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τὸν — 5558x G3588 ὁ
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Occurrences: 5536 times in 4183 verses
Speech: Definite article
Parsing: Accusative Singular Masculine
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16 - God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - So God created human beings[fn] in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:4 - This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7 - Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:8 - Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15 - The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:18 - Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:19 - So the LORD God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man[fn] to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:21 - So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the LORD God took out one of the man's ribs[fn] and closed up the opening.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:22 - Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24 - This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9 - Then the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:16 - Then he said to the woman,
“I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy,
and in pain you will give birth.
And you will desire to control your husband,
but he will rule over you.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - It will grow thorns and thistles for you,
though you will eat of its grains.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:19 - By the sweat of your brow
will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
and to dust you will return.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - Then the LORD God said, “Look, the human beings[fn] have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - After sending them out, the LORD God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:1 - Now Adam[fn] had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the LORD's help, I have produced[fn] a man!”
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 4:5 - but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let's go out into the fields.”[fn] And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:13 - Cain replied to the LORD, “My punishment[fn] is too great for me to bear!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - The LORD replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.
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 4:18 - Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of[fn] Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
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 4:22 - 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 5:1 - This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings,[fn] he made them to be like himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:4 - After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 - When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of[fn] Enosh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - After the birth of[fn] Enosh, Seth lived another 807 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:9 - When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - After the birth of Kenan, Enosh lived another 815 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:12 - When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:13 - After the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan lived another 840 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:15 - When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:16 - After the birth of Jared, Mahalalel lived another 830 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:18 - When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:19 - After the birth of Enoch, Jared lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:21 - When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived another 595 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
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 6:3 - Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not put up with[fn] humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:6 - So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - And the LORD said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:10 - Noah was the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:17 - “Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:7 - and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:1 - Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:6 - If anyone takes a human life, that person's life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings[fn] in his own image.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28 - Noah lived another 350 years after the great flood.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:1 - This is the account of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the three sons of Noah. Many children were born to them after the great flood.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:15 - Canaan's oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:16 - Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:17 - Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:18 - Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. The Canaanite clans eventually spread out,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:24 - Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,[fn] and Shelah was the father of Eber.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:26 - Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 - These are the clans that descended from Noah's sons, arranged by nation according to their lines of descent. All the nations of the earth descended from these clans after the great flood.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:10 - This is the account of Shem's family. Two years after the great flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of[fn] Arphaxad.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11 - After the birth of[fn] Arphaxad, Shem lived another 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:12 - When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - After the birth of Shelah, Arphaxad lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:14 - When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:16 - When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:17 - After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:18 - When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:19 - After the birth of Reu, Peleg lived another 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:20 - When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - After the birth of Serug, Reu lived another 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:22 - When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:23 - After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:24 - When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:25 - After the birth of Terah, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:26 - After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:27 - This is the account of Terah's family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram's wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran's child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:15 - When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh, their king, and Sarai was taken into his palace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - But the LORD sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18 - So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused him sharply. “What have you done to me?” he demanded. “Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again.
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 13:14 - After Lot had gone, the LORD said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.
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 14:16 - Abram recovered all the goods that had been taken, and he brought back his nephew Lot with his possessions and all the women and other captives.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing:
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I solemnly swear to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:23 - that I will not take so much as a single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you. Otherwise you might say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5 - Then the LORD took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That's how many descendants you will have!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she's pregnant she treats me with contempt. The LORD will show who's wrong—you or me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - Abram was eighty-six years old when Ishmael was born.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:18 - So Abraham said to God, “May Ishmael live under your special blessing!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:21 - But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - On that very day Abraham took his son, Ishmael, and every male in his household, including those born there and those he had bought. Then he circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins, just as God had told him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - “My lord,” he said, “if it pleases you, stop here for a while.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:5 - And since you've honored your servant with this visit, let me prepare some food to refresh you before you continue on your journey.”
“All right,” they said. “Do as you have said.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:10 - Then one of them said, “I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!”
Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:14 - Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - And the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - Then Abraham said, “Since I have dared to speak to the Lord, let me continue—suppose there are only twenty?”
And the LORD replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - When the LORD had finished his conversation with Abraham, he went on his way, and Abraham returned to his tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.”
“Oh no,” they replied. “We'll just spend the night out here in the city square.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:5 - They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - “Stand back!” they shouted. “This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he's acting like our judge! We'll treat you far worse than those other men!” And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:10 - But the two angels[fn] reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:13 - For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the LORD, and he has sent us to destroy it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. “Hurry,” they said to Lot. “Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:27 - Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the LORD's presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29 - But God had listened to Abraham's request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:32 - Come, let's get him drunk with wine, and then we will have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33 - So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35 - So that night they got him drunk with wine again, and the younger daughter went in and had intercourse with him. As before, he was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - Then Abimelech called for Abraham. “What have you done to us?” he demanded. “What crime have I committed that deserves treatment like this, making me and my kingdom guilty of this great sin? No one should ever do what you have done!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could have children.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:2 - She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:4 - Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:9 - But Sarah saw Ishmael—the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar—making fun of her son, Isaac.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won't have it!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar's son because he is your son, too.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar's shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards[fn] away. “I don't want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - Then God opened Hagar's eyes, and she saw a well full of water. She quickly filled her water container and gave the boy a drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:23 - “Swear to me in God's name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech's servants had taken by force from Abraham's servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:1 - Some time later, God tested Abraham's faith. “Abraham!” God called.
“Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:4 - On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:7 - Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“We have the fire and the wood,” the boy said, “but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10 - And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - “Don't lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:13 - Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:15 - Then the angel of the LORD called again to Abraham from heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - The oldest was named Uz, the next oldest was Buz, followed by Kemuel (the ancestor of the Arameans),
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:22 - Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:24 - Nahor had four other children from his concubine Reumah. Their names were Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - “Here I am, a stranger and a foreigner among you. Please sell me a piece of land so I can give my wife a proper burial.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her there. No one here will refuse to help you in this way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:8 - and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - “No, my lord,” he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go and bury your dead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - and he replied to Ephron as everyone listened. “No, listen to me. I will buy it from you. Let me pay the full price for the field so I can bury my dead there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - “My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces[fn] of silver, but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1 - Abraham was now a very old man, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, “Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:3 - Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant asked, “But what if I can't find a young woman who is willing to travel so far from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives in the land you came from?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:6 - “No!” Abraham responded. “Be careful never to take my son there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - For the LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants.[fn] He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - So the servant took an oath by putting his hand under the thigh of his master, Abraham. He swore to follow Abraham's instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - “Yes, my lord,” she answered, “have a drink.” And she quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and gave him a drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - The young woman ran home to tell her family everything that had happened.
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 24:30 - He had seen the nose-ring and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man had said. So he rushed out to the spring, where the man was still standing beside his camels.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - “And the LORD has greatly blessed my master; he has become a wealthy man. The LORD has given him flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, a fortune in silver and gold, and many male and female servants and camels and donkeys.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:38 - Go instead to my father's house, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 - He responded, ‘The LORD, in whose presence I have lived, will send his angel with you and will make your mission successful. Yes, you must find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father's family.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - “Then I bowed low and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master, Abraham, because he had led me straight to my master's niece to be his son's wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - So tell me—will you or won't you show unfailing love and faithfulness to my master? Please tell me yes or no, and then I'll know what to do next.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 - When Abraham's servant heard their answer, he bowed down to the ground and worshiped the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:54 - Then they ate their meal, and the servant and the men with him stayed there overnight.
But early the next morning, Abraham's servant said, “Send me back to my master.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:56 - But he said, “Don't delay me. The LORD has made my mission successful; now send me back so I can return to my master.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - So they said good-bye to Rebekah and sent her away with Abraham's servant and his men. The woman who had been Rebekah's childhood nurse went along with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:64 - When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she quickly dismounted from her camel.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - And Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent, and she became his wife. He loved her deeply, and she was a special comfort to him after the death of his mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:2 - She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:3 - Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan's descendants were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:11 - After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer-lahai-roi in the Negev.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:19 - This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants,[fn] just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out his window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Immediately, Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, “She is obviously your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister'?”
“Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me,” Isaac replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham's death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - where the LORD appeared to him on the night of his arrival. “I am the God of your father, Abraham,” he said. “Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 - One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.”
“Yes, Father?” Esau replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5 - But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild game,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - she said to her son Jacob, “Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau,
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 27:22 - So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's,” Isaac said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and almost before Jacob had left his father, Esau returned from his hunt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:38 - Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: “I will soon be mourning my father's death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - But Rebekah heard about Esau's plans. So she sent for Jacob and told him, “Listen, Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - Stay there with him until your brother cools off.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:1 - So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, “You must not marry any of these Canaanite women.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban's daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother's brother, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:6 - Esau knew that his father, Isaac, had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife, and that he had warned Jacob, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - The next morning Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then he poured olive oil over it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21 - and if I return safely to my father's home, then the LORD will certainly be my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:1 - Then Jacob hurried on, finally arriving in the land of the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - It was the custom there to wait for all the flocks to arrive before removing the stone and watering the animals. Afterward the stone would be placed back over the mouth of the well.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:5 - “Do you know a man there named Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” he asked.
“Yes, we do,” they replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - “We can't water the animals until all the flocks have arrived,” they replied. “Then the shepherds move the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water all the sheep and goats.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - And because Rachel was his cousin—the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother—and because the sheep and goats belonged to his uncle Laban, Jacob went over to the well and moved the stone from its mouth and watered his uncle's flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - As soon as Laban heard that his nephew Jacob had arrived, he ran out to meet him. He embraced and kissed him and brought him home. When Jacob had told him his story,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:15 - But Leah angrily replied, “Wasn't it enough that you stole my husband? Now will you steal my son's mandrakes, too?”
Rachel answered, “I will let Jacob sleep with you tonight if you give me some of the mandrakes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - She named him Issachar,[fn] for she said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband as a wife.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:25 - Soon after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Please release me so I can go home to my own country.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - Tell me how much I owe you. Whatever it is, I'll pay it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7 - but he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:16 - All the wealth God has given you from our father legally belongs to us and our children. So go ahead and do whatever God has told you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:18 - and he drove all his livestock in front of him. He packed all the belongings he had acquired in Paddan-aram and set out for the land of Canaan, where his father, Isaac, lived.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20 - Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, for they set out secretly and never told Laban they were leaving.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21 - So Jacob took all his possessions with him and crossed the Euphrates River,[fn] heading for the hill country of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:24 - But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him, “I'm warning you—leave Jacob alone!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 - Laban caught up with Jacob as he was camped in the hill country of Gilead, and he set up his camp not far from Jacob's.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30 - I can understand your feeling that you must go, and your intense longing for your father's home. But why have you stolen my gods?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - Laban went first into Jacob's tent to search there, then into Leah's, and then the tents of the two servant wives—but he found nothing. Finally, he went into Rachel's tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - They stand between us as witnesses of our vows. I will never pass this pile of stones to harm you, and you must never pass these stones or this monument to harm me.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - [fn]Laban got up early the next morning, and he kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 - Then Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother, Esau, who was living in the region of Seir in the land of Edom.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:6 - After delivering the message, the messengers returned to Jacob and reported, “We met your brother, Esau, and he is already on his way to meet you—with an army of 400 men!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Jacob was terrified at the news. He divided his household, along with the flocks and herds and camels, into two groups.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - I am not worthy of all the unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown to me, your servant. When I left home and crossed the Jordan River, I owned nothing except a walking stick. Now my household fills two large camps!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:23 - After taking them to the other side, he sent over all his possessions.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:4 - Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:5 - Then Esau looked at the women and children and asked, “Who are these people with you?”
“These are the children God has graciously given to me, your servant,” Jacob replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Please, my lord, go ahead of your servant. We will follow slowly, at a pace that is comfortable for the livestock and the children. I will meet you at Seir.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:20 - And there he built an altar and named it El-Elohe-Israel.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - He said to his father, Hamor, “Get me this young girl. I want to marry her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - Then Shechem himself spoke to Dinah's father and brothers. “Please be kind to me, and let me marry her,” he begged. “I will give you whatever you ask.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - including Hamor and his son Shechem. They killed them with their swords, then took Dinah from Shechem's house and returned to their camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 - Then God said to Jacob, “Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:27 - So Jacob returned to his father, Isaac, in Mamre, which is near Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had both lived as foreigners.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:4 - Adah gave birth to a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave birth to a son named Reuel.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:5 - Oholibamah gave birth to sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.
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 36:14 - Esau also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:24 - The descendants of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs in the wilderness while he was grazing his father's donkeys.)
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 37:19 - “Here comes the dreamer!” they said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - “Why should we shed any blood? Let's just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he'll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:23 - So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off the beautiful robe he was wearing.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:24 - Then they grabbed him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:26 - Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain by killing our brother? We'd have to cover up the crime.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph's brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces[fn] of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29 - Some time later, Reuben returned to get Joseph out of the cistern. When he discovered that Joseph was missing, he tore his clothes in grief.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31 - Then the brothers killed a young goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - They sent the beautiful robe to their father with this message: “Look at what we found. Doesn't this robe belong to your son?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33 - Their father recognized it immediately. “Yes,” he said, “it is my son's robe. A wild animal must have eaten him. Joseph has clearly been torn to pieces!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - Then Jacob tore his clothes and dressed himself in burlap. He mourned deeply for his son for a long time.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - His family all tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “I will go to my grave[fn] mourning for my son,” he would say, and then he would weep.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - Meanwhile, the Midianite traders[fn] arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:18 - “What kind of guarantee do you want?” he replied.
She answered, “Leave me your identification seal and its cord and the walking stick you are carrying.” So Judah gave them to her. Then he had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:20 - Later Judah asked his friend Hirah the Adullamite to take the young goat to the woman and to pick up the things he had given her as his guarantee. But Hirah couldn't find her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:23 - “Then let her keep the things I gave her,” Judah said. “I sent the young goat as we agreed, but you couldn't find her. We'd be the laughingstock of the village if we went back again to look for her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25 - But as they were taking her out to kill her, she sent this message to her father-in-law: “The man who owns these things made me pregnant. Look closely. Whose seal and cord and walking stick are these?”
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 39:16 - She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king's prisoners were held, and there he remained.
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 40:3 - and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:15 - For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I'm here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:21 - He then restored the chief cup-bearer to his former position, so he could again hand Pharaoh his cup.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:22 - But Pharaoh impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had predicted when he interpreted his dream.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:10 - “Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was quickly brought from the prison. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he went in and stood before Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:40 - You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:42 - Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in fine linen clothing and hung a gold chain around his neck.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:4 - But Jacob wouldn't let Joseph's younger brother, Benjamin, go with them, for fear some harm might come to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - One of you must go and get your brother. I'll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we'll find out whether or not your story is true. By the life of Pharaoh, if it turns out that you don't have a younger brother, then I'll know you are spies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:18 - On the third day Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man. If you do as I say, you will live.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - If you really are honest men, choose one of your brothers to remain in prison. The rest of you may go home with grain for your starving families.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. This will prove that you are telling the truth, and you will not die.” To this they agreed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his anguish when he pleaded for his life, but we wouldn't listen. That's why we're in this trouble.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24 - Now he turned away from them and began to weep. When he regained his composure, he spoke to them again. Then he chose Simeon from among them and had him tied up right before their eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:25 - Joseph then ordered his servants to fill the men's sacks with grain, but he also gave secret instructions to return each brother's payment at the top of his sack. He also gave them supplies for their journey home.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:26 - So the brothers loaded their donkeys with the grain and headed for home.
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 42:29 - When the brothers came to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that had happened to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33 - “Then the man who is governor of the land told us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take grain for your starving families and go on home.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. Then I will know you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give you back your brother, and you may trade freely in the land.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36 - Jacob exclaimed, “You are robbing me of my children! Joseph is gone! Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin, too. Everything is going against me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - If you send Benjamin with us, we will go down and buy more food.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:5 - But if you don't let Benjamin go, we won't go either. Remember, the man said, ‘You won't see my face again unless your brother is with you.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7 - “The man kept asking us questions about our family,” they replied. “He asked, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' So we answered his questions. How could we know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here'?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - Judah said to his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will be on our way. Otherwise we will all die of starvation—and not only we, but you and our little ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13 - Then take your brother, and go back to the man.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - May God Almighty[fn] give you mercy as you go before the man, so that he will release Simeon and let Benjamin return. But if I must lose my children, so be it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - So the men packed Jacob's gifts and double the money and headed off with Benjamin. They finally arrived in Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16 - When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the manager of his household, “These men will eat with me this noon. Take them inside the palace. Then go slaughter an animal, and prepare a big feast.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:17 - So the man did as Joseph told him and took them into Joseph's palace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - The brothers were terrified when they saw that they were being taken into Joseph's house. “It's because of the money someone put in our sacks last time we were here,” they said. “He plans to pretend that we stole it. Then he will seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19 - The brothers approached the manager of Joseph's household and spoke to him at the entrance to the palace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23 - “Relax. Don't be afraid,” the household manager told them. “Your God, the God of your father, must have put this treasure into your sacks. I know I received your payment.” Then he released Simeon and brought him out to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26 - When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought him, then bowed low to the ground before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - Then Joseph looked at his brother Benjamin, the son of his own mother. “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Joseph asked. “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:33 - Joseph told each of his brothers where to sit, and to their amazement, he seated them according to age, from oldest to youngest.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:2 - Then put my personal silver cup at the top of the youngest brother's sack, along with the money for his grain.” So the manager did as Joseph instructed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:11 - They all quickly took their sacks from the backs of their donkeys and opened them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - The palace manager searched the brothers' sacks, from the oldest to the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13 - When the brothers saw this, they tore their clothing in despair. Then they loaded their donkeys again and returned to the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - “No,” Joseph said. “I would never do such a thing! Only the man who stole the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:22 - But we said to you, ‘My lord, the boy cannot leave his father, for his father would die.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:24 - “So we returned to your servant, our father, and told him what you had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:30 - “And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father's life is bound up in the boy's life.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:32 - My lord, I guaranteed to my father that I would take care of the boy. I told him, ‘If I don't bring him back to you, I will bear the blame forever.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn't bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:2 - Then he broke down and wept. He wept so loudly the Egyptians could hear him, and word of it quickly carried to Pharaoh's palace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Now hurry back to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all the land of Egypt. So come down to me immediately!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - Go tell my father of my honored position here in Egypt. Describe for him everything you have seen, and then bring my father here quickly.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - Weeping with joy, he embraced Benjamin, and Benjamin did the same.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16 - The news soon reached Pharaoh's palace: “Joseph's brothers have arrived!” Pharaoh and his officials were all delighted to hear this.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - Then get your father and all of your families, and return here to me. I will give you the very best land in Egypt, and you will eat from the best that the land produces.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt to carry your little children and your wives, and bring your father here.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:25 - And they left Egypt and returned to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - So Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took him to Egypt. They carried him and their little ones and their wives in the wagons Pharaoh had provided for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20 - Joseph's sons, born in the land of Egypt, were Manasseh and Ephraim. Their mother was Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:21 - Benjamin's sons were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:28 - As they neared their destination, Jacob sent Judah ahead to meet Joseph and get directions to the region of Goshen. And when they finally arrived there,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - Joseph prepared his chariot and traveled to Goshen to meet his father, Jacob. When Joseph arrived, he embraced his father and wept, holding him for a long time.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - choose any place in the entire land of Egypt for them to live. Give them the best land of Egypt. Let them live in the region of Goshen. And if any of them have special skills, put them in charge of my livestock, too.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:7 - Then Joseph brought in his father, Jacob, and presented him to Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:10 - Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh again before leaving his court.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - So Joseph assigned the best land of Egypt—the region of Rameses—to his father and his brothers, and he settled them there, just as Pharaoh had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:14 - By selling grain to the people, Joseph eventually collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and he put the money in Pharaoh's treasury.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:18 - But that year ended, and the next year they came again and said, “We cannot hide the truth from you, my lord. Our money is gone, and all our livestock and cattle are yours. We have nothing left to give but our bodies and our land.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:21 - As for the people, he made them all slaves,[fn] from one end of Egypt to the other.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - As the time of his death drew near, Jacob[fn] called for his son Joseph and said to him, “Please do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh and swear that you will treat me with unfailing love by honoring this last request: Do not bury me in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 - One day not long after this, word came to Joseph, “Your father is failing rapidly.” So Joseph went to visit his father, and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - “Long ago, as I was returning from Paddan-aram, Rachel died in the land of Canaan. We were still on the way, some distance from Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). So with great sorrow I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - Then he positioned the boys in front of Jacob. With his right hand he directed Ephraim toward Jacob's left hand, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Jacob's right hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:20 - So Jacob blessed the boys that day with this blessing: “The people of Israel will use your names when they give a blessing. They will say, ‘May God make you as prosperous as Ephraim and Manasseh.'” In this way, Jacob put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11 - He ties his foal to a grapevine,
the colt of his donkey to a choice vine.
He washes his clothes in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:15 - When he sees how good the countryside is
and how pleasant the land,
he will bend his shoulder to the load
and submit himself to hard labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16 - “Dan will govern his people,
like any other tribe in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - When Jacob had finished this charge to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and joined his ancestors in death.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:2 - Then Joseph told the physicians who served him to embalm his father's body; so Jacob[fn] was embalmed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - Tell him that my father made me swear an oath. He said to me, ‘Listen, I am about to die. Take my body back to the land of Canaan, and bury me in the tomb I prepared for myself.' So please allow me to go and bury my father. After his burial, I will return without delay.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:6 - Pharaoh agreed to Joseph's request. “Go and bury your father, as he made you promise,” he said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:7 - So Joseph went up to bury his father. He was accompanied by all of Pharaoh's officials, all the senior members of Pharaoh's household, and all the senior officers of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14 - After burying Jacob, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to his father's burial.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:8 - Eventually, a new king came to power in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph or what he had done.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:17 - But because the midwives feared God, they refused to obey the king's orders. They allowed the boys to live, too.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:21 - And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - Soon Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - “Take this baby and nurse him for me,” the princess told the baby's mother. “I will pay you for your help.” So the woman took her baby home and nursed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:11 - Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he saw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrews.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - After looking in all directions to make sure no one was watching, Moses killed the Egyptian and hid the body in the sand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:13 - The next day, when Moses went out to visit his people again, he saw two Hebrew men fighting. “Why are you beating up your friend?” Moses said to the one who had started the fight.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - The man replied, “Who appointed you to be our prince and judge? Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?”
Then Moses was afraid, thinking, “Everyone knows what I did.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18 - When the girls returned to Reuel, their father, he asked, “Why are you back so soon today?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:20 - “Then where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave him there? Invite him to come and eat with us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:23 - Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:24 - God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:9 - Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10 - Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:11 - But Moses protested to God, “Who am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:12 - God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:13 - But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,' they will ask me, ‘What is his name?' Then what should I tell them?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:6 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out again, his hand was white as snow with a severe skin disease.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:7 - “Now put your hand back into your cloak,” the LORD said. So Moses put his hand back in, and when he took it out again, it was as healthy as the rest of his body.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:16 - Aaron will be your spokesman to the people. He will be your mouthpiece, and you will stand in the place of God for him, telling him what to say.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18 - So Moses went back home to Jethro, his father-in-law. “Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt,” Moses said. “I don't even know if they are still alive.”
“Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:21 - And the LORD told Moses, “When you arrive back in Egypt, go to Pharaoh and perform all the miracles I have empowered you to do. But I will harden his heart so he will refuse to let the people go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - I commanded you, “Let my son go, so he can worship me.” But since you have refused, I will now kill your firstborn son!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 - After this presentation to Israel's leaders, Moses and Aaron went and spoke to Pharaoh. They told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go so they may hold a festival in my honor in the wilderness.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:2 - “Is that so?” retorted Pharaoh. “And who is the LORD? Why should I listen to him and let Israel go? I don't know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - Pharaoh replied, “Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their tasks? Get back to work!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - So the slave drivers and foremen went out and told the people: “This is what Pharaoh says: I will not provide any more straw for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - “We are given no straw, but the slave drivers still demand, ‘Make bricks!' We are being beaten, but it isn't our fault! Your own people are to blame!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 - Then Moses went back to the LORD and protested, “Why have you brought all this trouble on your own people, Lord? Why did you send me?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23 - Ever since I came to Pharaoh as your spokesman, he has been even more brutal to your people. And you have done nothing to rescue them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:5 - You can be sure that I have heard the groans of the people of Israel, who are now slaves to the Egyptians. And I am well aware of my covenant with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 - Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she gave birth to his son, Phinehas. These are the ancestors of the Levite families, listed according to their clans.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - Even then Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you. So I will bring down my fist on Egypt. Then I will rescue my forces—my people, the Israelites—from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh's heart is stubborn,[fn] and he still refuses to let the people go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:16 - Then announce to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you, “Let my people go, so they can worship me in the wilderness.” Until now, you have refused to listen to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - Pharaoh returned to his palace and put the whole thing out of his mind.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25 - Seven days passed from the time the LORD struck the Nile.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:1 - [fn]Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go back to Pharaoh and announce to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:4 - Frogs will jump on you, your people, and all your officials.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:8 - Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and begged, “Plead with the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. I will let your people go, so they can offer sacrifices to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18 - Pharaoh's magicians tried to do the same thing with their secret arts, but this time they failed. And the gnats covered everyone, people and animals alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:20 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand in Pharaoh's way as he goes down to the river. Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:21 - If you refuse, then I will send swarms of flies on you, your officials, your people, and all the houses. The Egyptian homes will be filled with flies, and the ground will be covered with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and tomorrow the swarms of flies will disappear from you and your officials and all your people. But I am warning you, Pharaoh, don't lie to us again and refuse to let the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:30 - So Moses left Pharaoh's palace and pleaded with the LORD to remove all the flies.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:32 - But Pharaoh again became stubborn and refused to let the people go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:1 - “Go back to Pharaoh,” the LORD commanded Moses. “Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:2 - If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:7 - Pharaoh sent his officials to investigate, and they discovered that the Israelites had not lost a single animal! But even so, Pharaoh's heart remained stubborn,[fn] and he still refused to let the people go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:8 - Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a brick kiln, and have Moses toss it into the air while Pharaoh watches.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 - So they took soot from a brick kiln and went and stood before Pharaoh. As Pharaoh watched, Moses threw the soot into the air, and boils broke out on people and animals alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:13 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:15 - By now I could have lifted my hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the face of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward the sky so hail may fall on the people, the livestock, and all the plants throughout the land of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23 - So Moses lifted his staff toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed toward the earth. The LORD sent a tremendous hailstorm against all the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:30 - But I know that you and your officials still do not fear the LORD God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so they can worship me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:4 - If you refuse, watch out! For tomorrow I will bring a swarm of locusts on your country.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:12 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Raise your hand over the land of Egypt to bring on the locusts. Let them cover the land and devour every plant that survived the hailstorm.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13 - So Moses raised his staff over Egypt, and the LORD caused an east wind to blow over the land all that day and through the night. When morning arrived, the east wind had brought the locusts.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - For the locusts covered the whole country and darkened the land. They devoured every plant in the fields and all the fruit on the trees that had survived the hailstorm. Not a single leaf was left on the trees and plants throughout the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:17 - “Forgive my sin, just this once, and plead with the LORD your God to take away this death from me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:18 - So Moses left Pharaoh's court and pleaded with the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward heaven, and the land of Egypt will be covered with a darkness so thick you can feel it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - So Moses lifted his hand to the sky, and a deep darkness covered the entire land of Egypt for three days.
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 11:5 - All the firstborn sons will die in every family in Egypt, from the oldest son of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, to the oldest son of his lowliest servant girl who grinds the flour. Even the firstborn of all the livestock will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:4 - If a family is too small to eat a whole animal, let them share with another family in the neighborhood. Divide the animal according to the size of each family and how much they can eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:23 - For the LORD will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, the LORD will pass over your home. He will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:33 - All the Egyptians urged the people of Israel to get out of the land as quickly as possible, for they thought, “We will all die!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:3 - So Moses said to the people, “This is a day to remember forever—the day you left Egypt, the place of your slavery. Today the LORD has brought you out by the power of his mighty hand. (Remember, eat no food containing yeast.)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:10 - So observe the decree of this festival at the appointed time each year.
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 13:18 - So God led them in a roundabout way through the wilderness toward the Red Sea.[fn] Thus the Israelites left Egypt like an army ready for battle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - When word reached the king of Egypt that the Israelites had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds. “What have we done, letting all those Israelite slaves get away?” they asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:6 - So Pharaoh harnessed his chariot and called up his troops.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:13 - But Moses told the people, “Don't be afraid. Just stand still and watch the LORD rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:30 - That is how the LORD rescued Israel from the hand of the Egyptians that day. And the Israelites saw the bodies of the Egyptians washed up on the seashore.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:31 - When the people of Israel saw the mighty power that the LORD had unleashed against the Egyptians, they were filled with awe before him. They put their faith in the LORD and in his servant Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:13 - “With your unfailing love you lead
the people you have redeemed.
In your might, you guide them
to your sacred home.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:18 - The LORD will reign forever and ever!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:7 - In the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your complaints, which are against him, not against us. What have we done that you should complain about us?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:8 - Then Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and bread to satisfy you in the morning, for he has heard all your complaints against him. What have we done? Yes, your complaints are against the LORD, not against us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:9 - Then Moses said to Aaron, “Announce this to the entire community of Israel: ‘Present yourselves before the LORD, for he has heard your complaining.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:12 - “I have heard the Israelites' complaints. Now tell them, ‘In the evening you will have meat to eat, and in the morning you will have all the bread you want. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - The LORD asked Moses, “How long will these people refuse to obey my commands and instructions?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32 - Then Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: Fill a two-quart container with manna to preserve it for your descendants. Then later generations will be able to see the food I gave you in the wilderness when I set you free from Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - The LORD said to Moses, “Walk out in front of the people. Take your staff, the one you used when you struck the water of the Nile, and call some of the elders of Israel to join you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - As a result, Joshua overwhelmed the army of Amalek in battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14 - After the victory, the LORD instructed Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a permanent reminder, and read it aloud to Joshua: I will erase the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:1 - Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything God had done for Moses and his people, the Israelites. He heard especially about how the LORD had rescued them from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:8 - Moses told his father-in-law everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and Egypt on behalf of Israel. He also told about all the hardships they had experienced along the way and how the LORD had rescued his people from all their troubles.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:10 - “Praise the LORD,” Jethro said, “for he has rescued you from the Egyptians and from Pharaoh. Yes, he has rescued Israel from the powerful hand of Egypt!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:13 - The next day, Moses took his seat to hear the people's disputes against each other. They waited before him from morning till evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - When a dispute arises, they come to me, and I am the one who settles the case between the quarreling parties. I inform the people of God's decrees and give them his instructions.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:19 - Now listen to me, and let me give you a word of advice, and may God be with you. You should continue to be the people's representative before God, bringing their disputes to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20 - Teach them God's decrees, and give them his instructions. Show them how to conduct their lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 - They should always be available to solve the people's common disputes, but have them bring the major cases to you. Let the leaders decide the smaller matters themselves. They will help you carry the load, making the task easier for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:23 - If you follow this advice, and if God commands you to do so, then you will be able to endure the pressures, and all these people will go home in peace.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:26 - These men were always available to solve the people's common disputes. They brought the major cases to Moses, but they took care of the smaller matters themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:27 - Soon after this, Moses said good-bye to his father-in-law, who returned to his own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:8 - And all the people responded together, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded.” So Moses brought the people's answer back to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will come to you in a thick cloud, Moses, so the people themselves can hear me when I speak with you. Then they will always trust you.”
Moses told the LORD what the people had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:12 - Mark off a boundary all around the mountain. Warn the people, ‘Be careful! Do not go up on the mountain or even touch its boundaries. Anyone who touches the mountain will certainly be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14 - So Moses went down to the people. He consecrated them for worship, and they washed their clothes.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:17 - Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 - All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke billowed into the sky like smoke from a brick kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Go back down and warn the people not to break through the boundaries to see the LORD, or they will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:23 - “But LORD,” Moses protested, “the people cannot come up to Mount Sinai. You already warned us. You told me, ‘Mark off a boundary all around the mountain to set it apart as holy.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - But the LORD said, “Go down and bring Aaron back up with you. In the meantime, do not let the priests or the people break through to approach the LORD, or he will break out and destroy them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:25 - So Moses went down to the people and told them what the LORD had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7 - “You must not misuse the name of the LORD your God. The LORD will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:11 - For in six days the LORD made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 - “Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 - “You must not covet your neighbor's house. You must not covet your neighbor's wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:21 - As the people stood in the distance, Moses approached the dark cloud where God was.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:5 - But the slave may declare, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I don't want to go free.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - If he does this, his master must present him before God.[fn] Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will serve his master for life.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:10 - “If a man who has married a slave wife takes another wife for himself, he must not neglect the rights of the first wife to food, clothing, and sexual intimacy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - “Now suppose two men quarrel, and one hits the other with a stone or fist, and the injured person does not die but is confined to bed.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - “If a man beats his male or female slave with a club and the slave dies as a result, the owner must be punished.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - “If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye and the eye is blinded, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - And if a man knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:35 - “If someone's ox injures a neighbor's ox and the injured ox dies, then the two owners must sell the live ox and divide the price equally between them. They must also divide the dead animal.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - “If an animal is grazing in a field or vineyard and the owner lets it stray into someone else's field to graze, then the animal's owner must pay compensation from the best of his own grain or grapes.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:30 - “You must also give me the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats. But leave the newborn animal with its mother for seven days; then give it to me on the eighth day.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - If you see that the donkey of someone who hates you has collapsed under its load, do not walk by. Instead, stop and help.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - “Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - but let the land be renewed and lie uncultivated during the seventh year. Then let the poor among you harvest whatever grows on its own. Leave the rest for wild animals to eat. The same applies to your vineyards and olive groves.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:15 - First, celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib,[fn] for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. No one may appear before me without an offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:20 - “See, I am sending an angel before you to protect you on your journey and lead you safely to the place I have prepared for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:23 - For my angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, so you may live there. And I will destroy them completely.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:25 - “You must serve only the LORD your God. If you do, I[fn] will bless you with food and water, and I will protect you from illness.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:26 - There will be no miscarriages or infertility in your land, and I will give you long, full lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27 - “I will send my terror ahead of you and create panic among all the people whose lands you invade. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:2 - Only Moses is allowed to come near to the LORD. The others must not come near, and none of the other people are allowed to climb up the mountain with him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10 - There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions and commands so you can teach the people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 - And the glory of the LORD settled down on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from inside the cloud.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:7 - onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest's chestpiece.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:38 - The lamp snuffers and trays must also be made of pure gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:40 - “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - Each frame must be 15 feet high and 27 inches wide,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - Make ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans, all of bronze.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:1 - “Call for your brother, Aaron, and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Set them apart from the rest of the people of Israel so they may minister to me and be my priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - These are the garments they are to make: a chestpiece, an ephod, a robe, a patterned tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother, Aaron, and his sons to wear when they serve me as priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:10 - Six names will be on each stone, arranged in the order of the births of the original sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - “Then, with great skill and care, make a chestpiece to be worn for seeking a decision from God.[fn] Make it to match the ephod, using finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:41 - Clothe your brother, Aaron, and his sons with these garments, and then anoint and ordain them. Consecrate them so they can serve as my priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:5 - Dress Aaron in his priestly garments—the tunic, the robe worn with the ephod, the ephod itself, and the chestpiece. Then wrap the decorative sash of the ephod around him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - Wrap the sashes around the waists of Aaron and his sons, and put their special head coverings on them. Then the right to the priesthood will be theirs by law forever. In this way, you will ordain Aaron and his sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10 - “Bring the young bull to the entrance of the Tabernacle, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:11 - Then slaughter the bull in the LORD's presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:13 - Take all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and burn it all on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:15 - “Next Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the head of one of the rams.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:17 - Cut the ram into pieces, and wash off the internal organs and the legs. Set them alongside the head and the other pieces of the body,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:18 - then burn the entire animal on the altar. This is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:19 - “Now take the other ram, and have Aaron and his sons lay their hands on its head.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20 - Then slaughter it, and apply some of its blood to the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons. Also put it on the thumbs of their right hands and the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:22 - “Since this is the ram for the ordination of Aaron and his sons, take the fat of the ram, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:27 - “Set aside the portions of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons. This includes the breast and the thigh that were lifted up before the LORD as a special offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:31 - “Take the ram used in the ordination ceremony, and boil its meat in a sacred place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:39 - one in the morning and the other in the evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:41 - Offer the other lamb in the evening, along with the same offerings of flour and wine as in the morning. It will be a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “Whenever you take a census of the people of Israel, each man who is counted must pay a ransom for himself to the LORD. Then no plague will strike the people as you count them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:28 - the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the washbasin with its stand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:2 - “Look, I have specifically chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - He is a master craftsman, expert in working with gold, silver, and bronze.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6 - “And I have personally appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to be his assistant. Moreover, I have given special skill to all the gifted craftsmen so they can make all the things I have commanded you to make:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:9 - the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils;
the washbasin with its stand;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - It is a permanent sign of my covenant with the people of Israel. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day he stopped working and was refreshed.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 - But Moses tried to pacify the LORD his God. “O LORD!” he said. “Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong hand?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.[fn] You bound yourself with an oath to them, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. And I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:14 - So the LORD changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - When they came near the camp, Moses saw the calf and the dancing, and he burned with anger. He threw the stone tablets to the ground, smashing them at the foot of the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - He took the calf they had made and burned it. Then he ground it into powder, threw it into the water, and forced the people to drink it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:25 - Moses saw that Aaron had let the people get completely out of control, much to the amusement of their enemies.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - Moses told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Each of you, take your swords and go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other. Kill everyone—even your brothers, friends, and neighbors.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:30 - The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a terrible sin, but I will go back up to the LORD on the mountain. Perhaps I will be able to obtain forgiveness[fn] for your sin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:34 - Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about. Look! My angel will lead the way before you. And when I come to call the people to account, I will certainly hold them responsible for their sins.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:35 - Then the LORD sent a great plague upon the people because they had worshiped the calf Aaron had made.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:2 - And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - For the LORD had told Moses to tell them, “You are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I were to travel with you for even a moment, I would destroy you. Remove your jewelry and fine clothes while I decide what to do with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:6 - So from the time they left Mount Sinai,[fn] the Israelites wore no more jewelry or fine clothes.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:10 - When the people saw the cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, they would stand and bow down in front of their own tents.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - Inside the Tent of Meeting, the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:12 - One day Moses said to the LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Take these people up to the Promised Land.' But you haven't told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, ‘I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:17 - The LORD replied to Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations.[fn]
I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin.
But I do not excuse the guilty.
I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren;
the entire family is affected—
even children in the third and fourth generations.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:11 - But listen carefully to everything I command you today. Then I will go ahead of you and drive out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:18 - “You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib,[fn] for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.”
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 35:9 - onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest's chestpiece.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:30 - Then Moses told the people of Israel, “The LORD has specifically chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:32 - He is a master craftsman, expert in working with gold, silver, and bronze.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:33 - He is skilled in engraving and mounting gemstones and in carving wood. He is a master at every craft.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - Then Bezalel made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. He made the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece—the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - Bezalel made the bronze washbasin and its bronze stand from bronze mirrors donated by the women who served at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - The people brought special offerings of gold totaling 2,193 pounds,[fn] as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. This gold was used throughout the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - This silver came from the tax collected from each man registered in the census. (The tax is one beka, which is half a shekel,[fn] based on the sanctuary shekel.) The tax was collected from 603,550 men who had reached their twentieth birthday.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:22 - Bezalel made the robe that is worn with the ephod from a single piece of blue woven cloth,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - Anoint them as you did their father, so they may also serve me as priests. With their anointing, Aaron's descendants are set apart for the priesthood forever, from generation to generation.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - Next Moses placed the washbasin between the Tabernacle and the altar. He filled it with water so the priests could wash themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - Then slaughter the young bull in the LORD's presence, and Aaron's sons, the priests, will present the animal's blood by splattering it against all sides of the altar that stands at the entrance to the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:16 - The priest must also remove the crop and the feathers[fn] and throw them in the ashes on the east side of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - and bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests. The priest will scoop out a handful of the flour moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this representative portion on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:8 - “No matter how a grain offering for the LORD has been prepared, bring it to the priest, who will present it at the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - The priest will take a representative portion of the grain moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn it as a special gift presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:4 - the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:10 - the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:15 - the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:17 - “You must never eat any fat or blood. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever you live.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:3 - “If the high priest[fn] sins, bringing guilt upon the entire community, he must give a sin offering for the sin he has committed. He must present to the LORD a young bull with no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - He must bring the bull to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle,[fn] lay his hand on the bull's head, and slaughter it before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:6 - dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the inner curtain of the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:9 - the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. He must remove these along with the kidneys,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - and carry it away to a place outside the camp that is ceremonially clean, the place where the ashes are dumped. There, on the ash heap, he will burn it on a wood fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - The elders of the community must then lay their hands on the bull's head and slaughter it before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:17 - dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the inner curtain.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:20 - just as he does with the bull offered as a sin offering for the high priest. Through this process, the priest will purify the people, making them right with the LORD,[fn] and they will be forgiven.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:21 - Then the priest must take what is left of the bull and carry it outside the camp and burn it there, just as is done with the sin offering for the high priest. This offering is for the sin of the entire congregation of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - You must bring them to the priest, who will present the first bird as the sin offering. He will wring its neck but without severing its head from the body.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:9 - Then he will sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering against the sides of the altar, and the rest of the blood will be drained out at the base of the altar. This is an offering for sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:12 - Take the flour to the priest, who will scoop out a handful as a representative portion. He will burn it on the altar on top of the special gifts presented to the LORD. It is an offering for sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:18 - For a guilt offering, you must bring to the priest your own ram with no defects, or you may buy one of equal value. Through this process the priest will purify you from your unintentional sin, making you right with the LORD, and you will be forgiven.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - “Suppose one of you sins against your associate and is unfaithful to the LORD. Suppose you cheat in a deal involving a security deposit, or you steal or commit fraud,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:2 - The animal sacrificed as a guilt offering must be slaughtered at the place where the burnt offerings are slaughtered, and its blood must be splattered against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:4 - the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These are to be removed with the kidneys,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:30 - Present it to the LORD with your own hands as a special gift to the LORD. Bring the fat of the animal, together with the breast, and lift up the breast as a special offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:32 - Give the right thigh of your peace offering to the priest as a gift.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:34 - For I have reserved the breast of the special offering and the right thigh of the sacred offering for the priests. It is the permanent right of Aaron and his descendants to share in the peace offerings brought by the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:2 - “Bring Aaron and his sons, along with their sacred garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of bread made without yeast,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:6 - Then he presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:7 - He put the official tunic on Aaron and tied the sash around his waist. He dressed him in the robe, placed the ephod on him, and attached the ephod securely with its decorative sash.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:11 - He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, anointing it and all its utensils, as well as the washbasin and its stand, making them holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:14 - Then Moses presented the bull for the sin offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the bull's head,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:16 - Then Moses took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and he burned it all on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:17 - He took the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burned it on a fire outside the camp, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:18 - Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram's head,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:19 - and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took the ram's blood and splattered it against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:20 - Then he cut the ram into pieces, and he burned the head, some of its pieces, and the fat on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:21 - After washing the internal organs and the legs with water, Moses burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:22 - Then Moses presented the other ram, which was the ram of ordination. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram's head,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23 - and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took some of its blood and applied it to the lobe of Aaron's right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:25 - Next Moses took the fat, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:26 - On top of these he placed a thin cake of bread made without yeast, a cake of bread mixed with olive oil, and a wafer spread with olive oil. All these were taken from the basket of bread made without yeast that was placed in the LORD's presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:9 - His sons brought him the blood, and he dipped his finger in it and put it on the horns of the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:10 - Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:15 - Next Aaron presented the offerings of the people. He slaughtered the people's goat and presented it as an offering for their sin, just as he had first done with the offering for his own sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18 - Then Aaron slaughtered the bull and the ram for the people's peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:19 - Then he took the fat of the bull and the ram—the fat of the broad tail and from around the internal organs—along with the kidneys and the long lobes of the livers.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:21 - Aaron then lifted up the breasts and right thighs as a special offering to the LORD, just as Moses had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:22 - After that, Aaron raised his hands toward the people and blessed them. Then, after presenting the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down from the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:23 - Then Moses and Aaron went into the Tabernacle, and when they came back out, they blessed the people again, and the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:4 - Then Moses called for Mishael and Elzaphan, Aaron's cousins, the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel. He said to them, “Come forward and carry away the bodies of your relatives from in front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not show grief by leaving your hair uncombed[fn] or by tearing your clothes. If you do, you will die, and the LORD's anger will strike the whole community of Israel. However, the rest of the Israelites, your relatives, may mourn because of the LORD's fiery destruction of Nadab and Abihu.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:14 - But the breast and thigh that were lifted up as a special offering may be eaten in any place that is ceremonially clean. These parts have been given to you and your descendants as your portion of the peace offerings presented by the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:15 - You must lift up the thigh and breast as a special offering to the LORD, along with the fat of the special gifts. These parts will belong to you and your descendants as your permanent right, just as the LORD has commanded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:16 - Moses then asked them what had happened to the goat of the sin offering. When he discovered it had been burned up, he became very angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's remaining sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:4 - You may not, however, eat the following animals[fn] that have split hooves or that chew the cud, but not both. The camel chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is ceremonially unclean for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:5 - The hyrax[fn] chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:6 - The hare chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7 - The pig has evenly split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 - “These are the birds that are detestable to you. You must never eat them: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:14 - the kite, falcons of all kinds,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:22 - The insects you are permitted to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - “When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:2 - “If anyone has a swelling or a rash or discolored skin that might develop into a serious skin disease,[fn] that person must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:7 - But if the rash continues to spread after the person has been examined by the priest and has been pronounced clean, the infected person must return to be examined again.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:9 - “Anyone who develops a serious skin disease must go to the priest for an examination.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 - The priest must make this pronouncement as soon as he sees an open sore, since open sores indicate the presence of a skin disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:16 - However, if the open sores heal and turn white like the rest of the skin, the person must return to the priest
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:52 - The priest must burn the item—the clothing, the woolen or linen fabric, or piece of leather—for it has been contaminated by a serious mildew. It must be completely destroyed by fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2 - “The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease.[fn] Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:7 - The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease. When the priest has purified the person, he will release the live bird in the open field to fly away.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9 - On the seventh day they must again shave all the hair from their heads, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows. They must also wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:11 - Then the officiating priest will present that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:12 - The priest will take one of the male lambs and the olive oil and present them as a guilt offering, lifting them up as a special offering before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:13 - He will then slaughter the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest. It is a most holy offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:14 - The priest will then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:16 - He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:23 - On the eighth day of the purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in the LORD's presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:24 - The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the olive oil, and lift them up as a special offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25 - Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering. He will take some of its blood and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28 - The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 - These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - Before the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must have the house emptied so nothing inside will be pronounced ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41 - Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:8 - If the man spits on you, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:13 - “When the man with the discharge is healed, he must count off seven days for the period of purification. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be ceremonially clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - On the eighth day she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons and present them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - The LORD said to Moses, “Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does, he will die. For the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—is there, and I myself am present in the cloud above the atonement cover.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:6 - “Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:9 - Aaron will then present as a sin offering the goat chosen by lot for the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:10 - The other goat, the scapegoat chosen by lot to be sent away, will be kept alive, standing before the LORD. When it is sent away to Azazel in the wilderness, the people will be purified and made right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:11 - “Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the LORD. After he has slaughtered the bull as a sin offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15 - “Then Aaron must slaughter the first goat as a sin offering for the people and carry its blood behind the inner curtain. There he will sprinkle the goat's blood over the atonement cover and in front of it, just as he did with the bull's blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:20 - “When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:22 - As the goat goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people's sins upon itself into a desolate land.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:26 - “The man chosen to drive the scapegoat into the wilderness of Azazel must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water. Then he may return to the camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:27 - “The bull and the goat presented as sin offerings, whose blood Aaron takes into the Most Holy Place for the purification ceremony, will be carried outside the camp. The animals' hides, internal organs, and dung are all to be burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:32 - In future generations, the purification[fn] ceremony will be performed by the priest who has been anointed and ordained to serve as high priest in place of his ancestor Aaron. He will put on the holy linen garments
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5 - The purpose of this rule is to stop the Israelites from sacrificing animals in the open fields. It will ensure that they bring their sacrifices to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle, so he can present them to the LORD as peace offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:9 - “When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - It is the same with your grape crop—do not strip every last bunch of grapes from the vines, and do not pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. Leave them for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:11 - “Do not steal.
