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GENESIS 1:22–2:9 Man created in God’s image; a living soul. Eden 8
it was good. 22 With that God CHAP. 1 moving upon the earth in which
blessed them, saying: “Be fruit- a Ne 9:6 there is life as a soul I have giv-
Ps 104:25
ful and become many and fill b Ec 3:20
en all green vegetation for food.” a
the waters in the sea basins, a and c De 28:11 And it came to be so.
Re 10:6
let the flying creatures become d Ge 6:7 31 After that God saw every-
many in the earth.” 23 And e Ps 104:11 thing he had made and, look! it
Mr 1:13
there came to be evening and f Ge 7:14 was very good. b And there came
there came to be morning, a fifth Ps 148:10
to be evening and there came to
g Ge 11:7
day. Pr 8:30 be morning, a sixth day.
Joh 1:3
24 And God went on to say: Col 1:16
“Let the earth b put forth living
souls according to their kinds,
h Ge 9:6
1Co 11:7
Col 3:10
2 Thus the heavens and the
earth and all their army came
i Ge 5:1 to their completion. c 2 And by
domestic c animal and moving d Ac 17:29 the seventh day God came to
animal and wild beast e of the Jas 3:9
j Ge 9:2 the completion of his work that
earth according to its kind.” And k Ps 139:14
it came to be so. 25 And God l Mr 10:6
he had made, and he proceeded
proceeded to make the wild 1Co 11:9 to rest on the seventh day from
m Ps 107:38 all his work that he had made. d
beast of the earth according to n Ge 9:1
its kind and the domestic animal Le 26:9 3 And God proceeded to bless
o Ge 2:15
according to its kind and every p Ps 8:6
the seventh day and make it sa-
moving animal of the ground ac-
Isa 11:9 cred, because on it he has been
Jas 3:7
cording to its kind. f And God got q Job 36:31 resting from all his work that
to see that it was good.
Ps 145:16
r Ge 9:3
God has created for the purpose
Ps 104:14 of making. e
26 And God went on to say: Ac 14:17
“Let us g make man in our im-
4 This is a history of the heav-
age, h according to our likeness, i Second Col.
ens and the earth in the time of
and let them have in subjection a Ps 136:25
their being created, in the day
the fish of the sea and the fly- Ps 147:9 that Jehovah God made earth
Mt 6:26
ing creatures of the heavens and b De 32:4 and heaven. f
the domestic animals and all the
Ps 104:24
1Ti 4:4
5 Now there was as yet no
earth and every moving animal
bush of the field found in the
that is moving upon the earth.” j CHAP. 2 earth and no vegetation of the
27 And God proceeded to create c Ne 9:6 field was as yet sprouting, be-
the man in his image, in God’s Ps 146:6
Isa 42:5
cause Jehovah God had not
image he created him; k male Zec 12:1 made it rain g upon the earth and
Ac 4:24
and female he created them. l d Ex 31:17
there was no man to cultivate the
28 Further, God blessed m them Heb 4:4 ground. 6 But a mist h would go
e Ex 20:11
and God said to them: “Be fruit- f Isa 45:18 up from the earth and it watered
ful n and become many and fill g Mt 5:45 the entire surface of the ground. i
h Job 36:27
the earth and subdue o it, and i Ps 135:7 7 And Jehovah God proceed-
have in subjection p the fish of the j Ge 3:19
Ps 103:14
ed to form the man out of dust j
sea and the flying creatures of Ec 3:20 from the ground k and to blow
1Co 15:47
the heavens and every living k Job 33:6 into his nostrils the breath of
creature that is moving upon the Isa 64:8 life, l and the man came to be
l Ge 7:22
earth.” Job 27:3 a living soul. m 8 Further, Je-
Job 33:4 hovah God planted a garden
29 And God went on to say: Isa 42:5
“Here I have given to YOU all veg- Ac 17:25 in Eden, n toward the east, and
m Eze 18:4
etation bearing seed which is on 1Co 15:45 there he put the man whom
the surface of the whole earth 1Pe 3:20
n Ge 2:15
he had formed. o 9 Thus Jeho-
and every tree on which there is Ge 3:23 vah God made to grow out of the
Isa 51:3
the fruit of a tree bearing seed. q Eze 28:13 ground every tree desirable to
To YOU let it serve as food. r o Ge 1:26 one’s sight and good for food and
Ps 139:14
30 And to every wild beast of the Ro 9:20 also the tree of life p in the mid-
earth and to every flying creature p Ge 3:24 dle of the garden and the tree of
q Ge 2:17
of the heavens and to everything Ge 3:22 the knowledge of good and bad. q
9 Woman created. First lie. Origin of sin GENESIS 2:10–3:6
10 Now there was a river is- CHAP. 2 he took one of his ribs and then
suing out of Eden to water the a Ge 25:18 closed up the flesh over its place.
1Sa 15:7
garden, and from there it began b Ge 13:2
22 And Jehovah God proceeded
to be parted and it became, as c Nu 11:7 to build the rib that he had tak-
it were, four heads. 11 The first d Ex 25:7 en from the man into a woman
1Ch 29:2
one’s name is Pishon; it is the Job 28:16 and to bring her to the man. a
e Da 10:4
one encircling the entire land of f Ge 10:11 23 Then the man said:
Havi·lah, a where there is gold. Mic 5:6
“This is at last bone of my
g Ge 15:18
12 And the gold of that land is De 11:24 bones
good. b There also are the bdel- h Ge 3:24
And flesh of my flesh. b
Eze 28:13
lium gum c and the onyx stone. d i Ge 1:28 This one will be called
13 And the name of the second Ge 2:8
Woman,
Ps 115:16
river is Gihon; it is the one en- j Ge 2:9 Because from man this one
circling the entire land of Cush. Ge 3:2
Le 25:19 was taken.” c
14 And the name of the third k Ge 3:19
river is Hidde·kel; e it is the one Ps 146:4 24 That is why a man will leave
Ec 9:5 his father and his mother d and
going to the east of As·syri·a. f Eze 18:4
And the fourth river is the Eu- Ro 5:12 he must stick to his wife and
1Co 15:22
phrates. g l Pr 31:11 they must become one flesh. e
15 And Jehovah God proceed-
1Co 11:9 25 And both of them continued
1Ti 2:13
ed to take the man and set- m Ge 9:10 to be naked, f the man and his
tle him in the garden of Eden h
n Ge 1:26 wife, and yet they did not become
Ge 9:2
to cultivate it and to take care Ps 8:6 ashamed. g
o 1Sa 26:12
h
Now the serpent proved to
of it. i 16 And Jehovah God also
laid this command upon the
Second Col.
3 be i
the most cautious of all
man: “From every tree of the a Pr 18:22
the wild beasts of the field that
garden you may eat to satisfac- Pr 19:14 Jehovah God had made. j So it be-
Mr 10:9
tion. j 17 But as for the tree of 1Ti 2:13 gan to say to the woman: k “Is it
the knowledge of good and bad b Ge 29:14 really so that God said YOU must
Jg 9:2
you must not eat from it, for in 2Sa 5:1 not eat from every tree of the
2Sa 19:12 garden?” l 2 At this the woman
the day you eat from it you will c 1Co 11:8
positively die.” k d Ge 24:58 said to the serpent: “Of the fruit
Ps 45:10 of the trees of the garden we may
18 And Jehovah God went on Mr 10:7
to say: “It is not good for the e Pr 5:18 eat. m 3 But as for eating of the
Mal 2:16
man to continue by himself. I Mt 19:5 fruit of the tree that is in the
am going to make a helper for Ro 7:2 middle of the garden, n God has
1Co 6:16
him, as a complement of him.” l 1Co 7:10 said, ‘YOU must not eat from it,
Eph 5:31 no, YOU must not touch it that
19 Now Jehovah God was form- Heb 13:4
ing from the ground every wild f Ge 3:7 YOU do not die.’ ” o 4 At this the
g Ps 31:17 serpent said to the woman: “YOU
beast of the field and every fly-
ing creature of the heavens, positively will not die. p 5 For
CHAP. 3
and he began bringing them to God knows that in the very day
h 2Co 11:3
the man to see what he would call Re 12:9 of YOUR eating from it YOUR eyes
each one; and whatever the man Re 20:2 are bound to be opened and YOU
i Mt 10:16
would call it, each living soul, m j Ge 1:24 are bound to be like God, KNOW-
that was its name. n 20 So the k Ge 2:22 ING good and bad.” q
Nu 22:28
man was calling the names of l Ge 2:17 6 Consequently the woman
all the domestic animals and of m Ge 2:16 saw that the tree was good for
n Ge 2:9
the flying creatures of the heav- o Ex 19:12 food and that it was some-
ens and of every wild beast of p Ge 5:5 thing to be longed for to the
Joh 8:44
the field, but for man there was 1Jo 3:8 eyes, yes, the tree was desir-
found no helper as a complement Re 21:8 able to look upon. r So she be-
q Ge 3:22
of him. 21 Hence Jehovah God Isa 46:5 gan taking of its fruit and eat-
had a deep sleep o fall upon the Php 2:6 ing it. Afterward she gave some
r Jas 1:14
man and, while he was sleeping, 1Jo 2:16 also to her husband when with
GENESIS 3:7–4:2 Seed foretold. Expelled from Eden. Cain born 10
her and he began eating it. a CHAP. 3 17 And to Adam he said: “Be-
7 Then the eyes of both of them a Ro 5:12 cause you listened to your wife’s
2Co 11:3
became opened and they began 1Ti 2:14 voice and took to eating from the
to realize that they were naked. b b Job 1:21 tree concerning which I gave you
c Ge 3:21
Hence they sewed fig leaves to- d De 4:33 this command, a ‘You must not
gether and made loin coverings De 23:14 eat from it,’ cursed is the ground
Ac 7:31
for themselves. c e Da 10:7 on your account. b In pain you
8 Later they heard the voice of Am 9:3
Heb 4:13
will eat its produce all the days
Jehovah God walking in the gar- 1Jo 4:18 of your life. c 18 And thorns and
f Mic 6:9
den about the breezy part of g Ex 3:6
thistles it will grow for you, d
the day, d and the man and h Ge 2:25 and you must eat the vegetation
i Ge 2:17
his wife went into hiding from j 1Sa 15:24
of the field. 19 In the sweat of
the face of Jehovah God in Jas 1:14 your face you will eat bread until
k 2Co 11:3
between the trees of the garden. e 1Ti 2:14 you return to the ground, for out
9 And Jehovah God kept calling l Ge 3:1 of it you were taken. e For dust
m Isa 65:25
to the man and saying to him: Mic 7:17 you are and to dust you will re-
“Where are you?” f 10 Finally he n Isa 35:4 turn.” f
Isa 43:11
said: “Your voice I heard in the Heb 10:31 20 After this Adam called his
o Ge 22:17 wife’s name Eve, g because she
garden, but I was afraid because Jas 4:4
I was naked and so I hid my- Jude 9 had to become the mother of
Re 12:7
self.” g 11 At that he said: “Who Re 12:17 everyone living. h 21 And Jeho-
told you that you were naked? h
p Eze 28:14
Re 12:9
vah God proceeded to make long
From the tree from which I com- q Isa 54:5 garments of skin for Adam and
Ga 4:26 for his wife and to clothe them. i
manded you not to eat have you Re 12:1
eaten?” i 12 And the man went r Mt 23:33 22 And Jehovah God went on to
Joh 8:44
on to say: “The woman whom you 1Jo 3:10 say: “Here the man has be-
gave to be with me, she gave me
s Ge 22:18 come like one of us in know-
Ge 49:10
fruit from the tree and so I ate.” j Ga 3:16 ing good and bad, j and now in
Ga 3:29
13 With that Jehovah God said t Joh 18:37
order that he may not put his
u Re 20:2 hand out and actually take fruit
to the woman: “What is this you v Re 20:10 also from the tree of life k and
have done?” To this the wom- w Heb 2:14
x Mic 5:1 eat and live to time indef-
an replied: “The serpent—it de- Mt 27:50
inite,—” 23 With that Jehovah
ceived me and so I ate.” k y Ac 3:15
Php 2:8 God put him out of the garden
14 And Jehovah God proceed- z 1Ch 4:9
of Eden l to cultivate the ground
a Ge 35:16
ed to say to the serpent: l “Be- b 1Co 7:28 from which he had been taken. m
cause you have done this thing,
24 And so he drove the man out
you are the cursed one out of all Second Col. and posted at the east of the gar-
the domestic animals and out of a Ge 2:17 den of Eden n the cherubs o and
all the wild beasts of the field. Ec 12:13
the flaming blade of a sword that
b Ge 4:12
Upon your belly you will go and Ge 5:29 was turning itself continually to
dust is what you will eat all the c Ps 127:2
Hag 1:6 guard the way to the tree of life.
days of your life. m 15 And I n d Heb 6:8
shall put enmity o between you p
and the woman q and between
e Ge 2:7
f Job 34:15
Ec 3:20
4 Now Adam had intercourse
with Eve his wife and she
your seed r and her seed. s He t will g Ge 2:19 became pregnant. p In time she
Ge 4:1
bruise you u in the head v and you w h Ac 17:26 gave birth to Cain q and said: “I
will bruise him x in the heel.” y
i Ge 3:7 have produced a man with the
Re 3:18
j Ge 3:5 aid of Jehovah.” r 2 Later she
16 To the woman he said: “I Php 2:6 again gave birth, to his brother
shall greatly increase the pain of k Ge 2:9
l Ge 2:8 Abel. s
your pregnancy; z in birth pangs m Ge 2:5 And Abel came to be a herd-
you will bring forth children, a Ge 3:19
n Ge 2:8 er of sheep, t but Cain be-
and your craving will be for your Ge 4:16
husband, and he will dominate o Ps 80:1
Isa 37:16 CHAP. 4 p Ge 1:28; q Jude 11; r Ge 3:16; s Mt
you.” b Eze 10:4 23:35; t Ge 46:34.
11 Sacrifices. Abel murdered. Cain’s offspring GENESIS 4:3-24
came a cultivator of the ground. a CHAP. 4 and fugitive on the earth, and it
3 And it came about at the ex- a Ge 3:23 is certain that anyone finding me
piration of some time that Cain b Ne 10:35 will kill me.” a 15 At this Jeho-
proceeded to bring some fruits c Le 2:14 vah said to him: “For that reason
of the ground b as an offering to d Ex 13:12 anyone killing Cain must suffer
Jehovah. c 4 But as for Abel, he e Le 3:9 vengeance seven times.” b
too brought some firstlings d of f Heb 11:4
And so Jehovah set up a sign
his flock, even their fatty pieces. e g Am 5:22
for Cain in order that no one
h Pr 14:30
Now while Jehovah was looking Pr 15:18 finding him should strike him. c
with favor upon Abel and his of- Pr 27:4 16 With that Cain went away
fering, f 5 he did not look with i Lu 14:11 from the face of Jehovah d and
any favor upon Cain and upon 1Pe 5:6
took up residence in the land of
his offering. g And Cain grew hot j Pr 11:6
Fugitiveness to the east of Eden.
Jas 1:14
with great anger, h and his coun- 17 Afterward Cain had inter-
k Ec 8:13
tenance began to fall. 6 At this Eze 18:27 course with his wife e and she
Jehovah said to Cain: “Why are l Mt 23:35 became pregnant and gave birth
you hot with anger and why has 1Jo 3:12
to Enoch. Then he engaged in
Jude 11
your countenance fallen? 7 If building a city and called the
m Ps 10:13
you turn to doing good, will there Pr 28:13 city’s name by the name of
not be an exaltation? i But if you n Ps 50:20 his son Enoch. f 18 Later there
do not turn to doing good, there Pr 17:17
was born to Enoch Irad. And
is sin crouching at the entrance, o Ge 18:20
Irad became father to Me·huja-
and for you is its craving; j and 2Ki 9:26
Isa 26:21 el, and Me·huja·el became father
will you, for your part, get the Heb 12:24 to Me·thusha·el, and Me·thu-
mastery over it?” k p Ezr 7:26 sha·el became father to Lamech.
8 After that Cain said to Abel q Ge 9:5
19 And Lamech proceeded to
his brother: “Let us go over r Ge 3:17
take two wives for himself. The
into the field.” So it came about Le 26:20
De 28:18 name of the first was Adah and
that while they were in the s De 28:65 the name of the second was Zil-
field Cain proceeded to assault Pr 28:17
lah. 20 In time Adah gave
Abel his brother and kill him. l Ho 9:17
birth to Jabal. He proved to be
9 Later on Jehovah said to Cain: t Job 34:29
Isa 59:2 the founder of those who dwell in
“Where is Abel your broth- Mic 3:4 tents g and have livestock. h
er?” m and he said: “I do not u Ps 36:11 21 And the name of his brother
know. Am I my brother’s guard-
was Jubal. He proved to be the
ian?” n 10 At this he said: “What Second Col.
founder of all those who handle
have you done? Listen! Your a Ro 12:19
brother’s blood is crying out to the harp i and the pipe. j 22 As
b Ge 4:24
me from the ground. o 11 And De 32:35
for Zillah, she too gave birth to
now you are cursed in banish- Heb 10:30 Tubal-cain, the forger of every
ment from the ground, p which c Eze 9:6 sort of tool of copper and iron. k
has opened its mouth to re-
d Ps 34:16 And the sister of Tubal-cain
ceive your brother’s blood at
e Ge 5:4 was Naa·mah. 23 Consequent-
your hand. q 12 When you culti-
f 2Sa 18:18 ly Lamech composed these
Ps 49:11
vate the ground, it will not give words for his wives Adah and
g Ge 25:27
you back its power. r A wander- Heb 11:9 Zillah:
er and a fugitive you will be- h Ge 13:7 “Hear my voice, YOU wives of
De 3:19
come in the earth.” s 13 At this Lamech;
i Ps 33:2
Cain said to Jehovah: “My pun- 1Co 14:7 Give ear to my saying:
ishment for error is too great to j Job 21:12 A man I have killed for
carry. 14 Here you are actually Ps 150:4 wounding me,
driving me this day from off the k De 27:5 Yes, a young man for giv-
2Sa 12:31
surface of the ground, and from Isa 2:4
ing me a blow.
your face I shall be concealed; t l Ge 4:15 24 If seven times Cain is to be
and I must become a wanderer u Le 19:18 avenged, l
GENESIS 4:25–5:26 Adam’s sons and daughters. Enoch taken 12
Then Lamech seventy CHAP. 4 dred and five years and he died.
times and seven.” a Ge 5:3 12 And Kenan lived on for
25 And Adam proceeded to b Ge 4:8 seventy years. Then he became
Mt 23:35
have intercourse again with his Heb 11:4
father to Ma·hala·lel. a 13 And
wife and so she gave birth to a c Ge 5:6
after his fathering Ma·hala·lel
son and called his name Seth, a Lu 3:38 Kenan continued to live eight
because, as she said: “God has d Ex 20:7 hundred and forty years. Mean-
2Ki 19:16 while he became father to sons
appointed for me another seed
in place of Abel, because Cain and daughters. 14 So all the
CHAP. 5
killed him.” b 26 And to Seth days of Kenan amounted to nine
e Ge 1:26
also there was born a son and 1Co 11:7
hundred and ten years and he
he proceeded to call his name Jas 3:9 died.
Enosh. c At that time a start was f Ge 1:27 15 And Ma·hala·lel lived on
made of calling on the name of Mr 10:6 for sixty-five years. Then he be-
g Ge 7:21
Jehovah. d Ec 3:21
came father to Jared. b 16 And
after his fathering Jared Ma-
5 This is the book of Adam’s Ac 17:30
n Ge 12:8
of Bethel, n where you anointed
a pillar o and where you vowed a
ban, saying: “Jacob has taken Ge 35:15 vow to me. p Now get up, go out of
everything that belonged to our o Ge 28:18
this land and return to the land
father; and from what belonged Ge 35:14 of your birth.’ ” q
to our father he has amassed p Ge 28:22 14 At this Rachel and Le-
all this wealth.” k 2 When Jacob De 23:21 ah answered and said to him:
would look at the face of Laban, Ec 5:4 “Is there a share of inheritance
here it was not with him as for- q Ge 37:1 for us anymore in the house of
47 Leave for Canaan. Laban, Jacob quarrel GENESIS 31:15-36
our father? a 15 Are we not real- CHAP. 31 sword? a 27 Why did you have
ly considered as foreigners to a Nu 27:4 to run away secretly and outwit
him since he has sold us, so that b Ge 31:41 me and not tell me, that I might
he keeps eating continually even Ho 12:12 send you away with rejoicing
from the money given for us? b c Ge 31:1 and with songs, b with tambou-
16 For all the riches that God d Ge 31:3 rine and with harp? c 28 And
Ge 32:9
has taken away from our father Ps 45:10 you did not give me a chance to
are ours and our children’s. c So e Ge 33:13 kiss my children and my daugh-
now everything God has said to f Ge 30:43 ters. d Now you have acted fool-
you do.” d g Ge 35:27 ishly. 29 It is in the power of
17 Then Jacob got up and lift- h Ge 31:14 my hand to do harm to YOU peo-
ed his children and his wives Ge 31:30 ple, e but the God of YOUR father
Ge 35:2
onto the camels; e 18 and he be- Jos 24:2
talked to me last night, saying,
gan driving all his herd and all Eze 21:21 ‘Watch yourself against speaking
the goods that he had accumu- Zec 10:2 either good or bad with Jacob.’ f
lated, f the herd of his acquisi- i Ge 15:18 30 While you have actually gone
j Nu 32:1 now because you have been
tion that he had accumulated in
k Ps 10:2
Paddan-aram, in order to go to yearning intensely for the house
l Ge 25:20
Isaac his father to the land of De 26:5
of your father, why, though, have
Canaan. g Ho 12:12 you stolen my gods?” g
19 Now Laban had gone to m Ge 20:3 31 In answer Jacob proceeded
shear his sheep. Meantime Ra- Mt 27:19 to say to Laban: “It was because
chel stole the teraphim h that be- n Ge 24:50 I was afraid. h For I said to myself,
Nu 24:13
longed to her father. 20 So Ja- Ps 105:15 ‘You might tear your daughters
cob outwitted Laban the Syrian,
away from me.’ 32 Whoever it
because he had not told him that Second Col. is with whom you may find your
he was running away. 21 And a Ge 2:24 gods, let him not live. i Before our
he proceeded to run away and to b Ps 98:5 brothers, examine for yourself
get up and cross the River, i he c Ex 15:20 what is with me and take them
and all he had. After that he di- Job 21:12 for yourself.” j But Jacob did
Ps 149:3
rected his face to the mountain- not know that Rachel had sto-
d Ge 31:55
ous region of Gile·ad. j 22 Lat- len them. k 33 So Laban went
e Ps 52:1
er, on the third day, it was told to Joh 19:10 on into the tent of Jacob and
Laban that Jacob had run away. f Ge 31:7 into the tent of Leah and into
23 With that he took his broth- Ge 31:24 the tent of the two slave girls, l
Ac 5:39
ers with him and went chasing k but did not find them. Finally he
g Ge 31:19
after him for a distance of sev- Ge 35:2
went out of Leah’s tent and went
en days’ journey and caught up Jg 18:24 on into Rachel’s tent. 34 Now
with him in the mountainous re- Isa 37:12 Rachel had taken the teraphim,
Ac 19:26
gion of Gile·ad. 24 Then God 1Co 10:14
and she resorted to putting them
came to Laban the Syrian l in a h Ge 31:43
in the woman’s saddle basket of
dream by night m and said to him: i Ge 44:9
the camel, and she kept sitting
“Watch yourself that you do not j Ge 30:33
upon them. So Laban went feel-
go speaking either good or bad k Ge 31:19 ing through the whole tent, but
with Jacob.” n l Ge 46:18 did not find them. 35 Then she
25 So Laban approached Ja- Ge 46:25 said to her father: “Do not let an-
cob, as Jacob had pitched his m Ge 18:12 ger gleam in the eyes of my lord, m
Le 19:3
tent in the mountain and Laban Eph 6:2
because I am not able to get
had encamped his brothers in n Le 15:19
up before you, for the customary
the mountainous region of Gile- Eze 22:10 thing with women is upon me.” n
ad. 26 Then Laban said to Ja- o Ge 31:19 So he searched on carefully, but
cob: “What have you done, in 2Ki 23:24 did not find the teraphim. o
Zec 10:2
that you resorted to outwit- 36 And Jacob became angry p
p Ge 30:2
ting me and driving my daugh- Pr 19:11 and began to quarrel with La-
ters off like captives taken by the Eph 4:26 ban, and in answer Jacob went
GENESIS 31:37–32:3 Covenant at Galeed. Angels meet Jacob 48
on to say to Laban: “What is CHAP. 31 up stones!” And they went tak-
the revolt on my part, a what the a 1Sa 24:11 ing stones and making a heap. a
sin of mine, as a reason why Ps 59:3 After that they ate there on
you have hotly pursued after b La 4:19 the heap. 47 And Laban began
me? b 37 Now that you have felt c Ex 22:8 calling it Jegar-sa·ha·dutha, but
d Ge 13:8
through all my goods, what of Jacob called it Gale·ed.
e 1Sa 12:3
all the goods of your house have 1Ti 5:19
48 And Laban proceeded to
you found? c Put it here in front of f Ge 30:27
say: “This heap is a witness be-
my brothers and your brothers, d Job 21:10 tween me and you today.” That is
and let them decide between g Ex 22:13 why he called its name Gale·ed, b
us two. e 38 These twenty years 1Sa 17:34 49 and The Watchtower, because
h Pr 29:7
I have been with you. Your fe- La 3:36
he said: “Let Jehovah keep watch
male sheep and your she-goats i Ge 47:9
between me and you when we are
did not suffer abortions, f and the Col 3:23 situated unseen the one from the
rams of your flock I never ate. j Ge 31:7 other. c 50 If you go to afflict-
39 Any animal torn to pieces I k Ge 28:13 ing my daughters d and if you go
did not bring to you. g I myself Ge 31:29 to taking wives in addition to my
l Ge 31:53 daughters, there is no man with
would stand the loss of it. Wheth- Isa 8:13
er one was stolen by day or was m Ge 31:24
us. See! God is a witness between
stolen by night, you would put Ps 31:7 me and you.” e 51 And Laban
in a claim for it from my hand. h n Ge 26:28 went on to say to Jacob: “Here
40 It has been my experience Ga 3:15 is this heap and here is the pil-
that by day the heat consumed o Ge 21:30 lar that I have erected between
Jos 22:27
me and the cold by night, and my 3Jo 12
me and you. 52 This heap is a
sleep would flee from my eyes. i p Ge 28:18
witness, and the pillar is some-
41 This makes twenty years for
thing that bears witness, f that I
me in your house. I have served Second Col. will not pass this heap against
you fourteen years for your two a Jos 4:7
you and that you will not pass
daughters and six years for your Jos 4:20 this heap and this pillar against
flock, and you kept changing my Jos 24:26 me for harm. g 53 Let the god
b Ge 31:23 of Abraham h and the god of Na-
wages ten times. j 42 If the God
c 2Ch 16:9 hor i judge between us, the god of
of my father, k the God of Abra- Pr 5:21
ham and the Dread of Isaac, l had Pr 15:3 their father.” But Jacob swore by
not proved on my side, you would d Mal 2:15 the Dread of his father Isaac. j
now have sent me away empty- Col 3:19 54 After that Jacob sacri-
handed. My wretchedness and e Jg 11:10 ficed a sacrifice in the moun-
1Sa 12:5
the toil of my hands God has Mal 2:14
tain and invited his brothers to
seen, and so he reproved you last f Ge 31:45 eat bread. k Accordingly they ate
night.” m g Jos 4:6 bread and passed the night in the
43 Then Laban in answer h Ge 17:7 mountain. 55 However, Laban
said to Jacob: “The daughters Lu 20:37 got up early in the morning
are my daughters and the chil- i Jos 24:2 and kissed l his children and his
dren my children and the flock j Ge 31:42 daughters and blessed them. m
my flock, and everything you are
k Ge 18:5 Then Laban got on his way
Ps 104:15
looking at is mine and my daugh- that he might return to his own
l Ge 31:28
ters’. What can I do against place. n
m Ge 24:60
these today or against their And as for Jacob, he got
children whom they have borne?
n Ge 27:43
Ge 28:2
32 on his way, and the angels
44 And now, come, let us con- of God now met up with him. o
CHAP. 32
clude a covenant, n I and you, 2 Immediately Jacob said, when
and it must serve as a witness o Ps 34:7 he saw them: “The camp of God
p Lu 2:13
between me and you.” o 45 Ac- this is!” p Hence he called the
q 2Sa 17:24
cordingly Jacob took a stone and Ca 6:13
name of that place Ma·ha·naim. q
set it up as a pillar. p 46 Then r Lu 9:52 3 Then Jacob sent messen-
Jacob said to his brothers: “Pick Lu 14:32 gers r ahead of him to Esau his
49 Jacob sends gift to Esau; grapples with angel GENESIS 32:4-25
brother to the land of Seir, a the CHAP. 32 came to his hand he proceeded
field of Edom, b 4 and he com- a Ge 27:39 to take a gift for Esau his broth-
manded them, saying: “This is Ge 36:8 er: a 14 two hundred she-goats
De 2:5
what YOU will say to my lord, c Jos 24:4 and twenty he-goats, two hun-
to Esau, ‘This is what your ser- b Ge 25:30 dred female sheep and twenty
vant Jacob has said: “With La- Jg 5:4 rams, 15 thirty camels giving
c Ge 23:6
ban I have resided as an alien Ro 12:10
suck and their young ones, forty
and I have stayed for a long time d Ge 31:41 cows and ten bulls, twenty she-
till now. d 5 And I have come to e Ge 30:43 asses and ten full-grown asses. b
Ge 33:11
have bulls and asses, sheep, and f Ge 33:8
16 Then he handed over to his
menservants and maidservants, e Ge 47:25 servants one drove after anoth-
and I would like to send to noti- g Ge 33:1 er by itself and repeatedly said to
fy my lord, that I may find favor h Ge 27:41
Ge 32:11
his servants: “Cross over ahead
in your eyes.” ’ ” f i Pr 2:11 of me, and YOU are to set an inter-
6 In time the messengers re- Ec 9:18 val between drove and drove.” c
turned to Jacob, saying: “We got j Ge 33:1 17 Further he commanded the
k Ex 3:6
to your brother Esau, and he is 1Pe 5:7 first one, saying: “In case that
also on his way to meet you, and l Ge 31:3 Esau my brother should meet
four hundred men with him.” g Ge 31:13 you and ask you, saying, ‘To
m Ge 28:15
7 And Jacob became very much Ps 100:5
whom do you belong, and where
afraid and grew anxious. h So he Mic 7:20 are you going and to whom
divided the people who were with n Ge 28:10 do these ahead of you belong?’
