - They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor, Israel's son, but it had originally been called Laish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:31 - So Micah's carved image was worshiped by the tribe of Dan as long as the Tabernacle of God remained at Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - Now in those days Israel had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - At daybreak the woman returned to the house where her husband was staying. She collapsed at the door of the house and lay there until it was light.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38 - They had arranged to send up a large cloud of smoke from the town as a signal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 - Then they said, “Who among the tribes of Israel did not join us at Mizpah when we held our assembly in the presence of the LORD?” At that time they had taken a solemn oath in the LORD's presence, vowing that anyone who refused to come would be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:25 - In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:7 - Now in those days it was the custom in Israel for anyone transferring a right of purchase to remove his sandal and hand it to the other party. This publicly validated the transaction.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:1 - There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah in the region of Zuph[fn] in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:2 - Elkanah had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - And though he loved Hannah, he would give her only one choice portion[fn] because the LORD had given her no children.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 - Then Elkanah returned home to Ramah without Samuel. And the boy served the LORD by assisting Eli the priest.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:17 - So the sin of these young men was very serious in the LORD's sight, for they treated the LORD's offerings with contempt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the LORD. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 - Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:19 - As Samuel grew up, the LORD was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - Eli was waiting beside the road to hear the news of the battle, for his heart trembled for the safety of the Ark of God. When the messenger arrived and told what had happened, an outcry resounded throughout the town.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:1 - The Ark of the LORD remained in Philistine territory seven months in all.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - The Ark remained in Kiriath-jearim for a long time—twenty years in all. During that time all Israel mourned because it seemed the LORD had abandoned them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:10 - Just as Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines arrived to attack Israel. But the LORD spoke with a mighty voice of thunder from heaven that day, and the Philistines were thrown into such confusion that the Israelites defeated them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14 - The Israelite villages near Ekron and Gath that the Philistines had captured were restored to Israel, along with the rest of the territory that the Philistines had taken. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites in those days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:17 - Then he would return to his home at Ramah, and he would hear cases there, too. And Samuel built an altar to the LORD at Ramah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:6 - Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the LORD for guidance.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:1 - There was a wealthy, influential man named Kish from the tribe of Benjamin. He was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - His son Saul was the most handsome man in Israel—head and shoulders taller than anyone else in the land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:4 - So Saul took one of the servants and traveled through the hill country of Ephraim, the land of Shalishah, the Shaalim area, and the entire land of Benjamin, but they couldn't find the donkeys anywhere.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:10 - “All right,” Saul agreed, “let's try it!” So they started into the town where the man of God lived.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:7 - Some of them crossed the Jordan River and escaped into the land of Gad and Gilead. Meanwhile, Saul stayed at Gilgal, and his men were trembling with fear.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:21 - (The charges were as follows: a quarter of an ounce of silver[fn] for sharpening a plowshare or a pick, and an eighth of an ounce[fn] for sharpening an ax, a sickle, or an ox goad.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:23 - So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle continued to rage even beyond Beth-aven.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:25 - even though they had all found honeycomb on the ground in the forest.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - They didn't dare touch the honey because they all feared the oath they had taken.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30 - If the men had been allowed to eat freely from the food they found among our enemies, think how many more Philistines we could have killed!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:39 - I vow by the name of the LORD who rescued Israel that the sinner will surely die, even if it is my own son Jonathan!” But no one would tell him what the trouble was.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:52 - The Israelites fought constantly with the Philistines throughout Saul's lifetime. So whenever Saul observed a young man who was brave and strong, he drafted him into his army.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father's sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42 - sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:9 - So from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:14 - David continued to succeed in everything he did, for the LORD was with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - “Here's another chance to see him killed by the Philistines!” Saul said to himself. But to David he said, “Today you have a second chance to become my son-in-law!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:7 - Afterward Jonathan called David and told him what had happened. Then he brought David to Saul, and David served in the court as before.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:13 - But if he is angry and wants you killed, may the LORD strike me and even kill me if I don't warn you so you can escape and live. May the LORD be with you as he used to be with my father.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:6 - Since there was no other food available, the priest gave him the holy bread—the Bread of the Presence that was placed before the LORD in the Tabernacle. It had just been replaced that day with fresh bread.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 - Now Doeg the Edomite, Saul's chief herdsman, was there that day, having been detained before the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 - David asked Ahimelech, “Do you have a spear or sword? The king's business was so urgent that I didn't even have time to grab a weapon!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:2 - Then others began coming—men who were in trouble or in debt or who were just discontented—until David was the captain of about 400 men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:26 - Saul and David were now on opposite sides of a mountain. Just as Saul and his men began to close in on David and his men,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:3 - At the place where the road passes some sheepfolds, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself. But as it happened, David and his men were hiding farther back in that very cave!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2 - There was a wealthy man from Maon who owned property near the town of Carmel. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and it was sheep-shearing time.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear and jug of water that were near Saul's head. Then he and Abishai got away without anyone seeing them or even waking up, because the LORD had put Saul's men into a deep sleep.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 - Saul fell full length on the ground, paralyzed with fright because of Samuel's words. He was also faint with hunger, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - The woman had been fattening a calf, so she hurried out and killed it. She took some flour, kneaded it into dough and baked unleavened bread.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:4 - they wept until they could weep no more.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - David and his men rushed in among them and slaughtered them throughout that night and the entire next day until evening. None of the Amalekites escaped except 400 young men who fled on camels.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:2 - These are the sons who were born to David in Hebron:
The oldest was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:6 - As the war between the house of Saul and the house of David went on, Abner became a powerful leader among those loyal to Saul.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:12 - Then Abner sent messengers to David, saying, “Doesn't the entire land belong to you? Make a solemn pact with me, and I will help turn over all of Israel to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:22 - But just after David had sent Abner away in safety, Joab and some of David's troops returned from a raid, bringing much plunder with them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:10 - Someone once told me, ‘Saul is dead,' thinking he was bringing me good news. But I seized him and killed him at Ziklag. That's the reward I gave him for his news!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - he sent his son Joram to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of silver, gold, and bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:15 - So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:2 - He summoned a man named Ziba, who had been one of Saul's servants. “Are you Ziba?” the king asked.