“Do not deceive or cheat one another.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - “Do not defraud or rob your neighbor.
“Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - “Do not insult the deaf or cause the blind to stumble. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 - “Do not twist justice in legal matters by favoring the poor or being partial to the rich and powerful. Always judge people fairly.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - “Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives.[fn] Confront people directly so you will not be held guilty for their sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:18 - “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:19 - “You must obey all my decrees.
“Do not mate two different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two different kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven from two different kinds of thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:25 - Finally, in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you follow this pattern, your harvest will increase. I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:32 - “Stand up in the presence of the elderly, and show respect for the aged. Fear your God. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:37 - “You must be careful to keep all of my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice. I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - I myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled my sanctuary and brought shame on my holy name by offering their children to Molech.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:5 - I myself will turn against them and their families and will cut them off from the community. This will happen to all who commit spiritual prostitution by worshiping Molech.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:9 - “Anyone who dishonors[fn] father or mother must be put to death. Such a person is guilty of a capital offense.
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 23:10 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you enter the land I am giving you and you harvest its first crops, bring the priest a bundle of grain from the first cutting of your grain harvest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - “When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:14 - “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and tell all those who heard the curse to lay their hands on his head. Then let the entire community stone him to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23 - After Moses gave all these instructions to the Israelites, they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:3 - For six years you may plant your fields and prune your vineyards and harvest your crops,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:4 - but during the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath year of complete rest. It is the LORD's Sabbath. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards during that year.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - “When you make an agreement with your neighbor to buy or sell property, you must not take advantage of each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:17 - Show your fear of God by not taking advantage of each other. I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:31 - But a house in a village—a settlement without fortified walls—will be treated like property in the countryside. Such a house may be bought back at any time, and it must be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:36 - Do not charge interest or make a profit at his expense. Instead, show your fear of God by letting him live with you as your relative.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:43 - Show your fear of God by not treating them harshly.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46 - passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat them as slaves, but you must never treat your fellow Israelites this way.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - They will negotiate the price of their freedom with the person who bought them. The price will be based on the number of years from the time they were sold until the next Year of Jubilee—whatever it would cost to hire a worker for that period of time.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:52 - If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, they will repay a small amount for their redemption.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:4 - I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - Your threshing season will overlap with the grape harvest, and your grape harvest will overlap with the season of planting grain. You will eat your fill and live securely in your own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you—wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:19 - I will break your proud spirit by making the skies as unyielding as iron and the earth as hard as bronze.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:37 - Though no one is chasing you, you will stumble over each other as though fleeing from a sword. You will have no power to stand up against your enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - “If someone dedicates to the LORD a piece of his family property, its value will be assessed according to the amount of seed required to plant it—fifty shekels of silver for a field planted with five bushels of barley seed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:17 - If the field is dedicated to the LORD in the Year of Jubilee, then the entire assessment will apply.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:18 - But if the field is dedicated after the Year of Jubilee, the priest will assess the land's value in proportion to the number of years left until the next Year of Jubilee. Its assessed value is reduced each year.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:19 - If the person who dedicated the field wants to buy it back, he must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the field will again be legally his.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:20 - But if he does not want to buy it back, and it is sold to someone else, the field can no longer be bought back.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - “Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10 - Appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now count all the firstborn sons in Israel who are one month old or older, and make a list of their names.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - He collected 1,365 pieces of silver[fn] on behalf of these firstborn sons of Israel (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel).
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:13 - “They must remove the ashes from the altar for sacrifices and cover the altar with a purple cloth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:14 - All the altar utensils—the firepans, meat forks, shovels, basins, and all the containers—must be placed on the cloth, and a covering of fine goatskin leather must be spread over them. Finally, they must put the carrying poles in place.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:18 - “Do not let the Kohathite clans be destroyed from among the Levites!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - the husband must bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring an offering of two quarts[fn] of barley flour to be presented on her behalf. Do not mix it with olive oil or frankincense, for it is a jealousy offering—an offering to prove whether or not she is guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - The priest will then put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has had sex with you, and you have not gone astray and defiled yourself while under your husband's authority, may you be immune from the effects of this bitter water that brings on the curse.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - “At this point the priest must put the woman under oath by saying, ‘May the people know that the LORD's curse is upon you when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to shrivel[fn] and your abdomen to swell.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink,[fn] and her name will become a curse among her people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30 - or if a man becomes jealous and is suspicious that his wife has been unfaithful, the husband must present his wife before the LORD, and the priest will apply this entire ritual law to her.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - On the eighth day they must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:17 - then the ram for a peace offering, along with the basket of bread made without yeast. The priest must also present the prescribed grain offering and liquid offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - After the Nazirite's head has been shaved, the priest will take for each of them the boiled shoulder of the ram, and he will take from the basket a cake and a wafer made without yeast. He will put them all into the Nazirite's hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:10 - The leaders also presented dedication gifts for the altar at the time it was anointed. They each placed their gifts before the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:11 - The LORD said to Moses, “Let one leader bring his gift each day for the dedication of the altar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds[fn] (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:7 - Do this by sprinkling them with the water of purification, and have them shave their entire body and wash their clothing. Then they will be ceremonially clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:12 - “Next the Levites will lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls. Present one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to purify the Levites and make them right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 - at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn] Be sure to follow all my decrees and regulations concerning this celebration.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - They must not leave any of the lamb until the next morning, and they must not break any of its bones. They must follow all the normal regulations concerning the Passover.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - “But those who neglect to celebrate the Passover at the regular time, even though they are ceremonially clean and not away on a trip, will be cut off from the community of Israel. If they fail to present the LORD's offering at the proper time, they will suffer the consequences of their guilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - And if foreigners living among you want to celebrate the Passover to the LORD, they must follow these same decrees and regulations. The same laws apply both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.”
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 10:29 - One day Moses said to his brother-in-law, Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, “We are on our way to the place the LORD promised us, for he said, ‘I will give it to you.' Come with us and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised wonderful blessings for Israel!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:11 - And Moses said to the LORD, “Why are you treating me, your servant, so harshly? Have mercy on me! What did I do to deserve the burden of all these people?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - Did I give birth to them? Did I bring them into the world? Why did you tell me to carry them in my arms like a mother carries a nursing baby? How can I carry them to the land you swore to give their ancestors?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:14 - I can't carry all these people by myself! The load is far too heavy!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24 - So Moses went out and reported the LORD's words to the people. He gathered the seventy elders and stationed them around the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:29 - But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would put his Spirit upon them all!”
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 11:34 - So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means “graves of gluttony”) because there they buried the people who had craved meat from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:16 - These are the names of the men Moses sent out to explore the land. (Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name Joshua.)
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:18 - See what the land is like, and find out whether the people living there are strong or weak, few or many.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:24 - That place was called the valley of Eshcol (which means “cluster”), because of the cluster of grapes the Israelite men cut there.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:26 - to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - The Amalekites live in the Negev, and the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and along the Jordan Valley.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:30 - But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let's go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - Do not rebel against the LORD, and don't be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the LORD is with us! Don't be afraid of them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:12 - I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:13 - But Moses objected. “What will the Egyptians think when they hear about it?” he asked the LORD. “They know full well the power you displayed in rescuing your people from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:15 - Now if you slaughter all these people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of your fame will say,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:16 - ‘The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:18 - ‘The LORD is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:34 - “‘Because your men explored the land for forty days, you must wander in the wilderness for forty years—a year for each day, suffering the consequences of your sins. Then you will discover what it is like to have me for an enemy.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:40 - Then they got up early the next morning and went to the top of the range of hills. “Let's go,” they said. “We realize that we have sinned, but now we are ready to enter the land the LORD has promised us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:12 - Follow these instructions with each offering you present.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:30 - “But those who brazenly violate the LORD's will, whether native-born Israelites or foreigners, have blasphemed the LORD, and they must be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:11 - The LORD is the one you and your followers are really revolting against! For who is Aaron that you are complaining about him?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the LORD does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave,[fn] then you will know that these men have shown contempt for the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:37 - “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pull all the incense burners from the fire, for they are holy. Also tell him to scatter the burning coals.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:41 - But the very next morning the whole community of Israel began muttering again against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD's people!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:46 - And Moses said to Aaron, “Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the LORD.[fn] The LORD's anger is blazing against them—the plague has already begun.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:5 - Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the people's murmuring and complaining against you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:16 - Redeem them when they are one month old. The redemption price is five pieces of silver[fn] (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs).
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:18 - The meat of these animals will be yours, just like the breast and right thigh that are presented by lifting them up as a special offering before the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3 - Give it to Eleazar the priest, and it will be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - Then someone who is ceremonially clean must take a hyssop branch and dip it into the water. That person must sprinkle the water on the tent, on all the furnishings in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent; also on the person who touched a human bone, or touched someone who was killed or who died naturally, or touched a grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:19 - On the third and seventh days the person who is ceremonially clean must sprinkle the water on those who are defiled. Then on the seventh day the people being cleansed must wash their clothes and bathe themselves, and that evening they will be cleansed of their defilement.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:5 - Why did you make us leave Egypt and bring us here to this terrible place? This land has no grain, no figs, no grapes, no pomegranates, and no water to drink!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - While Moses was at Kadesh, he sent ambassadors to the king of Edom with this message: “This is what your relatives, the people of Israel, say: You know all the hardships we have been through.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:24 - “The time has come for Aaron to join his ancestors in death. He will not enter the land I am giving the people of Israel, because the two of you rebelled against my instructions concerning the water at Meribah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:25 - Now take Aaron and his son Eleazar up Mount Hor.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:26 - There you will remove Aaron's priestly garments and put them on Eleazar, his son. Aaron will die there and join his ancestors.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:28 - At the summit, Moses removed the priestly garments from Aaron and put them on Eleazar, Aaron's son. Then Aaron died there on top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar went back down.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29 - When the people realized that Aaron had died, all Israel mourned for him thirty days.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:2 - Then the people of Israel made this vow to the LORD: “If you will hand these people over to us, we will completely destroy[fn] all their towns.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:3 - The LORD heard the Israelites' request and gave them victory over the Canaanites. The Israelites completely destroyed them and their towns, and the place has been called Hormah[fn] ever since.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5 - and they began to speak against God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?” they complained. “There is nothing to eat here and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7 - Then the people came to Moses and cried out, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - So Moses made a snake out of bronze and attached it to a pole. Then anyone who was bitten by a snake could look at the bronze snake and be healed!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:16 - From there the Israelites traveled to Beer,[fn] which is the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Assemble the people, and I will give them water.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - But King Sihon refused to let them cross his territory. Instead, he mobilized his entire army and attacked Israel in the wilderness, engaging them in battle at Jahaz.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:32 - After Moses sent men to explore the Jazer area, they captured all the towns in the region and drove out the Amorites who lived there.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:34 - The LORD said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you, along with all his people and his land. Do the same to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:35 - And Israel killed King Og, his sons, and all his subjects; not a single survivor remained. Then Israel occupied their land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1 - Then the people of Israel traveled to the plains of Moab and camped east of the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3 - And when the people of Moab saw how many Israelites there were, they were terrified.
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 22:6 - Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:10 - Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent me this message:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - But God told Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse these people, for they have been blessed!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - The next morning Balaam got up and told Balak's officials, “Go on home! The LORD will not let me go with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:17 - I will pay you very well and do whatever you tell me. Just come and curse these people for me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - But Balaam responded to Balak's messengers, “Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I would be powerless to do anything against the will of the LORD my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - Balaam's donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. The donkey bolted off the road into a field, but Balaam beat it and turned it back onto the road.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:25 - When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, it tried to squeeze by and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. So Balaam beat the donkey again.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - This time when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down under Balaam. In a fit of rage Balaam beat the animal again with his staff.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the roadway with a drawn sword in his hand. Balaam bowed his head and fell face down on the ground before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41 - The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see some of the people of Israel spread out below him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:2 - Balak followed his instructions, and the two of them sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offerings, and I will go to see if the LORD will respond to me. Then I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So Balaam went alone to the top of a bare hill,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:4 - and God met him there. Balaam said to him, “I have prepared seven altars and have sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - This was the message Balaam delivered:
“Balak summoned me to come from Aram;
the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills.
‘Come,' he said, ‘curse Jacob for me!
Come and announce Israel's doom.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:14 - So Balak took Balaam to the plateau of Zophim on Pisgah Peak. He built seven altars there and offered a young bull and a ram on each altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:15 - Then Balaam said to the king, “Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go over there to meet the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28 - So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, overlooking the wasteland.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:30 - So Balak did as Balaam ordered and offered a young bull and a ram on each altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - By now Balaam realized that the LORD was determined to bless Israel, so he did not resort to divination as before. Instead, he turned and looked out toward the wilderness,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:2 - where he saw the people of Israel camped, tribe by tribe. Then the Spirit of God came upon him,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - King Balak flew into a rage against Balaam. He angrily clapped his hands and shouted, “I called you to curse my enemies! Instead, you have blessed them three times.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:11 - Now get out of here! Go back home! I promised to reward you richly, but the LORD has kept you from your reward.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 - ‘Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I would be powerless to do anything against the will of the LORD.' I told you that I could say only what the LORD says!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:14 - Now I am returning to my own people. But first let me tell you what the Israelites will do to your people in the future.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - Then Balaam looked over toward the people of Amalek and delivered this message:
“Amalek was the greatest of nations,
but its destiny is destruction!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21 - Then he looked over toward the Kenites and delivered this message:
“Your home is secure;
your nest is set in the rocks.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23 - Balaam concluded his messages by saying:
“Alas, who can survive
unless God has willed it?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 - Then Balaam and Balak returned to their homes.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:5 - So Moses ordered Israel's judges, “Each of you must put to death the men under your authority who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6 - Just then one of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman into his tent, right before the eyes of Moses and all the people, as everyone was weeping at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and rushed after the man into his tent. Phinehas thrust the spear all the way through the man's body and into the woman's stomach. So the plague against the Israelites was stopped,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11 - “Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest has turned my anger away from the Israelites by being as zealous among them as I was. So I stopped destroying all Israel as I had intended to do in my zealous anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:1 - After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:29 - These were the clans descended from Manasseh: The Makirite clan, named after their ancestor Makir.
The Gileadite clan, named after their ancestor Gilead, Makir's son.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:58 - The Libnites, the Hebronites, the Mahlites, the Mushites, and the Korahites were all subclans of the Levites.
Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - and Amram's wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:7 - “The claim of the daughters of Zelophehad is legitimate. You must give them a grant of land along with their father's relatives. Assign them the property that would have been given to their father.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:13 - After you have seen it, you will die like your brother, Aaron,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:18 - The LORD replied, “Take Joshua son of Nun, who has the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:22 - So Moses did as the LORD commanded. He presented Joshua to Eleazar the priest and the whole community.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:4 - Sacrifice one lamb in the morning and the other in the evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:8 - Offer the second lamb in the evening with the same grain offering and liquid offering. It, too, is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:2 - “On behalf of the people of Israel, take revenge on the Midianites for leading them into idolatry. After that, you will die and join your ancestors.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - So Moses said to the people, “Choose some men, and arm them to fight the LORD's war of revenge against Midian.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - All five of the Midianite kings—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—died in the battle. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - they brought them all to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the whole community of Israel, which was camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 - Half of the plunder was given to the fighting men. It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:2 - they came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the other leaders of the community. They said,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:5 - If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - “The LORD was angry with Israel and made them wander in the wilderness for forty years until the entire generation that sinned in the LORD's sight had died.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:14 - But here you are, a brood of sinners, doing exactly the same thing! You are making the LORD even angrier with Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - Then we will arm ourselves and lead our fellow Israelites into battle until we have brought them safely to their land. Meanwhile, our families will stay in the fortified towns we build here, so they will be safe from any attacks by the local people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:21 - and if your troops cross the Jordan and keep fighting until the LORD has driven out his enemies,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:27 - But all who are able to bear arms will cross over to fight for the LORD, just as you have said.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:28 - So Moses gave orders to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the clans of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - He said, “The men of Gad and Reuben who are armed for battle must cross the Jordan with you to fight for the LORD. If they do, give them the land of Gilead as their property when the land is conquered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:30 - But if they refuse to arm themselves and cross over with you, then they must accept land with the rest of you in the land of Canaan.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:39 - Then the descendants of Makir of the tribe of Manasseh went to Gilead and conquered it, and they drove out the Amorites living there.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:49 - Along the Jordan River they camped from Beth-jeshimoth as far as the meadows of Acacia[fn] on the plains of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:50 - While they were camped near the Jordan River on the plains of Moab opposite Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:51 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - and then along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. These are the boundaries of your land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 - While Israel was camped beside the Jordan on the plains of Moab across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:10 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
“When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - designate cities of refuge to which people can flee if they have killed someone accidentally.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The victim's nearest relative is responsible for putting the murderer to death. When they meet, the avenger must put the murderer to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - Or if someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases, the avenger must put the murderer to death when they meet.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in the city of refuge to which he fled. There he must remain until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the sacred oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger finds him outside the city and kills him, it will not be considered murder.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to his own property.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 - “All murderers must be put to death, but only if evidence is presented by more than one witness. No one may be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:4 - This took place after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who had ruled in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, who had ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:5 - While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the LORD's instructions as follows.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - But you are such a heavy load to carry! How can I deal with all your problems and bickering?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. Don't be afraid of anyone's anger, for the decision you make is God's decision. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:31 - And you saw how the LORD your God cared for you all along the way as you traveled through the wilderness, just as a father cares for his child. Now he has brought you to this place.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:22 - He had done the same for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, for he destroyed the Horites so they could settle there in their place. The descendants of Esau live there to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 - Moses continued, “Then the LORD said, ‘Now get moving! Cross the Arnon Gorge. Look, I will hand over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and I will give you his land. Attack him and begin to occupy the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:25 - Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29 - The descendants of Esau who live in Seir allowed us to go through their country, and so did the Moabites, who live in Ar. Let us pass through until we cross the Jordan into the land the LORD our God is giving us.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:31 - “Then the LORD said to me, ‘Look, I have begun to hand King Sihon and his land over to you. Begin now to conquer and occupy his land.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:33 - But the LORD our God handed him over to us, and we crushed him, his sons, and all his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2 - But the LORD told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his entire army, and I will give you all his land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:3 - “So the LORD our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. Not a single person survived.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - We completely destroyed[fn] the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon of Heshbon. We destroyed all the people in every town we conquered—men, women, and children alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24 - ‘O Sovereign LORD, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:25 - Please let me cross the Jordan to see the wonderful land on the other side, the beautiful hill country and the Lebanon mountains.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:26 - “But the LORD was angry with me because of you, and he would not listen to me. ‘That's enough!' he declared. ‘Speak of it no more.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:27 - But go up to Pisgah Peak, and look over the land in every direction. Take a good look, but you may not cross the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:8 - And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fair as this body of instructions that I am giving you today?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:10 - Never forget the day when you stood before the LORD your God at Mount Sinai,[fn] where he told me, ‘Summon the people before me, and I will personally instruct them. Then they will learn to fear me as long as they live, and they will teach their children to fear me also.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - an animal on the ground, a bird in the sky,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the forces of heaven—don't be seduced into worshiping them. The LORD your God gave them to all the peoples of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:21 - “But the LORD was angry with me because of you. He vowed that I would not cross the Jordan River into the good land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:22 - You will cross the Jordan to occupy the land, but I will not. Instead, I will die here on the east side of the river.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - “Today I call on heaven and earth as witnesses against you. If you break my covenant, you will quickly disappear from the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy. You will live there only a short time; then you will be utterly destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29 - But from there you will search again for the LORD your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:30 - “In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the LORD your God and listen to what he tells you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11 - “You must not misuse the name of the LORD your God. The LORD will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 - “Honor your father and mother, as the LORD your God commanded you. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:21 - “You must not covet your neighbor's wife. You must not covet your neighbor's house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - and you and your children and grandchildren must fear the LORD your God as long as you live. If you obey all his decrees and commands, you will enjoy a long life.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:5 - And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:13 - You must fear the LORD your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:16 - You must not test the LORD your God as you did when you complained at Massah.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:24 - And the LORD our God commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear him so he can continue to bless us and preserve our lives, as he has done to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:1 - “When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are about to enter and occupy, he will clear away many nations ahead of you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These seven nations are greater and more numerous than you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:4 - for they will lead your children away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and he will quickly destroy you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - Rather, it was simply that the LORD loves you, and he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the LORD rescued you with such a strong hand from your slavery and from the oppressive hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - He will love you and bless you, and he will give you many children. He will give fertility to your land and your animals. When you arrive in the land he swore to give your ancestors, you will have large harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil, and great herds of cattle, sheep, and goats.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:19 - Remember the great terrors the LORD your God sent against them. You saw it all with your own eyes! And remember the miraculous signs and wonders, and the strong hand and powerful arm with which he brought you out of Egypt. The LORD your God will use this same power against all the people you fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26 - Do not bring any detestable objects into your home, for then you will be destroyed, just like them. You must utterly detest such things, for they are set apart for destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:5 - Think about it: Just as a parent disciplines a child, the LORD your God disciplines you for your own good.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - It is a land where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking. It is a land where iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:10 - When you have eaten your fill, be sure to praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:1 - “Listen, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land belonging to nations much greater and more powerful than you. They live in cities with walls that reach to the sky!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:4 - “After the LORD your God has done this for you, don't say in your hearts, ‘The LORD has given us this land because we are such good people!' No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that he is pushing them out of your way.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - “Remember and never forget how angry you made the LORD your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have been constantly rebelling against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - “The LORD also said to me, ‘I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:19 - I feared that the furious anger of the LORD, which turned him against you, would drive him to destroy you. But again he listened to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21 - I took your sin—the calf you had made—and I melted it down in the fire and ground it into fine dust. Then I threw the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:22 - “You also made the LORD angry at Taberah,[fn] Massah,[fn] and Kibroth-hattaavah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - I prayed to the LORD and said, ‘O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy them. They are your own people. They are your special possession, whom you redeemed from Egypt by your mighty power and your strong hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:12 - “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - Therefore, change your hearts[fn] and stop being stubborn.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:19 - So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:20 - You must fear the LORD your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - “You must love the LORD your God and obey all his requirements, decrees, regulations, and commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:2 - Keep in mind that I am not talking now to your children, who have never experienced the discipline of the LORD your God or seen his greatness and his strong hand and powerful arm.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:5 - “Your children didn't see how the LORD cared for you in the wilderness until you arrived here.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:8 - “Therefore, be careful to obey every command I am giving you today, so you may have strength to go in and take over the land you are about to enter.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:10 - For the land you are about to enter and take over is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you planted your seed and made irrigation ditches with your foot as in a vegetable garden.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 - “If you carefully obey all the commands I am giving you today, and if you love the LORD your God and serve him with all your heart and soul,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:14 - then he will send the rains in their proper seasons—the early and late rains—so you can bring in your harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - If you do, the LORD's anger will burn against you. He will shut up the sky and hold back the rain, and the ground will fail to produce its harvests. Then you will quickly die in that good land the LORD is giving you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - “Be careful to obey all these commands I am giving you. Show love to the LORD your God by walking in his ways and holding tightly to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Wherever you set foot, that land will be yours. Your frontiers will stretch from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:25 - No one will be able to stand against you, for the LORD your God will cause the people to fear and dread you, as he promised, wherever you go in the whole land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:31 - For you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land the LORD your God is giving you. When you take that land and are living in it,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:5 - Rather, you must seek the LORD your God at the place of worship he himself will choose from among all the tribes—the place where his name will be honored.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:10 - But you will soon cross the Jordan River and live in the land the LORD your God is giving you. When he gives you rest from all your enemies and you're living safely in the land,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:14 - You may do so only at the place the LORD will choose within one of your tribal territories. There you must offer your burnt offerings and do everything I command you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:19 - And be very careful never to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:26 - “Take your sacred gifts and your offerings given to fulfill a vow to the place the LORD chooses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - do not listen to them. The LORD your God is testing you to see if you truly love him with all your heart and soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - The false prophets or visionaries who try to lead you astray must be put to death, for they encourage rebellion against the LORD your God, who redeemed you from slavery and brought you out of the land of Egypt. Since they try to lead you astray from the way the LORD your God commanded you to live, you must put them to death. In this way you will purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:16 - Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the open square and burn it. Burn the entire town as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7 - but if the animal doesn't have both, it may not be eaten. So you may not eat the camel, the hare, or the hyrax.[fn] They chew the cud but do not have split hooves, so they are ceremonially unclean for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8 - And you may not eat the pig. It has split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is ceremonially unclean for you. You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:12 - These are the birds you may not eat: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:13 - the kite, the falcon, buzzards of all kinds,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored—and eat it there in his presence. This applies to your tithes of grain, new wine, olive oil, and the firstborn males of your flocks and herds. Doing this will teach you always to fear the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 - If so, you may sell the tithe portion of your crops and herds, put the money in a pouch, and go to the place the LORD your God has chosen.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - This is how it must be done. Everyone must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or relatives, for the LORD's time of release has arrived.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3 - This release from debt, however, applies only to your fellow Israelites—not to the foreigners living among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:17 - In that case, take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door. After that, he will be your servant for life. And do the same for your female servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:1 - “In honor of the LORD your God, celebrate the Passover each year in the early spring, in the month of Abib,[fn] for that was the month in which the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6 - You must offer it only at the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored. Sacrifice it there in the evening as the sun goes down on the anniversary of your exodus from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18 - “Appoint judges and officials for yourselves from each of your tribes in all the towns the LORD your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:5 - then the man or woman who has committed such an evil act must be taken to the gates of the town and stoned to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:7 - The witnesses must throw the first stones, and then all the people may join in. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - “Suppose a case arises in a local court that is too hard for you to decide—for instance, whether someone is guilty of murder or only of manslaughter, or a difficult lawsuit, or a case involving different kinds of assault. Take such legal cases to the place the LORD your God will choose,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:9 - and present them to the Levitical priests or the judge on duty at that time. They will hear the case and declare the verdict.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - After they have interpreted the law and declared their verdict, the sentence they impose must be fully executed; do not modify it in any way.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must die. In this way you will purge the evil from Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:16 - “The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the LORD has told you, ‘You must never return to Egypt.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:19 - He must always keep that copy with him and read it daily as long as he lives. That way he will learn to fear the LORD his God by obeying all the terms of these instructions and decrees.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3 - “These are the parts the priests may claim as their share from the cattle, sheep, and goats that the people bring as offerings: the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 - “Suppose a Levite chooses to move from his town in Israel, wherever he is living, to the place the LORD chooses for worship.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10 - For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering.[fn] And do not let your people practice fortune-telling, or use sorcery, or interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - “If someone kills another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, the slayer may flee to any of these cities to live in safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - For example, suppose someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to cut wood. And suppose one of them swings an ax to chop down a tree, and the ax head flies off the handle, killing the other person. In such cases, the slayer may flee to one of the cities of refuge to live in safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - you must designate three additional cities of refuge. (He will give you this land if you are careful to obey all the commands I have given you—if you always love the LORD your God and walk in his ways.)
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:11 - “But suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:19 - you must impose on the accuser the sentence he intended for the other person. In this way, you will purge such evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - “Then the officers of the army must address the troops and say, ‘Has anyone here just built a new house but not yet dedicated it? If so, you may go home! You might be killed in the battle, and someone else would dedicate your house.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:8 - “Then the officers will also say, ‘Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - When the officers have finished speaking to their troops, they will appoint the unit commanders.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:17 - You must completely destroy[fn] the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, just as the LORD your God has commanded you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - “When you are attacking a town and the war drags on, you must not cut down the trees with your axes. You may eat the fruit, but do not cut down the trees. Are the trees your enemies, that you should attack them?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - You may only cut down trees that you know are not valuable for food. Use them to make the equipment you need to attack the enemy town until it falls.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:1 - “When you are in the land the LORD your God is giving you, someone may be found murdered in a field, and you don't know who committed the murder.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - and change the clothes she was wearing when she was captured. She will stay in your home, but let her mourn for her father and mother for a full month. Then you may marry her, and you will be her husband and she will be your wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:16 - When the man divides his inheritance, he may not give the larger inheritance to his younger son, the son of the wife he loves, as if he were the firstborn son.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - He must recognize the rights of his oldest son, the son of the wife he does not love, by giving him a double portion. He is the first son of his father's virility, and the rights of the firstborn belong to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:21 - Then all the men of his town must stone him to death. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1 - “If you see your neighbor's ox or sheep or goat wandering away, don't ignore your responsibility.[fn] Take it back to its owner.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:3 - Do the same if you find your neighbor's donkey, clothing, or anything else your neighbor loses. Don't ignore your responsibility.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:4 - “If you see that your neighbor's donkey or ox has collapsed on the road, do not look the other way. Go and help your neighbor get it back on its feet!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:9 - “You must not plant any other crop between the rows of your vineyard. If you do, you are forbidden to use either the grapes from the vineyard or the other crop.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:18 - The elders must then take the man and punish him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19 - They must also fine him 100 pieces of silver,[fn] which he must pay to the woman's father because he publicly accused a virgin of Israel of shameful conduct. The woman will then remain the man's wife, and he may never divorce her.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - The woman must be taken to the door of her father's home, and there the men of the town must stone her to death, for she has committed a disgraceful crime in Israel by being promiscuous while living in her parents' home. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 - “If a man is discovered committing adultery, both he and the woman must die. In this way, you will purge Israel of such evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - you must take both of them to the gates of that town and stone them to death. The woman is guilty because she did not scream for help. The man must die because he violated another man's wife. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:25 - “But if the man meets the engaged woman out in the country, and he rapes her, then only the man must die.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - Do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no crime worthy of death. She is as innocent as a murder victim.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:29 - he must pay her father fifty pieces of silver.[fn] Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:3 - “No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:6 - As long as you live, you must never promote the welfare and prosperity of the Ammonites or Moabites.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 - The camp must be holy, for the LORD your God moves around in your camp to protect you and to defeat your enemies. He must not see any shameful thing among you, or he will turn away from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - When you are bringing an offering to fulfill a vow, you must not bring to the house of the LORD your God any offering from the earnings of a prostitute, whether a man[fn] or a woman, for both are detestable to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23 - But once you have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your promise to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:25 - And when you enter your neighbor's field of grain, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not harvest it with a sickle.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:5 - “A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or be given any other official responsibilities. He must be free to spend one year at home, bringing happiness to the wife he has married.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - “If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:8 - “In all cases involving serious skin diseases,[fn] be careful to follow the instructions of the Levitical priests; obey all the commands I have given them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - You must pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. If you don't, they might cry out to the LORD against you, and it would be counted against you as sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - When you gather the grapes in your vineyard, don't glean the vines after they are picked. Leave the remaining grapes for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 - “Suppose two people take a dispute to court, and the judges declare that one is right and the other is wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she must declare, ‘This is what happens to a man who refuses to provide his brother with children.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:11 - “If two Israelite men get into a fight and the wife of one tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the testicles of the other man,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - They attacked you when you were exhausted and weary, and they struck down those who were straggling behind. They had no fear of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19 - Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies in the land he is giving you as a special possession, you must destroy the Amalekites and erase their memory from under heaven. Never forget this!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - put some of the first produce from each crop you harvest into a basket and bring it to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:3 - Go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, ‘With this gift I acknowledge to the LORD your God that I have entered the land he swore to our ancestors he would give us.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:4 - The priest will then take the basket from your hand and set it before the altar of the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7 - we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors. He heard our cries and saw our hardship, toil, and oppression.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - He brought us to this place and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Now look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you swore to our ancestors to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17 - You have declared today that the LORD is your God. And you have promised to walk in his ways, and to obey his decrees, commands, and regulations, and to do everything he tells you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:2 - When you cross the Jordan River and enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - Write this whole body of instruction on them when you cross the river to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you—a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:4 - When you cross the Jordan, set up these stones at Mount Ebal and coat them with plaster, as I am commanding you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:8 - You must clearly write all these instructions on the stones coated with plaster.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - “When you cross the Jordan River, the tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin must stand on Mount Gerizim to proclaim a blessing over the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - ‘Cursed is anyone who attacks a neighbor in secret.'
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 - “If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12 - The LORD will send rain at the proper time from his rich treasury in the heavens and will bless all the work you do. You will lend to many nations, but you will never need to borrow from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:21 - The LORD will afflict you with diseases until none of you are left in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24 - The LORD will change the rain that falls on your land into powder, and dust will pour down from the sky until you are destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - you will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you. You will be left hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking in everything. The LORD will put an iron yoke on your neck, oppressing you harshly until he has destroyed you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - The most tenderhearted man among you will have no compassion for his own brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving children.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - The most tender and delicate woman among you—so delicate she would not so much as touch the ground with her foot—will be selfish toward the husband she loves and toward her own son or daughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:58 - “If you refuse to obey all the words of instruction that are written in this book, and if you do not fear the glorious and awesome name of the LORD your God,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19 - “Those who hear the warnings of this curse should not congratulate themselves, thinking, ‘I am safe, even though I am following the desires of my own stubborn heart.' This would lead to utter ruin!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - The LORD will never pardon such people. Instead his anger and jealousy will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will come down on them, and the LORD will erase their names from under heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:29 - “The LORD our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:2 - If at that time you and your children return to the LORD your God, and if you obey with all your heart and all your soul all the commands I have given you today,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6 - “The LORD your God will change your heart[fn] and the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love him with all your heart and soul and so you may live!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:10 - The LORD your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep the commands and decrees written in this Book of Instruction, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:12 - It is not kept in heaven, so distant that you must ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven and bring it down so we can hear it and obey?'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:15 - “Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:16 - For I command you this day to love the LORD your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:18 - then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:19 - “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:20 - You can make this choice by loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This[fn] is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the LORD, you will live long in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:2 - he said, “I am now 120 years old, and I am no longer able to lead you. The LORD has told me, ‘You will not cross the Jordan River.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 - you must read this Book of Instruction to all the people of Israel when they assemble before the LORD your God at the place he chooses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:12 - Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:13 - Do this so that your children who have not known these instructions will hear them and will learn to fear the LORD your God. Do this as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Even now, while I am still alive and am here with you, you have rebelled against the LORD. How much more rebellious will you be after my death!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7 - Remember the days of long ago;
think about the generations past.
Ask your father, and he will inform you.
Inquire of your elders, and they will tell you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - “But Israel[fn] soon became fat and unruly;
the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed!
Then they abandoned the God who had made them;
they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:18 - You neglected the Rock who had fathered you;
you forgot the God who had given you birth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:29 - Oh, that they were wise and could understand this!
Oh, that they might know their fate!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - “Indeed, the LORD will give justice to his people,
and he will change his mind about[fn] his servants,
when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave or free.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38 - Where now are those gods,
who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their offerings?
Let those gods arise and help you!
Let them provide you with shelter!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:40 - Now I raise my hand to heaven
and declare, “As surely as I live,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - These instructions are not empty words—they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:50 - Then you will die there on the mountain. You will join your ancestors, just as Aaron, your brother, died on Mount Hor and joined his ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7 - Moses said this about the tribe of Judah:
“O LORD, hear the cry of Judah
and bring them together as a people.
Give them strength to defend their cause;
help them against their enemies!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:10 - They teach your regulations to Jacob;
they give your instructions to Israel.
They present incense before you
and offer whole burnt offerings on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:24 - Moses said this about the tribe of Asher:
“May Asher be blessed above other sons;
may he be esteemed by his brothers;
may he bathe his feet in olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 - “There is no one like the God of Israel.[fn]
He rides across the heavens to help you,
across the skies in majestic splendor.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 - How blessed you are, O Israel!
Who else is like you, a people saved by the LORD?
He is your protecting shield
and your triumphant sword!
Your enemies will cringe before you,
and you will stomp on their backs!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - The people of Israel mourned for Moses on the plains of Moab for thirty days, until the customary period of mourning was over.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:2 - “Moses my servant is dead. Therefore, the time has come for you to lead these people, the Israelites, across the Jordan River into the land I am giving them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - from the Negev wilderness in the south to the Lebanon mountains in the north, from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] in the west, including all the land of the Hittites.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:11 - “Go through the camp and tell the people to get their provisions ready. In three days you will cross the Jordan River and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:12 - “Now swear to me by the LORD that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - when Jericho is conquered, you will let me live, along with my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - When we come into the land, you must leave this scarlet rope hanging from the window through which you let us down. And all your family members—your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives—must be here inside the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:10 - Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites ahead of you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:11 - Look, the Ark of the Covenant, which belongs to the Lord of the whole earth, will lead you across the Jordan River!
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 - So the people left their camp to cross the Jordan, and the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant went ahead of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15 - It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river's edge,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - Meanwhile, the priests who were carrying the Ark of the LORD's Covenant stood on dry ground in the middle of the riverbed as the people passed by. They waited there until the whole nation of Israel had crossed the Jordan on dry ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:1 - When all the people had crossed the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - He told them, “Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of the Ark of the LORD your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it out on your shoulder—twelve stones in all, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:14 - That day the LORD made Joshua a great leader in the eyes of all the Israelites, and for the rest of his life they revered him as much as they had revered Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:22 - Then you can tell them, ‘This is where the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:24 - He did this so all the nations of the earth might know that the LORD's hand is powerful, and so you might fear the LORD your God forever.”
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 5:2 - At that time the LORD told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise this second generation of Israelites.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:9 - Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the shame of your slavery in Egypt.” So that place has been called Gilgal[fn] to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - But the LORD said to Joshua, “I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors.
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 6:25 - So Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute and her relatives who were with her in the house, because she had hidden the spies Joshua sent to Jericho. And she lives among the Israelites to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - When they returned, they told Joshua, “There's no need for all of us to go up there; it won't take more than two or three thousand men to attack Ai. Since there are so few of them, don't make all our people struggle to go up there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:7 - Then Joshua cried out, “Oh, Sovereign LORD, why did you bring us across the Jordan River if you are going to let the Amorites kill us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side!
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:13 - “Get up! Command the people to purify themselves in preparation for tomorrow. For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Hidden among you, O Israel, are things set apart for the LORD. You will never defeat your enemies until you remove these things from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:14 - “In the morning you must present yourselves by tribes, and the LORD will point out the tribe to which the guilty man belongs. That tribe must come forward with its clans, and the LORD will point out the guilty clan. That clan will then come forward, and the LORD will point out the guilty family. Finally, each member of the guilty family must come forward one by one.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:16 - Early the next morning Joshua brought the tribes of Israel before the LORD, and the tribe of Judah was singled out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:24 - Then Joshua and all the Israelites took Achan, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, tent, and everything he had, and they brought them to the valley of Achor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:1 - Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take all your fighting men and attack Ai, for I have given you the king of Ai, his people, his town, and his land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - You will destroy them as you destroyed Jericho and its king. But this time you may keep the plunder and the livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the town.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:10 - Early the next morning Joshua roused his men and started toward Ai, accompanied by the elders of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - When the king of Ai saw the Israelites across the valley, he and all his army hurried out early in the morning and attacked the Israelites at a place overlooking the Jordan Valley.[fn] But he didn't realize there was an ambush behind the town.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:18 - Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Point the spear in your hand toward Ai, for I will hand the town over to you.” Joshua did as he was commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:20 - When the men of Ai looked behind them, smoke from the town was filling the sky, and they had nowhere to go. For the Israelites who had fled in the direction of the wilderness now turned on their pursuers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:21 - When Joshua and all the other Israelites saw that the ambush had succeeded and that smoke was rising from the town, they turned and attacked the men of Ai.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:23 - Only the king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:28 - So Joshua burned the town of Ai,[fn] and it became a permanent mound of ruins, desolate to this very day.
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 8:33 - Then all the Israelites—foreigners and native-born alike—along with the elders, officers, and judges, were divided into two groups. One group stood in front of Mount Gerizim, the other in front of Mount Ebal. Each group faced the other, and between them stood the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the LORD's Covenant. This was all done according to the commands that Moses, the servant of the LORD, had previously given for blessing the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - The Israelites replied to these Hivites, “How do we know you don't live nearby? For if you do, we cannot make a treaty with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - But the Israelites did not attack the towns, for the Israelite leaders had made a vow to them in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
The people of Israel grumbled against their leaders because of the treaty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:19 - But the leaders replied, “Since we have sworn an oath in the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel, we cannot touch them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - This is what we must do. We must let them live, for divine anger would come upon us if we broke our oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - But that day he made the Gibeonites the woodcutters and water carriers for the community of Israel and for the altar of the LORD—wherever the LORD would choose to build it. And that is what they do to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 - Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured and completely destroyed[fn] Ai and killed its king, just as he had destroyed the town of Jericho and killed its king. He also learned that the Gibeonites had made peace with Israel and were now their allies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12 - On the day the LORD gave the Israelites victory over the Amorites, Joshua prayed to the LORD in front of all the people of Israel. He said,
“Let the sun stand still over Gibeon,
and the moon over the valley of Aijalon.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - There, too, the LORD gave them the town and its king. He killed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. Then Joshua killed the king of Libnah as he had killed the king of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:33 - During the attack on Lachish, King Horam of Gezer arrived with his army to help defend the town. But Joshua's men killed him and his army, leaving no survivors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39 - He captured the town, its king, and all of its surrounding villages. He completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. He did to Debir and its king just what he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - The kings joined forces and established their camp around the water near Merom to fight against Israel.
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 11:18 - waging war for a long time to accomplish this.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half of the territory of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - including the hill country, the western foothills,[fn] the Jordan Valley, the mountain slopes, the Judean wilderness, and the Negev. The people who lived in this region were the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.) These are the kings Israel defeated:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - The king of Jericho
The king of Ai, near Bethel
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - the land of the Gebalites and all of the Lebanon mountain area to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:13 - But the Israelites failed to drive out the people of Geshur and Maacah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - The land of Reuben also included all the towns of the plain and the entire kingdom of Sihon. Sihon was the Amorite king who had reigned in Heshbon and was killed by Moses along with the leaders of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—princes living in the region who were allied with Sihon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:22 - The Israelites had also killed Balaam son of Beor, who used magic to tell the future.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:7 - I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the LORD, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land of Canaan. I returned and gave an honest report,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:9 - So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:11 - I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14 - Caleb drove out the three groups of Anakites—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the sons of Anak.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's the matter?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:7 - From Janoah it turned southward to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and ended at the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10 - They did not drive the Canaanites out of Gezer, however, so the people of Gezer live as slaves among the people of Ephraim to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - From the spring of Tappuah, the boundary of Manasseh followed the Kanah Ravine to the Mediterranean Sea.[fn] Several towns south of the ravine were inside Manasseh's territory, but they actually belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - Joshua replied, “If there are so many of you, and if the hill country of Ephraim is not large enough for you, clear out land for yourselves in the forest where the Perizzites and Rephaites live.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - The forests of the hill country will be yours as well. Clear as much of the land as you wish, and take possession of its farthest corners. And you will drive out the Canaanites from the valleys, too, even though they are strong and have iron chariots.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Dan included these towns and their surrounding villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - Then the leaders of the tribe of Levi came to consult with Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the other tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5 - But be very careful to obey all the commands and the instructions that Moses gave to you. Love the LORD your God, walk in all his ways, obey his commands, hold firmly to him, and serve him with all your heart and all your soul.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25 - The LORD has placed the Jordan River as a barrier between our people and you people of Reuben and Gad. You have no claim to the LORD.' So your descendants may prevent our descendants from worshiping the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:26 - “So we decided to build the altar, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:33 - And all the Israelites were satisfied and praised God and spoke no more of war against Reuben and Gad.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:34 - The people of Reuben and Gad named the altar “Witness,”[fn] for they said, “It is a witness between us and them that the LORD is our God, too.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:1 - The years passed, and the LORD had given the people of Israel rest from all their enemies. Joshua, who was now very old,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:11 - So be very careful to love the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:2 - Joshua said to the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River,[fn] and they worshiped other gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3 - But I took your ancestor Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him into the land of Canaan. I gave him many descendants through his son Isaac.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:4 - To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir, while Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, started a war against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - “When you crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho, the men of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I gave you victory over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:18 - It was the LORD who drove out the Amorites and the other nations living here in the land. So we, too, will serve the LORD, for he alone is our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 - Then Joshua warned the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy and jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:22 - “You are a witness to your own decision,” Joshua said. “You have chosen to serve the LORD.”
“Yes,” they replied, “we are witnesses to what we have said.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day at Shechem, committing them to follow the decrees and regulations of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:27 - Joshua said to all the people, “This stone has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness to testify against you if you go back on your word to God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:28 - Then Joshua sent all the people away to their own homelands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 - The people of Israel served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him—those who had personally experienced all that the LORD had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:33 - Eleazar son of Aaron also died. He was buried in the hill country of Ephraim, in the town of Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, “Which tribe should go first to attack the Canaanites?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - The men of Judah said to their relatives from the tribe of Simeon, “Join with us to fight against the Canaanites living in the territory allotted to us. Then we will help you conquer your territory.” So the men of Simeon went with Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:4 - When the men of Judah attacked, the LORD gave them victory over the Canaanites and Perizzites, and they killed 10,000 enemy warriors at the town of Bezek.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5 - While at Bezek they encountered King Adoni-bezek and fought against him, and the Canaanites and Perizzites were defeated.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - Then they went down to fight the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the western foothills.[fn]
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 1:14 - When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's the matter?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17 - Then Judah joined with Simeon to fight against the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they completely destroyed[fn] the town. So the town was named Hormah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:21 - The tribe of Benjamin, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live in Jerusalem among the people of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25 - So he showed them a way in, and they killed everyone in the town except that man and his family.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:28 - When the Israelites grew stronger, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves, but they never did drive them completely out of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:29 - The tribe of Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued to live there among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:31 - The tribe of Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 - The Amorites were determined to stay in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but when the descendants of Joseph became stronger, they forced the Amorites to work as slaves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:1 - The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said to the Israelites, “I brought you out of Egypt into this land that I swore to give your ancestors, and I said I would never break my covenant with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3 - So now I declare that I will no longer drive out the people living in your land. They will be thorns in your sides,[fn] and their gods will be a constant temptation to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:6 - After Joshua sent the people away, each of the tribes left to take possession of the land allotted to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:10 - After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the LORD or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:12 - They abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They went after other gods, worshiping the gods of the people around them. And they angered the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:13 - They abandoned the LORD to serve Baal and the images of Ashtoreth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - Yet Israel did not listen to the judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. How quickly they turned away from the path of their ancestors, who had walked in obedience to the LORD's commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - I did this to test Israel—to see whether or not they would follow the ways of the LORD as their ancestors did.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - These are the nations that the LORD left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:3 - These are the nations: the Philistines (those living under the five Philistine rulers), all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - These people were left to test the Israelites—to see whether they would obey the commands the LORD had given to their ancestors through Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help, the LORD raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Othniel, the son of Caleb's younger brother, Kenaz.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10 - The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel's judge. He went to war against King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram, and the LORD gave Othniel victory over him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:12 - Once again the Israelites did evil in the LORD's sight, and the LORD gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because of their evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - Eglon enlisted the Ammonites and Amalekites as allies, and then he went out and defeated Israel, taking possession of Jericho, the city of palms.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:15 - But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help, the LORD again raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed man of the tribe of Benjamin. The Israelites sent Ehud to deliver their tribute money to King Eglon of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - So Ehud made a double-edged dagger that was about a foot[fn] long, and he strapped it to his right thigh, keeping it hidden under his clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:31 - After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath rescued Israel. He once killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad.
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 4:4 - Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6 - One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam, who lived in Kedesh in the land of Naphtali. She said to him, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: Call out 10,000 warriors from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun at Mount Tabor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:7 - And I will call out Sisera, commander of Jabin's army, along with his chariots and warriors, to the Kishon River. There I will give you victory over him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:8 - Barak told her, “I will go, but only if you go with me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - “Very well,” she replied, “I will go with you. But you will receive no honor in this venture, for the LORD's victory over Sisera will be at the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.
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 4:14 - Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get ready! This is the day the LORD will give you victory over Sisera, for the LORD is marching ahead of you.” So Barak led his 10,000 warriors down the slopes of Mount Tabor into battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - When Barak attacked, the LORD threw Sisera and all his chariots and warriors into a panic. Sisera leaped down from his chariot and escaped on foot.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - “Please give me some water,” he said. “I'm thirsty.” So she gave him some milk from a leather bag and covered him again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - But when Sisera fell asleep from exhaustion, Jael quietly crept up to him with a hammer and tent peg in her hand. Then she drove the tent peg through his temple and into the ground, and so he died.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - When Barak came looking for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. She said, “Come, and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he followed her into the tent and found Sisera lying there dead, with the tent peg through his temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:23 - So on that day Israel saw God defeat Jabin, the Canaanite king.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:2 - “Israel's leaders took charge,
and the people gladly followed.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:9 - My heart is with the commanders of Israel,
with those who volunteered for war.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:12 - “Wake up, Deborah, wake up!
Wake up, wake up, and sing a song!
Arise, Barak!
Lead your captives away, son of Abinoam!
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - Then the LORD turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - “But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 - Gideon hurried home. He cooked a young goat, and with a basket[fn] of flour he baked some bread without yeast. Then, carrying the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out and presented them to the angel, who was under the great tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - The angel of God said to him, “Place the meat and the unleavened bread on this rock, and pour the broth over it.” And Gideon did as he was told.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:22 - When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he cried out, “Oh, Sovereign LORD, I'm doomed! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take the second bull from your father's herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father's altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - Then build an altar to the LORD your God here on this hilltop sanctuary, laying the stones carefully. Sacrifice the bull as a burnt offering on the altar, using as fuel the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:27 - So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had commanded. But he did it at night because he was afraid of the other members of his father's household and the people of the town.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:29 - The people said to each other, “Who did this?” And after asking around and making a careful search, they learned that it was Gideon, the son of Joash.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - “Bring out your son,” the men of the town demanded of Joash. “He must die for destroying the altar of Baal and for cutting down the Asherah pole.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:34 - Then the Spirit of the LORD took possession of Gideon. He blew a ram's horn as a call to arms, and the men of the clan of Abiezer came to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:36 - Then Gideon said to God, “If you are truly going to use me to rescue Israel as you promised,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:37 - prove it to me in this way. I will put a wool fleece on the threshing floor tonight. If the fleece is wet with dew in the morning but the ground is dry, then I will know that you are going to help me rescue Israel as you promised.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:38 - And that is just what happened. When Gideon got up early the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out a whole bowlful of water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Please don't be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Let me use the fleece for one more test. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet with dew.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:40 - So that night God did as Gideon asked. The fleece was dry in the morning, but the ground was covered with dew.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - When Gideon took his warriors down to the water, the LORD told him, “Divide the men into two groups. In one group put all those who cup water in their hands and lap it up with their tongues like dogs. In the other group put all those who kneel down and drink with their mouths in the stream.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7 - The LORD told Gideon, “With these 300 men I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Send all the others home.”
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 7:24 - Gideon also sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down to attack the Midianites. Cut them off at the shallow crossings of the Jordan River at Beth-barah.”