Ge 30:43
him, and the flocks and the cattle Ge 32:7 18 then you must say, ‘To your
and the camels into two camps, i Ps 113:7 servant, to Jacob. A gift it is, d
8 and he said: “If Esau should o Ps 34:4 sent to my lord, e to Esau, and
Ps 107:19
come to the one camp and as- 2Pe 2:9 look! he himself is also behind
sault it, then there is certain to p Ge 27:41 us.’ ” 19 And he went on to
be a camp remaining to make an Ps 112:8 command also the second, also
Pr 18:19
escape.” j q Ge 28:14
the third, also all those follow-
9 After that Jacob said: Ge 46:3 ing the droves, saying: “Accord-
“O God of my father Abraham Ex 1:7 ing to this word YOU are to
Ex 32:13
and God of my father Isaac, k Ac 7:17 speak to Esau on YOUR encoun-
O Jehovah, you who are saying to
tering him. f 20 And YOU must
me, ‘Return to your land and to Second Col. say also, ‘Here is your servant Ja-
your relatives and I will deal well a Ge 33:10 cob behind us.’ ” g For he said to
with you,’ l 10 I am unworthy of Pr 18:16 himself: “I may appease him by
Ro 12:20
all the loving-kindnesses and of b Ge 30:43
the gift going ahead of me, h and
all the faithfulness that you have c Ge 33:8 afterward I shall see his face.
exercised toward your servant, m Mt 10:16 Perhaps he will give a kindly
d Ge 32:13
for with but my staff I crossed 1Sa 25:27
reception.” i 21 So the gift went
this Jordan and now I have be- e Ge 33:8 crossing over ahead of him, but
come two camps. n 11 Deliver Lu 14:32 he himself lodged that night in
f Pr 13:17 the camp. j
me, I pray you, o from my broth-
g Pr 25:13
er’s hand, from Esau’s hand, be- h Ge 43:11 22 Later during that night he
cause I am afraid of him that he 1Sa 25:18 rose and took his two wives k and
may come and certainly as- Pr 17:8 his two maidservants l and his
i Ps 133:1
sault me, p mother together with Pr 6:3 eleven young sons m and crossed
children. 12 And you, you have j Ge 32:13 over the ford of Jabbok. n 23 So
said, ‘Unquestionably I shall deal k Ge 29:30 he took them and brought them
Ru 4:11
well with you and I will consti- l Ge 30:3
over the torrent valley, o and he
tute your seed like the grains of Ge 30:9 brought over what he had.
sand of the sea, which cannot be m Ge 30:26 24 Finally Jacob was left by
numbered for multitude.’ ” q n De 3:16
Jg 11:13
himself. Then a man began to
13 And he kept lodging there o Jos 12:2 grapple with him until the dawn
on that night. And from what p Ho 12:3 ascended. p 25 When he got to
GENESIS 32:26–33:14 Jacob lamed by angel; meets Esau 50
see that he had not prevailed CHAP. 32 4 And Esau went running to
over him, a then he touched the a Ho 12:4 meet him, a and he began to em-
socket of his thigh joint; and the b Ge 32:32 brace him b and fall upon his
socket of Jacob’s thigh joint got 2Co 12:7 neck and kiss him, and they
out of place during his grappling c 1Ch 4:10 burst into tears. 5 Then he
with him. b 26 After that he Ps 115:12
Ho 12:4
raised his eyes and saw the
said: “Let me go, for the dawn has women and the children and
d Ge 35:10
ascended.” To this he said: “I am 2Ki 17:34 said: “Who are these with you?”
not going to let you go until you Ps 22:23 to which he said: “The children
first bless me.” c 27 So he said Ps 78:71 with whom God has favored your
to him: “What is your name?” e Ho 12:3 servant.” c 6 At that the maid-
to which he said: “Jacob.” f Jg 13:18 servants came forward, they and
28 Then he said: “Your name will g Jg 8:8 their children, and bowed down;
no longer be called Jacob but 1Ki 12:25
7 and Leah too came forward,
Israel, d for you have contended e h Ge 16:7 and her children, and they
Ge 16:13
with God and with men so that Jg 6:22 bowed down, and afterward Jo-
you at last prevailed.” 29 In Joh 1:18 seph came forward, and Rachel,
turn Jacob inquired and said: i Ge 32:25 and they bowed down. d
“Tell me, please, your name.” j Job 10:11 8 He now said: “What do you
However, he said: “Why is it
mean by all this camp of trav-
that you inquire for my name?” f CHAP. 33 elers that I have met?” e To this
With that he blessed him there. k Ge 14:14 he said: “In order to find favor
30 Hence Jacob called the name Ge 32:6
in the eyes of my lord.” f 9 Then
of the place Pe·niel, g because, to l Ge 32:22 Esau said: “I have a great many,
quote him, “I have seen God face m Ge 30:7 my brother. g Let continue yours
to face and yet my soul was de- Ge 30:12
what is yours.” 10 However, Ja-
livered.” h n Ge 30:19
cob said: “No, please. If, now, I
31 And the sun began to flash o Ge 30:22
have found favor in your eyes, h
upon him as soon as he passed p Pr 6:3 then you must take my gift at my
Lu 14:11
by Pe·nuel, but he was limp-
hand, because in harmony with
ing upon his thigh. i 32 That is its purpose I have seen your face
Second Col.
why the sons of Israel are not as though seeing God’s face in
a Ge 27:44
accustomed to eat the sinew of that you received me with plea-
b Ec 3:5
the thigh nerve, which is on the sure. i 11 Take, please, the gift
socket of the thigh joint, down to c Ge 32:22
Ps 127:3 conveying my blessing which was
this day, because he touched the brought to you, j because God has
d Ge 33:2
socket of Jacob’s thigh joint by favored me and because I have
e Ge 32:16
the sinew of the thigh nerve. j everything.” k And he continued
f Ge 32:5
In time Jacob raise d to urge him, so that he took it. l
33 his eyes and looked, and
Ge 33:15
Pr 18:16 12 Later on he said: “Let us
here Esau was coming and g Ge 36:7 pull out and go, and let me go in
with him four hundred men. k h Ge 47:29 advance of you.” 13 But he said
Consequently he divided off i Ge 32:11 to him: “My lord is aware that the
the children to Leah and to Ge 32:20 children are delicate and sheep
Job 33:26
Rachel and to the two maidser- and cattle that are giving suck
j Ge 32:13
vants, l 2 and he put the maid- Pr 18:16
are in my charge, m and should
servants and their children fore- they drive them too quickly for
k Ge 30:43
most m and Le ah and her Heb 13:5 one day, then the whole flock will
children after them n and Rachel l Ac 16:15 certainly die. n 14 Let my lord,
and Joseph to the rear of them. o m Ge 31:17
please, pass on ahead of his ser-
3 And he himself passed on Isa 40:11 vant, but may I myself continue
ahead of them and proceeded n Pr 12:10 the journey at my leisure accord-
to bow down to the earth sev- o Pr 12:10 ing to the pace of the livestock o
en times until he got near to his p Isa 40:11 that is before me and according
brother. p Ro 15:1 to the pace of the children p un-
51 Dinah violated. Jacob’s sons deceitful GENESIS 33:15–34:17
til I shall come to my lord at Se- CHAP. 33 7 And the sons of Jacob came
ir.” a 15 Then Esau said: “Let a Ge 27:39 in from the field as soon as they
me, please, put at your dispos- Ge 32:3 heard of it; and the men be-
b Ge 34:11
al some of the people who are Ru 2:13 came hurt in their feelings and
with me.” To this he said: “Why c Jos 13:27 they grew very angry, a because
1Ki 7:46
this? Let me find favor in the eyes Ps 60:6
he had committed a disgraceful
of my lord.” b 16 So on that day d Heb 11:9 folly against Israel in lying down
Esau turned back on his way to e Ge 37:14 with Jacob’s daughter, b where-
Jos 24:1
Seir. f Ge 10:19
as nothing like that ought to be
17 And Jacob pulled out for Ge 12:6 done. c
Succoth, c and he proceeded to g Ge 25:20 8 And Hamor proceeded to
Ge 28:6
build himself a house and for his h Jos 24:32 speak with them, saying: “As for
herd he made booths. d That was Ac 7:16 Shechem my son, his soul is at-
i Ge 35:1 tached to YOUR daughter. d Give
why he called the name of the Ge 35:7
place Succoth.
her, please, to him as a wife, e
18 In time Jacob came safe CHAP. 34 9 and form marriage alliances
and sound to the city of She- j Ge 30:21 with us. f YOUR daughters YOU are
chem, e which is in the land Ge 46:15 to give to us, and our daughters
k 1Ki 11:2 YOU are to take for yourselves. g
of Canaan, f while he was com- 1Co 15:33
ing from Paddan-aram; g and he 2Co 6:14 10 And with us YOU may dwell,
pitched camp in front of the city. l Ge 26:35 and the land will become avail-
Ge 27:46
19 Then he acquired a tract of m De 7:1
able for YOU. Dwell and carry on
the field where he pitched his 1Ch 1:15 business in it and get settled in
tent at the hand of the sons of
n Ge 6:2 it.” h 11 Then Shechem said to
Ge 34:26
Hamor the father of Shechem, De 22:29 her father and to her brothers:
for a hundred pieces of money. h 2Sa 13:14 “Let me find favor in YOUR eyes,
1Co 6:18
20 After that he set up there an o Ge 33:19
and whatever YOU will say to me I
altar and called it God the God p Ge 21:21 shall give it. 12 Raise very high
of Israel. i
Jg 14:2 the marriage money and gift im-
q Ge 37:13
r Ps 39:1
posed upon me, i and I stand will-
34 Now Dinah the daughter
j
of Leah, whom she had
Ec 3:7
s De 7:3
Ne 13:25
ing to give according to what YOU
may say to me; only give me the
borne to Jacob, used to go out to young woman as a wife.”
see k the daughters of the land. l 13 And Jacob’s sons began to
Second Col.
2 And Shechem the son of Ha- answer Shechem and Hamor
a Ps 37:8
mor the Hivite, m a chieftain of Jas 1:20 his father with deceit and to
the land, got to see her and b De 22:21 speak so because he had defiled
then took her and lay down with 2Sa 13:22
Dinah their sister. j 14 And
c Heb 13:4
her and violated her. n 3 And d De 21:11 they went on to say to them: “We
his soul began clinging to Dinah e Ex 22:16 cannot possibly do such a thing,
the daughter of Jacob, and he f Ex 34:12
to give our sister to a man who
Jos 23:12
fell in love with the young woman Ezr 9:14 has a foreskin, k because that is a
and kept speaking persuasively g Ge 24:3 reproach to us. 15 Only on this
De 7:3
to the young woman. 4 Finally 1Ki 11:2 condition can we give consent to
Shechem said to Hamor his fa- 1Co 7:39 YOU, that YOU become like us, by
ther: o “Get me this young lady as h Ge 42:34
Lu 19:15
every male of YOURS getting
a wife.” p i Ge 24:53 circumcised. l 16 Then we shall
5 And Jacob heard that he 1Sa 18:25 certainly give our daughters to
Ho 3:2
had defiled Dinah his daughter. j Pr 6:18 YOU, and YOUR daughters we shall
And his sons happened to be Pr 16:29 take for ourselves, and we shall
Pr 26:26
with his herd in the field; q and Mr 7:22
certainly dwell with YOU and be-
Jacob kept silent until they k Ge 17:12 come one people. m 17 But if
should come in. r 6 Later Ha- Ro 4:11 YOU do not listen to us to get cir-
l Ge 17:10
mor, Shechem’s father, went out Ex 12:48 cumcised, then we will take our
to Jacob to speak with him. s m Pr 4:24 daughter and go.”
GENESIS 34:18–35:6 Dinah avenged. Foreign gods put away 52
18 And their words seemed CHAP. 34 flocks and their herds and their
good in the eyes of Hamor and a Ge 33:19 asses and what was in the city
in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor’s Ge 34:2 and what was in the field they
b Ge 34:15 took. a 29 And all their means
son, a 19 and the young man did
c Mic 7:4
not delay to perform the condi- of maintenance and all their lit-
d 1Sa 22:14
tion, b because he did find delight e Ge 23:10
tle children and their wives they
in Jacob’s daughter and he was Ru 4:1 carried off captive, so that they
the most honorable c of the whole Zec 8:16 plundered all that was in the
house of his father. d f Pr 14:15 houses. b
g Ge 13:9
20 So Hamor and Shechem 30 At this Jacob said to Sim-
h Ge 34:9
his son went to the gate of De 7:3
e·on and to Levi: c “YOU have
their city and began to speak to Ezr 9:1 brought ostracism upon me in
the men of their city, e saying: i Ge 17:11 making me a stench to the in-
21 “These men are peace-loving j Pr 23:4 habitants of the land, d with the
1Ti 6:9
toward us. f Hence let them dwell Canaan·ites and the Periz·zites;
k Ps 35:20
in the land and carry on business whereas I am few in number, e
l Jos 5:8
in it, as the land is quite wide be- m Ge 49:5
and they will certainly gather to-
fore them. g Their daughters we n Ge 46:15
gether against me and assault
can take as wives for ourselves o Ge 49:6 me and I must be annihilated, I
and our own daughters we can Ge 49:7 and my house.” 31 In turn they
Ps 140:2
give to them. h 22 Only on this Mic 2:1
said: “Ought anyone to treat our
condition will the men give us p 2Sa 2:26
sister like a prostitute?” f
their consent to dwell with us so
as to become one people, that
every male of ours gets circum-
q Ge 34:2
r Ge 34:2
35 After that God said to Ja-
cob: “Rise, go up to Beth-
el and dwell there, g and make an
cised just the way they are cir- Second Col.
altar there to the true God who
cumcised. i 23 Then their pos- a Nu 31:11
appeared to you when you were
sessions and their wealth and all b De 2:35
De 20:14
running away from Esau your
their livestock, will they not be Jos 8:2 brother.” h
ours? j Only let us give them our c Ge 49:5 2 Then Jacob said to his
consent that they may dwell with d Ex 5:21 household and to all who were
us.” k 24 Then all those going Pr 11:17
with him: “Put away the foreign
e De 7:1
out by the gate of his city lis- gods that are in the midst of
f 2Sa 13:32
tened to Hamor and to She-
YOUi and cleanse yourselves and
chem his son, and all the males CHAP. 35 change YOUR mantles, j 3 and
got circumcised, all those going g Ge 28:19 let us rise and go up to Bethel.
out by the gate of his city. Ge 31:13 And there I shall make an altar
25 However, it came about h Ge 27:43 to the true God who answered
that on the third day, when they i Ge 31:19 me in the day of my distress k in
De 5:7
got to be aching, l the two sons Jos 23:7
that he proved to be with me in
of Jacob, Sime·on and Levi, m 1Co 10:14 the way that I have gone.” l 4 So
brothers of Dinah, n proceeded j Ex 19:10 they gave Jacob all the foreign
to take each one his sword and to k Ge 28:13 gods m that were in their hands
Ps 46:1
go unsuspectedly to the city and and the earrings that were in
l Ge 28:20
to kill every male. o 26 And Ha- Ge 31:42 their ears, and Jacob hid n them
mor and Shechem his son Pr 3:6 under the big tree that was close
they killed with the edge of Isa 43:2 by Shechem.
m Jos 24:23
the sword. p Then they took Di- 1Jo 5:21
5 After that they pulled away,
nah from Shechem’s house and n De 7:25 and the terror of God came to be
went on out. q 27 The other o Ex 1:12 upon the cities that were round
sons of Jacob attacked the fatal- Ex 23:27 about them, o so that they did
De 11:25
ly wounded men and went plun- Jos 2:9
not chase after the sons of Ja-
dering the city, because they had Ps 14:5 cob. 6 Eventually Jacob came
defiled their sister. r 28 Their p Ge 28:19 to Luz, p which is in the land of
53 Jacob renamed Israel. Death of Rachel, Isaac GENESIS 35:7–36:2
Canaan, that is to say, Bethel, he CHAP. 35 afraid, for you will have this son
and all the people who were with a Ge 28:22 also.” a 18 And the result was
him. 7 Then he built an altar b Ge 24:59 that as her soulb was going out
c Ge 25:20
there and began to call the place d Ho 12:4
(because she died) c she called
El-bethel, because there the true e Ge 25:26 his name Ben-oni; but his father
Ge 27:36 called him Benjamin. d 19 Thus
God had revealed himself to f Ge 32:28
him at the time of his running 1Ki 18:31 Rachel died and was buried on
away from his brother. a 8 Lat- g Ge 17:1 the way to Ephrath, that is to
Ex 6:3
er Debo·rah b the nursing woman 2Co 6:18 say, Bethle·hem. e 20 Hence
of Re·bekah died and was bur- Re 15:3 Jacob stationed a pillar over her
h Ge 17:5
ied at the foot of Bethel under a Ge 48:4
grave. This is the pillar of Ra-
massive tree. Hence he called its Mr 15:32 chel’s grave down to this day. f
Joh 12:13
name Allon-bacuth. i Ga 3:16
21 After that Israel pulled
9 God now appeared to Jacob j Ge 15:18 away and pitched his tent a dis-
De 34:4 tance beyond the tower of Eder. g
once again during his coming k Jg 13:20
from Paddan-aram c and blessed Lu 24:31 22 And it came about while Is-
him. d 10 And God went on to l Ge 31:52 rael was tabernacling h in that
Jg 9:6
say to him: “Your name is Ja- m Ge 28:18
land that once Reuben went and
cob. e No longer is your name to n Ge 28:19 lay down with Bilhah his father’s
be called Jacob, but Israel will o Ge 48:7 concubine, and Israel got to hear
Mic 5:2
your name become.” And he be- Mt 2:6 of it. i
gan to call his name Israel. f p Ge 3:16 So there came to be twelve
11 And God said further to him: sons of Jacob. 23 The sons
Second Col.
“I am God Almighty. g Be fruitful by Leah were Jacob’s firstborn
a Ge 30:24 Reuben j and Sime·on and Le-
and become many. Nations and a 1Sa 4:20
congregation of nations will pro- b Ge 2:7 vi and Judah and Issa·char and
ceed out of you, and kings will c Ps 146:4 Zebu·lun. 24 The sons by Ra-
Ec 9:5
come out of your loins. h 12 As d Ge 46:21 chel were Joseph and Benja-
for the land that I have given to Ge 49:27 min. 25 And the sons by Bil-
De 33:12
Abraham and to Isaac, to you I e Ge 48:7
hah, Rachel’s maidservant, were
shall give it, and to your seed i f 1Sa 10:2 Dan and Naphta·li. 26 And the
after you I shall give the land.” j g Mic 4:8 sons by Zilpah, Leah’s maidser-
h Ge 14:13
13 After that God went up from 2Sa 7:6 vant, were Gad and Asher.
above him at the place where he i Ge 49:4 These are Jacob’s sons who were
Le 18:8
had spoken with him. k 1Ch 5:1
born to him in Paddan-aram.
14 Consequently Jacob sta- 1Co 5:1 27 At length Jacob came to
j Ge 49:3 Isaac his father to Mamre, k to
tioned a pillar in the place where k Ge 31:18
he had spoken with him, l a pillar l Ge 23:2 Kiri·ath-arba, l that is to say,
of stone, and he poured a drink m Ge 15:13 Hebron, where Abraham and
Ex 6:4
offering upon it and poured oil Ex 23:9
also Isaac had resided as aliens. m
upon it. m 15 And Jacob contin- Ac 7:6 28 And the days of Isaac came to
Heb 11:9
ued to call the name of the place n Ge 25:20
be a hundred and eighty years. n
where God had spoken with him Ge 25:26 29 After that Isaac expired and
o Ge 25:8 died and was gathered to his
Bethel. n 1Ch 29:28
16 Then they pulled away p Ge 49:31 people, old and satisfied with
from Bethel. And while there
days, o and Esau and Jacob his
was yet a good stretch of land CHAP. 36 sons buried him. p
before coming to Ephrath, o Ra- q Ge 25:30 And this is the history
chel proceeded to give birth,
De 23:7
Eze 25:12
Ro 9:13
36 of Esau, that is to say,
and it was going hard with her Edom. q
r De 7:3
in making the delivery. p 17 But De 9:5 2 Esau took his wives from
so it was that while she had dif- Jg 3:5 the daughters of Canaan: r
s Ge 36:10
ficulty in making the delivery the t Ge 26:34 Adah s the daughter of Elon the
midwife said to her: “Do not be u Ge 36:18 Hittite t and O·hol·i·bamah u the
GENESIS 36:3-26 Jacob and Esau part. Esau’s descendants 54
daughter of Anah, the grand- CHAP. 36 15 These are the sheiks a
daughter of Zibe·on the Hivite, a Ge 36:17 of the sons of Esau: The
3 and Base·math, a Ishma·el’s b Ge 25:13 sons of Eli·phaz, Esau’s first-
daughter, the sister of Ne·ba- Ge 28:9 born: Sheik Teman, b sheik
ioth. b c 1Ch 1:35 Omar, sheik Zepho, sheik Ke-
4 And Adah proceeded to naz, 16 sheik Korah, sheik
d Ge 33:9
bear Eli·phaz to Esau, and Ob 6 Gatam, sheik Ama·lek. These
Base·math bore Reuel, are the sheiks of Eli·phaz c in
e Ge 27:39
5 and O·hol·i·bamah bore Ge 32:3 the land of Edom. These are the
Jeush and Jalam and Korah. c sons by Adah.
f Ge 13:6
These are the sons of Esau Ge 28:4 17 These are the sons of
who were born to him in the land Reuel, Esau’s son: Sheik Na-
g Ge 14:6
of Canaan. 6 After that Esau De 2:5 hath, sheik Zerah, sheik Sham-
took his wives and his sons and mah, sheik Mizzah. These are
h Ge 25:30
his daughters and all the souls of the sheiks of Reuel in the land
his house and his herd and all his i De 2:12
of Edom. d These are the sons by
Ob 8
other beasts and all his wealth, d Base·math, Esau’s wife.
which he had accumulated in the j 1Ch 1:35
18 Finally these are the sons
land of Canaan, and went to a k Ge 36:34 of O·hol·i·bamah, Esau’s wife:
land away from Jacob his broth- Eze 25:13
Sheik Jeush, sheik Jalam, sheik
Ob 9
er, e 7 because their goods had Korah. These are the sheiks of
become too great for them to l Ge 36:42
O·hol·i·bamah the daughter of
1Ch 1:36
dwell together and the land of Anah, Esau’s wife.
their alien residences was not m 1Ch 1:39
19 These are the sons of Esau,
able to sustain them as a result n Ex 17:8 and these are their sheiks. He is
of their herds. f 8 So Esau took Nu 13:29
Nu 24:20 Edom. e
up dwelling in the mountainous De 25:19 20 These are the sons of Se-
region of Seir. g Esau is Edom. h 1Sa 15:8
ir the Horite, the inhabitants of
9 And this is the history of 1Sa 30:1
the land: f Lotan and Shobal and
Esau the father of Edom in the o 1Ch 1:37
Zibe·on and Anah g 21 and
mountainous region of Seir. i p Ge 26:34 Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. h
10 These are the names of the
q 1Ch 1:35 These are the sheiks of the Hor-
sons of Esau: Eli·phaz the son
ite, the sons of Seir, in the land
of Adah, Esau’s wife; Reuel the Second Col. of Edom.
son of Base·math, Esau’s wife. j
a Ex 15:15 22 And the sons of Lotan
11 And the sons of Eli·phaz
came to be Teman, k Omar, Ze- b 1Ch 1:53 came to be Hori and Hemam;
pho and Gatam and Kenaz. l
Job 4:1 and Lotan’s sister was Timna. i
Jer 49:20
12 And Timna m became the 23 And these are the sons of
c 1Ch 1:36 Shobal: Alvan and Mana·hath
concubine of Eli·phaz, Esau’s
son. In time she bore to Eli- d Nu 20:23 and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
Jg 11:18
phaz Ama·lek. n These are the 1Ki 9:26
24 And these are the sons of
sons of Adah, Esau’s wife. Zibe·on: Aiah and Anah. This
e Ge 25:30
13 These are the sons of Ge 32:3
is the Anah who found the hot
Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Mal 1:3 springs in the wilderness while
Shammah and Mizzah. o These f Ge 14:6
he was tending the asses for
came to be the sons of Base- De 2:12 Zibe·on his father. j
math, p Esau’s wife. De 2:22 25 And these are the chil-
14 And these came to be g 1Ch 1:40 dren of Anah: Dishon and
the sons of O·hol·i·bamah the h 1Ch 1:38
O·hol·i·bamah the daughter of
daughter of Anah, the grand- Anah.
i 1Ch 1:39
daughter of Zibe·on, Esau’s 26 And these are the sons of
wife, in that she bore to Esau j Ge 36:2 Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban
Jeush and Jalam and Korah. q k 1Ch 1:41 and Ithran and Cheran. k
55 Jacob favors Joseph. Joseph’s dreams GENESIS 36:27–37:9
27 These are the sons of CHAP. 36 sheik Mibzar, a 43 sheik Mag-
Ezer: Bilhan and Zaa·van and a 1Ch 1:42 di·el, sheik Iram. These are the
Akan. b 1Ch 1:38 sheiks of Edom b according to
28 These are the sons of Di- c Nu 20:14 their dwellings in the land of
shan: Uz and Aran. a d De 17:14 their possession. c This is Esau
29 These are the sheiks of the De 17:15 the father of Edom. d
1Sa 10:19
Horite: Sheik Lotan, sheik Sho-
bal, sheik Zibe·on, sheik Anah,
30 sheik Dishon, sheik Ezer,
e 1Ch 1:43
f Isa 34:6
37 And Jacob continued to
dwell in the land of the
Jer 49:13 alien residences of his father, e in
sheik Dishan. b These are the g 1Ch 1:44 the land of Canaan. f
sheiks of the Horite according to h Job 2:11 2 This is the history of Jacob.
