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ἐγένετο — 709x G1096 γίνομαι
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Occurrences: 709 times in 670 verses
Speech: Verb
Parsing: Aorist Middle Indicative
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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:3 - Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:6 - Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - God called the space “sky.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:9 - Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:11 - Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:13 - And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:15 - Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:19 - And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:23 - And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:24 - Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:31 - Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.
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 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 4:3 - When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the LORD.
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 4:26 - When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the LORD by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:1 - Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:6 - Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:10 - After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:12 - The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:17 - For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:6 - After another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began,[fn] the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:10 - He built his kingdom in the land of Babylonia,[fn] with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:30 - The territory they occupied extended from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern mountains.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia[fn] and settled there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - They began saying to each other, “Let's make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, you are a very beautiful woman.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai's beauty.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 - About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia,[fn] King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:4 - Then the LORD said to him, “No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who will be your heir.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 - After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:1 - When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.' Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don't look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:26 - But Lot's wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt.
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 19:34 - The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last night. Let's get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - When God called me to leave my father's home and to travel from place to place, I told her, ‘Do me a favor. Wherever we go, tell the people that I am your brother.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:5 - Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
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 21:20 - And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:22 - About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. “God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do,” Abimelech said.
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 22:20 - Soon after this, Abraham heard that Milcah, his brother Nahor's wife, had borne Nahor eight sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 - When Sarah was 127 years old,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - Then at last, when the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring for her nose and two large gold bracelets[fn] for her wrists.
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 24:45 - “Before I had finished praying in my heart, I saw Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.'
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 24:67 - 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 25:11 - After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer-lahai-roi in the Negev.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham's time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
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 26:13 - He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:14 - He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - That very day Isaac's servants came and told him about a new well they had dug. “We've found water!” they exclaimed.
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 27:30 - As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and almost before Jacob had left his father, Esau returned from his hunt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau heard his father's words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged.
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 29:23 - But that night, when it was dark, Laban took Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - But when Jacob woke up in the morning—it was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob raged at Laban. “I worked seven years for Rachel! Why have you tricked me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 30:41 - Whenever the stronger females were ready to mate, Jacob would place the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of them. Then they would mate in front of the branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:42 - But he didn't do this with the weaker ones, so the weaker lambs belonged to Laban, and the stronger ones were Jacob's.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - As a result, Jacob became very wealthy, with large flocks of sheep and goats, female and male servants, and many camels and donkeys.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - “One time during the mating season, I had a dream and saw that the male goats mating with the females were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah's full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 - As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob's family.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - Leaving Bethel, Jacob and his clan moved on toward Ephrath. But Rachel went into labor while they were still some distance away. Her labor pains were intense.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, “Don't be afraid—you have another son!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:18 - Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named the baby Ben-oni (which means “son of my sorrow”). The baby's father, however, called him Benjamin (which means “son of my right hand”).
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - While he was living there, Reuben had intercourse with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Jacob soon heard about it.
These are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:23 - So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off the beautiful robe he was wearing.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:1 - About this time, Judah left home and moved to Adullam, where he stayed with a man named Hirah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:7 - But Er was a wicked man in the LORD's sight, so the LORD took his life.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 - About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has acted like a prostitute. And now, because of this, she's pregnant.”
“Bring her out, and let her be burned!” Judah demanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:27 - When the time came for Tamar to give birth, it was discovered that she was carrying twins.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:28 - While she was in labor, one of the babies reached out his hand. The midwife grabbed it and tied a scarlet string around the child's wrist, announcing, “This one came out first.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:2 - The LORD was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:5 - 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 39:7 - and Potiphar's wife soon began to look at him lustfully. “Come and sleep with me,” she demanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:11 - One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:13 - When she saw that she was holding his cloak and he had fled,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:19 - Potiphar was furious when he heard his wife's story about how Joseph had treated her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 - Some time later, Pharaoh's chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20 - Pharaoh's birthday came three days later, and he prepared a banquet for all his officials and staff. He summoned[fn] his chief cup-bearer and chief baker to join the other officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - Two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:8 - The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. The famine also struck all the surrounding countries, but throughout Egypt there was plenty of food.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:35 - As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man's sack was the bag of money he had paid for the grain! The brothers and their father were terrified when they saw the bags of money.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 43:21 - But as we were returning home, we stopped for the night and opened our sacks. Then we discovered that each man's money—the exact amount paid—was in the top of his sack! Here it is; we have brought it back with us.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:24 - “So we returned to your servant, our father, and told him what you had said.
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 47:20 - So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold him their fields because the famine was so severe, and soon all the land belonged to Pharaoh.
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 50:9 - A great number of chariots and charioteers accompanied Joseph.
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 4:3 - “Throw it down on the ground,” the LORD told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:4 - Then the LORD told him, “Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd's staff in his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:24 - On the way to Egypt, at a place where Moses and his family had stopped for the night, the LORD confronted him and was about to kill him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:10 - So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did what the LORD had commanded them. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - Then the LORD said to Moses: “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and raise your hand over the waters of Egypt—all its rivers, canals, ponds, and all the reservoirs. Turn all the water to blood. Everywhere in Egypt the water will turn to blood, even the water stored in wooden bowls and stone pots.'”
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 9:11 - Even the magicians were unable to stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and all the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:26 - The only place without hail was the region of Goshen, where the people of Israel lived.