“Yes sir, I am,” Ziba replied.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:13 - And Mephibosheth, who was crippled in both feet, lived in Jerusalem and ate regularly at the king's table.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:2 - The rich man owned a great many sheep and cattle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man's own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:30 - David removed the crown from the king's head,[fn] and it was placed on his own head. The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and it weighed seventy-five pounds.[fn] David took a vast amount of plunder from the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and Amnon thought he could never have her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:3 - But Amnon had a very crafty friend—his cousin Jonadab. He was the son of David's brother Shimea.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:18 - So the servant put her out and locked the door behind her. She was wearing a long, beautiful robe,[fn] as was the custom in those days for the king's virgin daughters.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:21 - When King David heard what had happened, he was very angry.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - But just then Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimea, arrived and said, “No, don't believe that all the king's sons have been killed! It was only Amnon! Absalom has been plotting this ever since Amnon raped his sister Tamar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:38 - He stayed there in Geshur for three years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - My two sons had a fight out in the field. And since no one was there to stop it, one of them was killed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:25 - Now Absalom was praised as the most handsome man in all Israel. He was flawless from head to foot.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27 - He had three sons and one daughter. His daughter's name was Tamar, and she was very beautiful.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - And Absalom replied, “Because I wanted you to ask the king why he brought me back from Geshur if he didn't intend to see me. I might as well have stayed there. Let me see the king; if he finds me guilty of anything, then let him kill me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:32 - When David reached the summit of the Mount of Olives where people worshiped God, Hushai the Arkite was waiting there for him. Hushai had torn his clothing and put dirt on his head as a sign of mourning.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - He threw stones at the king and the king's officers and all the mighty warriors who surrounded him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - You seem to love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that your commanders and troops mean nothing to you. It seems that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died, you would be pleased.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - And throughout all the tribes of Israel there was much discussion and argument going on. The people were saying, “The king rescued us from our enemies and saved us from the Philistines, but Absalom chased him out of the country.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28 - All my relatives and I could expect only death from you, my lord, but instead you have honored me by allowing me to eat at your own table! What more can I ask?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:26 - And Ira, a descendant of Jair, was David's personal priest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16 - Ishbi-benob was a descendant of the giants[fn]; his bronze spearhead weighed more than seven pounds,[fn] and he was armed with a new sword. He had cornered David and was about to kill him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:20 - In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:9 - Next in rank among the Three was Eleazar son of Dodai, a descendant of Ahoah. Once Eleazar and David stood together against the Philistines when the entire Israelite army had fled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:11 - Next in rank was Shammah son of Agee from Harar. One time the Philistines gathered at Lehi and attacked the Israelites in a field full of lentils. The Israelite army fled,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 - David built an altar there to the LORD and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And the LORD answered his prayer for the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:4 - The girl was very beautiful, and she looked after the king and took care of him. But the king had no sexual relations with her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 - Adonijah went to the Stone of Zoheleth[fn] near the spring of En-rogel, where he sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened calves. He invited all his brothers—the other sons of King David—and all the royal officials of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - So Bathsheba went into the king's bedroom. (He was very old now, and Abishag was taking care of him.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37 - And may the LORD be with Solomon as he has been with you, my lord the king, and may he make Solomon's reign even greater than yours!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 - He replied, “As you know, the kingdom was rightfully mine; all Israel wanted me to be the next king. But the tables were turned, and the kingdom went to my brother instead; for that is the way the LORD wanted it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - Joab had not joined Absalom's earlier rebellion, but he had joined Adonijah's rebellion. So when Joab heard about Adonijah's death, he ran to the sacred tent of the LORD and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 - And in the morning when I tried to nurse my son, he was dead! But when I looked more closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn't my son at all.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out, “Oh no, my lord! Give her the child—please do not kill him!”