their sheiks in the land of Seir. i 1Ch 1:45 Joseph, g when seventeen years
31 Now these are the kings j Ge 25:2 old, happened to be tending
who reigned in the land of Ex 2:15 sheep with his brothers among
Edom c before any king reigned Nu 31:2
the flock, h and, being but a boy,
over the sons of Israel. d 32 And k Ru 1:1
he was with the sons of Bilhah i
Bela son of Beor proceed- l 1Ch 1:46
and the sons of Zilpah, j the wives
ed to reign in Edom, e and the m 1Ch 1:47 of his father. So Joseph brought
name of his city was Dinha- n 1Ch 1:48 a bad report about them to their
bah. 33 When Bela died, Jo- o 1Ch 1:49 father. k 3 And Israel loved Jo-
bab son of Zerah from Bozrah f p 1Ch 1:50 seph more than all his other
began to reign instead of him. g q 1Ch 1:51 sons, l because he was the son of
34 When Jobab died, Husham r 1Ch 1:52 his old age; and he had a long,
from the land of the Teman·ites h
striped shirtlike garment made
began to reign instead of him. i Second Col. for him. m 4 When his broth-
35 When Husham died, Hadad a 1Ch 1:53 ers came to see that their fa-
son of Bedad, who defeated the b 1Ch 1:54 ther loved him more than all
Midi·an·ites j in the field of Mo- c De 2:5 his brothers, they began to hate
ab, k began to reign instead of d Ge 25:30 him, n and they were not able to
him, and the name of his city Ge 36:8 speak peacefully to him. o
was Avith. l 36 When Hadad 5 Later on Joseph had a
CHAP. 37
died, Samlah from Mas·rekah dream and told it to his broth-
e Ge 23:4
began to reign instead of him. m Ge 28:4 ers, p and they found further rea-
37 When Samlah died, Shaul Heb 11:9 son to hate him. 6 And he
from Re·hoboth by the River be- f Ge 17:8 went on to say to them: “Listen,
gan to reign instead of him. n g Ge 30:25 please, to this dream that I have
38 When Shaul died, Baal- Ge 46:19 dreamed. q 7 Well, here we were
hanan son of Achbor began to h Ge 47:3 binding sheaves in the middle of
reign instead of him. o 39 When i Ge 35:25 the field when here my sheaf got
Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, j Ge 35:26 up and also stood erect and here
Hadar began to reign instead of k Le 5:1 YOUR sheaves proceeded to encir-
him; and the name of his city was 1Sa 2:24 cle and bow down to my sheaf.” r
Joh 7:7
Pau, and the name of his wife 8 And his brothers began to say
l 1Ch 2:1
was Me·heta·bel the daughter of to him: “Are you going to be
m Ge 37:32
Matred the daughter of Meza- king over us for certain? s or,
n Pr 14:30
hab. p Pr 27:4
Are you going to dominate over
40 So these are the names of o Ga 5:20
us for certain?” t So they found
the sheiks of Esau according to Tit 3:3 fresh reason to hate him over his
their families, according to their p Ge 37:19 dreams and over his words.
places, by their names: Sheik q Nu 12:6 9 After that he had still an-
Timna, sheik Alvah, sheik Je- r Ge 42:6 other dream, and he related it
theth, q 41 sheik O·hol·i·ba- Ge 42:9 to his brothers and said: “Here
mah, sheik Elah, sheik Pinon, r s Ge 45:8 I have had a dream once more,
42 sheik Kenaz, sheik Teman, t Ge 49:26 and here the sun and the moon
GENESIS 37:10-30 Joseph sold into slavery by his brothers 56
and eleven stars were bowing CHAP. 37 devoured him. a Then let us see
down to me.” a 10 Then he re- a Ge 44:14 what will become of his dreams.”
lated it to his father as well as his Ge 45:9 21 When Reuben heard this he
brothers, and his father began b Pr 17:10 tried to deliver him out of their
Ec 7:5
to rebuke him and say to him: b hand. b So he said: “Let us not
c Pr 14:30
“What does this dream that you Ac 7:9
strike his soul fatally.” c 22 And
have dreamed mean? Am I and Jas 3:14 Reuben went on to say to them:
also your mother and your broth- d Da 7:28 “Do not spill blood. d Pitch him
ers for certain going to come and Lu 2:19 into this waterpit which is in the
bow down to the earth to you?” e Ge 33:18 wilderness and do not lay a vio-
11 And his brothers grew jealous f 1Sa 3:4 lent hand upon him.” e His pur-
Isa 6:8
of him, c but his father observed pose was to deliver him out of
the saying. d g 1Sa 17:17 their hand in order to return him
Pr 15:30
12 His brothers now went to to his father.
h Ge 23:19
feed the flock of their fa- Ge 35:27 23 So it came about that as
ther close by Shechem. e 13 Af- i Ps 37:14 soon as Joseph came to his
ter a while Israel said to Jo- Ps 94:21 brothers, they went stripping Jo-
Pr 6:17
seph: “Your brothers are tending Mt 15:19
seph of his long garment, even
flocks close by Shechem, are the long striped garment that
j Ge 37:5
they not? Come, and let me send was upon him; f 24 after which
k Ps 64:5
you to them.” At this he said Pr 1:11 they took him and pitched him
to him: “Here I am!” f 14 So he Pr 27:4 into the waterpit. g At the time
said to him: “Go, please. See
the pit was empty; there was no
whether your brothers are safe Second Col. water in it.
and sound and whether the flock a Ge 31:39 25 Then they sat down to eat
Ex 22:13
is safe and sound, and bring bread. h When they raised their
b Ps 97:10
me back word.” g With that he Da 3:17
eyes and took a look, why, here
sent him away from the low c Ge 9:5
was a caravan of Ishma·el·ites i
plain of Hebron, h and he went Ex 20:13 that was coming from Gile·ad,
on toward Shechem. 15 Later Le 24:17 and their camels were carrying
1Jo 3:15
a man found him and here he labdanum and balsam and resin-
was wandering in a field. Then d Ge 4:10
Ge 42:22
ous bark, j on their way to take it
the man inquired of him, say- Pr 6:17 down to Egypt. 26 At this Ju-
ing: “What are you looking for?” e Ge 42:21 dah said to his brothers: “What
16 To this he said: “It is my Ps 37:8 profit would there be in case we
Jer 22:3
brothers I am looking for. Tell killed our brother and did cover
me, please, Where are they tend- f Ge 37:3 over his blood? k 27 Come and
ing flocks?” 17 And the man g Ps 69:8 let us sell him to the Ishma-
continued: “They have pulled h Am 6:6 el·ites, l and do not let our
away from here, because I heard i Ge 25:12 hand be upon him. m After all,
them saying, ‘Let us go to Do- j Ge 43:11 he is our brother, our flesh.” So
Ex 25:6
than.’ ” So Joseph kept on after they listened to their brother. n
k Ge 4:10
his brothers and found them at Ex 21:14
28 Now men, Midi·an·ite mer-
Dothan. l Ex 21:16
chants, o went passing by. Hence
18 Well, they caught sight of Ne 5:8 they drew and lifted up Joseph
him from a distance, and before Ac 7:9 out of the waterpit p and then
he could get close by them they m Jer 22:3 sold Joseph to the Ishma·el·ites
began plotting cunningly against n Pr 12:15 for twenty silver pieces. q Even-
him to put him to death. i o Ge 25:2 tually these brought Joseph into
19 So they said to one another: p Jer 38:13 Egypt.
“Look! Here comes that dream- q Ge 40:15 29 Later Reuben returned to
er. j 20 And now come and let Ge 45:4 the waterpit and here Joseph
De 24:7
us kill him and pitch him into Ps 105:17 was not in the waterpit. Conse-
one of the waterpits; k and we r Ge 44:13 quently he ripped his garments
must say a vicious wild beast Ac 14:14 apart. r 30 When he returned to
57 Judah’s sons; Tamar schemes offspring GENESIS 37:31–38:16
his other brothers he exclaimed: CHAP. 37 6 In time Judah took a wife for
“The child is gone! And I—where a Ge 49:3 Er his firstborn, and her name
am I really to go?” a b Pr 28:17 was Tamar. a 7 But Er, Judah’s
31 However, they took Jo- c Ge 38:25 firstborn, proved to be bad in
seph’s long garment and slaugh- Nu 35:24 the eyes of Jehovah; b hence Je-
tered a male goat and repeat- d Ge 37:3 hovah put him to death. c 8 In
1Ti 5:24
edly dipped the long garment in view of that Judah said to Onan:
e Ge 44:28 “Have relations with your broth-
the blood. b 32 After that they
f Ex 22:13 er’s wife and perform brother-in-
sent the long striped garment 2Ki 2:24
and had it brought to their fa- law marriage with her and raise
g 2Sa 1:11
ther and said: “This is what we Job 1:20
up offspring for your brother.” d
found. Examine, c please, wheth- h 1Th 5:14
9 But Onan knew that the off-
er it is your son’s long garment i Ps 77:2
spring would not become his; e
or not.” d 33 And he went ex- Mt 2:18 and it occurred that when he
amining it and exclaimed: “It is j Ge 39:1 did have relations with his broth-
my son’s long garment! A vi- k Ge 40:3 er’s wife he wasted his semen on
cious wild beast must have de-
the earth so as not to give off-
voured him! e Joseph is surely CHAP. 38 spring to his brother. f 10 Now
torn to pieces!” f 34 With that l Jos 12:15 what he did was bad in the
Jacob ripped his mantles apart 1Sa 22:1 eyes of Jehovah; g hence he put
and put sackcloth upon his hips m Ge 24:3 him also to death. h 11 So Ju-
Ge 28:1
and carried on mourning over dah said to Tamar his daughter-
n Nu 26:19 in-law: “Dwell as a widow in the
his son for many days. g 35 And o Jos 19:29
all his sons and all his daughters house of your father until She-
Jg 1:31
kept rising up to comfort him, h
lah my son grows up.” i For he
but he kept refusing to take com- Second Col.
said to himself: “He too may die
fort and saying: i “For I shall go a Mt 1:3
like his brothers.” j Accordingly
down mourning to my son into b De 21:20
Tamar went and continued to
Sheol!” And his father continued Ga 5:19 dwell at her own father’s house. k
weeping for him. 1Pe 3:12 12 Thus the days became
36 However, the Midi·an·ites
c 2Sa 6:7 many and the daughter of Shua,
Ac 12:23
sold him into Egypt to Poti·phar Judah’s wife, l died; and Judah
d De 25:5 kept the period of mourning. m
a court official of Pharaoh, j the De 25:6
chief of the bodyguard. k Ru 1:11 After that he went up to the
Mt 22:24 shearers of his sheep, he and Hi-
38 Now in the meantime it
came about that when Ju-
e Ru 4:6
f De 25:9
rah his companion the A·dul-
lam·ite, n to Timnah. o 13 Then
dah went down from his brothers g Isa 65:12 it was told to Tamar: “Here
he pitched his tent near a man, h 1Ch 2:3 your father-in-law is going up
an A·dullam·ite, l and his name Ps 55:23 to Timnah to shear his sheep.” p
was Hirah. 2 And there Judah i Ru 1:13 14 With that she removed the
got to see a daughter of a certain Mt 22:24
garments of her widowhood from
Canaan·ite, m and his name was j Nu 26:19
her and covered herself with a
Shua. So he took her and had re- k Le 22:13 shawl and veiled herself and sat
lations with her. 3 And she be- l Ge 38:2 down at the entrance of E·na-
came pregnant. Later she bore a m Nu 20:29 im, which is along the road to
De 34:8
son and he called his name Er. n Timnah. For she saw that She-
n Ge 38:1
4 Again she became pregnant. lah had grown up and yet she had
o Jos 15:10
In time she bore a son and called Jg 14:1
not been given as a wife to him. q
his name Onan. 5 Yet another p 1Sa 25:4
15 When Judah caught sight
time she went on to bear a son of her, he at once took her for
q De 25:5
and then called his name She- Ru 1:11 a harlot, r because she had cov-
lah. Now he happened to be in Mt 22:24 ered her face. s 16 So he turned
Achzib at the time she bore r Jer 3:2 aside to her by the road and
him. o s Pr 7:10 said: “Allow me, please, to have
GENESIS 38:17–39:5 Judah’s sons by Tamar. Potiphar 58
relations with you.” a For he CHAP. 38 nant.” a And she added: “Exam-
did not know that she was his a 1Co 6:18 ine, b please, to whom these be-
daughter-in-law. b However, she Heb 13:4 long, the seal ring and the cord
said: “What will you give me b Ge 38:11 and the rod.” c 26 Then Judah
that you may have relations with c De 23:18 examined them and said: d “She
Eze 16:33
me?” c 17 To this he said: “I my- Lu 15:30 is more righteous than I am, e for
self shall send a kid of the goats d Pr 20:16 the reason that I did not give her
from the herd.” But she said: e Ge 41:42 to Shelah my son.” f And he had
“Will you give a security until 1Ki 21:8 no further intercourse with her
you send it?” d 18 And he con- Es 8:8 after that. g
Da 6:17
tinued: “What is the security that 27 Now it developed that in
f 2Sa 14:2
I shall give you?” to which she the time of her giving birth, why,
g Ge 38:1
said: “Your seal ring e and your here there were twins in her belly.
h De 23:17
cord and your rod that is in your 28 Further, it turned out that
i Pr 6:33
hand.” Then he gave them to Pr 12:14 when she was giving birth one
her and had relations with her, Pr 18:3 extended his hand, and the mid-
so that she became pregnant by Ro 6:21
wife at once took and tied a
2Co 4:2
him. 19 After that she got up Eph 5:12 scarlet piece about his hand,
and went and removed her shawl j Ge 34:31 saying: “This one came out first.”
off her and clothed herself with Nu 5:12 29 Finally it developed that as
the garments of her widowhood. f k Ge 19:36 soon as he drew back his hand,
20 And Judah proceeded to 2Sa 11:5
why, here his brother came out,
send the kid of the goats by l Le 21:9
so that she exclaimed: “What do
De 24:16
the hand of his companion the
you mean by this, that you have
A·dullam·ite g in order to get Second Col. produced a perineal rupture
back the security from the hand for yourself?” Hence his name
a Ge 38:16
of the woman, but he never found Pr 18:17 was called Perez. h 30 And af-
her. 21 And he went inquiring 1Co 4:5
terward his brother upon whose
of the men of her place, say- b Ge 31:32
hand the scarlet piece was came
ing: “Where is that temple pros- Ge 37:32
out and his name came to be
Le 19:15
titute in E·naim along the road?” called Zerah. i
c Ge 38:18
But they kept saying: “No temple
39 As for Joseph, he was
d Ro 2:1
prostitute h has ever been in this
e 1Sa 24:17 brought down to Egypt, j
place.” 22 Finally he returned Job 33:27
to Judah and said: “I never found Pr 11:6 and Poti·phar, k a court official of
her and, besides, the men of the f Ge 38:11
Pharaoh, the chief of the body-
place said, ‘No temple prostitute De 25:5 guard, an Egyptian, got to buy
Ru 3:12 him from the hand of the
has ever been in this place.’ ”
g Job 34:32 Ishma·el·ites l who had brought
23 So Judah said: “Let her take
them for herself, in order that we h Ge 46:12 him down there. 2 But Jeho-
Ru 4:12
may not fall into contempt. i At 1Ch 2:4 vah proved to be with Joseph,
any rate, I have sent this kid, but Lu 3:33 so that he turned out a success-
you—you never found her.” i 1Ch 9:6 ful man m and came to be over the
Mt 1:3 house of his master, the Egyp-
24 However, ab out three
months later it happened that it tian. 3 And his master got to
CHAP. 39
was told to Judah: “Tamar your see that Jehovah was with him
j Ps 105:17
daughter-in-law has played the Ac 7:9
and that everything he was do-
harlot, j and here she is also k Ge 37:36
ing Jehovah was making turn out
pregnant k by her harlotry.” At l Ge 17:20
successful in his hand.
that Judah said: “BRING her out Ge 37:25 4 And Joseph kept finding fa-
and let her be burned.” l 25 As m Ps 1:3 vor in his eyes and waited upon
she was being brought out she Ro 8:31 him continually, so that he ap-
Heb 13:6
herself sent to her father-in- pointed him over his house, n and
n Pr 14:35
law, saying: “By the man to Lu 12:44 all that was his he gave into his
whom these belong I am preg- 1Co 4:2 hand. 5 And it followed that
59 Joseph resists Potiphar’s wife; imprisoned GENESIS 39:6–40:1
from the time he appointed him CHAP. 39 but I began to cry out at the top
over his house and in charge of a Ge 30:27 of my voice. a 15 And it followed
all that was his Jehovah kept De 28:3 that as soon as he heard that I
2Sa 6:11
blessing the house of the Egyp- raised my voice and began cry-
b Lu 16:10
tian due to Joseph, and Jehovah’s Lu 19:17
ing out, he then left his garment
blessing came to be upon all that beside me and took to flight and
c Mt 5:28
he had in the house and in the 2Pe 2:14 went on outside.” 16 After that
field. a 6 Finally he left every- she kept his garment laid up be-
d Le 20:10
thing that was his in Joseph’s Pr 2:16 side her until his master came to
hand; b and he did not know 1Co 6:9 his house. b
what was with him at all except e Pr 1:10 17 Then she spoke to him ac-
the bread he was eating. More- Pr 5:20
cording to these words, say-
Pr 22:6
over, Joseph grew to be beautiful ing: “The Hebrew servant whom
in form and beautiful in appear- f Lu 16:12
1Co 4:2
you brought to us came to
ance. me to make me a laughingstock.
g Pr 6:29
7 Now after these things it Mr 10:8 18 But it followed that as soon
came about that the wife of his as I raised my voice and began to
h Ge 2:24
master began to raise her Ge 20:6 cry out, he then left his garment
eyes c toward Joseph and say: Ps 51:4 beside me and went fleeing out-
“Lie down with me.” d 8 But he Ga 5:19
side.” c 19 The result was that
Heb 13:4
would refuse e and would say to as soon as his master heard
i Pr 5:3
his master’s wife: “Here my mas- Pr 22:14 the words of his wife which she
ter does not know what is with spoke to him, saying: “Like this
j Job 24:15
me in the house, and everything Jer 23:24 and this your servant did to me,”
he has he has given into my k Ec 7:26 his anger blazed. d 20 So Jo-
hand. f 9 There is no one great- Jas 1:14 seph’s master took him and gave
er in this house than I am, and he l 2Sa 13:11 him over to the prison house, the
has not withheld from me any- place where the prisoners of the
m Pr 6:32
thing at all except you, because 1Co 6:18 king were kept under arrest, and
you are his wife. g So how could 2Ti 2:22
he continued there in the prison
I commit this great badness and
house. e
actually sin against God?” h Second Col.
21 However, Jehovah contin-
10 So it turned out that as she a Ps 35:20
ued with Joseph and kept ex-
Pr 6:19
spoke to Joseph day after day he Pr 12:17 tending loving-kindness to him
never listened to her to lie along- and granting him to find favor in
b Ps 37:12
side her, to continue with her. i the eyes of the chief officer of the
c Ex 20:16
11 But it happened that on this Pr 12:22 prison house. f 22 So the chief
day as other days he went into Pr 19:5
officer of the prison house gave
the house to do his business, d De 19:15 over into Joseph’s hand all the
and there was none of the men Pr 6:34
prisoners who were in the prison
of the house there in the house. j Pr 29:12
house; and everything that they
12 Then she grabbed hold of e Ps 105:18
1Pe 2:20 were doing there he proved to be
him by his garment, k saying: “Lie 1Pe 3:14 the one having it done. g 23 The
down with me!” l But he left his
f Ge 40:3 chief officer of the prison house
garment in her hand and took to Ps 105:19 was looking after absolutely
flight and went on outside. m Pr 16:7
nothing that was in his hand, be-
13 So it occurred that as soon as Da 1:9
she saw that he had left his gar- Ac 7:9 cause Jehovah was with Joseph
ment in her hand that he might g Ge 39:6 and what he was doing Jehovah
flee outside, 14 she began to h Ge 49:22
was making it turn out success-
cry out to the men of her house Ps 1:3 ful. h
Ac 7:10
and to say to them: “Look! He
brought to us a man, a Hebrew,
CHAP. 40
40 Now after these things it
came about that the cup-
to make us a laughingstock. He i Ge 40:11 bearer i of the king of Egypt and
came to me to lie down with me, Ge 41:9 the baker sinned against their
GENESIS 40:2-22 Joseph interprets dreams. Pharaoh’s birthday 60
lord the king of Egypt. a 2 And CHAP. 40 13 In three days from now Phar-
Pharaoh grew indignant at his a Ac 7:10 aoh will lift up your head and he
two officers, b at the chief of the b Ge 41:10 will certainly return you to your
cupbearers and at the chief of Pr 16:14 office; a and you will certainly give
Pr 19:12
the bakers. c 3 So he commit- c Ge 40:20
Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, ac-
ted them to the jail of the house d Ge 37:36 cording to the former custom
of the chief of the bodyguard, d to e Ge 39:20 when you acted as his cupbear-
the prison house, e the place Ps 105:18 er. b 14 Nevertheless, you must
where Joseph was a prisoner. f Ge 39:22 keep me in your remembrance
4 Then the chief of the body- g Job 33:15 as soon as it goes well with
h Ge 41:11
guard assigned Joseph to be with you, c and you must, please, per-
i Ge 41:12
them that he might wait upon j Ge 41:10
form loving-kindness with me
them; f and they continued in jail k Pr 15:13
and mention me to Pharaoh, d
for some days. Da 1:10 and you must get me out of this
5 And both of them proceed- l Lu 24:17 house. 15 For I was in fact kid-
ed to dream a dream, g each one m Ge 41:16 napped from the land of the He-
Ps 25:14
his own dream in the one Da 2:28
brews; e and here also I have
night, h each one his dream with Da 2:45 done nothing at all for which
its own interpretation, i the cup- n Nu 13:23 they should put me in the prison
bearer and the baker who be- o Pr 3:10 hole.” f
longed to the king of Egypt p Ge 40:21 16 When the chief of the bak-
q Ge 41:12
who were prisoners in the prison Da 2:30
ers saw that he had interpret-
house. j 6 When Joseph came in
ed something good, he, in turn,
to them in the morning and saw Second Col. said to Joseph: “I too was in my
them, why, here they were look- a Ge 40:21
dream, and here there were three
ing dejected. k 7 And he began Ge 41:13 baskets of white bread upon my
to inquire of the officers of Phar- Jer 52:31 head, 17 and in the topmost
aoh who were with him in the b Ne 2:1 basket there were all sorts of eat-
c 1Sa 25:31
jail of his master’s house, saying: Lu 23:42
ables for Pharaoh, g the product
“For what reason are YOUR faces d 2Sa 9:1 of a baker, and there were fowls h
gloomy today?” l 8 At this they e Ge 14:13 eating them out of the basket on
said to him: “We have dreamed Ge 37:28 top of my head.” 18 Then Jo-
Ge 41:12
a dream, and there is no inter- Ex 21:16
seph answered and said: “This is
preter with us.” So Joseph said Ac 7:9 its interpretation: i The three
to them: “Do not interpretations f Ge 39:8 baskets are three days. 19 In
belong to God? m Relate it to me, Ps 105:19 three days from now Pharaoh
Ps 119:86
please.” Da 6:22 will lift up your head from off
9 And the chief of the cup- Joh 15:25 you and will certainly hang you
bearers went on to relate his Heb 12:11 upon a stake; j and the fowls will
1Pe 3:17
dream to Joseph and to say to g Ge 49:20
certainly eat your flesh from off
him: “In my dream, why, here 1Ch 12:40 you.” k
there was a vine before me. h Ge 15:11 20 Now on the third day it
10 And on the vine there were i Ge 41:12 turned out to be Pharaoh’s
three twigs, and it was appar- j Ge 41:13 birthday, l and he proceeded to
De 21:22
ently sprouting shoots. n Its blos- Jos 8:29 make a feast for all his ser-
soms pushed forth. Its clusters Jos 10:26 vants and to lift up the head of
ripened their grapes. 11 And k 1Sa 17:44 the chief of the cupbearers and
2Sa 21:10
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, Jer 16:4
the head of the chief of the bak-
and I proceeded to take the Eze 39:4 ers in the midst of his servants. m
grapes and squeeze them out Re 19:17 21 Accordingly he returned the
into Pharaoh’s cup. o After that I l Ec 7:1 chief of the cupbearers to his
Mr 6:21
gave the cup into Pharaoh’s post of cupbearer, n and he con-
m Pr 16:14
hand.” p 12 Then Joseph said to n Ne 2:1
tinued to give the cup into Phar-
him: “This is its interpretation: q o Ge 41:13 aoh’s hand. 22 But the chief of
The three twigs are three days. Es 7:10 the bakers he hung up, o just
61 Pharaoh relates his dreams to Joseph GENESIS 40:23–41:21
as Joseph had given them the CHAP. 40 guard, a both me and the chief
interpretation. a 23 However, a Ge 40:8 of the bakers. 11 After that we
the chief of the cupbearers did Da 2:30 both dreamed a dream in the one
not remember Joseph and went b Ge 40:14 night, both I and he. We dreamed
Job 19:14
on forgetting him. b
each one his dream with its own
And it came about at the interpretation. b 12 And there
41 end of two full years that
CHAP. 41
c Ge 20:3
was with us there a young man,
a Hebrew, c a servant of the chief
Pharaoh was dreaming c and Ge 40:5
here he was standing by the river Job 33:15 of the bodyguard. d When we re-
Da 2:1 lated them to him, e he proceed-
Nile. 2 And here ascending out d Ge 1:30
of the river Nile were seven cows ed to interpret our dreams to us.
Ge 41:18
beautiful in appearance and fat- He interpreted to each according
e Ge 41:19
fleshed, and they went feeding to his dream. 13 And it turned
f Ge 41:20
among the Nile grass. d 3 And out that just as he had interpret-
g Ge 41:21
here there were seven other cows 1Ki 3:15
ed to us so it happened. Me he
ascending after them out of the h Ge 41:22
returned to my office, f but him he
river Nile, ugly in appearance i 2Ki 19:26
hanged.” g
and thin-fleshed, e and they took Eze 17:10 14 And Pharaoh proceeded
their stand alongside the cows by Ho 13:15 to send and to call Joseph, h
the bank of the river Nile. j Ge 41:23 that they might bring him quick-
4 Then the cows that were ugly k Ge 41:24 ly from the prison hole. i Hence
in appearance and thin-fleshed l Da 2:1 he shaved j and changed his man-
began to eat up the seven cows m Ex 7:11 tles k and went in to Pharaoh.
that were beautiful in appear- n Isa 19:11 15 Then Pharaoh said to Jo-
Da 2:2 seph: “I have dreamed a dream,
ance and fat. f At this Pharaoh 1Co 3:20
woke up. g but there is no interpreter of it.
o Da 4:7
5 However, he went back to Now I myself have heard it said
p Ge 40:21
sleep and dreamed a second about you that you can hear a
q Pr 28:13
time. And here there were sev- dream and interpret it.” l 16 At
r Ge 40:2
en ears of grain coming up on
this Joseph answered Pharaoh,
one stalk, fat and good. h 6 And Second Col.
saying: “I need not be consid-
here there were seven ears of ered! God will announce welfare
a Ge 37:36
grain, thin and scorched by Ge 40:3 to Pharaoh.” m
the east wind, i growing up af- b Ge 40:5 17 And Pharaoh went on to
ter them. j 7 And the thin ears c Ge 39:17
speak to Joseph: “In my dream
of grain began to swallow up the d Ge 39:1
here I was standing on the bank
seven fat and full ears of grain. k e Ge 40:8
of the river Nile. 18 And here
At this Pharaoh woke up and f Ge 40:21
ascending out of the river Nile
here it was a dream. g Ge 40:22
were seven cows fat-fleshed and
8 And it developed in the beautiful in form, and they be-
h 1Sa 2:8
morning that his spirit became Ps 105:20 gan to feed among the Nile
agitated. l So he sent and called i Ge 40:15 grass. n 19 And here there were
all the magic-practicing priests Da 2:25 seven other cows ascending af-
of Egypt m and all her wise men, n j Jer 9:26 ter them, poor and very bad in
and Pharaoh went on to relate k Jer 52:33 form and thin-fleshed. o For bad-
his dreams to them. o But there l Ps 25:14 ness I have not seen the like of
was no interpreter of them for Da 5:12 them in all the land of Egypt.