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 12:41 - In fact, it was on the last day of the 430th year that all the LORD's forces left the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:51 - On that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - The cloud settled between the Egyptian and Israelite camps. As darkness fell, the cloud turned to fire, lighting up the night. But the Egyptians and Israelites did not approach each other all night.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:13 - That evening vast numbers of quail flew in and covered the camp. And the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 - On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much as usual—four quarts[fn] for each person instead of two. Then all the leaders of the community came and asked Moses for an explanation.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:24 - So they put some aside until morning, just as Moses had commanded. And in the morning the leftover food was wholesome and good, without maggots or odor.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:27 - Some of the people went out anyway on the seventh day, but they found no food.
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 19:16 - On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a dense cloud came down on the mountain. There was a long, loud blast from a ram's horn, and all the people trembled.
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 33:7 - It was Moses' practice to take the Tent of Meeting[fn] and set it up some distance from the camp. Everyone who wanted to make a request of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
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 40:17 - So the Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:29 - Then Moses took the breast and lifted it up as a special offering to the LORD. This was Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:45 - They were registered by families—all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 - and the total number came to 2,750.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 - and the total number came to 2,630.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:1 - On the day Moses set up the Tabernacle, he anointed it and set it apart as holy. He also anointed and set apart all its furnishings and the altar with its utensils.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:11 - In the second year after Israel's departure from Egypt—on the twentieth day of the second month[fn]—the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:34 - As they moved on each day, the cloud of the LORD hovered over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:35 - And whenever the Ark set out, Moses would shout, “Arise, O LORD, and let your enemies be scattered! Let them flee before you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:35 - From Kibroth-hattaavah the Israelites traveled to Hazeroth, where they stayed for some time.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:42 - As the community gathered to protest against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the Tabernacle and saw that the cloud had covered it, and the glorious presence of the LORD appeared.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron's staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!
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 24:2 - where he saw the people of Israel camped, tribe by tribe. Then the Spirit of God came upon him,
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 26:7 - These were the clans of Reuben. Their registered troops numbered 43,730.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - “These are the very ones who followed Balaam's advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the LORD at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the LORD's people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - of which 675 were the LORD's share;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - In all, the gold that the generals and captains presented as a gift to the LORD weighed about 420 pounds.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:12 - They married into the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. Thus, their inheritance of land remained within their ancestral tribe.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:36 - He let you hear his voice from heaven so he could instruct you. He let you see his great fire here on earth so he could speak to you from it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - “But when you heard the voice from the heart of the darkness, while the mountain was blazing with fire, all your tribal leaders and elders came to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:11 - “At the end of the forty days and nights, the LORD handed me the two stone tablets inscribed with the words of the covenant.
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 26:5 - “You must then say in the presence of the LORD your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:1 - After the death of Moses the LORD's servant, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' assistant. He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - So the king's men went looking for the spies along the road leading to the shallow crossings of the Jordan River. And as soon as the king's men had left, the gate of Jericho was shut.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:2 - Three days later the Israelite officers went through the camp,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:11 - And when everyone was safely on the other side, the priests crossed over with the Ark of the LORD as the people watched.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - As soon as the priests carrying the Ark of the LORD's Covenant came up out of the riverbed and their feet were on high ground, the water of the Jordan returned and overflowed its banks as before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 - When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings who lived along the Mediterranean coast[fn] heard how the LORD had dried up the Jordan River so the people of Israel could cross, they lost heart and were paralyzed with fear because of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 - When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - chased the Israelites from the town gate as far as the quarries,[fn] and they killed about thirty-six who were retreating down the slope. The Israelites were paralyzed with fear at this turn of events, and their courage melted away.
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 9:16 - Three days after making the treaty, they learned that these people actually lived nearby!
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:14 - There has never been a day like this one before or since, when the LORD answered such a prayer. Surely the LORD fought for Israel that day!
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - So Joshua and the Israelite army continued the slaughter and completely crushed the enemy. They totally wiped out the five armies except for a tiny remnant that managed to reach their fortified towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 - For the LORD hardened their hearts and caused them to fight the Israelites. So they were completely destroyed without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - The Jordan River marked the western boundary for the tribe of Reuben. The towns and their surrounding villages in this area were given as a homeland to the clans of the tribe of Reuben.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:25 - Their territory included Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, and half of the land of Ammon, as far as the town of Aroer just west of[fn] Rabbah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - Their territory extended from Mahanaim, including all of Bashan, all the former kingdom of King Og, and the sixty towns of Jair in Bashan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - The allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah reached southward to the border of Edom, as far south as the wilderness of Zin.
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 16:1 - The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan River near Jericho, east of the springs of Jericho, through the wilderness and into the hill country of Bethel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:1 - The next allotment of land was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph's older son. Makir, the firstborn son of Manasseh, was the father of Gilead. Because his descendants were experienced soldiers, the regions of Gilead and Bashan on the east side of the Jordan had already been given to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - The descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, were allotted thirteen towns that were originally assigned to the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
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 24:29 - After this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
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 1:14 - 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 1:28 - 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 1:30 - The tribe of Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites continued to live among them. But the Canaanites were forced to work as slaves for the people of Zebulun.