So all the men of Ephraim did as they were told.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - They captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two Midianite commanders, killing Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. And they continued to chase the Midianites. Afterward the Israelites brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3 - God gave you victory over Oreb and Zeeb, the commanders of the Midianite army. What have I accomplished compared to that?” When the men of Ephraim heard Gideon's answer, their anger subsided.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - Gideon then crossed the Jordan River with his 300 men, and though exhausted, they continued to chase the enemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:7 - So Gideon said, “After the LORD gives me victory over Zebah and Zalmunna, I will return and tear your flesh with the thorns and briers from the wilderness.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - So he said to the people of Peniel, “After I return in victory, I will tear down this tower.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - Zebah and Zalmunna, the two Midianite kings, fled, but Gideon chased them down and captured all their warriors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - He also tore down the tower of Peniel and killed all the men in the town.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:21 - Then Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Be a man! Kill us yourself!” So Gideon killed them both and took the royal ornaments from the necks of their camels.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33 - As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping the images of Baal, making Baal-berith their god.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - He went to his father's home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon.[fn] But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - Then all the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo called a meeting under the oak beside the pillar[fn] at Shechem and made Abimelech their king.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - But the grapevine also refused, saying,
‘Should I quit producing the wine
that cheers both God and people,
just to wave back and forth over the trees?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 - Jotham continued, “Now make sure you have acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelech your king, and that you have done right by Gideon and all of his descendants. Have you treated him with the honor he deserves for all he accomplished?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - But today you have revolted against my father and his descendants, killing his seventy sons on one stone. And you have chosen his slave woman's son, Abimelech, to be your king just because he is your relative.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - But if you have not acted in good faith, then may fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo; and may fire come out from the citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo and devour Abimelech!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - God was punishing Abimelech for murdering Gideon's seventy sons, and the citizens of Shechem for supporting him in this treachery of murdering his brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - During the annual harvest festival at Shechem, held in the temple of the local god, the wine flowed freely, and everyone began cursing Abimelech.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:29 - If I were in charge here, I would get rid of Abimelech. I would say[fn] to him, ‘Get some soldiers, and come out and fight!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:33 - In the morning, as soon as it is daylight, attack the city. When Gaal and those who are with him come out against you, you can do with them as you wish.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:36 - When Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, “Look, there are people coming down from the hilltops!”
Zebul replied, “It's just the shadows on the hills that look like men.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - Abimelech returned to Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - he divided his men into three groups and set an ambush in the fields. When Abimelech saw the people coming out of the city, he and his men jumped up from their hiding places and attacked them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - The battle went on all day before Abimelech finally captured the city. He killed the people, leveled the city, and scattered salt all over the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - so he led his forces to Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and chopped some branches from a tree, then put them on his shoulder. “Quick, do as I have done!” he told his men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - He quickly said to his young armor bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me! Don't let it be said that a woman killed Abimelech!” So the young man ran him through with his sword, and he died.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:55 - When Abimelech's men saw that he was dead, they disbanded and returned to their homes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:1 - After Abimelech died, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, was the next person to rescue Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar but lived in the town of Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:2 - He judged Israel for twenty-three years. When he died, he was buried in Shamir.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3 - After Tola died, Jair from Gilead judged Israel for twenty-two years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - Again the Israelites did evil in the LORD's sight. They served the images of Baal and Ashtoreth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia. They abandoned the LORD and no longer served him at all.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - The Ammonites also crossed to the west side of the Jordan and attacked Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim.
The Israelites were in great distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:10 - Finally, they cried out to the LORD for help, saying, “We have sinned against you because we have abandoned you as our God and have served the images of Baal.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - The leaders of Gilead said to each other, “Whoever attacks the Ammonites first will become ruler over all the people of Gilead.”
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 11:2 - Gilead's wife also had several sons, and when these half brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah off the land. “You will not get any of our father's inheritance,” they said, “for you are the son of a prostitute.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3 - So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Soon he had a band of worthless rebels following him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jephthah in the land of Tob. The elders said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14 - Jephthah sent this message back to the Ammonite king:
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 - “Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon, asking for permission to cross through his land to get to their destination.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:20 - But King Sihon didn't trust Israel to pass through his land. Instead, he mobilized his army at Jahaz and attacked them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:21 - But the LORD, the God of Israel, gave his people victory over King Sihon. So Israel took control of all the land of the Amorites, who lived in that region,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:23 - “So you see, it was the LORD, the God of Israel, who took away the land from the Amorites and gave it to Israel. Why, then, should we give it back to you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - “Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Heshbon and its surrounding settlements, all the way to Aroer and its settlements, and in all the towns along the Arnon River. Why have you made no effort to recover it before now?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:29 - At that time the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and from there he led an army against the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter came out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. She was his one and only child; he had no other sons or daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:37 - But first let me do this one thing: Let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39 - When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin.
So it has become a custom in Israel
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - Then the people of Ephraim mobilized an army and crossed over the Jordan River to Zaphon. They sent this message to Jephthah: “Why didn't you call for us to help you fight against the Ammonites? We are going to burn down your house with you in it!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:4 - The people of Ephraim responded, “You men of Gilead are nothing more than fugitives from Ephraim and Manasseh.” So Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and attacked the men of Ephraim and defeated them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:7 - Jephthah judged Israel for six years. When he died, he was buried in one of the towns of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:8 - After Jephthah died, Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:9 - He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He sent his daughters to marry men outside his clan, and he brought in thirty young women from outside his clan to marry his sons. Ibzan judged Israel for seven years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:11 - After Ibzan died, Elon from the tribe of Zebulun judged Israel for ten years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:13 - After Elon died, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:14 - He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and his hair must never be cut. For he will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. He will begin to rescue Israel from the Philistines.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:11 - Manoah ran back with his wife and asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife the other day?”
“Yes,” he replied, “I am.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:15 - Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “Please stay here until we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:17 - Then Manoah asked the angel of the LORD, “What is your name? For when all this comes true, we want to honor you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered it on a rock as a sacrifice to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife watched, the LORD did an amazing thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:20 - As the flames from the altar shot up toward the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the fire. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell with their faces to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3 - His father and mother objected. “Isn't there even one woman in our tribe or among all the Israelites you could marry?” they asked. “Why must you go to the pagan Philistines to find a wife?”
But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She looks good to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - He scooped some of the honey into his hands and ate it along the way. He also gave some to his father and mother, and they ate it. But he didn't tell them he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:15 - On the fourth[fn] day they said to Samson's wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle for us, or we will burn down your father's house with you in it. Did you invite us to this party just to make us poor?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson with their answer:
“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?” Samson replied, “If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have solved my riddle!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:1 - Later on, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a present to his wife. He said, “I'm going into my wife's room to sleep with her,” but her father wouldn't let him in.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:6 - “Who did this?” the Philistines demanded.
“Samson,” was the reply, “because his father-in-law from Timnah gave Samson's wife to be married to his best man.” So the Philistines went and got the woman and her father and burned them to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:9 - The Philistines retaliated by setting up camp in Judah and spreading out near the town of Lehi.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:10 - The men of Judah asked the Philistines, “Why are you attacking us?”
The Philistines replied, “We've come to capture Samson. We've come to pay him back for what he did to us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:17 - When he finished his boasting, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was named Jawbone Hill.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:20 - Samson judged Israel for twenty years during the period when the Philistines dominated the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:13 - Then Delilah said, “You've been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now tell me how you can be tied up securely.”
Samson replied, “If you were to weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on your loom and tighten it with the loom shuttle, I would become as weak as anyone else.”
So while he slept, Delilah wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:14 - Then she tightened it with the loom shuttle.[fn] Again she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson woke up, pulled back the loom shuttle, and yanked his hair away from the loom and the fabric.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - Delilah lulled Samson to sleep with his head in her lap, and then she called in a man to shave off the seven locks of his hair. In this way she began to bring him down,[fn] and his strength left him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 - The Philistine rulers held a great festival, offering sacrifices and praising their god, Dagon. They said, “Our god has given us victory over our enemy Samson!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:24 - When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy to us! The one who killed so many of us is now in our power!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - Half drunk by now, the people demanded, “Bring out Samson so he can amuse us!” So he was brought from the prison to amuse them, and they had him stand between the pillars supporting the roof.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - Samson said to the young servant who was leading him by the hand, “Place my hands against the pillars that hold up the temple. I want to rest against them.”
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 16:30 - he prayed, “Let me die with the Philistines.” And the temple crashed down on the Philistine rulers and all the people. So he killed more people when he died than he had during his entire lifetime.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:31 - Later his brothers and other relatives went down to get his body. They took him back home and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol, where his father, Manoah, was buried. Samson had judged Israel for twenty years.
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 18:15 - Then the five men turned off the road and went over to Micah's house, where the young Levite lived, and greeted him kindly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:24 - “What do you mean, ‘What's the matter?'” Micah replied. “You've taken away all the gods I have made, and my priest, and I have nothing left!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:26 - So the men of Dan continued on their way. When Micah saw that there were too many of them for him to attack, he turned around and went home.
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 19:2 - But she became angry with him[fn] and returned to her father's home in Bethlehem.
After about four months,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:5 - On the fourth day the man was up early, ready to leave, but the woman's father said to his son-in-law, “Have something to eat before you go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6 - So the two men sat down together and had something to eat and drink. Then the woman's father said, “Please stay another night and enjoy yourself.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - It was late in the day when they neared Jebus, and the man's servant said to him, “Let's stop at this Jebusite town and spend the night there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:15 - so they stopped there to spend the night. They rested in the town square, but no one took them in for the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - When he saw the travelers sitting in the town square, he asked them where they were from and where they were going.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - “We have been in Bethlehem in Judah,” the man replied. “We are on our way to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim, which is my home. I traveled to Bethlehem, and now I'm returning home.[fn] But no one has taken us in for the night,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:22 - While they were enjoying themselves, a crowd of troublemakers from the town surrounded the house. They began beating at the door and shouting to the old man, “Bring out the man who is staying with you so we can have sex with him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - The old man stepped outside to talk to them. “No, my brothers, don't do such an evil thing. For this man is a guest in my house, and such a thing would be shameful.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But they wouldn't listen to him. So the Levite took hold of his concubine and pushed her out the door. The men of the town abused her all night, taking turns raping her until morning. Finally, at dawn they let her go.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:28 - He said, “Get up! Let's go!” But there was no answer.[fn] So he put her body on his donkey and took her home.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he got home, he took a knife and cut his concubine's body into twelve pieces. Then he sent one piece to each tribe throughout all the territory of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:8 - And all the people rose to their feet in unison and declared, “None of us will return home! No, not even one of us!
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:30 - They went out on the third day and took their positions at the same place as before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:35 - So the LORD helped Israel defeat Benjamin, and that day the Israelites killed 25,100 of Benjamin's warriors, all of whom were experienced swordsmen.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But when the warriors of Benjamin looked behind them and saw the smoke rising into the sky from every part of the town,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - The Israelites surrounded the men of Benjamin and chased them relentlessly, finally overtaking them east of Gibeah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - So the assembly sent 12,000 of their best warriors to Jabesh-gilead with orders to kill everyone there, including women and children.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:13 - The Israelite assembly sent a peace delegation to the remaining people of Benjamin who were living at the rock of Rimmon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - And when their fathers and brothers come to us in protest, we will tell them, ‘Please be sympathetic. Let them have your daughters, for we didn't find wives for all of them when we destroyed Jabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty of breaking the vow since you did not actually give your daughters to them in marriage.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - So the men of Benjamin did as they were told. Each man caught one of the women as she danced in the celebration and carried her off to be his wife. They returned to their own land, and they rebuilt their towns and lived in them.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6 - Then Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:10 - “No,” they said. “We want to go with you to your people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:9 - See which part of the field they are harvesting, and then follow them. I have warned the young men not to treat you roughly. And when you are thirsty, help yourself to the water they have drawn from the well.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11 - “Yes, I know,” Boaz replied. “But I also know about everything you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband. I have heard how you left your father and mother and your own land to live here among complete strangers.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:14 - At mealtime Boaz called to her, “Come over here, and help yourself to some food. You can dip your bread in the sour wine.” So she sat with his harvesters, and Boaz gave her some roasted grain to eat. She ate all she wanted and still had some left over.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:21 - Then Ruth[fn] said, “What's more, Boaz even told me to come back and stay with his harvesters until the entire harvest is completed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - So Ruth worked alongside the women in Boaz's fields and gathered grain with them until the end of the barley harvest. Then she continued working with them through the wheat harvest in early summer. And all the while she lived with her mother-in-law.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he's been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:3 - Now do as I tell you—take a bath and put on perfume and dress in your nicest clothes. Then go to the threshing floor, but don't let Boaz see you until he has finished eating and drinking.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:4 - Be sure to notice where he lies down; then go and uncover his feet and lie down there. He will tell you what to do.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:6 - So she went down to the threshing floor that night and followed the instructions of her mother-in-law.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - So Ruth lay at Boaz's feet until the morning, but she got up before it was light enough for people to recognize each other. For Boaz had said, “No one must know that a woman was here at the threshing floor.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:5 - Then Boaz told him, “Of course, your purchase of the land from Naomi also requires that you marry Ruth, the Moabite widow. That way she can have children who will carry on her husband's name and keep the land in the family.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - Then the elders and all the people standing in the gate replied, “We are witnesses! May the LORD make this woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:14 - Then the women of the town said to Naomi, “Praise the LORD, who has now provided a redeemer for your family! May this child be famous in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:16 - Naomi took the baby and cuddled him to her breast. And she cared for him as if he were her own.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:18 - This is the genealogical record of their ancestor Perez:
Perez was the father of Hezron.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:19 - Hezron was the father of Ram.
Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:20 - Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.
Nahshon was the father of Salmon.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:21 - Salmon was the father of Boaz.
Boaz was the father of Obed.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:22 - Obed was the father of Jesse.
Jesse was the father of David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - “Must you come here drunk?” he demanded. “Throw away your wine!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:19 - The entire family got up early the next morning and went to worship the LORD once more. Then they returned home to Ramah. When Elkanah slept with Hannah, the LORD remembered her plea,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - “Whatever you think is best,” Elkanah agreed. “Stay here for now, and may the LORD help you keep your promise.” So she stayed home and nursed the boy until he was weaned.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - After sacrificing the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - Those who fight against the LORD will be shattered.
He thunders against them from heaven;
the LORD judges throughout the earth.
He gives power to his king;
he increases the strength[fn] of his anointed one.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:12 - Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the LORD
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:14 - the servant would stick the fork into the pot and demand that whatever it brought up be given to Eli's sons. All the Israelites who came to worship at Shiloh were treated this way.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:20 - Before they returned home, Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the LORD give you other children to take the place of this one she gave to the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - I chose your ancestor Aaron[fn] from among all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear the priestly vest[fn] as he served me. And I assigned the sacrificial offerings to you priests.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:12 - I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God[fn] and he hasn't disciplined them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - When the messenger mentioned what had happened to the Ark of God, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and overweight. He had been Israel's judge for forty years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3 - But when the citizens of Ashdod went to see it the next morning, Dagon had fallen with his face to the ground in front of the Ark of the LORD! So they took Dagon and put him in his place again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - So they sent the Ark of God to the town of Ekron, but when the people of Ekron saw it coming they cried out, “They are bringing the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us, too!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - The people summoned the Philistine rulers again and begged them, “Please send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its own country, or it[fn] will kill us all.” For the deadly plague from God had already begun, and great fear was sweeping across the town.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:12 - Those who didn't die were afflicted with tumors; and the cry from the town rose to heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:2 - Then the Philistines called in their priests and diviners and asked them, “What should we do about the Ark of the LORD? Tell us how to return it to its own country.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:14 - The cart came into the field of a man named Joshua and stopped beside a large rock. So the people broke up the wood of the cart for a fire and killed the cows and sacrificed them to the LORD as a burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:1 - So the men of Kiriath-jearim came to get the Ark of the LORD. They took it to the hillside home of Abinadab and ordained Eleazar, his son, to be in charge of it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:15 - Samuel continued as Israel's judge for the rest of his life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:16 - Each year he traveled around, setting up his court first at Bethel, then at Gilgal, and then at Mizpah. He judged the people of Israel at each of these places.
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 8:10 - So Samuel passed on the LORD's warning to the people who were asking him for a king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:20 - “We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:3 - One day Kish's donkeys strayed away, and he told Saul, “Take a servant with you, and go look for the donkeys.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:9 - (In those days if people wanted a message from God, they would say, “Let's go and ask the seer,” for prophets used to be called seers.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16 - “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him to be the leader of my people, Israel. He will rescue them from the Philistines, for I have looked down on my people in mercy and have heard their cry.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:17 - When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said, “That's the man I told you about! He will rule my people.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22 - Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the hall and placed them at the head of the table, honoring them above the thirty special guests.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - At daybreak the next morning, Samuel called to Saul, “Get up! It's time you were on your way.” So Saul got ready, and he and Samuel left the house together.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 - Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it over Saul's head. He kissed Saul and said, “I am doing this because the LORD has appointed you to be the ruler over Israel, his special possession.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - “When you get to the oak of Tabor, you will see three men coming toward you who are on their way to worship God at Bethel. One will be bringing three young goats, another will have three loaves of bread, and the third will be carrying a wineskin full of wine.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “When you arrive at Gibeah of God,[fn] where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the place of worship. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, they saw a group of prophets coming toward them. Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:11 - When those who knew Saul heard about it, they exclaimed, “What? Is even Saul a prophet? How did the son of Kish become a prophet?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:13 - When Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the place of worship.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:16 - “He told us that the donkeys had already been found,” Saul replied. But Saul didn't tell his uncle what Samuel said about the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - But though I have rescued you from your misery and distress, you have rejected your God today and have said, ‘No, we want a king instead!' Now, therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by tribes and clans.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23 - So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:24 - Then Samuel said to all the people, “This is the man the LORD has chosen as your king. No one in all Israel is like him!”
And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:25 - Then Samuel told the people what the rights and duties of a king were. He wrote them down on a scroll and placed it before the LORD. Then Samuel sent the people home again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:26 - When Saul returned to his home at Gibeah, a group of men whose hearts God had touched went with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - About a month later,[fn] King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the Israelite town of Jabesh-gilead. But all the citizens of Jabesh asked for peace. “Make a treaty with us, and we will be your servants,” they pleaded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - He took two oxen and cut them into pieces and sent the messengers to carry them throughout Israel with this message: “This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who refuses to follow Saul and Samuel into battle!” And the LORD made the people afraid of Saul's anger, and all of them came out together as one.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:10 - The men of Jabesh then told their enemies, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you can do to us whatever you wish.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - But before dawn the next morning, Saul arrived, having divided his army into three detachments. He launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites and slaughtered them the whole morning. The remnant of their army was so badly scattered that no two of them were left together.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:14 - Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us all go to Gilgal to renew the kingdom.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:15 - So they all went to Gilgal, and in a solemn ceremony before the LORD they made Saul king. Then they offered peace offerings to the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites were filled with joy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:5 - “The LORD and his anointed one are my witnesses today,” Samuel declared, “that my hands are clean.”
“Yes, he is a witness,” they replied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:6 - “It was the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron,” Samuel continued. “He brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:8 - “When the Israelites were[fn] in Egypt and cried out to the LORD, he sent Moses and Aaron to rescue them from Egypt and to bring them into this land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - “Then they cried to the LORD again and confessed, ‘We have sinned by turning away from the LORD and worshiping the images of Baal and Ashtoreth. But we will worship you and you alone if you will rescue us from our enemies.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:11 - Then the LORD sent Gideon,[fn] Bedan,[fn] Jephthah, and Samuel[fn] to save you, and you lived in safety.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - “Now if you fear and worship the LORD and listen to his voice, and if you do not rebel against the LORD's commands, then both you and your king will show that you recognize the LORD as your God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:15 - But if you rebel against the LORD's commands and refuse to listen to him, then his hand will be as heavy upon you as it was upon your ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:18 - So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people were terrified of the LORD and of Samuel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - “Don't be afraid,” Samuel reassured them. “You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the LORD with all your heart, and don't turn your back on him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - The LORD will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the LORD to make you his very own people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:24 - But be sure to fear the LORD and faithfully serve him. Think of all the wonderful things he has done for you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3 - Soon after this, Jonathan attacked and defeated the garrison of Philistines at Geba. The news spread quickly among the Philistines. So Saul blew the ram's horn throughout the land, saying, “Hebrews, hear this! Rise up in revolt!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:4 - All Israel heard the news that Saul had destroyed the Philistine garrison at Geba and that the Philistines now hated the Israelites more than ever. So the entire Israelite army was summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
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 13:14 - But now your kingdom must end, for the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart. The LORD has already appointed him to be the leader of his people, because you have not kept the LORD's command.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:15 - Samuel then left Gilgal and went on his way, but the rest of the troops went with Saul to meet the army. They went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.[fn] When Saul counted the men who were still with him, he found only 600 were left!
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 14:12 - Then the men from the outpost shouted to Jonathan, “Come on up here, and we'll teach you a lesson!”
“Come on, climb right behind me,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “for the LORD will help us defeat them!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:19 - But while Saul was talking to the priest, the confusion in the Philistine camp grew louder and louder. So Saul said to the priest, “Never mind; let's get going!”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:20 - Then Saul and all his men rushed out to the battle and found the Philistines killing each other. There was terrible confusion everywhere.
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 14:24 - Now the men of Israel were pressed to exhaustion that day, because Saul had placed them under an oath, saying, “Let a curse fall on anyone who eats before evening—before I have full revenge on my enemies.” So no one ate anything all day,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - They didn't dare touch the honey because they all feared the oath they had taken.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - But Jonathan had not heard his father's command, and he dipped the end of his stick into a piece of honeycomb and ate the honey. After he had eaten it, he felt refreshed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - But one of the men saw him and said, “Your father made the army take a strict oath that anyone who eats food today will be cursed. That is why everyone is weary and faint.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - Then go out among the troops and tell them, ‘Bring the cattle, sheep, and goats here to me. Kill them here, and drain the blood before you eat them. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.'”
So that night all the troops brought their animals and slaughtered them there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - Then Saul said, “Let's chase the Philistines all night and plunder them until sunrise. Let's destroy every last one of them.”
His men replied, “We'll do whatever you think is best.”
But the priest said, “Let's ask God first.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:37 - So Saul asked God, “Should we go after the Philistines? Will you help us defeat them?” But God made no reply that day.
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 14:46 - Then Saul called back the army from chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines returned home.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - Now when Saul had secured his grasp on Israel's throne, he fought against his enemies in every direction—against Moab, Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. And wherever he turned, he was victorious.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:48 - He performed great deeds and conquered the Amalekites, saving Israel from all those who had plundered them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and completely destroy[fn] the entire Amalekite nation—men, women, children, babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:4 - So Saul mobilized his army at Telaim. There were 200,000 soldiers from Israel and 10,000 men from Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - Saul sent this warning to the Kenites: “Move away from where the Amalekites live, or you will die with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites packed up and left.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:7 - Then Saul slaughtered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - He captured Agag, the Amalekite king, but completely destroyed everyone else.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - Saul and his men spared Agag's life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them. They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:11 - “I am sorry that I ever made Saul king, for he has not been loyal to me and has refused to obey my command.” Samuel was so deeply moved when he heard this that he cried out to the LORD all night.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18 - And the LORD sent you on a mission and told you, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 - “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul insisted. “I carried out the mission he gave me. I brought back King Agag, but I destroyed everyone else.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:24 - Then Saul admitted to Samuel, “Yes, I have sinned. I have disobeyed your instructions and the LORD's command, for I was afraid of the people and did what they demanded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:26 - But Samuel replied, “I will not go back with you! Since you have rejected the LORD's command, he has rejected you as king of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then Samuel said, “Bring King Agag to me.” Agag arrived full of hope, for he thought, “Surely the worst is over, and I have been spared!”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - But Samuel said, “As your sword has killed the sons of many mothers, now your mother will be childless.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:34 - Then Samuel went home to Ramah, and Saul returned to his house at Gibeah of Saul.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - Samuel never went to meet with Saul again, but he mourned constantly for him. And the LORD was sorry he had ever made Saul king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:3 - Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you which of his sons to anoint for me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 - “Yes,” Samuel replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Purify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then Samuel performed the purification rite for Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice, too.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:6 - When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this is the LORD's anointed!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:8 - Then Jesse told his son Abinadab to step forward and walk in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, “This is not the one the LORD has chosen.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:9 - Next Jesse summoned Shimea,[fn] but Samuel said, “Neither is this the one the LORD has chosen.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:12 - So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes.
And the LORD said, “This is the one; anoint him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 - So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:33 - “Don't be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There's no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You're only a boy, and he's been a man of war since his youth.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - I have done this to both lions and bears, and I'll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - Then Saul gave David his own armor—a bronze helmet and a coat of mail.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - David put it on, strapped the sword over it, and took a step or two to see what it was like, for he had never worn such things before.
“I can't go in these,” he protested to Saul. “I'm not used to them.” So David took them off again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:40 - He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd's bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd's staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42 - sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - “Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Heaven's Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:49 - Reaching into his shepherd's bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:9 - So from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16 - But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was so successful at leading his troops into battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20 - In the meantime, Saul's daughter Michal had fallen in love with David, and Saul was delighted when he heard about it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:1 - Saul now urged his servants and his son Jonathan to assassinate David. But Jonathan, because of his strong affection for David,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:3 - I'll ask my father to go out there with me, and I'll talk to him about you. Then I'll tell you everything I can find out.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - The next morning Jonathan spoke with his father about David, saying many good things about him. “The king must not sin against his servant David,” Jonathan said. “He's never done anything to harm you. He has always helped you in any way he could.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5 - Have you forgotten about the time he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the LORD brought a great victory to all Israel as a result? You were certainly happy about it then. Why should you murder an innocent man like David? There is no reason for it at all!”
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 19:10 - Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:12 - So she helped him climb out through a window, and he fled and escaped.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:14 - When the troops came to arrest David, she told them he was sick and couldn't get out of bed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15 - But Saul sent the troops back to get David. He ordered, “Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:17 - “Why have you betrayed me like this and let my enemy escape?” Saul demanded of Michal.
“I had to,” Michal replied. “He threatened to kill me if I didn't help him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20 - he sent troops to capture him. But when they arrived and saw Samuel leading a group of prophets who were prophesying, the Spirit of God came upon Saul's men, and they also began to prophesy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8 - Show me this loyalty as my sworn friend—for we made a solemn pact before the LORD—or kill me yourself if I have sinned against your father. But please don't betray me to him!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:12 - Then Jonathan told David, “I promise by the LORD, the God of Israel, that by this time tomorrow, or the next day at the latest, I will talk to my father and let you know at once how he feels about you. If he speaks favorably about you, I will let you know.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:19 - The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid before, and wait there by the stone pile.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:25 - He sat at his usual place against the wall, with Jonathan sitting opposite him[fn] and Abner beside him. But David's place was empty.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - But when David's place was empty again the next day, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why hasn't the son of Jesse been here for the meal either yesterday or today?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - As long as that son of Jesse is alive, you'll never be king. Now go and get him so I can kill him!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan, intending to kill him. So at last Jonathan realized that his father was really determined to kill David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Jonathan left the table in fierce anger and refused to eat on that second day of the festival, for he was crushed by his father's shameful behavior toward David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - Hurry, hurry, don't wait.” So the boy quickly gathered up the arrows and ran back to his master.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - As soon as the boy was gone, David came out from where he had been hiding near the stone pile.[fn] Then David bowed three times to Jonathan with his face to the ground. Both of them were in tears as they embraced each other and said good-bye, especially David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1 - [fn]David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw him. “Why are you alone?” he asked. “Why is no one with you?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:13 - So he pretended to be insane, scratching on doors and drooling down his beard.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - Is that why you have conspired against me? For not one of you told me when my own son made a solemn pact with the son of Jesse. You're not even sorry for me. Think of it! My own son—encouraging him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul's men, spoke up. “When I was at Nob,” he said, “I saw the son of Jesse talking to the priest, Ahimelech son of Ahitub.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11 - King Saul immediately sent for Ahimelech and all his family, who served as priests at Nob.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - This was certainly not the first time I had consulted God for him! May the king not accuse me and my family in this matter, for I knew nothing at all of any plot against you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:8 - So Saul mobilized his entire army to march to Keilah and besiege David and his men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:9 - But David learned of Saul's plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the LORD what he should do.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:15 - One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19 - But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. “We know where David is hiding,” they said. “He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:22 - Go and check again to be sure of where he is staying and who has seen him there, for I know that he is very crafty.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2 - So Saul chose 3,000 elite troops from all Israel and went to search for David and his men near the rocks of the wild goats.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:4 - “Now's your opportunity!” David's men whispered to him. “Today the LORD is telling you, ‘I will certainly put your enemy into your power, to do with as you wish.'” So David crept forward and cut off a piece of the hem of Saul's robe.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:7 - So David restrained his men and did not let them kill Saul.
After Saul had left the cave and gone on his way,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:19 - Who else would let his enemy get away when he had him in his power? May the LORD reward you well for the kindness you have shown me today.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:22 - So David promised this to Saul with an oath. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went back to their stronghold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I've slaughtered for my shearers and give it to a band of outlaws who come from who knows where?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - Meanwhile, one of Nabal's servants went to Abigail and told her, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed insults at them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:17 - You need to know this and figure out what to do, for there is going to be trouble for our master and his whole family. He's so ill-tempered that no one can even talk to him!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed low before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - I know Nabal is a wicked and ill-tempered man; please don't pay any attention to him. He is a fool, just as his name suggests.[fn] But I never even saw the young men you sent.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:38 - About ten days later, the LORD struck him, and he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the LORD, who has avenged the insult I received from Nabal and has kept me from doing it myself. Nabal has received the punishment for his sin.” Then David sent messengers to Abigail to ask her to become his wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:1 - Now some men from Ziph came to Saul at Gibeah to tell him, “David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah, which overlooks Jeshimon.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2 - So Saul took 3,000 of Israel's elite troops and went to hunt him down in the wilderness of Ziph.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - David slipped over to Saul's camp one night to look around. Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were sleeping inside a ring formed by the slumbering warriors.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6 - “Who will volunteer to go in there with me?” David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother.
“I'll go with you,” Abishai replied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abishai went right into Saul's camp and found him asleep, with his spear stuck in the ground beside his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying asleep around him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - “God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!” Abishai whispered to David. “Let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won't need to strike twice!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - The LORD forbid that I should kill the one he has anointed! But take his spear and that jug of water beside his head, and then let's get out of here!”
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 26:14 - Then he shouted down to the soldiers and to Abner son of Ner, “Wake up, Abner!”
“Who is it?” Abner demanded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - “Well, Abner, you're a great man, aren't you?” David taunted. “Where in all Israel is there anyone as mighty? So why haven't you guarded your master the king when someone came to kill him?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - This isn't good at all! I swear by the LORD that you and your men deserve to die, because you failed to protect your master, the LORD's anointed! Look around! Where are the king's spear and the jug of water that were beside his head?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:25 - And Saul said to David, “Blessings on you, my son David. You will do many heroic deeds, and you will surely succeed.” Then David went away, and Saul returned home.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:8 - David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites—people who had lived near Shur, toward the land of Egypt, since ancient times.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - Achish believed David and thought to himself, “By now the people of Israel must hate him bitterly. Now he will have to stay here and serve me forever!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:11 - Finally, the woman said, “Well, whose spirit do you want me to call up?”
“Call up Samuel,” Saul replied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:12 - When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed, “You've deceived me! You are Saul!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:19 - What's more, the LORD will hand you and the army of Israel over to the Philistines tomorrow, and you and your sons will be here with me. The LORD will bring down the entire army of Israel in defeat.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - But Saul refused to eat anything. Then his advisers joined the woman in urging him to eat, so he finally yielded and got up from the ground and sat on the couch.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - But the Philistine commanders were angry. “Send him back to the town you've given him!” they demanded. “He can't go into the battle with us. What if he turns against us in battle and becomes our adversary? Is there any better way for him to reconcile himself with his master than by handing our heads over to him?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - So Achish finally summoned David and said to him, “I swear by the LORD that you have been a trustworthy ally. I think you should go with me into battle, for I've never found a single flaw in you from the day you arrived until today. But the other Philistine rulers won't hear of it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10 - Now get up early in the morning, and leave with your men as soon as it gets light.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:1 - Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7 - Then he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring me the ephod!” So Abiathar brought it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:23 - But David said, “No, my brothers! Don't be selfish with what the LORD has given us. He has kept us safe and helped us defeat the band of raiders that attacked us.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:2 - The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons, and they killed three of his sons—Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malkishua.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to run me through and taunt and torture me.”
But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8 - The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons on Mount Gilboa.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:1 - After the death of Saul, David returned from his victory over the Amalekites and spent two days in Ziklag.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - “So I killed him,” the Amalekite told David, “for I knew he couldn't live. Then I took his crown and his armband, and I have brought them here to you, my lord.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - They mourned and wept and fasted all day for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the LORD's army and the nation of Israel, because they had died by the sword that day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14 - “Why were you not afraid to kill the LORD's anointed one?” David asked.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:16 - “You have condemned yourself,” David said, “for you yourself confessed that you killed the LORD's anointed one.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:17 - Then David composed a funeral song for Saul and Jonathan,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24 - O women of Israel, weep for Saul,
for he dressed you in luxurious scarlet clothing,
in garments decorated with gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - Then the men of Judah came to David and anointed him king over the people of Judah.
When David heard that the men of Jabesh-gilead had buried Saul,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - he sent them this message: “May the LORD bless you for being so loyal to your master Saul and giving him a decent burial.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul's army, had already gone to Mahanaim with Saul's son Ishbosheth.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9 - There he proclaimed Ishbosheth king over Gilead, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, the land of the Ashurites, and all the rest of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he became king, and he ruled from Mahanaim for two years. Meanwhile, the people of Judah remained loyal to David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:11 - David made Hebron his capital, and he ruled as king of Judah for seven and a half years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - Again Abner shouted to him, “Get away from here! I don't want to kill you. How could I ever face your brother Joab again?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - All that night Abner and his men retreated through the Jordan Valley.[fn] They crossed the Jordan River, traveling all through the morning,[fn] and didn't stop until they arrived at Mahanaim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - Meanwhile, Joab and his men also returned home. When Joab counted his casualties, he discovered that only 19 men were missing in addition to Asahel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - Joab and his men took Asahel's body to Bethlehem and buried him there in his father's tomb. Then they traveled all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.
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 3:8 - Abner was furious. “Am I some Judean dog to be kicked around like this?” he shouted. “After all I have done for your father, Saul, and his family and friends by not handing you over to David, is this my reward—that you find fault with me about this woman?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - I'm going to take Saul's kingdom and give it to David. I will establish the throne of David over Israel as well as Judah, all the way from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south.”
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 3:17 - Meanwhile, Abner had consulted with the elders of Israel. “For some time now,” he told them, “you have wanted to make David your king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18 - Now is the time! For the LORD has said, ‘I have chosen David to save my people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and from all their other enemies.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - Then Abner said to David, “Let me go and call an assembly of all Israel to support my lord the king. They will make a covenant with you to make you their king, and you will rule over everything your heart desires.” So David sent Abner safely on his way.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24 - Joab rushed to the king and demanded, “What have you done? What do you mean by letting Abner get away?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - Joab and his family are the guilty ones. May the family of Joab be cursed in every generation with a man who has open sores or leprosy[fn] or who walks on crutches[fn] or dies by the sword or begs for food!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because Abner had killed their brother Asahel at the battle of Gibeon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - Then David said to Joab and all those who were with him, “Tear your clothes and put on burlap. Mourn for Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the procession to the grave.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king and all the people wept at his graveside.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - Then the king sang this funeral song for Abner:
“Should Abner have died as fools die?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - David had refused to eat anything on the day of the funeral, and now everyone begged him to eat. But David had made a vow, saying, “May God strike me and even kill me if I eat anything before sundown.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So everyone in Judah and all Israel understood that David was not responsible for Abner's murder.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - They went into the house and found Ishbosheth sleeping on his bed. They struck and killed him and cut off his head. Then, taking his head with them, they fled across the Jordan Valley[fn] through the night.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - When they arrived at Hebron, they presented Ishbosheth's head to David. “Look!” they exclaimed to the king. “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul who tried to kill you. Today the LORD has given my lord the king revenge on Saul and his entire family!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - In the past,[fn] when Saul was our king, you were the one who really led the forces of Israel. And the LORD told you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people Israel. You will be Israel's leader.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:3 - So there at Hebron, King David made a covenant before the LORD with all the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - He had reigned over Judah from Hebron for seven years and six months, and from Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - David then led his men to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land who were living there. The Jebusites taunted David, saying, “You'll never get in here! Even the blind and lame could keep you out!” For the Jebusites thought they were safe.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:9 - So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. He extended the city, starting at the supporting terraces[fn] and working inward.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - And David realized that the LORD had confirmed him as king over Israel and had blessed his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:17 - When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he went into the stronghold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - David was now afraid of the LORD, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of the LORD back into my care?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:11 - The Ark of the LORD remained there in Obed-edom's house for three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and his entire household.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - Then King David was told, “The LORD has blessed Obed-edom's household and everything he has because of the Ark of God.” So David went there and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with a great celebration.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 - But as the Ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she was filled with contempt for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:17 - They brought the Ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the special tent David had prepared for it. And David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:18 - When he had finished his sacrifices, David blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - Then he gave to every Israelite man and woman in the crowd a loaf of bread, a cake of dates,[fn] and a cake of raisins. Then all the people returned to their homes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - When David returned home to bless his own family, Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet him. She said in disgust, “How distinguished the king of Israel looked today, shamelessly exposing himself to the servant girls like any vulgar person might do!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - David retorted to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me above your father and all his family! He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the LORD, so I celebrate before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - the king summoned Nathan the prophet. “Look,” David said, “I am living in a beautiful cedar palace,[fn] but the Ark of God is out there in a tent!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:3 - Nathan replied to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:5 - “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained to Israel's tribal leaders, the shepherds of my people Israel. I have never asked them, “Why haven't you built me a beautiful cedar house?”'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:11 - starting from the time I appointed judges to rule my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. “‘Furthermore, the LORD declares that he will make a house for you—a dynasty of kings!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:13 - He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:16 - Your house and your kingdom will continue before me[fn] for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:20 - “What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:21 - Because of your promise and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known to your servant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24 - You made Israel your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:29 - And now, may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you have spoken, and when you grant a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign LORD, it is an eternal blessing!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 - David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:6 - Then he placed several army garrisons in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David's subjects and paid him tribute money. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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 8:14 - He placed army garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. In fact, the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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 9:3 - The king then asked him, “Is anyone still alive from Saul's family? If so, I want to show God's kindness to them.”
Ziba replied, “Yes, one of Jonathan's sons is still alive. He is crippled in both feet.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:4 - “Where is he?” the king asked.
“In Lo-debar,” Ziba told him, “at the home of Makir son of Ammiel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - His name was Mephibosheth[fn]; he was Jonathan's son and Saul's grandson. When he came to David, he bowed low to the ground in deep respect. David said, “Greetings, Mephibosheth.”
Mephibosheth replied, “I am your servant.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - “Don't be afraid!” David said. “I intend to show kindness to you because of my promise to your father, Jonathan. I will give you all the property that once belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will eat here with me at the king's table!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - Mephibosheth bowed respectfully and exclaimed, “Who is your servant, that you should show such kindness to a dead dog like me?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:11 - Ziba replied, “Yes, my lord the king; I am your servant, and I will do all that you have commanded.” And from that time on, Mephibosheth ate regularly at David's table,[fn] like one of the king's own sons.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, their master, “Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the city so they can come in and conquer it!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 - When the people of Ammon realized how seriously they had angered David, they sent and hired 20,000 Aramean foot soldiers from the lands of Beth-rehob and Zobah, 1,000 from the king of Maacah, and 12,000 from the land of Tob.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:7 - When David heard about this, he sent Joab and all his warriors to fight them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:17 - When David heard what was happening, he mobilized all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and led the army to Helam. The Arameans positioned themselves in battle formation and fought against David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18 - But again the Arameans fled from the Israelites. This time David's forces killed 700 charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers,[fn] including Shobach, the commander of their army.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - In the spring of the year,[fn] when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:4 - Then David sent messengers to get her; and when she came to the palace, he slept with her. She had just completed the purification rites after having her menstrual period. Then she returned home.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:6 - Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - Then he told Uriah, “Go on home and relax.[fn]” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:9 - But Uriah didn't go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king's palace guard.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:10 - When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he summoned him and asked, “What's the matter? Why didn't you go home last night after being away for so long?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - Uriah replied, “The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents,[fn] and Joab and my master's men are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would never do such a thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn't get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance with the king's palace guard.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - The letter instructed Joab, “Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:16 - So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy's strongest men were fighting.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:19 - He told his messenger, “Report all the news of the battle to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:21 - Wasn't Abimelech son of Gideon[fn] killed at Thebez by a woman who threw a millstone down on him from the wall? Why would you get so close to the wall?' Then tell him, ‘Uriah the Hittite was killed, too.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:22 - So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23 - “The enemy came out against us in the open fields,” he said. “And as we chased them back to the city gate,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - “Well, tell Joab not to be discouraged,” David said. “The sword devours this one today and that one tomorrow! Fight harder next time, and conquer the city!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:26 - When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:27 - When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. But the LORD was displeased with what David had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1 - So the LORD sent Nathan the prophet to tell David this story: “There were two men in a certain town. One was rich, and one was poor.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - I gave you your master's house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:15 - After Nathan returned to his home, the LORD sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah's wife.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions,[fn] and changed his clothes. He went to the Tabernacle and worshiped the LORD. After that, he returned to the palace and was served food and ate.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:29 - So David gathered the rest of the army and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it.
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 12:31 - He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with[fn] saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to work in the brick kilns.[fn] That is how he dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. And when the king came to see him, Amnon asked him, “Please let my sister Tamar come and cook my favorite dish[fn] as I watch. Then I can eat it from her own hands.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:7 - So David agreed and sent Tamar to Amnon's house to prepare some food for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:8 - When Tamar arrived at Amnon's house, she went to the place where he was lying down so he could watch her mix some dough. Then she baked his favorite dish for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10 - Then he said to Tamar, “Now bring the food into my bedroom and feed it to me here.” So Tamar took his favorite dish to him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - Where could I go in my shame? And you would be called one of the greatest fools in Israel. Please, just speak to the king about it, and he will let you marry me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:17 - He shouted for his servant and demanded, “Throw this woman out, and lock the door behind her!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - But now Tamar tore her robe and put ashes on her head. And then, with her face in her hands, she went away crying.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - And though Absalom never spoke to Amnon about this, he hated Amnon deeply because of what he had done to his sister.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:24 - He went to the king and said, “My sheep-shearers are now at work. Would the king and his servants please come to celebrate the occasion with me?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:27 - But Absalom kept on pressing the king until he finally agreed to let all his sons attend, including Amnon. So Absalom prepared a feast fit for a king.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:28 - Absalom told his men, “Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don't be afraid. I'm the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:35 - “Look!” Jonadab told the king. “There they are now! The king's sons are coming, just as I said.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - And David mourned many days for his son Amnon.
Absalom fled to his grandfather, Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:3 - Then go to the king and tell him the story I am about to tell you.” Then Joab told her what to say.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:4 - When the woman from Tekoa approached the king, she bowed with her face to the ground in deep respect and cried out, “O king! Help me!”
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 14:7 - Now the rest of the family is demanding, ‘Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn't deserve to inherit his family's property.' They want to extinguish the only coal I have left, and my husband's name and family will disappear from the face of the earth.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:8 - “Leave it to me,” the king told her. “Go home, and I'll see to it that no one touches him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:9 - “Oh, thank you, my lord the king,” the woman from Tekoa replied. “If you are criticized for helping me, let the blame fall on me and on my father's house, and let the king and his throne be innocent.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “Please swear to me by the LORD your God that you won't let anyone take vengeance against my son. I want no more bloodshed.”
“As surely as the LORD lives,” he replied, “not a hair on your son's head will be disturbed!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 - “Please allow me to ask one more thing of my lord the king,” she said.
“Go ahead and speak,” he responded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:13 - She replied, “Why don't you do as much for the people of God as you have promised to do for me? You have convicted yourself in making this decision, because you have refused to bring home your own banished son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “I have come to plead with my lord the king because people have threatened me. I said to myself, ‘Perhaps the king will listen to me
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - and rescue us from those who would cut us off from the inheritance[fn] God has given us.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - He did it to place the matter before you in a different light. But you are as wise as an angel of God, and you understand everything that happens among us!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:21 - So the king sent for Joab and told him, “All right, go and bring back the young man Absalom.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:22 - Joab bowed with his face to the ground in deep respect and said, “At last I know that I have gained your approval, my lord the king, for you have granted me this request!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:23 - Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:24 - But the king gave this order: “Absalom may go to his own house, but he must never come into my presence.” So Absalom did not see the king.
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 14:29 - Then Absalom sent for Joab to ask him to intercede for him, but Joab refused to come. Absalom sent for him a second time, but again Joab refused to come.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:31 - Then Joab came to Absalom at his house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
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 14:33 - So Joab told the king what Absalom had said. Then at last David summoned Absalom, who came and bowed low before the king, and the king kissed him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - He got up early every morning and went out to the gate of the city. When people brought a case to the king for judgment, Absalom would ask where in Israel they were from, and they would tell him their tribe.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:6 - Absalom did this with everyone who came to the king for judgment, and so he stole the hearts of all the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:7 - After four years,[fn] Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron to offer a sacrifice to the LORD and fulfill a vow I made to him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel, one of David's counselors who lived in Giloh. Soon many others also joined Absalom, and the conspiracy gained momentum.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:15 - “We are with you,” his advisers replied. “Do what you think is best.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:16 - So the king and all his household set out at once. He left no one behind except ten of his concubines to look after the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:19 - Then the king turned and said to Ittai, a leader of the men from Gath, “Why are you coming with us? Go on back to King Absalom, for you are a guest in Israel, a foreigner in exile.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - You arrived only recently, and should I force you today to wander with us? I don't even know where we will go. Go on back and take your kinsmen with you, and may the LORD show you his unfailing love and faithfulness.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:21 - But Ittai said to the king, “I vow by the LORD and by your own life that I will go wherever my lord the king goes, no matter what happens—whether it means life or death.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:23 - Everyone cried loudly as the king and his followers passed by. They crossed the Kidron Valley and then went out toward the wilderness.
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 16:3 - “And where is Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson?” the king asked him.
“He stayed in Jerusalem,” Ziba replied. “He said, ‘Today I will get back the kingdom of my grandfather Saul.'”
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 16:9 - “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?” Abishai son of Zeruiah demanded. “Let me go over and cut off his head!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - “No!” the king said. “Who asked your opinion, you sons of Zeruiah! If the LORD has told him to curse me, who are you to stop him?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahithophel told him, “Go and sleep with your father's concubines, for he has left them here to look after the palace. Then all Israel will know that you have insulted your father beyond hope of reconciliation, and they will throw their support to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:2 - I will catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged. He and his troops will panic, and everyone will run away. Then I will kill only the king,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:3 - and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride returns to her husband. After all, it is only one man's life that you seek.[fn] Then you will be at peace with all the people.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:5 - But then Absalom said, “Bring in Hushai the Arkite. Let's see what he thinks about this.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:6 - When Hushai arrived, Absalom told him what Ahithophel had said. Then he asked, “What is your opinion? Should we follow Ahithophel's advice? If not, what do you suggest?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8 - You know your father and his men; they are mighty warriors. Right now they are as enraged as a mother bear who has been robbed of her cubs. And remember that your father is an experienced man of war. He won't be spending the night among the troops.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:13 - And if David were to escape into some town, you will have all Israel there at your command. Then we can take ropes and drag the walls of the town into the nearest valley until every stone is torn down.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - “Quick!” he told them. “Find David and urge him not to stay at the shallows of the Jordan River[fn] tonight. He must go across at once into the wilderness beyond. Otherwise he will die and his entire army with him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:22 - So David and all the people with him went across the Jordan River during the night, and they were all on the other bank before dawn.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23 - When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey, went to his hometown, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. He died there and was buried in the family tomb.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:24 - David soon arrived at Mahanaim. By now, Absalom had mobilized the entire army of Israel and was leading his troops across the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - Absalom had appointed Amasa as commander of his army, replacing Joab, who had been commander under David. (Amasa was Joab's cousin. His father was Jether,[fn] an Ishmaelite.[fn] His mother, Abigail daughter of Nahash, was the sister of Joab's mother, Zeruiah.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:1 - David now mustered the men who were with him and appointed generals and captains[fn] to lead them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2 - He sent the troops out in three groups, placing one group under Joab, one under Joab's brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and one under Ittai, the man from Gath. The king told his troops, “I am going out with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:6 - So the battle began in the forest of Ephraim,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10 - One of David's men saw what had happened and told Joab, “I saw Absalom dangling from a great tree.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - “I would not kill the king's son for even a thousand pieces of silver,[fn]” the man replied to Joab. “We all heard the king say to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, please spare young Absalom.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:15 - Ten of Joab's young armor bearers then surrounded Absalom and killed him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - They threw Absalom's body into a deep pit in the forest and piled a great heap of stones over it. And all Israel fled to their homes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:23 - “Yes, but let me go anyway,” he begged.
Joab finally said, “All right, go ahead.” So Ahimaaz took the less demanding route by way of the plain and ran to Mahanaim ahead of the Ethiopian.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:27 - “The first man runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok,” the watchman said.
“He is a good man and comes with good news,” the king replied.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 - Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, “Everything is all right!” He bowed before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Praise to the LORD your God, who has handed over the rebels who dared to stand against my lord the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab told me to come, there was a lot of commotion. But I didn't know what was happening.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
And the Ethiopian replied, “May all of your enemies, my lord the king, both now and in the future, share the fate of that young man!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 - [fn]The king was overcome with emotion. He went up to the room over the gateway and burst into tears. And as he went, he cried, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - Then Joab went to the king's room and said to him, “We saved your life today and the lives of your sons, your daughters, and your wives and concubines. Yet you act like this, making us feel ashamed of ourselves.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:10 - Now Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, is dead. Why not ask David to come back and be our king again?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:11 - Then King David sent Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, to say to the elders of Judah, “Why are you the last ones to welcome back the king into his palace? For I have heard that all Israel is ready.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:12 - You are my relatives, my own tribe, my own flesh and blood! So why are you the last ones to welcome back the king?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:14 - Then Amasa[fn] convinced all the men of Judah, and they responded unanimously. They sent word to the king, “Return to us, and bring back all who are with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:15 - So the king started back to Jerusalem. And when he arrived at the Jordan River, the people of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the river.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:17 - A thousand other men from the tribe of Benjamin were with him, including Ziba, the chief servant of the house of Saul, and Ziba's fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan to meet the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18 - They crossed the shallows of the Jordan to bring the king's household across the river, helping him in every way they could. As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei fell down before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:19 - “My lord the king, please forgive me,” he pleaded. “Forget the terrible thing your servant did when you left Jerusalem. May the king put it out of his mind.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shimei should die, for he cursed the LORD's anointed king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:22 - “Who asked your opinion, you sons of Zeruiah!” David exclaimed. “Why have you become my adversary[fn] today? This is not a day for execution but for celebration! Today I am once again the king of Israel!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:24 - Now Mephibosheth,[fn] Saul's grandson, came down from Jerusalem to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet, trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes since the day the king left Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:27 - Ziba has slandered me by saying that I refused to come. But I know that my lord the king is like an angel of God, so do what you think is best.
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 19:29 - “You've said enough,” David replied. “I've decided that you and Ziba will divide your land equally between you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:30 - “Give him all of it,” Mephibosheth said. “I am content just to have you safely back again, my lord the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:31 - Barzillai of Gilead had come down from Rogelim to escort the king across the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:32 - He was very old, about eighty, and very wealthy. He was the one who had provided food for the king during his stay in Mahanaim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:34 - “No,” he replied, “I am far too old to go with the king to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:35 - I am eighty years old today, and I can no longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer tasty, and I cannot hear the singers as they sing. I would only be a burden to my lord the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - Just to go across the Jordan River with the king is all the honor I need!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:39 - So all the people crossed the Jordan with the king. After David had blessed Barzillai and kissed him, Barzillai returned to his own home.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41 - But all the men of Israel complained to the king, “The men of Judah stole the king and didn't give us the honor of helping take you, your household, and all your men across the Jordan.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - “But there are ten tribes in Israel,” the others replied. “So we have ten times as much right to the king as you do. What right do you have to treat us with such contempt? Weren't we the first to speak of bringing him back to be our king again?” The argument continued back and forth, and the men of Judah spoke even more harshly than the men of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to look after the palace and placed them in seclusion. Their needs were provided for, but he no longer slept with them. So each of them lived like a widow until she died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:4 - Then the king told Amasa, “Mobilize the army of Judah within three days, and report back at that time.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:5 - So Amasa went out to notify Judah, but it took him longer than the time he had been given.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:12 - But Amasa lay in his blood in the middle of the road, and Joab's man saw that everyone was stopping to stare at him. So he pulled him off the road into a field and threw a cloak over him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21 - That's not my purpose. All I want is a man named Sheba son of Bicri from the hill country of Ephraim, who has revolted against King David. If you hand over this one man to me, I will leave the town in peace.”
“All right,” the woman replied, “we will throw his head over the wall to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice, and they cut off Sheba's head and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the ram's horn and called his troops back from the attack. They all returned to their homes, and Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - There was a famine during David's reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the LORD about it. And the LORD said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:5 - Then they replied, “It was Saul who planned to destroy us, to keep us from having any place at all in the territory of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - The king spared Jonathan's son Mephibosheth,[fn] who was Saul's grandson, because of the oath David and Jonathan had sworn before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:8 - But he gave them Saul's two sons Armoni and Mephibosheth, whose mother was Rizpah daughter of Aiah. He also gave them the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab,[fn] the wife of Adriel son of Barzillai from Meholah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 - Then Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the mother of two of the men, spread burlap on a rock and stayed there the entire harvest season. She prevented the scavenger birds from tearing at their bodies during the day and stopped wild animals from eating them at night.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - he went to the people of Jabesh-gilead and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. (When the Philistines had killed Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa, the people of Jabesh-gilead stole their bodies from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them.)