Ac 7:10
Pharaoh. 20 And the skinny and bad cows
m Ge 40:8
9 Then the chief of the cup- Da 2:23
began to eat up the first sev-
bearers spoke with Pharaoh, p Da 2:28 en fat cows. p 21 So these came
saying: “My sins I am mention- n Ge 41:2 into their bellies, and yet it could
ing today. q 10 Pharaoh was in- o Ge 41:3 not be known that they had come
dignant at his servants. r So he p Ge 41:4 into their bellies, as their appear-
committed me to the jail of the q Le 26:26 ance was bad just as at the start. q
house of the chief of the body- Isa 9:20 At that I woke up.
GENESIS 41:22-46 Joseph explains dreams; exalted by Pharaoh 62
22 “After that I saw in my CHAP. 41 the land of Egypt during the sev-
dream and here there were seven a Ge 41:5 en years of plenty. a 35 And let
ears of grain coming up on one b Ge 41:6 them collect all the foodstuffs of
Ps 129:6
stalk, full and good. a 23 And c Ge 41:7
these coming good years, and let
here there were seven ears of d Ge 41:8 them pile up grain under Phar-
grain shriveled, thin, scorched Ex 7:11 aoh’s hand as foodstuffs in the
by the east wind, b growing up af- Da 2:2 cities, b and they must safeguard
e Da 2:27
ter them. 24 And the thin ears Da 4:7 it. 36 And the foodstuffs must
of grain began to swallow up the f Ps 98:2 serve as a supply for the land
seven good ears of grain. c So I Isa 41:22 for the seven famine years, which
Da 2:28
stated it to the magic-practicing Am 3:7 will develop in the land of Egypt, c
priests, d but there was none tell- g Ex 14:21 in order that the land may not be
ing me.” e h Ge 12:10 cut off by the famine.” d
2Ki 8:1
25 Then Joseph said to Phar- i Da 2:28
37 Well, the thing proved to
aoh: “The dream of Pharaoh is j Isa 24:4 be good in the eyes of Pharaoh
but one. What the true God is Mt 24:7 and of all his servants. e 38 So
Ac 7:11
doing he has told to Pharaoh. f Ac 11:28
Pharaoh said to his servants:
26 The seven good cows are sev- k De 19:15 “Can another man be found like
en years. Likewise the seven good Job 33:14 this one in whom the spirit of
Mt 18:16
ears of grain are seven years. God is?” f 39 After that Phar-
l 2Th 3:1
The dream is but one. 27 And m De 1:13 aoh said to Joseph: “Since God
the seven skinny and bad cows 1Co 4:2 has caused you to know all this, g
that came up after them are n 1Ki 11:28 there is no one as discreet and
seven years; and the seven emp- wise as you are. h 40 You will
Second Col.
ty ears of grain, scorched by the personally be over my house, i
east wind, g will prove to be sev- a Ge 41:47 and all my people will obey you
Ge 47:26
en years of famine. h 28 This is b Ge 41:48 implicitly. j Only as to the throne
the thing that I have spoken to Pr 8:21 shall I be greater than you.” k
Pharaoh: What the true God is Ac 7:12 41 And Pharaoh added to Jo-
c Ge 47:13
doing he has caused Pharaoh to d Ge 45:11
seph: “See, I do place you over
see. i Ge 47:19 all the land of Egypt.” l 42 With
29 “Here there are seven years e Da 1:20 that Pharaoh removed his sig-
coming with great plenty in all f Nu 27:18 net ring m from his own hand
Job 32:8
the land of Egypt. 30 But sev- Isa 61:1 and put it upon Joseph’s hand
en years of famine will certain- Da 4:8 and clothed him with garments
ly arise after them, and all the g Ps 32:8 of fine linen and placed a neck-
Pr 14:35
plenty in the land of Egypt will 1Co 1:27 lace of gold about his neck. n
certainly be forgotten and the h Pr 2:6 43 Moreover, he had him ride in
famine will simply consume the 1Co 2:6 the second chariot of honor that
i Ge 39:6
land. j 31 And the plenty once Ps 105:21
he had, o so that they should
´ call
in the land will not be known as Ac 7:10 out ahead of him, “A·vrekh!” thus
a result of that famine afterward, j Ge 49:10 putting him over all the land of
k Es 10:3
because it will certainly be very Da 6:3
Egypt.
severe. 32 And the fact that l Da 5:7 44 And Pharaoh further said
the dream was repeated to Phar- m Es 8:10 to Joseph: “I am Pharaoh, but
aoh twice means that the thing is Da 6:17 without your authorization no
n Es 8:2
firmly established on the part of Ps 75:7 man may lift up his hand or his
the true God, k and the true God Da 5:29 foot in all the land of Egypt.” p
is speeding to do it. l o 1Ki 1:38 45 After that Pharaoh called
Es 6:11
33 “So now let Pharaoh look p Ge 44:18
Joseph’s name Zaphe·nath-
for a man discreet and wise and Ge 45:8 pa·neah and gave him Ase·nath q
set him over the land of Egypt. m Ac 7:10 the daughter of Pot·iphe·ra the
q Ge 46:20
34 Let Pharaoh act and ap- priest of On r as a wife. And Jo-
r Jer 43:13
point overseers over the land, n Eze 30:17 seph began to go out over the
and he must take up one fifth of s Ps 105:21 land of Egypt. s 46 And Joseph
63 Joseph gathers grain. Brothers go to Egypt GENESIS 41:47–42:10
was thirty years old a when he CHAP. 41 gan to open up all the grain de-
stood before Pharaoh the king of a Nu 4:3 positories that were among them
Egypt. 2Sa 5:4 and to sell to the Egyptians, a
Lu 3:23
Then Joseph went out from b Ge 26:12 as the famine got a strong grip
before Pharaoh and toured Ps 65:9 on the land of Egypt. 57 More-
about in all the land of Egypt. c Ex 1:11 over, people of all the earth came
d 1Ki 9:19
47 And during the seven years of 2Ch 32:28
to Egypt to buy from Joseph, be-
plenty the land went on produc- e Ps 107:37 cause the famine had a strong
ing by the handfuls. b 48 And f De 28:11 grip on all the earth. b
Mal 3:10
he kept collecting all the food- Eventually Jacob got to see
stuffs of the seven years that
came upon the land of Egypt
g Ge 48:5
h Ge 50:23
Nu 1:35
42 that there were cereals in
Re 7:6
Egypt. c Then Jacob said to his
and he would put the foodstuffs i Ps 30:11 sons: “Why do YOU keep looking
in the cities. c The foodstuffs of Isa 65:16 at one another?” 2 And he add-
the field that was round about a Re 21:4
ed: “Here I have heard that there
j Ge 48:17
city he put in the midst of it. d Nu 1:33 are cereals in Egypt. d Go down
49 And Joseph continued piling De 33:17 there and buy for us from there,
up grain in very great quanti- Jos 14:4
k Ps 105:18
that we may keep alive and
ty, e like the sand of the sea, un- Ps 107:41 not die off.” 3 Accordingly ten
til finally they gave up counting Am 6:6 brothers e of Joseph went down
Ac 7:10
it, because it was without num- l Ge 41:26 to buy grain from Egypt. 4 But
ber. f m Ge 41:30 Jacob did not send Benjamin, f
50 And before the year of the Ac 7:11 Joseph’s brother, with his other
n Ge 45:11
famine arrived there were born Ge 47:17 brothers, because he said: “Oth-
to Joseph two sons, g whom As- o Ge 47:13 erwise a fatal accident may befall
e·nath the daughter of Pot·iphe- La 5:10 him.” g
ra the priest of On bore to him. p Ps 105:21
Ps 146:7 5 So Israel’s sons came along
51 So Joseph called the name q Ge 43:1 with the others who were com-
of the firstborn Ma·nasseh, h be- Lu 4:25 ing to buy, because the famine
cause, to quote him, “God has existed in the land of Ca-
made me forget all my trouble Second Col.
naan. h 6 And Joseph was the
and all the house of my fa- a Ge 41:48 man in power over the land. i He
Ge 47:16
ther.” i 52 And the name of the Pr 11:26 was the one that did the selling
second he called Ephra·im, j be- b Ge 47:4 to all people of the earth. j Conse-
cause, to quote him, “God has Ps 33:19
quently Joseph’s brothers came
made me fruitful in the land of and bowed low to him with their
CHAP. 42
my wretchedness.” k faces to the earth. k 7 When Jo-
c Ge 41:48
53 And the seven years of d Ac 7:12
seph got to see his brothers, he
the plenty that had obtained in e 1Ch 2:1 at once recognized them, but he
the land of Egypt gradually end- f Ge 35:18 made himself unrecognizable to
ed, l 54 and, in turn, the seven Ge 42:38 them. l So he spoke harshly with
Ge 44:20
years of the famine started to g Ge 43:14 them and said to them: “Where
come, just as Joseph had said. m h Ge 41:57 have YOU come from?” to which
And the famine developed in all Ac 7:11 they said: “From the land of Ca-
i Ge 41:44
the lands, but in all the land of Ge 45:8 naan to buy foodstuffs.” m
Egypt there was found bread. n Ps 105:21 8 Thus Joseph recognized his
Ac 7:10
55 Finally all the land of Egypt brothers, but they themselves
j Ge 47:14
became famished and the peo- k Ge 37:7 did not recognize him. 9 Im-
ple began to cry to Pharaoh for Ge 37:9 mediately Joseph remembered
bread. o Then Pharaoh said to l Ge 42:23 the dreams that he had dreamed
Ps 81:5
all the Egyptians: “Go to Joseph. m Ge 37:1 respecting them, n and he went
Whatever he says to YOU, YOU Ac 7:12 on to say to them: “YOU are
are to do.” p 56 And the fam- n Ge 37:7 spies! YOU have come to see the
Ge 37:9
ine obtained over all the surface Nu 12:6 exposed condition of the land!” o
of the earth. q Then Joseph be- o Ge 47:13 10 Then they said to him: “No,
GENESIS 42:11-33 Simeon detained. Report made to Jacob 64
my lord, a but your servants b have CHAP. 42 sin against the child,’ but YOU did
come to buy foodstuffs. 11 We a Ro 13:7 not listen? a And now his blood,
are all of us sons of but one man. b Ge 37:8 here it is certainly asked back.” b
c Ge 42:31
We are upright men. Your ser- d Ge 41:30 23 As for them, they did not
vants do not act as spies.” c e 1Ch 2:1 know that Joseph was listen-
12 But he said to them: “Not so! f Ex 1:1 ing, because there was an inter-
g Ge 35:18
Because YOU have come to see the Ge 42:38 preter between them. 24 Con-
exposed condition of the land!” d Ge 43:7 sequently he turned away from
h Ge 37:27
13 At this they said: “Your ser- Ge 37:35 them and began to weep. c Then
vants are twelve brothers. e We Ge 44:20 he returned to them and spoke
Ge 45:26
are the sons of but one man f in Ac 7:9 to them and took Sime·on d from
the land of Canaan; and here the i Ge 42:34 them and bound him before
Ge 43:29
youngest is with our father to- j Ps 7:9 their eyes. e 25 After that Jo-
day, g whereas the other one is no k Ge 20:11 seph gave the command, and
Le 25:43
more.” h Ne 5:15
they went filling up their re-
14 However, Joseph said to Pr 8:13 ceptacles with grain. Also, they
2Co 7:1
them: “It is what I have spoken l Ge 42:24
were to return the money of
to YOU, saying, ‘YOU are spies!’ m Ge 43:2 the men to each one’s individ-
15 By this YOU will be tested out. Ge 45:23 ual sack f and to give them pro-
n Ge 43:5
As Pharaoh lives, YOU will not Ge 44:23 visions for the journey. g Accord-
go out of here except when YOUR o Ge 37:18 ingly it was done so to them.
Ge 37:28
youngest brother comes here. i Ge 50:17 26 So they loaded their cere-
16 Send one of YOU that he may Ac 7:9 als upon their asses and got on
p Nu 32:23
get YOUR brother while YOU have Pr 21:13 their way from there. 27 When
been bound, that YOUR words Mt 7:2 one opened his sack to give fod-
1Ti 5:24
may be tested out as the truth
der to his ass at the lodging
in YOUR case. j And if not, then, Second Col.
place, h he got to see his mon-
as Pharaoh lives, YOU are spies.” ey, and here it was in the mouth
a Ge 37:21
17 With that he put them to- Ro 2:15 of his bag. i 28 At that he said
gether in custody for three days. b Ge 9:5 to his brothers: “My money has
Ps 9:12
18 After that Joseph said to Re 6:10 been returned and now here it
them on the third day: “Do this c Ge 43:30 is in my bag!” Then their hearts
d Ge 42:19
and keep alive. I fear k the true Ge 49:5
sank, so that they turned trem-
God. 19 If YOU are upright, let e Ge 43:23 bling to one another, j saying:
Job 36:8 “What is this God has done to
one of YOUR brothers be kept f Ge 44:1
bound in YOUR house of cus- g Ge 45:21 us?” k
tody, l but the rest of YOU 1Pe 3:9 29 At length they came to Ja-
h Ge 43:21
go, take cereals for the famine Pr 12:10 cob their father to the land of
in YOUR houses. m 20 Then YOU Jer 9:2 Canaan and told him all the
Jer 41:17
will bring YOUR youngest broth- i Ge 43:21 things that had befallen them,
er to me, that YOUR words may be j Le 26:36 saying: 30 “The man who is the
Lu 19:21
found trustworthy; and YOU will k Isa 45:7
lord of the country spoke harsh-
not die.” n And they proceeded to Am 3:6 ly with us, l since he took us
do so. Heb 10:30
l Ge 42:7
for men spying on the country. m
21 And they began to say one m Jos 2:1 31 But we said to him, ‘We are
to the other: “Unquestion- Jg 1:23 upright men. n We do not act as
2Sa 10:3
ably we are guilty with re- n Ge 42:11 spies. 32 We are twelve broth-
gard to our brother, o because Pr 11:6 ers, o the sons of our father. p One
Pr 14:2
we saw the distress of his soul o Ge 42:13 is no more, q and the youngest is
when he implored compassion p Ac 7:8 today with our father in the land
on our part, but we did not lis- q Ge 37:28
Ge 37:35
of Canaan.’ r 33 But the man
ten. That is why this distress r Ge 35:18 who is the lord of the country
has come upon us.” p 22 Then Ge 42:4 said to us, s ‘By this I am going to
s Ge 45:9
Reuben answered them, saying: t Pr 14:9 know YOU are upright: t Have one
“Did not I say to YOU, ‘Do not u Ge 42:19 brother of YOURS stay with me. u
65 Jacob grieves. Sons return to Egypt GENESIS 42:34–43:15
Then YOU take something for the CHAP. 42 less YOUR brother is with YOU.’ ” a
famine in YOUR houses and go. a a Ge 42:2 6 And Israel exclaimed: b “Why
34 And bring YOUR youngest La 4:9 did YOU have to do harm to me by
b Ge 34:10
brother to me, that I may know Ge 42:20 telling the man YOU had another
Jas 4:13
that YOU are no spies but YOU are c Ge 43:14
brother?” 7 At this they said:
upright. YOUR brother I shall give d Ge 37:28 “The man directly inquired con-
back to YOU, and YOU may carry Ge 37:35 cerning us and our relatives, say-
Ge 42:24
on business in the land.’ ” b e Ge 37:22 ing, ‘Is YOUR father yet alive? c Do
Ge 46:9
35 And it came about that f Ge 43:9
YOU have another brother?’ and
when they were emptying their Ge 44:32 we went on to tell him accord-
sacks here was each one’s bundle g Ge 37:33 ing to these facts. d How could we
Ge 44:20
of money in his sack. And they h Ge 37:35 know for certain that he would
Nu 16:30 say, ‘Bring YOUR brother down’?” e
as well as their father got to see 1Ki 2:6
their bundles of money, and they Ps 49:14 8 Finally Judah said to Isra-
Ps 89:48
became afraid. 36 Then Jacob Ec 9:10 el his father: “Send the boy with
their father exclaimed to them: Ho 13:14 me, f that we may get up and go
Ac 2:27
“It is I YOU have bereaved! c Jo- Re 20:13 and that we may keep alive and
seph is no more and Sime·on
not die off, g both we and you and
is no more, d and Benjamin YOU CHAP. 43 our little children. h 9 I shall be
are going to take! It is upon me i Ge 41:30 the one to be surety for him. i Out
that all these things have come!” Ac 7:11
j Ge 42:2
of my hand you may exact the
37 But Reuben said to his fa- Ac 7:12 penalty for him. j If I fail to bring
ther: “My own two sons you may k De 2:6
l Ge 29:35
him to you and present him to
put to death if I do not bring him m Ge 42:15 you, then I shall have sinned
back to you. e Give him over to n Ge 42:20 against you for all time. 10 But
Ge 42:36
my care, and I shall be the one
if we had not lingered around, we
to return him to you.” f 38 How- Second Col. should by now have been there
ever, he said: “My son will not and back these two times.” k
a Ge 42:15
go down with YOU men, because Ge 44:26 11 So Israel their father said
his brother is dead and he has b Ge 32:28
to them: “If, then, that is the
c Ge 43:27
been left by himself. g If a fatal ac- d Ge 42:13 case, l do this: Take the finest
cident should befall him on the e Ge 42:16 products of the land in YOUR re-
f Ge 37:26
way on which YOU would go, then Ge 42:38 ceptacles and carry them down
YOU would certainly bring down g Ge 42:2 to the man as a gift: m a little
La 4:9
my gray hairs with grief to She- h Ac 7:14 balsam, n and a little honey, o lab-
ol.” h i Ge 44:32 danum and resinous bark, p pis-
Joh 15:13
And the famine was se- tachio nuts and almonds. q
43 vere in the land. i 2 And
j Ex 21:23
1Ki 20:39
Ro 5:7
12 Also, take double the mon-
ey in YOUR hand; and the money
it came about that as soon as k 1Ch 5:2
they had finished eating up the l 2Ki 7:4 that was returned in the mouth
Ac 21:14
cereals they had brought from m Ge 32:20 of YOUR bags YOU will take back in
Egypt, j their father proceeded to Pr 18:16 YOUR hand. r Maybe it was a mis-
n Ex 25:6
say to them: “Return, buy a lit- Es 2:12 take. s 13 And take YOUR broth-
tle food for us.” k 3 Then Judah Jer 8:22
Jer 46:11
er and get up, return to the man.
said to him: l “The man unmis- Eze 27:17 14 And may God Almighty give
o 1Sa 14:25 YOU pity before the man, t that he
takably bore witness to us, say- Pr 25:16
ing, ‘YOU must not see my face Mt 3:4 may certainly release to YOU YOUR
p Ge 37:25 other brother and Benjamin. But
again unless YOUR brother is with q Nu 17:8
YOU.’ m 4 If you are sending our r Ge 42:25 I, in case I must be bereaved, I
brother with us, n we are willing Ge 42:35 shall certainly be bereaved!” u
s Ro 13:8
to go down and buy food for you. 2Co 8:21 15 Accordingly the men took
Heb 13:18
5 But if you are not sending t Ne 1:11
this gift, and they took dou-
him, we shall not go down, be- Lu 1:50 ble the money in their hand and
2Co 5:10
cause the man did say to us, ‘YOU u Ge 27:45
Benjamin. Then they rose and
must not see my face again un- Ge 42:36 went their way down to Egypt
GENESIS 43:16-34 Joseph banquets brothers. Benjamin favored 66
and got to stand before Joseph. a CHAP. 43 to eat bread. a 26 When Joseph
16 When Joseph saw Benjamin a Ge 37:7 went on into the house, then they
with them, he at once said to b Ge 18:7 brought the gift that was in their
the man who was over his house: Pr 9:2 hand to him into the house, and
“Take the men to the house c Ge 41:40 prostrated themselves to him to
and slaughter animals and make d Ge 20:11 the earth. b 27 After this he in-
preparation, b because the men Ge 42:21 quired whether they were getting
are to eat with me at noon.” e Ge 42:25 along well and said: c “Is YOUR fa-
17 Immediately the man did just Ge 42:35
ther, the aged man of whom YOU
as Joseph had said. c So the man f Ge 42:3 have spoken, getting along well?
took the men to Joseph’s house. g Ge 42:27 Is he still alive?” d 28 To this
18 But the men got afraid be- Lu 2:7
they said: “Your servant our fa-
cause they had been taken to Jo- h De 22:2
ther is getting along well. He is
Ac 20:33
seph’s house, d and they began to Ro 13:8 still alive.” Then they bowed
say: “It is because of the mon- Heb 13:5 down and prostrated them-
ey that went back with us in our 1Pe 2:12
selves. e
bags at the start that we are be- i Ge 43:12
29 When he raised his eyes
ing brought here for them to fall j Jg 6:23 and saw Benjamin his brother,
upon us and attack us and to k Ec 5:19 the son of his mother, f he went
take us for slaves and also our Ac 17:25
on to say: “Is this YOUR brother,
asses!” e l Ge 42:24
the youngest one of whom YOU
19 Hence they approached the m Ge 18:4 have spoken to me?” g And he
man who was over Joseph’s Ge 19:2
added: “May God show you his
1Sa 25:41
house and spoke to him at the Joh 13:12 favor, h my son.” 30 Joseph was
entrance of the house, 20 and now in a hurry, because his in-
n Ge 24:32
they said: “Excuse us, my lord! Jg 19:21 ward emotions were excited to-
We surely did come down at the o Ge 43:11 ward his brother, i so that he
start to buy food. f 21 But what Pr 18:16
looked for a place to weep and he
occurred was that when we came
went into an interior room and
to the lodging place g and began Second Col.
opening our bags, why, here was gave way to tears there. j 31 Af-
a Ge 43:16
the money of each one in the Ex 2:20 ter that he washed his face and
mouth of his bag, our money in Job 42:11 went out and kept control of
full weight. So we would like to b Ge 37:7 himself and said: k “SET on the
return it with our own hands. h
Ge 42:6 meal.” l 32 And they proceeded
22 And more money we have c Ex 18:7 to set it on for him by himself
1Sa 17:22
brought down in our hands to and for them by themselves and
buy food. We certainly do not
d Ge 43:7 for the Egyptians who were eat-
know who placed our money in e Ge 37:9 ing with him by themselves; for
2Sa 1:2
our bags.” i 23 Then he said: “It 2Ch 24:17
the Egyptians were not able to
is all right with YOU. Do not be eat a meal with the Hebrews, be-
f Ge 35:24
afraid. j YOUR God and the God cause that is a detestable thing to
g Ge 42:13
of YOUR father gave YOU trea- the Egyptians. m
h Nu 6:25
sure in YOUR bags. k YOUR money 33 And they were seated be-
i 1Ki 3:26 fore him, the firstborn according
came first to me.” After that he Php 1:8
brought out Sime·on to them. l Col 3:12 to his right as firstborn n and the
24 Then the man brought the j Ge 42:24
youngest according to his young-
men into Joseph’s house and k Ge 45:1
ness; and the men kept looking
gave water that they might have at one another in amazement.
l Ge 43:25
their feet washed, m and he gave 34 And he kept having portions
m Ge 46:34
fodder for their asses. n 25 And Ex 8:26
carried from before him to them,
they proceeded to get the gift o n Ge 49:3
but he would increase Benja-
ready for Joseph’s coming at De 21:17 min’s portion five times the size
noon, because they had heard o Ge 45:22 of the portions of all the oth-
that it was there they were going Mt 20:15 ers. o So they continued banquet-
67 Cup in Benjamin’s bag; Judah pleads for him GENESIS 44:1-21
ing and drinking with him to the CHAP. 43 the earth and they opened each
full. a a Jg 14:10 one his own bag. 12 And he
Job 1:4 went searching carefully. He
44 Later on he commanded
the man who was over his
CHAP. 44
started with the oldest and fin-
ished with the youngest. At last
house, b saying: “Fill the bags of b Ge 43:16
the men with food to the ex- the cup was found in Benjamin’s
tent they are able to carry it and c Ge 42:25 bag. a
place the money of each one in d Ge 41:40 13 Then they ripped their
the mouth of his bag. c 2 But mantles b apart and lifted each
e Ge 19:2
you must place my cup, the silver Jg 19:5 one his load back onto his
cup, in the mouth of the bag of ass and returned to the city.
f Ps 109:5
the youngest and the money for Pr 17:13 14 And Judah c and his brothers
his cereals.” So he did according went on into Joseph’s house, and
g Ge 44:15
to the word of Joseph which he Le 19:26 he was still there; and they pro-
had spoken. d ceeded to fall before him to the
h Ge 43:12
3 The morning had become earth. d 15 Joseph now said to
light when the men were sent i Le 19:11 them: “What sort of deed is
Pr 29:24
away, e both they and their asses. 1Pe 3:16
this that YOU have done? Did
4 They went out of the city. They YOU not know that such a
j Ac 25:11
had not gone far when Joseph man as I am can expertly read
said to the man who was over k Pr 6:2 omens?” e 16 At this Judah ex-
his house: “Get up! Chase after l Ex 22:3 claimed: “What can we say to
the men and be certain to over- Mt 18:25 my master? What can we speak?
take them and to say to them, And how can we prove our-
Second Col. selves righteous? f The true God
‘Why have YOU repaid bad for
a Ge 44:2 has found out the error of your
good? f 5 Is not this the thing
that my master drinks from and b Ge 37:29 slaves. g Here we are slaves to my
by means of which he expertly Jos 7:6 master, h both we and the one in
Ac 14:14
reads omens? g It is a bad deed whose hand the cup was found!”