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 2:4 - When the angel of the LORD finished speaking to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But when the judge died, the people returned to their corrupt ways, behaving worse than those who had lived before them. They went after other gods, serving and worshiping them. And they refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
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 3:10 - 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 3:18 - After delivering the payment, Ehud started home with those who had helped carry the tribute.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled out the dagger strapped to his right thigh, and plunged it into the king's belly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:27 - When he arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, Ehud sounded a call to arms. Then he led a band of Israelites down from the hills.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, marauders from Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east would attack Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:7 - When they cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
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 6:38 - 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 6:40 - 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 7:6 - Only 300 of the men drank from their hands. All the others got down on their knees and drank with their mouths in the stream.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15 - When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship before the LORD.[fn] Then he returned to the Israelite camp and shouted, “Get up! For the LORD has given you victory over the Midianite hordes!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - Gideon made a sacred ephod from the gold and put it in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping it, and it became a trap for Gideon and his family.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - Gaal was standing at the city gates when Abimelech and his army came out of hiding.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:4 - At about this time, the Ammonites began their war against Israel.
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 13:2 - In those days a man named Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was unable to become pregnant, and they had no children.
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 14:11 - When the bride's parents[fn] saw him, they selected thirty young men from the town to be his companions.
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 14:17 - So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for the rest of the celebration. At last, on the seventh day he told her the answer because she was tormenting him with her nagging. Then she explained the riddle to the young men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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 15:17 - When he finished his boasting, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was named Jawbone Hill.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:4 - Some time later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the valley of Sorek.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:16 - She tormented him with her nagging day after day until he was sick to death of it.
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 17:1 - There was a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - So when he returned the money to his mother, she took 200 silver coins and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into an image and an idol. And these were placed in Micah's house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - Now in those days Israel had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - But she became angry with him[fn] and returned to her father's home in Bethlehem.
After about four months,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:30 - Everyone who saw it said, “Such a horrible crime has not been committed in all the time since Israel left Egypt. Think about it! What are we going to do? Who's going to speak up?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - (Word soon reached the land of Benjamin that the other tribes had gone up to Mizpah.) The Israelites then asked how this terrible crime had happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:4 - Early the next morning the people built an altar and presented their burnt offerings and peace offerings on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:8 - Around midnight Boaz suddenly woke up and turned over. He was surprised to find a woman lying at his feet!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2 - One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 - So the Philistines fought desperately, and Israel was defeated again. The slaughter was great; 30,000 Israelite soldiers died that day. The survivors turned and fled to their tents.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - “Israel has been defeated by the Philistines,” the messenger replied. “The people have been slaughtered, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were also killed. And the Ark of God has been captured.”
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 5:4 - But the next morning the same thing happened—Dagon had fallen face down before the Ark of the LORD again. This time his head and hands had broken off and were lying in the doorway. Only the trunk of his body was left intact.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:6 - Then the LORD's heavy hand struck the people of Ashdod and the nearby villages with a plague of tumors.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.
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 13:10 - Just as Saul was finishing with the burnt offering, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet and welcome him,
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 19:9 - But one day when Saul was sitting at home, with spear in hand, the tormenting spirit[fn] from the LORD suddenly came upon him again. As David played his harp,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6 - Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought the ephod with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:16 - When David had finished speaking, Saul called back, “Is that really you, my son David?” Then he began to cry.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:37 - In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him what had happened. As a result he had a stroke,[fn] and he lay paralyzed on his bed like a stone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:38 - About ten days later, the LORD struck him, and he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:25 - From then on David made this a decree and regulation for Israel, and it is still followed today.
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 1:2 - On the third day a man arrived from Saul's army camp. He had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head to show that he was in mourning. He fell to the ground before David in deep respect.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:1 - After this, David asked the LORD, “Should I move back to one of the towns of Judah?”
“Yes,” the LORD replied.
Then David asked, “Which town should I go to?”
“To Hebron,” the LORD answered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - A fierce battle followed that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the forces of David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - But Asahel refused to turn back, so Abner thrust the butt end of his spear through Asahel's stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He stumbled to the ground and died there. And everyone who came by that spot stopped and stood still when they saw Asahel lying there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:1 - That was the beginning of a long war between those who were loyal to Saul and those loyal to David. As time passed David became stronger and stronger, while Saul's dynasty became weaker and weaker.
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 3:37 - So everyone in Judah and all Israel understood that David was not responsible for Abner's murder.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - (Saul's son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth,[fn] who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child's nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him, and he became crippled.)
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 6:23 - So Michal, the daughter of Saul, remained childless throughout her entire life.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:1 - When King David was settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:4 - But that same night the LORD said to Nathan,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:1 - After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest town.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David's subjects and paid him tribute money.
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 10:1 - Some time after this, King Nahash[fn] of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king.
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 11:2 - Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:14 - So the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - Then on the seventh day the child died. David's advisers were afraid to tell him. “He wouldn't listen to reason while the child was ill,” they said. “What drastic thing will he do when we tell him the child is dead?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - Her brother Absalom saw her and asked, “Is it true that Amnon has been with you? Well, my sister, keep quiet for now, since he's your brother. Don't you worry about it.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in her brother Absalom's house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:23 - Two years later, when Absalom's sheep were being sheared at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, Absalom invited all the king's sons to come to a feast.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30 - As they were on the way back to Jerusalem, this report reached David: “Absalom has killed all the king's sons; not one is left alive!”
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 13:36 - They soon arrived, weeping and sobbing, and the king and all his servants wept bitterly with them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - He cut his hair only once a year, and then only because it was so heavy. When he weighed it out, it came to five pounds![fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:1 - After this, Absalom bought a chariot and horses, and he hired fifty bodyguards to run ahead of 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 15:5 - When people tried to bow before him, Absalom wouldn't let them. Instead, he took them by the hand and kissed them.