But the other woman said, “All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:1 - King Solomon now ruled over all Israel,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:11 - Ben-abinadab, in all of Naphoth-dor.[fn] (He was married to Taphath, one of Solomon's daughters.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - Solomon's dominion extended over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza. And there was peace on all his borders.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1 - [fn]King Hiram of Tyre had always been a loyal friend of David. When Hiram learned that David's son Solomon was the new king of Israel, he sent ambassadors to congratulate him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So Hiram supplied as much cedar and cypress timber as Solomon desired.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:12 - So the LORD gave wisdom to Solomon, just as he had promised. And Hiram and Solomon made a formal alliance of peace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13 - Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:15 - Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers, 80,000 quarry workers in the hill country,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - The main room of the Temple, outside the Most Holy Place, was 60 feet[fn] long.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:47 - Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:9 - Nothing was in the Ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Mount Sinai,[fn] where the LORD made a covenant with the people of Israel when they left the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:57 - May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us or abandon us.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:15 - This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD's Temple, the royal palace, the supporting terraces,[fn] the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - She arrived in Jerusalem with a large group of attendants and a great caravan of camels loaded with spices, large quantities of gold, and precious jewels. When she met with Solomon, she talked with him about everything she had on her mind.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:3 - Solomon had answers for all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14 - Each year Solomon received about 25 tons[fn] of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - All of King Solomon's drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon's day!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 - Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses.[fn] He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:1 - Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh's daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:4 - In Solomon's old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the LORD his God, as his father, David, had been.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:14 - Then the LORD raised up Hadad the Edomite, a member of Edom's royal family, to be Solomon's adversary.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20 - She bore him a son named Genubath. Tahpenes raised him[fn] in Pharaoh's palace among Pharaoh's own sons.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:40 - Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15 - So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of the LORD, for it fulfilled the LORD's message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 - When the people of Israel learned of Jeroboam's return from Egypt, they called an assembly and made him king over all Israel. So only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the family of David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - and the man of God started off again. But as he was traveling along, a lion came out and killed him. His body lay there on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:30 - There was constant war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:3 - He committed the same sins as his father before him, and he was not faithful to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:7 - The rest of the events in Abijam's reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. There was constant war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:14 - Although the pagan shrines were not removed, Asa's heart remained completely faithful to the LORD throughout his life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:16 - There was constant war between King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - Then Zimri, who commanded half of the royal chariots, made plans to kill him. One day in Tirzah, Elah was getting drunk at the home of Arza, the supervisor of the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - When Omri died, he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Ahab became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And as though it were not enough to follow the example of Jeroboam, he married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and he began to bow down in worship of Baal.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 - Some time later the woman's son became sick. He grew worse and worse, and finally he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:3 - So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Obadiah was a devoted follower of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 - As Obadiah was walking along, he suddenly saw Elijah coming toward him. Obadiah recognized him at once and bowed low to the ground before him. “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?” he asked.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - So they prepared one of the bulls and placed it on the altar. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning until noontime, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no reply of any kind. Then they danced, hobbling around the altar they had made.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:29 - They raved all afternoon until the time of the evening sacrifice, but still there was no sound, no reply, no response.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:12 - Ahab's reply reached Ben-hadad and the other kings as they were drinking in their tents.[fn] “Prepare to attack!” Ben-hadad commanded his officers. So they prepared to attack the city.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:40 - But while I was busy doing something else, the prisoner disappeared!”
“Well, it's your own fault,” the king replied. “You have brought the judgment on yourself.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:1 - Now there was a man named Naboth, from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:1 - For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - The battle raged all that day, and the king remained propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of his chariot, and as evening arrived he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:4 - King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He used to pay the king of Israel an annual tribute of 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:9 - The king of Edom and his troops joined them, and all three armies traveled along a roundabout route through the wilderness for seven days. But there was no water for the men or their animals.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:1 - One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the LORD. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child's face, but nothing happened. There was no sign of life. He returned to meet Elisha and told him, “The child is still dead.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - The king of Aram had great admiration for Naaman, the commander of his army, because through him the LORD had given Aram great victories. But though Naaman was a mighty warrior, he suffered from leprosy.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2 - At this time Aramean raiders had invaded the land of Israel, and among their captives was a young girl who had been given to Naaman's wife as a maid.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8 - When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, “We will mobilize our forces at such and such a place.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:26 - One day as the king of Israel was walking along the wall of the city, a woman called to him, “Please help me, my lord the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:17 - Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:18 - But Jehoram followed the example of the kings of Israel and was as wicked as King Ahab, for he had married one of Ahab's daughters. So Jehoram did what was evil in the LORD's sight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:3 - Joash remained hidden in the Temple of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled over the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:2 - Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the LORD saw the bitter suffering of everyone in Israel, and that there was no one in Israel, slave or free, to help them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:2 - He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5 - The LORD struck the king with leprosy,[fn] which lasted until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house. The king's son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:33 - He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. He did not do what was pleasing in the sight of the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria returned to Bethel and taught the new residents how to worship the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:2 - He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah,[fn] the daughter of Zechariah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:7 - So the LORD was with him, and Hezekiah was successful in everything he did. He revolted against the king of Assyria and refused to pay him tribute.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:4 - But before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard,[fn] this message came to him from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:13 - Hezekiah received the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:15 - “What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked.