YOU have committed.’ ” c Ge 43:8 17 However, he said: “It is un-
Ge 44:32
6 Eventually he overtook thinkable for me to do this! i The
them and spoke these words to d Ge 37:7 man in whose hand the cup was
Ge 50:18
them. 7 But they said to him: found is the one who will become
“Why does my lord speak with e Ge 44:5 a slave to me. j As for the rest of
such words as these? It is un- f Mt 7:20 YOU, go up in peace to YOUR fa-
thinkable that your servants ther.” k
g Ge 37:28
should do anything like this. Ge 42:21 18 Judah now came near to
8 Why, the money that we found Pr 28:17 him and said: “I pray you,
Ac 2:37
in the mouth of our bags we my master, please let your slave
brought back to you from the h Ge 50:18 speak a word in the hearing of my
land of Canaan. h How, then, i Ge 42:18 master, l and do not let your an-
could we steal silver or gold ger m grow hot against your slave,
j Ge 44:9
from the house of your master? i because it is the same with you
9 Let the one of your slaves with k Ge 26:29 as with Pharaoh. n 19 My mas-
whom it may be found die and let l Ge 18:30 ter asked his slaves, saying, ‘Do
us ourselves also become slaves YOU have a father or a broth-
m Pr 14:29
to my master.” j 10 So he said: Pr 19:11 er?’ 20 So we said to my mas-
“Let it be now exactly accord- Pr 29:8 ter, ‘We do have an aged fa-
ing to YOUR words. k Thus the one n Ge 41:44 ther and a child of his old age,
with whom it may be found will Ge 45:8 the youngest. o But his brother is
become a slave to me, l but YOU o Ge 42:13 dead so that he alone is left of his
yourselves will be proved inno- Ge 43:7 mother, p and his father does love
cent.” 11 With that they quick- p Ge 35:18
him.’ 21 After that you said to
ly let down each one his bag to Ge 37:33 your slaves, ‘Bring him down to
GENESIS 44:22–45:10 Joseph makes self known; sends for Jacob 68
me that I may set my eye upon CHAP. 44 go up to my father without the
him.’ a 22 But we said to my a Ge 42:15 boy along with me, for fear that
master, ‘The boy is not able to Ge 43:29 then I may look upon the calam-
leave his father. If he did leave his b Ge 42:38 ity that will find out my father?” a
father, he would certainly die.’ b
23 Then you said to your slaves,
‘Unless YOUR youngest brother
c Ge 42:20
Ge 43:3 45 At this Joseph was no lon-
ger able to control himself
d Ge 43:2 before all those who were sta-
comes down with YOU, YOU may tioned by him. b So he cried out:
e Ge 43:5
not see my face anymore.’ c
f Ge 29:18
“HAVE everybody go out from
24 “And it came about that we me!” And no one else stood with
Ge 30:23
went up to your slave my father Ge 35:18 him while Joseph made himself
and then told him the words of Ge 46:19
known to his brothers. c
my master. 25 Later our father g Ge 37:33
2 And he began to raise his
said, ‘Return, buy a little food h Ge 37:35 voice in weeping, d so that the
for us.’ d 26 But we said, ‘We Ge 42:38
Egyptians got to hear it and
are not able to go down. If our Ps 16:10
youngest brother is with us we Ps 88:3 Pharaoh’s house got to hear
will go down, because we are not
Ec 9:10 it. 3 Finally Joseph said to his
Ho 13:14
able to see the man’s face in case Mt 11:23
brothers: “I am Joseph. Is my fa-
our youngest brother is not with Ac 2:31 ther still alive?” But his broth-
us.’ e 27 Then your slave my fa-
Re 20:13 ers were unable to answer him at
ther said to us, ‘YOU yourselves i 1Sa 18:1 all, because they were disturbed
well know that my wife bore but
2Sa 18:33 by reason of him. e 4 So Joseph
two sons to me. f 28 Later the j Ro 16:4 said to his brothers: “Come close
one went out from my compa- k Ge 43:9 to me, please.” With that they
ny and I exclaimed: “Ah, he 1Ki 20:39 came close to him.
must surely be torn to pieces!” g l Ro 9:3 Then he said: “I am Joseph
YOUR brother, whom YOU sold
and I have not seen him till now.
29 If YOU were to take this one Second Col. into Egypt. f 5 But now do not
also out of my sight and a fatal a Es 8:6 feel hurt g and do not be angry
with yourselves because YOU sold
accident were to befall him, YOU
would certainly bring down my CHAP. 45 me here; because for the preser-
gray hairs with calamity to She- b Ge 43:30 vation of life God has sent me
ol.’ h c Ac 7:13 ahead of YOU. h 6 For this is the
30 “And now, as soon as I d Ru 1:9
second year of the famine in
should come to your slave my fa- the midst of the earth, i and there
e Mr 6:50
ther without the boy along with are yet five years in which there
us, when that one’s soul is f Ge 37:28 will be no plowing time or har-
Ac 7:9
bound up with this one’s soul, i vest. j 7 Consequently God sent
31 then it is certain to oc- g 2Co 2:7 me ahead of YOU in order to place
cur that as soon as he sees that h Ge 47:25 a remnant k for YOU men in the
the boy is not there he will sim- Ge 50:20 earth and to keep YOU alive by a
1Sa 2:6
ply die, and your slaves will in- Ps 33:19 great escape. 8 So now it was
deed bring down the gray hairs Ps 105:17 not YOU who sent me here, l but it
of your slave our father with grief i Ge 41:30 was the true God, that he might
to Sheol. 32 For your slave be- Ge 47:18 appoint me a father m to Pharaoh
came surety j for the boy when j 1Co 9:10 and a lord for all his house and as
away from his father, saying, ‘If k Ge 46:26
one dominating over all the land
I fail to bring him back to you, of Egypt.
l Ro 8:28
then I shall have sinned against 9 “Go up quickly to my father,
my father forever.’ k 33 So now, m Jg 17:10 and YOU must say to him, ‘This
Job 29:16
please, let your slave stay instead Ps 105:21
is what your son Joseph has said:
of the boy as a slave to my mas- “God has appointed me lord for
n Ge 45:26
ter, that the boy may go up with Ac 7:10 all Egypt. n Come down to me.
his brothers. l 34 For how can I 1Jo 4:14 Do not delay. 10 And you must
69 Joseph reassures. God comforts Jacob GENESIS 45:11–46:4
dwell in the land of Goshen, a CHAP. 45 provisions a for the way. 22 To
and you must continue near me, a Ge 46:34 each of them he gave individu-
you and your sons and the sons Ge 47:1 al changes of mantles, b but to
Ex 8:22
of your sons and your flocks and Ex 9:26 Benjamin he gave three hundred
your herds and everything you b Ge 47:12 silver pieces and five changes of
have. 11 And I will supply you Pr 3:27 mantles. c 23 And to his father
Ac 7:14
with food there, for there are yet c Ge 42:23 he sent as follows: ten asses car-
five years of famine; b for fear you d Ge 33:4 rying good things of Egypt and
and your house and everything Ge 46:29 ten she-asses carrying grain and
e Ex 4:27
you have may come to pover- 1Sa 20:41
bread and sustenance for his fa-
ty.” ’ 12 And here YOUR eyes and Lu 15:20 ther for the way. 24 Thus he
the eyes of my brother Benjamin f 2Sa 3:36 sent his brothers off, and they
Es 1:21
are seeing that it is my mouth g Ge 42:25
proceeded to go. However, he
that is speaking to YOU. c 13 So Ge 43:18 said to them: “Do not get exas-
YOU must tell my father about all h Ge 27:28 perated at one another on the
Ge 47:6
my glory in Egypt and everything i Ge 41:40
way.” d
YOU have seen; and YOU must j Ge 45:27 25 And they began going up
hurry and bring my father down Ge 46:5 out of Egypt and at length came
Nu 7:3
here.” 1Sa 6:14 into the land of Canaan to Ja-
14 Then he fell upon the neck k Ge 47:9 cob their father. 26 Then they
of Benjamin his brother and gave l Ge 46:6 reported to him, saying: “Joseph
m Isa 1:19
way to weeping, and Benjamin
is still alive, and he is the one
wept upon his neck. d 15 And dominating over all the land of
Second Col.
he proceeded to kiss all his Egypt!” e But his heart grew
a Ge 21:14
brothers and to weep over them, e Ge 42:25
numb, because he did not be-
and after that his brothers spoke b 2Ki 5:5 lieve them. f 27 When they went
with him. c Ge 43:34 on speaking to him all of Joseph’s
d Ge 42:21 words that he had spoken to
16 And the news was heard Ps 133:1
at the house of Pharaoh, saying: e Ps 105:21 them and he got to see the wag-
“Joseph’s brothers have come!” f Ge 42:38 ons that Joseph had sent to carry
And it proved to be good in the Ge 44:28 him, the spirit of Jacob their fa-
Lu 24:11
eyes of Pharaoh and of his ser- g Isa 57:15 ther began to revive. g 28 Then
vants. f 17 Accordingly Phar- 1Co 16:18 Israel exclaimed: “It is enough!
2Co 7:13
aoh said to Joseph: “Say to your Joseph my son is still alive! Ah,
h Ge 46:30
brothers, ‘Do this: Load YOUR Lu 2:29 let me go and see him before I
beasts of burden and go enter
die!” h
the land of Canaan, g 18 and CHAP. 46
Accordingly Israel and all
take YOUR father and YOUR house-
holds and come here to me, that I
i Ge 21:31
j Ge 31:42
46 who were his pulled out
Ex 3:6 and came to Beer-sheba, i and
may give YOU the good of the land Lu 20:37 he proceeded to sacrifice sacri-
of Egypt; and eat the fat part of k Nu 12:6 fices to the God of his father
Job 33:15
the land. h 19 And you yourself Isaac. j 2 Then God talked to
l 1Sa 3:4
are commanded: i “Do this: TAKE m Ge 5:22 Israel in visions of the night and
for yourselves wagons j from the 1Ki 18:21 said: k “Jacob, Jacob!” to which
1Co 8:6
land of Egypt for YOUR little ones he said: “Here I am!” l 3 And he
n Ge 28:13
and YOUR wives, and YOU must Mt 22:32 went on to say: “I am the true
lift YOUR father on one and come o Ge 12:2 God, m the God of your father. n
here. k 20 And do not let YOUR Ex 1:7
De 26:5
Do not be afraid to go down to
eye feel sorry over YOUR equip- Ps 105:12 Egypt, for I shall constitute you
ment, l because the good of all the Ac 7:17 there into a great nation. o 4 I
p Ge 15:16
land of Egypt is YOURS.” ’ ” m Ge 28:15
myself shall go down with you to
21 Following that the sons of Ge 47:29 Egypt and I myself shall surely
Israel did so, and Joseph gave Ge 50:13 bring you up also; p and Jo-
Ex 3:8
them wagons according to Phar- Ps 105:37 seph will lay his hand upon your
aoh’s orders and gave them q Ge 50:1 eyes.” q
GENESIS 46:5-28 Jacob’s household moves to Egypt 70
5 After that Jacob got up out CHAP. 46 17 And the sons of Asher a
of Beer-sheba, and the sons a Ge 45:19 were Imnah and Ishvah and
of Israel continued transporting b Ge 31:18 Ishvi and Be·riah, b and there
Ge 36:7
Jacob their father and their lit- c Nu 20:15 was Serah their sister.
tle ones and their wives in the Ps 105:23
Isa 52:4 And the sons of Be·riah
wagons that Pharaoh had sent Ac 7:15 were Heber and Malchi·el. c
d Ex 1:1
to transport him. a 6 Further, e Ge 35:23 18 These are the sons of Zil-
they took along their herds and Ge 49:3 pah, d whom Laban gave to his
1Ch 5:1
their goods, which they had ac- f Ex 6:14 daughter Leah. In time she bore
cumulated in the land of Ca- Nu 26:5
these to Jacob: sixteen souls.
g Ge 29:33
naan. b Eventually they came into h Nu 26:12 19 The sons of Rachel, e Ja-
Egypt, Jacob and all his off- i Ex 6:15
cob’s wife, were Joseph f and Ben-
1Ch 4:24
spring with him. 7 He brought j Ge 29:34 jamin. g
his sons and his sons’ sons with 1Ch 6:16
20 And there came to be
k Ex 6:16
him, his daughters and his sons’ Nu 3:23 born to Joseph in the land of
daughters, even all his offspring, l Ex 6:18
Nu 3:27 Egypt Ma·nasseh h and Ephra-
with him into Egypt. c 1Ch 9:32
im, i whom As e·nathj the
8 Now these are the names m Nu 3:33
1Ch 6:63 daughter of Pot·iphe·ra the
of Israel’s sons who came into n Ge 29:35
Ge 49:10 priest of On bore to him.
Egypt: d Jacob and his sons: Ja-
cob’s firstborn was Reuben. e
Re 5:5 21 And the sons of Benjamin
o Ge 38:3
p Ge 38:4 were Bela k and Becher l and
9 And the sons of Reuben q Ge 38:5 Ashbel, Gera m and Naa·man, n
were Hanoch and Pallu and r Ru 4:12
Lu 3:33 Ehi and Rosh, Muppim o and
Hezron and Carmi. f s Ge 38:30 Huppim p and Ard.
10 And the sons of Sime·on g t Ge 38:7
were Jem·uel and Jamin and Ge 38:10 22 These are the sons of Ra-
u Nu 26:21 chel who were born to Jacob. All
Ohad and Jachin h and Zohar v 1Ch 2:5
and Shaul i the son of a Ca- w Ge 49:14 the souls were fourteen.
Jos 19:17
naan·ite woman. x Nu 26:23
23 And the sons of Dan q were
11 And the sons of Levij y 1Ch 7:1 Hushim. r
z Nu 26:24
were Gershon, k Kohath l and a Ge 30:20
24 And the sons of Naphta-
Me·rari. m Ge 49:13 lis were Jahze·el and Guni t and
b Nu 26:26
12 And the sons of Judahn c Ge 35:23
Jezer and Shillem. u
were Er o and Onan p and She- d Ge 30:21 25 These are the sons of Bil-
e Ge 30:11
lah q and Perez r and Zerah. s Ge 49:19 hah, v whom Laban gave to his
However, Er and Onan died in f Nu 26:15 daughter Rachel. In time she
the land of Canaan. t bore these to Jacob; all the souls
Second Col. were seven.
And the sons of Perez came
a Ge 30:13 26 All the souls who came to
to be Hezron u and Hamul. v Ge 49:20
13 And the sons of Issa- De 33:24 Jacob into Egypt were those who
b Nu 26:44
char w were Tola x and Puvah y c Nu 26:45
issued out of his upper thigh, w
and Iob and Shimron. z d Ge 29:24 aside from the wives of Jacob’s
Ge 35:26
14 And the sons of Zebu·lun a e Ge 29:18
sons. All the souls were sixty-six.
were Sered and Elon and Jah- Ge 35:24 27 And Joseph’s sons who were
f Ge 30:24
le·el. b Ge 49:22 born to him in Egypt were two
15 These are the sons of Le- g Ge 35:18 souls. All the souls of the house
Ge 49:27
ah, c whom she bore to Jacob in h Ge 41:51 of Jacob who came into Egypt
Paddan-aram, together with his Ge 48:14 were seventy. x
i Ge 41:52
daughter Dinah. d All the souls j Ge 41:50 28 And he sent Judah y in ad-
k Nu 26:38 vance of him to Joseph to impart
of his sons and of his daughters l 1Ch 7:6
were thirty-three. m 1Ch 8:3 information ahead of him to Go-
16 And the sons of Gad e n Nu 26:40 shen. After that they came into
o Nu 26:39
were Ziphi·on and Haggi, Shu- p 1Ch 7:12
q Ge 30:6
ni and Ezbon, Eri and Ar·odi Ge 49:16
s Ge 30:8; Ge 49:21; t Nu 26:48; u Nu 26:49; v Ge
29:29; Ge 35:25; w Ge 35:11; x Ex 1:5; De 10:22;
and A·reli. f r Nu 26:42 Ac 7:14; y Ge 43:8; Ge 44:18.
71 Israel given Goshen. Jacob meets Pharaoh GENESIS 46:29–47:14
the land of Goshen. a 29 Then CHAP. 46 the flock that your servants
Joseph had his chariot made a Ge 45:10 have, a for the famine is severe in
ready and went up to meet Israel Ge 47:1 the land of Canaan. b And now
b Ge 41:43
his father at Goshen. b When he c Ge 33:4
let your servants dwell, please, in
appeared to him he at once fell Ge 45:14 the land of Goshen.” c 5 At
upon his neck and gave way to d Ge 45:28 that Pharaoh said to Joseph:
Lu 2:29
tears upon his neck again and e Ge 41:40
“Your father and your brothers
again. c 30 Finally Israel said to f Ge 45:19 have come here to you. 6 The
Joseph: “This time I am willing Ge 47:1 land of Egypt is at your dispos-
Ac 7:13
to die, d now that I have seen your al. d Have your father and your
g Ge 31:18
face, since you are still alive.” Ge 47:3 brothers dwell in the very best of
31 Then Joseph said to his h Ge 31:38 the land. e Let them dwell in the
brothers and to his father’s i Ge 46:6 land of Goshen, f and if you know
j Ge 30:35
household: “Let me go up and Ge 34:5 that there are among them cou-
report to Pharaoh and say to k Ge 45:18 rageous men, g you must appoint
him, e ‘My brothers and my fa- Ge 47:27 them cattle chiefs over what is
l Ge 43:32
ther’s household who were in the
mine.” h
land of Canaan have come CHAP. 47
7 Then Joseph brought in Ja-
here to me. f 32 And the men cob his father and introduced
m Ge 46:31
are shepherds, g because they be- n Ge 45:10 him to Pharaoh, and Jacob pro-
came stock raisers; h and their Ex 8:22 ceeded to bless Phar aoh. i
flocks and their herds and all o Ac 7:13 8 Pharaoh now said to Jacob:
p Ge 46:33
they have they have brought “How many are the days of the
q Ge 31:18
here.’ i 33 And what must oc- r Ge 12:16 years of your life?” 9 So Jacob
cur is that when Pharaoh will Ge 26:14 said to Pharaoh: “The days of
call YOU and actually say, ‘What is Ge 46:34
s Ge 15:13
the years of my alien residences
YOUR occupation?’ 34 YOU must De 26:5 are a hundred and thirty years. j
say, ‘Your servants have contin- Ps 105:23 Few and distressing the days of
ued to be stock raisers from our Isa 52:4
Ac 7:6 the years of my life have proved, k
youth until now, both we and
and they have not reached the
our forefathers,’ j in order that Second Col. days of the years of the lives of my
YOU may dwell in the land of fathers in the days of their alien
a Joe 1:18
Goshen, k because every herder b Ac 7:11 residences.” l 10 After that Ja-
of sheep is a detestable thing to c Ge 45:10 cob blessed Pharaoh and went
Egypt.” l d Ge 42:34
out from before Pharaoh. m
e Ge 13:10
11 Thus Joseph had his fa-
47 Accordingly Joseph came
and reported to Pharaoh f
g
Ge 45:18
Ge 46:34
Pr 22:29
ther and his brothers dwell and
and said: m “My father and my h 1Ch 27:31
he gave them a possession in the
brothers and their flocks and i Ex 12:32 land of Egypt, in the very best of
their herds and all they have 1Sa 13:10 the land, in the land of Rame-
2Ki 10:15
have come from the land of ses, n just as Pharaoh had com-
j 1Ch 29:15
Canaan, and here they are in the Ps 39:12 manded. 12 And Joseph kept
land of Goshen.” n 2 And from Heb 11:9 supplying his father and his
k Job 14:1
the whole number of his brothers Jas 4:14
brothers and the entire house-
he took five men, that he might l Ge 25:7 hold of his father with bread, o ac-
present them to Pharaoh. o Ge 35:28 cording to the number of the lit-
Ex 6:4
3 Then Pharaoh said to his tle ones. p
m 2Sa 19:39
brothers: “What is YOUR occu- 1Ki 8:66 13 Now there was no bread in
pation?” p So they said to Phar- n Ge 45:10 all the land, because the famine
Ex 1:11
aoh: “Your servants are herders Ex 12:37
was very severe; q and the land of
of sheep, q both we and our fore- Nu 33:3 Egypt and the land of Ca-
fathers.” r 4 After that they said o Pr 11:25 naan became exhausted as a re-
1Ti 5:8
to Pharaoh: “We have come to p Ge 50:8
sult of the famine. r 14 And Jo-
reside as aliens in the land, s be- q Ge 41:31 seph went on picking up all the
cause there is no pasturage for r Ge 41:30 money that was to be found in
GENESIS 47:15-31 Famine endured. Joseph administers 72
the land of Egypt and in the land CHAP. 47 their rations that Pharaoh gave
of Canaan for the cereals a Ge 41:56 them. a That is why they did not
which people were buying; a and Ge 44:25 sell their land. b 23 Then Jo-
Joseph kept bringing the mon- b Ex 16:3 seph said to the people: “See, I
ey into Pharaoh’s house. 15 In c Ec 7:12 have today bought YOU and YOUR
time the money from the land of La 1:11
land for Pharaoh. Here is seed
Egypt and the land of Canaan d 1Ki 10:28 for YOU, and YOU must sow the
was spent, and all the Egyptians e Ne 5:3 land with it. c 24 When it has
began coming to Joseph, saying: f Ne 5:2 resulted in produce, d then YOU
Mr 8:37
“Give us bread! b And why should must give a fifth to Pharaoh, e
we die in front of you because g Job 2:4 but four parts will become YOURS
money has run out?” c 16 Then h La 4:9 as seed for the field and as
Joseph said: “Hand over YOUR i Heb 2:15 food for YOU and for those who
livestock and I shall give YOU j Pr 11:26 are in YOUR houses and for YOUR
bread in exchange for YOUR live- k Ge 41:48 little ones to eat.” f 25 Conse-
stock, if money has run out.” Ps 33:19 quently they said: “You have pre-
Ps 107:36
17 And they began bringing served our lives. g Let us find fa-
l Ge 41:45
their livestock to Joseph; and Jo-
vor in the eyes of my lord, and
seph kept giving them bread in Second Col.
we will become slaves to Phar-
exchange for their horses and aoh.” h 26 And Joseph proceed-
a Ne 13:13
the livestock of the flock and the Mt 10:10
ed to make it a decree down to
livestock of the herd and the ass- 1Co 9:13 this day over the landed estate of
es, d and he kept providing them b Ezr 7:24 Egypt for Pharaoh to have to the
with bread in exchange for all c Ge 45:6 amount of a fifth. Only the land
their livestock during that year. Ps 41:1 of the priests as a distinct group
2Co 9:10
18 Gradually that year came did not become Pharaoh’s. i
to its close, and they began com- d Ps 85:12 27 And Israel continued to
Ps 107:37
ing to him in the next year and dwell in the land of Egypt, in the
e Ge 41:34
saying to him: “We shall not 1Sa 8:15 land of Goshen; j and they be-
hide it from my lord but the Ro 13:7 came settled in it and were
money and the stock of domes- f Pr 12:11 fruitful and grew to be very
tic animals have been spent to 1Ti 5:18 many. k 28 And Jacob lived on
my lord. e There remains noth- g Ge 45:5 in the land of Egypt for seven-
Pr 11:26
ing before my lord but our bodies Ac 7:11
teen years, so that Jacob’s days,
and our land. f 19 Why should h Ge 47:19
the years of his life, came to be a
we die before your eyes, g both we Pr 14:21 hundred and forty-seven years. l
and our land? Buy us and our i Ge 47:22 29 Gradually the days ap-
land for bread, h and we together j Ge 47:4
proached for Israel to die. m So
with our land will become slaves k Ex 1:7
he called his son Joseph and said
to Pharaoh; and give us seed De 10:22 to him: “If, now, I have found fa-
that we may live and not die and Ps 105:24 vor in your eyes, place your hand,
Ac 7:17
our land not be laid desolate.” i please, under my thigh, n and you
20 So Joseph bought all the land l Ge 47:9
must exercise loving-kindness
of the Egyptians for Pharaoh, j m Ge 49:33 and trustworthiness toward me. o
Heb 11:21
because the Egyptians sold each (Please, do not bury me in
n Ge 24:9
one his field, for the famine had Egypt.) p 30 And I must lie with
got a strong grip on them; and o Ge 24:49
my fathers, q and you must carry
the land came to be Pharaoh’s. p Ge 46:4 me out of Egypt and bury me in
Ge 50:13
21 As for the people, he re- Ac 7:16 their grave.” r Accordingly he
moved them into cities from one q Ge 49:33
said: “I myself shall do in keeping
end of the territory of Egypt to r Ge 25:9
with your word.” 31 Then he
its other end. k 22 Only the land Ge 49:29 said: “Swear to me.” So he swore
of the priests he did not buy, l be- s Ge 50:5 to him. s At that Israel prostrat-
cause the rations for the priests t 1Ki 1:47 ed himself over the head of the
were from Pharaoh and they ate Heb 11:21 couch. t
73 Patriarch Jacob blesses Joseph’s two sons GENESIS 48:1-19
took the goat of the sin offer- q Le 7:30 and brought each one his fire
ing that was for the people and
holder i and put fire in them and
slaughtered it and made an of- Second Col. placed incense j upon it, and they
fering for sin with it as with a Ex 29:27 began offering before Jehovah il-
Le 8:27
the first. 16 Then he presented b Nu 6:23
legitimate fire, k which he had not
the burnt offering and handled it De 10:8 prescribed for them. 2 At this
De 21:5
according to the regular proce- 1Ch 23:13 a fire came out from before Je-
dure. j Lu 24:50
Ac 3:26
hovah and consumed them, l so
17 He next presented the Heb 7:7 that they died before Jehovah. m
c Ex 20:26 3 Then Moses said to Aaron:
grain offering k and filled his d 2Sa 6:18
hand with some of it and made it 2Ch 6:3 “This is what Jehovah has spo-
e Le 9:6
smoke upon the altar, apart from Nu 14:10
ken, saying, ‘Among those near
the burnt offering of the morn- Nu 16:42 to me n let me be sanctified, o and
f Jg 6:21
ing. l 1Ki 18:38 before the face of all the people
18 After that he slaughtered
1Ch 21:26
2Ch 7:1
let me be glorified.’ ” p And Aar-
the bull and the ram of the com- g 1Ki 18:39 on kept silent.
2Ch 7:3
munion sacrificem that was for
4 So Moses called Misha·el
the people. Then Aaron’s sons and El·zaphan, the sons of Uz-
CHAP. 10
handed him the blood and he zi·el, q Aaron’s uncle, and said to
h Ex 6:23
sprinkled it round about upon 1Ch 24:2 them: “Come near, carry YOUR
the altar. n 19 As for the fat-
i Ex 27:3
Le 16:12
brothers from in front of the
ty pieces o of the bull and the j Ex 30:35 holy place to outside the camp.” r
fat tail p of the ram and the
Le 16:12
k Ex 30:9
5 They accordingly came near
Le 10:9 and carried them in their robes
fat covering and the kidneys Le 16:2
to outside the camp, just as Mo-
and the appendage of the liv- Isa 28:7
l Nu 16:35 ses had spoken.
er, 20 they now placed the fat- m Le 22:9
ty pieces upon the breasts, q after Nu 26:61
n Ex 19:22 o Isa 29:23; Eze 20:41; Mt 6:9; p Isa 49:3; Joh
which he made the fatty pieces Isa 52:11 13:31; 2Th 1:10; q Ex 6:18; r Ac 5:6.
147 Portion prescribed for priests LEVITICUS 10:6–11:4
6 Subsequently Moses said to CHAP. 10 the communion sacrifices of the
Aaron and to El·e·azar and Ith- a Le 21:10 sons of Israel. 15 They will
a·mar his other sons: “Do not Nu 6:7 bring the leg of the sacred por-
let YOUR heads go ungroomed, a b Nu 16:22 tion and the breast of the wave
Jos 7:1
and YOU must not tear YOUR gar- offering a along with the offerings
ments, that YOU may not die and c Le 21:12 made by fire, of the fatty pieces,
that he may not become indig- d Ex 28:41 in order to wave the wave offering
Le 8:12
nant against all the assembly; b to and fro before Jehovah; and it
e Pr 31:5
but YOUR brothers of the whole Isa 28:7
must serve as an allowance b to
house of Israel will do the weep- Eze 44:21 time indefinite for you and your
ing over the burning, which Je- Ho 4:11 sons with you, just as Jehovah
Eph 5:18
hovah has made burn. 7 And 1Ti 3:3
has commanded.”
from the entrance of the tent of 1Ti 3:8 16 And Moses searched thor-
meeting YOU must not go out for Tit 1:7 oughly for the goat of the sin
fear YOU may die, c because Jeho- f Eze 22:26 offering, c and, look! it had been
Eze 44:23 burned up. So he grew indignant
vah’s anointing oil is upon YOU.” d
So they did according to Moses’ g De 24:8 at El·e·azar and Itha·mar, Aar-
De 33:10
word. 2Ch 17:9 on’s sons that were left, saying:
8 And Jehovah proceeded to Ne 8:8 17 “Why did YOU not eat the sin
speak to Aaron, saying: 9 “Do Jer 18:18 offering in the place that is holy, d
Mal 2:7
not drink wine or intoxicating li- since it is something most holy
h Ex 29:2
quor, e you and your sons with Le 6:16
and he has given it to YOU that
you, when YOU come into the tent YOU may answer for the error of
i Le 21:22
of meeting, that YOU may not die. the assembly so as to make
j Le 6:26
It is a statute to time indefinite Nu 18:10
atonement for them before Je-
for YOUR generations, 10 both k Ex 29:26
hovah? e 18 Look! Its blood has
in order to make a distinction Le 7:31 not been brought into the holy
between the holy thing and the Le 9:21 place within. f YOU should have
Nu 18:11
profane and between the un- eaten it without fail in the
l Le 7:34 holy place, just as I had been
clean thing and the clean, f
11 and in order to teach the sons m Le 22:13 commanded.” g 19 At this Aar-
of Israel g all the regulations that on spoke to Moses: “Look! To-
Second Col.