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 17:21 - Then the two men crawled out of the well and hurried on to King David. “Quick!” they told him, “cross the Jordan tonight!” And they told him how Ahithophel had advised that he be captured and killed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:27 - When David arrived at Mahanaim, he was warmly greeted by Shobi son of Nahash, who came from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and by Makir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and by Barzillai of Gilead from Rogelim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:6 - So the battle began in the forest of Ephraim,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:7 - and the Israelite troops were beaten back by David's men. There was a great slaughter that day, and 20,000 men laid down their lives.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:8 - The battle raged all across the countryside, and more men died because of the forest than were killed by the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - As all the people heard of the king's deep grief for his son, the joy of that day's victory was turned into deep sadness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:25 - “Why didn't you come with me, Mephibosheth?” the king asked him.
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 21:19 - 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 21:20 - In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:19 - They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress,
but the LORD supported me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:19 - Abishai was the most famous of the Thirty[fn] and was their commander, though he was not one of the Three.
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 24:11 - The next morning the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, who was David's seer. This was the message:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 - He replied, “As you know, the kingdom was rightfully mine; all Israel wanted me to be the next king. But the tables were turned, and the kingdom went to my brother instead; for that is the way the LORD wanted it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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 8:10 - When the priests came out of the Holy Place, a thick cloud filled the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:17 - Then Solomon said, “My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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 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 11:11 - So now the LORD said to him, “Since you have not kept my covenant and have disobeyed my decrees, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your servants.
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 12:20 - When the people of Israel learned of Jeroboam's return from Egypt, they called an assembly and made him king over all Israel. So only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the family of David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:22 - But God said to Shemaiah, the man of God,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:30 - But this became a great sin, for the people worshiped the idols, traveling as far north as Dan to worship the one there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - When King Jeroboam heard the man of God speaking against the altar at Bethel, he pointed at him and shouted, “Seize that man!” But instantly the king's hand became paralyzed in that position, and he couldn't pull it back.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:6 - The king cried out to the man of God, “Please ask the LORD your God to restore my hand again!” So the man of God prayed to the LORD, and the king's hand was restored and he could move it again.
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 13:23 - After the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet saddled his own donkey for him,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:31 - Afterward the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:34 - This became a great sin and resulted in the utter destruction of Jeroboam's dynasty from the face of the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:25 - In the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:28 - 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 Box1Ki 15:21 - As soon as Baasha of Israel heard what was happening, he abandoned his project of fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
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 16:1 - This message from the LORD was delivered to King Baasha by the prophet Jehu son of Hanani:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:2 - Then the LORD said to Elijah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:8 - Then the LORD said to Elijah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 - Some time later the woman's son became sick. He grew worse and worse, and finally he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:22 - The LORD heard Elijah's prayer, and the life of the child returned, and he revived!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:1 - Later on, in the third year of the drought, the LORD said to Elijah, “Go and present yourself to King Ahab. Tell him that I will soon send rain!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - Once when Jezebel had tried to kill all the LORD's prophets, Obadiah had hidden 100 of them in two caves. He put fifty prophets in each cave and supplied them with food and water.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:17 - When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, “So, is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - About noontime Elijah began mocking them. “You'll have to shout louder,” he scoffed, “for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself.[fn] Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:29 - They raved all afternoon until the time of the evening sacrifice, but still there was no sound, no reply, no response.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - Finally the seventh time, his servant told him, “I saw a little cloud about the size of a man's hand rising from the sea.”
Then Elijah shouted, “Hurry to Ahab and tell him, ‘Climb into your chariot and go back home. If you don't hurry, the rain will stop you!'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And soon the sky was black with clouds. A heavy wind brought a terrific rainstorm, and Ahab left quickly for Jezreel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:13 - When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave.
And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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 20:26 - The following spring he called up the Aramean army and marched out against Israel, this time at Aphek.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29 - The two armies camped opposite each other for seven days, and on the seventh day the battle began. The Israelites killed 100,000 Aramean foot soldiers in one day.
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 21:4 - So Ahab went home angry and sullen because of Naboth's answer. The king went to bed with his face to the wall and refused to eat!
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 21:28 - Then another message from the LORD came to Elijah:
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 22:33 - the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, and they stopped chasing him.
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 2:9 - When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken away.”
And Elisha replied, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit and become your successor.”
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 3:5 - But after Ahab's death, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:15 - Now bring me someone who can play the harp.”
While the harp was being played, the power[fn] of the LORD came upon Elisha,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:20 - The next day at about the time when the morning sacrifice was offered, water suddenly appeared! It was flowing from the direction of Edom, and soon there was water everywhere.
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 4:8 - One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she urged him to come to her home for a meal. After that, whenever he passed that way, he would stop there for something to eat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:11 - One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to this upper room to rest.
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 4:25 - 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 4:40 - Some of the stew was served to the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man of God, there's poison in this stew!” So they would not eat it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:7 - When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and said, “This man sends me a leper to heal! Am I God, that I can give life and take it away? I can see that he's just trying to pick a fight with me.”
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 6:20 - As soon as they had entered Samaria, Elisha prayed, “O LORD, now open their eyes and let them see.” So the LORD opened their eyes, and they discovered that they were in the middle of Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:24 - Some time later, however, King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army and besieged Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - As a result, there was a great famine in the city. The siege lasted so long that a donkey's head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a cup of dove's dung sold for five pieces[fn] of silver.