“They saw everything,” Hezekiah replied. “I showed them everything I own—all my royal treasuries.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:31 - Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:3 - These disasters happened to Judah because of the LORD's command. He had decided to banish Judah from his presence because of the many sins of Manasseh,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - The king of Egypt did not venture out of his country after that, for the king of Babylon captured the entire area formerly claimed by Egypt—from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20 - These things happened because of the LORD's anger against the people of Jerusalem and Judah, until he finally banished them from his presence and sent them into exile. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:16 - The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the LORD's Temple in the days of King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And from among the people still hiding in the city, he took an officer who had been in charge of the Judean army; five of the king's personal advisers; the army commander's chief secretary, who was in charge of recruitment; and sixty other citizens.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:3 - Judah had three sons from Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Their names were Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the LORD saw that the oldest son, Er, was a wicked man, so he killed him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:21 - When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Gilead's sister, the daughter of Makir. They had a son named Segub.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:26 - Jerahmeel had a second wife named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 - There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez[fn] because his birth had been so painful.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:20 - Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers in earlier times, and the LORD had been with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:12 - Next in rank among the Three was Eleazar son of Dodai,[fn] a descendant of Ahoah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:13 - He was with David in the battle against the Philistines at Pas-dammim. The battle took place in a field full of barley, and the Israelite army fled.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But David refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - Abishai, the brother of Joab, was the leader of the Thirty.[fn] He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle. It was by such feats that he became as famous as the Three.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21 - Abishai was the most famous of the Thirty and was their commander, though he was not one of the Three.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - Then David and all Israel went to Baalah of Judah (also called Kiriath-jearim) to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name[fn] of the LORD who is enthroned between the cherubim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - Kenaniah, the head Levite, was chosen as the choir leader because of his skill.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - Then David and the elders of Israel and the generals of the army[fn] went to the house of Obed-edom to bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant up to Jerusalem with a great celebration.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - he sent his son Joram[fn] to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of gold, silver, and bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:14 - So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:2 - When David arrived at Rabbah, he removed the crown from the king's head,[fn] and it was placed on his own head. The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and he found that it weighed seventy-five pounds.[fn] David took a vast amount of plunder from the city.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:6 - In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5 - and reported the number of people to David. There were 1,100,000 warriors in all Israel who could handle a sword, and 470,000 in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20 - Araunah, who was busy threshing wheat at the time, turned and saw the angel there. His four sons, who were with him, ran away and hid.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:3 - David provided large amounts of iron for the nails that would be needed for the doors in the gates and for the clamps, and he gave more bronze than could be weighed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:4 - He also provided innumerable cedar logs, for the men of Tyre and Sidon had brought vast amounts of cedar to David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:11 - Jahath was the family leader, and Ziza was next. Jeush and Beriah were counted as a single family because neither had many sons.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:10 - Hosah, of the Merari clan, appointed Shimri as the leader among his sons, though he was not the oldest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:3 - Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in Gibeon, for God's Tabernacle[fn] was located there. (This was the Tabernacle that Moses, the LORD's servant, had made in the wilderness.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5 - But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri and grandson of Hur was there[fn] at Gibeon in front of the Tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the people gathered in front of it to consult the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:8 - The cherubim spread their wings over the Ark, forming a canopy over the Ark and its carrying poles.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:10 - Nothing was in the Ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Mount Sinai,[fn] where the LORD made a covenant with the people of Israel when they left Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave the king a gift of 9,000 pounds[fn] of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious jewels. Never before had there been spices as fine as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:13 - Each year Solomon received about 25 tons[fn] of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All of King Solomon's drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon's day!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River[fn] in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of God, for it fulfilled the LORD's message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:3 - He came with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horses,[fn] and a countless army of foot soldiers, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah,[fn] the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah.