Jehovah has spoken to them by day they have presented their sin
a Le 8:29 offering and their burnt offer-
means of Moses.” Nu 18:18
12 Then Moses spoke to Aar- ing before Jehovah, h while such
b 1Co 9:13
on and to El·e·azar and Ith- things as these began to befall
c Le 9:3
a·mar, his sons that were left: Le 9:15
me; and had I eaten the sin of-
“Take the grain offering h that fering today, would it prove
d Le 6:26
was left over from Jehovah’s of- Le 7:6 satisfactory in Jehovah’s eyes?” i
ferings made by fire and eat it Eze 44:29 20 When Moses got to hear that,
unfermented near the altar, be- e Ex 28:38 then it proved satisfactory in his
cause it is something most holy. i
Nu 18:1 eyes.
Isa 53:11
13 And YOU must eat it in a holy And Jehovah proceeded to
place, j because it is your allow-
Joh 1:29
2Co 5:21
Heb 9:28
11 speak to Moses and Aar-
ance and the allowance of 1Pe 2:24 on, saying to them: 2 “Speak to
your sons from Jehovah’s offer- f Le 6:30
the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This is
ings made by fire; for so I have g Le 6:26
the living creature that YOU may
been commanded. 14 And YOU eat j of all the beasts that are
h Le 9:8
will eat the breast of the wave of- Le 9:12 upon the earth: 3 Every crea-
fering k and the leg of the sacred i Le 6:29
ture that splits the hoof and
portion l in a clean place, you
forms a cleft in the hoofs and
and your sons and your daugh- CHAP. 11 chews the cud among the beasts,
ters with you, m because they have j De 14:4 that is what YOU may eat. k
been given as your allowance and Eze 4:14 4 “ ‘Only this is what YOU must
the allowance of your sons from k De 14:6 not eat among the chewers of the
LEVITICUS 11:5-31 Clean or unclean animals, fish, others 148
cud and the splitters of the hoof: CHAP. 11 and the hoopoe and the bat. a
the camel, because it is a chew- a De 14:7 20 Every winged swarming crea-
er of the cud but is no splitter of ture that goes on all fours is a
b Ps 104:18
the hoof. It is unclean for YOU. a Pr 30:26
loathsome thing to YOU. b
5 Also the rock badger, b because 21 “ ‘Only this is what YOU may
it is a chewer of the cud but does c De 14:7 eat of all the winged swarming
not split the hoof. It is unclean d De 14:8 creatures that go upon all fours,
for YOU. 6 Also the hare, c be- Isa 65:4 those that have leaper legs above
cause it is a chewer of the cud but Isa 66:3 their feet with which to leap
Isa 66:17
it does not have the hoof split. upon the earth. 22 These are
It is unclean for YOU. 7 Also the e Le 11:24 the ones of them YOU may eat
pig, d because it is a splitter of of: the migratory locust c accord-
f Ac 10:14
the hoof and a former of a cleft ing to its kind, and the edi-
in the hoof, but it itself does g De 14:9 ble locust d after its kind, and
not chew the cud. It is unclean the cricket according to its kind,
h Mt 4:18
for YOU. 8 YOU must not eat any Lu 24:42 and the grasshopper e according
of their flesh, and YOU must not to its kind. 23 And every other
touch their dead body. e They are i De 14:3 winged swarming creature that
De 14:10
unclean for YOU. f does have four legs is a loath-
9 “ ‘This is what YOU may eat j De 14:12 some f thing to YOU. 24 So by
of everything that is in the wa- these YOU would make your-
k Job 39:30
ters: g Everything that has fins Mt 24:28 selves unclean. Everyone touch-
and scales h in the waters, in the ing their dead bodies will be
seas and in the torrents, those l De 14:13 unclean until the evening. g
YOU may eat. 10 And every- m De 14:14 25 And everyone carrying any of
thing in the seas and the tor- their dead bodies will wash h his
rents that has no fins and scales, n De 14:15 garments, and he must be un-
out of every swarming creature o De 14:16 clean until the evening.
of the waters and out of every 26 “ ‘As for any beast that is
living soul that is in the waters, p De 14:17
a splitter of the hoof but is not
they are a loathsome thing for a former of a cleft and is not a
Second Col.
YOU. 11 Yes, they will become chewer of the cud, they are un-
a De 14:18
a loathsome thing to YOU. YOU clean for YOU. Everyone touching
must not eat any of their flesh, i b De 14:19 them will be unclean. i 27 As
and YOU are to loathe their dead for every creature going upon its
c Ex 10:12
body. 12 Everything in the wa- Pr 30:27
paws among all the living crea-
ters that has no fins and scales Isa 33:4 tures that go on all fours, they
is a loathsome thing to YOU. are unclean to YOU. Everyone
d Mt 3:4
13 “ ‘And these are what YOU Mr 1:6
touching their dead bodies will
will loathe among the flying crea- be unclean until the evening.
tures. j They should not be eat- e 2Ch 7:13 28 And he who carries their
en. They are a loathsome thing: f De 14:3
dead bodies j will wash his gar-
the eagle k and the osprey and the ments, k and he must be unclean
black vulture, 14 and the red g Le 17:15 until the evening. They are un-
kite and the black kite l accord- h Ex 19:10
clean to YOU.
ing to its kind, 15 and every ra- Le 14:8 29 “ ‘And this is what is un-
ven m according to its kind, Le 15:5 clean to YOU among the swarm-
Nu 19:10
16 and the ostrich n and the owl ing creatures that swarm upon
and the gull and the falcon ac- i De 14:8 the earth: l the mole rat and the
cording to its kind, 17 and the jerboa m and the lizard according
j Le 5:2
little owl and the cormorant and to its kind, 30 and the gecko
the long-eared owl, o 18 and the k Le 17:16 fanfoot and the large lizard and
swan and the pelican and the the newt and the sand lizard
l Heb 9:10
vulture, p 19 and the stork, the and the chameleon. 31 These
heron according to its kind, m Isa 66:17 are unclean to YOU among all
149 Dead bodies. Purification of women LEVITICUS 11:32–12:5
the swarming creatures. a Every- CHAP. 11 that goes upon the belly a and
one touching them in their death a Le 22:5 any creature that goes on all
state will be unclean until the De 14:19 fours or any great number of feet
evening. b b Le 11:24 of all the swarming creatures
32 “ ‘Now anything upon c Ex 7:19 that swarm upon the earth, YOU
which any of them should fall in d Ge 21:14 must not eat them, because they
its death state will be unclean, e Ge 37:34 are a loathsome thing. b 43 Do
whether it be some wooden ves- f Le 6:28 not make YOUR souls loathsome
Mr 14:13
sel c or a garment or a skin d or with any swarming creature that
g Le 15:12
sackcloth. e Any vessel of which Isa 30:14
swarms, and YOU must not make
some use is made will be put h Le 11:24
yourselves unclean by them and
in water, and it must be un- Nu 19:11 actually get unclean by them. c
clean until the evening and then Nu 19:16 44 For I am Jehovah YOUR God; d
be clean. 33 As for any earth- i Le 17:15 and YOU must sanctify yourselves
Le 22:8
enware vessel f into which any of De 14:21
and YOU must prove yourselves
them should fall, anything that Eze 4:14 holy, e because I am holy. f So YOU
is within it will be unclean, and Eze 44:31 must not make YOUR souls un-
Ac 10:13
YOU will smash it. g 34 Any sort clean by any swarming crea-
j Le 11:21
of food that may be eaten upon
ture that moves upon the earth.
which water may come from it Second Col.
45 For I am Jehovah who is lead-
will be unclean, and any drink ing YOU up out of the land of
a Ge 3:14
that may be drunk in any vessel Mic 7:17
Egypt to prove myself God to
will be unclean. 35 And every- b De 14:3
YOU; g and YOU must prove your-
thing upon which any of their c Le 20:25
selves holy, h because I am holy. i
dead bodies may fall will be un- d Ex 20:2 46 “ ‘This is the law about the
clean. Whether oven or jar stand, De 5:6 beast and the flying creature
it is to be broken down. They e Ex 19:6 and every living soul that moves
Le 19:2 about in the waters j and con-
are unclean, and they will be- De 14:2
come unclean to YOU. 36 Only 1Th 4:7 cerning every soul that swarms
a spring and a pit of impound- 1Pe 1:15 upon the earth, 47 in order to
ed waters will continue clean, f 1Pe 1:16 make a distinction k between the
but anyone touching their dead Re 4:8 unclean and the clean and be-
g Ge 46:4 tween the living creature that is
bodies will be unclean. 37 And Ex 6:7
should any of their dead bodies Ex 29:46 eatable and the living creature
fall upon any seed of a plant that Ps 81:10 that may not be eaten.’ ”
Ho 11:1
is to be sown, it is clean. 38 But And Jehovah went on to
in case water should be put upon
seed and something of their dead
h Ex 22:31
Le 20:7 12 speak to Moses, saying:
Le 20:26 2 “Speak to the sons of Isra-
bodies had fallen upon it, it is Nu 15:40
De 7:6
el, saying, ‘In case a woman con-
unclean to YOU. ceives seed l and does bear a
i Jos 24:19
39 “ ‘Now in case any beast 1Sa 2:2 male, she must be unclean sev-
that is YOURS for food should die, 1Sa 6:20 en days; as in the days of the im-
he who touches its dead body j Ge 1:21 purity when she is menstruating
will be unclean until the eve- k Le 10:10 she will be unclean. m 3 And on
Le 20:25
ning. h 40 And he who eats i any Eze 22:26
the eighth day the flesh of his
of its dead body will wash his Eze 44:23 foreskin will be circumcised. n
garments, and he must be un-
4 For thirty-three days more she
clean until the evening; and he CHAP. 12 will stay in the blood of purifica-
who carries off its dead body will l Ge 4:1 tion. She should not touch any
wash his garments, and he must m Le 15:19 holy thing, and she should not
be unclean until the evening. n Ge 17:12 come into the holy place until
41 And every swarming creature Ge 21:4 the fulfilling of the days of her
Lu 1:59
that swarms upon the earth is a Lu 2:21
purification. o
loathsome thing. j It must not be Joh 7:22 5 “ ‘Now if she should bear
eaten. 42 As for any creature o Lu 2:22 a female, she must then be
LEVITICUS 12:6–13:17 Priests to make leprosy test 150
unclean fourteen days, as during CHAP. 12 priest must also quarantine a him
her menstruation. For sixty-six a Le 1:4 another seven days.
days more she will stay with the Le 1:10 6 “And the priest must look at
blood of purification. 6 Then at him on the seventh day the sec-
the fulfilling of the days of her b Le 15:14 ond time, and if the plague has
purification for a son or for a grown dull and the plague has
daughter she will bring a young c Le 15:28
not spread in the skin, the priest
ram in its first year for a burnt must also pronounce him clean.
offering a and a young pigeon or It was a scab. And he must
a turtledove b for a sin offer- d Le 1:14 wash his garments and be clean.
Le 5:7
ing to the entrance of the tent Le 14:22 7 But if the scab has unques-
of meeting to the priest. 7 And Lu 2:24 tionably spread in the skin after
he must present it before Jeho- his appearing before the priest
vah and make atonement for e Le 4:26
for the establishment of his puri-
her, and she must be clean from Le 6:7 fication, he must then appear the
the source of her blood. c This is Nu 15:25 second time before the priest, b
the law about her who bears ei- 8 and the priest must take a
CHAP. 13
ther a male or a female. 8 But look; and if the scab has spread
f Le 14:56 in the skin, the priest must then
if she cannot afford enough for
a sheep, she must then take declare him unclean. It is lepro-
two turtledoves or two young pi- g Nu 12:10 sy. c
geons, d one for a burnt offering 2Ch 26:19 9 “In case the plague of lep-
Mt 8:3
and one for a sin offering, and the rosy develops in a man, he must
priest must make atonement e for then be brought to the priest.
her, and she must be clean.’ ” h De 24:8 10 And the priest must take a
Mal 2:7
look; d and if there is a white
13 And Jehovah proceeded to Lu 17:14
eruption in the skin and it has
speak to Moses and Aar- turned the hair white and the
on, saying: 2 “In case a man de- i Le 10:10 raw of the living flesh e is in the
velops in the skin of his flesh an Eze 44:23
eruption, 11 it is chronic lep-
eruption or a scab f or a blotch rosy f in the skin of his flesh;
and it does develop in the skin of j Le 14:38 and the priest must declare him
his flesh into the plague of lep- Nu 12:15
unclean. He should not quaran-
rosy, g he must then be brought tine g him, for he is unclean.
Second Col.
to Aaron the priest or to one of 12 Now if the leprosy unques-
his sons the priests. h 3 And the a Le 14:46
tionably breaks out in the skin,
priest must look at the plague in and the leprosy does cover all the
the skin of the flesh. i When the b Le 13:27 skin of the one with the plague
hair in the plague has turned from his head to his feet to the
white and the appearance of the c Nu 12:12 full sight of the priest’s eyes;
plague is deeper than the skin of 13 and the priest has looked and
his flesh, it is the plague of lep- there the leprosy has covered all
rosy. And the priest must look at d Le 13:3
2Ch 26:20 his flesh, he must then pro-
it, and he must declare him un- nounce the plague clean. All of
clean. 4 But if the blotch is it has turned white. He is clean.
white in the skin of his flesh e Le 13:24
14 But on the day the living
and its appearance is not deeper flesh appears in it, he will be un-
than the skin and its hair has not f 2Ch 26:21 clean. 15 And the priest h must
turned white, the priest must see the living flesh, and he must
then quarantinej the plague sev- g Le 13:4
declare him unclean. The living
en days. 5 And the priest must flesh is unclean. It is leprosy. i
look at him on the seventh day, 16 Or in case the living flesh
h De 24:8
and if in the way it looks the goes back and it does change to
plague has stopped, the plague white, he must then come to the
has not spread in the skin, the i Le 13:8 priest. 17 And the priest must
151 The test of leprosy continued LEVITICUS 13:18-36
look at him, a and if the plague CHAP. 13 28 But if the blotch stands in its
has been changed to white, the a Lu 5:14 place, it has not spread in the
priest must then pronounce the Lu 17:14 skin and it is dull, it is an erup-
plague clean. He is clean. tion of the scar; and the priest
18 “As for the flesh, in case a must pronounce him clean, be-
boil b develops in its skin and it b De 28:27 cause it is an inflammation of the
does get healed, 19 and in the 2Ki 20:7 scar.
Job 2:7
place of the boil a white eruption 29 “As for a man or a wom-
has developed or a reddish-white an, in case a plague develops in
blotch, he must then show him- such one on the head or on the
self to the priest. 20 And the c Le 10:10 chin, 30 the priest a must then
priest must look, c and if its ap- Eze 44:23 see the plague; and if its appear-
pearance is lower than the skin ance is deeper than the skin, and
and its hair has turned white, the hair is yellow and scarce in
the priest must then declare him d Le 13:4 it, the priest must then declare
unclean. It is the plague of lep- Le 14:38 such one unclean. It is an abnor-
rosy. It has broken out in the Nu 12:15 mal falling off of hair. b It is lep-
boil. 21 But if the priest looks rosy of the head or of the chin.
at it, and, there now, there is no 31 But in case the priest sees
white hair in it and it is not deep- e De 28:22 the plague of abnormal falling
er than the skin and it is dull, off of hair, and, look! its appear-
the priest must then quaran- ance is not deeper than the skin
tine d him seven days. 22 And and there is no black hair in it,
f Lu 5:14
if it unmistakably spreads in the Lu 17:14
the priest must then quarantinec
skin, the priest must then de-
the plague of abnormal falling off
clare him unclean. It is a plague. Second Col. of hair seven days. d 32 And the
23 But if in its place the blotch a De 24:8
priest must look at the plague on
should stand, it has not spread, Mal 2:7 the seventh day; and if the ab-
it is the inflammation e of the normal falling off of hair has
boil; and the priest must pro- not spread, and no yellow hair
nounce him clean. f has developed in it and the ap-
b Le 14:54
24 “Or in case there comes pearance of the abnormal falling
to be a scar in the skin of off of hair e is not deeper than
the flesh from the fire, and the skin, 33 he must then have
the raw flesh of the scar does c Le 14:38 himself shaved, but he will not
Nu 12:15
become a reddish-white blotch have the abnormal falling off of
or a white one, 25 the priest hair shaved; f and the priest must
must then look at it; and if the quarantine the abnormal falling
hair has been changed white in d Le 13:4 off of hair seven days again.
the blotch and its appearance is 34 “And the priest must look
deeper than the skin, it is lepro- at the abnormal falling off of hair
sy. It has broken out in the scar, on the seventh day; and if the ab-
e Le 14:54
and the priest must declare him normal falling off of hair has not
unclean. It is the plague of lep- spread in the skin, and its ap-
rosy. 26 But if the priest looks pearance is not deeper than the
at it, and, there now, there is no f Le 14:8 skin, the priest must then pro-
white hair in the blotch and it is nounce him clean, g and he must
not lower than the skin and it is wash his garments and be clean.
dull, the priest must then quar- g Le 13:23
35 But if the abnormal falling
antine him seven days. 27 And Mr 1:42 off of hair unmistakably spreads
the priest must look at him on Lu 5:13 in the skin after the establish-
the seventh day. If it unmis- ment of his purification, 36 the
takably spreads in the skin, the priest h must then see him; and
priest must then declare him un- h Eze 22:26 if the abnormal falling off of
clean. It is the plague of leprosy. Lu 17:14 hair has spread in the skin, the
LEVITICUS 13:37-58 Items unclean due to leprosy 152
priest need not make examina- CHAP. 13 or in anything made of skin, a
tion for yellow hair; he is un- a Mt 8:4 49 and the yellowish-green or
clean. 37 But if in its look the Mr 1:44 reddish plague does develop in
abnormal falling off of hair has the garment or in the skin or in
stood and black hair has grown b Le 13:2 the warp or in the woof or in any
in it, the abnormal falling off of article of skin, it is the plague of
hair has been healed. He is clean, c Le 10:10 leprosy, and it must be shown to
and the priest must pronounce the priest. 50 And the priest b
him clean. a d 2Ki 2:23 must see the plague, and he
38 “As for a man or a woman, must quarantine c the plague sev-
in case blotches b develop in the e Eze 44:23 en days. 51 When he has seen
skin of their flesh, white blotch- the plague on the seventh day,
es, 39 the priest c must then f 2Sa 13:19 that the plague has spread in the
take a look; and if the blotches Ezr 9:5 garment or in the warp or in the
in the skin of their flesh are dull woof d or in the skin for any use
white, it is a harmless eruption. g Le 10:6 for which the skin may be made,
Le 21:10
It has broken out in the skin. He the plague is malignant leprosy. e
is clean. It is unclean. 52 And he must
h Eze 24:17
40 “As for a man, in case Mic 3:7
burn the garment or the warp
his head grows bald, d it is bald- or the woof in the wool or in
ness. He is clean. 41 And if his the linen, f or any article of skin
i La 4:15
head grows bald up in front, it in which the plague may develop,
is forehead baldness. He is clean. because it is malignant g leprosy.
j Nu 5:2
42 But in case a reddish-white Nu 12:14 It should be burned in the fire.
plague develops in the baldness 2Ki 7:3 53 “But if the priest takes a
2Ch 26:21
of the crown or of the forehead, look, and, there now, the plague
it is leprosy breaking out in the has not spread in the garment
baldness of his crown or of his k Le 13:53 or in the warp or in the woof or
Le 13:59
forehead. 43 And the priest e
in any article of skin, h 54 the
must look at him; and if there is Second Col.
priest must also command that
an eruption of the reddish-white a Ge 21:15
they should wash that in which
plague in the baldness of his Le 13:53 the plague is, and he must quar-
crown or of his forehead like the Mr 2:22 antine it a second seven days.
appearance of leprosy in the skin 55 And the priest must look at
of the flesh, 44 he is a leper. He b Le 10:10 the plague after it has been
Eze 44:23
is unclean. Unclean is what the washed out, and if the plague has
priest should declare him. His not changed its look and yet the
c Le 13:4
plague is on his head. 45 As plague has not spread, it is un-
for the leprous one in whom the clean. You should burn it in the
plague is, his garments should d Le 13:58 fire. It is a low spot in a thread-
be torn, f and his head should bare patch on either its under-
become ungroomed, g and he e Le 14:44 side or its outside.
should cover over the mustache h 56 “But if the priest has tak-
and call out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ i f Ex 28:39 en a look, and, there now, the
Ex 39:28
46 All the days that the plague plague is dull after it has been
is in him he will be unclean. He washed out, he must then tear it
g Le 14:44
is unclean. He should dwell iso- out of the garment or the skin or
lated. Outside the camp j is his the warp or the woof. 57 How-
dwelling place. h Ge 3:21
Ge 21:14
ever, if it still appears in the gar-
47 “As for a garment, in case Eze 16:10 ment or in the warp or in the
the plague of leprosy develops in Mt 3:4 woof i or in any article of skin, it is
it, whether in a woolen garment breaking out. You should burn j
or in a linen garment, 48 or in i Le 13:48 in the fire whatever it is in which
the warp k or in the woof of the the plague is. 58 As for the gar-
linen and of the wool, or in a skin j Le 13:52 ment or the warp or the woof
153 Offerings for the cleansed leper LEVITICUS 13:59–14:18
or any article of skin that you CHAP. 13 Yes, he should shave off all his
may wash, when the plague has a Le 13:47 hair, and he must wash his gar-
disappeared from them, it must
ments and bathe his flesh in wa-
then be washed a second time; CHAP. 14 ter; and he must be clean.
and it must be clean. b Le 13:2 10 “And on the eightha day he
59 “This is the law of the c Mr 1:44 will take two sound young rams
Lu 5:14 and one sound female lamb, b in
plague of leprosy in a garment of
wool or of linen, a or in the warp d Lu 7:22 its first year, and three tenths of
Lu 17:15
or in the woof, or in any article an ephah of fine flour as a grain
e Le 1:14 offering c moistened with oil and
of skin, in order to pronounce it Le 14:30
clean or to declare it unclean.” Le 14:49 one log measure of oil; d 11 and
f Nu 19:6 the priest who pronounces him
14 And Jehovah continued to
speak to Moses, saying: g Heb 9:19
clean must present the man
who is cleansing himself, and
2 “This will become the law of h Ex 12:22
the things, before Jehovah at the
Le 14:51
the leper b in the day for estab- Nu 19:18 entrance of the tent of meet-
lishing his purification, when he 1Ki 4:33 ing. 12 And the priest must
must be brought to the priest. c Ps 51:7
take the one young ram and of-
3 And the priest must go forth i Le 14:50
fer it for a guilt offering e togeth-
outside the camp, and the priest Le 15:13
er with the log f measure of oil
must look; and if the plague of j Heb 9:13
and must wave them to and fro as
leprosy has been cured d in the k 2Ki 5:10
a wave offering g before Jehovah.
leprous one, 4 the priest must l Le 13:23
13 And he must slaughter the
then give command; and he must m Le 16:22 young ram in the place h where
take for cleansing himself two Ps 103:12
the sin offering and the burnt of-
live clean birds e and cedarwood f n Le 13:6
fering are regularly slaughtered,
and coccus scarlet material g and o Le 15:6
in a holy place, i because, like the
hyssop. h 5 And the priest must p Le 13:5 sin offering, the guilt offering be-
give command, and the one bird Nu 5:2
longs to the priest. j It is some-
Nu 12:15
must be killed in an earth- thing most holy.
q Le 13:33
enware vessel over running wa-
14 “And the priest must take
ter. i 6 As for the living bird, he some of the blood of the guilt of-
Second Col.
should take it and the cedarwood fering, and the priest must put
a Le 15:14
and the coccus scarlet material it upon the lobe of the right
b Le 4:32
and the hyssop, and he must ear of the one cleansing himself
dip them and the living bird in c Le 2:1
and upon the thumb of his right
the blood of the bird that was d Mr 1:44
hand and upon the big toe of his
killed over the running water. e Le 5:2
right foot. k 15 And the priest
Le 6:6
7 Then he must spatter j it sev- must take some of the log l mea-
en times k upon the one cleansing f Le 14:24
sure of oil and pour it upon the
himself from the leprosy and he g Ex 29:24
priest’s left palm. 16 And the
Le 7:30
must pronounce him clean, l and Nu 8:11 priest must dip his right finger
he must send away the living bird h Le 1:11 into the oil that is upon his left
over the open field. m Le 4:4 palm and must spatter some of
8 “And the one cleansing Le 6:25
the oil with his finger seven
himself must wash his gar- i Le 7:6 times m before Jehovah. 17 And
ments n and shave off all his hair j Le 2:3 of the rest of the oil that is
Le 7:7
and bathe o in water and must 1Co 9:13
upon his palm the priest will put
be clean, and afterward he may 1Co 10:18 some upon the lobe of the right
come into the camp. And he k Ex 29:20 ear of the one cleansing himself
must dwell outside his tent seven l Le 14:10
and upon the thumb of his right
days. p 9 And it must occur on Le 14:24 hand and upon the big toe of his
the seventh day that he should m Le 4:6 right foot over the blood of the
shave off all his hair on his head q Le 4:17 guilt offering. n 18 And what is
and his chin and his eyebrows. n Le 8:24 left over of the oil that is upon
LEVITICUS 14:19-37 A house plagued with leprosy 154
the priest’s palm he will put CHAP. 14 times before Jehovah. 28 And
upon the head of the one cleans- a Le 6:7 the priest must put some of the
ing himself, and the priest must 1Jo 1:7 oil that is on his palm upon the
1Jo 2:2
make atonement a for him before lobe of the right ear of the
Jehovah. b Le 5:6 one cleansing himself and upon
19 “And the priest must ren- c Le 2:1 the thumb of his right hand and
der up the sin offering b and make Le 14:10 upon the big toe of his right foot
Nu 15:4
atonement for the one cleansing over the place of the blood of the
himself from his impurity, d Le 4:26 guilt offering. a 29 And what is
Le 10:10
and afterward he will slaughter Heb 2:17
left over of the oil that is on the
the burnt offering. 20 And the priest’s palm he will put upon the
e Mt 8:4 head b of the one cleansing him-
priest must offer up the burnt Lu 5:14
offering and the grain offering c self in order to make atonement
upon the altar, and the priest d f Le 14:9 for him before Jehovah.
must make atonement for him; e g Ps 72:13 30 “And he must render up
and he must be clean. f Pr 17:5 the one of the turtledoves or of
Pr 22:2
21 “However, if he is low- Lu 6:20
the young pigeons for which he
ly g and does not have enough may have the means, c 31 the
h Le 5:7
means, h he must then take one Le 12:8
one of them for which he may
young ram as a guilt offer- have the means as a sin offer-
i Le 1:14
ing for a wave offering in or- ing d and the other as a burnt of-
der to make atonement for him j Le 15:13 fering e along with the grain of-
Le 15:14 fering; and the priest must make
and one tenth of an ephah of Nu 12:14
fine flour moistened with oil as a atonement f for the one cleansing
grain offering and a log measure k Le 14:2 himself before Jehovah.