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 7:16 - Then the people of Samaria rushed out and plundered the Aramean camp. So it was true that five quarts of choice flour were sold that day for one piece of silver, and ten quarts of barley grain were sold for one piece of silver, just as the LORD had promised.
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 7:20 - And so it was, for the people trampled him to death at the gate!
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 8:15 - But the next day Hazael took a blanket, soaked it in water, and held it over the king's face until he died. Then Hazael became the next king of Aram.
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 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 10:7 - When the letter arrived, the leaders killed all seventy of the king's sons. They placed their heads in baskets and presented them to Jehu at Jezreel.
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 10:25 - As soon as Jehu had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, he commanded his guards and officers, “Go in and kill all of them. Don't let a single one escape!” So they killed them all with their swords, and the guards and officers dragged their bodies outside.[fn] Then Jehu's men went into the innermost fortress[fn] of the temple of Baal.
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 12:10 - Whenever the chest became full, the court secretary and the high priest counted the money that had been brought to the LORD's Temple and put it into bags.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:16 - However, the money that was contributed for guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the LORD's Temple. It was given to the priests for their own use.
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 14:5 - When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:12 - So the LORD's message to Jehu came true: “Your descendants will be kings of Israel down to the fourth generation.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:7 - This disaster came upon the people of Israel because they worshiped other gods. They sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them safely out of Egypt and had rescued them from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
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 18:1 - Hezekiah son of Ahaz began to rule over Judah in the third year of King Hoshea's reign in Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:9 - During the fourth year of Hezekiah's reign, which was the seventh year of King Hoshea's reign in Israel, King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked the city of Samaria and began a siege against it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:1 - When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes and put on burlap and went into the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - That night the angel of the LORD went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians[fn] woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:37 - One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons[fn] 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 Box2Ki 20:4 - But before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard,[fn] this message came to him from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:11 - When the king heard what was written in the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes in despair.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54 - This is a record of the towns and territory assigned by means of sacred lots to the descendants of Aaron, who were from the clan of Kohath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:23 - Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah[fn] because of the tragedy his family had suffered.
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 11:6 - David had said to his troops, “Whoever is first to attack the Jebusites will become the commander of my armies!” And Joab, the son of David's sister Zeruiah, was first to attack, so he became the commander of David's armies.
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 14:17 - So David's fame spread everywhere, and the LORD caused all the nations to fear David.
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 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 17:3 - But that same night God said to Nathan,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:1 - After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath and its surrounding towns.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:1 - Some time after this, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun[fn] became king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - In the spring of the year,[fn] when kings normally go out to war, Joab led the Israelite army in successful attacks against the land of the Ammonites. In the process he laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in 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 20:6 - In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:7 - “My son, I wanted to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God,” David told him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:8 - “But the LORD said to me, ‘You have killed many men in the battles you have fought. And since you have shed so much blood in my sight, you will not be the one to build a Temple to honor my name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to 38,000.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - David and the army commanders then appointed men from the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to proclaim God's messages to the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. Here is a list of their names and their work:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - They and their families were all trained in making music before the LORD, and each of them—288 in all—was an accomplished musician.
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 28:2 - David rose to his feet and said: “My brothers and my people! It was my desire to build a temple where the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, God's footstool, could rest permanently. I made the necessary preparations for building it,
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 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 5:11 - Then the priests left the Holy Place. All the priests who were present had purified themselves, whether or not they were on duty that day.
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 6:7 - Then Solomon said, “My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:8 - But the LORD told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good,
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 9:4 - 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 their robes, and the burnt offerings Solomon made at the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2 - When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of this, he returned from Egypt, for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:2 - But the LORD said to Shemaiah, the man of God,
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 12:1 - But when Rehoboam was firmly established and strong, he abandoned the Law of the LORD, and all Israel followed him in this sin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2 - Because they were unfaithful to the LORD, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 - When the LORD saw their change of heart, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Since the people have humbled themselves, I will not completely destroy them and will soon give them some relief. I will not use Shishak to pour out my anger on Jerusalem.
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 13:13 - Meanwhile, Jeroboam had secretly sent part of his army around behind the men of Judah to ambush them.
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 14:8 - King Asa had an army of 300,000 warriors from the tribe of Judah, armed with large shields and spears. He also had an army of 280,000 warriors from the tribe of Benjamin, armed with small shields and bows. Both armies were composed of well-trained fighting men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:1 - Then the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:17 - Although the pagan shrines were not removed from Israel, Asa's heart remained completely faithful throughout his life.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - As soon as Baasha of Israel heard what was happening, he abandoned his project of fortifying Ramah and stopped all work on it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father's early years[fn] and did not worship the images of Baal.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:5 - So the LORD established Jehoshaphat's control over the kingdom of Judah. All the people of Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so he became very wealthy and highly esteemed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:10 - Then the fear of the LORD fell over all the surrounding kingdoms so that none of them wanted to declare war on Jehoshaphat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:13 - He stored numerous supplies in Judah's towns and stationed an army of seasoned troops at Jerusalem.
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 18:32 - As soon as the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they stopped chasing him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:2 - Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. “Why should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD?” he asked the king. “Because of what you have done, the LORD is very angry with you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14 - the Spirit of the LORD came upon one of the men standing there. His name was Jahaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite who was a descendant of Asaph.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29 - When all the surrounding kingdoms heard that the LORD himself had fought against the enemies of Israel, the fear of God came over them.
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 21:19 - The disease grew worse and worse, and at the end of two years it caused his bowels to come out, and he died in agony. His people did not build a great funeral fire to honor him as they had done for his ancestors.