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 21:17 - But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's rescue and killed the Philistine. Then David's men declared, “You are not going out to battle with us again! Why risk snuffing out the light of Israel?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:18 - After this, there was another battle against the Philistines at Gob. As they fought, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Saph, another descendant of the giants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:19 - During another battle at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair[fn] from Bethlehem killed the brother of Goliath of Gath.[fn] The handle of his spear was as thick as a weaver's beam!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:21 - But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimea.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7 - But in my distress I cried out to the LORD;
yes, I cried to my God for help.
He heard me from his sanctuary;
my cry reached his ears.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:28 - You rescue the humble,
but your eyes watch the proud and humiliate them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior[fn] from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions[fn] of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - Once, armed only with a club, he killed a great Egyptian warrior who was armed with a spear. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 - Once again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the LORD told him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - So the king said to Joab and the commanders[fn] of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes of Israel—from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south—so I may know how many people there are.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God let you live to see a hundred times as many people as there are now! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:4 - But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab and the commanders of the army went out to count the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:5 - First they crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, south of the town in the valley, in the direction of Gad. Then they went on to Jazer,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9 - Joab reported the number of people to the king. There were 800,000 capable warriors in Israel who could handle a sword, and 500,000 in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:10 - But after he had taken the census, David's conscience began to bother him. And he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt, LORD, for doing this foolish thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:11 - The next morning the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, who was David's seer. This was the message:
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - “I'm in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let us fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is great. Do not let me fall into human hands.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17 - When David saw the angel, he said to the LORD, “I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? Let your anger fall against me and my family.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:19 - So David went up to do what the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20 - When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked.
David replied, “I have come to buy your threshing floor and to build an altar to the LORD there, so that he will stop the plague.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:23 - I will give it all to you, Your Majesty, and may the LORD your God accept your sacrifice.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the LORD my God that have cost me nothing.” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver[fn] for the threshing floor and the oxen.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3 - So they searched throughout the land of Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag from Shunem and brought her to the king.
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 1:10 - But he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the king's bodyguard or his brother Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go at once to King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, didn't you make a vow and say to me, “Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?'
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 1:19 - He has sacrificed many cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and he has invited all the king's sons to attend the celebration. He also invited Abiathar the priest and Joab, the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - Today he has sacrificed many cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and he has invited all the king's sons to attend the celebration. He also invited the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest. They are feasting and drinking with him and shouting, ‘Long live King Adonijah!'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:26 - But he did not invite me or Zadok the priest or Benaiah or your servant Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:27 - Has my lord the king really done this without letting any of his officials know who should be the next king?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground before the king and exclaimed, “May my lord King David live forever!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32 - Then King David ordered, “Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came into the king's presence,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:33 - the king said to them, “Take Solomon and my officials down to Gihon Spring. Solomon is to ride on my own mule.
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 1:38 - So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the king's bodyguard[fn] took Solomon down to Gihon Spring, with Solomon riding on King David's own mule.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39 - There Zadok the priest took the flask of olive oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon with the oil. Then they sounded the ram's horn and all the people shouted, “Long live King Solomon!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - “Not at all!” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has just declared Solomon king!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - The king sent him down to Gihon Spring with Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, protected by the king's bodyguard. They had him ride on the king's own mule,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - And all the royal officials have gone to King David and congratulated him, saying, ‘May your God make Solomon's fame even greater than your own, and may Solomon's reign be even greater than yours!' Then the king bowed his head in worship as he lay in his bed,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - Word soon reached Solomon that Adonijah had seized the horns of the altar in fear, and that he was pleading, “Let King Solomon swear today that he will not kill me!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53 - So King Solomon summoned Adonijah, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and bowed respectfully before King Solomon, who dismissed him, saying, “Go on home.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4 - If you do this, then the LORD will keep the promise he made to me. He told me, ‘If your descendants live as they should and follow me faithfully with all their heart and soul, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - “And remember Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me with a terrible curse as I was fleeing to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I swore by the LORD that I would not kill him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11 - David had reigned over Israel for forty years, seven of them in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:17 - He replied, “Speak to King Solomon on my behalf, for I know he will do anything you request. Ask him to let me marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19 - So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak on Adonijah's behalf. The king rose from his throne to meet her, and he bowed down before her. When he sat down on his throne again, the king ordered that a throne be brought for his mother, and she sat at his right hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23 - Then King Solomon made a vow before the LORD: “May God strike me and even kill me if Adonijah has not sealed his fate with this request.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24 - The LORD has confirmed me and placed me on the throne of my father, David; he has established my dynasty as he promised. So as surely as the LORD lives, Adonijah will die this very day!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 - So Solomon deposed Abiathar from his position as priest of the LORD, thereby fulfilling the prophecy the LORD had given at Shiloh concerning the descendants of Eli.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - When this was reported to King Solomon, he sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada to execute him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - The LORD will repay him[fn] for the murders of two men who were more righteous and better than he. For my father knew nothing about the deaths of Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and of Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - May their blood be on Joab and his descendants forever, and may the LORD grant peace forever to David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35 - Then the king appointed Benaiah to command the army in place of Joab, and he installed Zadok the priest to take the place of Abiathar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36 - The king then sent for Shimei and told him, “Build a house here in Jerusalem and live there. But don't step outside the city to go anywhere else.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:37 - On the day you so much as cross the Kidron Valley, you will surely die; and your blood will be on your own head.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38 - Shimei replied, “Your sentence is fair; I will do whatever my lord the king commands.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42 - So the king sent for Shimei and demanded, “Didn't I make you swear by the LORD and warn you not to go anywhere else or you would surely die? And you replied, ‘The sentence is fair; I will do as you say.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - Then why haven't you kept your oath to the LORD and obeyed my command?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:45 - But may I, King Solomon, receive the LORD's blessings, and may one of David's descendants always sit on this throne in the presence of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3 - Solomon loved the LORD and followed all the decrees of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned incense at the local places of worship.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - Solomon replied, “You showed faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued your faithful love to him today by giving him a son to sit on his throne.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 - “Now, O LORD my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn't know his way around.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20 - Then she got up in the night and took my son from beside me while I was asleep. She laid her dead child in my arms and took mine to sleep beside her.
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 4:7 - Solomon also had twelve district governors who were over all Israel. They were responsible for providing food for the king's household. Each of them arranged provisions for one month of the year.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27 - The district governors faithfully provided food for King Solomon and his court; each made sure nothing was lacking during the month assigned to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:31 - He was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite and the sons of Mahol—Heman, Calcol, and Darda. His fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:34 - And kings from every nation sent their ambassadors to listen to the wisdom of Solomon.
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 5:3 - “You know that my father, David, was not able to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD his God because of the many wars waged against him by surrounding nations. He could not build until the LORD gave him victory over all his enemies.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5 - So I am planning to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God, just as he had instructed my father, David. For the LORD told him, ‘Your son, whom I will place on your throne, will build the Temple to honor my name.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - “Therefore, please command that cedars from Lebanon be cut for me. Let my men work alongside yours, and I will pay your men whatever wages you ask. As you know, there is no one among us who can cut timber like you Sidonians!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:7 - When Hiram received Solomon's message, he was very pleased and said, “Praise the LORD today for giving David a wise son to be king of the great nation of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - He sent them to Lebanon in shifts, 10,000 every month, so that each man would be one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of this labor force.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv,[fn] during the fourth year of Solomon's reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the LORD. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet[fn] wide, running across the entire width of the Temple. It projected outward 15 feet[fn] from the front of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:5 - He built a complex of rooms against the outer walls of the Temple, all the way around the sides and rear of the building.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:9 - After completing the Temple structure, Solomon put in a ceiling made of cedar beams and planks.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - As already stated, he built a complex of rooms on three sides of the building, attached to the Temple walls by cedar timbers. Each story of the complex was 7½ feet[fn] high.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22 - So he finished overlaying the entire Temple with gold, including the altar that belonged to the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:1 - Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - One of Solomon's buildings was called the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.[fn] There were four rows of cedar pillars, and great cedar beams rested on the pillars.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:3 - The hall had a cedar roof. Above the beams on the pillars were forty-five side rooms,[fn] arranged in three tiers of fifteen each.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - The walls of the great courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone, just like the walls of the inner courtyard of the LORD's Temple with its entry room.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:13 - King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram[fn] to come from Tyre.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was half Israelite, since his mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. Huram was extremely skillful and talented in any work in bronze, and he came to do all the metal work for King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - Huram set the pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one toward the south and one toward the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen,[fn] all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38 - Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and could hold 220 gallons[fn] of water.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 - Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of the Israelites. They were to bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6 - Then the priests carried the Ark of the LORD's Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the Temple—the Most Holy Place—and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:7 - The cherubim spread their wings over the Ark, forming a canopy over the Ark and its carrying poles.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:10 - When the priests came out of the Holy Place, a thick cloud filled the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:11 - The priests could not continue their service because of the cloud, for the glorious presence of the LORD filled the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16 - ‘From the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of the tribes of Israel as the place where a Temple should be built to honor my name. But I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:18 - But the LORD told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:19 - but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20 - “And now the LORD has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father's place, and I now sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:22 - Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire community of Israel. He lifted his hands toward heaven,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:29 - May you watch over this Temple night and day, this place where you have said, ‘My name will be there.' May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:30 - May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:32 - then hear from heaven and judge between your servants—the accuser and the accused. Punish the guilty as they deserve. Acquit the innocent because of their innocence.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33 - “If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if they turn to you and acknowledge your name and pray to you here in this Temple,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 - “If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if they pray toward this Temple and acknowledge your name and turn from their sins because you have punished them,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38 - and if your people Israel pray about their troubles, raising their hands toward this Temple,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:42 - for they will hear of your great name and your strong hand and your powerful arm. And when they pray toward this Temple,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43 - then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built honors your name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 - When Solomon finished making these prayers and petitions to the LORD, he stood up in front of the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands raised toward heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63 - Solomon offered to the LORD a peace offering of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. And so the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:66 - After the festival was over,[fn] Solomon sent the people home. They blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad because the LORD had been good to his servant David and to his people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:1 - So Solomon finished building the Temple of the LORD, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:3 - The LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5 - then I will establish the throne of your dynasty over Israel forever. For I made this promise to your father, David: ‘One of your descendants will always sit on the throne of Israel.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:7 - then I will uproot Israel from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:10 - It took Solomon twenty years to build the LORD's Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time,
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 9:20 - There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:4 - When the queen of Sheba realized how very wise Solomon was, and when she saw the palace he had built,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - she was overwhelmed. She was also amazed at the food on his tables, the organization of his officials and their splendid clothing, the cup-bearers, and the burnt offerings Solomon made at the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - She exclaimed to the king, “Everything I heard in my country about your achievements[fn] and wisdom is true!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - Praise the LORD your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel, he has made you king so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:12 - But for the sake of your father, David, I will not do this while you are still alive. I will take the kingdom away from your son.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13 - And even so, I will not take away the entire kingdom; I will let him be king of one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, my chosen city.”
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 11:15 - Years before, David had defeated Edom. Joab, his army commander, had stayed to bury some of the Israelite soldiers who had died in battle. While there, they killed every male in Edom.
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 11:27 - This is the story behind his rebellion. Solomon was rebuilding the supporting terraces[fn] and repairing the walls of the city of his father, David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:32 - But I will leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:34 - “‘But I will not take the entire kingdom from Solomon at this time. For the sake of my servant David, the one whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees, I will keep Solomon as leader for the rest of his life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:37 - And I will place you on the throne of Israel, and you will rule over all that your heart desires.
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 12:3 - The leaders of Israel summoned him, and Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel went to speak with Rehoboam.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - Yes, my father laid heavy burdens on you, but I'm going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:12 - Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam's decision, just as the king had ordered.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13 - But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I'm going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 - When all Israel realized that the king had refused to listen to them, they responded,
“Down with the dynasty of David!
We have no interest in the son of Jesse.
Back to your homes, O Israel!
Look out for your own house, O David!” So the people of Israel returned home.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:19 - And to this day the northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:24 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives, the Israelites. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and went home, as the LORD had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:28 - So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people,[fn] “It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. Look, Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:7 - Then the king said to the man of God, “Come to the palace with me and have something to eat, and I will give you a gift.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:8 - But the man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I would not go with you. I would not eat or drink anything in this place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:13 - “Quick, saddle the donkey,” the old man said. So they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:18 - But the old prophet answered, “I am a prophet, too, just as you are. And an angel gave me this command from the LORD: ‘Bring him home with you so he can have something to eat and drink.'” But the old man was lying to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:20 - Then while they were sitting at the table, a command from the LORD came to the old prophet.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - He cried out to the man of God from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: You have defied the word of the LORD and have disobeyed the command the LORD your God gave you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22 - You came back to this place and ate and drank where he told you not to eat or drink. Because of this, your body will not be buried in the grave of your ancestors.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:23 - After the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet saddled his own donkey for him,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - and he went out and found the body lying in the road. The donkey and lion were still standing there beside it, for the lion had not eaten the body nor attacked the donkey.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - So the prophet laid the body of the man of God on the donkey and took it back to the town to mourn over him and bury him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:15 - He brought into the Temple of the LORD the silver and gold and the various items that he and his father had dedicated.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:26 - But he did what was evil in the LORD's sight and followed the example of his father, continuing the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:27 - Then Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab and assassinated him while he and the Israelite army were laying siege to the Philistine town of Gibbethon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - He immediately slaughtered all the descendants of King Jeroboam, so that not one of the royal family was left, just as the LORD had promised concerning Jeroboam by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:30 - This was done because Jeroboam had provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by the sins he had committed and the sins he had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:34 - But he did what was evil in the LORD's sight and followed the example of Jeroboam, continuing the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - “I lifted you out of the dust to make you ruler of my people Israel, but you have followed the evil example of Jeroboam. You have provoked my anger by causing my people Israel to sin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:3 - So now I will destroy you and your family, just as I destroyed the descendants of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - The members of Baasha's family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - The message from the LORD against Baasha and his family came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani. It was delivered because Baasha had done what was evil in the LORD's sight (just as the family of Jeroboam had done), and also because Baasha had destroyed the family of Jeroboam. The LORD's anger was provoked by Baasha's sins.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11 - Zimri immediately killed the entire royal family of Baasha, leaving him not even a single male child. He even destroyed distant relatives and friends.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:12 - So Zimri destroyed the dynasty of Baasha as the LORD had promised through the prophet Jehu.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed, and because of the sins they led Israel to commit. They provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, with their worthless idols.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - When they heard that Zimri had committed treason and had assassinated the king, that very day they chose Omri, commander of the army, as the new king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - When Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the citadel of the palace and burned it down over himself and died in the flames.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:19 - For he, too, had done what was evil in the LORD's sight. He followed the example of Jeroboam in all the sins he had committed and led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:22 - But Omri's supporters defeated the supporters of Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - He followed the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat in all the sins he had committed and led Israel to commit. The people provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, with their worthless idols.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the LORD sends rain and the crops grow again!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:18 - Then she said to Elijah, “O man of God, what have you done to me? Have you come here to point out my sins and kill my son?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - But Elijah replied, “Give me your son.” And he took the child's body from her arms, carried him up the stairs to the room where he was staying, and laid the body on his bed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - Then Elijah cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, why have you brought tragedy to this widow who has opened her home to me, causing her son to die?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - And he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this child's life return to him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:23 - Then Elijah brought him down from the upper room and gave him to his mother. “Look!” he said. “Your son is alive!”
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 18:9 - “Oh, sir,” Obadiah protested, “what harm have I done to you that you are sending me to my death at the hands of Ahab?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:12 - But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you away to who knows where. When Ahab comes and cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I have been a true servant of the LORD all my life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:17 - When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, “So, is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - “I have made no trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “You and your family are the troublemakers, for you have refused to obey the commands of the LORD and have worshiped the images of Baal instead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only prophet of the LORD who is left, but Baal has 450 prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:23 - Now bring two bulls. The prophets of Baal may choose whichever one they wish and cut it into pieces and lay it on the wood of their altar, but without setting fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood on the altar, but not set fire to it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:25 - Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “You go first, for there are many of you. Choose one of the bulls, and prepare it and call on the name of your god. But do not set fire to the wood.”
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 18:28 - So they shouted louder, and following their normal custom, they cut themselves with knives and swords until the blood gushed out.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:30 - Then Elijah called to the people, “Come over here!” They all crowded around him as he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:36 - At the usual time for offering the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet walked up to the altar and prayed, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,[fn] prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all this at your command.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38 - Immediately the fire of the LORD flashed down from heaven and burned up the young bull, the wood, the stones, and the dust. It even licked up all the water in the trench!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - Then Elijah commanded, “Seize all the prophets of Baal. Don't let a single one escape!” So the people seized them all, and Elijah took them down to the Kishon Valley and killed them there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46 - Then the LORD gave special strength to Elijah. He tucked his cloak into his belt[fn] and ran ahead of Ahab's chariot all the way to the entrance of Jezreel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:12 - And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:15 - Then the LORD told him, “Go back the same way you came, and travel to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:16 - Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi[fn] to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:17 - Anyone who escapes from Hazael will be killed by Jehu, and those who escape Jehu will be killed by Elisha!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:19 - So Elijah went and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field. There were twelve teams of oxen in the field, and Elisha was plowing with the twelfth team. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:20 - Elisha left the oxen standing there, ran after Elijah, and said to him, “First let me go and kiss my father and mother good-bye, and then I will go with you!”
Elijah replied, “Go on back, but think about what I have done to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:6 - But about this time tomorrow I will send my officials to search your palace and the homes of your people. They will take away everything you consider valuable!'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:9 - So Ahab told the messengers from Ben-hadad, “Say this to my lord the king: ‘I will give you everything you asked for the first time, but I cannot accept this last demand of yours.'” So the messengers returned to Ben-hadad with that 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 20:13 - Then a certain prophet came to see King Ahab of Israel and told him, “This is what the LORD says: Do you see all these enemy forces? Today I will hand them all over to you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - Ahab asked, “How will he do it?”
And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: The troops of the provincial commanders will do it.”
“Should we attack first?” Ahab asked.
“Yes,” the prophet answered.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - So Ahab mustered the troops of the 232 provincial commanders. Then he called out the rest of the army of Israel, some 7,000 men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20 - Each Israelite soldier killed his Aramean opponent, and suddenly the entire Aramean army panicked and fled. The Israelites chased them, but King Ben-hadad and a few of his charioteers escaped on horses.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:24 - Only this time replace the kings with field commanders!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30 - The rest fled into the town of Aphek, but the wall fell on them and killed another 27,000. Ben-hadad fled into the town and hid in a secret room.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - The men took this as a good sign and quickly picked up on his words. “Yes,” they said, “your brother Ben-hadad!”
“Go and get him,” the king of Israel told them. And when Ben-hadad arrived, Ahab invited him up into his chariot.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:35 - Meanwhile, the LORD instructed one of the group of prophets to say to another man, “Hit me!” But the man refused to hit the prophet.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him, “Sir, I was in the thick of battle, and suddenly a man brought me a prisoner. He said, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he gets away, you will either die or pay a fine of seventy-five pounds[fn] of silver!'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - Then the prophet quickly pulled the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - One day Ahab said to Naboth, “Since your vineyard is so convenient to my palace, I would like to buy it to use as a vegetable garden. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange, or if you prefer, I will pay you for it.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:6 - “I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or trade it, but he refused!” Ahab told her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:7 - “Are you the king of Israel or not?” Jezebel demanded. “Get up and eat something, and don't worry about it. I'll get you Naboth's vineyard!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:9 - In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for fasting and prayer, and give Naboth a place of honor.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:12 - They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15 - When Jezebel heard the news, she said to Ahab, “You know the vineyard Naboth wouldn't sell you? Well, you can have it now! He's dead!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16 - So Ahab immediately went down to the vineyard of Naboth to claim it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:17 - But the LORD said to Elijah,[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - I am going to destroy your family as I did the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat and the family of Baasha son of Ahijah, for you have made me very angry and have led Israel into sin.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - “The members of Ahab's family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 - But when Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in burlap, and fasted. He even slept in burlap and went about in deep mourning.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:5 - Then Jehoshaphat added, “But first let's find out what the LORD says.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:7 - But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not also a prophet of the LORD here? We should ask him the same question.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:8 - The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, “There is one more man who could consult the LORD for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
Jehoshaphat replied, “That's not the way a king should talk! Let's hear what he has to say.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:12 - All the other prophets agreed. “Yes,” they said, “go up to Ramoth-gilead and be victorious, for the LORD will give the king victory!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:13 - Meanwhile, the messenger who went to get Micaiah said to him, “Look, all the prophets are promising victory for the king. Be sure that you agree with them and promise success.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 - When Micaiah arrived before the king, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we hold back?”
Micaiah replied sarcastically, “Yes, go up and be victorious, for the LORD will give the king victory!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:17 - Then Micaiah told him, “In a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘Their master has been killed.[fn] Send them home in peace.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - Then Micaiah continued, “Listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:20 - And the LORD said, ‘Who can entice Ahab to go into battle against Ramoth-gilead so he can be killed?'
“There were many suggestions,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24 - Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him across the face. “Since when did the Spirit of the LORD leave me to speak to you?” he demanded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:26 - “Arrest him!” the king of Israel ordered. “Take him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to my son Joash.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:30 - The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “As we go into battle, I will disguise myself so no one will recognize me, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31 - Meanwhile, the king of Aram had issued these orders to his thirty-two chariot commanders: “Attack only the king of Israel. Don't bother with anyone else!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:32 - So when the Aramean chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat in his royal robes, they went after him. “There is the king of Israel!” they shouted. But when Jehoshaphat called out,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:34 - An Aramean soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the Israelite troops and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. “Turn the horses[fn] and get me out of here!” Ahab groaned to the driver of his chariot. “I'm badly wounded!”
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 Box1Ki 22:37 - So the king died, and his body was taken to Samaria and buried there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:52 - But he did what was evil in the LORD's sight, following the example of his father and mother and the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had led Israel to sin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - He served Baal and worshiped him, provoking the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD told Elijah, who was from Tishbe, “Go and confront the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is there no God in Israel? Why are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will recover?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - They replied, “A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message. ‘This is what the LORD says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:10 - But Elijah replied to the captain, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and destroy you and your fifty men!” Then fire fell from heaven and killed them all.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:15 - Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him, and don't be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went with him to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:18 - The rest of the events in Ahaziah's reign are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:1 - When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3 - The group of prophets from Bethel came to Elisha and asked him, “Did you know that the LORD is going to take your master away from you today?”
“Of course I know,” Elisha answered. “But be quiet about it.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5 - Then the group of prophets from Jericho came to Elisha and asked him, “Did you know that the LORD is going to take your master away from you today?”
“Of course I know,” Elisha answered. “But be quiet about it.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:11 - As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16 - “Sir,” they said, “just say the word and fifty of our strongest men will search the wilderness for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has left him on some mountain or in some valley.”
“No,” Elisha said, “don't send them.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:3 - Nevertheless, he continued in the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had committed and led the people of Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:6 - So King Joram promptly mustered the army of Israel and marched from Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:11 - But King Jehoshaphat of Judah asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD with us? If there is, we can ask the LORD what to do through him.”
One of King Joram's officers replied, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to be Elijah's personal assistant.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:16 - and he said, “This is what the LORD says: This dry valley will be filled with pools of water!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - “It's blood!” the Moabites exclaimed. “The three armies must have attacked and killed each other! Let's go, men of Moab, and collect the plunder!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - They destroyed the towns, covered their good land with stones, stopped up all the springs, and cut down all the good trees. Finally, only Kir-hareseth and its stone walls were left, but men with slings surrounded and attacked it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:27 - Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have been the next king, and sacrificed him as a burnt offering on the wall. So there was great anger against Israel,[fn] and the Israelites withdrew and returned to their own land.
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 4:9 - She said to her husband, “I am sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy man of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her, ‘We appreciate the kind concern you have shown us. What can we do for you? Can we put in a good word for you to the king or to the commander of the army?'”
“No,” she replied, “my family takes good care of me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - “Next year at this time you will be holding a son in your arms!”
“No, my lord!” she cried. “O man of God, don't deceive me and get my hopes up like that.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:17 - But sure enough, the woman soon became pregnant. And at that time the following year she had a son, just as Elisha had said.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:18 - One day when her child was older, he went out to help his father, who was working with the harvesters.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - Suddenly he cried out, “My head hurts! My head hurts!”
His father said to one of the servants, “Carry him home to his mother.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - She sent a message to her husband: “Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the man of God and come right back.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:25 - As she approached the man of God at Mount Carmel, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, “Look, the woman from Shunem is coming.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 - When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet's bed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:33 - He went in alone and shut the door behind him and prayed to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:36 - Then Elisha summoned Gehazi. “Call the child's mother!” he said. And when she came in, Elisha said, “Here, take your son!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:37 - She fell at his feet and bowed before him, overwhelmed with gratitude. Then she took her son in her arms and carried him downstairs.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - Elisha now returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. One day as the group of prophets was seated before him, he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on the fire, and make some stew for the rest of the group.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild gourds. He shredded them and put them into the pot without realizing they were poisonous.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41 - Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now it's all right; go ahead and eat.” And then it did not harm them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:42 - One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God a sack of fresh grain and twenty loaves of barley bread made from the first grain of his harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people so they can eat.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:6 - The letter to the king of Israel said: “With this letter I present my servant Naaman. I want you to heal him of his leprosy.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:8 - But when Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes in dismay, he sent this message to him: “Why are you so upset? Send Naaman to me, and he will learn that there is a true prophet here in Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - But Naaman became angry and stalked away. “I thought he would certainly come out to meet me!” he said. “I expected him to wave his hand over the leprosy and call on the name of the LORD his God and heal me!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:18 - However, may the LORD pardon me in this one thing: When my master the king goes into the temple of the god Rimmon to worship there and leans on my arm, may the LORD pardon me when I bow, too.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:25 - When he went in to his master, Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?”
“I haven't been anywhere,” he replied.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - Because you have done this, you and your descendants will suffer from Naaman's leprosy forever.” When Gehazi left the room, he was covered with leprosy; his skin was white as snow.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:4 - So he went with them.
When they arrived at the Jordan, they began cutting down trees.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:6 - “Where did it fall?” the man of God asked. When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the water at that spot. Then the ax head floated to the surface.
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 6:9 - But immediately Elisha, the man of God, would warn the king of Israel, “Do not go near that place, for the Arameans are planning to mobilize their troops there.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:10 - So the king of Israel would send word to the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he would be on the alert there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 - Then Elisha went out and told them, “You have come the wrong way! This isn't the right city! Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are looking for.” And he led them to the city of Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - “Of course not!” Elisha replied. “Do we kill prisoners of war? Give them food and drink and send them home again to their master.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23 - So the king made a great feast for them and then sent them home to their master. After that, the Aramean raiders stayed away from the land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:28 - But then the king asked, “What is the matter?”
She replied, “This woman said to me: ‘Come on, let's eat your son today, then we will eat my son tomorrow.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:29 - So we cooked my son and ate him. Then the next day I said to her, ‘Kill your son so we can eat him,' but she has hidden her son.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:30 - When the king heard this, he tore his clothes in despair. And as the king walked along the wall, the people could see that he was wearing burlap under his robe next to his skin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - Elisha was sitting in his house with the elders of Israel when the king sent a messenger to summon him. But before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “A murderer has sent a man to cut off my head. When he arrives, shut the door and keep him out. We will soon hear his master's steps following him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 - Now there were four men with leprosy[fn] sitting at the entrance of the city gates. “Why should we sit here waiting to die?” they asked each other.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the clatter of speeding chariots and the galloping of horses and the sounds of a great army approaching. “The king of Israel has hired the Hittites and Egyptians[fn] to attack us!” they cried to one another.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - Finally, they said to each other, “This is not right. This is a day of good news, and we aren't sharing it with anyone! If we wait until morning, some calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on, let's go back and tell the people at the palace.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:11 - Then the gatekeepers shouted the news to the people in the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:17 - The king appointed his officer to control the traffic at the gate, but he was knocked down and trampled to death as the people rushed out.
So everything happened exactly as the man of God had predicted when the king came to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - The man of God had said to the king, “By this time tomorrow in the markets of Samaria, five quarts of choice flour will cost one piece of silver, and ten quarts of barley grain will cost one piece of silver.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “Take your family and move to some other place, for the LORD has called for a famine on Israel that will last for seven years.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:3 - After the famine ended she returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to see the king about getting back her house and land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5 - And Gehazi was telling the king about the time Elisha had brought a boy back to life. At that very moment, the mother of the boy walked in to make her appeal to the king about her house and land.
“Look, my lord the king!” Gehazi exclaimed. “Here is the woman now, and this is her son—the very one Elisha brought back to life!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:8 - the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift to the man of God. Then tell him to ask the LORD, ‘Will I recover from this illness?'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:14 - When Hazael left Elisha and went back, the king asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?”
And Hazael replied, “He told me that you will surely recover.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - But the LORD did not want to destroy Judah, for he had made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would continue to rule, shining like a lamp forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:21 - So Jehoram[fn] went with all his chariots to attack the town of Zair.[fn] The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he went out at night and attacked them[fn] under cover of darkness. But Jehoram's army deserted him and fled to their homes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:28 - Ahaziah joined Joram son of Ahab, the king of Israel, in his war against King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. When the Arameans wounded King Joram in the battle,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth.[fn] Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - Meanwhile, Elisha the prophet had summoned a member of the group of prophets. “Get ready to travel,”[fn] he told him, “and take this flask of olive oil with you. Go to Ramoth-gilead,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:3 - and pour the oil over his head. Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you to be the king over Israel.' Then open the door and run for your life!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:6 - So Jehu left the others and went into the house. Then the young prophet poured the oil over Jehu's head and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I anoint you king over the LORD's people, Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7 - You are to destroy the family of Ahab, your master. In this way, I will avenge the murder of my prophets and all the LORD's servants who were killed by Jezebel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:9 - I will destroy the family of Ahab as I destroyed the families of Jeroboam son of Nebat and of Baasha son of Ahijah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - Jehu went back to his fellow officers, and one of them asked him, “What did that madman want? Is everything all right?”
“You know how a man like that babbles on,” Jehu replied.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:16 - Then Jehu got into a chariot and rode to Jezreel to find King Joram, who was lying there wounded. King Ahaziah of Judah was there, too, for he had gone to visit him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17 - The watchman on the tower of Jezreel saw Jehu and his company approaching, so he shouted to Joram, “I see a company of troops coming!”
“Send out a rider to ask if they are coming in peace,” King Joram ordered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20 - The watchman exclaimed, “The messenger has met them, but he isn't returning either! It must be Jehu son of Nimshi, for he's driving like a madman.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22 - King Joram demanded, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?”
Jehu replied, “How can there be peace as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother, Jezebel, are all around us?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - But Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he sank down dead in his chariot.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - Jehu said to Bidkar, his officer, “Throw him into the plot of land that belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Do you remember when you and I were riding along behind his father, Ahab? The LORD pronounced this message against him:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:33 - “Throw her down!” Jehu yelled. So they threw her out the window, and her blood spattered against the wall and on the horses. And Jehu trampled her body under his horses' hooves.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - select the best qualified of your master's sons to be your king, and prepare to fight for Ahab's dynasty.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9 - In the morning he went out and spoke to the crowd that had gathered around them. “You are not to blame,” he told them. “I am the one who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:10 - You can be sure that the message of the LORD that was spoken concerning Ahab's family will not fail. The LORD declared through his servant Elijah that this would happen.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:15 - When Jehu left there, he met Jehonadab son of Recab, who was coming to meet him. After they had greeted each other, Jehu said to him, “Are you as loyal to me as I am to you?”
“Yes, I am,” Jehonadab replied.
“If you are,” Jehu said, “then give me your hand.” So Jehonadab put out his hand, and Jehu helped him into the chariot.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - Then Jehu called a meeting of all the people of the city and said to them, “Ahab's worship of Baal was nothing compared to the way I will worship him!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - He sent messengers throughout all Israel summoning those who worshiped Baal. They all came—not a single one remained behind—and they filled the temple of Baal from one end to the other.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:28 - In this way, Jehu destroyed every trace of Baal worship from Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:29 - He did not, however, destroy the gold calves at Bethel and Dan, with which Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to sin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:31 - But Jehu did not obey the Law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - But Ahaziah's sister Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram,[fn] took Ahaziah's infant son, Joash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king's children, who were about to be killed. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, so the child was not murdered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 - In the seventh year of Athaliah's reign, Jehoiada the priest summoned the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, and the palace guards to come to the Temple of the LORD. He made a solemn pact with them and made them swear an oath of loyalty there in the LORD's Temple; then he showed them the king's son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:7 - The other two units who are off duty on the Sabbath must stand guard for the king at the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:8 - Form a bodyguard around the king and keep your weapons in hand. Kill anyone who tries to break through. Stay with the king wherever he goes.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:9 - So the commanders did everything as Jehoiada the priest ordered. The commanders took charge of the men reporting for duty that Sabbath, as well as those who were going off duty. They brought them all to Jehoiada the priest,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:11 - The palace guards stationed themselves around the king, with their weapons ready. They formed a line from the south side of the Temple around to the north side and all around the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:12 - Then Jehoiada brought out Joash, the king's son, placed the crown on his head, and presented him with a copy of God's laws.[fn] They anointed him and proclaimed him king, and everyone clapped their hands and shouted, “Long live the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:13 - When Athaliah heard all the noise made by the palace guards and the people, she hurried to the LORD's Temple to see what was happening.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:14 - When she arrived, she saw the newly crowned king standing in his place of authority by the pillar, as was the custom at times of coronation. The commanders and trumpeters were surrounding him, and people from all over the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. When Athaliah saw all this, she tore her clothes in despair and shouted, “Treason! Treason!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - And all the people of the land went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
Jehoiada the priest stationed guards at the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - Then the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, the palace guards, and all the people of the land escorted the king from the Temple of the LORD. They went through the gate of the guards and into the palace, and the king took his seat on the royal throne.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7 - So King Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why haven't you repaired the Temple? Don't use any more money for your own needs. From now on, it must all be spent on Temple repairs.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 - Then Jehoiada the priest bored a hole in the lid of a large chest and set it on the right-hand side of the altar at the entrance of the Temple of the LORD. The priests guarding the entrance put all of the people's contributions into the chest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:12 - the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed for repairing the LORD's Temple, and they paid any other expenses related to the Temple's restoration.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:14 - It was paid to the workmen, who used it for the Temple repairs.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:20 - Joash's officers plotted against him and assassinated him at Beth-millo on the road to Silla.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:2 - But he did what was evil in the LORD's sight. He followed the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat, continuing the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:6 - But they continued to sin, following the evil example of Jeroboam. They also allowed the Asherah pole in Samaria to remain standing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:11 - But he did what was evil in the LORD's sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:21 - Once when some Israelites were burying a man, they spied a band of these raiders. So they hastily threw the corpse into the tomb of Elisha and fled. But as soon as the body touched Elisha's bones, the dead man revived and jumped to his feet!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:22 - King Hazael of Aram had oppressed Israel during the entire reign of King Jehoahaz.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:5 - When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - Amaziah also killed 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He also conquered Sela and changed its name to Joktheel, as it is called to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:9 - But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah with this story: “Out in the Lebanon mountains, a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree: ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.' But just then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah's king, Amaziah son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then he marched to Jerusalem, where he demolished 600 feet[fn] of Jerusalem's wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:21 - All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah's sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah,[fn] as king in place of his father, Amaziah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:22 - After his father's death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and restored it to Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:24 - He did what was evil in the LORD's sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
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 15:9 - Zechariah did what was evil in the LORD's sight, as his ancestors had done. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - Then Menahem son of Gadi went to Samaria from Tirzah and assassinated him, and he became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:18 - But Menahem did what was evil in the LORD's sight. During his entire reign, he refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - Menahem extorted the money from the rich of Israel, demanding that each of them pay fifty pieces[fn] of silver to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned from attacking Israel and did not stay in the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:24 - But Pekahiah did what was evil in the LORD's sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:28 - But Pekah did what was evil in the LORD's sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:37 - In those days the LORD began to send King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel to attack Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:3 - Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel, even sacrificing his own son in the fire.[fn] In this way, he followed the detestable practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9 - So the king of Assyria attacked the Aramean capital of Damascus and led its population away as captives, resettling them in Kir. He also killed King Rezin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10 - King Ahaz then went to Damascus to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. While he was there, he took special note of the altar. Then he sent a model of the altar to Uriah the priest, along with its design in full detail.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:17 - Then the king removed the side panels and basins from the portable water carts. He also removed the great bronze basin called the Sea from the backs of the bronze oxen and placed it on the stone pavement.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - Finally, in the ninth year of King Hoshea's reign, Samaria fell, and the people of Israel were exiled to Assyria. They were settled in colonies in Halah, along the banks of the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:11 - They offered sacrifices on all the hilltops, just like the nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of them. So the people of Israel had done many evil things, arousing the LORD's anger.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:13 - Again and again the LORD had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah: “Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and decrees—the entire law that I commanded your ancestors to obey, and that I gave you through my servants the prophets.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:20 - The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He punished them by handing them over to their attackers until he had banished Israel from his presence.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:21 - For when the LORD[fn] tore Israel away from the kingdom of David, they chose Jeroboam son of Nebat as their king. But Jeroboam drew Israel away from following the LORD and made them commit a great sin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:23 - until the LORD finally swept them away from his presence, just as all his prophets had warned. So Israel was exiled from their land to Assyria, where they remain to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:24 - The king of Assyria transported groups of people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and resettled them in the towns of Samaria, replacing the people of Israel. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:25 - But since these foreign settlers did not worship the LORD when they first arrived, the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
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 17:32 - These new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests to offer sacrifices at their places of worship.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:33 - And though they worshiped the LORD, they continued to follow their own gods according to the religious customs of the nations from which they came.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:34 - And this is still going on today. They continue to follow their former practices instead of truly worshiping the LORD and obeying the decrees, regulations, instructions, and commands he gave the descendants of Jacob, whose name he changed to Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:37 - Be careful at all times to obey the decrees, regulations, instructions, and commands that he wrote for you. You must not worship other gods.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:39 - You must worship only the LORD your God. He is the one who will rescue you from all your enemies.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:41 - So while these new residents worshiped the LORD, they also worshiped their idols. And to this day their descendants do the same.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been offering sacrifices to it. The bronze serpent was called Nehushtan.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent his commander in chief, his field commander, and his chief of staff[fn] from Lachish with a huge army to confront King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The Assyrians took up a position beside the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:25 - What's more, do you think we have invaded your land without the LORD's direction? The LORD himself told us, ‘Attack this land and destroy it!'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27 - But Sennacherib's chief of staff replied, “Do you think my master sent this message only to you and your master? He wants all the people to hear it, for when we put this city under siege, they will suffer along with you. They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the court secretary, and the leading priests, all dressed in burlap, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6 - the prophet replied, “Say to your master, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not be disturbed by this blasphemous speech against me from the Assyrian king's messengers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8 - Meanwhile, the Assyrian chief of staff left Jerusalem and went to consult the king of Assyria, who had left Lachish and was attacking Libnah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:15 - And Hezekiah prayed this prayer before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:22 - “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?
Against whom did you raise your voice?
At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?
It was the Holy One of Israel!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:27 - “But I know you well—
where you stay
and when you come and go.
I know the way you have raged against me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:29 - Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true:
“This year you will eat only what grows up by itself,
and next year you will eat what springs up from that.
But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them;
you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:34 - For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David,
I will defend this city and protect it.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:2 - When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - “Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6 - I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own honor and for the sake of my servant David.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9 - Isaiah replied, “This is the sign from the LORD to prove that he will do as he promised. Would you like the shadow on the sundial to go forward ten steps or backward ten steps?[fn]
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 20:14 - Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did those men want? Where were they from?”
Hezekiah replied, “They came from the distant land of Babylon.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:20 - The rest of the events in Hezekiah's reign, including the extent of his power and how he built a pool and dug a tunnel[fn] to bring water into the city, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:7 - Manasseh even made a carved image of Asherah and set it up in the Temple, the very place where the LORD had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem—the city I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:8 - If the Israelites will be careful to obey my commands—all the laws my servant Moses gave them—I will not send them into exile from this land that I gave their ancestors.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:16 - Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the LORD's sight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:22 - He abandoned the LORD, the God of his ancestors, and he refused to follow the LORD's ways.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:23 - Then Amon's own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:24 - But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:3 - In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah and grandson of Meshullam, the court secretary, to the Temple of the LORD. He told him,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:4 - “Go to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money the gatekeepers have collected from the people at the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:8 - Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the LORD's Temple!” Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:9 - Shaphan went to the king and reported, “Your officials have turned over the money collected at the Temple of the LORD to the workers and supervisors at the Temple.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:10 - Shaphan also told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll.” So Shaphan read it to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - “Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah. Inquire about the words written in this scroll that has been found. For the LORD's great anger is burning against us because our ancestors have not obeyed the words in this scroll. We have not been doing everything it says we must do.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:16 - ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this city[fn] and its people. All the words written in the scroll that the king of Judah has read will come true.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:18 - “But go to the king of Judah who sent you to seek the LORD and tell him: ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the message you have just heard:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:19 - You were sorry and humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I said against this city and its people—that this land would be cursed and become desolate. You tore your clothing in despair and wept before me in repentance. And I have indeed heard you, says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:20 - So I will not send the promised disaster until after you have died and been buried in peace. You will not see the disaster I am going to bring on this city.'”
So they took her message back to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:3 - The king took his place of authority beside the pillar and renewed the covenant in the LORD's presence. He pledged to obey the LORD by keeping all his commands, laws, and decrees with all his heart and soul. In this way, he confirmed all the terms of the covenant that were written in the scroll, and all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the LORD's Temple all the articles that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the powers of the heavens. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - The king removed the Asherah pole from the LORD's Temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. Then he ground the ashes of the pole to dust and threw the dust over the graves of the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:7 - He also tore down the living quarters of the male and female shrine prostitutes that were inside the Temple of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah pole.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - Josiah brought to Jerusalem all the priests who were living in other towns of Judah. He also defiled the pagan shrines, where they had offered sacrifices—all the way from Geba to Beersheba. He destroyed the shrines at the entrance to the gate of Joshua, the governor of Jerusalem. This gate was located to the left of the city gate as one enters the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:10 - Then the king defiled the altar of Topheth in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, so no one could ever again use it to sacrifice a son or daughter in the fire[fn] as an offering to Molech.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - Josiah tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had built on the palace roof above the upper room of Ahaz. The king destroyed the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courtyards of the LORD's Temple. He smashed them to bits[fn] and scattered the pieces in the Kidron Valley.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - The king also desecrated the pagan shrines east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, where King Solomon of Israel had built shrines for Ashtoreth, the detestable goddess of the Sidonians; and for Chemosh, the detestable god of the Moabites; and for Molech,[fn] the vile god of the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 - The king also tore down the altar at Bethel—the pagan shrine that Jeroboam son of Nebat had made when he caused Israel to sin. He burned down the shrine and ground it to dust, and he burned the Asherah pole.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - Then Josiah turned around and noticed several tombs in the side of the hill. He ordered that the bones be brought out, and he burned them on the altar at Bethel to desecrate it. (This happened just as the LORD had promised through the man of God when Jeroboam stood beside the altar at the festival.)
Then Josiah turned and looked up at the tomb of the man of God[fn] who had predicted these things.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:22 - There had not been a Passover celebration like that since the time when the judges ruled in Israel, nor throughout all the years of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:25 - Never before had there been a king like Josiah, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and soul and strength, obeying all the laws of Moses. And there has never been a king like him since.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:27 - For the LORD said, “I will also banish Judah from my presence just as I have banished Israel. And I will reject my chosen city of Jerusalem and the Temple where my name was to be honored.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30 - Josiah's officers took his body back in a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land anointed Josiah's son Jehoahaz and made him the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:34 - Pharaoh Neco then installed Eliakim, another of Josiah's sons, to reign in place of his father, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Jehoahaz was taken to Egypt as a prisoner, where he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - Then the LORD sent bands of Babylonian,[fn] Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Judah to destroy it, just as the LORD had promised through his prophets.
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 24:14 - King Nebuchadnezzar took all of Jerusalem captive, including all the commanders and the best of the soldiers, craftsmen, and artisans—10,000 in all. Only the poorest people were left in the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - Nebuchadnezzar led King Jehoiachin away as a captive to Babylon, along with the queen mother, his wives and officials, and all Jerusalem's elite.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - He also exiled 7,000 of the best troops and 1,000 craftsmen and artisans, all of whom were strong and fit for war.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:17 - Then the king of Babylon installed Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's[fn] uncle, as the next king, and he changed Mattaniah's name to Zedekiah.
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 25:6 - They took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:9 - He burned down the Temple of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings[fn] in the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 - The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars in front of the LORD's Temple, the bronze water carts, and the great bronze basin called the Sea, and they carried all the bronze away to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:18 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.
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 Box2Ki 25:20 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:22 - Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan as governor over the people he had left in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - When all the army commanders and their men learned that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they went to see him at Mizpah. These included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jezaniah[fn] son of the Maacathite, and all their men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 - But in midautumn of that year,[fn] Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, who was of the royal family, went to Mizpah with ten men and killed Gedaliah. He also killed all the Judeans and Babylonians who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:28 - He spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a higher place than all the other exiled kings in Babylon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:32 - The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:34 - Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4 - Later Judah had twin sons from Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:10 - Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:11 - Nahshon was the father of Salmon.[fn]
Salmon was the father of Boaz.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12 - Boaz was the father of Obed.
Obed was the father of Jesse.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:13 - Jesse's first son was Eliab, his second was Abinadab, his third was Shimea,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:17 - Abigail married a man named Jether, an Ishmaelite, and they had a son named Amasa.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:19 - After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrathah,[fn] and they had a son named Hur.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:20 - Hur was the father of Uri. Uri was the father of Bezalel.
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 2:22 - Segub was the father of Jair, who ruled twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:24 - Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of[fn] Tekoa).
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:29 - The sons of Abishur and his wife Abihail were Ahban and Molid.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:35 - Sheshan gave one of his daughters to be the wife of Jarha, and they had a son named Attai.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:36 - Attai was the father of Nathan.
Nathan was the father of Zabad.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:37 - Zabad was the father of Ephlal.
Ephlal was the father of Obed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:38 - Obed was the father of Jehu.
Jehu was the father of Azariah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:39 - Azariah was the father of Helez.
Helez was the father of Eleasah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:40 - Eleasah was the father of Sismai.
Sismai was the father of Shallum.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:41 - Shallum was the father of Jekamiah.
Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:44 - Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - Caleb's concubine Ephah gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Another of Caleb's concubines, Maacah, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:49 - She also gave birth to Shaaph (the father of Madmannah) and Sheva (the father of Macbenah and Gibea). Caleb also had a daughter named Acsah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:2 - Shobal's son Reaiah was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:6 - Naarah gave birth to Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:8 - and Koz, who became the ancestor of Anub, Zobebah, and all the families of Aharhel son of Harum.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:10 - He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:11 - Kelub (the brother of Shuhah) was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:12 - Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah was the father of Ir-nahash. These were the descendants of Recah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 - Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the founder of the Valley of Craftsmen,[fn] so called because they were craftsmen.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:17 - The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. One of Mered's wives became[fn] the mother of Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah (the father of Eshtemoa).
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:18 - He married a woman from Judah, who became the mother of Jered (the father of Gedor), Heber (the father of Soco), and Jekuthiel (the father of Zanoah). Mered also married Bithia, a daughter of Pharaoh, and she bore him children.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:20 - They cried out to God during the battle, and he answered their prayer because they trusted in him. So the Hagrites and all their allies were defeated.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - So the God of Israel caused King Pul of Assyria (also known as Tiglath-pileser) to invade the land and take away the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh as captives. The Assyrians exiled them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River, where they remain to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:4 - Eleazar was the father of Phinehas.
Phinehas was the father of Abishua.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:5 - Abishua was the father of Bukki.
Bukki was the father of Uzzi.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:6 - Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah.
Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:7 - Meraioth was the father of Amariah.
Amariah was the father of Ahitub.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:8 - Ahitub was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:9 - Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah.
Azariah was the father of Johanan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:10 - Johanan was the father of Azariah, the high priest at the Temple[fn] built by Solomon in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:11 - Azariah was the father of Amariah.
Amariah was the father of Ahitub.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:12 - Ahitub was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Shallum.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:13 - Shallum was the father of Hilkiah.
Hilkiah was the father of Azariah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:14 - Azariah was the father of Seraiah.
Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They ministered with music at the Tabernacle[fn] until Solomon built the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. They carried out their work, following all the regulations handed down to them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:14 - The descendants of Manasseh through his Aramean concubine included Asriel. She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:18 - Makir's sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:32 - The sons of Heber were Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. They had a sister named Shua.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:1 - Benjamin's first son was Bela, the second was Ashbel, the third was Aharah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:2 - the fourth was Nohah, and the fifth was Rapha.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:7 - Ehud's sons were Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera, who led them into exile, was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:9 - His wife Hodesh gave birth to Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:10 - Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These sons all became the leaders of clans.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:11 - Shaharaim's wife Hushim had already given birth to Abitub and Elpaal.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:32 - and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeam.[fn] All these families lived near each other in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:33 - Ner was the father of Kish.
Kish was the father of Saul.
Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malkishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:34 - Jonathan was the father of Merib-baal.
Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:36 - Ahaz was the father of Jadah.[fn]
Jadah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri.
Zimri was the father of Moza.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:37 - Moza was the father of Binea.
Binea was the father of Rephaiah.[fn]
Rephaiah was the father of Eleasah.
Eleasah was the father of Azel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:38 - Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. All these families lived near each other in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:39 - Ner was the father of Kish.
Kish was the father of Saul.
Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malkishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:40 - Jonathan was the father of Merib-baal.
Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:42 - Ahaz was the father of Jadah.[fn]
Jadah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri.
Zimri was the father of Moza.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:43 - Moza was the father of Binea.
Binea's son was Rephaiah.
Rephaiah's son was Eleasah.
Eleasah's son was Azel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:2 - The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons, and they killed three of his sons—Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malkishua.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:8 - The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:13 - So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He failed to obey the LORD's command, and he even consulted a medium
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2 - In the past,[fn] even when Saul was king, you were the one who really led the forces of Israel. And the LORD your God told you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people Israel. You will be the leader of my people Israel.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:3 - So there at Hebron, David made a covenant before the LORD with all the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel, just as the LORD had promised through Samuel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:10 - These are the leaders of David's mighty warriors. Together with all Israel, they decided to make David their king, just as the LORD had promised concerning Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions[fn] of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - Once, armed only with a club, he killed an Egyptian warrior who was 7½ feet[fn] tall and whose spear was as thick as a weaver's beam. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 - These were the men who crossed the Jordan River during its seasonal flooding at the beginning of the year and drove out all the people living in the lowlands on both the east and west banks.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the leader of the Thirty, and he said,
“We are yours, David!
We are on your side, son of Jesse.
Peace and prosperity be with you,
and success to all who help you,
for your God is the one who helps you.” So David let them join him, and he made them officers over his troops.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:19 - Some men from Manasseh defected from the Israelite army and joined David when he set out with the Philistines to fight against Saul. But as it turned out, the Philistine rulers refused to let David and his men go with them. After much discussion, they sent them back, for they said, “It will cost us our heads if David switches loyalties to Saul and turns against us.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:21 - They helped David chase down bands of raiders, for they were all brave and able warriors who became commanders in his army.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23 - These are the numbers of armed warriors who joined David at Hebron. They were all eager to see David become king instead of Saul, just as the LORD had promised.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - From the half-tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan, 18,000 men were designated by name to help David become king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:38 - All these men came in battle array to Hebron with the single purpose of making David the king over all Israel. In fact, everyone in Israel agreed that David should be their king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David summoned all Israel, from the Shihor Brook of Egypt in the south all the way to the town of Lebo-hamath in the north, to join in bringing the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11 - David was angry because the LORD's anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means “to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:12 - David was now afraid of God, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of God back into my care?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - And David realized that the LORD had confirmed him as king over Israel and had greatly blessed his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:8 - When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he marched out to meet them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:15 - When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, go out and attack! That will be the signal that God is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:17 - So David's fame spread everywhere, and the LORD caused all the nations to fear David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:1 - David now built several buildings for himself in the City of David. He also prepared a place for the Ark of God and set up a special tent for it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:3 - Then David summoned all Israel to Jerusalem to bring the Ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:11 - Then David summoned the priests, Zadok and Abiathar, and these Levite leaders: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17 - So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel along with his fellow Levites: Asaph son of Berekiah, and Ethan son of Kushaiah from the clan of Merari.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:26 - And because God was clearly helping the Levites as they carried the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - But as the Ark of the LORD's Covenant entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David skipping about and laughing with joy, she was filled with contempt for him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:2 - When he had finished his sacrifices, David blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:4 - David appointed the following Levites to lead the people in worship before the Ark of the LORD—to invoke his blessings, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:7 - On that day David gave to Asaph and his fellow Levites this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:11 - Search for the LORD and for his strength;