Then war broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:7 - Then a whole gang of scoundrels joined him, defying Solomon's son Rehoboam when he was young and inexperienced and could not stand up to them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:6 - During those peaceful years, he was able to build up the fortified towns throughout Judah. No one tried to make war against him at this time, for the LORD was giving him rest from his enemies.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - When Asa heard this message from Azariah the prophet,[fn] he took courage and removed all the detestable idols from the land of Judah and Benjamin and in the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. And he repaired the altar of the LORD, which stood in front of the entry room of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:19 - So there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:12 - So Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful and built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:32 - As soon as the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they stopped chasing him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - The battle raged all that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans. In the evening, just as the sun was setting, he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:24 - So when the army of Judah arrived at the lookout point in the wilderness, all they saw were dead bodies lying on the ground as far as they could see. Not a single one of the enemy had escaped.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25 - King Jehoshaphat and his men went out to gather the plunder. They found vast amounts of equipment, clothing,[fn] and other valuables—more than they could carry. There was so much plunder that it took them three days just to collect it all!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:6 - But Jehoram followed the example of the kings of Israel and was as wicked as King Ahab, for he had married one of Ahab's daughters. So Jehoram did what was evil in the LORD's sight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. No one was sorry when he died. They buried him in the City of David, but not in the royal cemetery.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:3 - Ahaziah also followed the evil example of King Ahab's family, for his mother encouraged him in doing wrong.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - Then Jehu's men searched for Ahaziah, and they found him hiding in the city of Samaria. They brought him to Jehu, who killed him. Ahaziah was given a decent burial because the people said, “He was the grandson of Jehoshaphat—a man who sought the LORD with all his heart.” But none of the surviving members of Ahaziah's family was capable of ruling the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:12 - Joash remained hidden in the Temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled over the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - Then Jehoiada supplied the commanders with the spears and the large and small shields that had once belonged to King David and were stored in the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7 - Over the years the followers of wicked Athaliah had broken into the Temple of God, and they had used all the dedicated things from the Temple of the LORD to worship the images of Baal.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:5 - Uzziah sought God during the days of Zechariah, who taught him to fear God.[fn] And as long as the king sought guidance from the LORD, God gave him success.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:8 - The Meunites[fn] paid annual tribute to him, and his fame spread even to Egypt, for he had become very powerful.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - He also constructed forts in the wilderness and dug many water cisterns, because he kept great herds of livestock in the foothills of Judah[fn] and on the plains. He was also a man who loved the soil. He had many workers who cared for his farms and vineyards, both on the hillsides and in the fertile valleys.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - So King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house, for he was excluded from the Temple of the LORD. His son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:9 - But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there in Samaria when the army of Israel returned home. He went out to meet them and said, “The LORD, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah and let you defeat them. But you have gone too far, killing them without mercy, and all heaven is disturbed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - he consulted with his officials and military advisers, and they decided to stop the flow of the springs outside the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33 - So Josiah removed all detestable idols from the entire land of Israel and required everyone to worship the LORD their God. And throughout the rest of his lifetime, they did not turn away from the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The musicians, descendants of Asaph, were in their assigned places, following the commands that had been given by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, the king's seer. The gatekeepers guarded the gates and did not need to leave their posts of duty, for their Passover offerings were prepared for them by their fellow Levites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - This Passover celebration took place in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So they lifted Josiah out of his chariot and placed him in another chariot. Then they brought him back to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried there in the royal cemetery. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - The LORD, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16 - But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the LORD's anger could no longer be restrained and nothing could be done.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - The joyful shouting and weeping mingled together in a loud noise that could be heard far in the distance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:4 - Then the local residents tried to discourage and frighten the people of Judah to keep them from their work.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24 - So the work on the Temple of God in Jerusalem had stopped, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:11 - “This was their answer: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple that was built here many years ago by a great king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:2 - But it was at the fortress at Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found. This is what it said: “Memorandum:
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9 - He had arranged to leave Babylon on April 8, the first day of the new year,[fn] and he arrived at Jerusalem on August 4,[fn] for the gracious hand of his God was on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19[fn] and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:1 - Early the following spring, in the month of Nisan,[fn] during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes' reign, I was serving the king his wine. I had never before appeared sad in his presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:14 - Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but my donkey couldn't get through the rubble.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:1 - [fn]Sanballat was very angry when he learned that we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage and mocked the Jews,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - During this time, none of us—not I, nor my relatives, nor my servants, nor the guards who were with me—ever took off our clothes. We carried our weapons with us at all times, even when we went for water.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:1 - About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - The provisions I paid for each day included one ox, six choice sheep or goats, and a large number of poultry. And every ten days we needed a large supply of all kinds of wine. Yet I refused to claim the governor's food allowance because the people already carried a heavy burden.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:6 - and this is what it said: “There is a rumor among the surrounding nations, and Geshem[fn] tells me it is true, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel and that is why you are building the wall. According to his reports, you plan to be their king.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For many in Judah had sworn allegiance to him because his father-in-law was Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan was married to the daughter of Meshullam son of Berekiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:5 - Ezra stood on the platform in full view of all the people. When they saw him open the book, they all rose to their feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - On that day men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the offerings, the first part of the harvest, and the tithes. They were responsible to collect from the fields outside the towns the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites. For all the people of Judah took joy in the priests and Levites and their work.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:26 - “Wasn't this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?” I demanded. “There was no king from any nation who could compare to him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel. But even he was led into sin by his foreign wives.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring Queen Vashti to him with the royal crown on her head. He wanted the nobles and all the other men to gaze on her beauty, for she was a very beautiful woman.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - At that time there was a Jewish man in the fortress of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair. He was from the tribe of Benjamin and was a descendant of Kish and Shimei.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:6 - His family[fn] had been among those who, with King Jehoiachin[fn] of Judah, had been exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - This man had a very beautiful and lovely young cousin, Hadassah, who was also called Esther. When her father and mother died, Mordecai adopted her into his family and raised her as his own daughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - Before each young woman was taken to the king's bed, she was given the prescribed twelve months of beauty treatments—six months with oil of myrrh, followed by six months with special perfumes and ointments.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - Esther was the daughter of Abihail, who was Mordecai's uncle. (Mordecai had adopted his younger cousin Esther.) When it was Esther's turn to go to the king, she accepted the advice of Hegai, the eunuch in charge of the harem. She asked for nothing except what he suggested, and she was admired by everyone who saw her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:20 - Esther continued to keep her family background and nationality a secret. She was still following Mordecai's directions, just as she did when she lived in his home.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - He went as far as the gate of the palace, for no one was allowed to enter the palace gate while wearing clothes of mourning.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 - On the third day of the fast, Esther put on her royal robes and entered the inner court of the palace, just across from the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne, facing the entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - He told them to celebrate these days with feasting and gladness and by giving gifts of food to each other and presents to the poor. This would commemorate a time when the Jews gained relief from their enemies, when their sorrow was turned into gladness and their mourning into joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:3 - Mordecai the Jew became the prime minister, with authority next to that of King Xerxes himself. He was very great among the Jews, who held him in high esteem, because he continued to work for the good of his people and to speak up for the welfare of all their descendants.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He was, in fact, the richest person in that entire area.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:13 - One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting at the oldest brother's house,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:16 - The spirit stopped, but I couldn't see its shape.