Le 14:7
of oil, 22 and two turtledoves i 32 “This is the law for the
or two young pigeons, according l Le 14:11 one in whom the plague of lep-
as he may have the means, and m Le 5:2 rosy was who may not have the
the one must serve as a sin of- Le 6:6 means when establishing his pu-
fering and the other as a burnt n Le 14:12 rification.”
offering. 23 And on the eighth 33 And Jehovah proceeded to
o Le 8:23
day j he must bring them for es- Le 14:14 speak to Moses and Aaron, say-
tablishing his purification k to the ing: 34 “When YOU come into
p Le 14:15
priest at the entrance of the tent the land of Canaan, g which I am
of meeting l before Jehovah. q Le 14:7 giving YOU as a possession, h and
24 “And the priest must take I do put the plague of leprosy in a
Second Col.
the young ram of the guilt offer- house of the land of YOUR posses-
ing m and the log measure of oil, a Le 14:17 sion, i 35 the one to whom the
and the priest must wave them b Le 14:10 house belongs must then come
to and fro as a wave offer- Le 14:18 and tell the priest, saying, ‘Some-
ing before Jehovah. n 25 And he c Le 12:8 thing like a plague has appeared
must slaughter the young ram of Le 14:22 to me in the house.’ 36 And the
2Co 8:12
the guilt offering, and the priest priest must give orders, and they
must take some of the blood of d Le 5:7 must clear out the house before
the guilt offering and put it upon e Le 1:14 the priest may come in to see
the lobe of the right ear of the the plague, that he may not de-
f Le 14:20
one cleansing himself and upon clare unclean everything that is
the thumb of his right hand g Le 23:10 in the house; and after that the
Nu 35:10
and upon the big toe of his De 26:1
priest will come in to see the
right foot. o 26 And the priest house. 37 When he has seen
will pour some of the oil upon h Ge 17:8 the plague, then if the plague is
Nu 32:22
the priest’s left palm. p 27 And De 6:10 in the walls of the house, with
the priest must spatter q with his yellowish-green or reddish de-
i De 7:12
right finger some of the oil De 7:15 pressions, and their appearance
that is upon his left palm seven Pr 3:33 is lower than the wall surface,
155 Cleansing of infected houses LEVITICUS 14:38–15:4
38 the priest must then go out of CHAP. 14 purify the house from sin he
the house to the entrance of the a Nu 12:15 must take two birds a and cedar-
house and he must quarantine a wood b and coccus scarlet materi-
b Le 10:10
the house seven days. Le 13:6 al c and hyssop. 50 And he must
39 “And the priest must re- kill the one bird in an earth-
c Le 13:56
turn on the seventh day and enware vessel over running wa-
must take a look; b and if the d Le 14:3 ter. d 51 And he must take the
plague has spread in the walls of Eze 44:23 cedarwood and the hyssop e and
the house, 40 the priest must e Le 13:51
the coccus scarlet material and
then give orders, and they must the live bird and dip them in the
tear c out the stones in which the f Le 14:41 blood of the bird that was killed
plague is, and they must throw g Le 14:38 and in the running water, and he
them outside the city into an must spatter it f toward the house
unclean place. 41 And he will h Le 11:24
seven times. g 52 And he must
Le 15:8
have the house scraped off all Le 17:15 purify the house from sin with
around inside, and they must Le 22:6 the blood of the bird and the run-
pour the clay mortar that they Nu 19:7
ning water and the live bird and
cut off outside the city into i Le 11:25 the cedarwood and the hyssop
an unclean place. 42 And they Le 13:6 and the coccus scarlet material.
must take other stones and in- Le 15:5
Nu 8:7
53 And he must send the live
sert them in the place of the for- bird away outside the city into
mer stones; and he will have dif- j Le 14:3 the open field and must make
ferent clay mortar taken, and he De 32:39
atonement h for the house; and it
must have the house plastered. must be clean.
Second Col.
43 “If, though, the plague re- 54 “This is the law respecting
a Le 1:14
turns and it does break out in any plague of leprosy i and re-
the house after having torn out b Le 14:4 specting the abnormal falling off
the stones and after having cut Nu 19:6
of hair j 55 and respecting the
off the house and plastered it, c Heb 9:19 leprosy of the garment k and in
44 the priest d must then come in the house, 56 and respecting
and take a look; and if the plague d Le 14:6
the eruption and the scab and
has spread in the house, it is e Ex 12:22 the blotch, l 57 in order to give
malignant leprosy e in the house. Nu 19:18
instructions m when something is
1Ki 4:33
It is unclean. 45 And he must Ps 51:7 unclean and when something is
have the house pulled down with clean. This is the law about lep-
its stones and its timbers and all f Heb 9:13
rosy.” n
1Pe 1:2
the clay mortar of the house and
must have it carried forth out-
side the city to an unclean place. f
g Le 14:7
15 And Jehovah continued to
speak to Moses and Aaron,
46 But whoever comes into the h Le 12:8 saying: 2 “Speak to the sons of
Le 14:20
house any of the days of quar- Heb 2:17 Israel, and YOU must say to
antining g it will be unclean until them, ‘In case any man has a
i Le 13:59 running discharge o occur from
the evening; h 47 and whoever
lies down in the house should j Le 13:30 his genital organ, his discharge
wash his garments, i and whoever is unclean. 3 And this will be-
k Le 13:47
eats in the house should wash come his uncleanness by his dis-
his garments. l Le 13:2 charge: Whether his genital or-
48 “However, if the priest gan has flowed with a running
m Le 10:10
comes at all and he does take a Eze 44:23 discharge or his genital organ is
look, and, there now, the plague obstructed from his running dis-
n De 24:8 charge, it is his uncleanness.
has not spread in the house after
having plastered the house, the 4 “ ‘Any bed upon which the
CHAP. 15
priest must then pronounce the one having a running discharge
o Le 22:4
house clean, because the plague Nu 5:2 may lie down will be unclean,
has been healed. j 49 And to 2Sa 3:29 and any article upon which he
LEVITICUS 15:5-24 Uncleannesses; sexual discharges 156
may sit will be unclean. 5 And CHAP. 15 pigeons, and he must come be-
a man who may touch his a Le 11:25 fore Jehovah to the entrance of
bed should wash his garments, Le 17:15 the tent of meeting and give them
and he must bathe in water and to the priest. 15 And the priest
b Isa 1:16
be unclean until the evening. a must offer them, the one as a sin
6 And whoever sits upon the ar- c Le 22:4
offering and the other as a burnt
ticle upon which the one hav- Nu 5:2 offering; a and the priest must
ing a running discharge was sit- 2Sa 3:29 make atonement for him before
ting should wash b his garments, Jehovah concerning his running
d Le 11:24
and he must bathe in water Le 17:15
discharge.
and be unclean until the eve- 16 “ ‘Now in case a man has an
ning. 7 And whoever touches e Ge 31:34 emission of semen b go out from
the flesh of the one having a him, he must then bathe all his
running discharge c should wash f Le 15:2 flesh in water and be un-
his garments, and he must bathe clean until the evening. 17 And
in water and be unclean until the g Le 6:28 any garment and any skin upon
Le 11:33
evening. d 8 And in the case of which the emission of semen
the one who has a running dis- h Ex 7:19 gets to be must be washed with
charge spitting upon someone Le 11:32 water and be unclean until the
clean, he must in that case wash evening. c
his garments and bathe in wa- i Le 14:8 18 “ ‘As for a woman with
Le 14:23
ter and be unclean until the eve- whom a man may lie down with
ning. 9 And any saddle e upon j Le 15:5 an emission of semen, they must
which the one having a running bathe in water and be unclean d
discharge was riding will be un- k Le 1:14 until the evening.
clean. 10 And anyone touching Le 14:22 19 “ ‘And in case a woman is
Nu 6:10
anything that happens to be un-
having a running discharge, and
der him will be unclean until Second Col.
her running discharge in her
the evening; and he who car- flesh proves to b e blood, e
a Le 5:7
ries them will wash his gar- Le 14:19 she should continue seven
ments, and he must bathe in wa- Le 14:31 days in her menstrual f impuri-
ter and be unclean until the ty, g and anyone touching her will
evening. 11 And anyone whom b Le 22:4
be unclean until the evening.
De 23:10
the one having a running dis- 20 And anything upon which
charge f might touch when he c Le 11:25 she may lie down in her menstru-
has not rinsed his hands in wa- al impurity will be unclean, h and
ter must then wash his gar- d Ex 19:15 everything upon which she may
ments and bathe in water and 1Sa 21:5 sit will be unclean. 21 And
be unclean until the evening. anyone touching her bed should
e Le 20:18
12 And an earthenware vessel wash his garments, and he must
that the one having a running f Le 12:2
bathe in water and be unclean
discharge might touch should be Le 12:5 until the evening. i 22 And any-
smashed; g and any wooden h ves- Le 15:26 one touching any article upon
sel should be rinsed with water. which she was sitting should
g Eze 22:10
13 “ ‘Now in case the one hav- Eze 36:17
wash his garments, and he must
ing a running discharge would bathe in water and be unclean
become clean from his running h Le 15:4 until the evening. j 23 And if it
discharge, he must then count was upon the bed or upon an-
for himself seven days for his i Le 15:5 other article that she was sit-
purification, i and he must wash ting, by his touching k it he will
his garments and bathe his flesh j Le 15:6 be unclean until the evening.
in running water; j and he must 24 And if a man lies down with
k Le 15:10
be clean. 14 And on the eighth her at all and her menstrual im-
day he should take for himself l Le 18:19 purity comes to be upon him, l
two turtledoves k or two young Le 20:18 he must then be unclean seven
157 Female discharges. Goat for Azazel LEVITICUS 15:25–16:10
days, and any bed upon which he CHAP. 15 one who has a flow of his running
might lie down will be unclean. a Mt 9:20 discharge, a whether a male or a
Mr 5:25 female, and whether a man who
25 “ ‘As for a woman, in case Lu 8:43
the running discharge of her b Le 12:2 lies down with an unclean wom-
blood should be flowing many Le 15:19 an.’ ”
c Le 15:21
days a when it is not the regular
time of her menstrual b impurity,
or in case she should have a flow
d Le 15:10
Le 15:22
e Le 15:13
16 And Jehovah proceeded to
speak to Moses after the
f Le 1:14 death of Aaron’s two sons for
longer than her menstrual impu- Le 15:14 their approaching before Jeho-
rity, all the days of her unclean g Nu 6:10
h Le 5:7 vah so that they died. b 2 And
running discharge will prove as Le 14:31 Jehovah proceeded to say to Mo-
in the days of her menstrual im- Le 15:15
i Le 4:31 ses: “Speak to Aaron your broth-
purity. She is unclean. 26 Any Le 12:7 er, that he should not at all times
bed upon which she may lie any 1Jo 2:2
come into the holy place c inside
j Le 19:30
of the days of her running dis- Nu 5:3 the curtain, d in front of the cov-
charge will become for her as the Nu 19:20 er which is upon the Ark, that he
k Le 15:2
bed of her menstrual impurity, c l Le 15:16 may not die; e because in a cloud f
and any article upon which she m Le 15:19 I shall appear over the cover. g
may sit will become unclean like
3 “With the following Aaron
the uncleanness of her menstru- Second Col.
should come into the holy place: h
al impurity. 27 And anyone a Le 15:25 with a young bull for a sin of-
touching d them will be unclean,
fering i and a ram for a burnt of-
and he must wash his garments CHAP. 16
fering. j 4 He should put on the
and bathe in water and be un- b Le 10:2
holy linen robe, k and the linen
c Ex 30:10
clean until the evening. Le 23:27 drawers l should come upon his
28 “ ‘However, if she has be- Heb 9:7
flesh, and he should gird himself
d Ex 40:21
come clean from her running Heb 6:19 with the linen sash m and wrap
discharge, she must also count Heb 9:3 himself with the linen turban. n
Heb 10:20
for herself seven days, and after- e Nu 4:19 They are holy garments. o And he
ward she will be clean. e 29 And f Ex 40:34 must bathe his flesh in water p
on the eighth day she should take g Ex 25:22
h Ex 26:33
and put them on.
for herself two turtledoves f or Heb 9:7 5 “And from the assembly of
two young pigeons, and she must i Le 4:3 the sons of Israel q he should take
j Le 1:3
bring them to the priest at the Le 8:18 two male kids of the goats for a
entrance of the tent of meeting. g k Ex 28:39 sin offering r and one ram for a
30 And the priest must make the Re 19:8
l Ex 28:42
burnt offering. s
one a sin offering and the other m Ex 39:29 6 “And Aaron must present
a burnt offering; h and the priest n Ex 28:4 the bull of the sin offering, which
1Co 11:3
must make atonement i for her o Ex 28:2 is for himself, t and he must make
before Jehovah concerning her p Ex 30:20 atonement u in behalf of himself v
unclean running discharge. Heb 10:22
q Le 4:14
and his house. w
31 “ ‘And YOU must keep the Heb 7:27 7 “And he must take the two
sons of Israel separate from their r Nu 29:11
goats and make them stand be-
2Ch 29:21
uncleanness, that they may not Ezr 6:17 fore Jehovah at the entrance
die in their uncleanness for their s Le 1:3 of the tent of meeting. 8 And
t Le 8:14
defiling of my tabernacle, which Heb 9:7 Aaron must draw lots x over the
is in their midst. j u Heb 10:1 two goats, the one lot for Jehovah
v Le 9:7
32 “ ‘This is the law about the Heb 5:3
and the other lot for A·zazel. y
man having a running discharge k w Ex 30:30 9 And Aaron must present the
and the man from whom an Ps 135:19 goat over which the lot z came up
x Nu 26:55
emission of semen l may go out Jos 18:10 for Jehovah, and he must make
so that he becomes unclean by it; y Le 14:7 it a sin offering. a 10 But the
Le 14:53
33 and the menstruating m wom- z Pr 16:33 goat over which the lot came up
an in her uncleanness, and any- a Ac 2:23 for A·zazel should be stood alive
LEVITICUS 16:11-26 Atonement Day procedures 158
before Jehovah to make atone- CHAP. 16 behalf of the entire congregation
ment for it, so as to send a it away a Le 14:7 of Israel. a
for A·zazel into the wilderness. b b Le 16:22
Isa 53:4 18 “And he must come out to
11 “And Aaron must present Ro 15:3 the altar, b which is before Jeho-
c Le 16:6
the bull of the sin offering, d Heb 9:4 vah, and make atonement for it,
which is for himself, and make e Ex 40:29 and he must take some of the
Le 6:13
an atonement in behalf of him- Nu 16:46 bull’s blood and some of the
self and his house; and he must f Re 8:4 goat’s blood and put it upon the
g Ex 30:34
slaughter the bull of the sin of- Ex 30:36 horns of the altar round about. c
fering, which is for himself. c Ac 10:4 19 He must also spatter d some of
Re 5:8
12 “And he must take the Re 8:3 the blood upon it with his finger
fire holder d full of burning coals h Le 16:2 seven times and cleanse it and
Heb 6:19
of fire from off the altar e be- Heb 10:20 sanctify it from the uncleanness-
i Ex 25:22
fore Jehovah, and the hollows of Nu 16:7 es of the sons of Israel.
both his hands f full of fine per- 2Ki 19:15 20 “When he has finished
j Ex 25:18
fumed incense, g and he must Ex 25:21 making atonement e for the holy
bring them inside the curtain. h 1Ch 28:11 place and the tent of meeting and
k Ex 25:21
13 He must also put the in- Ex 34:29 the altar, he must also present
cense upon the fire before Jeho- l Heb 9:22
the live goat. f 21 And Aaron
m Heb 9:12
vah, i and the cloud of the incense 1Pe 1:2 must lay both his hands g upon
must overspread the Ark cover, j n Ro 3:25
Heb 9:24 the head of the live goat and con-
which is upon the Testimony, k Heb 9:25 fess h over it all the errors i of the
that he may not die. Heb 10:4
Heb 10:12 sons of Israel and all their revolts
14 “And he must take some o Le 16:5 in all their sins, j and he must put
Heb 2:17
of the bull’s blood l and spatter it Heb 5:3 them upon the head of the goat k
with his finger in front of the cov- Heb 9:26
1Jo 2:1 and send it away by the hand
er on the east side, and he will 1Jo 2:2 of a ready man l into the wilder-
spatter m some of the blood with p Heb 6:19
Heb 9:3 ness. m 22 And the goat must
his finger seven times before the Heb 9:7 carry upon itself all their errors n
Heb 10:20
cover. n q Le 17:11 into a desert land, o and he must
15 “And he must slaughter Heb 9:22 send the goat away into the wil-
r Ps 51:5
the goat of the sin offering, which Ec 7:20 derness. p
is for the people, o and he must Ro 3:23
23 “And Aaron must come
s De 32:5
bring its blood inside the cur- 1Ki 8:46 into the tent of meeting and strip
tain p and do with its blood q the t Le 9:7
Le 16:6 off the linen garments that he
same as he did with the bull’s Heb 7:27 put on when he went into the
blood; and he must spatter it to-
holy place, and he must lay them
ward the cover and before the Second Col.
down there. q 24 And he must
cover. a Isa 53:6 bathe his flesh in water r in a holy
Mr 10:45
16 “And he must make atone- Heb 2:9 place s and put on his garments t
ment for the holy place concern- Heb 9:7
Heb 9:12 and come out and render up his
ing the uncleannesses r of the 1Jo 2:2 burnt offering u and the people’s
Re 1:5
sons of Israel and concerning b Ex 38:1 burnt offering v and make atone-
their revolts in all their sins; s and Le 16:12 ment in his own behalf and in be-
c Le 9:9
that is the way he should do for Heb 9:22 half of the people. w 25 And he
the tent of meeting, which is re- d Le 9:12 will make the fat of the sin offer-
e Ex 29:36
siding with them in the midst of Le 8:15 ing smoke upon the altar. x
their uncleannesses. Le 16:16
26 “As for the oney who sent
Heb 9:23
17 “And no other man should f Le 16:8 the goat away for A·zazel, z he
happen to be in the tent of meet- Le 16:10
Re 5:9
ing from when he goes in to make g Le 1:4 k Isa 53:6; 2Co 5:21; l Mt 4:1; Lu 4:1; m Le 14:7;
atonement in the holy place until h Ne 1:6 n Isa 53:12; Joh 1:29; Ro 15:3; Eph 1:7; Heb 9:28;
i Ps 69:9 1Pe 2:24; 1Jo 3:5; o Ps 103:12; Eze 18:22; Mic 7:19;
he comes out; and he must make Isa 53:5 Heb 13:12; p Le 16:10; q Eze 42:14; Eze 44:19; r Ex
Eph 2:3
atonement in behalf of himself t j 1Co 15:3
30:20; Heb 9:9; Heb 10:22; s Le 6:16; Le 6:26; t Ex
28:4; Le 8:7; u Le 16:3; v Le 16:5; w Eph 1:7; x Ex
and in behalf of his house and in 1Pe 2:24 29:13; Le 3:16; y Le 16:21; z Le 16:8.
159 Atonement Day. Pronouncing clean LEVITICUS 16:27–17:10
should wash his garments, and
he must bathe his flesh in water, a
CHAP. 16
a Nu 19:7
Heb 9:10
17 And Jehovah went on to
speak to Moses, saying:
and after that he may come into b Le 4:12
2 “Speak to Aaron and his sons
the camp. Le 8:17 and all the sons of Israel, and
Heb 13:11
27 “However, he will have the Heb 13:12 you must say to them, ‘This is
bull of the sin offering and the c Ex 30:10 the thing that Jehovah has com-
d Le 23:27
goat of the sin offering, the blood Nu 29:7 manded, saying:
of both of which was brought in e Ps 35:13 3 “ ‘ “As for any man of the
Isa 58:5
to make atonement in the holy 2Co 7:10 house of Israel who slaughters
f Le 23:28
place, taken forth outside the g Joh 3:16 a bull or a young ram or a goat
camp; and they must burn their Ro 8:32 in the camp or who slaughters
Tit 2:14
skins and their flesh and their 1Jo 1:7 it outside the camp 4 and does
dung in the fire. b 28 And the 1Jo 3:16
h Ps 51:2
not actually bring it to the en-
one who burned them should Jer 33:8 trance of the tent of meeting a to
Eze 36:25
wash his garments, and he must Eph 5:26 present it as an offering to Jeho-
bathe his flesh in water, and after Heb 9:14 vah before the tabernacle of Je-
Heb 10:2
that he may come into the camp. i Le 23:32 hovah, bloodguilt will be count-
29 “And it must serve as a j Ex 29:7
Le 8:12
ed to that man. He has shed
statute to time indefinite for YOU Ac 10:38 blood, and that man must be
Heb 1:9
people: c In the seventh month k Ex 29:29 cut off from among his peo-
on the tenth of the monthd YOU Le 8:33 ple, b 5 in order that the sons of
Heb 5:5
should afflict YOUR souls, e and Heb 5:10 Israel may bring their sacrifices,
YOU must not do any work, f ei- Heb 7:11 which they are sacrificing in the
Heb 7:16
ther the native or the alien resi- l Nu 20:26 open field, c and they must bring
m Ex 28:39
dent who is residing as an alien Ex 39:28 them to Jehovah to the entrance
in YOUR midst. 30 For on this Le 16:4 of the tent of meeting to the
n Ex 28:2
day atonement g will be made for Re 19:8 priest, d and they must sacrifice
YOU to pronounce YOU clean. YOU o Le 16:16 these as communion sacrifices
p Le 16:20
will be clean from all YOUR sins q Ex 29:36 to Jehovah. e 6 And the priest
before Jehovah. h 31 It is a sab- Le 8:15
Le 16:18
must sprinkle the blood upon Je-
bath i of complete rest for YOU, r Le 16:24 hovah’s altar f at the entrance of
and YOU must afflict YOUR souls. 1Jo 2:2
s Le 23:31
the tent of meeting, and he must
It is a statute to time indefinite. Nu 29:7 make the fat g smoke as a rest-
t Ex 30:10
32 “And the priest who will be Heb 9:7 ful odor to Jehovah. h 7 So they
anointed j and whose hand will
should no longer sacrifice their
be filled with power to act as Second Col. sacrifices to the goat-shaped de-
priest k as successor l of his fa-
mons i with which they are hav-
ther must make an atonement CHAP. 17 ing immoral intercourse. j This
and must put on the linen gar- a Le 1:3 will serve as a statute to time in-
ments. m They are holy gar- De 6:1 definite for YOU, throughout YOUR
De 12:21
ments. n 33 And he must make b Le 18:29 generations.” ’
atonement for the holy sanctu- Le 20:2
c 2Ki 16:4
8 “And you should say to
ary, o and for the tent p of meet- Eze 20:28 them, ‘As for any man of the
ing and for the altar q he will d De 12:5
De 12:18 house of Israel or some alien res-
make atonement; and for the e Le 3:2 ident who may be residing as an
Le 7:11
priests and for all the people of f Le 3:8 alien in YOUR midst who offers
the congregation he will make g Le 3:16 up a burnt offering k or a sacrifice
Le 7:31
atonement. r 34 And this must h Le 3:5 9 and does not bring it to the en-
serve as a statute to time indef- Le 4:31 trance of the tent of meeting to
i De 32:17
inite for YOU, s in order to make Jos 24:14 render it to Jehovah, l that man
atonement for the sons of Israel 2Ch 11:15
1Co 10:20 must be cut off from his people. m
concerning all their sins once in j Ex 34:15 10 “ ‘As for any man of the
Le 20:5
the year.” t De 31:16 house of Israel or some alien
Accordingly he did just as Je- Jer 3:1
Eze 23:8
hovah had commanded Moses. Jas 4:4 k Le 1:3; l De 12:6; De 12:14; m Le 17:4.
LEVITICUS 17:11–18:14 Do not eat blood, only put on altar 160
resident who is residing as an CHAP. 17 utes YOU must not walk. 4 My
alien in YOUR midst who eats any a Ge 9:4 judicial decisionsa YOU should
Le 3:17 carry out, and my statutesb YOU
sort of blood, a I shall certainly Le 7:26
set my face against the soul b that Le 19:26 should keep so as to walk in
De 12:16
is eating the blood, and I shall 1Sa 14:33 them. c I am Jehovah YOUR God.
indeed cut him off from among Ac 15:29 5 And YOU must keep my stat-
b Le 20:3
his people. 11 For the soul of Ps 34:16 utes and my judicial decisions,
the flesh is in the blood, c and I Jer 44:11 which if a man will do, he must
1Pe 3:12
myself have put it upon the al- c Ge 9:4 also live by means of them. d I am
tar for YOU to make atonement d Le 17:14 Jehovah. e
De 12:23
for YOUR souls, because it is the 1Ch 11:19 6 “ ‘YOU people must not come
blood e that makes atonement f by d Le 8:15
Le 16:18
near, any man of YOU, to any
the soul in it. 12 That is why I e Mt 26:28 close fleshly relative of his to lay
have said to the sons of Israel: Mr 14:24
Ro 3:25
bare nakedness. f I am Jehovah.
“No soul of YOU must eat blood Ro 5:9 7 The nakedness of your father g
Eph 1:7
and no alien resident who is re- Col 1:20
and the nakedness of your moth-
siding as an alien in YOUR midst g f Heb 9:22 er you must not lay bare. She is
Heb 13:12
should eat blood.” h 1Pe 1:2 your mother. You must not lay
13 “ ‘As for any man of the 1Jo 1:7 bare her nakedness.
Re 1:5
sons of Israel or some alien res- g Ex 12:49 8 “ ‘The nakedness of your fa-
ident who is residing as an alien h Ge 9:4 ther’s wife you must not lay
De 12:23
in YOUR midst who in hunting 1Ch 11:19 bare. h It is your father’s naked-
catches a wild beast or a fowl that Ac 15:20 ness.
Ac 15:29
may be eaten, he must in that i De 12:16 9 “ ‘As for the nakedness of
case pour its blood out i and cov- De 15:23 your sister, the daughter of your
j Eze 24:7
er it with dust. j 14 For the soul k Le 17:11 father or the daughter of your
of every sort of flesh is its blood De 12:23 mother, whether born in the
l Le 17:10
by the soul in it. Consequently I m Ex 22:31 same household or born outside
said to the sons of Israel: “YOU De 14:21 it, you must not lay bare their
n Le 11:40
must not eat the blood of any o Le 7:18 nakedness. i
sort of flesh, because the soul of Nu 19:20 10 “ ‘As for the nakedness of
every sort of flesh is its blood. k the daughter of your son or the
CHAP. 18
Anyone eating it will be cut off.” l daughter of your daughter, you
15 As for any soul that eats a p Ge 17:7
Ex 6:7
must not lay bare their naked-
body already dead or something Le 11:44 ness, because they are your
Mr 12:29
torn by a wild beast, m whether q Ps 106:35
nakedness.
a native or an alien resident, he Eze 20:7 11 “ ‘As for the nakedness of
Jas 4:4
must in that case wash his gar- r Ex 23:24 the daughter of your father’s
ments and bathe in water and be Le 20:23 wife, the offspring of your father,
De 12:30
unclean until the evening; n and Jer 10:2 she being your sister, you must
he must be clean. 16 But if he
not lay bare her nakedness.
will not wash them and will not Second Col. 12 “ ‘The nakedness of your
bathe his flesh, he must then an- a Le 19:37 father’s sister you must not lay
swer for his error.’ ” o Le 20:22
De 4:1
bare. She is the blood relation of
b De 6:2 your father. j
18 And Jehovah continued to
speak to Moses, saying:
Ps 119:16
Eze 20:19
1Jo 5:3
13 “ ‘The nakedness of your
mother’s sister you must not lay
2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, c Lu 1:6
and you must say to them, ‘I am d Eze 20:11 bare, because she is a blood re-
Jehovah YOUR God. p 3 The way Lu 10:28 lation of your mother.
Ro 10:5
the land of Egypt does, in which Ga 3:12 14 “ ‘The nakedness of your
YOU dwelt, YOU must not do; q and e Ex 6:2 father’s brother you must not lay
Mal 3:6
the way the land of Canaan does, f Le 20:17
Ga 5:19
into which I am bringing YOU, YOU g Ge 9:22
h Ge 35:22; Le 20:11; De 22:30; De 27:20; 2Sa
16:21; 1Co 5:1; i Le 20:17; De 27:22; 2Sa 13:12; Eze
must not do; r and in their stat- Eze 22:10 22:11; j Le 20:19.