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 24:4 - At one point Joash decided to repair and restore the Temple of the LORD.
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 24:17 - 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 24:23 - In the spring of the year[fn] the Aramean army marched against Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the nation. Then they sent all the plunder back to their king in Damascus.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:3 - When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:14 - When King Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought with him idols taken from the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down in front of them, and offered sacrifices to them!
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 25:16 - But the king interrupted him and said, “Since when have I made you the king's counselor? Be quiet now before I have you killed!”
So the prophet stopped with this warning: “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have refused to accept my counsel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:20 - But Amaziah refused to listen, for God was determined to destroy him for turning to the gods of Edom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Uzziah had an army of well-trained warriors, ready to march into battle, unit by unit. This army had been mustered and organized by Jeiel, the secretary of the army, and his assistant, Maaseiah. They were under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king's officials.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:3 - In the very first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah reopened the doors of the Temple of the LORD and repaired them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:32 - The people brought to the LORD 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 male lambs for burnt offerings.
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 30:12 - At the same time, God's hand was on the people in the land of Judah, giving them all one heart to obey the orders of the king and his officials, who were following the word of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:26 - There was great joy in the city, for Jerusalem had not seen a celebration like this one since the days of Solomon, King David's son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:25 - But Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him, and he became proud. So the LORD's anger came against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 - Hezekiah was very wealthy and highly honored. He built special treasury buildings for his silver, gold, precious stones, and spices, and for his shields and other valuable items.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - However, when ambassadors arrived from Babylon to ask about the remarkable events that had taken place in the land, God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really in his heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:19 - When the king heard what was written in the Law, he tore his clothes in despair.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18 - Never since the time of the prophet Samuel had there been such a Passover. None of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover as Josiah did, involving all the priests and Levites, all the people of Jerusalem, and people from all over Judah and Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:1 - These are the memoirs of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. In late autumn, in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes' reign,[fn] I was at the fortress of Susa.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 - When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.
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 2:10 - But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard of my arrival, they were very displeased that someone had come to help the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:1 - [fn]Sanballat was very angry when he learned that we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage and mocked the Jews,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - [fn]But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the work was going ahead and that the gaps in the wall of Jerusalem were being repaired, they were furious.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:12 - The Jews who lived near the enemy came and told us again and again, “They will come from all directions and attack us!”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 - When our enemies heard that we knew of their plans and that God had frustrated them, we all returned to our work on the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - But from then on, only half my men worked while the other half stood guard with spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail. The leaders stationed themselves behind the people of Judah
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained—though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16 - When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1 - After the wall was finished and I had set up the doors in the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:66 - So a total of 42,360 people returned to Judah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:5 - Ezra stood on the platform in full view of all the people. When they saw him open the book, they all rose to their feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17 - So everyone who had returned from captivity lived in these shelters during the festival, and they were all filled with great joy! The Israelites had not celebrated like this since the days of Joshua[fn] son of Nun.
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 13:19 - Then I commanded that the gates of Jerusalem should be shut as darkness fell every Friday evening,[fn] not to be opened until the Sabbath ended. I sent some of my own servants to guard the gates so that no merchandise could be brought in on the Sabbath day.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - These events happened in the days of King Xerxes,[fn] who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:8 - By edict of the king, no limits were placed on the drinking, for the king had instructed all his palace officials to serve each man as much as he wanted.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:16 - The Jews were filled with joy and gladness and were honored everywhere.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - That is why this celebration is called Purim, because it is the ancient word for casting lots.
So because of Mordecai's letter and because of what they had experienced,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:6 - One day the members of the heavenly court[fn] came to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan,[fn] came with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - He said,
“I came naked from my mother's womb,
and I will be naked when I leave.
The LORD gave me what I had,
and the LORD has taken it away.
Praise the name of the LORD!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:1 - One day the members of the heavenly court[fn] came again to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan,[fn] came with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20 - Their own mothers will forget them.
Maggots will find them sweet to eat.
No one will remember them.
Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm.
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 BoxPsa 9:9 - The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:18 - They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress,
but the LORD supported me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - You send the darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals prowl about.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:23 - This is the LORD's doing,
and it is wonderful to see.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:14 - She is like a merchant's ship,
bringing her food from afar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - Both go to the same place—they came from dust and they return to dust.
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 6:3 - A man might have a hundred children and live to be very old. But if he finds no satisfaction in life and doesn't even get a decent burial, it would have been better for him to be born dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:10 - Everything has already been decided. It was known long ago what each person would be. So there's no use arguing with God about your destiny.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:10 - Don't long for “the good old days.”
This is not wise.
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 BoxIsa 1:21 - See how Jerusalem, once so faithful,
has become a prostitute.
Once the home of justice and righteousness,
she is now filled with murderers.
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 7:1 - When Ahaz, son of Jotham and grandson of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria[fn] and Pekah son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, set out to attack Jerusalem. However, they were unable to carry out their plan.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - Gone are the joys of wine and song;
alcoholic drink turns bitter in the mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:7 - But for those who are righteous,
the way is not steep and rough.
You are a God who does what is right,
and you smooth out the path ahead of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land of Israel wilts in mourning.
Lebanon withers with shame.
The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness.
Bashan and Carmel have been plundered.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign,[fn] King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.
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 38:1 - About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the LORD says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:4 - Then this message came to Isaiah from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:12 - My life has been blown away
like a shepherd's tent in a storm.