There was a form before my eyes.
In the silence I heard a voice say,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:17 - But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears.
The brook vanishes in the heat.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - If only there were a mediator between us,
someone who could bring us together.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:17 - Yet I have done no wrong,
and my prayer is pure.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - (They think their prosperity is of their own doing,
but I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - For I assisted the poor in their need
and the orphans who required help.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 - They pluck wild greens from among the bushes
and eat from the roots of broom trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1 - Job's three friends refused to reply further to him because he kept insisting on his innocence.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 - I have listened,
but not one of you has refuted Job
or answered his arguments.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:10 - When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - So the LORD blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:17 - Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, full life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:5 - Terror will grip them,
for God is with those who obey him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:41 - They called for help, but no one came to their rescue.
They even cried to the LORD, but he refused to answer.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:36 - But when I looked again, they were gone!
Though I searched for them, I could not find them!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:12 - You sold your precious people for a pittance,
making nothing on the sale.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:5 - Terror will grip them,
terror like they have never known before.
God will scatter the bones of your enemies.
You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:3 - Blood has flowed like water all around Jerusalem;
no one is left to bury the dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:34 - He spoke, and hordes of locusts came—
young locusts beyond number.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:37 - The LORD brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold;
and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - That is why he broke them with hard labor;
they fell, and no one was there to help them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

What if the LORD had not been on our side?
Let all Israel repeat:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:2 - What if the LORD had not been on our side
when people attacked us?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:4 - I look for someone to come and help me,
but no one gives me a passing thought!
No one will help me;
no one cares a bit what happens to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:24 - Wisdom is always distant and difficult to find.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:7 - For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:7 - Israel is full of silver and gold;
there is no end to its treasures.
Their land is full of warhorses;
there is no end to its chariots.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:7 - Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city?
What a long history was yours!
Think of all the colonists you sent to distant places.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And as the LORD strikes them with his rod of punishment,
his people will celebrate with tambourines and harps.
Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - Hezekiah was delighted with the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:22 - “Let them try to tell us what happened long ago
so that we may consider the evidence.
Or let them tell us what the future holds,
so we can know what's going to happen.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:28 - Not one of your idols told you this.
Not one gave any answer when I asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - But his own people have been robbed and plundered,
enslaved, imprisoned, and trapped.
They are fair game for anyone
and have no one to protect them,
no one to take them back home.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:12 - First I predicted your rescue,
then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world.
No foreign god has ever done this.
You are witnesses that I am the only God,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - Why was no one there when I came?
Why didn't anyone answer when I called?
Is it because I have no power to rescue?
No, that is not the reason!
For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up!
I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:2 - Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor,
and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation.
Abraham was only one man when I called him.
But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:18 - Not one of your children is left alive
to take your hand and guide you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:15 - Yes, truth is gone,
and anyone who renounces evil is attacked.
The LORD looked and was displeased
to find there was no justice.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:16 - He was amazed to see that no one intervened
to help the oppressed.
So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm,
and his justice sustained him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:15 - “Though you were once despised and hated,
with no one traveling through you,
I will make you beautiful forever,
a joy to all generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:23 - I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless.
I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:24 - I looked at the mountains and hills,
and they trembled and shook.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:25 - I looked, and all the people were gone.
All the birds of the sky had flown away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:15 - We hoped for peace, but no peace came.
We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - So I went to the Euphrates and dug it out of the hole where I had hidden it. But now it was rotting and falling apart. The loincloth was good for nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:19 - The towns of the Negev will close their gates,
and no one will be able to open them.
The people of Judah will be taken away as captives.