continually seek him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:16 - This is the covenant he made with Abraham
and the oath he swore to Isaac.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:34 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37 - David arranged for Asaph and his fellow Levites to serve regularly before the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, doing whatever needed to be done each day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:39 - Meanwhile, David stationed Zadok the priest and his fellow priests at the Tabernacle of the LORD at the place of worship in Gibeon, where they continued to minister before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - David also appointed Heman, Jeduthun, and the others chosen by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “his faithful love endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:43 - Then all the people returned to their homes, and David turned and went home to bless his own family.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:1 - When David was settled in his palace, he summoned Nathan the prophet. “Look,” David said, “I am living in a beautiful cedar palace,[fn] but the Ark of the LORD's Covenant is out there under a tent!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:4 - “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD has declared: You are not the one to build a house for me to live in.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:5 - I have never lived in a house, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until this very day. My home has always been a tent, moving from one place to another in a Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:6 - Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained to Israel's leaders,[fn] the shepherds of my people. I have never asked them, “Why haven't you built me a beautiful cedar house?”'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7 - “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:10 - starting from the time I appointed judges to rule my people Israel. And I will defeat all your enemies. “‘Furthermore, I declare that the LORD will build a house for you—a dynasty of kings!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:12 - He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for me. And I will secure his throne forever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:17 - And now, O God, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! You speak as though I were someone very great,[fn] O LORD God!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:18 - “What more can I say to you about the way you have honored me? You know what your servant is really like.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:22 - You chose Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:23 - “And now, O LORD, I am your servant; do as you have promised concerning me and my family. May it be a promise that will last forever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:26 - For you are God, O LORD. And you have promised these good things to your servant.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:27 - And now, it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, so that it will continue forever before you. For when you grant a blessing, O LORD, it is an eternal blessing!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, as far as Hamath,[fn] when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:6 - Then he placed several army garrisons[fn] in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David's subjects and paid him tribute money. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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 18:13 - He placed army garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. In fact, the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, “Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the land so they can come in and conquer it!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - They also hired 32,000 chariots and secured the support of the king of Maacah and his army. These forces camped at Medeba, where they were joined by the Ammonite troops that Hanun had recruited from his own towns.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:8 - When David heard about this, he sent Joab and all his warriors to fight them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - The Ammonite troops came out and drew up their battle lines at the entrance of the city, while the other kings positioned themselves to fight in the open fields.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 - The Arameans now realized that they were no match for Israel, so they sent messengers and summoned additional Aramean troops from the other side of the Euphrates River.[fn] These troops were under the command of Shobach,[fn] the commander of Hadadezer's forces.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:17 - When David heard what was happening, he mobilized all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and positioned his troops in battle formation. Then David engaged the Arameans in battle, and they fought against him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:18 - But again the Arameans fled from the Israelites. This time David's forces killed 7,000 charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers, including Shobach, the commander of their army.
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 20:3 - He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes.[fn] That is how David dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:4 - After this, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. As they fought, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Saph,[fn] a descendant of the giants,[fn] and so the Philistines were subdued.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:5 - During another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath of Gath. The handle of Lahmi's spear was as thick as a weaver's beam!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:7 - But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimea.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:1 - Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the people of Israel—from Beersheba in the south to Dan in the north—and bring me a report so I may know how many there are.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - But Joab replied, “May the LORD increase the number of his people a hundred times over! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this? Are they not all your servants? Why must you cause Israel to sin?”
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 21:6 - But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:7 - God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:8 - Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt for doing this foolish thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - David looked up and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth with his sword drawn, reaching out over Jerusalem. So David and the leaders of Israel put on burlap to show their deep distress and fell face down on the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17 - And David said to God, “I am the one who called for the census! I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? O LORD my God, let your anger fall against me and my family, but do not destroy your people.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:19 - So David went up to do what the LORD had commanded him through Gad.
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 21:22 - David said to Araunah, “Let me buy this threshing floor from you at its full price. Then I will build an altar to the LORD there, so that he will stop the plague.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:23 - “Take it, my lord the king, and use it as you wish,” Araunah said to David. “I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, and the threshing boards for wood to build a fire on the altar, and the wheat for the grain offering. I will give it all to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:27 - Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put the sword back into its sheath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:28 - When David saw that the LORD had answered his prayer, he offered sacrifices there at Araunah's threshing floor.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:30 - But David was not able to go there to inquire of God, because he was terrified by the drawn sword of the angel of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:6 - Then David sent for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a Temple for the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:12 - And may the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, that you may obey the Law of the LORD your God as you rule over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - Now seek the LORD your God with all your heart and soul. Build the sanctuary of the LORD God so that you can bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant and the holy vessels of God into the Temple built to honor the LORD's name.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:1 - When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the descendants of Levi by clans, the leaders of their family groups, registered carefully by name. Each had to be twenty years old or older to qualify for service in the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - The work of the Levites was to assist the priests, the descendants of Aaron, as they served at the house of the LORD. They also took care of the courtyards and side rooms, helped perform the ceremonies of purification, and served in many other ways in the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3 - From the sons of Jeduthun, there were Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,[fn] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all. They worked under the direction of their father, Jeduthun, who proclaimed God's messages to the accompaniment of the lyre, offering thanks and praise to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - The musicians were appointed to their term of service by means of sacred lots, without regard to whether they were young or old, teacher or student.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:6 - Obed-edom's son Shemaiah had sons with great ability who earned positions of great authority in the clan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13 - They were assigned by families for guard duty at the various gates, without regard to age or training, for it was all decided by means of sacred lots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:18 - Six were assigned each day to the west gate, four to the gateway leading up to the Temple, and two to the courtyard.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29 - From the clan of Izhar came Kenaniah. He and his sons were given administrative responsibilities[fn] over Israel as officials and judges.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest was commander of the third division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the third month.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:7 - Asahel, the brother of Joab, was commander of the fourth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the fourth month. Asahel was succeeded by his son Zebadiah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:15 - Heled,[fn] a descendant of Othniel from Netophah, was commander of the twelfth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the twelfth month.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - When David took his census, he did not count those who were younger than twenty years of age, because the LORD had promised to make the Israelites as numerous as the stars in heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24 - Joab son of Zeruiah began the census but never finished it because[fn] the anger of God fell on Israel. The total number was never recorded in King David's official records.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:4 - “Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, has chosen me from among all my father's family to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen the tribe of Judah to rule, and from among the families of Judah he chose my father's family. And from among my father's sons the LORD was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:5 - And from among my sons—for the LORD has given me many—he chose Solomon to succeed me on the throne of Israel and to rule over the LORD's kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:6 - He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will build my Temple and its courtyards, for I have chosen him as my son, and I will be his father.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9 - “And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the LORD sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:14 - David gave instructions regarding how much gold and silver should be used to make the items needed for service.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:16 - He designated the amount of gold for the table on which the Bread of the Presence would be placed and the amount of silver for other tables.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:17 - David also designated the amount of gold for the solid gold meat hooks used to handle the sacrificial meat and for the basins, pitchers, and dishes, as well as the amount of silver for every dish.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:18 - He designated the amount of refined gold for the altar of incense. Finally, he gave him a plan for the LORD's “chariot”—the gold cherubim[fn] whose wings were stretched out over the Ark of the LORD's Covenant.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:3 - “And now, because of my devotion to the Temple of my God, I am giving all of my own private treasures of gold and silver to help in the construction. This is in addition to the building materials I have already collected for his holy Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:10 - Then David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly: “O LORD, the God of our ancestor Israel,[fn] may you be praised forever and ever!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18 - “O LORD, the God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make your people always want to obey you. See to it that their love for you never changes.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20 - Then David said to the whole assembly, “Give praise to the LORD your God!” And the entire assembly praised the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and they bowed low and knelt before the LORD and the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - They feasted and drank in the LORD's presence with great joy that day.
And again they crowned David's son Solomon as their new king. They anointed him before the LORD as their leader, and they anointed Zadok as priest.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:25 - And the LORD exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and he gave Solomon greater royal splendor than any king in Israel before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:30 - These accounts include the mighty deeds of his reign and everything that happened to him and to Israel and to all the surrounding kingdoms.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:8 - Solomon replied to God, “You showed faithful love to David, my father, and now you have made me king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:10 - Give me the wisdom and knowledge to lead them properly,[fn] for who could possibly govern this great people of yours?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:11 - God said to Solomon, “Because your greatest desire is to help your people, and you did not ask for wealth, riches, fame, or even the death of your enemies or a long life, but rather you asked for wisdom and knowledge to properly govern my people—
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God. It will be a place set apart to burn fragrant incense before him, to display the special sacrificial bread, and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon celebrations, and at the other appointed festivals of the LORD our God. He has commanded Israel to do these things forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 - King Hiram sent this letter of reply to Solomon: “It is because the LORD loves his people that he has made you their king!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, gifted with skill and understanding, who will build a Temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:13 - “I am sending you a master craftsman named Huram-abi, who is extremely talented.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:15 - “Send along the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine that my lord has mentioned.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:17 - Solomon took a census of all foreigners in the land of Israel, like the census his father had taken, and he counted 153,600.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:18 - He assigned 70,000 of them as common laborers, 80,000 as quarry workers in the hill country, and 3,600 as foremen.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:1 - So Solomon began to build the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to David, his father. The Temple was built on the threshing floor of Araunah[fn] the Jebusite, the site that David had selected.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:3 - These are the dimensions Solomon used for the foundation of the Temple of God (using the old standard of measurement).[fn] It was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:5 - He paneled the main room of the Temple with cypress wood, overlaid it with fine gold, and decorated it with carvings of palm trees and chains.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:6 - He decorated the walls of the Temple with beautiful jewels and with gold from the land of Parvaim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:7 - He overlaid the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors throughout the Temple with gold, and he carved figures of cherubim on the walls.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:8 - He made the Most Holy Place 30 feet wide, corresponding to the width of the Temple, and 30 feet deep. He overlaid its interior with 23 tons[fn] of fine gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:13 - So the wingspan of the two cherubim side by side was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced out toward the main room of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - Then he set up the two pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one to the south of the entrance and the other to the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 - It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of figures that resembled oxen. There were about six oxen per foot[fn] all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:3 - So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:7 - Then the priests carried the Ark of the LORD's Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the Temple—the Most Holy Place—and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
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 5:13 - The trumpeters and singers performed together in unison to praise and give thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they raised their voices and praised the LORD with these words:
“He is good!
His faithful love endures forever!” At that moment a thick cloud filled the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:14 - The priests could not continue their service because of the cloud, for the glorious presence of the LORD filled the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:4 - “Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father, David. For he told my father,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:5 - ‘From the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of the tribes of Israel as the place where a Temple should be built to honor my name. Nor have I chosen a king to lead my people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:9 - but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:10 - “And now the LORD has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father's place, and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - Now Solomon had made a bronze platform 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high[fn] and had placed it at the center of the Temple's outer courtyard. He stood on the platform, and then he knelt in front of the entire community of Israel and lifted his hands toward heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:20 - May you watch over this Temple day and night, this place where you have said you would put your name. May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:21 - May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 - “If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if they pray toward this Temple and acknowledge your name and turn from their sins because you have punished them,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:29 - and if your people Israel pray about their troubles or sorrow, raising their hands toward this Temple,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:32 - “In the future, foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel will hear of you. They will come from distant lands when they hear of your great name and your strong hand and your powerful arm. And when they pray toward this Temple,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:33 - then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built honors your name.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:1 - When Solomon finished praying, fire flashed down from heaven and burned up the burnt offerings and sacrifices, and the glorious presence of the LORD filled the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:2 - The priests could not enter the Temple of the LORD because the glorious presence of the LORD filled it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3 - When all the people of Israel saw the fire coming down and the glorious presence of the LORD filling the Temple, they fell face down on the ground and worshiped and praised the LORD, saying,
“He is good!
His faithful love endures forever!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. And so the king and all the people dedicated the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - The priests took their assigned positions, and so did the Levites who were singing, “His faithful love endures forever!” They accompanied the singing with music from the instruments King David had made for praising the LORD. Across from the Levites, the priests blew the trumpets, while all Israel stood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10 - Then at the end of the celebration,[fn] Solomon sent the people home. They were all joyful and glad because the LORD had been so good to David and to Solomon and to his people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:11 - So Solomon finished the Temple of the LORD, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do in the construction of the Temple and the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:16 - For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:18 - then I will establish the throne of your dynasty. For I made this covenant with your father, David, when I said, ‘One of your descendants will always rule over Israel.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:20 - then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make it an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:22 - “And the answer will be, ‘Because his people abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead and bowed down to them. That is why he has brought all these disasters on them.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:1 - It took Solomon twenty years to build the LORD's Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11 - Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh's daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. He said, “My wife must not live in King David's palace, for the Ark of the LORD has been there, and it is holy ground.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:13 - He offered the sacrifices for the Sabbaths, the new moon festivals, and the three annual festivals—the Passover celebration, the Festival of Harvest,[fn] and the Festival of Shelters—as Moses had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - In assigning the priests to their duties, Solomon followed the regulations of his father, David. He also assigned the Levites to lead the people in praise and to assist the priests in their daily duties. And he assigned the gatekeepers to their gates by their divisions, following the commands of David, the man of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16 - So Solomon made sure that all the work related to building the Temple of the LORD was carried out, from the day its foundation was laid to the day of its completion.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers and manned by experienced crews of sailors. These ships sailed to Ophir with Solomon's men and brought back to Solomon almost seventeen tons[fn] of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:3 - When the queen of Sheba realized how wise Solomon was, and when she saw the palace he had built,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5 - She exclaimed to the king, “Everything I heard in my country about your achievements[fn] and wisdom is true!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Praise the LORD your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne as king to rule for him. Because God loves Israel and desires this kingdom to last forever, he has made you king over them so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 - King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 15 pounds.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - Yes, my father laid heavy burdens on you, but I'm going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid[fn] heavy burdens on you, but I'm going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”
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 10:16 - When all Israel realized[fn] that the king had refused to listen to them, they responded,
“Down with the dynasty of David!
We have no interest in the son of Jesse.
Back to your homes, O Israel!
Look out for your own house, O David!” So all the people of Israel returned home.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1 - When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he mobilized the men of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 select troops—to fight against Israel and to restore the kingdom to himself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:3 - “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and did not fight against Jeroboam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:17 - This strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they supported Rehoboam son of Solomon, for during those years they faithfully followed in the footsteps of David and Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:19 - Mahalath had three sons—Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:20 - Later Rehoboam married another cousin, Maacah, the daughter of Absalom. Maacah gave birth to Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - Rehoboam appointed Maacah's son Abijah as leader among the princes, making it clear that he would be the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:11 - Whenever the king went to the Temple of the LORD, the guards would also take the shields and then return them to the guardroom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:14 - But he was an evil king, for he did not seek the LORD with all his heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:15 - The rest of the events of Rehoboam's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Shemaiah the Prophet and The Record of Iddo the Seer, which are part of the genealogical record. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:3 - Judah, led by King Abijah, fielded 400,000 select warriors, while Jeroboam mustered 800,000 select troops from Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:5 - Don't you realize that the LORD, the God of Israel, made a lasting covenant[fn] with David, giving him and his descendants the throne of Israel forever?
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 13:10 - “But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not abandoned him. Only the descendants of Aaron serve the LORD as priests, and the Levites alone may help them in their work.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:15 - and the men of Judah began to shout. At the sound of their battle cry, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel and routed them before Abijah and the army of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:4 - He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his law and his commands.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:9 - Then Asa called together all the people of Judah and Benjamin, along with the people of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them. For many from Israel had moved to Judah during Asa's reign when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:2 - Asa responded by removing the silver and gold from the treasuries of the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace. He sent it to King Ben-hadad of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus, along with this message:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:3 - “Let there be a treaty[fn] between you and me like the one between your father and my father. See, I am sending you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel so that he will leave me alone.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - Then King Asa called out all the men of Judah to carry away the building stones and timbers that Baasha had been using to fortify Ramah. Asa used these materials to fortify the towns of Geba and Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:1 - Then Jehoshaphat, Asa's son, became the next king. He strengthened Judah to stand against any attack from Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:4 - He sought his father's God and obeyed his commands instead of following the evil practices of the kingdom of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:7 - In the third year of his reign Jehoshaphat sent his officials to teach in all the towns of Judah. These officials included Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:9 - They took copies of the Book of the Law of the LORD and traveled around through all the towns of Judah, teaching the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:4 - Then Jehoshaphat added, “But first let's find out what the LORD says.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, “There is one more man who could consult the LORD for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
Jehoshaphat replied, “That's not the way a king should talk! Let's hear what he has to say.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12 - Meanwhile, the messenger who went to get Micaiah said to him, “Look, all the prophets are promising victory for the king. Be sure that you agree with them and promise success.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - When Micaiah arrived before the king, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold back?”
Micaiah replied sarcastically, “Yes, go up and be victorious, for you will have victory over them!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:16 - Then Micaiah told him, “In a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘Their master has been killed.[fn] Send them home in peace.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - Then Micaiah continued, “Listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:19 - And the LORD said, ‘Who can entice King Ahab of Israel to go into battle against Ramoth-gilead so he can be killed?'
“There were many suggestions,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 - Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him across the face. “Since when did the Spirit of the LORD leave me to speak to you?” he demanded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:25 - “Arrest him!” the king of Israel ordered. “Take him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to my son Joash.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:29 - The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “As we go into battle, I will disguise myself so no one will recognize me, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:30 - Meanwhile, the king of Aram had issued these orders to his chariot commanders: “Attack only the king of Israel! Don't bother with anyone else.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31 - So when the Aramean chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat in his royal robes, they went after him. “There is the king of Israel!” they shouted. But Jehoshaphat called out, and the LORD saved him. God helped him by turning the attackers away from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33 - An Aramean soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the Israelite troops and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. “Turn the horses[fn] and get me out of here!” Ahab groaned to the driver of the chariot. “I'm badly wounded!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:1 - When King Jehoshaphat of Judah arrived safely home in Jerusalem,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - Even so, there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles throughout the land, and you have committed yourself to seeking God.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 - Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, but he went out among the people, traveling from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, encouraging the people to return to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:3 - Jehoshaphat was terrified by this news and begged the LORD for guidance. He also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:4 - So people from all the towns of Judah came to Jerusalem to seek the LORD's help.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:7 - O our God, did you not drive out those who lived in this land when your people Israel arrived? And did you not give this land forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 - After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the LORD and praising him for his holy splendor. This is what they sang:
“Give thanks to the LORD;
his faithful love endures forever!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:26 - On the fourth day they gathered in the Valley of Blessing,[fn] which got its name that day because the people praised and thanked the LORD there. It is still called the Valley of Blessing today.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:31 - So Jehoshaphat ruled over the land of Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - But the LORD did not want to destroy David's dynasty, for he had made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would continue to rule, shining like a lamp forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:9 - So Jehoram went out with his full army and all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he went out at night and attacked them[fn] under cover of darkness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:11 - He had built pagan shrines in the hill country of Judah and had led the people of Jerusalem and Judah to give themselves to pagan gods and to go astray.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - Instead, you have been as evil as the kings of Israel. You have led the people of Jerusalem and Judah to worship idols, just as King Ahab did in Israel. And you have even killed your own brothers, men who were better than you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:1 - Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram's youngest son, their next king, since the marauding bands who came with the Arabs[fn] had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram reigned as king of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:4 - He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, just as Ahab's family had done. They even became his advisers after the death of his father, and they led him to ruin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5 - Following their evil advice, Ahaziah joined King Joram,[fn] the son of King Ahab of Israel, in his war against King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. When the Arameans wounded Joram in the battle,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth.[fn] Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah[fn] of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:7 - But God had decided that this visit would be Ahaziah's downfall. While he was there, Ahaziah went out with Joram to meet Jehu grandson of Nimshi,[fn] whom the LORD had appointed to destroy the dynasty of Ahab.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8 - While Jehu was executing judgment against the family of Ahab, he happened to meet some of Judah's officials and Ahaziah's relatives[fn] who were traveling with Ahaziah. So Jehu killed them all.
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 22:11 - But Ahaziah's sister Jehosheba,[fn] the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah's infant son, Joash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king's children, who were about to be killed. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom. In this way, Jehosheba, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid the child so that Athaliah could not murder him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1 - In the seventh year of Athaliah's reign, Jehoiada the priest decided to act. He summoned his courage and made a pact with five army commanders: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zicri.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:2 - These men traveled secretly throughout Judah and summoned the Levites and clan leaders in all the towns to come to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:3 - They all gathered at the Temple of God, where they made a solemn pact with Joash, the young king.
Jehoiada said to them, “Here is the king's son! The time has come for him to reign! The LORD has promised that a descendant of David will be our king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:7 - You Levites, form a bodyguard around the king and keep your weapons in hand. Kill anyone who tries to enter the Temple. Stay with the king wherever he goes.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:10 - He stationed all the people around the king, with their weapons ready. They formed a line from the south side of the Temple around to the north side and all around the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:11 - Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out Joash, the king's son, placed the crown on his head, and presented him with a copy of God's laws.[fn] They anointed him and proclaimed him king, and everyone shouted, “Long live the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:12 - When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and the shouts of praise to the king, she hurried to the LORD's Temple to see what was happening.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - When she arrived, she saw the newly crowned king standing in his place of authority by the pillar at the Temple entrance. The commanders and trumpeters were surrounding him, and people from all over the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Singers with musical instruments were leading the people in a great celebration. When Athaliah saw all this, she tore her clothes in despair and shouted, “Treason! Treason!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - And all the people went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - Jehoiada now put the priests and Levites in charge of the Temple of the LORD, following all the directions given by David. He also commanded them to present burnt offerings to the LORD, as prescribed by the Law of Moses, and to sing and rejoice as David had instructed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - Then the commanders, nobles, rulers, and all the people of the land escorted the king from the Temple of the LORD. They went through the upper gate and into the palace, and they seated the king on the royal throne.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:4 - At one point Joash decided to repair and restore the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - He summoned the priests and Levites and gave them these instructions: “Go to all the towns of Judah and collect the required annual offerings, so that we can repair the Temple of your God. Do not delay!” But the Levites did not act immediately.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and asked him, “Why haven't you demanded that the Levites go out and collect the Temple taxes from the towns of Judah and from Jerusalem? Moses, the servant of the LORD, levied this tax on the community of Israel in order to maintain the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]
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 24:9 - Then a proclamation was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem, telling the people to bring to the LORD the tax that Moses, the servant of God, had required of the Israelites in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:11 - Whenever the chest became full, the Levites would carry it to the king's officials. Then the court secretary and an officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and take it back to the Temple again. This went on day after day, and a large amount of money was collected.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the construction supervisors, who hired masons and carpenters to restore the Temple of the LORD. They also hired metalworkers, who made articles of iron and bronze for the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:13 - The men in charge of the renovation worked hard and made steady progress. They restored the Temple of God according to its original design and strengthened it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:14 - When all the repairs were finished, they brought the remaining money to the king and Jehoiada. It was used to make various articles for the Temple of the LORD—articles for worship services and for burnt offerings, including ladles and other articles made of gold and silver. And the burnt offerings were sacrificed continually in the Temple of the LORD during the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:17 - But after Jehoiada's death, the leaders of Judah came and bowed before King Joash and persuaded him to listen to their advice.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:18 - They decided to abandon the Temple of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and they worshiped Asherah poles and idols instead! Because of this sin, divine anger fell on Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:20 - Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, “This is what God says: Why do you disobey the LORD's commands and keep yourselves from prospering? You have abandoned the LORD, and now he has abandoned you!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:22 - That was how King Joash repaid Jehoiada for his loyalty—by killing his son. Zechariah's last words as he died were, “May the LORD see what they are doing and avenge my death!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:3 - When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - Then Amaziah organized the army, assigning generals and captains[fn] for all Judah and Benjamin. He took a census and found that he had an army of 300,000 select troops, twenty years old and older, all trained in the use of spear and shield.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:10 - So Amaziah discharged the hired troops and sent them back to Ephraim. This made them very angry with Judah, and they returned home in a great rage.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - Then Amaziah summoned his courage and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where they killed 10,000 Edomite troops from Seir.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:15 - This made the LORD very angry, and he sent a prophet to ask, “Why do you turn to gods who could not even save their own people from you?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:18 - But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah with this story: “Out in the Lebanon mountains, a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree: ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.' But just then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah's king, Amaziah son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then he brought him to Jerusalem, where he demolished 600 feet[fn] of Jerusalem's wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:25 - King Amaziah of Judah lived on for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:1 - All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah's sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah, as king in place of his father.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:2 - After his father's death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath[fn] and restored it to Judah.
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 26:16 - But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the LORD his God by entering the sanctuary of the LORD's Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - They confronted King Uzziah and said, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is the work of the priests alone, the descendants of Aaron who are set apart for this work. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have sinned. The LORD God will not honor you for this!”
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 27:2 - Jotham did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight. He did everything his father, Uzziah, had done, except that Jotham did not sin by entering the Temple of the LORD. But the people continued in their corrupt ways.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:6 - In a single day Pekah son of Remaliah, Israel's king, killed 120,000 of Judah's troops, all of them experienced warriors, because they had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:7 - Then Zicri, a warrior from Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the king's son; Azrikam, the king's palace commander; and Elkanah, the king's second-in-command.
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 28:13 - “You must not bring the prisoners here!” they declared. “We cannot afford to add to our sins and guilt. Our guilt is already great, and the LORD's fierce anger is already turned against Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19 - The LORD was humbling Judah because of King Ahaz of Judah,[fn] for he had encouraged his people to sin and had been utterly unfaithful to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:25 - He made pagan shrines in all the towns of Judah for offering sacrifices to other gods. In this way, he aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of his ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:5 - He said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Purify yourselves, and purify the Temple of the LORD, the God of your ancestors. Remove all the defiled things from the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:8 - “That is why the LORD's anger has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem. He has made them an object of dread, horror, and ridicule, as you can see with your own eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:15 - These men called together their fellow Levites, and they all purified themselves. Then they began to cleanse the Temple of the LORD, just as the king had commanded. They were careful to follow all the LORD's instructions in their work.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16 - The priests went into the sanctuary of the Temple of the LORD to cleanse it, and they took out to the Temple courtyard all the defiled things they found. From there the Levites carted it all out to the Kidron Valley.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:17 - They began the work in early spring, on the first day of the new year,[fn] and in eight days they had reached the entry room of the LORD's Temple. Then they purified the Temple of the LORD itself, which took another eight days. So the entire task was completed in sixteen days.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:18 - Then the Levites went to King Hezekiah and gave him this report: “We have cleansed the entire Temple of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the Bread of the Presence with all its utensils.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to praise the LORD with the psalms written by David and by Asaph the seer. So they offered joyous praise and bowed down in worship.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:36 - And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had done for the people, for everything had been accomplished so quickly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:1 - King Hezekiah now sent word to all Israel and Judah, and he wrote letters of invitation to the people of Ephraim and Manasseh. He asked everyone to come to the Temple of the LORD at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Do not be stubborn, as they were, but submit yourselves to the LORD. Come to his Temple, which he has set apart as holy forever. Worship the LORD your God so that his fierce anger will turn away from you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:14 - They set to work and removed the pagan altars from Jerusalem. They took away all the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19 - who decide to follow the LORD, the God of their ancestors, even though they are not properly cleansed for the ceremony.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:20 - And the LORD listened to Hezekiah's prayer and healed the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27 - Then the priests and Levites stood and blessed the people, and God heard their prayer from his holy dwelling in heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - When the people of Israel heard these requirements, they responded generously by bringing the first share of their grain, new wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a large quantity—a tithe of all they produced.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:8 - When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw these huge piles, they thanked the LORD and his people Israel!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:10 - And Azariah the high priest, from the family of Zadok, replied, “Since the people began bringing their gifts to the LORD's Temple, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare. The LORD has blessed his people, and all this is left over.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - His faithful assistants were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah. They distributed the gifts among the families of priests in their towns by their divisions, dividing the gifts fairly among old and young alike.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow God's laws and commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - They organized a huge work crew to stop the flow of the springs, cutting off the brook that ran through the fields. For they said, “Why should the kings of Assyria come here and find plenty of water?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6 - He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate. Then Hezekiah encouraged them by saying:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8 - He may have a great army, but they are merely men. We have the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles for us!” Hezekiah's words greatly encouraged the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9 - While King Sennacherib of Assyria was still besieging the town of Lachish, he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah and all the people in the city:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:13 - “Surely you must realize what I and the other kings of Assyria before me have done to all the people of the earth! Were any of the gods of those nations able to rescue their people from my power?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:14 - Which of their gods was able to rescue its people from the destructive power of my predecessors? What makes you think your God can rescue you from me?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - Don't let Hezekiah deceive you! Don't let him fool you like this! I say it again—no god of any nation or kingdom has ever yet been able to rescue his people from me or my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my power!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17 - The king also sent letters scorning the LORD, the God of Israel. He wrote, “Just as the gods of all the other nations failed to rescue their people from my power, so the God of Hezekiah will also fail.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18 - The Assyrian officials who brought the letters shouted this in Hebrew[fn] to the people gathered on the walls of the city, trying to terrify them so it would be easier to capture the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:20 - Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to God in heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:4 - He built pagan altars in the Temple of the LORD, the place where the LORD had said, “My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:7 - Manasseh even took a carved idol he had made and set it up in God's Temple, the very place where God had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem—the city I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:8 - If the Israelites will be careful to obey my commands—all the laws, decrees, and regulations given through Moses—I will not send them into exile from this land that I set aside for your ancestors.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:9 - But Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem to do even more evil than the pagan nations that the LORD had destroyed when the people of Israel entered the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:10 - The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they ignored all his warnings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - So the LORD sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:18 - The rest of the events of Manasseh's reign, his prayer to God, and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:25 - But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:5 - He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their own altars, and so he purified Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8 - In the eighteenth year of his reign, after he had purified the land and the Temple, Josiah appointed Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of Jerusalem, and Joah son of Joahaz, the royal historian, to repair the Temple of the LORD his God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9 - They gave Hilkiah the high priest the money that had been collected by the Levites who served as gatekeepers at the Temple of God. The gifts were brought by people from Manasseh, Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, as well as from all Judah, Benjamin, and the people of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:10 - He entrusted the money to the men assigned to supervise the restoration of the LORD's Temple. Then they paid the workers who did the repairs and renovation of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:15 - Hilkiah said to Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the LORD's Temple!” Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:16 - Shaphan took the scroll to the king and reported, “Your officials are doing everything they were assigned to do.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21 - “Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for all the remnant of Israel and Judah. Inquire about the words written in the scroll that has been found. For the LORD's great anger has been poured out on us because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the LORD. We have not been doing everything this scroll says we must do.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:24 - ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this city[fn] and its people. All the curses written in the scroll that was read to the king of Judah will come true.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:26 - “But go to the king of Judah who sent you to seek the LORD and tell him: ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the message you have just heard:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:27 - You were sorry and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this city and its people. You humbled yourself and tore your clothing in despair and wept before me in repentance. And I have indeed heard you, says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:28 - So I will not send the promised disaster until after you have died and been buried in peace. You yourself will not see the disaster I am going to bring on this city and its people.'”
So they took her message back to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - The king took his place of authority beside the pillar and renewed the covenant in the LORD's presence. He pledged to obey the LORD by keeping all his commands, laws, and decrees with all his heart and soul. He promised to obey all the terms of the covenant that were written in the scroll.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - He issued this order to the Levites, who were to teach all Israel and who had been set apart to serve the LORD: “Put the holy Ark in the Temple that was built by Solomon son of David, the king of Israel. You no longer need to carry it back and forth on your shoulders. Now spend your time serving the LORD your God and his people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:6 - Slaughter the Passover lambs, purify yourselves, and prepare to help those who come. Follow all the directions that the LORD gave through Moses.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - This Passover celebration took place in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - After Josiah had finished restoring the Temple, King Neco of Egypt led his army up from Egypt to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River, and Josiah and his army marched out to fight him.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 - Then the people of the land took Josiah's son Jehoahaz and made him the next king in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - The king of Egypt then installed Eliakim, the brother of Jehoahaz, as the next king of Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Then Neco took Jehoahaz to Egypt as a prisoner.
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 36:13 - He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, even though he had taken an oath of loyalty in God's name. Zedekiah was a hard and stubborn man, refusing to turn to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:14 - Likewise, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the pagan practices of the surrounding nations, desecrating the Temple of the LORD that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - Then his army burned the Temple of God, tore down the walls of Jerusalem, burned all the palaces, and completely destroyed everything of value.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:3 - Any of you who are his people may go to Jerusalem in Judah to rebuild this Temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives in Jerusalem. And may your God be with you!
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:5 - Then God stirred the hearts of the priests and Levites and the leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to go to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:68 - When they arrived at the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders made voluntary offerings toward the rebuilding of God's Temple on its original site,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10 - When the builders completed the foundation of the LORD's Temple, the priests put on their robes and took their places to blow their trumpets. And the Levites, descendants of Asaph, clashed their cymbals to praise the LORD, just as King David had prescribed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - With praise and thanks, they sang this song to the LORD:
“He is so good!
His faithful love for Israel endures forever!” Then all the people gave a great shout, praising the LORD because the foundation of the LORD's Temple had been laid.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - But many of the older priests, Levites, and other leaders who had seen the first Temple wept aloud when they saw the new Temple's foundation. The others, however, were shouting for joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:2 - Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jehozadak[fn] responded by starting again to rebuild the Temple of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them and helped them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:3 - But Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:9 - “We asked the leaders, ‘Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?'
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 5:12 - But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he abandoned them to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,[fn] who destroyed this Temple and exiled the people to Babylonia.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:13 - However, King Cyrus of Babylon,[fn] during the first year of his reign, issued a decree that the Temple of God should be rebuilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:15 - The king instructed him to return the cups to their place in Jerusalem and to rebuild the Temple of God there on its original site.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - “Therefore, if it pleases the king, we request that a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to discover whether King Cyrus ever issued a decree to rebuild God's Temple in Jerusalem. And then let the king send us his decision in this matter.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:5 - Furthermore, the gold and silver cups, which were taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple of God in Jerusalem, must be returned to Jerusalem and put back where they belong. Let them be taken back to the Temple of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - May the God who has chosen the city of Jerusalem as the place to honor his name destroy any king or nation that violates this command and destroys this Temple. “I, Darius, have issued this decree. Let it be obeyed with all diligence.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - The Temple was completed on March 12,[fn] during the sixth year of King Darius's reign.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:10 - This was because Ezra had determined to study and obey the Law of the LORD and to teach those decrees and regulations to the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - King Artaxerxes had given a copy of the following letter to Ezra, the priest and scribe who studied and taught the commands and decrees of the LORD to Israel:
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:16 - “Furthermore, you are to take any silver and gold that you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the voluntary offerings of the people and the priests that are presented for the Temple of their God in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:27 - Praise the LORD, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to beautify the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem!
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - I assembled the exiles at the Ahava Canal, and we camped there for three days while I went over the lists of the people and the priests who had arrived. I found that not one Levite had volunteered to come along.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:19 - They also sent Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and twenty of his sons and brothers,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - The king's decrees were delivered to his highest officers and the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] who then cooperated by supporting the people and the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - When I heard this, I tore my cloak and my shirt, pulled hair from my head and beard, and sat down utterly shocked.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 - At the time of the sacrifice, I stood up from where I had sat in mourning with my clothes torn. I fell to my knees and lifted my hands to the LORD my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - For we were slaves, but in his unfailing love our God did not abandon us in our slavery. Instead, he caused the kings of Persia to treat us favorably. He revived us so we could rebuild the Temple of our God and repair its ruins. He has given us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:8 - “Please remember what you told your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - But if you return to me and obey my commands and live by them, then even if you are exiled to the ends of the earth, I will bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to be honored.'
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 2:3 - but I replied, “Long live the king! How can I not be sad? For the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:4 - The king asked, “Well, how can I help you?”
With a prayer to the God of heaven,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:5 - I replied, “If it please the king, and if you are pleased with me, your servant, send me to Judah to rebuild the city where my ancestors are buried.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - I also said to the king, “If it please the king, let me have letters addressed to the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] instructing them to let me travel safely through their territories on my way to Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed contemptuously. “What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:9 - But we prayed to our God and guarded the city day and night to protect ourselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - So I placed armed guards behind the lowest parts of the wall in the exposed areas. I stationed the people to stand guard by families, armed with swords, spears, and bows.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - After thinking it over, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, “You are hurting your own relatives by charging interest when they borrow money!” Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11 - You must restore their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and homes to them this very day. And repay the interest you charged when you lent them money, grain, new wine, and olive oil.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - I shook out the folds of my robe and said, “If you fail to keep your promise, may God shake you like this from your homes and from your property!”
The whole assembly responded, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - The former governors, in contrast, had laid heavy burdens on the people, demanding a daily ration of food and wine, besides forty pieces[fn] of silver. Even their assistants took advantage of the people. But because I feared God, I did not act that way.
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 6:5 - The fifth time, Sanballat's servant came with an open letter in his hand,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:11 - But I replied, “Should someone in my position run from danger? Should someone in my position enter the Temple to save his life? No, I won't do it!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:2 - I gave the responsibility of governing Jerusalem to my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah, the commander of the fortress, for he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:5 - So my God gave me the idea to call together all the nobles and leaders of the city, along with the ordinary citizens, for registration. I had found the genealogical record of those who had first returned to Judah. This is what was written there:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2 - So on October 8[fn] Ezra the priest brought the Book of the Law before the assembly, which included the men and women and all the children old enough to understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - He faced the square just inside the Water Gate from early morning until noon and read aloud to everyone who could understand. All the people listened closely to the Book of the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - Then Ezra praised the LORD, the great God, and all the people chanted, “Amen! Amen!” as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:7 - The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—then instructed the people in the Law while everyone remained in their places.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting for the people said to them, “Don't mourn or weep on such a day as this! For today is a sacred day before the LORD your God.” For the people had all been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - And the Levites, too, quieted the people, telling them, “Hush! Don't weep! For this is a sacred day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:13 - On October 9[fn] the family leaders of all the people, together with the priests and Levites, met with Ezra the scribe to go over the Law in greater detail.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:4 - The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the stairway of the Levites and cried out to the LORD their God with loud voices.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:5 - Then the leaders of the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—called out to the people: “Stand up and praise the LORD your God, for he lives from everlasting to everlasting!” Then they prayed: “May your glorious name be praised! May it be exalted above all blessing and praise!
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:6 - “You alone are the LORD. You made the skies and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and the seas and everything in them. You preserve them all, and the angels of heaven worship you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - “But our ancestors were proud and stubborn, and they paid no attention to your commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt! But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19 - “But in your great mercy you did not abandon them to die in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud still led them forward by day, and the pillar of fire showed them the way through the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:26 - “But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They turned their backs on your Law, they killed your prophets who warned them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - “You warned them to return to your Law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:34 - Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey your Law or listen to the warnings in your commands and laws.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:36 - “So now today we are slaves in the land of plenty that you gave our ancestors for their enjoyment! We are slaves here in this good land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - We will store the produce in the storerooms of the Temple of our God. We will bring the best of our flour and other grain offerings, the best of our fruit, and the best of our new wine and olive oil. And we promise to bring to the Levites a tenth of everything our land produces, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - The people and the Levites must bring these offerings of grain, new wine, and olive oil to the storerooms and place them in the sacred containers near the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers. “We promise together not to neglect the Temple of our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:10 - Jeshua the high priest was the father of Joiakim.
Joiakim was the father of Eliashib.
Eliashib was the father of Joiada.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:11 - Joiada was the father of Johanan.[fn]
Johanan was the father of Jaddua.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:30 - The priests and Levites first purified themselves; then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - For they had not provided the Israelites with food and water in the wilderness. Instead, they hired Balaam to curse them, though our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:3 - When this passage of the Law was read, all those of foreign descent were immediately excluded from the assembly.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had converted a large storage room and placed it at Tobiah's disposal. The room had previously been used for storing the grain offerings, the frankincense, various articles for the Temple, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil (which were prescribed for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers), as well as the offerings for the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:6 - I was not in Jerusalem at that time, for I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign,[fn] though I later asked his permission to return.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9 - Then I demanded that the rooms be purified, and I brought back the articles for God's Temple, the grain offerings, and the frankincense.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4 - The celebration lasted 180 days—a tremendous display of the opulent wealth of his empire and the pomp and splendor of his majesty.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - Memucan answered the king and his nobles, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also every noble and citizen throughout your empire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - Let the king appoint agents in each province to bring these beautiful young women into the royal harem at the fortress of Susa. Hegai, the king's eunuch in charge of the harem, will see that they are all given beauty treatments.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - As a result of the king's decree, Esther, along with many other young women, was brought to the king's harem at the fortress of Susa and placed in Hegai's care.
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 2:13 - When it was time for her to go to the king's palace, she was given her choice of whatever clothing or jewelry she wanted to take from the harem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - That evening she was taken to the king's private rooms, and the next morning she was brought to the second harem,[fn] where the king's wives lived. There she would be under the care of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would never go to the king again unless he had especially enjoyed her and requested her by name.
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 2:16 - Esther was taken to King Xerxes at the royal palace in early winter[fn] of the seventh year of his reign.
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 2:21 - One day as Mordecai was on duty at the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthana[fn] and Teresh—who were guards at the door of the king's private quarters—became angry at King Xerxes and plotted to assassinate him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman approached King Xerxes and said, “There is a certain race of people scattered through all the provinces of your empire who keep themselves separate from everyone else. Their laws are different from those of any other people, and they refuse to obey the laws of the king. So it is not in the king's interest to let them live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - The king agreed, confirming his decision by removing his signet ring from his finger and giving it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - When Queen Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, she was deeply distressed. She sent clothing to him to replace the burlap, but he refused it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs who had been appointed as her attendant. She ordered him to go to Mordecai and find out what was troubling him and why he was in mourning.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the decree issued in Susa that called for the death of all Jews. He asked Hathach to show it to Esther and explain the situation to her. He also asked Hathach to direct her to go to the king to beg for mercy and plead for her people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - “All the king's officials and even the people in the provinces know that anyone who appears before the king in his inner court without being invited is doomed to die unless the king holds out his gold scepter. And the king has not called for me to come to him for thirty days.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14 - If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:15 - Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - “Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.”
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 5:2 - When he saw Queen Esther standing there in the inner court, he welcomed her and held out the gold scepter to her. So Esther approached and touched the end of the scepter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 - The king turned to his attendants and said, “Tell Haman to come quickly to a banquet, as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to Esther's banquet.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - Haman was a happy man as he left the banquet! But when he saw Mordecai sitting at the palace gate, not standing up or trembling nervously before him, Haman became furious.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:11 - and boasted to them about his great wealth and his many children. He bragged about the honors the king had given him and how he had been promoted over all the other nobles and officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - Then he added, “But this is all worth nothing as long as I see Mordecai the Jew just sitting there at the palace gate.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:1 - That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - “Who is that in the outer court?” the king inquired. As it happened, Haman had just arrived in the outer court of the palace to ask the king to impale Mordecai on the pole he had prepared.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - So he replied, “If the king wishes to honor someone,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9 - Let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king's most noble officials. And let him see that the man whom the king wishes to honor is dressed in the king's robes and led through the city square on the king's horse. Have the official shout as they go, ‘This is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Haman took the robes and put them on Mordecai, placed him on the king's own horse, and led him through the city square, shouting, “This is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were still talking, the king's eunuchs arrived and quickly took Haman to the banquet Esther had prepared.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - Then the king jumped to his feet in a rage and went out into the palace garden.
Haman, however, stayed behind to plead for his life with Queen Esther, for he knew that the king intended to kill him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbona, one of the king's eunuchs, said, “Haman has set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet[fn] tall in his own courtyard. He intended to use it to impale Mordecai, the man who saved the king from assassination.”
“Then impale Haman on it!” the king ordered.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2 - The king took off his signet ring—which he had taken back from Haman—and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai to be in charge of Haman's property.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3 - Then Esther went again before the king, falling down at his feet and begging him with tears to stop the evil plot devised by Haman the Agagite against the Jews.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - In every province and city, wherever the king's decree arrived, the Jews rejoiced and had a great celebration and declared a public festival and holiday. And many of the people of the land became Jews themselves, for they feared what the Jews might do to them.
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 9:25 - But when Esther came before the king, he issued a decree causing Haman's evil plot to backfire, and Haman and his sons were impaled on a sharpened pole.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - These days would be remembered and kept from generation to generation and celebrated by every family throughout the provinces and cities of the empire. This Festival of Purim would never cease to be celebrated among the Jews, nor would the memory of what happened ever die out among their descendants.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:32 - So the command of Esther confirmed the practices of Purim, and it was all written down in the records.
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 1:5 - When these celebrations ended—sometimes after several days—Job would purify his children. He would get up early in the morning and offer a burnt offering for each of them. For Job said to himself, “Perhaps my children have sinned and have cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job's regular practice.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9 - Satan replied to the LORD, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - Then the LORD asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil. And he has maintained his integrity, even though you urged me to harm him without cause.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - So Satan left the LORD's presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8 - Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:19 - Rich and poor are both there,
and the slave is free from his master.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:8 - “If I were you, I would go to God
and present my case to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:9 - He does great things too marvelous to understand.
He performs countless miracles.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:10 - He gives rain for the earth
and water for the fields.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:11 - He gives prosperity to the poor
and protects those who suffer.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - like a worker who longs for the shade,
like a servant waiting to be paid.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:10 - They are gone forever from their home—
never to be seen again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I hate my life and don't want to go on living.
Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:17 - “What are people, that you should make so much of us,
that you should think of us so often?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - Why won't you leave me alone,
at least long enough for me to swallow!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
O watcher of all humanity?
Why make me your target?
Am I a burden to you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - “But look, God will not reject a person of integrity,
nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 - He alone has spread out the heavens
and marches on the waves of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - You will forget your misery;
it will be like water flowing away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - But robbers are left in peace,
and those who provoke God live in safety—
though God keeps them in his power.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - You put my feet in stocks.
You examine all my paths.
You trace all my footprints.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - So leave us alone and let us rest!
We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 - “They will not escape the darkness.
The burning sun will wither their shoots,
and the breath of God will destroy them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:21 - They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person,
the place of one who rejected God.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:18 - Even young children despise me.
When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:23 - “Oh, that my words could be recorded.
Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness.
A wildfire will devour their goods,
consuming all they have left.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:28 - A flood will sweep away their house.
God's anger will descend on them in torrents.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They spend their days in prosperity,
then go down to the grave[fn] in peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:26 - “Then you will take delight in the Almighty
and look up to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 - The poor must go about naked, without any clothing.
They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:23 - “God alone understands the way to wisdom;
he knows where it can be found,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - They longed for me to speak as people long for rain.
They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16 - “Have I refused to help the poor,
or crushed the hopes of widows?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:17 - Have I been stingy with my food
and refused to share it with orphans?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - “Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies,
or the moon walking down its silver pathway,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:11 - He puts my feet in the stocks
and watches my every move.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:12 - Truly, God will not do wrong.
The Almighty will not twist justice.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:17 - Could God govern if he hated justice?
Are you going to condemn the almighty judge?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:31 - “Why don't people say to God, ‘I have sinned,
but I will sin no more'?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - Look up into the sky,
and see the clouds high above you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - “God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!
He is mighty in both power and understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - But if they refuse to listen to him,
they will be killed by the sword[fn]
and die from lack of understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:12 - Can you rely on it to bring home your grain
and deliver it to your threshing floor?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:8 - If you lay a hand on it,
you will certainly remember the battle that follows.
You won't try that again!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:12 - “I want to emphasize Leviathan's limbs
and its enormous strength and graceful form.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32 - The water glistens in its wake,
making the sea look white.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 - After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:8 - So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.”
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 BoxPsa 1:3 - They are like trees planted along the riverbank,
bearing fruit each season.
Their leaves never wither,
and they prosper in all they do.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:3 - “Let us break their chains,” they cry,
“and free ourselves from slavery to God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:8 - Victory comes from you, O LORD.
May you bless your people.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:3 - You can be sure of this:
The LORD set apart the godly for himself.
The LORD will answer when I call to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:7 - Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house;
I will worship at your Temple with deepest awe.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3 - My enemies retreated;
they staggered and died when you appeared.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:5 - You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you have erased their names forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:7 - But the LORD reigns forever,
executing judgment from his throne.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 - The wicked will go down to the grave.[fn]
This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - But the needy will not be ignored forever;
the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2 - The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor.
Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4 - The wicked are too proud to seek God.
They seem to think that God is dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 - They lurk in ambush in the villages,
waiting to murder innocent people.
They are always searching for helpless victims.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:13 - Why do the wicked get away with despising God?
They think, “God will never call us to account.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:15 - Break the arms of these wicked, evil people!
Go after them until the last one is destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16 - The LORD is king forever and ever!
The godless nations will vanish from the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - But the LORD is in his holy Temple;
the LORD still rules from heaven.
He watches everyone closely,
examining every person on earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 - The LORD examines both the righteous and the wicked.
He hates those who love violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - Neighbors lie to each other,
speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed,
preserving them forever from this lying generation,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 - The LORD looks down from heaven
on the entire human race;
he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,
if anyone seeks God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - Will those who do evil never learn?
They eat up my people like bread
and wouldn't think of praying to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:5 - Those who lend money without charging interest,
and who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent.
Such people will stand firm forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:7 - I will bless the LORD who guides me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:8 - I know the LORD is always with me.
I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - For you will not leave my soul among the dead[fn]
or allow your holy one[fn] to rot in the grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 - But in my distress I cried out to the LORD;
yes, I prayed to my God for help.
He heard me from his sanctuary;
my cry to him reached his ears.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:6 - Now I know that the LORD rescues his anointed king.
He will answer him from his holy heaven
and rescue him by his great power.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:9 - Give victory to our king, O LORD!
Answer our cry for help.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:10 - You will wipe their children from the face of the earth;
they will never have descendants.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:18 - They divide my garments among themselves
and throw dice[fn] for my clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:12 - Who are those who fear the LORD?
He will show them the path they should choose.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15 - My eyes are always on the LORD,
for he rescues me from the traps of my enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 - Feel my pain and see my trouble.
Forgive all my sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 - O God, ransom Israel
from all its troubles.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - The one thing I ask of the LORD
the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
delighting in the LORD's perfections
and meditating in his Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:14 - Wait patiently for the LORD.
Be brave and courageous.
Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:9 - Save your people!
Bless Israel, your special possession.[fn]
Lead them like a shepherd,
and carry them in your arms forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:6 - He makes Lebanon's mountains skip like a calf;
he makes Mount Hermon[fn] leap like a young wild ox.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:10 - The LORD rules over the floodwaters.
The LORD reigns as king forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:11 - The LORD gives his people strength.
The LORD blesses them with peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:6 - When I was prosperous, I said,
“Nothing can stop me now!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:8 - I cried out to you, O LORD.
I begged the Lord for mercy, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:12 - that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, I have come to you for protection;
don't let me be disgraced.
Save me, for you do what is right.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:16 - Let your favor shine on your servant.
In your unfailing love, rescue me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 - Love the LORD, all you godly ones!
For the LORD protects those who are loyal to him,
but he harshly punishes the arrogant.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10 - Many sorrows come to the wicked,
but unfailing love surrounds those who trust the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:8 - Let the whole world fear the LORD,
and let everyone stand in awe of him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11 - But the LORD's plans stand firm forever;
his intentions can never be shaken.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:1 - A psalm of David, regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech, who sent him away.