It has been cut short,
as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom.
Suddenly, my life was over.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:13 - Who is able to advise the Spirit of the LORD?[fn]
Who knows enough to give him advice or teach him?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - But his own people have been robbed and plundered,
enslaved, imprisoned, and trapped.
They are fair game for anyone
and have no one to protect them,
no one to take them back home.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:10 - “But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the LORD.
“You are my servant.
You have been chosen to know me, believe in me,
and understand that I alone am God.
There is no other God—
there never has been, and there never will be.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon,
bow as they are lowered to the ground.
They are being hauled away on ox carts.
The poor beasts stagger under the weight.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:3 - Long ago I told you what was going to happen.
Then suddenly I took action,
and all my predictions came true.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16 - Come closer, and listen to this.
From the beginning I have told you plainly what would happen.”
And now the Sovereign LORD and his Spirit
have sent me with this message.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18 - Oh, that you had listened to my commands!
Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river
and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore—
too many to count!
There would have been no need for your destruction,
or for cutting off your family name.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 - But watch out, you who live in your own light
and warm yourselves by your own fires.
This is the reward you will receive from me:
You will soon fall down in great torment.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - So there is no justice among us,
and we know nothing about right living.
We look for light but find only darkness.
We look for bright skies but walk in gloom.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:8 - He said, “They are my very own people.
Surely they will not betray me again.”
And he became their Savior.
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 1:3 - The LORD's messages continued throughout the reign of King Jehoiakim, Josiah's son, until the eleventh year of the reign of King Zedekiah, another of Josiah's sons. In August[fn] of that eleventh year the people of Jerusalem were taken away as captives.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:4 - The LORD gave me this message:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:11 - Then the LORD said to me, “Look, Jeremiah! What do you see?”
And I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:13 - Then the LORD spoke to me again and asked, “What do you see now?”
And I replied, “I see a pot of boiling water, spilling from the north.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:14 - “Why has Israel become a slave?
Why has he been carried away as plunder?
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 6:10 - To whom can I give warning?
Who will listen when I speak?
Their ears are closed,
and they cannot hear.
They scorn the word of the LORD.
They don't want to listen at all.
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 14:1 - This message came to Jeremiah from the LORD, explaining why he was holding back the rain:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:5 - Then the LORD gave me this message:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 - But if I say I'll never mention the LORD
or speak in his name,
his word burns in my heart like a fire.
It's like a fire in my bones!
I am worn out trying to hold it in!
I can't do it!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For the land is full of adultery,
and it lies under a curse.
The land itself is in mourning—
its wilderness pastures are dried up.
For they all do evil
and abuse what power they have.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:4 - Then the LORD gave me this message:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:8 - But when Jeremiah had finished his message, saying everything the LORD had told him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people at the Temple mobbed him. “Kill him!” they shouted.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:1 - One day in late summer[fn] of that same year—the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah—Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from Gibeon, addressed me publicly in the Temple while all the priests and people listened. He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:12 - Soon after this confrontation with Hananiah, the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:30 - Then the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - “See how the siege ramps have been built against the city walls! Through war, famine, and disease, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will conquer it. Everything has happened just as you said.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:26 - Then this message came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1 - While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the LORD gave him this second message:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:9 - We haven't built houses or owned vineyards or farms or planted crops.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:12 - Then the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah:
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 37:6 - Then the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:11 - When the Babylonian army left Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's approaching army,
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 39:1 - In January[fn] of the ninth year of King Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] came with his army to besiege Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15 - The LORD had given the following message to Jeremiah while he was still in prison:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 - But in midautumn,[fn] Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and had been one of the king's high officials, went to Mizpah with ten men to meet Gedaliah. While they were eating together,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:4 - The next day, before anyone had heard about Gedaliah's murder,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:7 - But as soon as they were all inside the town, Ishmael and his men killed all but ten of them and threw their bodies into a cistern.
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 43:8 - Then at Tahpanhes, the LORD gave another message to Jeremiah. He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:19 - You people of Aroer,
stand beside the road and watch.
Shout to those who flee from Moab,
‘What has happened there?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - How it is shattered! Hear the wailing! See the shame of Moab! It has become an object of ridicule, an example of ruin to all its neighbors.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 - This message concerning Elam came to the prophet Jeremiah from the LORD at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 - “How Babylon[fn] is fallen—
great Babylon, praised throughout the earth!
Now she has become an object of horror
among the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:4 - So on January 15,[fn] during the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon led his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege ramps against its walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:31 - In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to[fn] Jehoiachin and released him from prison on March 31 of that year.[fn]
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 1:8 - Jerusalem has sinned greatly,
so she has been tossed away like a filthy rag.
All who once honored her now despise her,
for they have seen her stripped naked and humiliated.
All she can do is groan
and hide her face.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:1 - On July 31[fn] of my thirtieth year,[fn] while I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
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 3:3 - “Fill your stomach with this,” he said. And when I ate it, it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:14 - The Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I went in bitterness and turmoil, but the LORD's hold on me was strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:16 - After seven days the LORD gave me a message. He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:22 - Then the LORD took hold of me and said, “Get up and go out into the valley, and I will speak to you there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:1 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:19 - “They will throw their money in the streets,
tossing it out like worthless trash.
Their silver and gold won't save them
on that day of the LORD's anger.
It will neither satisfy nor feed them,
for their greed can only trip them up.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:1 - Then on September 17,[fn] during the sixth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, while the leaders of Judah were in my home, the Sovereign LORD took hold of me.