All will be carried into exile.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - The ground is parched
and cracked for lack of rain.
The farmers are deeply troubled;
they, too, cover their heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:5 - Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn
because there is no grass in the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - The wild donkeys stand on the bare hills
panting like thirsty jackals.
They strain their eyes looking for grass,
but there is none to be found.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19 - LORD, have you completely rejected Judah?
Do you really hate Jerusalem?[fn]
Why have you wounded us past all hope of healing?
We hoped for peace, but no peace came.
We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1 - Now Pashhur son of Immer, the priest in charge of the Temple of the LORD, heard what Jeremiah was prophesying.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - So he arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in stocks at the Benjamin Gate of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 - But a beautiful cedar palace does not make a great king!
Your father, Josiah, also had plenty to eat and drink.
But he was just and right in all his dealings.
That is why God blessed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - They said, “Remember when Micah of Moresheth prophesied during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah. He told the people of Judah,
‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field;
Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins!
A thicket will grow on the heights
where the Temple now stands.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - At this time Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim was also prophesying for the LORD. And he predicted the same terrible disaster against the city and nation as Jeremiah did.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:24 - Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan stood up for Jeremiah and persuaded the court not to turn him over to the mob to be killed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:31 - “From the time this city was built until now, it has done nothing but anger me, so I am determined to get rid of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1 - While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the LORD gave him this second message:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the prison yard. It belonged to Malkijah, a member of the royal family. There was no water in the cistern, but there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom, and Jeremiah sank down into it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,[fn] an important court official, heard that Jeremiah was in the cistern. At that time the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - This message concerning Egypt was given in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, the king of Judah, on the occasion of the battle of Carchemish[fn] when Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, and his army were defeated beside the Euphrates River by King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:11 - “From his earliest history, Moab has lived in peace,
never going into exile.
He is like wine that has been allowed to settle.
He has not been poured from flask to flask,
and he is now fragrant and smooth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:27 - Did you not ridicule the people of Israel?
Were they caught in the company of thieves
that you should despise them as you do?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33 - Joy and gladness are gone from fruitful Moab.
The presses yield no wine.
No one treads the grapes with shouts of joy.
There is shouting, yes, but not of joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 - And this is what the LORD says: “If the innocent must suffer, how much more must you! You will not go unpunished! You must drink this cup of judgment!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - Then a section of the city wall was broken down, and all the soldiers fled. Since the city was surrounded by the Babylonians,[fn] they waited for nightfall. Then they slipped through the gate between the two walls behind the king's garden and headed toward the Jordan Valley.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, also took the small bowls, incense burners, basins, pots, lampstands, dishes, bowls used for liquid offerings, and all the other articles made of pure gold or silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:20 - The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea with the twelve bronze oxen beneath it, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the LORD's Temple in the days of King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - And from among the people still hiding in the city, he took an officer who had been in charge of the Judean army; seven of the king's personal advisers; the army commander's chief secretary, who was in charge of recruitment; and sixty other citizens.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 - In the midst of her sadness and wandering,
Jerusalem remembers her ancient splendor.
But now she has fallen to her enemy,
and there is no one to help her.
Her enemy struck her down
and laughed as she fell.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:12 - They went in whatever direction the spirit chose, and they moved straight forward in any direction without turning around.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:16 - The wheels sparkled as if made of beryl. All four wheels looked alike and were made the same; each wheel had a second wheel turning crosswise within it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:18 - The rims of the four wheels were tall and frightening, and they were covered with eyes all around.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:20 - The spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. So wherever the spirit went, the wheels and the living beings also went.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:21 - When the beings moved, the wheels moved. When the beings stopped, the wheels stopped. When the beings flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:10 - which he unrolled. And I saw that both sides were covered with funeral songs, words of sorrow, and pronouncements of doom.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3 - He reached out what seemed to be a hand and took me by the hair. Then the Spirit lifted me up into the sky and transported me to Jerusalem in a vision from God. I was taken to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the Temple, where there is a large idol that has made the LORD very jealous.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:4 - Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel was there, just as I had seen it before in the valley.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:17 - When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped. When they flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:19 - And as I watched, the cherubim flew with their wheels to the east gate of the LORD's Temple. And the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:23 - Then the glory of the LORD went up from the city and stopped above the mountain to the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:10 - “This will happen because these evil prophets deceive my people by saying, ‘All is peaceful' when there is no peace at all! It's as if the people have built a flimsy wall, and these prophets are trying to reinforce it by covering it with whitewash!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:14 - Your fame soon spread throughout the world because of your beauty. I dressed you in my splendor and perfected your beauty, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - In your proud days you held Sodom in contempt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:12 - “Say to these rebels of Israel: Don't you understand the meaning of this riddle of the eagles? The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took away her king and princes, and brought them to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:14 - A fire has burst out from its branches
and devoured its fruit.