I will praise the LORD at all times.
I will constantly speak his praises.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:3 - Come, let us tell of the LORD's greatness;
let us exalt his name together.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:4 - I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me.
He freed me from all my fears.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:9 - Fear the LORD, you his godly people,
for those who fear him will have all they need.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry,
but those who trust in the LORD will lack no good thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:21 - Calamity will surely overtake the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28 - Then I will proclaim your justice,
and I will praise you all day long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:8 - You feed them from the abundance of your own house,
letting them drink from your river of delights.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:9 - For the wicked will be destroyed,
but those who trust in the LORD will possess the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:10 - Soon the wicked will disappear.
Though you look for them, they will be gone.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:12 - The wicked plot against the godly;
they snarl at them in defiance.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:18 - Day by day the LORD takes care of the innocent,
and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28 - For the LORD loves justice,
and he will never abandon the godly.
He will keep them safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:32 - The wicked wait in ambush for the godly,
looking for an excuse to kill them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:34 - Put your hope in the LORD.
Travel steadily along his path.
He will honor you by giving you the land.
You will see the wicked destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 - They repay me evil for good
and oppose me for pursuing good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:1 - For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David.

I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:4 - “LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered—
how fleeting my life is.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

I waited patiently for the LORD to help me,
and he turned to me and heard my cry.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 - I take joy in doing your will, my God,
for your instructions are written on my heart.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:12 - You have preserved my life because I am innocent;
you have brought me into your presence forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:13 - Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,
who lives from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and amen!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 - I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I go and stand before him?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:5 - Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9 - “O God my rock,” I cry,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I wander around in grief,
oppressed by my enemies?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:11 - Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:2 - For you are God, my only safe haven.
Why have you tossed me aside?
Why must I wander around in grief,
oppressed by my enemies?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 - There I will go to the altar of God,
to God—the source of all my joy.
I will praise you with my harp,
O God, my God!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:5 - Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:8 - O God, we give glory to you all day long
and constantly praise your name.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:12 - You sold your precious people for a pittance,
making nothing on the sale.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:2 - You are the most handsome of all.
Gracious words stream from your lips.
God himself has blessed you forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3 - Put on your sword, O mighty warrior!
You are so glorious, so majestic!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:6 - Your throne, O God,[fn] endures forever and ever.
You rule with a scepter of justice.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:17 - I will bring honor to your name in every generation.
Therefore, the nations will praise you forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:8 - We had heard of the city's glory,
but now we have seen it ourselves—
the city of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
It is the city of our God;
he will make it safe forever.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:14 - For that is what God is like.
He is our God forever and ever,
and he will guide us until we die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - to live forever
and never see the grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:10 - Those who are wise must finally die,
just like the foolish and senseless,
leaving all their wealth behind.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 - The grave is their eternal home,
where they will stay forever.
They may name their estates after themselves,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:4 - He calls on the heavens above and earth below
to witness the judgment of his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Nathan the prophet came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.