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 10:6 - The LORD said to the man in linen clothing, “Go between the cherubim and take some burning coals from between the wheels.” So the man went in and stood beside one of the wheels.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - While I was still prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD, are you going to kill everyone in Israel?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:14 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:1 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:8 - The next morning this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:17 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:21 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:26 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:2 - this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:12 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:1 - Then another message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:19 - Imagine it! You set before them as a sacrifice the choice flour, olive oil, and honey I had given you, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:23 - “What sorrow awaits you, says the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34 - So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. You pay your lovers instead of their paying you!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - It took root there and
grew into a low, spreading vine.
Its branches turned up toward the eagle,
and its roots grew down into the ground.
It produced strong branches
and put out shoots.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - But then another great eagle came
with broad wings and full plumage.
So the vine now sent its roots and branches
toward him for water,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:11 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:1 - Then another message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:3 - She raised one of her cubs
to become a strong young lion.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
and he became a man-eater.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6 - He prowled among the other lions
and stood out among them in his strength.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
and he, too, became a man-eater.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:10 - “Your mother was like a vine
planted by the water's edge.
It had lush, green foliage
because of the abundant water.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:11 - Its branches became strong—
strong enough to be a ruler's scepter.
It grew very tall,
towering above all others.
It stood out because of its height
and its many lush branches.
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 20:2 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:45 - [fn]Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:1 - [fn]Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:8 - Then the LORD said to me,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - “Son of man, cry out and wail;
pound your thighs in anguish,
for that sword will slaughter my people and their leaders—
everyone will die!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:18 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - The omen in his right hand says, ‘Jerusalem!' With battering rams his soldiers will go against the gates, shouting for the kill. They will put up siege towers and build ramps against the walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:1 - Now this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:17 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:23 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:24 - “Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: In the day of my indignation, you will be like a polluted land, a land without rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:1 - This message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 - They stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. After she received her punishment, her reputation was known to every woman in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:1 - On January 15,[fn] during the ninth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:15 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:20 - So I said to them, “A message came to me from the LORD,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:1 - On February 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,[fn] this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Your sails were made of Egypt's finest linen,
and they flew as a banner above you.
You stood beneath blue and purple awnings
made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:11 - Then this further message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:20 - Then another message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:1 - On January 7,[fn] during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:17 - On April 26, the first day of the new year,[fn] during the twenty-seventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:1 - This is another message that came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:20 - On April 29,[fn] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:1 - On June 21,[fn] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:3 - You are like mighty Assyria,
which was once like a cedar of Lebanon,
with beautiful branches that cast deep forest shade
and with its top high among the clouds.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7 - It was strong and beautiful,
with wide-spreading branches,
for its roots went deep
into abundant water.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:1 - On March 3,[fn] during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:17 - On March 17,[fn] during the twelfth year, another message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:1 - Once again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:1 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:16 - Then this further message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:1 - The LORD took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the LORD to a valley filled with bones.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:7 - So I spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there was a rattling noise all across the valley. The bones of each body came together and attached themselves as complete skeletons.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:15 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:1 - This is another message that came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:1 - On April 28,[fn] during the twenty-fifth year of our captivity—fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem—the LORD took hold of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - Here, too, there were three guard alcoves on each side, with dividing walls and an entry room. All the measurements matched those of the east gateway. The gateway passage was 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:12 - But they encouraged my people to worship idols, causing Israel to fall into deep sin. So I have taken a solemn oath that they must bear the consequences for their sins, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:6 - Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were four of the young men chosen, all from the tribe of Judah.
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 1:21 - Daniel remained in the royal service until the first year of the reign of King Cyrus.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1 - One night during the second year of his reign,[fn] Nebuchadnezzar had such disturbing dreams that he couldn't sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7 - So at the sound of the musical instruments,[fn] all the people, whatever their race or nation or language, bowed to the ground and worshiped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:31 - “While these words were still in his mouth, a voice called down from heaven, ‘O King Nebuchadnezzar, this message is for you! You are no longer ruler of this kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:15 - As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, someone who looked like a man stood in front of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:16 - In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 - One thing is certain, Israel[fn]:
On your day of punishment,
you will become a heap of rubble.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:8 - “The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners,
making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - The people of Israel have been swallowed up;
they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai:
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:4 - But the LORD hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:1 - Then the LORD spoke to Jonah a second time:
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 1:14 - Send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath[fn];
there is no hope of saving it.
The town of Aczib[fn]
has deceived the kings of Israel.
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 1:3 - Then the LORD sent this message through the prophet Haggai:
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 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 2:16 - When you hoped for a twenty-bushel crop, you harvested only ten. When you expected to draw fifty gallons from the winepress, you found only twenty.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:20 - On that same day, December 18,[fn] the LORD sent this second message to Haggai:
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 1:7 - 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 4:8 - Then another message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:9 - Then I received another message from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:1 - On December 7[fn] of the fourth year of King Darius's reign, another message came to Zechariah from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:4 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies sent me this message in reply:
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:8 - Then this message came to Zechariah from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:12 - They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the instructions or the messages that the LORD of Heaven's Armies had sent them by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the LORD of Heaven's Armies was so angry with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:1 - Then another message came to me from the LORD of Heaven's Armies:
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:18 - Here is another message that came to me from the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah has been unfaithful, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. The men of Judah have defiled the LORD's beloved sanctuary by marrying women who worship idols.
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