Its remaining limbs are not
strong enough to be a ruler's scepter. “This is a funeral song, and it will be used in a funeral.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4 - The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. I married them, and they bore me sons and daughters. I am speaking of Samaria and Jerusalem, for Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:24 - “Son of man, the scattered remnants of Judah living among the ruined cities keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he gained possession of the entire land. We are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:33 - But when all these terrible things happen to them—as they certainly will—then they will know a prophet has been among them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:6 - They have wandered through all the mountains and all the hills, across the face of the earth, yet no one has gone to search for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:1 - The LORD took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the LORD to a valley filled with bones.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:8 - Then as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies, but they still had no breath in them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3 - As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway entrance. He was holding in his hand a linen measuring cord and a measuring rod.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:1 - Then the man brought me back to the east gateway in the outer wall of the Temple area, but it was closed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49 - At Daniel's request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be in charge of all the affairs of the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king's court.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn't even smell of smoke!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:2 - The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king's interests.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3 - Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel's great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn't find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:14 - Hearing this, the king was deeply troubled, and he tried to think of a way to save Daniel. He spent the rest of the day looking for a way to get Daniel out of this predicament.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 - As my vision continued that night, I saw someone like a son of man[fn] coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient One and was led into his presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:19 - Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, the one so different from the others and so terrifying. It had devoured and crushed its victims with iron teeth and bronze claws, trampling their remains beneath its feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:4 - The ram butted everything out of his way to the west, to the north, and to the south, and no one could stand against him or help his victims. He did as he pleased and became very great.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:5 - While I was watching, suddenly a male goat appeared from the west, crossing the land so swiftly that he didn't even touch the ground. This goat, which had one very large horn between its eyes,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - The goat charged furiously at the ram and struck him, breaking off both his horns. Now the ram was helpless, and the goat knocked him down and trampled him. No one could rescue the ram from the goat's power.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:21 - The shaggy male goat represents the king of Greece,[fn] and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king of the Greek Empire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:27 - Then I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for several days. Afterward I got up and performed my duties for the king, but I was greatly troubled by the vision and could not understand it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - One of them asked the man dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, “How long will it be until these shocking events are over?”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - The man dressed in linen, who was standing above the river, raised both his hands toward heaven and took a solemn oath by the One who lives forever, saying, “It will go on for a time, times, and half a time. When the shattering of the holy people has finally come to an end, all these things will have happened.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - [fn]“Yet the time will come when Israel's people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,' it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:7 - When she runs after her lovers,
she won't be able to catch them.
She will search for them
but not find them.
Then she will think,
‘I might as well return to my husband,
for I was better off with him than I am now.'
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7 - Burning like an oven,
they consume their leaders.
They kill their kings one after another,
and no one cries to me for help.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 - “The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves,
first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 - This calf you worship, O Israel,
was crafted by your own hands!
It is not God!
Therefore, it must be smashed to bits.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - “But as my people watched,
I destroyed the Amorites,
though they were as tall as cedars
and as strong as oaks.
I destroyed the fruit on their branches
and dug out their roots.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:10 - The sailors were terrified when they heard this, for he had already told them he was running away from the LORD. “Oh, why did you do it?” they groaned.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - [fn]Now the LORD had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:3 - This time Jonah obeyed the LORD's command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day your enemies will make fun of you
by singing this song of despair about you:
“We are finished,
completely ruined!
God has confiscated our land,
taking it from us.
He has given our fields
to those who betrayed us.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:9 - But why are you now screaming in terror?
Have you no king to lead you?
Have your wise people all died?
Pain has gripped you like a woman in childbirth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:8 - Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir!
The people are slipping away.
“Stop, stop!” someone shouts,
but no one even looks back.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 - Loot the silver!
Plunder the gold!
There's no end to Nineveh's treasures—
its vast, uncounted wealth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where now is that great Nineveh,
that den filled with young lions?
It was a place where people—like lions and their cubs—
walked freely and without fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - See the flashing swords and glittering spears
as the charioteers charge past!
There are countless casualties,
heaps of bodies—
so many bodies that
people stumble over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 - Your shepherds are asleep, O Assyrian king;
your princes lie dead in the dust.
Your people are scattered across the mountains
with no one to gather them together.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:3 - Jeshua's clothing was filthy as he stood there before the angel.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:1 - Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two bronze mountains.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:7 - Isn't this the same message the LORD proclaimed through the prophets in years past when Jerusalem and the towns of Judah were bustling with people, and the Negev and the foothills of Judah[fn] were well populated?'”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - Household gods give worthless advice,
fortune-tellers predict only lies,
and interpreters of dreams pronounce
falsehoods that give no comfort.
So my people are wandering like lost sheep;
they are attacked because they have no shepherd.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:2 - “I have always loved you,” says the LORD.
But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?”
And the LORD replies, “This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob,
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - “Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “and my name is feared among the nations!
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:5 - “The purpose of my covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and that is what I gave them. This required reverence from them, and they greatly revered me and stood in awe of my name.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:6 - They passed on to the people the truth of the instructions they received from me. They did not lie or cheat; they walked with me, living good and righteous lives, and they turned many from lives of sin.
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