Have mercy on me, O God,
because of your unfailing love.
Because of your great compassion,
blot out the stain of my sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time Doeg the Edomite said to Saul, “David has gone to see Ahimelech.”

Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior?
Don't you realize God's justice continues forever?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - “Look what happens to mighty warriors
who do not trust in God.
They trust their wealth instead
and grow more and more bold in their wickedness.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:8 - But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God.
I will always trust in God's unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:9 - I will praise you forever, O God,
for what you have done.
I will trust in your good name
in the presence of your faithful people.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 - God looks down from heaven
on the entire human race;
he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,
if anyone seeks God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - Will those who do evil never learn?
They eat up my people like bread
and wouldn't think of praying to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:3 - For strangers are attacking me;
violent people are trying to kill me.
They care nothing for God.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:8 - How quickly I would escape—
far from this wild storm of hatred.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:16 - But I will call on God,
and the LORD will rescue me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:19 - God, who has ruled forever,
will hear me and humble them.
Interlude
For my enemies refuse to change their ways;
they do not fear God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:22 - Give your burdens to the LORD,
and he will take care of you.
He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:2 - I cry out to God Most High,[fn]
to God who will fulfill his purpose for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:8 - May they be like snails that dissolve into slime,
like a stillborn child who will never see the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time Saul sent soldiers to watch David's house in order to kill him. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Rescue me from my enemies, O God.
Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 - May he reign under God's protection forever.
May your unfailing love and faithfulness watch over him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:8 - Then I will sing praises to your name forever
as I fulfill my vows each day.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:11 - You crown the year with a bountiful harvest;
even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:8 - Let the whole world bless our God
and loudly sing his praises.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:13 - Now I come to your Temple with burnt offerings
to fulfill the vows I made to you—
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:16 - Come and listen, all you who fear God,
and I will tell you what he did for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:6 - Then the earth will yield its harvests,
and God, our God, will richly bless us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:14 - The Almighty scattered the enemy kings
like a blowing snowstorm on Mount Zalmon.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26 - Praise God, all you people of Israel;
praise the LORD, the source of Israel's life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 - Sing to the one who rides across the ancient heavens,
his mighty voice thundering from the sky.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:34 - Tell everyone about God's power.
His majesty shines down on Israel;
his strength is mighty in the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:3 - I am exhausted from crying for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes are swollen with weeping,
waiting for my God to help me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:12 - I am the favorite topic of town gossip,
and all the drunks sing about me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19 - You know of my shame, scorn, and disgrace.
You see all that my enemies are doing.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:23 - Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see,
and make their bodies shake continually.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32 - The humble will see their God at work and be glad.
Let all who seek God's help be encouraged.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:1 - O LORD, I have come to you for protection;
don't let me be disgraced.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18 - Now that I am old and gray,
do not abandon me, O God.
Let me proclaim your power to this new generation,
your mighty miracles to all who come after me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:2 - Help him judge your people in the right way;
let the poor always be treated fairly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:16 - May there be abundant grain throughout the land,
flourishing even on the hilltops.
May the fruit trees flourish like the trees of Lebanon,
and may the people thrive like grass in a field.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:19 - Praise his glorious name forever!
Let the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen and amen!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:12 - Look at these wicked people—
enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:26 - My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
but God remains the strength of my heart;
he is mine forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:27 - Those who desert him will perish,
for you destroy those who abandon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - See how these enemies insult you, LORD.
A foolish nation has dishonored your name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:9 - But as for me, I will always proclaim what God has done;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph. A song to be accompanied by stringed instruments.

God is honored in Judah;
his name is great in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:9 - You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God,
and to rescue the oppressed of the earth.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:1 - For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of Asaph.

I cry out to God; yes, I shout.
Oh, that God would listen to me!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - When I was in deep trouble,
I searched for the Lord.
All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven,
but my soul was not comforted.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:15 - By your strong arm, you redeemed your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:20 - You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep,
with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1 - A psalm[fn] of Asaph.

O my people, listen to my instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - So each generation should set its hope anew on God,
not forgetting his glorious miracles
and obeying his commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 - Yet they kept on sinning against him,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 - They stubbornly tested God in their hearts,
demanding the foods they craved.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 - When the LORD heard them, he was furious.
The fire of his wrath burned against Jacob.
Yes, his anger rose against Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:34 - When God began killing them,
they finally sought him.
They repented and took God seriously.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 - Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins
and did not destroy them all.
Many times he held back his anger
and did not unleash his fury!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 - Again and again they tested God's patience
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:46 - He gave their crops to caterpillars;
their harvest was consumed by locusts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52 - But he led his own people like a flock of sheep,
guiding them safely through the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High.
They did not obey his laws.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59 - When God heard them, he was very angry,
and he completely rejected Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:62 - He gave his people over to be butchered by the sword,
because he was so angry with his own people—his special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:69 - There he built his sanctuary as high as the heavens,
as solid and enduring as the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:70 - He chose his servant David,
calling him from the sheep pens.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 - He took David from tending the ewes and lambs
and made him the shepherd of Jacob's descendants—
God's own people, Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1 - A psalm of Asaph.

O God, pagan nations have conquered your land,
your special possession.
They have defiled your holy Temple
and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:7 - For they have devoured your people Israel,[fn]
making the land a desolate wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times
for the scorn they have hurled at you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 - Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will thank you forever and ever,
praising your greatness from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be sung to the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.”

Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph's descendants like a flock.
O God, enthroned above the cherubim,
display your radiant glory
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:12 - But now, why have you broken down our walls
so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:6 - “Now I will take the load from your shoulders;
I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:15 - Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him;
they would be doomed forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:3 - They devise crafty schemes against your people;
they conspire against your precious ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:11 - Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did.
Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:17 - Let them be ashamed and terrified forever.
Let them die in disgrace.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:4 - Now restore us again, O God of our salvation.
Put aside your anger against us once more.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 - Will you be angry with us always?
Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:8 - I listen carefully to what God the LORD is saying,
for he speaks peace to his faithful people.
But let them not return to their foolish ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:12 - Yes, the LORD pours down his blessings.
Our land will yield its bountiful harvest.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:2 - Protect me, for I am devoted to you.
Save me, for I serve you and trust you.
You are my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:12 - With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God.
I will give glory to your name forever,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:16 - Look down and have mercy on me.
Give your strength to your servant;
save me, the son of your servant.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:1 - A psalm[fn] of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the LORD's unfailing love forever!
Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:2 - Your unfailing love will last forever.
Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:4 - ‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever;
they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.'”
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 - You rule the oceans.
You subdue their storm-tossed waves.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - You created north and south.
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:20 - I have found my servant David.
I have anointed him with my holy oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:28 - I will love him and be kind to him forever;
my covenant with him will never end.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:29 - I will preserve an heir for him;
his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:30 - But if his descendants forsake my instructions
and fail to obey my regulations,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:36 - His dynasty will go on forever;
his kingdom will endure as the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37 - It will be as eternal as the moon,
my faithful witness in the sky!”
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:38 - But now you have rejected him and cast him off.
You are angry with your anointed king.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:44 - You have ended his splendor
and overturned his throne.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:52 - Praise the LORD forever!
Amen and amen!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:11 - Who can comprehend the power of your anger?
Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - If you make the LORD your refuge,
if you make the Most High your shelter,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:12 - They will hold you up with their hands
so you won't even hurt your foot on a stone.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - Though the wicked sprout like weeds
and evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:8 - But you, O LORD, will be exalted forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:5 - They crush your people, LORD,
hurting those you claim as your own.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:9 - Is he deaf—the one who made your ears?
Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:14 - The LORD will not reject his people;
he will not abandon his special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:10 - You who love the LORD, hate evil!
He protects the lives of his godly people
and rescues them from the power of the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:5 - Exalt the LORD our God!
Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:6 - Moses and Aaron were among his priests;
Samuel also called on his name.
They cried to the LORD for help,
and he answered them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:9 - Exalt the LORD our God,
and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem,
for the LORD our God is holy!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:5 - For the LORD is good.
His unfailing love continues forever,
and his faithfulness continues to each generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors.
I will not endure conceit and pride.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - My heart is sick, withered like grass,
and I have lost my appetite.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:12 - But you, O LORD, will sit on your throne forever.
Your fame will endure to every generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:14 - For your people love every stone in her walls
and cherish even the dust in her streets.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - Let this be recorded for future generations,
so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:20 - to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to release those condemned to die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:28 - The children of your people
will live in security.
Their children's children
will thrive in your presence.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:1 - A psalm of David.

Let all that I am praise the LORD;
with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:2 - Let all that I am praise the LORD;
may I never forget the good things he does for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:3 - He forgives all my sins
and heals all my diseases.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4 - He redeems me from death
and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5 - He fills my life with good things.
My youth is renewed like the eagle's!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:9 - He will not constantly accuse us,
nor remain angry forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:16 - The wind blows, and we are gone—
as though we had never been here.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:19 - The LORD has made the heavens his throne;
from there he rules over everything.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:20 - Praise the LORD, you angels,
you mighty ones who carry out his plans,
listening for each of his commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:21 - Yes, praise the LORD, you armies of angels
who serve him and do his will!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:22 - Praise the LORD, everything he has created,
everything in all his kingdom.
Let all that I am praise the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:1 - Let all that I am praise the LORD.
O LORD my God, how great you are!
You are robed with honor and majesty.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:2 - You are dressed in a robe of light.
You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5 - You placed the world on its foundation
so it would never be moved.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - But if you turn away from them, they panic.
When you take away their breath,
they die and turn again to dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:31 - May the glory of the LORD continue forever!
The LORD takes pleasure in all he has made!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:35 - Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth;
let the wicked disappear forever.
Let all that I am praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:3 - Exult in his holy name;
rejoice, you who worship the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:4 - Search for the LORD and for his strength;
continually seek him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:8 - He always stands by his covenant—
the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19 - Until the time came to fulfill his dreams,[fn]
the LORD tested Joseph's character.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24 - And the LORD multiplied the people of Israel
until they became too mighty for their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:25 - Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites,
and they plotted against the LORD's servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:26 - But the LORD sent his servant Moses,
along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:35 - They ate up everything green in the land,
destroying all the crops in their fields.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:42 - For he remembered his sacred promise
to his servant Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:43 - So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy,
his chosen ones with rejoicing.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - All this happened so they would follow his decrees
and obey his instructions.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:1 - Praise the LORD!
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - In the wilderness their desires ran wild,
testing God's patience in that dry wasteland.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:16 - The people in the camp were jealous of Moses
and envious of Aaron, the LORD's holy priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40 - That is why the LORD's anger burned against his people,
and he abhorred his own special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:20 - He sent out his word and healed them,
snatching them from the door of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:4 - The LORD has taken an oath and will not break his vow:
“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:3 - Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty.
His righteousness never fails.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:5 - He gives food to those who fear him;
he always remembers his covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:8 - They are forever true,
to be obeyed faithfully and with integrity.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:9 - He has paid a full ransom for his people.
He has guaranteed his covenant with them forever.
What a holy, awe-inspiring name he has!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:10 - Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true wisdom.
All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom.
Praise him forever!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - Praise the LORD!
How joyful are those who fear the LORD
and delight in obeying his commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:3 - They themselves will be wealthy,
and their good deeds will last forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:6 - Such people will not be overcome by evil.
Those who are righteous will be long remembered.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:9 - They share freely and give generously to those in need.
Their good deeds will be remembered forever.
They will have influence and honor.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:11 - All you who fear the LORD, trust the LORD!
He is your helper and your shield.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:12 - The LORD remembers us and will bless us.
He will bless the people of Israel
and bless the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:13 - He will bless those who fear the LORD,
both great and lowly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:15 - May you be blessed by the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:18 - But we can praise the LORD
both now and forever!
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 117:1 - Praise the LORD, all you nations.
Praise him, all you people of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 117:2 - For he loves us with unfailing love;
the LORD's faithfulness endures forever.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2 - Let all Israel repeat:
“His faithful love endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:3 - Let Aaron's descendants, the priests, repeat:
“His faithful love endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:4 - Let all who fear the LORD repeat:
“His faithful love endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:5 - In my distress I prayed to the LORD,
and the LORD answered me and set me free.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:29 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25 - Daleth
I lie in the dust;
revive me by your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34 - Give me understanding and I will obey your instructions;
I will put them into practice with all my heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:38 - Reassure me of your promise,
made to those who fear you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:39 - Help me abandon my shameful ways;
for your regulations are good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:44 - I will keep on obeying your instructions
forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:49 - Zayin
Remember your promise to me;
it is my only hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:53 - I become furious with the wicked,
because they reject your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:55 - I reflect at night on who you are, O LORD;
therefore, I obey your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:57 - Heth
LORD, you are mine!
I promise to obey your words!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:65 - Teth
You have done many good things for me, LORD,
just as you promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70 - Their hearts are dull and stupid,
but I delight in your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:81 - Kaph
I am worn out waiting for your rescue,
but I have put my hope in your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:89 - Lamedh
Your eternal word, O LORD,
stands firm in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:93 - I will never forget your commandments,
for by them you give me life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:97 - Mem
Oh, how I love your instructions!
I think about them all day long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:98 - Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
for they are my constant guide.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:107 - I have suffered much, O LORD;
restore my life again as you promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:111 - Your laws are my treasure;
they are my heart's delight.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112 - I am determined to keep your decrees
to the very end.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:113 - Samekh
I hate those with divided loyalties,
but I love your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 - You are my refuge and my shield;
your word is my source of hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:122 - Please guarantee a blessing for me.
Don't let the arrogant oppress me!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:126 - LORD, it is time for you to act,
for these evil people have violated your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:135 - Look upon me with love;
teach me your decrees.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:136 - Rivers of tears gush from my eyes
because people disobey your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:142 - Your justice is eternal,
and your instructions are perfectly true.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:144 - Your laws are always right;
help me to understand them so I may live.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:152 - I have known from my earliest days
that your laws will last forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:153 - Resh
Look upon my suffering and rescue me,
for I have not forgotten your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 - Argue my case; take my side!
Protect my life as you promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:160 - The very essence of your words is truth;
all your just regulations will stand forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 - I hate and abhor all falsehood,
but I love your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 - Those who love your instructions have great peace
and do not stumble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176 - I have wandered away like a lost sheep;
come and find me,
for I have not forgotten your commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:2 - My help comes from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:3 - He will not let you stumble;
the one who watches over you will not slumber.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 - Indeed, he who watches over Israel
never slumbers or sleeps.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

I lift my eyes to you,
O God, enthroned in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:2 - We keep looking to the LORD our God for his mercy,
just as servants keep their eyes on their master,
as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - They would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:8 - Our help is from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

Those who trust in the LORD are as secure as Mount Zion;
they will not be defeated but will endure forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:3 - The wicked will not rule the land of the godly,
for then the godly might be tempted to do wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O LORD.
Take them away with those who do evil.
May Israel have peace!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

How joyful are those who fear the LORD
all who follow his ways!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:4 - That is the LORD's blessing
for those who fear him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:6 - May you live to enjoy your grandchildren.
May Israel have peace!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:7 - ignored by the harvester,
despised by the binder.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:5 - I am counting on the LORD;
yes, I am counting on him.
I have put my hope in his word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:6 - I long for the Lord
more than sentries long for the dawn,
yes, more than sentries long for the dawn.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:8 - He himself will redeem Israel
from every kind of sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:3 - O Israel, put your hope in the LORD
now and always.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:7 - Let us go to the sanctuary of the LORD;
let us worship at the footstool of his throne.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 - The LORD swore an oath to David
with a promise he will never take back:
“I will place one of your descendants
on your throne.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:2 - For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil
that was poured over Aaron's head,
that ran down his beard
and onto the border of his robe.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 134:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

Oh, praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,
you who serve at night in the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 134:2 - Lift up holy hands in prayer,
and praise the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 134:3 - May the LORD, who made heaven and earth,
bless you from Jerusalem.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:3 - Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;
celebrate his lovely name with music.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:4 - For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel for his own special treasure.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:11 - Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
and all the kings of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:13 - Your name, O LORD, endures forever;
your fame, O LORD, is known to every generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:14 - For the LORD will give justice to his people
and have compassion on his servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:19 - O Israel, praise the LORD!
O priests—descendants of Aaron—praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:20 - O Levites, praise the LORD!
All you who fear the LORD, praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:2 - Give thanks to the God of gods.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:3 - Give thanks to the Lord of lords.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:4 - Give thanks to him who alone does mighty miracles.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:5 - Give thanks to him who made the heavens so skillfully.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:6 - Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:7 - Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights—
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:8 - the sun to rule the day,
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 - and the moon and stars to rule the night.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:10 - Give thanks to him who killed the firstborn of Egypt.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:11 - He brought Israel out of Egypt.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:12 - He acted with a strong hand and powerful arm.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 - Give thanks to him who parted the Red Sea.[fn]
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:14 - He led Israel safely through,
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 - but he hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:16 - Give thanks to him who led his people through the wilderness.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:17 - Give thanks to him who struck down mighty kings.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:18 - He killed powerful kings—
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:19 - Sihon king of the Amorites,
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:20 - and Og king of Bashan.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:21 - God gave the land of these kings as an inheritance—
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:22 - a special possession to his servant Israel.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:23 - He remembered us in our weakness.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:24 - He saved us from our enemies.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:25 - He gives food to every living thing.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:26 - Give thanks to the God of heaven.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:8 - The LORD will work out his plans for my life—
for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever.
Don't abandon me, for you made me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 - If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the grave,[fn] you are there.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - Like rocks brought up by a plow,
the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:1 - A psalm of David.

Praise the LORD, who is my rock.
He trains my hands for war
and gives my fingers skill for battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:2 - He is my loving ally and my fortress,
my tower of safety, my rescuer.
He is my shield, and I take refuge in him.
He makes the nations[fn] submit to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:10 - For you grant victory to kings!
You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:15 - Yes, joyful are those who live like this!
Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:1 - A psalm of praise of David.

I will exalt you, my God and King,
and praise your name forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:2 - I will praise you every day;
yes, I will praise you forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:21 - I will praise the LORD,
and may everyone on earth bless his holy name
forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:1 - Praise the LORD!
Let all that I am praise the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:5 - But joyful are those who have the God of Israel[fn] as their helper,
whose hope is in the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:6 - He made heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them.
He keeps every promise forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:10 - The LORD will reign forever.
He will be your God, O Jerusalem,[fn] throughout the generations.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:1 - Praise the LORD!
How good to sing praises to our God!
How delightful and how fitting!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - He covers the heavens with clouds,
provides rain for the earth,
and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:12 - Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:18 - Then, at his command, it all melts.
He sends his winds, and the ice thaws.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:19 - He has revealed his words to Jacob,
his decrees and regulations to Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:1 - Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD from the heavens!
Praise him from the skies!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:6 - He set them in place forever and ever.
His decree will never be revoked.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:7 - Praise the LORD from the earth,
you creatures of the ocean depths,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:8 - fire and hail, snow and clouds,[fn]
wind and weather that obey him,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:1 - Praise the LORD!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heaven!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:6 - Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD!
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:4 - These proverbs will give insight to the simple,
knowledge and discernment to the young.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:14 - Come, throw in your lot with us;
we'll all share the loot.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:15 - My child, don't go along with them!
Stay far away from their paths.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:23 - Come and listen to my counsel.
I'll share my heart with you
and make you wise.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:29 - For they hated knowledge
and chose not to fear the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:18 - Entering her house leads to death;
it is the road to the grave.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:7 - Don't be impressed with your own wisdom.
Instead, fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9 - Honor the LORD with your wealth
and with the best part of everything you produce.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:2 - for I am giving you good guidance.
Don't turn away from my instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 - Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3 - follow my advice and save yourself,
for you have placed yourself at your friend's mercy.
Now swallow your pride;
go and beg to have your name erased.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:6 - Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.
Learn from their ways and become wise!
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:7 - Though they have no prince
or governor or ruler to make them work,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:33 - He will be wounded and disgraced.
His shame will never be erased.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:1 - Follow my advice, my son;
always treasure my commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:17 - I've perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:20 - He has taken a wallet full of money with him
and won't return until later this month.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - I was there when he established the heavens,
when he drew the horizon on the oceans.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:2 - She has prepared a great banquet,
mixed the wines, and set the table.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:25 - When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away,
but the godly have a lasting foundation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:30 - The godly will never be disturbed,
but the wicked will be removed from the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 - Those who spare the rod of discipline hate their children.
Those who love their children care enough to discipline them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:2 - Those who follow the right path fear the LORD;
those who take the wrong path despise him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 - Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker,
but helping the poor honors him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:15 - For the despondent, every day brings trouble;
for the happy heart, life is a continual feast.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:8 - Better to have little, with godliness,
than to be rich and dishonest.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:15 - Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent—
both are detestable to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:16 - It is senseless to pay tuition to educate a fool,
since he has no heart for learning.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 - It's poor judgment to guarantee another person's debt
or put up security for a friend.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3 - People ruin their lives by their own foolishness
and then are angry at the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:21 - You can make many plans,
but the LORD's purpose will prevail.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:24 - Lazy people take food in their hand
but don't even lift it to their mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22 - Don't say, “I will get even for this wrong.”
Wait for the LORD to handle the matter.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28 - Unfailing love and faithfulness protect the king;
his throne is made secure through love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:30 - No human wisdom or understanding or plan
can stand against the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:8 - You will throw up what little you've eaten,
and your compliments will be wasted.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:18 - For the LORD will be displeased with you
and will turn his anger away from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:21 - My child, fear the LORD and the king.
Don't associate with rebels,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24 - A judge who says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by many people and denounced by the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:27 - Do your planning and prepare your fields
before building your house.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17 - Don't visit your neighbors too often,
or you will wear out your welcome.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his foolishness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Never abandon a friend—
either yours or your father's.
When disaster strikes, you won't have to ask your brother for assistance.
It's better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,
so workers who protect their employer's interests will be rewarded.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:24 - for riches don't last forever,
and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:4 - To reject the law is to praise the wicked;
to obey the law is to fight them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:5 - Evil people don't understand justice,
but those who follow the LORD understand completely.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:8 - Income from charging high interest rates
will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 - A murderer's tormented conscience will drive him into the grave.
Don't protect him!
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:27 - Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:11 - Fools vent their anger,
but the wise quietly hold it back.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:18 - When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild.
But whoever obeys the law is joyful.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?
Who holds the wind in his fists?
Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?
Who has created the whole wide world?
What is his name—and his son's name?
Tell me if you know!
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:3 - do not waste your strength on women,
on those who ruin kings.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:12 - She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:14 - She is like a merchant's ship,
bringing her food from afar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What do people get for all their hard work under the sun?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:4 - Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 - History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. And while still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness. In this way, I tried to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - I came to hate all my hard work here on earth, for I must leave to others everything I have earned.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? Yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work under the sun. How meaningless!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - So I gave up in despair, questioning the value of all my hard work in this world.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 - For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:10 - I have seen the burden God has placed on us all.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:11 - Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:14 - And I know that whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God's purpose is that people should fear him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:16 - I also noticed that under the sun there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are corrupt!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - Both go to the same place—they came from dust and they return to dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - But most fortunate of all are those who are not yet born. For they have not seen all the evil that is done under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - I observed yet another example of something meaningless under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:10 - If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - But then everyone rushes to the side of yet another youth[fn] who replaces him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - Talk is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 - There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 - There is another serious tragedy I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:8 - So are wise people really better off than fools? Do poor people gain anything by being wise and knowing how to act in front of others?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - A fool's laughter is quickly gone,
like thorns crackling in a fire.
This also is meaningless.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:11 - Wisdom is even better when you have money.
Both are a benefit as you go through life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - Wisdom and money can get you almost anything,
but only wisdom can save your life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18 - Pay attention to these instructions, for anyone who fears God will avoid both extremes.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:29 - But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - I have thought deeply about all that goes on here under the sun, where people have the power to hurt each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12 - But even though a person sins a hundred times and still lives a long time, I know that those who fear God will be better off.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:16 - In my search for wisdom and in my observation of people's burdens here on earth, I discovered that there is ceaseless activity, day and night.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - I realized that no one can discover everything God is doing under the sun. Not even the wisest people discover everything, no matter what they claim.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether righteous or wicked, good or bad,[fn] ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who make promises to God are treated like people who don't.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - It seems so tragic that everyone under the sun suffers the same fate. That is why people are not more careful to be good. Instead, they choose their own mad course, for they have no hope. There is nothing ahead but death anyway.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - There is hope only for the living. As they say, “It's better to be a live dog than a dead lion!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Whatever they did in their lifetime—loving, hating, envying—is all long gone. They no longer play a part in anything here on earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly toil.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 - I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn't always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn't always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don't always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:13 - Here is another bit of wisdom that has impressed me as I have watched the way our world works.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 - There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:1 - Send your grain across the seas,
and in time, profits will flow back to you.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:7 - Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don't wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.
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 BoxEcc 12:9 - Keep this in mind: The Teacher was considered wise, and he taught the people everything he knew. He listened carefully to many proverbs, studying and classifying them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:13 - That's the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone's duty.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:6 - Before the dawn breezes blow
and the night shadows flee,
I will hurry to the mountain of myrrh
and to the hill of frankincense.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - But I responded,
“I have taken off my robe.
Should I get dressed again?
I have washed my feet.
Should I get them soiled?”
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 - Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem—
If you find my lover,
tell him I am weak with love.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:5 - Young Women of Jerusalem
Who is this sweeping in from the desert,
leaning on her lover?

Young Woman
I aroused you under the apple tree,
where your mother gave you birth,
where in great pain she delivered you.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
its jealousy[fn] as enduring as the grave.[fn]
Love flashes like fire,
the brightest kind of flame.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7 - Many waters cannot quench love,
nor can rivers drown it.
If a man tried to buy love
with all his wealth,
his offer would be utterly scorned.

The Young Woman's Brothers
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:11 - Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon,
which he leases out to tenant farmers.
Each of them pays a thousand pieces of silver[fn]
for harvesting its fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:12 - But my vineyard is mine to give,
and Solomon need not pay a thousand pieces of silver.
But I will give two hundred pieces
to those who care for its vines.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:3 - Even an ox knows its owner,
and a donkey recognizes its master's care—
but Israel doesn't know its master.
My people don't recognize my care for them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Oh, what a sinful nation they are—
loaded down with a burden of guilt.
They are evil people,
corrupt children who have rejected the LORD.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:22 - Once like pure silver,
you have become like worthless slag.
Once so pure,
you are now like watered-down wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:28 - But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed,
and those who desert the LORD will be consumed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:3 - People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of Jacob's God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the LORD's teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For the LORD has rejected his people,
the descendants of Jacob,
because they have filled their land with practices from the East
and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do.
They have made alliances with pagans.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - People will oppress each other—
man against man,
neighbor against neighbor.
Young people will insult their elders,
and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:10 - Tell the godly that all will be well for them.
They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - Childish leaders oppress my people,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you;
they send you down the wrong road.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:13 - The LORD takes his place in court
and presents his case against his people!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:14 - The LORD comes forward to pronounce judgment
on the elders and rulers of his people:
“You have ruined Israel, my vineyard.
Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:15 - How dare you crush my people,
grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?”
demands the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:19 - earrings, bracelets, and veils;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:1 - In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won't be mocked as old maids.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:4 - The Lord will wash the filth from beautiful Zion[fn]
and cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains
with the hot breath of fiery judgment.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:5 - Now let me tell you
what I will do to my vineyard:
I will tear down its hedges
and let it be destroyed.
I will break down its walls
and let the animals trample it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - I will make it a wild place
where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed,
a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
I will command the clouds
to drop no rain on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties—
lyre and harp, tambourine and flute—
but they never think about the LORD
or notice what he is doing.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - So my people will go into exile far away
because they do not know me.
Those who are great and honored will starve,
and the common people will die of thirst.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22 - What sorrow for those who are heroes at drinking wine
and boast about all the alcohol they can hold.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:23 - They take bribes to let the wicked go free,
and they punish the innocent.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble
and dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will rot
and their flowers wither.
For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven's Armies;
they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:25 - That is why the LORD's anger burns against his people,
and why he has raised his fist to crush them.
The mountains tremble,
and the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage.
But even then the LORD's anger is not satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:1 - It was in the year King Uzziah died[fn] that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:3 - They were calling out to each other,
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven's Armies!
The whole earth is filled with his glory!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - Then I said, “It's all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:8 - Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?”
I said, “Here I am. Send me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - The news had come to the royal court of Judah: “Syria is allied with Israel[fn] against us!” So the hearts of the king and his people trembled with fear, like trees shaking in a storm.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:6 - ‘We will attack Judah and capture it for ourselves. Then we will install the son of Tabeel as Judah's king.'
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:17 - “Then the LORD will bring things on you, your nation, and your family unlike anything since Israel broke away from Judah. He will bring the king of Assyria upon you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In that day the Lord will hire a “razor” from beyond the Euphrates River[fn]—the king of Assyria—and use it to shave off everything: your land, your crops, and your people.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:2 - I asked Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah, both known as honest men, to witness my doing this.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:6 - “My care for the people of Judah is like the gently flowing waters of Shiloah, but they have rejected it. They are rejoicing over what will happen to[fn] King Rezin and King Pekah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7 - Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River[fn]—the king of Assyria and all his glory. This flood will overflow all its channels
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:12 - “Don't call everything a conspiracy, like they do,
and don't live in dread of what frightens them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:16 - Preserve the teaching of God;
entrust his instructions to those who follow me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:17 - I will wait for the LORD,
who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my hope in him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They will go from one place to another, weary and hungry. And because they are hungry, they will rage and curse their king and their God. They will look up to heaven
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:7 - His government and its peace
will never end.
He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David
for all eternity.
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven's Armies
will make this happen!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:12 - The Syrians[fn] from the east and the Philistines from the west
will bare their fangs and devour Israel.
But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:13 - For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent.
They will not seek the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - For the leaders of the people have misled them.
They have led them down the path of destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:19 - The land will be blackened
by the fury of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
The people will be fuel for the fire,
and no one will spare even his own brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:21 - Manasseh will feed on Ephraim,
Ephraim will feed on Manasseh,
and both will devour Judah.
But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:12 - After the Lord has used the king of Assyria to accomplish his purposes on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him—for he is proud and arrogant.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:20 - In that day the remnant left in Israel,
the survivors in the house of Jacob,
will no longer depend on allies
who seek to destroy them.
But they will faithfully trust the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:9 - Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,
for as the waters fill the sea,
so the earth will be filled with people who know the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 - The LORD will make a dry path through the gulf of the Red Sea.[fn]
He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River,[fn]
sending a mighty wind to divide it into seven streams
so it can easily be crossed on foot.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:1 - In that day you will sing:
“I will praise you, O LORD!
You were angry with me, but not any more.
Now you comfort me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:3 - I, the LORD, have dedicated these soldiers for this task.
Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger,
and they will rejoice when I am exalted.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:8 - and people are terrified.
Pangs of anguish grip them,
like those of a woman in labor.
They look helplessly at one another,
their faces aflame with fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:14 - Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd.
They will try to find their own people
and flee to their own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 - Babylon will never be inhabited again.
It will remain empty for generation after generation.
Nomads will refuse to camp there,
and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:1 - But the LORD will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. He will choose Israel as his special people once again. He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land. And people from many different nations will come and join them there and unite with the people of Israel.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - The nations of the world will help the LORD's people to return, and those who come to live in their land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say,
“The mighty man has been destroyed.
Yes, your insolence[fn] is ended.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:5 - For the LORD has crushed your wicked power
and broken your evil rule.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - For you said to yourself,
‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God's stars.
I will preside on the mountain of the gods
far away in the north.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:20 - You will not be given a proper burial,
for you have destroyed your nation
and slaughtered your people.
The descendants of such an evil person
will never again receive honor.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:9 - So now I weep for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah;
my tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh.
There are no more shouts of joy
over your summer fruits and harvest.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:2 - The towns of Aroer will be deserted.
Flocks will graze in the streets and lie down undisturbed,
with no one to chase them away.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:7 - Then at last the people will look to their Creator
and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10 - Why? Because you have turned from the God who can save you.
You have forgotten the Rock who can hide you.
So you may plant the finest grapevines
and import the most expensive seedlings.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7 - At that time the LORD of Heaven's Armies will receive gifts
from this land divided by rivers,
from this tall, smooth-skinned people,
who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction.
They will bring the gifts to Jerusalem,[fn]
where the LORD of Heaven's Armies dwells.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:2 - “I will make Egyptian fight against Egyptian—
brother against brother,
neighbor against neighbor,
city against city,
province against province.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - The fishermen will lament for lack of work.
Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan,
and those who use nets will lose heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:10 - They will be in despair,
and all the workers will be sick at heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20 - It will be a sign and a witness that the LORD of Heaven's Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt. When the people cry to the LORD for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:21 - The LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians. Yes, they will know the LORD and will give their sacrifices and offerings to him. They will make a vow to the LORD and will keep it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2 - the LORD told Isaiah son of Amoz, “Take off the burlap you have been wearing, and remove your sandals.” Isaiah did as he was told and walked around naked and barefoot.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:11 - Between the city walls, you build a reservoir
for water from the old pool.
But you never ask for help from the One who did all this.
You never considered the One who planned this long ago.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:15 - This is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, said to me: “Confront Shebna, the palace administrator, and give him this message:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:18 - crumple you into a ball,
and toss you away into a distant, barren land.
There you will die,
and your glorious chariots will be broken and useless.
You are a disgrace to your master!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:20 - And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:21 - I will dress him in your royal robes and will give him your title and your authority. And he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:5 - The earth suffers for the sins of its people,
for they have twisted God's instructions,
violated his laws,
and broken his everlasting covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16 - We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth,
songs that give glory to the Righteous One!
But my heart is heavy with grief.
Weep for me, for I wither away.
Deceit still prevails,
and treachery is everywhere.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,
and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare.
Destruction falls like rain from the heavens;
the foundations of the earth shake.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:21 - In that day the LORD will punish the gods in the heavens
and the proud rulers of the nations on earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - You turn mighty cities into heaps of ruins.
Cities with strong walls are turned to rubble.
Beautiful palaces in distant lands disappear
and will never be rebuilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:17 - Just as a pregnant woman
writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth,
so were we in your presence, LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day the LORD will take his terrible, swift sword and punish Leviathan,[fn] the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling, writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - Now, however, Israel is led by drunks
who reel with wine and stagger with alcohol.
The priests and prophets stagger with alcohol
and lose themselves in wine.
They reel when they see visions
and stagger as they render decisions.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 - I will cancel the bargain you made to cheat death,
and I will overturn your deal to dodge the grave.
When the terrible enemy sweeps through,
you will be trampled into the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:28 - Grain for bread is easily crushed,
so he doesn't keep on pounding it.
He threshes it under the wheels of a cart,
but he doesn't pulverize it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 - Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites
with amazing wonders.
The wisdom of the wise will pass away,
and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:22 - That is why the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says to the people of Israel,[fn]
“My people will no longer be ashamed
or turn pale with fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:23 - For when they see their many children
and all the blessings I have given them,
they will recognize the holiness of the Holy One of Israel.
They will stand in awe of the God of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev:
The caravan moves slowly
across the terrible desert to Egypt—
donkeys weighed down with riches
and camels loaded with treasure—
all to pay for Egypt's protection.
They travel through the wilderness,
a place of lionesses and lions,
a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live.
All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8 - Now go and write down these words.
Write them in a book.
They will stand until the end of time
as a witness
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:9 - that these people are stubborn rebels
who refuse to pay attention to the LORD's instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:11 - Forget all this gloom.
Get off your narrow path.
Stop telling us about your
‘Holy One of Israel.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29 - But the people of God will sing a song of joy,
like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the LORD
to the Rock of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:30 - And the LORD will make his majestic voice heard.
He will display the strength of his mighty arm.
It will descend with devouring flames,
with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help,
trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers
and depending on the strength of human armies
instead of looking to the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:6 - In that day he will be your sure foundation,
providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the LORD will be your treasure.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14 - The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear.
Terror seizes the godless.
“Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry.
“Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals.
You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure.
It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut
and whose stakes are firmly fixed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:2 - For the LORD is enraged against the nations.
His fury is against all their armies.
He will completely destroy[fn] them,
dooming them to slaughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:5 - And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens,
it will fall upon Edom,
the nation I have marked for destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10 - This judgment on Edom will never end;
the smoke of its burning will rise forever.
The land will lie deserted from generation to generation.
No one will live there anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:14 - Desert animals will mingle there with hyenas,
their howls filling the night.
Wild goats will bleat at one another among the ruins,
and night creatures[fn] will come there to rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17 - He has surveyed and divided the land
and deeded it over to those creatures.
They will possess it forever,
from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - Then the king of Assyria sent his chief of staff[fn] from Lachish with a huge army to confront King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The Assyrians took up a position beside the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:7 - “But perhaps you will say to me, ‘We are trusting in the LORD our God!' But isn't he the one who was insulted by Hezekiah? Didn't Hezekiah tear down his shrines and altars and make everyone in Judah and Jerusalem worship only at the altar here in Jerusalem?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:12 - But Sennacherib's chief of staff replied, “Do you think my master sent this message only to you and your master? He wants all the people to hear it, for when we put this city under siege, they will suffer along with you. They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:21 - But the people were silent and did not utter a word because Hezekiah had commanded them, “Do not answer him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:1 - When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes and put on burlap and went into the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the court secretary, and the leading priests, all dressed in burlap, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - But perhaps the LORD your God has heard the Assyrian chief of staff,[fn] sent by the king to defy the living God, and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:6 - the prophet replied, “Say to your master, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not be disturbed by this blasphemous speech against me from the Assyrian king's messengers.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:8 - Meanwhile, the Assyrian chief of staff left Jerusalem and went to consult the king of Assyria, who had left Lachish and was attacking Libnah.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:16 - “O LORD of Heaven's Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:23 - “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?
Against whom did you raise your voice?
At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?
It was the Holy One of Israel!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:30 - Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true:
“This year you will eat only what grows up by itself,
and next year you will eat what springs up from that.
But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them;
you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:35 - ‘For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David,
I will defend this city and protect it.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:38 - One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with their swords. They then escaped to the land of Ararat, and another son, Esarhaddon, became the next king of Assyria.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:2 - When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5 - “Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8 - I will cause the sun's shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial[fn] of Ahaz!'” So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,
and then I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.
I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:22 - And Hezekiah had asked, “What sign will prove that I will go to the Temple of the LORD?”
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 39:3 - Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did those men want? Where were they from?”
Hezekiah replied, “They came from the distant land of Babylon.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:5 - Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the LORD of Heaven's Armies:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:1 - “Comfort, comfort my people,”
says your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:8 - The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who else has held the oceans in his hand?
Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers?
Who else knows the weight of the earth
or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:22 - God sits above the circle of the earth.
The people below seem like grasshoppers to him!
He spreads out the heavens like a curtain
and makes his tent from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Look up into the heavens.
Who created all the stars?
He brings them out like an army, one after another,
calling each by its name.
Because of his great power and incomparable strength,
not a single one is missing.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
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 41:25 - “But I have stirred up a leader who will come from the north.
I have called him by name from the east.
I will give him victory over kings and princes.
He will trample them as a potter treads on clay.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 - God, the LORD, created the heavens and stretched them out.
He created the earth and everything in it.
He gives breath to everyone,
life to everyone who walks the earth.
And it is he who says,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:7 - Who is like me?
Let him step forward and prove to you his power.
Let him do as I have done since ancient times
when I established a people and explained its future.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:23 - Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done this wondrous thing.
Shout for joy, O depths of the earth!
Break into song,
O mountains and forests and every tree!
For the LORD has redeemed Jacob
and is glorified in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:24 - This is what the LORD says—
your Redeemer and Creator:
“I am the LORD, who made all things.
I alone stretched out the heavens.
Who was with me
when I made the earth?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - When I say of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd,'
he will certainly do as I say.
He will command, ‘Rebuild Jerusalem';
he will say, ‘Restore the Temple.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 - I am the one who made the earth
and created people to live on it.
With my hands I stretched out the heavens.
All the stars are at my command.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For the LORD is God,
and he created the heavens and earth
and put everything in place.
He made the world to be lived in,
not to be a place of empty chaos.
“I am the LORD,” he says,
“and there is no other.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - For I was angry with my chosen people
and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy.
You oppressed even the elderly.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:7 - You said, ‘I will reign forever as queen of the world!'
You did not reflect on your actions
or think about their consequences.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:9 - Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name,
I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:12 - “Listen to me, O family of Jacob,
Israel my chosen one!
I alone am God,
the First and the Last.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:13 - It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth,
my right hand that spread out the heavens above.
When I call out the stars,
they all appear in order.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:20 - Yet even now, be free from your captivity!
Leave Babylon and the Babylonians.[fn]
Sing out this message!
Shout it to the ends of the earth!
The LORD has redeemed his servants,
the people of Israel.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:5 - And now the LORD speaks—
the one who formed me in my mother's womb to be his servant,
who commissioned me to bring Israel back to him.
The LORD has honored me,
and my God has given me strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - The LORD, the Redeemer
and Holy One of Israel,
says to the one who is despised and rejected by the nations,
to the one who is the servant of rulers:
“Kings will stand at attention when you pass by.
Princes will also bow low
because of the LORD, the faithful one,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:13 - Sing for joy, O heavens!
Rejoice, O earth!
Burst into song, O mountains!
For the LORD has comforted his people
and will have compassion on them in their suffering.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 - Kings and queens will serve you
and care for all your needs.
They will bow to the earth before you
and lick the dust from your feet.
Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Those who trust in me will never be put to shame.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:3 - I dress the skies in darkness,
covering them with clothes of mourning.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 - I offered my back to those who beat me
and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard.
I did not hide my face
from mockery and spitting.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:10 - Who among you fears the LORD
and obeys his servant?
If you are walking in darkness,
without a ray of light,
trust in the LORD
and rely on your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance—
all who seek the LORD!
Consider the rock from which you were cut,
the quarry from which you were mined.
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 51:5 - My mercy and justice are coming soon.
My salvation is on the way.
My strong arm will bring justice to the nations.
All distant lands will look to me
and wait in hope for my powerful arm.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6 - Look up to the skies above,
and gaze down on the earth below.
For the skies will disappear like smoke,
and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing.
The people of the earth will die like flies,
but my salvation lasts forever.
My righteous rule will never end!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:8 - For the moth will devour them as it devours clothing.
The worm will eat at them as it eats wool.
But my righteousness will last forever.
My salvation will continue from generation to generation.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 - Yet you have forgotten the LORD, your Creator,
the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy
and laid the foundations of the earth.
Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors?
Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies?
Where is their fury and anger now?
It is gone!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - And I have put my words in your mouth
and hidden you safely in my hand.
I stretched out[fn] the sky like a canopy
and laid the foundations of the earth.
I am the one who says to Israel,
‘You are my people!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - This is what the Sovereign LORD,
your God and Defender, says:
“See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands.
You will drink no more of my fury.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 - Rise from the dust, O Jerusalem.
Sit in a place of honor.
Remove the chains of slavery from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 - The LORD has demonstrated his holy power
before the eyes of all the nations.
All the ends of the earth will see
the victory of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1 - “Sing, O childless woman,
you who have never given birth!
Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem,
you who have never been in labor.
For the desolate woman now has more children
than the woman who lives with her husband,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - “Enlarge your house; build an addition.
Spread out your home, and spare no expense!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 - “O storm-battered city,
troubled and desolate!
I will rebuild you with precious jewels
and make your foundations from lapis lazuli.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:12 - I will make your towers of sparkling rubies,
your gates of shining gems,
and your walls of precious stones.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:2 - Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?
Why pay for food that does you no good?
Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.
You will enjoy the finest food.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:6 - Seek the LORD while you can find him.
Call on him now while he is near.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:15 - The high and lofty one who lives in eternity,
the Holy One, says this:
“I live in the high and holy place
with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble
and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16 - For I will not fight against you forever;
I will not always be angry.
If I were, all people would pass away—
all the souls I have made.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - You humble yourselves
by going through the motions of penance,
bowing your heads
like reeds bending in the wind.
You dress in burlap
and cover yourselves with ashes.
Is this what you call fasting?
Do you really think this will please the LORD?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 - Share your food with the hungry,
and give shelter to the homeless.
Give clothes to those who need them,
and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - Feed the hungry,
and help those in trouble.
Then your light will shine out from the darkness,
and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 - “Keep the Sabbath day holy.
Don't pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the Sabbath
and speak of it with delight as the LORD's holy day.
Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,
and don't follow your own desires or talk idly.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:21 - “And this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children's children forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - They are ships from the ends of the earth,
from lands that trust in me,
led by the great ships of Tarshish.
They are bringing the people of Israel home from far away,
carrying their silver and gold.
They will honor the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has filled you with splendor.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - “The glory of Lebanon will be yours—
the forests of cypress, fir, and pine—
to beautify my sanctuary.
My Temple will be glorious!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:8 - “For I, the LORD, love justice.
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - The LORD has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength:
“I will never again hand you over to your enemies.
Never again will foreign warriors come
and take away your grain and new wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11 - The LORD has sent this message to every land:
“Tell the people of Israel,[fn]
‘Look, your Savior is coming.
See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:7 - I will tell of the LORD's unfailing love.
I will praise the LORD for all he has done.
I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel,
which he has granted according to his mercy and love.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:11 - Then they remembered those days of old
when Moses led his people out of Egypt.
They cried out, “Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea,
with Moses as their shepherd?
Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit
to be among his people?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14 - As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley,
the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest.
You led your people, LORD,
and gained a magnificent reputation.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:19 - Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you,
as though we had never been known as your people.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:6 - “Look, my decree is written out[fn] in front of me:
I will not stand silent;
I will repay them in full!
Yes, I will repay them—
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - both for their own sins
and for those of their ancestors,”
says the LORD.
“For they also burned incense on the mountains
and insulted me on the hills.
I will pay them back in full!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:14 - My servants will sing for joy,
but you will cry in sorrow and despair.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:16 - All who invoke a blessing or take an oath
will do so by the God of truth.
For I will put aside my anger
and forget the evil of earlier days.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:18 - Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation!
And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness.
Her people will be a source of joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:20 - “No longer will babies die when only a few days old.
No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life.
No longer will people be considered old at one hundred!
Only the cursed will die that young!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:2 - My hands have made both heaven and earth;
they and everything in them are mine.[fn]
I, the LORD, have spoken!
“I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts,
who tremble at my word.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 - Hear this message from the LORD,
all you who tremble at his words:
“Your own people hate you
and throw you out for being loyal to my name.
‘Let the LORD be honored!' they scoff.
‘Be joyful in him!'
But they will be put to shame.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - “Before the birth pains even begin,
Jerusalem gives birth to a son.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:17 - “Those who ‘consecrate' and ‘purify' themselves in a sacred garden with its idol in the center—feasting on pork and rats and other detestable meats—will come to a terrible end,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 - “I can see what they are doing, and I know what they are thinking. So I will gather all nations and peoples together, and they will see my glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:20 - They will bring the remnant of your people back from every nation. They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD. They will ride on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:1 - These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - Listen! I am calling the armies of the kingdoms of the north to come to Jerusalem. I, the LORD, have spoken!
“They will set their thrones
at the gates of the city.
They will attack its walls
and all the other towns of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:7 - “And when I brought you into a fruitful land
to enjoy its bounty and goodness,
you defiled my land and
corrupted the possession I had promised you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - “Long ago I broke the yoke that oppressed you
and tore away the chains of your slavery,
but still you said,
‘I will not serve you.'
On every hill and under every green tree,
you have prostituted yourselves by bowing down to idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:25 - When will you stop running?
When will you stop panting after other gods?
But you say, ‘Save your breath.
I'm in love with these foreign gods,
and I can't stop loving them now!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:32 - Does a young woman forget her jewelry?
Does a bride hide her wedding dress?
Yet for years on end
my people have forgotten me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:5 - Surely you won't be angry forever!
Surely you can forget about it!'
So you talk,
but you keep on doing all the evil you can.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:9 - Israel treated it all so lightly—she thought nothing of committing adultery by worshiping idols made of wood and stone. So now the land has been polluted.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12 - Therefore, go and give this message to Israel.[fn] This is what the LORD says:
“O Israel, my faithless people,
come home to me again,
for I am merciful.
I will not be angry with you forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:13 - Only acknowledge your guilt.
Admit that you rebelled against the LORD your God
and committed adultery against him
by worshiping idols under every green tree.
Confess that you refused to listen to my voice.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:18 - In those days the people of Judah and Israel will return together from exile in the north. They will return to the land I gave their ancestors as an inheritance forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:20 - But you have been unfaithful to me, you people of Israel!
You have been like a faithless wife who leaves her husband.
I, the LORD, have spoken.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD,
the people have been deceived by what you said,
for you promised peace for Jerusalem.
But the sword is held at their throats!”
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 5:14 - Therefore, this is what the LORD God of Heaven's Armies says:
“Because the people are talking like this,
my messages will flame out of your mouth
and burn the people like kindling wood.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17 - They will devour the food of your harvest;
they will devour your sons and daughters.
They will devour your flocks and herds;
they will devour your grapes and figs.
And they will destroy your fortified towns,
which you think are so safe.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:20 - “Make this announcement to Israel,[fn]
and say this to Judah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Have you no respect for me?
Why don't you tremble in my presence?
I, the LORD, define the ocean's sandy shoreline
as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross.
The waves may toss and roar,
but they can never pass the boundaries I set.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 - They do not say from the heart,
‘Let us live in awe of the LORD our God,
for he gives us rain each spring and fall,
assuring us of a harvest when the time is right.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“Even the few who remain in Israel
will be picked over again,
as when a harvester checks each vine a second time
to pick the grapes that were missed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - So now I am filled with the LORD's fury.
Yes, I am tired of holding it in!
“I will pour out my fury on children playing in the streets
and on gatherings of young men,
on husbands and wives
and on those who are old and gray.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:19 - Listen, all the earth!
I will bring disaster on my people.
It is the fruit of their own schemes,
because they refuse to listen to me.
They have rejected my word.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:21 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says:
“I will put obstacles in my people's path.
Fathers and sons will both fall over them.
Neighbors and friends will die together.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:12 - “‘Go now to the place at Shiloh where I once put the Tabernacle that bore my name. See what I did there because of all the wickedness of my people, the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - But my people have not listened to me or even tried to hear. They have been stubborn and sinful—even worse than their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:27 - “Tell them all this, but do not expect them to listen. Shout out your warnings, but do not expect them to respond.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - They have built pagan shrines at Topheth, the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars—the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like manure.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:3 - And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send them. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:7 - Even the stork that flies across the sky
knows the time of her migration,
as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane.[fn]
They all return at the proper time each year.
But not my people!
They do not know the LORD's laws.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 - These wise teachers will fall
into the trap of their own foolishness,
for they have rejected the word of the LORD.
Are they so wise after all?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 - [fn]If only my head were a pool of water
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
for all my people who have been slaughtered.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:2 - [fn]Oh, that I could go away and forget my people
and live in a travelers' shack in the desert.
For they are all adulterers—
a pack of treacherous liars.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:13 - The LORD replies, “This has happened because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have refused to obey what I said.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:1 - Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O Israel!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:11 - Say this to those who worship other gods: “Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 - But God made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - The shepherds of my people have lost their senses.
They no longer seek wisdom from the LORD.
Therefore, they fail completely,
and their flocks are scattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
on the peoples that do not call upon your name.
For they have devoured your people Israel[fn];
they have devoured and consumed them,
making the land a desolate wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - I said this so I could keep my promise to your ancestors to give you a land flowing with milk and honey—the land you live in today.'”
Then I replied, “Amen, LORD! May it be so.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:11 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:19 - I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! “Let's destroy this man and all his words,” they said. “Let's cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:7 - “I have abandoned my people, my special possession.
I have surrendered my dearest ones to their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 - “Many rulers have ravaged my vineyard,
trampling down the vines
and turning all its beauty into a barren wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:14 - Now this is what the LORD says: “I will uproot from their land all the evil nations reaching out for the possession I gave my people Israel. And I will uproot Judah from among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:16 - And if these nations truly learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives' (just as they taught my people to swear by the name of Baal), then they will be given a place among my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:2 - So I bought the loincloth as the LORD directed me, and I put it on.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 - “Take the linen loincloth you are wearing, and go to the Euphrates River.[fn] Hide it there in a hole in the rocks.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:6 - A long time afterward the LORD said to me, “Go back to the Euphrates and get the loincloth I told you to hide there.”
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 13:11 - As a loincloth clings to a man's waist, so I created Judah and Israel to cling to me, says the LORD. They were to be my people, my pride, my glory—an honor to my name. But they would not listen to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:12 - “So tell them, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: May all your jars be filled with wine.' And they will reply, ‘Of course! Jars are made to be filled with wine!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:13 - “Then tell them, ‘No, this is what the LORD means: I will fill everyone in this land with drunkenness—from the king sitting on David's throne to the priests and the prophets, right down to the common people of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - I will smash them against each other, even parents against children, says the LORD. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keep me from destroying them.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 - Now, Jeremiah, say this to them:
“Night and day my eyes overflow with tears.
I cannot stop weeping,
for my virgin daughter—my precious people—
has been struck down
and lies mortally wounded.
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 15:1 - Then the LORD said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I wouldn't help them. Away with them! Get them out of my sight!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:7 - I will winnow you like grain at the gates of your cities
and take away the children you hold dear.
I will destroy my own people,
because they refuse to change their evil ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:11 - The LORD replied,
“I will take care of you, Jeremiah.
Your enemies will ask you to plead on their behalf
in times of trouble and distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:11 - “Then you will give them the LORD's reply: ‘It is because your ancestors were unfaithful to me. They worshiped other gods and served them. They abandoned me and did not obey my word.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:15 - Instead, they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.' For I will bring them back to this land that I gave their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - O LORD, the hope of Israel,
all who turn away from you will be disgraced.
They will be buried in the dust of the earth,
for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - but they did not listen or obey. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or accept my discipline.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25 - then kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates forever. There will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will always ride in and out among the people of Judah in chariots and on horses, and this city will remain forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:3 - So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20 - Should they repay evil for good?
They have dug a pit to kill me,
though I pleaded for them
and tried to protect them from your anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3 - Say to them, ‘Listen to this message from the LORD, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will bring a terrible disaster on this place, and the ears of those who hear about it will ring!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - “‘For Israel has forsaken me and turned this valley into a place of wickedness. The people burn incense to foreign gods—idols never before acknowledged by this generation, by their ancestors, or by the kings of Judah. And they have filled this place with the blood of innocent children.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:10 - “As these men watch you, Jeremiah, smash the jar you brought.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:11 - Then say to them, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: As this jar lies shattered, so I will shatter the people of Judah and Jerusalem beyond all hope of repair. They will bury the bodies here in Topheth, the garbage dump, until there is no more room for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14 - Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, the garbage dump where he had delivered this message, and he stopped in front of the Temple of the LORD. He said to the people there,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will bring disaster upon this city and its surrounding towns as I promised, because you have stubbornly refused to listen to me.'”
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 20:3 - The next day, when Pashhur finally released him, Jeremiah said, “Pashhur, the LORD has changed your name. From now on you are to be called ‘The Man Who Lives in Terror.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:1 - The LORD spoke through Jeremiah when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malkijah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, to speak with him. They begged Jeremiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - “Please speak to the LORD for us and ask him to help us. King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon is attacking Judah. Perhaps the LORD will be gracious and do a mighty miracle as he has done in the past. Perhaps he will force Nebuchadnezzar to withdraw his armies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And after all that, says the LORD, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:8 - “Tell all the people, ‘This is what the LORD says: Take your choice of life or death!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:13 - I will personally fight against the people in Jerusalem,
that mighty fortress—
the people who boast, “No one can touch us here.
No one can break in here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:1 - This is what the LORD said to me: “Go over and speak directly to the king of Judah. Say to him,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:4 - If you obey me, there will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. The king will ride through the palace gates in chariots and on horses, with his parade of attendants and subjects.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:7 - I will call for wreckers,
who will bring out their tools to dismantle you.
They will tear out all your fine cedar beams
and throw them on the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:8 - “People from many nations will pass by the ruins of this city and say to one another, ‘Why did the LORD destroy such a great city?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:10 - Do not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss.
Instead, weep for the captive king being led away!
For he will never return to see his native land again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:11 - For this is what the LORD says about Jehoahaz,[fn] who succeeded his father, King Josiah, and was taken away as a captive: “He will never return.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - And the LORD says, “What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim,[fn]
who builds his palace with forced labor.[fn]
He builds injustice into its walls,
for he makes his neighbors work for nothing.
He does not pay them for their labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah:
“The people will not mourn for him, crying to one another,
‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!'
His subjects will not mourn for him, crying,
‘Alas, our master is dead! Alas, his splendor is gone!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:20 - Weep for your allies in Lebanon.
Shout for them in Bashan.
Search for them in the regions east of the river.[fn]
See, they are all destroyed.
Not one is left to help you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:30 - This is what the LORD says:
‘Let the record show that this man Jehoiachin was childless.
He is a failure,
for none of his children will succeed him on the throne of David
to rule over Judah.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to these shepherds: “Instead of caring for my flock and leading them to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:7 - “In that day,” says the LORD, “when people are taking an oath, they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - “I saw that the prophets of Samaria were terribly evil,
for they prophesied in the name of Baal
and led my people of Israel into sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:17 - They keep saying to those who despise my word,
‘Don't worry! The LORD says you will have peace!'
And to those who stubbornly follow their own desires,
they say, ‘No harm will come your way!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:18 - “Have any of these prophets been in the LORD's presence
to hear what he is really saying?
Has even one of them cared enough to listen?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:22 - If they had stood before me and listened to me,
they would have spoken my words,
and they would have turned my people
from their evil ways and deeds.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:24 - Can anyone hide from me in a secret place?
Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - “Let these false prophets tell their dreams,
but let my true messengers faithfully proclaim my every word.
There is a difference between straw and grain!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - I am against these false prophets. Their imaginary dreams are flagrant lies that lead my people into sin. I did not send or appoint them, and they have no message at all for my people. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:34 - “If any prophet, priest, or anyone else says, ‘I have a prophecy from the LORD,' I will punish that person along with his entire family.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:35 - You should keep asking each other, ‘What is the LORD's answer?' or ‘What is the LORD saying?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:38 - But suppose they respond, ‘This is a prophecy from the LORD!' Then you should say, ‘This is what the LORD says: Because you have used this phrase, “prophecy from the LORD,” even though I warned you not to use it,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 - After King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon exiled Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to Babylon along with the officials of Judah and all the craftsmen and artisans, the LORD gave me this vision. I saw two baskets of figs placed in front of the LORD's Temple in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - “But the bad figs,” the LORD said, “represent King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, all the people left in Jerusalem, and those who live in Egypt. I will treat them like bad figs, too rotten to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:10 - And I will send war, famine, and disease until they have vanished from the land of Israel, which I gave to them and their ancestors.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:1 - This message for all the people of Judah came to Jeremiah from the LORD during the fourth year of Jehoiakim's reign over Judah.[fn] This was the year when King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon began his reign.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:2 - Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people in Judah and Jerusalem,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:19 - I gave the cup to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials, and all his people,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:26 - And I gave it to the kings of the northern countries, far and near, one after the other—all the kingdoms of the world. And finally, the king of Babylon[fn] himself drank from the cup of the LORD's anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:6 - then I will destroy this Temple as I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Tabernacle was located. And I will make Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on earth.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:10 - When the officials of Judah heard what was happening, they rushed over from the palace and sat down at the New Gate of the Temple to hold court.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:12 - Then Jeremiah spoke to the officials and the people in his own defense. “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this Temple and this city,” he said. “The LORD gave me every word that I have spoken.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:19 - But did King Hezekiah and the people kill him for saying this? No, they turned from their sins and worshiped the LORD. They begged him for mercy. Then the LORD changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had pronounced against them. So we are about to do ourselves great harm.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23 - They took him prisoner and brought him back to King Jehoiakim. The king then killed Uriah with a sword and had him buried in an unmarked grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:2 - This is what the LORD said to me: “Make a yoke, and fasten it on your neck with leather straps.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8 - So you must submit to Babylon's king and serve him; put your neck under Babylon's yoke! I will punish any nation that refuses to be his slave, says the LORD. I will send war, famine, and disease upon that nation until Babylon has conquered it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11 - But the people of any nation that submits to the king of Babylon will be allowed to stay in their own country to farm the land as usual. I, the LORD, have spoken!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:12 - Then I repeated this same message to King Zedekiah of Judah. “If you want to live, submit to the yoke of the king of Babylon and his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:20 - King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon left them here when he exiled Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to Babylon, along with all the other nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will remove the yoke of the king of Babylon from your necks.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:3 - Within two years I will bring back all the Temple treasures that King Nebuchadnezzar carried off to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:4 - And I will bring back Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the other captives that were taken to Babylon. I will surely break the yoke that the king of Babylon has put on your necks. I, the LORD, have spoken!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:6 - He said, “Amen! May your prophecies come true! I hope the LORD does everything you say. I hope he does bring back from Babylon the treasures of this Temple and all the captives.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:7 - But listen now to the solemn words I speak to you in the presence of all these people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:9 - So a prophet who predicts peace must show he is right. Only when his predictions come true can we know that he is really from the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11 - And Hananiah said again to the crowd that had gathered, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Just as this yoke has been broken, within two years I will break the yoke of oppression from all the nations now subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.'” With that, Jeremiah left the Temple area.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:14 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, forcing them into slavery under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:15 - Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, but the people believe your lies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:1 - Jeremiah wrote a letter from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who had been exiled to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:10 - This is what the LORD says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:24 - The LORD sent this message to Shemaiah the Nehelamite in Babylon:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:25 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: You wrote a letter on your own authority to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, and you sent copies to the other priests and people in Jerusalem. You wrote to Zephaniah,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26 - “The LORD has appointed you to replace Jehoiada as the priest in charge of the house of the LORD. You are responsible to put into stocks and neck irons any crazy man who claims to be a prophet.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:27 - So why have you done nothing to stop Jeremiah from Anathoth, who pretends to be a prophet among you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:28 - Jeremiah sent a letter here to Babylon, predicting that our captivity will be a long one. He said, ‘Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:31 - “Send an open letter to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them, ‘This is what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Since he has prophesied to you when I did not send him and has tricked you into believing his lies,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8 - For in that day,”
says the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
“I will break the yoke from their necks
and snap their chains.
Foreigners will no longer be their masters.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:9 - For my people will serve the LORD their God
and their king descended from David—
the king I will raise up for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:2 - This is what the LORD says:
“Those who survive the coming destruction
will find blessings even in the barren land,
for I will give rest to the people of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:6 - The day will come when watchmen will shout
from the hill country of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Jerusalem[fn]
to worship the LORD our God.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:7 - Now this is what the LORD says:
“Sing with joy for Israel.[fn]
Shout for the greatest of nations!
Shout out with praise and joy:
‘Save your people, O LORD,
the remnant of Israel!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - “Listen to this message from the LORD,
you nations of the world;
proclaim it in distant coastlands:
The LORD, who scattered his people,
will gather them and watch over them
as a shepherd does his flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:11 - For the LORD has redeemed Israel
from those too strong for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:23 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity, the people of Judah and its towns will again say, ‘The LORD bless you, O righteous home, O holy mountain!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:27 - “The day is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will greatly increase the human population and the number of animals here in Israel and Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:30 - All people will die for their own sins—those who eat the sour grapes will be the ones whose mouths will pucker.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:34 - And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the LORD.' For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already,” says the LORD. “And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - It is the LORD who provides the sun to light the day
and the moon and stars to light the night,
and who stirs the sea into roaring waves.
His name is the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
and this is what he says:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:7 - “Your cousin Hanamel son of Shallum will come and say to you, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - Then, just as the LORD had said he would, my cousin Hanamel came and visited me in the prison. He said, “Please buy my field at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else, so buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that the message I had heard was from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:9 - So I bought the field at Anathoth, paying Hanamel seventeen pieces[fn] of silver for it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:17 - “O Sovereign LORD! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:21 - “You brought Israel out of Egypt with mighty signs and wonders, with a strong hand and powerful arm, and with overwhelming terror.
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 32:35 - They have built pagan shrines to Baal in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing. What an incredible evil, causing Judah to sin so greatly!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:37 - I will certainly bring my people back again from all the countries where I will scatter them in my fury. I will bring them back to this very city and let them live in peace and safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:40 - And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:42 - “This is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all these calamities on them, so I will do all the good I have promised them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - the sounds of joy and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will be heard again, along with the joyous songs of people bringing thanksgiving offerings to the LORD. They will sing,
‘Give thanks to the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
for the LORD is good.
His faithful love endures forever!' For I will restore the prosperity of this land to what it was in the past, says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:4 - “‘But listen to this promise from the LORD, O Zedekiah, king of Judah. This is what the LORD says: You will not be killed in war
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:6 - So Jeremiah the prophet delivered the message to King Zedekiah of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:8 - This message came to Jeremiah from the LORD after King Zedekiah made a covenant with the people, proclaiming freedom for the slaves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:9 - He had ordered all the people to free their Hebrew slaves—both men and women. No one was to keep a fellow Judean in bondage.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10 - The officials and all the people had obeyed the king's command,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - I told them that every Hebrew slave must be freed after serving six years. But your ancestors paid no attention to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 - But now you have shrugged off your oath and defiled my name by taking back the men and women you had freed, forcing them to be slaves once again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:17 - “Therefore, this is what the LORD says: Since you have not obeyed me by setting your countrymen free, I will set you free to be destroyed by war, disease, and famine. You will be an object of horror to all the nations of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:18 - Because you have broken the terms of our covenant, I will cut you apart just as you cut apart the calf when you walked between its halves to solemnize your vows.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:19 - Yes, I will cut you apart, whether you are officials of Judah or Jerusalem, court officials, priests, or common people—for you have broken your oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:21 - “I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials to the army of the king of Babylon. And although Babylon's king has left Jerusalem for a while,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:3 - So I went to see Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah and grandson of Habazziniah and all his brothers and sons—representing all the Recabite families.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:4 - So Jeremiah sent for Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated all the prophecies that the LORD had given him, Baruch wrote them on a scroll.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:7 - Perhaps even yet they will turn from their evil ways and ask the LORD's forgiveness before it is too late. For the LORD has threatened them with his terrible anger.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12 - he went down to the secretary's room in the palace where the administrative officials were meeting. Elishama the secretary was there, along with Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Acbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:14 - the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, grandson of Shelemiah and great-grandson of Cushi, to ask Baruch to come and read the messages to them, too. So Baruch took the scroll and went to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:16 - When they heard all the messages, they looked at one another in alarm. “We must tell the king what we have heard,” they said to Baruch.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:17 - “But first, tell us how you got these messages. Did they come directly from Jeremiah?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:20 - Then the officials left the scroll for safekeeping in the room of Elishama the secretary and went to tell the king what had happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:21 - The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from Elishama's room and read it to the king as all his officials stood by.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:26 - Then the king commanded his son Jerahmeel, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah. But the LORD had hidden them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:27 - After the king had burned the scroll on which Baruch had written Jeremiah's words, the LORD gave Jeremiah another message. He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:3 - Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to ask Jeremiah, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The king of Judah sent you to ask me what is going to happen. Tell him, ‘Pharaoh's army is about to return to Egypt, though he came here to help you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - But as he was walking through the Benjamin Gate, a sentry arrested him and said, “You are defecting to the Babylonians!” The sentry making the arrest was Irijah son of Shelemiah, grandson of Hananiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - “That's not true!” Jeremiah protested. “I had no intention of doing any such thing.” But Irijah wouldn't listen, and he took Jeremiah before the officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:18 - Then Jeremiah asked the king, “What crime have I committed? What have I done against you, your attendants, or the people that I should be imprisoned like this?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:1 - Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal[fn] son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard what Jeremiah had been telling the people. He had been saying,
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 38:8 - so Ebed-melech rushed from the palace to speak with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:9 - “My lord the king,” he said, “these men have done a very evil thing in putting Jeremiah the prophet into the cistern. He will soon die of hunger, for almost all the bread in the city is gone.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to a room in the palace beneath the treasury, where he found some old rags and discarded clothing. He carried these to the cistern and lowered them to Jeremiah on a rope.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:20 - Jeremiah replied, “You won't be handed over to them if you choose to obey the LORD. Your life will be spared, and all will go well for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - sent messengers to bring Jeremiah out of the prison. They put him under the care of Gedaliah son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, who took him back to his home. So Jeremiah stayed in Judah among his own people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:16 - “Say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,[fn] ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will do to this city everything I have threatened. I will send disaster, not prosperity. You will see its destruction,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:1 - The LORD gave a message to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among all the other captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being sent to exile in Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:2 - The captain of the guard called for Jeremiah and said, “The LORD your God has brought this disaster on this land,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:7 - The leaders of the Judean guerrilla bands in the countryside heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam as governor over the poor people who were left behind in Judah—the men, women, and children who hadn't been exiled to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - When the Judeans in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and the other nearby countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a few people in Judah and that Gedaliah was the governor,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14 - They said to him, “Did you know that Baalis, king of Ammon, has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to assassinate you?” But Gedaliah refused to believe them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Later Johanan had a private conference with Gedaliah and volunteered to kill Ishmael secretly. “Why should we let him come and murder you?” Johanan asked. “What will happen then to the Judeans who have returned? Why should the few of us who are still left be scattered and lost?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Ishmael and his ten men suddenly jumped up, drew their swords, and killed Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:4 - The next day, before anyone had heard about Gedaliah's murder,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael made captives of the king's daughters and the other people who had been left under Gedaliah's care in Mizpah by Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard. Taking them with him, he started back toward the land of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:13 - The people Ishmael had captured shouted for joy when they saw Johanan and the other guerrilla leaders.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18 - They were afraid of what the Babylonians[fn] would do when they heard that Ishmael had killed Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the Babylonian king.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:2 - Jeremiah the prophet. They said, “Please pray to the LORD your God for us. As you can see, we are only a tiny remnant compared to what we were before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:4 - “All right,” Jeremiah replied. “I will pray to the LORD your God, as you have asked, and I will tell you everything he says. I will hide nothing from you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:5 - Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD your God be a faithful witness against us if we refuse to obey whatever he tells us to do!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:8 - So he called for Johanan son of Kareah and the other guerrilla leaders, and for all the people, from the least to the greatest.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:1 - When Jeremiah had finished giving this message from the LORD their God to all the people,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - In the crowd were men, women, and children, the king's daughters, and all those whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had left with Gedaliah. The prophet Jeremiah and Baruch were also included.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:10 - Then say to the people of Judah, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will certainly bring my servant Nebuchadnezzar,[fn] king of Babylon, here to Egypt. I will set his throne over these stones that I have hidden. He will spread his royal canopy over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:24 - Then Jeremiah said to them all, including the women, “Listen to this message from the LORD, all you citizens of Judah who live in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:30 - This is what the LORD says: ‘I will turn Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, over to his enemies who want to kill him, just as I turned King Zedekiah of Judah over to King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - “The swiftest runners cannot flee;
the mightiest warriors cannot escape.
By the Euphrates River to the north,
they stumble and fall.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:13 - Then the LORD gave the prophet Jeremiah this message about King Nebuchadnezzar's plans to attack Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:16 - They stumble and fall over each other
and say among themselves,
‘Come, let's go back to our people,
to the land of our birth.
Let's get away from the sword of the enemy!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:23 - They will cut down her people like trees,” says the LORD,
“for they are more numerous than locusts.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:25 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes,[fn] and all the other gods of Egypt. I will punish its rulers and Pharaoh, too, and all who trust in him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:6 - “Now, O sword of the LORD,
when will you be at rest again?
Go back into your sheath;
rest and be still.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:35 - “I will put an end to Moab,” says the LORD, “for the people offer sacrifices at the pagan shrines and burn incense to their false gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38 - There is crying and sorrow in every Moabite home and on every street. For I have smashed Moab like an old, unwanted jar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:42 - Moab will no longer be a nation,
for it has boasted against the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - “Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,
and those who escape the trap will step into a snare.
I will see to it that you do not get away,
for the time of your judgment has come,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:1 - This message was given concerning the Ammonites. This is what the LORD says:
“Are there no descendants of Israel
to inherit the land of Gad?
Why are you, who worship Molech,[fn]
living in its towns?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:10 - But I will strip bare the land of Edom,
and there will be no place left to hide.
Its children, its brothers, and its neighbors
will all be destroyed,
and Edom itself will be no more.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 - I will set my throne in Elam,” says the LORD,
“and I will destroy its king and officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:4 - “In those coming days,”
says the LORD,
“the people of Israel will return home
together with the people of Judah.
They will come weeping
and seeking the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:5 - They will ask the way to Jerusalem[fn]
and will start back home again.
They will bind themselves to the LORD
with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - Take from Babylon all those who plant crops;
send all the harvesters away.
Because of the sword of the enemy,
everyone will run away and rush back to their own lands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:18 - Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
the God of Israel, says:
“Now I will punish the king of Babylon and his land,
just as I punished the king of Assyria.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - And I will bring Israel home again to its own land,
to feed in the fields of Carmel and Bashan,
and to be satisfied once more
in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:25 - The LORD has opened his armory
and brought out weapons to vent his fury.
The terror that falls upon the Babylonians
will be the work of the Sovereign LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 - “Send out a call for archers to come to Babylon.
Surround the city so none can escape.
Do to her as she has done to others,
for she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:37 - The sword will strike her horses and chariots
and her allies from other lands,
and they will all become like women.
The sword will strike her treasures,
and they all will be plundered.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 - “Soon Babylon will be inhabited by desert animals and hyenas.
It will be a home for owls.
Never again will people live there;
it will lie desolate forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:15 - The LORD made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:26 - You will be desolate forever.
Even your stones will never again be used for building.
You will be completely wiped out,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28 - Bring against her the armies of the nations—
led by the kings of the Medes
and all their captains and officers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:62 - Then say, ‘LORD, you have said that you will destroy Babylon so that neither people nor animals will remain here. She will lie empty and abandoned forever.'
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 52:9 - They took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king of Babylon pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:13 - He burned down the Temple of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings[fn] in the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:17 - The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars in front of the LORD's Temple, the bronze water carts, and the great bronze basin called the Sea, and they carried all the bronze away to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:24 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.
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 BoxJer 52:32 - He spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a higher place than all the other exiled kings in Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1 - Jerusalem, once so full of people,
is now deserted.
She who was once great among the nations
now sits alone like a widow.
Once the queen of all the earth,
she is now a slave.
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 BoxLam 1:14 - “He wove my sins into ropes
to hitch me to a yoke of captivity.
The Lord sapped my strength and turned me over to my enemies;
I am helpless in their hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4 - He bends his bow against his people,
as though he were their enemy.
His strength is used against them
to kill their finest youth.
His fury is poured out like fire
on beautiful Jerusalem.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:31 - For no one is abandoned
by the Lord forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:61 - LORD, you have heard the vile names they call me.
You know all about the plans they have made.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - The parched tongues of their little ones
stick to the roofs of their mouths in thirst.
The children cry for bread,
but no one has any to give them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:1 - LORD, remember what has happened to us.
See how we have been disgraced!
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:5 - Those who pursue us are at our heels;
we are exhausted but are given no rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:19 - But LORD, you remain the same forever!
Your throne continues from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:3 - (The LORD gave this message to Ezekiel son of Buzi, a priest, beside the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians,[fn] and he felt the hand of the LORD take hold of him.)
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:3 - “Son of man,” he said, “I am sending you to the nation of Israel, a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have been rebelling against me to this very day.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:4 - Then he said, “Son of man, go to the people of Israel and give them my messages.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:5 - I am not sending you to a foreign people whose language you cannot understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7 - “Meanwhile, keep staring at the siege of Jerusalem. Lie there with your arm bared and prophesy her destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1 - “Son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a razor to shave your head and beard. Use a scale to weigh the hair into three equal parts.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:7 - O people of Israel, the day of your destruction is dawning.
The time has come; the day of trouble is near.
Shouts of anguish will be heard on the mountains,
not shouts of joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:8 - Soon I will pour out my fury on you
and unleash my anger against you.
I will call you to account
for all your detestable sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:13 - Even if the merchants survive,
they will never return to their business.
For what God has said applies to everyone—
it will not be changed!
Not one person whose life is twisted by sin
will ever recover.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:14 - He brought me to the north gate of the LORD's Temple, and some women were sitting there, weeping for the god Tammuz.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the LORD's Temple. At the entrance to the sanctuary, between the entry room and the bronze altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs to the sanctuary of the LORD. They were facing east, bowing low to the ground, worshiping the sun!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:3 - Then the glory of the God of Israel rose up from between the cherubim, where it had rested, and moved to the entrance of the Temple. And the LORD called to the man dressed in linen who was carrying the writer's case.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:7 - “Defile the Temple!” the LORD commanded. “Fill its courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went and began killing throughout the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:8 - While they were out killing, I was all alone. I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD! Will your fury against Jerusalem wipe out everyone left in Israel?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:11 - Then the man in linen clothing, who carried the writer's case, reported back and said, “I have done as you commanded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:2 - Then the LORD spoke to the man in linen clothing and said, “Go between the whirling wheels beneath the cherubim, and take a handful of burning coals and scatter them over the city.” He did this as I watched.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:3 - The cherubim were standing at the south end of the Temple when the man went in, and the cloud of glory filled the inner courtyard.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:4 - Then the glory of the LORD rose up from above the cherubim and went over to the door of the Temple. The Temple was filled with this cloud of glory, and the courtyard glowed brightly with the glory of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1 - Then the Spirit lifted me and brought me to the east gateway of the LORD's Temple, where I saw twenty-five prominent men of the city. Among them were Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:5 - Dig a hole through the wall while they are watching and go out through it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:7 - So I did as I was told. In broad daylight I brought my pack outside, filled with the things I might carry into exile. Then in the evening while the people looked on, I dug through the wall with my hands and went out into the night with my pack on my shoulder.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:18 - “Son of man, tremble as you eat your food. Shake with fear as you drink your water.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - Tell the people, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says concerning those living in Israel and Jerusalem: They will eat their food with trembling and sip their water in despair, for their land will be stripped bare because of their violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5 - They have done nothing to repair the breaks in the walls around the nation. They have not helped it to stand firm in battle on the day of the LORD.
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 13:14 - I will break down your wall right to its foundation, and when it falls, it will crush you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:15 - At last my anger against the wall and those who covered it with whitewash will be satisfied. Then I will say to you: ‘The wall and those who whitewashed it are both gone.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:19 - You bring shame on me among my people for a few handfuls of barley or a piece of bread. By lying to my people who love to listen to lies, you kill those who should not die, and you promise life to those who should not live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:21 - I will tear off the magic veils and save my people from your grasp. They will no longer be your victims. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - Because of all this, you will no longer talk of seeing visions that you never saw, nor will you make predictions. For I will rescue my people from your grasp. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:4 - Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the LORD, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:5 - I will do this to capture the minds and hearts of all my people who have turned from me to worship their detestable idols.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:6 - “Therefore, tell the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your detestable sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:7 - I, the LORD, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:8 - I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, eliminating them from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:9 - “‘And if a prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is because I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet. I will lift my fist against such prophets and cut them off from the community of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:19 - “Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic into the land, and the disease killed people and animals alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:11 - I gave you lovely jewelry, bracelets, beautiful necklaces,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:12 - a ring for your nose, earrings for your ears, and a lovely crown for your head.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:18 - You used the beautifully embroidered clothes I gave you to dress your idols. Then you used my special oil and my incense to worship them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols,[fn] and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39 - Then I will give you to these many nations who are your lovers, and they will destroy you. They will knock down your pagan shrines and the altars to your idols. They will strip you and take your beautiful jewels, leaving you stark naked.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:42 - “Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm and will not be angry with you anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:45 - For your mother loathed her husband and her children, and so do you. And you are exactly like your sisters, for they despised their husbands and their children. Truly your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:2 - “Son of man, give this riddle, and tell this story to the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:3 - Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“A great eagle with broad wings and long feathers,
covered with many-colored plumage,
came to Lebanon.
He seized the top of a cedar tree
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:10 - But when the vine is transplanted,
will it thrive?
No, it will wither away
when the east wind blows against it.
It will die in the same good soil
where it had grown so well.”
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 18:7 - He is a merciful creditor, not keeping the items given as security by poor debtors. He does not rob the poor but instead gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for the needy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - He does not exploit the poor, but instead is fair to debtors and does not rob them. He gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for the needy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:23 - “Do you think that I like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign LORD. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26 - When righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and start doing sinful things, they will die for it. Yes, they will die because of their sinful deeds.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:32 - I don't want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:1 - “Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:1 - On August 14,[fn] during the seventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, some of the leaders of Israel came to request a message from the LORD. They sat down in front of me to wait for his reply.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:5 - Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: When I chose Israel—when I revealed myself to the descendants of Jacob in Egypt—I took a solemn oath that I, the LORD, would be their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8 - “But they rebelled against me and would not listen. They did not get rid of the vile images they were obsessed with, or forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I threatened to pour out my fury on them to satisfy my anger while they were still in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wilderness. They wouldn't obey my regulations even though obedience would have given them life. They also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - “But their children, too, rebelled against me. They refused to keep my decrees and follow my regulations, even though obedience would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. So again I threatened to pour out my fury on them in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:27 - “Therefore, son of man, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Your ancestors continued to blaspheme and betray me,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:30 - “Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Do you plan to pollute yourselves just as your ancestors did? Do you intend to keep prostituting yourselves by worshiping vile images?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:17 - I, too, will clap my hands,
and I will satisfy my fury.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:26 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“Take off your jeweled crown,
for the old order changes.
Now the lowly will be exalted,
and the mighty will be brought down.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - “And now, son of man, prophesy concerning the Ammonites and their mockery. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“A sword, a sword
is drawn for your slaughter.
It is polished to destroy,
flashing like lightning!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:22 - and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my fury on you.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:25 - I will turn my jealous anger against you, and they will deal harshly with you. They will cut off your nose and ears, and any survivors will then be slaughtered by the sword. Your children will be taken away as captives, and everything that is left will be burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:26 - They will strip you of your beautiful clothes and jewels.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3 - Then give these rebels an illustration with this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“Put a pot on the fire,
and pour in some water.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:9 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
What sorrow awaits Jerusalem,
the city of murderers!
I myself will pile up the fuel beneath her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:13 - Your impurity is your lewdness
and the corruption of your idolatry.
I tried to cleanse you,
but you refused.
So now you will remain in your filth
until my fury against you has been satisfied.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:18 - So I proclaimed this to the people the next morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did everything I had been told to do.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - and I was told to give this message to the people of Israel. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will defile my Temple, the source of your security and pride, the place your heart delights in. Your sons and daughters whom you left behind in Judea will be slaughtered by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:23 - Your heads will remain covered, and your sandals will not be taken off. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins. You will mourn privately for all the evil you have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:27 - And when he arrives, your voice will suddenly return so you can talk to him, and you will be a symbol for these people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - Give the Ammonites this message from the Sovereign LORD: Hear the word of the Sovereign LORD! Because you cheered when my Temple was defiled, mocked Israel in her desolation, and laughed at Judah as she went away into exile,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9 - I will open up their eastern flank and wipe out their glorious frontier towns—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Edom have sinned greatly by avenging themselves against the people of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:14 - I will accomplish this by the hand of my people of Israel. They will carry out my vengeance with anger, and Edom will know that this vengeance is from me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down its towers. I will scrape away its soil and make it a bare rock!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: From the north I will bring King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon against Tyre. He is king of kings and brings his horses, chariots, charioteers, and great army.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:11 - His horsemen will trample through every street in the city. They will butcher your people, and your strong pillars will topple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “They will plunder all your riches and merchandise and break down your walls. They will destroy your lovely homes and dump your stones and timbers and even your dust into the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - All the seaport rulers will step down from their thrones and take off their royal robes and beautiful clothing. They will sit on the ground trembling with horror at your destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:17 - Then they will wail for you, singing this funeral song:
“O famous island city,
once ruler of the sea,
how you have been destroyed!
Your people, with their naval power,
once spread fear around the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:21 - I will bring you to a terrible end, and you will exist no more. You will be looked for, but you will never again be found. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:17 - Judah and Israel traded for your wares, offering wheat from Minnith, figs,[fn] honey, olive oil, and balm.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:36 - The merchants among the nations
shake their heads at the sight of you,[fn]
for you have come to a horrible end
and will exist no more.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:12 - “Son of man, sing this funeral song for the king of Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“You were the model of perfection,
full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:19 - All who knew you are appalled at your fate.
You have come to a terrible end,
and you will exist no more.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:25 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel will again live in their own land, the land I gave my servant Jacob. For I will gather them from the distant lands where I have scattered them. I will reveal to the nations of the world my holiness among my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt—
you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile.
For you have said, ‘The Nile River is mine;
I made it for myself.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:15 - I will pour out my fury on Pelusium,[fn]
the strongest fortress of Egypt,
and I will stamp out
the hordes of Thebes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:23 - Their graves are in the depths of the pit, and they are surrounded by their allies. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have been slaughtered by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:26 - “Meshech and Tubal are there, surrounded by the graves of all their hordes. They once struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere. But now they are outcasts, all slaughtered by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:32 - Although I have caused his terror to fall upon all the living, Pharaoh and his hordes will lie there among the outcasts who were slaughtered by the sword. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:8 - If I announce that some wicked people are sure to die and you fail to tell them to change their ways, then they will die in their sins, and I will hold you responsible for their deaths.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:11 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:19 - But if wicked people turn from their wickedness and do what is just and right, they will live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:23 - And I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26 - I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27 - The orchards and fields of my people will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken their chains of slavery and rescued them from those who enslaved them, then they will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:8 - “But the mountains of Israel will produce heavy crops of fruit for my people—for they will be coming home again soon!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12 - I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob them of their children.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:18 - They polluted the land with murder and the worship of idols,[fn] so I poured out my fury on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:29 - I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:30 - I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:13 - When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:16 - “Son of man, take a piece of wood and carve on it these words: ‘This represents Judah and its allied tribes.' Then take another piece and carve these words on it: ‘This represents Ephraim and the northern tribes of Israel.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:25 - They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And my servant David will be their prince forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:26 - And I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will give them their land and increase their numbers,[fn] and I will put my Temple among them forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:28 - And when my Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I am the LORD, who makes Israel holy.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12 - I will go to those formerly desolate cities that are now filled with people who have returned from exile in many nations. I will capture vast amounts of plunder, for the people are rich with livestock and other possessions now. They think the whole world revolves around them!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:14 - “Therefore, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: When my people are living in peace in their land, then you will rouse yourself.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:16 - and you will attack my people Israel, covering their land like a cloud. At that time in the distant future, I will bring you against my land as everyone watches, and my holiness will be displayed by what happens to you, Gog. Then all the nations will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:21 - I will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says the Sovereign LORD. Your men will turn their swords against each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:11 - “And I will make a vast graveyard for Gog and his hordes in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea.[fn] It will block the way of those who travel there, and they will change the name of the place to the Valley of Gog's Hordes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25 - “So now, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will end the captivity of my people[fn]; I will have mercy on all Israel, for I jealously guard my holy reputation!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:29 - And I will never again turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people of Israel. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43¾ feet.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 - After that, the man brought me into the sanctuary of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of its doorway, and they were 10½ feet[fn] thick.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 - Then he measured the wall of the Temple, and it was 10½ feet thick. There was a row of rooms along the outside wall; each room was 7 feet[fn] wide.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:17 - The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:19 - One face—that of a man—looked toward the palm tree on one side. The other face—that of a young lion—looked toward the palm tree on the other side. The figures were carved all along the inside of the Temple,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:4 - And the glory of the LORD came into the Temple through the east gateway.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - The LORD said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I will live here forever among the people of Israel. They and their kings will not defile my holy name any longer by their adulterous worship of other gods or by honoring the relics of their kings who have died.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8 - They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:9 - Now let them stop worshiping other gods and honoring the relics of their kings, and I will live among them forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10 - “Son of man, describe to the people of Israel the Temple I have shown you, so they will be ashamed of all their sins. Let them study its plan,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11 - and they will be ashamed[fn] of what they have done. Describe to them all the specifications of the Temple—including its entrances and exits—and everything else about it. Tell them about its decrees and laws. Write down all these specifications and decrees as they watch so they will be sure to remember and follow them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:21 - Then take the young bull for the sin offering and burn it at the appointed place outside the Temple area.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:23 - When you have finished the cleansing ceremony, offer another young bull that has no defects and a perfect ram from the flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:6 - And give these rebels, the people of Israel, this message from the Sovereign LORD: O people of Israel, enough of your detestable sins!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:10 - And the men of the tribe of Levi who abandoned me when Israel strayed away from me to worship idols[fn] must bear the consequences of their unfaithfulness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - When they return to the outer courtyard where the people are, they must take off the clothes they wear while ministering to me. They must leave them in the sacred rooms and put on other clothes so they do not endanger anyone by transmitting holiness to them through this clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:23 - They will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, what is ceremonially clean and unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - These sections of land will be the prince's allotment. Then my princes will no longer oppress and rob my people; they will assign the rest of the land to the people, giving an allotment to each tribe.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:20 - Do this also on the seventh day of the new year for anyone who has sinned through error or ignorance. In this way, you will purify[fn] the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:8 - “The prince must enter the gateway through the entry room, and he must leave the same way.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:15 - The lamb, the grain offering, and the olive oil must be given as a daily sacrifice every morning without fail.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:20 - He explained, “This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and endangering the people by transmitting holiness to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:2 - The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia[fn] and placed them in the treasure-house of his god.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8 - But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9 - Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - But he responded, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has ordered that you eat this food and wine. If you become pale and thin compared to the other youths your age, I am afraid the king will have me beheaded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:16 - So after that, the attendant fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine provided for the others.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:16 - Daniel went at once to see the king and requested more time to tell the king what the dream meant.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:17 - Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:19 - That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:25 - Arioch quickly took Daniel to the king and said, “I have found one of the captives from Judah who will tell the king the meaning of his dream!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41 - The feet and toes you saw were a combination of iron and baked clay, showing that this kingdom will be divided. Like iron mixed with clay, it will have some of the strength of iron.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:43 - This mixture of iron and clay also shows that these kingdoms will try to strengthen themselves by forming alliances with each other through intermarriage. But they will not hold together, just as iron and clay do not mix.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God was showing the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its meaning is certain.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48 - Then the king appointed Daniel to a high position and gave him many valuable gifts. He made Daniel ruler over the whole province of Babylon, as well as chief over all his wise men.
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 3:3 - So all these officials[fn] came and stood before the statue King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13 - Then Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage and ordered that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought before him. When they were brought in,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:20 - Then he ordered some of the strongest men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:23 - So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, securely tied, fell into the roaring flames.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 - Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king's command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:30 - Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in the province of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:14 - The messenger shouted, “Cut down the tree and lop off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Chase the wild animals from its shade and the birds from its branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:20 - The tree you saw was growing very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:22 - That tree, Your Majesty, is you. For you have grown strong and great; your greatness reaches up to heaven, and your rule to the ends of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:24 - “‘This is what the dream means, Your Majesty, and what the Most High has declared will happen to my lord the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:28 - “But all these things did happen to King Nebuchadnezzar.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 - “After this time had passed, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven. My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High and honored the one who lives forever. His rule is everlasting, and his kingdom is eternal.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37 - “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king shouted for the enchanters, astrologers,[fn] and fortune-tellers to be brought before him. He said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever can read this writing and tell me what it means will be dressed in purple robes of royal honor and will have a gold chain placed around his neck. He will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:10 - But when the queen mother heard what was happening, she hurried to the banquet hall. She said to Belshazzar, “Long live the king! Don't be so pale and frightened.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16 - I am told that you can give interpretations and solve difficult problems. If you can read these words and tell me their meaning, you will be clothed in purple robes of royal honor, and you will have a gold chain placed around your neck. You will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29 - Then at Belshazzar's command, Daniel was dressed in purple robes, a gold chain was hung around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - And now, Your Majesty, issue and sign this law so it cannot be changed, an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
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 6:11 - Then the officials went together to Daniel's house and found him praying and asking for God's help.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?”
“Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:16 - So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you serve so faithfully, rescue you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:18 - Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn't sleep at all that night.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:19 - Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions' den.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22 - My God sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:23 - The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24 - Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. The lions leaped on them and tore them apart before they even hit the floor of the den.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:27 - He rescues and saves his people; he performs miraculous signs and wonders in the heavens and on earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:25 - He will defy the Most High and oppress the holy people of the Most High. He will try to change their sacred festivals and laws, and they will be placed under his control for a time, times, and half a time.
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 8:7 - 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 8:9 - Then from one of the prominent horns came a small horn whose power grew very great. It extended toward the south and the east and toward the glorious land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:2 - During the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned from reading the word of the LORD, as revealed to Jeremiah the prophet, that Jerusalem must lie desolate for seventy years.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:4 - I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: “O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:6 - We have refused to listen to your servants the prophets, who spoke on your authority to our kings and princes and ancestors and to all the people of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - All Israel has disobeyed your instruction and turned away, refusing to listen to your voice. “So now the solemn curses and judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured down on us because of our sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:15 - “O Lord our God, you brought lasting honor to your name by rescuing your people from Egypt in a great display of power. But we have sinned and are full of wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - “O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city—the city that bears your name—lies in ruins. We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:19 - “O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! For your own sake, do not delay, O my God, for your people and your city bear your name.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:20 - I went on praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people, pleading with the LORD my God for Jerusalem, his holy mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:24 - “A period of seventy sets of seven[fn] has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:11 - And the man said to me, “Daniel, you are very precious to God, so listen carefully to what I have to say to you. Stand up, for I have been sent to you.” When he said this to me, I stood up, still trembling.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - Then the one who looked like a man[fn] touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing in front of me, “I am filled with anguish because of the vision I have seen, my lord, and I am very weak.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:12 - After the enemy army is swept away, the king of the south will be filled with pride and will execute many thousands of his enemies. But his success will be short lived.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13 - “A few years later the king of the north will return with a fully equipped army far greater than before.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:29 - “Then at the appointed time he will once again invade the south, but this time the result will be different.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:31 - “His army will take over the Temple fortress, pollute the sanctuary, put a stop to the daily sacrifices, and set up the sacrilegious object that causes desecration.[fn]
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 BoxDan 12:13 - “As for you, go your way until the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days, you will rise again to receive the inheritance set aside for you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Hosea son of Beeri during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash[fn] was king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And the LORD said, “Name the child Jezreel, for I am about to punish King Jehu's dynasty to avenge the murders he committed at Jezreel. In fact, I will bring an end to Israel's independence.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:6 - Soon Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to Hosea, “Name your daughter Lo-ruhamah—‘Not loved'—for I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them.
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 2:8 - She doesn't realize it was I who gave her everything she has—
the grain, the new wine, the olive oil;
I even gave her silver and gold.
But she gave all my gifts to Baal.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:9 - “But now I will take back the ripened grain and new wine
I generously provided each harvest season.
I will take away the wool and linen clothing
I gave her to cover her nakedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:19 - I will make you my wife forever,
showing you righteousness and justice,
unfailing love and compassion.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:20 - I will be faithful to you and make you mine,
and you will finally know me as the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:22 - Then the earth will answer the thirsty cries
of the grain, the grapevines, and the olive trees.
And they in turn will answer,
‘Jezreel'—‘God plants!'
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:5 - But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the LORD their God and to David's descendant, their king.[fn] In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the LORD and of his goodness.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10 - They will eat and still be hungry.
They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it,
for they have deserted the LORD
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:15 - “Though you, Israel, are a prostitute,
may Judah avoid such guilt.
Do not join the false worship at Gilgal or Beth-aven,[fn]
even though they take oaths there in the LORD's name.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:3 - I know what you are like, O Ephraim.
You cannot hide yourself from me, O Israel.
You have left me as a prostitute leaves her husband;
you are utterly defiled.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:4 - Your deeds won't let you return to your God.
You are a prostitute through and through,
and you do not know the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:6 - When they come with their flocks and herds
to offer sacrifices to the LORD,
they will not find him,
because he has withdrawn from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:7 - They have betrayed the honor of the LORD,
bearing children that are not his.
Now their false religion will devour them
along with their wealth.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11 - The people of Israel will be crushed and broken by my judgment
because they are determined to worship idols.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:15 - Then I will return to my place
until they admit their guilt and turn to me.
For as soon as trouble comes,
they will earnestly search for me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:1 - “Come, let us return to the LORD.
He has torn us to pieces;
now he will heal us.
He has injured us;
now he will bandage our wounds.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - Oh, that we might know the LORD!
Let us press on to know him.
He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn
or the coming of rains in early spring.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 - “I want to heal Israel,[fn] but its sins are too great.
Samaria is filled with liars.
Thieves are on the inside
and bandits on the outside!
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:10 - Their arrogance testifies against them,
yet they don't return to the LORD their God
or even try to find him.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - “O Samaria, I reject this calf—
this idol you have made.
My fury burns against you.
How long will you be incapable of innocence?
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:4 - There you will make no offerings of wine to the LORD.
None of your sacrifices there will please him.
They will be unclean, like food touched by a person in mourning.
All who present such sacrifices will be defiled.
They may eat this food themselves,
but they may not offer it to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - The LORD says, “O Israel, when I first found you,
it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert.
When I saw your ancestors,
it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season.
But then they deserted me for Baal-peor,
giving themselves to that shameful idol.
Soon they became vile,
as vile as the god they worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:3 - Then they will say, “We have no king
because we didn't fear the LORD.
But even if we had a king,
what could he do for us anyway?”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12 - I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness,
and you will harvest a crop of love.
Plow up the hard ground of your hearts,
for now is the time to seek the LORD,
that he may come
and shower righteousness upon you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:3 - I myself taught Israel[fn] how to walk,
leading him along by the hand.
But he doesn't know or even care
that it was I who took care of him.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:9 - No, I will not unleash my fierce anger.
I will not completely destroy Israel,
for I am God and not a mere mortal.
I am the Holy One living among you,
and I will not come to destroy.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:2 - Now the LORD is bringing charges against Judah.
He is about to punish Jacob[fn] for all his deceitful ways,
and pay him back for all he has done.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 - Even in the womb,
Jacob struggled with his brother;
when he became a man,
he even fought with God.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:6 - So now, come back to your God.
Act with love and justice,
and always depend on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:13 - Then by a prophet
the LORD brought Jacob's descendants[fn] out of Egypt;
and by that prophet
they were protected.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:14 - But the people of Israel
have bitterly provoked the LORD,
so their Lord will now sentence them to death
in payment for their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:1 - When the tribe of Ephraim spoke,
the people shook with fear,
for that tribe was important in Israel.
But the people of Ephraim sinned by worshiping Baal
and thus sealed their destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - [fn]The people of Samaria
must bear the consequences of their guilt
because they rebelled against their God.
They will be killed by an invading army,
their little ones dashed to death against the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open by swords.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:1 - [fn]Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,
for your sins have brought you down.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:2 - Bring your confessions, and return to the LORD.
Say to him,
“Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us,
so that we may offer you our praises.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Joel son of Pethuel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Weep like a bride dressed in black,
mourning the death of her husband.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:13 - Don't tear your clothing in your grief,
but tear your hearts instead.”
Return to the LORD your God,
for he is merciful and compassionate,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
He is eager to relent and not punish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19 - The LORD will reply,
“Look! I am sending you grain and new wine and olive oil,
enough to satisfy your needs.
You will no longer be an object of mockery
among the surrounding nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:20 - I will drive away these armies from the north.
I will send them into the parched wastelands.
Those in the front will be driven into the Dead Sea,
and those at the rear into the Mediterranean.[fn]
The stench of their rotting bodies will rise over the land.”
Surely the LORD has done great things!
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:22 - Don't be afraid, you animals of the field,
for the wilderness pastures will soon be green.
The trees will again be filled with fruit;
fig trees and grapevines will be loaded down once more.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:26 - Once again you will have all the food you want,
and you will praise the LORD your God,
who does these miracles for you.
Never again will my people be disgraced.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:27 - Then you will know that I am among my people Israel,
that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other.
Never again will my people be disgraced.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3 - They threw dice[fn] to decide which of my people
would be their slaves.
They traded boys to obtain prostitutes
and sold girls for enough wine to get drunk.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
Water will fill the streambeds of Judah,
and a fountain will burst forth from the LORD's Temple,
watering the arid valley of acacias.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:20 - “But Judah will be filled with people forever,
and Jerusalem will endure through all generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:4 - So I will send down fire on King Hazael's palace,
and the fortresses of King Ben-hadad will be destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Edom have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords,
showing them no mercy.
In their rage, they slashed them continually
and were unrelenting in their anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Judah have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They have rejected the instruction of the LORD,
refusing to obey his decrees.
They have been led astray by the same lies
that deceived their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 - They trample helpless people in the dust
and shove the oppressed out of the way.
Both father and son sleep with the same woman,
corrupting my holy name.
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 BoxAmo 3:1 - Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel and Judah—against the entire family I rescued from Egypt:
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:15 - And I will destroy the beautiful homes of the wealthy—
their winter mansions and their summer houses, too—
all their palaces filled with ivory,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:1 - Listen to me, you fat cows[fn]
living in Samaria,
you women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
and who are always calling to your husbands,
“Bring us another drink!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - “I kept the rain from falling
when your crops needed it the most.
I sent rain on one town
but withheld it from another.
Rain fell on one field,
while another field withered away.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:12 - “Therefore, I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced.
Prepare to meet your God in judgment, you people of Israel!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For the LORD is the one who shaped the mountains,
stirs up the winds, and reveals his thoughts to mankind.
He turns the light of dawn into darkness
and treads on the heights of the earth.
The LORD God of Heaven's Armies is his name!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:1 - Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:4 - Now this is what the LORD says to the family of Israel:
“Come back to me and live!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:6 - Come back to the LORD and live!
Otherwise, he will roar through Israel[fn] like a fire,
devouring you completely.
Your gods in Bethel
won't be able to quench the flames.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 - You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion—
only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house—
and he's bitten by a snake.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:6 - You drink wine by the bowlful
and perfume yourselves with fragrant lotions.
You care nothing about the ruin of your nation.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:11 - When the LORD gives the command,
homes both great and small will be smashed to pieces.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - In my vision the locusts ate every green plant in sight. Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, please forgive us or we will not survive, for Israel[fn] is so small.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:5 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, please stop or we will not survive, for Israel is so small.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - The pagan shrines of your ancestors[fn] will be ruined, and the temples of Israel will be destroyed; I will bring the dynasty of King Jeroboam to a sudden end.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:15 - But the LORD called me away from my flock and told me, ‘Go and prophesy to my people in Israel.'
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:16 - Now then, listen to this message from the LORD:
“You say,
‘Don't prophesy against Israel.
Stop preaching against my people.[fn]'
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:2 - “What do you see, Amos?” he asked.
I replied, “A basket full of ripe fruit.”
Then the LORD said, “Like this fruit, Israel is ripe for punishment! I will not delay their punishment again.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:12 - People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from border to border[fn]
searching for the word of the LORD,
but they will not find it.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 - Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said,
“Strike the tops of the Temple columns,
so that the foundation will shake.
Bring down the roof
on the heads of the people below.
I will kill with the sword those who survive.
No one will escape!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:2 - “Even if they dig down to the place of the dead,[fn]
I will reach down and pull them up.
Even if they climb up into the heavens,
I will bring them down.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:6 - The LORD's home reaches up to the heavens,
while its foundation is on the earth.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The LORD is his name!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:7 - “Are you Israelites more important to me
than the Ethiopians?[fn]” asks the LORD.
“I brought Israel out of Egypt,
but I also brought the Philistines from Crete[fn]
and led the Arameans out of Kir.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8 - “I, the Sovereign LORD,
am watching this sinful nation of Israel.
I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,[fn]
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9 - “For I will give the command
and will shake Israel along with the other nations
as grain is shaken in a sieve,
yet not one true kernel will be lost.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:13 - “The time will come,” says the LORD,
“when the grain and grapes will grow faster
than they can be harvested.
Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel
will drip with sweet wine!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:14 - I will bring my exiled people of Israel
back from distant lands,
and they will rebuild their ruined cities
and live in them again.
They will plant vineyards and gardens;
they will eat their crops and drink their wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 - “Because of the violence you did
to your close relatives in Israel,[fn]
you will be filled with shame
and destroyed forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai:
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 - Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship.
But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - So the captain went down after him. “How can you sleep at a time like this?” he shouted. “Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:7 - Then the crew cast lots to see which of them had offended the gods and caused the terrible storm. When they did this, the lots identified Jonah as the culprit.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:9 - Jonah answered, “I am a Hebrew, and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:15 - Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once!
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:16 - The sailors were awestruck by the LORD's great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.
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 2:1 - [fn]Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 - He said,
“I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble,
and he answered me.
I called to you from the land of the dead,[fn]
and LORD, you heard me!
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:4 - Then I said, ‘O LORD, you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:10 - Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8 - People and animals alike must wear garments of mourning, and everyone must pray earnestly to God. They must turn from their evil ways and stop all their violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:8 - And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Micah of Moresheth during the years when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. The visions he saw concerned both Samaria and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night,
thinking up evil plans.
You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out,
simply because you have the power to do so.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 - When you want a piece of land,
you find a way to seize it.
When you want someone's house,
you take it by fraud and violence.
You cheat a man of his property,
stealing his family's inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5 - This is what the LORD says:
“You false prophets are leading my people astray!
You promise peace for those who give you food,
but you declare war on those who refuse to feed you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 - You rulers make decisions based on bribes;
you priests teach God's laws only for a price;
you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid.
Yet all of you claim to depend on the LORD.
“No harm can come to us,” you say,
“for the LORD is here among us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:2 - People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of Jacob's God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the LORD's teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:5 - Though the nations around us follow their idols,
we will follow the LORD our God forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:7 - Those who are weak will survive as a remnant;
those who were exiles will become a strong nation.
Then I, the LORD, will rule from Jerusalem[fn]
as their king forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:12 - But they do not know the LORD's thoughts
or understand his plan.
These nations don't know
that he is gathering them together
to be beaten and trampled
like sheaves of grain on a threshing floor.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:6 - They will rule Assyria with drawn swords
and enter the gates of the land of Nimrod.
He will rescue us from the Assyrians
when they pour over the borders to invade our land.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:2 - And now, O mountains,
listen to the LORD's complaint!
He has a case against his people.
He will bring charges against Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:4 - For I brought you out of Egypt
and redeemed you from slavery.
I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to help you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:6 - What can we bring to the LORD?
What kind of offerings should we give him?
Should we bow before God
with offerings of yearling calves?
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:12 - The rich among you have become wealthy
through extortion and violence.
Your citizens are so used to lying
that their tongues can no longer tell the truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:2 - The godly people have all disappeared;
not one honest person is left on the earth.
They are all murderers,
setting traps even for their own brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:7 - As for me, I look to the LORD for help.
I wait confidently for God to save me,
and my God will certainly hear me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9 - Why are you scheming against the LORD?
He will destroy you with one blow;
he won't need to strike twice!
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 - Your guards[fn] and officials are also like swarming locusts
that crowd together in the hedges on a cold day.
But like locusts that fly away when the sun comes up,
all of them will fly away and disappear.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4 - The law has become paralyzed,
and there is no justice in the courts.
The wicked far outnumber the righteous,
so that justice has become perverted.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil.
Will you wink at their treachery?
Should you be silent while the wicked
swallow up people more righteous than they?
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will climb up to my watchtower
and stand at my guardpost.
There I will wait to see what the LORD says
and how he[fn] will answer my complaint.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - “But soon their captives will taunt them.
They will mock them, saying,
‘What sorrow awaits you thieves!
Now you will get what you deserve!
You've become rich by extortion,
but how much longer can this go on?'
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 - “What sorrow awaits you who make your neighbors drunk!
You force your cup on them
so you can gloat over their shameful nakedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2 - I have heard all about you, LORD.
I am filled with awe by your amazing works.
In this time of our deep need,
help us again as you did in years gone by.
And in your anger,
remember your mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Zephaniah when Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah. Zephaniah was the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:6 - And I will destroy those who used to worship me
but now no longer do.
They no longer ask for the LORD's guidance
or seek my blessings.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:8 - “On that day of judgment,”
says the LORD,
“I will punish the leaders and princes of Judah
and all those following pagan customs.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:9 - Yes, I will punish those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies,
and those who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:13 - So their property will be plundered,
their homes will be ransacked.
They will build new homes
but never live in them.
They will plant vineyards
but never drink wine from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:3 - Seek the LORD, all who are humble,
and follow his commands.
Seek to do what is right
and to live humbly.
Perhaps even yet the LORD will protect you—
protect you from his anger on that day of destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8 - “I have heard the taunts of the Moabites
and the insults of the Ammonites,
mocking my people
and invading their borders.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Now, as surely as I live,”
says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel,
“Moab and Ammon will be destroyed—
destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.
Their land will become a place of stinging nettles,
salt pits, and eternal desolation.
The remnant of my people will plunder them
and take their land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - They will receive the wages of their pride,
for they have scoffed at the people of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:13 - And the LORD will strike the lands of the north with his fist,
destroying the land of Assyria.
He will make its great capital, Nineveh, a desolate wasteland,
parched like a desert.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:2 - No one can tell it anything;
it refuses all correction.
It does not trust in the LORD
or draw near to its God.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1 - On August 29[fn] of the second year of King Darius's reign, the LORD gave a message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jeshua[fn] son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:2 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: The people are saying, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:8 - Now go up into the hills, bring down timber, and rebuild my house. Then I will take pleasure in it and be honored, says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - You hoped for rich harvests, but they were poor. And when you brought your harvest home, I blew it away. Why? Because my house lies in ruins, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, while all of you are busy building your own fine houses.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:11 - I have called for a drought on your fields and hills—a drought to wither the grain and grapes and olive trees and all your other crops, a drought to starve you and your livestock and to ruin everything you have worked so hard to get.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2 - “Say this to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jeshua[fn] son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of God's people there in the land:
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:3 - ‘Does anyone remember this house—this Temple—in its former splendor? How, in comparison, does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all!
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:6 - “For this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: In just a little while I will again shake the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the dry land.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:7 - I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will be brought to this Temple. I will fill this place with glory, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:9 - The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:10 - On December 18[fn] of the second year of King Darius's reign, the LORD sent this message to the prophet Haggai:
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:20 - On that same day, December 18,[fn] the LORD sent this second message to Haggai:
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - “Tell Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - I will overthrow royal thrones and destroy the power of foreign kingdoms. I will overturn their chariots and riders. The horses will fall, and their riders will kill each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23 - “But when this happens, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, I will honor you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant. I will make you like a signet ring on my finger, says the LORD, for I have chosen you. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:1 - In November[fn] of the second year of King Darius's reign, the LORD gave this message to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo:
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:5 - “Where are your ancestors now? They and the prophets are long dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:7 - Three months later, on February 15,[fn] the LORD sent another message to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19 - “What are these?” I asked the angel who was talking with me.
He replied, “These horns represent the nations that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:21 - “What are these men coming to do?” I asked.
The angel replied, “These four horns—these nations—scattered and humbled Judah. Now these blacksmiths have come to terrify those nations and throw them down and destroy them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:4 - The other angel said, “Hurry, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will someday be so full of people and livestock that there won't be room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:11 - Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD of Heaven's Armies sent me to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:12 - The land of Judah will be the LORD's special possession in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:1 - Then the angel showed me Jeshua[fn] the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD. The Accuser, Satan,[fn] was there at the angel's right hand, making accusations against Jeshua.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:2 - And the LORD said to Satan, “I, the LORD, reject your accusations, Satan. Yes, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you. This man is like a burning stick that has been snatched from the fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:7 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: If you follow my ways and carefully serve me, then you will be given authority over my Temple and its courtyards. I will let you walk among these others standing here.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:8 - “Listen to me, O Jeshua the high priest, and all you other priests. You are symbols of things to come. Soon I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9 - Now look at the jewel I have set before Jeshua, a single stone with seven facets.[fn] I will engrave an inscription on it, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, and I will remove the sins of this land in a single day.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:10 - “And on that day, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, each of you will invite your neighbor to sit with you peacefully under your own grapevine and fig tree.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:4 - Then I asked the angel, “What are these, my lord? What do they mean?”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:7 - Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel's way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:9 - “Zerubbabel is the one who laid the foundation of this Temple, and he will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven's Armies has sent me.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand.”
(The seven lamps[fn] represent the eyes of the LORD that search all around the world.)
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4 - And this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house of everyone who swears falsely using my name. And my curse will remain in that house and completely destroy it—even its timbers and stones.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - The angel said, “The woman's name is Wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and closed the heavy lid again.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:4 - “And what are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was talking with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:8 - Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Look, those who went north have vented the anger of my Spirit[fn] there in the land of the north.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:10 - “Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah will bring gifts of silver and gold from the Jews exiled in Babylon. As soon as they arrive, meet them at the home of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:12 - Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Here is the man called the Branch. He will branch out from where he is and build the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:2 - The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech,[fn] along with their attendants, to seek the LORD's favor.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:5 - “Say to all your people and your priests, ‘During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn,[fn] was it really for me that you were fasting?
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:9 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:7 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: You can be sure that I will rescue my people from the east and from the west.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10 - Before the work on the Temple began, there were no jobs and no money to hire people or animals. No traveler was safe from the enemy, for there were enemies on all sides. I had turned everyone against each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:12 - For I am planting seeds of peace and prosperity among you. The grapevines will be heavy with fruit. The earth will produce its crops, and the heavens will release the dew. Once more I will cause the remnant in Judah and Israel to inherit these blessings.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:15 - But now I am determined to bless Jerusalem and the people of Judah. So don't be afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:16 - But this is what you must do: Tell the truth to each other. Render verdicts in your courts that are just and that lead to peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:13 - Judah is my bow,
and Israel is my arrow.
Jerusalem[fn] is my sword,
and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:3 - “My anger burns against your shepherds,
and I will punish these leaders.[fn]
For the LORD of Heaven's Armies has arrived
to look after Judah, his flock.
He will make them strong and glorious,
like a proud warhorse in battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:6 - “I will strengthen Judah and save Israel[fn];
I will restore them because of my compassion.
It will be as though I had never rejected them,
for I am the LORD their God, who will hear their cries.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:10 - I will bring them back from Egypt
and gather them from Assyria.
I will resettle them in Gilead and Lebanon
until there is no more room for them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - And I said to them, “If you like, give me my wages, whatever I am worth; but only if you want to.” So they counted out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:13 - And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter[fn]”—this magnificent sum at which they valued me! So I took the thirty coins and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - “What sorrow awaits this worthless shepherd
who abandons the flock!
The sword will cut his arm
and pierce his right eye.
His arm will become useless,
and his right eye completely blind.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1 - This[fn] message concerning the fate of Israel came from the LORD: “This message is from the LORD, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the human spirit.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4 - “On that day,” says the LORD, “I will cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:7 - “The LORD will give victory to the rest of Judah first, before Jerusalem, so that the people of Jerusalem and the royal line of David will not have greater honor than the rest of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 - “Then I will pour out a spirit[fn] of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:20 - On that day even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with these words: HOLY TO THE LORD. And the cooking pots in the Temple of the LORD will be as sacred as the basins used beside the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:1 - This is the message[fn] that the LORD gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi.[fn]
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 1:3 - but I rejected his brother, Esau, and devastated his hill country. I turned Esau's inheritance into a desert for jackals.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:6 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name!
“But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your name?'
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:3 - I will punish your descendants and splatter your faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices, and I will throw you on the manure pile.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 - Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God? Then why do we betray each other, violating the covenant of our ancestors?
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:12 - May the LORD cut off from the nation of Israel[fn] every last man who has done this and yet brings an offering to the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:17 - You have wearied the LORD with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.
You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the LORD's sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:1 - “Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:11 - Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease.[fn] Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:16 - Then those who feared the LORD spoke with each other, and the LORD listened to what they said. In his presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared him and always thought about the honor of his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - “They will be my people,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. “On the day when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:4 - “Remember to obey the Law of Moses, my servant—all the decrees and regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai[fn] for all Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:5 - “Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the LORD arrives.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:6 - His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
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Occurrences: 21 times in 20 verses
Speech: Definite article
Parsing: Accusative Singular Neuter
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you decide to break free,
you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
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 BoxExo 38:24 - The people brought special offerings of gold totaling 2,193 pounds,[fn] as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. This gold was used throughout the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - This silver came from the tax collected from each man registered in the census. (The tax is one beka, which is half a shekel,[fn] based on the sanctuary shekel.) The tax was collected from 603,550 men who had reached their twentieth birthday.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and bowed low to the ground and prayed with his face between his knees.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:18 - In deference to the king of Assyria, he also removed the canopy that had been constructed inside the palace for use on the Sabbath day,[fn] as well as the king's outer entrance to the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - But the Israelites would not listen. They were as stubborn as their ancestors who had refused to believe in the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 - You captured us in your net
and laid the burden of slavery on our backs.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds.”
D-ASM
Occurrences: 1 time in 1 verse
Speech: Demonstrative Pronoun
Parsing: Accusative Masculine Singular
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:21 - Once when some Israelites were burying a man, they spied a band of these raiders. So they hastily threw the corpse into the tomb of Elisha and fled. But as soon as the body touched Elisha's bones, the dead man revived and jumped to his feet!
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