161 Incest, sodomy, bestiality forbidden LEVITICUS 18:15–19:6
bare. You must not come near CHAP. 18 sequently the land is unclean,
his wife. She is your aunt. a a Le 20:20 and I shall bring punishment for
b Ge 38:26 its error upon it, and the land
15 “ ‘The nakedness of your Le 20:12
daughter-in-law b you must not Eze 22:11 will vomit its inhabitants out. a
c Le 20:21 26 And YOU yourselves must
lay bare. She is your son’s wife. De 25:5
You must not lay her nakedness Mr 6:17 keep my statutes and my judi-
Mr 12:19
bare. d Le 20:14
cial decisions, b and YOU must not
16 “ ‘The nakedness of your De 27:23 do any of all these detestable
e Ga 5:19
brother’s wifec you must not lay f Ge 30:15
things, whether a native or an
bare. It is your brother’s naked- 1Sa 1:6 alien resident who is residing as
g Le 20:18
ness. h Le 15:19
an alien in YOUR midst. c 27 For
17 “ ‘The nakedness of a wom- Le 15:24 all these detestable things the
Le 20:18
an and her daughter you must Eze 22:10 men of the land who were be-
not lay bare. d The daughter of i Ex 20:14 fore YOU have done, d so that
Le 20:10
her son and the daughter of her De 22:22 the land is unclean. 28 Then
daughter you must not take in 2Sa 11:4 the land will not vomit YOU out
Pr 6:29
order to lay her nakedness bare. Mt 5:27 for YOUR defiling it the same way
1Co 6:9 as it will certainly vomit the na-
They are cases of blood relation- Heb 13:4
ship. It is loose conduct. e j De 18:10 tions out who were before YOU. e
18 “ ‘And you must not take a
k Le 20:2
1Ki 11:7
29 In case anyone does any of
woman in addition to her sister 2Ki 23:10 all these detestable things, then
Ac 7:43
as a rival f to uncover her naked- l Ex 20:7
the souls doing them must be
ness, that is, besides her during Le 19:12 cut off from among their people. f
Le 20:3
her lifetime. Eze 36:20 30 And YOU must keep YOUR ob-
m Isa 42:8 ligation to me not to carry on any
19 “ ‘And you must not come n 1Co 6:9
of the detestable customs that
near a woman during the men- 1Ti 1:10
Jude 7 have been carried on before YOU, g
struation g of her impurity to lay o Ge 19:5
Le 20:13 that YOU may not make your-
her nakedness bare. h Jg 19:22 selves unclean by them. I am Je-
20 “ ‘And you must not give Ro 1:27
hovah YOUR God.’ ”
p Ex 22:19
your emission as semen to the Le 20:15
And Jehovah spoke fur-
wife of your associate to become
unclean by it. i
q Le 20:16
r Le 20:23
De 18:12
19 ther to Moses, saying:
21 “ ‘And you must not allow
2 “Speak to the entire assem-
the devoting j of any of your off- Second Col.
bly of the sons of Israel, and you
spring to Molech. k You must not a Ge 15:16
must say to them, ‘YOU should
profanel the name of your God b Le 20:22 prove yourselves holy, h because I
De 4:1 Jehovah YOUR God am holy. i
that way. I am Jehovah. m De 4:40
22 “ ‘And you must not lie Ro 2:12 3 “ ‘YOU should fear each one
c Ex 12:49
down with a malen the same as d De 20:18
his mother and his father, j and
you lie down with a woman. o It is 2Ki 16:3 my sabbaths YOU should keep. k
2Ki 21:2
a detestable thing. e Le 20:22 I am Jehovah YOUR God. 4 Do
23 “ ‘And you must not give
f Le 20:15 not turn yourselves to valueless
g Le 18:3
gods, l and YOU must not make
your emission to any beast p to Le 20:23
become unclean by it, and a
De 18:9 molten gods for yourselves. m I
am Jehovah YOUR God.
woman should not stand before CHAP. 19
a beast to have connection with 5 “ ‘Now in case YOU should
h Le 11:44 sacrifice a communion sacrifice
it. q It is a violation of what is nat- Eph 1:4
ural. 1Pe 1:16 to Jehovah, n YOU should sacrifice
i Le 21:8 it to gain approval for yourselves.
24 “ ‘Do not make yourselves Isa 6:3
Re 4:8 6 On the day of YOUR sacri-
unclean by any of these things, j Ex 20:12
fice and directly the next day
because by all these things the Eph 6:2
Heb 12:9 it should be eaten, but what
nations whom I am sending k Ex 20:8
out from before YOU have made Ex 20:11
Ex 31:13 l Ex 20:4; Le 26:1; Ps 96:5; Hab 2:18; 1Co 10:14;
themselves unclean. r 25 Con- Lu 6:5 m Ex 20:23; Ex 32:4; De 27:15; n Le 3:1.
LEVITICUS 19:7-26 Gleanings. Slander. Interbreeding 162
is left over till the third day CHAP. 19 should by all means reprove your
should be burned in the fire. a a Le 7:17 associate, a that you may not bear
7 If, though, it should at all be b Eze 4:14 sin along with him.
c Le 7:18
eaten on the third day, it is a foul d Le 5:17 18 “ ‘You must not take ven-
thing. b It will not be accepted e Ex 23:11
Le 23:22
geance b nor have a grudge
with approval. c 8 And the one De 24:19 against the sons of your people; c
eating it will answer for his er- f Isa 17:6
Jer 49:9 and you must love your fellow as
ror, d because he has profaned a g Le 25:6 yourself. d I am Jehovah.
De 15:7
holy thing of Jehovah; and that Ru 2:15 19 “ ‘YOU people should keep
soul must be cut off from his Ps 140:12
my statutes: You must not inter-
h Ex 20:15
people. Eph 4:28 breed your domestic animals of
9 “ ‘And when YOU people reap i Le 6:2
two sorts. You must not sow your
Pr 12:22
the harvest of YOUR land, you Eph 4:25 field with seeds of two sorts, e and
must not reap the edge of your j 1Ki 13:18
Jer 9:5 you must not put upon yourself
field completely, and the glean- k Ex 20:7 a garment of two sorts of thread,
ing of your harvest you must not De 5:11
Mt 5:37 mixed together. f
pick up. e 10 Also, you must not Jas 5:12 20 “ ‘Now in case a man lies
l Pr 22:16
gather the leftovers f of your vine- Mr 10:19 down with a woman and has an
yard, and you must not pick up m Pr 22:22
emission of semen, when she is
n De 24:15
the scattered grapes of your vine- Jer 22:13 a maidservant designated for an-
yard. For the afflicted one and Jas 5:4
other man, and she has not in
o De 27:18
the alien resident you should p Ge 42:18 any way been redeemed nor has
leave them. g I am Jehovah YOUR Le 25:17
freedom been given her, pun-
Ne 5:15
God. Pr 1:7 ishment should take place. They
11 “ ‘YOU people must not Pr 8:13
1Pe 2:17 should not be put to death, be-
steal, h and YOU must not deceive, i q Ex 23:3 cause she was not set free.
De 16:19
and YOU must not deal falsely 2Ch 19:6 21 And he must bring his guilt
anyone with his associate. j Pr 24:23
offering to Jehovah to the en-
Ro 2:11
12 And YOU must not swear in r De 1:17 trance of the tent of meeting, a
my name to a lie, k so that you do Jas 2:9
ram of guilt offering. g 22 And
s Ps 15:3
profane the name of your God. I Pr 11:13 the priest must make atonement
am Jehovah. 13 You must not 1Ti 3:11
2Ti 3:3 for him with the ram of the guilt
defraud your fellow, l and you Tit 2:3
offering before Jehovah for his
t Ex 20:16
must not rob. m The wages of a 1Ki 21:13 sin that he committed; and his
hired laborer should not stay all Pr 6:17
sin that he committed must be
Mt 26:60
night with you until morning. n Ac 6:11 forgiven him. h
14 “ ‘You must not call down u Ge 27:41
Pr 10:18 23 “ ‘And in case YOU people
evil upon a deaf man, and before 1Jo 2:9
come into the land, and YOU must
1Jo 3:15
a blind man you must not put
plant any tree for food, YOU must
an obstacle; o and you must be in also consider its fruitage impure
Second Col.
fear of your God. p I am Jehovah.
a Ps 141:5 as its “foreskin.” For three years
15 “ ‘YOU people must not do Pr 9:8 it will continue uncircumcised
injustice in the judgment. You Mt 18:15
Ga 2:11 for YOU. It should not be eaten.
must not treat the lowly with 1Ti 5:20
24 But in the fourth year all its
Tit 1:13
partiality, q and you must not b Pr 20:22 fruit i will become a holy thing
prefer the person of a great one. r Ro 12:19
of festal exultation to Jehovah. j
c 1Sa 18:29
With justice you should judge Ps 55:3 25 And in the fifth year YOU may
your associate. d Mt 5:43
Mt 22:39 eat its fruit in order to add its
16 “ ‘You must not go around Ro 13:9 produce to yourselves. k I am Je-
among your people for the sake Ga 5:14
Jas 2:8 hovah YOUR God.
of slandering. s You must not e De 22:9
f De 22:11 26 “ ‘YOU must eat nothing
stand up against your fellow’s g Le 6:6 along with blood. l
blood. t I am Jehovah. h Le 4:31
Le 6:7
17 “ ‘You must not hate your i Nu 18:12 j De 26:2; Pr 3:9; k Le 26:4; l Le 3:17; Le 17:13; De
brother in your heart. u You De 18:4 12:23; Ac 15:20; Ac 21:25.
163 Magic. Respect. Spiritism LEVITICUS 19:27–20:9
“ ‘YOU must not look for CHAP. 19 YOU must keep all my statutes
omens, a and YOU must not prac- a 2Ki 17:17 and all my judicial decisions, and
tice magic. b b Ex 8:7 YOU must do them. a I am Jeho-
De 18:10
27 “ ‘YOU must not cut YOUR 2Ki 21:6 vah.’ ”
Ga 5:20
sidelocks short around, and you
20 And Jehovah went on
Re 21:8
must not destroy the extremity c Le 21:5
Jer 9:26 speaking to Moses, saying:
of your beard. c d De 14:1 2 “You are to say to the sons
Jer 16:6
28 “ ‘And YOU must not make e Le 21:7 of Israel, ‘Any man of the sons
cuts in YOUR flesh for a deceased De 23:17
of Israel, and any alien resident
Heb 13:4
soul, d and YOU must not put tat- f Pr 21:27 who resides as an alien in Israel,
too marking upon yourselves. I 1Pe 4:3
who gives any of his offspring to
g Ex 20:10
am Jehovah. Ex 31:13 Molech, b should be put to death
29 “ ‘Do not profane your h Le 26:2
i Le 20:6 without fail. The people of the
daughter by making her a prosti- De 18:11 land should pelt him to death
1Sa 28:7
tute, e in order that the land may 1Ch 10:13 with stones. 3 And as for me, I
not commit prostitution and the 2Ch 33:6
shall set my face against that
Isa 8:19
land actually be filled with loose Ga 5:20 man, and I will cut him off from
morals. f Re 21:8
j Le 20:27 among his people, c because he
30 “ ‘My sabbaths YOU should Ac 16:16 has given some of his offspring to
k Pr 16:31
keep, g and YOU should stand in Pr 20:29 Molech for the purpose of defil-
awe of my sanctuary. h I am Jeho- l Job 32:6
ing my holy place d and to profane
Pr 23:22
vah. La 5:12 my holy name. e 4 And if the
31 “ ‘Do not turn yourselves to 1Ti 5:1
m Ne 5:9 people of the land should delib-
the spirit mediums, i and do Job 28:28 erately hide their eyes from that
Pr 1:7
not consult professional foretell- Pr 8:13 man when he gives any of his off-
ers of events, j so as to become 1Pe 2:17
spring to Molech by not putting
n Ex 23:9
unclean by them. I am Jehovah Mal 3:5 him to death, f 5 then I, for my
YOUR God. o Ex 12:49
part, shall certainly fix my face
De 10:19
32 “ ‘Before gray hair you p Ex 22:21 against that man and his family, g
should rise up, k and you must q Zec 7:9
r De 25:13 and I shall indeed cut him and all
show consideration for the per- De 25:15 those who have immoral inter-
Pr 20:10
son of an old man, l and you must s Pr 11:1 course along with him in having
be in fear of your God. m I am Je- Pr 16:11 immoral intercourseh with Mo-
hovah.
lech off from among their people.
Second Col.
33 “ ‘And in case an alien res- 6 “ ‘As for the soul who turns
ident resides with you as an alien a Le 18:5
De 4:6 himself to the spirit mediums i
in YOUR land, YOU must not mis-
and the professional foretellers j
treat him. n 34 The alien resi- CHAP. 20 of events so as to have immor-
dent who resides as an alien with b Le 18:21 al intercourse with them, I shall
YOU should become to YOU like De 18:10
certainly set my face against that
c 1Pe 3:12
a native of YOURS; and you must d Ex 15:17 soul and cut him off from among
love him as yourself, o for YOU be- Nu 19:20
his people. k
De 23:14
came alien residents in the land Eze 5:11 7 “ ‘And YOU must sanctify
of Egypt. p I am Jehovah YOUR e Le 18:21
f De 13:8 yourselves and prove yourselves
God. g Ex 20:5 holy, l because I am Jehovah YOUR
1Ki 20:42
35 “ ‘YOU must not commit in- h Ps 106:39 God. 8 And YOU must keep my
justice in judging, q in measur- Ho 2:13
statutes and do them. m I am Je-
i Le 19:31
ing, in weighing r or in measuring De 18:11 hovah who is sanctifying YOU. n
liquids. 36 YOU should prove to Ga 5:20
9 “ ‘In case there should be
Re 21:8
have accurate scales, s accurate j Le 20:27 any man who calls down evil
weights, an accurate ephah and Ac 16:16
upon his father and his moth-
k 1Ch 10:13
an accurate hin. Jehovah YOUR Eze 6:9
God I am, who have brought YOU l Le 11:44
Eph 1:4 m Le 18:4; Ec 12:13; Lu 1:6; n Ex 31:13; Le 21:8;
out of the land of Egypt. 37 So 1Pe 1:16 Eze 37:28; 1Th 5:23; 2Th 2:13.
LEVITICUS 20:10-25 Adultery. Death for sex offenders 164
er, a he should be put to death CHAP. 20 must be cut off before the eyes
without fail. b It is his father and a De 27:16 of the sons of their people. It is
his mother upon whom he has Pr 20:20 the nakedness of his sister that
Mt 15:4
called down evil. His own blood b Ex 21:17 he has laid bare. He should an-
is upon him. c c 2Sa 1:16 swer for his error.
1Ki 2:32
10 “ ‘Now a man who commits d Le 18:20 18 “ ‘And where a man lies
adultery with another man’s De 5:18 down with a menstruating wom-
Jer 29:23
wife is one who commits adul- Ro 7:3 an and does lay bare her naked-
tery with the wife of his fellow- e De 22:22 ness, he has exposed her source,
1Co 6:9 and she herself has laid bare
man. d He should be put to f Le 18:8
death without fail, the adulter- De 27:20 the source of her blood. a So both
er and the adulteress as well. e g Le 18:15 of them must be cut off from
h Le 18:29
11 And a man who lies down i Ge 19:5
among their people.
with his father’s wife has laid Le 18:22 19 “ ‘And the nakedness of
Jg 19:22
bare the nakedness of his fa- Ro 1:27
your mother’s sister b and of your
ther. f Both of them should be put 1Co 6:9 father’s sister c you must not lay
Jude 7 bare, because it is his blood rela-
to death without fail. Their own j Le 18:17
blood is upon them. 12 And De 27:23 tion that one has exposed. d They
where a man lies down with his k Le 21:9 should answer for their error.
l Ga 5:19
daughter-in-law, both of them m Ex 22:19
20 And a man who lies down
should be put to death without De 27:21 with his uncle’s wife has laid
fail. g They have committed a vi- n Le 18:23 bare the nakedness of his uncle. e
o Le 18:9
olation of what is natural. Their De 27:22 They should answer for their sin.
own blood is upon them. h 2Sa 13:12 They should die childless. f
Eze 22:11
13 “ ‘And when a man lies
21 And where a man takes his
down with a male the same as Second Col.
brother’s wife, it is something
one lies down with a woman, abhorrent. g It is the nakedness of
a Le 15:24
both of them have done a detest- Le 18:19 his brother that he has laid bare.
able thing. i They should be put
Eze 22:10 They should become childless.
b Le 18:13
to death without fail. Their own c Le 18:12 22 “ ‘And YOU people must
blood is upon them. d Le 18:6 keep all my statutes h and all my
e Le 18:14 judicial decisions i and do them,
14 “ ‘And where a man takes f Ps 109:13
g Le 18:16
that the land to which I am
a woman and her mother, it
De 25:5 bringing YOU to dwell in it may
is loose conduct. j They should Mr 6:18
not vomit YOU out. j 23 And YOU
burn him and them in the fire, k Mr 12:19
must not walk in the statutes
h Le 18:26
in order that loose conduct l may Ps 105:45 of the nations whom I am send-
not continue in YOUR midst. Ps 119:80
ing out from before YOU, k because
Ec 12:13
15 “ ‘And where a man gives i Ex 21:1 they have done all these things
his seminal emission to a beast, m De 5:1
and I abhor them. l 24 Hence I
Ps 119:20
he should be put to death with- Isa 26:9 said to YOU: m “YOU, for YOUR
out fail, and YOU should kill the j Le 18:28
part, will take possession of their
k Le 18:3
beast. 16 And where a woman Le 18:24 ground, and I, for my part, shall
approaches any beast to have a De 12:30 give it to YOU to take posses-
Jer 10:2
connection with n it, you must l Le 18:27 sion of it, a land flowing with
kill the woman and the beast. De 9:5 milk and honey. n Jehovah YOUR
They should be put to death m Ex 3:17
God I am, who have divided YOU
Ex 6:8
without fail. Their own blood is n De 8:8 off from the peoples.” o 25 And
upon them. Eze 20:6 YOU must make a distinction be-
o Ex 19:5
17 “ ‘And where a man takes Ex 33:16 tween the clean beast and the
his sister, the daughter of his fa- 1Ki 8:53 unclean and between the un-
2Co 6:16
ther or the daughter of his moth- 1Pe 2:9 clean fowl and the clean; p and
er, and he does see her naked- p Le 11:47 YOU must not make YOUR souls
De 14:4
ness, and she herself sees his Ac 10:14 loathsomeq with the beast and
nakedness, it is shame. o So they q Le 11:43 the fowl and anything that moves
165 Spiritists. Priests to have no defects LEVITICUS 20:26–21:20
on the ground that I have divided CHAP. 20 to you, a because I Jehovah, who
off for YOU in declaring them un- a Le 19:2 am sanctifying YOU, am holy. b
clean. 26 And YOU must prove b Ps 99:5
1Pe 1:16 9 “ ‘Now in case the daughter
yourselves holy to me, a because I Re 4:8 of a priest should make herself
c De 7:6
Jehovah am holy; b and I am pro- De 14:2 profane by committing prostitu-
ceeding to divide YOU off from the Tit 2:14 tion, it is her father that she is
d Ex 22:18
peoples to become mine. c Le 19:31 profaning. She should be burned
De 18:10 in the fire. c
27 “ ‘And as for a man or 1Sa 28:7
woman in whom there proves to Re 21:8 10 “ ‘And as for the high priest
e Ex 22:18
be a mediumistic spirit or spir- Le 20:6 of his brothers upon whose
it of prediction, d they should be Mic 5:12
f 2Sa 1:16
head the anointing oil would be
put to death without fail. e They
poured d and whose hand was
should pelt them to death with CHAP. 21 filled with power to wear the
stones. Their own blood is upon g Nu 19:14
garments, e he should not let
them.’ ” f h De 14:1 his head go ungroomed, f and he
Isa 15:2
Eze 44:20 should not tear his garments. g
21 And Jehovah went on to
say to Moses: “Talk to the
i Le 19:27
Jer 48:37
j Le 19:28
11 And he should not come to
any dead soul. h For his father
priests, Aaron’s sons, and you 1Ki 18:28 and his mother he may not de-
must say to them, ‘For a de- Jer 16:6
file himself. 12 He should also
k Ex 29:44
ceased soul no one may defile Le 10:3 not go out from the sanctuary
himself among his people. g Ezr 8:28
and not profane the sanctuary
l Le 18:21
2 But for a blood relation of his Le 19:12
of his God, i because the sign of
Le 22:32
who is close to him, for his moth- m Le 3:11 dedication, the anointing oil of
er and for his father and for his Mal 1:7
his God, j is upon him. I am Je-
n Isa 52:11
son and for his daughter and for 1Pe 1:16 hovah.
his brother 3 and for his sis- o Le 19:29
13 “ ‘And for his part, he
p De 24:1
ter, a virgin who is close to him, Mt 19:8 should take a woman in her vir-
who has not become a man’s, for q Eze 44:22
ginity. k 14 As for a widow or a
r Ex 28:41
her he may defile himself. 4 He Le 20:8 divorced woman and one violat-
may not defile himself for a wom- 1Co 6:11
Heb 9:13 ed, a prostitute, none of these
an possessed by an owner among
may he take, but he should take
his people so as to make him- Second Col. a virgin from his people as a wife.
self profane. 5 They should a Le 11:44 15 And he should not profane
not produce baldness upon their b Ex 28:36
his seed among his people, l be-
Le 11:45
heads, h and the extremity of Le 20:7 cause I am Jehovah who is sanc-
Isa 43:15
their beard they should not c Ge 38:24 tifying him.’ ” m
shave, i and on their flesh they Le 20:14
16 And Jehovah continued
d Le 8:12
should not make an incision. j Nu 35:25 to speak to Moses, saying:
6 They should prove themselves Ps 133:2
17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘No
e Ex 28:2
holy to their God, k and they Ex 29:29 man of your seed throughout
should not profane the name of Le 16:32
f Le 10:6 their generations in whom there
their God, l because they are g Ge 37:34 proves to be a defect n may come
those presenting Jehovah’s offer- h Nu 6:7
Nu 19:11 near to present the bread of his
ings made by fire, the bread of Nu 19:14 God. o 18 In case there is any
i Le 10:7
their God; m and they must prove Le 21:23 man in whom there is a de-
themselves holy. n 7 A prosti- j Le 8:12
fect, he may not come near: a
Lu 4:18
tute o or a violated woman they Ac 10:38 man blind or lame or with his
should not take; and a wom- k Eze 44:22
2Co 11:2 nose slit or with one member
an divorced p from her husband Re 14:4 too long, p 19 or a man in whom
l Ezr 9:2
they should not take, q because m 1Th 5:23 there proves to be a fracture of
he is holy to his God. 8 So you 2Th 2:13 the foot or a fracture of the hand,
n Le 22:21
must sanctify him, r because he is Ro 12:1 20 or hunchback or thin or dis-
one presenting the bread of your Eph 5:27
Heb 7:26
God. He should prove to be holy Re 14:5 o Le 3:11; Nu 16:5; p Le 22:23.
LEVITICUS 21:21–22:18 Priestly purity. Those eating holy things 166
eased in his eyes or scabby or CHAP. 21 must bathe his flesh in water. a
having ringworms or having his a Le 22:24 7 When the sun has set, he must
testicles broken. a 21 Any man De 23:1 also be clean, and afterward he
of the seed of Aaron the priest in b Le 2:2 may eat some of the holy things,
whom there is a defect may not c Le 22:25 because it is his bread. b 8 He
approach to present Jehovah’s d Le 2:10 should also not eat any body al-
Le 6:16
offerings made by fire. b There is Le 24:9
ready dead or anything torn by
a defect in him. He may not ap- Nu 18:9 wild beasts so as to become un-
proach to present the bread of e Le 22:10 clean by it. c I am Jehovah.
his God. c 22 He may eat the Nu 18:19 9 “ ‘And they must keep their
bread of his God from the most f Ex 30:6 obligation to me, that they may
Heb 10:20
holy things d and from the holy not carry sin because of it and
g Ex 38:1
things. e 23 However, he may have to die d for it because they
h Le 21:17
not come in near the curtain, f were profaning it. I am Jehovah
i Ex 25:8
and he may not approach the al- Le 21:12 who is sanctifying them.
tar, g because there is a defect in j Ex 28:41 10 “ ‘And no stranger at all
him; h and he should not profane
may eat anything holy. e No set-
my sanctuary, i for I am Jehovah CHAP. 22 tler with a priest nor a hired
who is sanctifying them.’ ” j k Le 21:6 laborer may eat anything holy.
24 Accordingly Moses spoke Ps 83:18 11 But in case a priest should
Ps 135:13
to Aaron and his sons and all the purchase a soul, as a purchase
l Ex 28:38
sons of Israel. Nu 18:32 with his money, he as such may
And Jehovah spoke fur- share in eating it. As for slaves
22
De 15:19
ccc dccc
NUMBERS
And Jehovah proceeded to is a head to the house of his fa-
1 speak to Moses in the wil-
CHAP. 1
a Ex 19:1 thers. a 5 And these are the
derness of Sinai, a in the tent of De 33:2 names of the men who will stand
Ac 7:38
meeting, b on the first day of the b Ex 25:22 with YOU: Of Reuben, b E·lizur c
second month in the second year c Ex 40:17 the son of Shede·ur; 6 of Sim-
of their coming out of the land d Ex 30:12 e·on, d She·lumi·el e the son of Zu-
e Ex 30:14
of Egypt, c and he said: 2 “TAKE f De 3:18
ri·shaddai; 7 of Judah, f Nah-
the sum d of the whole assem-
shon g the son of Am·mina·dab;
bly of the sons of Israel accord- Second Col. 8 of Issa·char, h Ne·thanel i the
ing to their families, according to a Ex 18:25 son of Zuar; 9 of Zebu·lun, j
the house of their fathers, by the Nu 1:16 E·liab k the son of Helon; 10 of
number of names, all the males, Jos 22:14
the sons of Joseph: l of Ephra-
Jos 23:2
head by head of them, 3 from 1Ch 27:1 im, m E·lisha·ma the son of Am-
twenty years old upward, e every- b Ge 49:3 mihud; of Ma·nasseh, n Ga·ma-
one going out to the army in Is- c Nu 2:10
li·el the son of Pe·dahzur; 11 of
d Ge 29:33
rael. f YOU should register them Ge 49:5 Benjamin, o Abi·dan p the son of
according to their armies, you e Nu 7:36
and Aaron. f Ge 29:35
h Ge 30:18; Ge 49:14; i Nu 10:15; j Ge 30:20; Ge
Ge 49:10
4 “And some men should be g Ru 4:20
49:13; k Nu 7:24; l Ge 30:24; Ge 49:22; 1Ch 5:1;
m Ge 41:52; Ge 48:20; n Ge 41:51; o Ge 35:18; Ge
with YOU, one man to a tribe; each Lu 3:32 49:27; p Nu 2:22.
NUMBERS 1:12-36 Tribes registered for the army 178
Gid·e·oni; 12 of Dan, a A·hi·e- CHAP. 1 registered of them of the tribe
zer b the son of Am·mi·shaddai; a Ge 30:6 of Gad a were forty-five thousand
13 of Asher, c Pagi·el d the son Ge 49:17 six hundred and fifty. b
b Nu 7:66
of Ochran; 14 of Gad, e E·lia- c Ge 30:13 26 Of the sons of Judah, c their
saph f the son of Deuel; g 15 of Ge 49:20 births according to their families
Naphta·li, h A·hirai the son of d Nu 7:72 in the house of their fathers by
e Ge 30:11
Enan. 16 These are the ones Ge 49:19 the number of names from twen-
called of the assembly, the chief- f Nu 7:42 ty years old upward, everyone
tains j of the tribes of their fa- Nu 10:20
g Nu 2:14
going out to the army, 27 those
thers. They are the heads of the h Ge 30:8 registered of them of the tribe
thousands of Israel.” k Ge 49:21 of Judah were seventy-four thou-
i Nu 2:29
17 So Moses and Aaron took Nu 10:27
sand six hundred. d
these men who had been desig- j Ex 18:21 28 Of the sons of Issa·char, e
nated by names. 18 And they Nu 7:2 their births according to their
k De 1:15
congregated all the assembly on l Ezr 2:62
families in the house of their fa-
the first day of the second month, Ne 7:61 thers by the number of names
that they might have their de- m Ex 30:14 from twenty years old upward,
Nu 14:29
scent l acknowledged as regards n Nu 26:2 everyone going out to the army,
their families in the house of o Ge 29:32 29 those registered of them of
their fathers, by the number of Ge 49:3 the tribe of Issa·char were fifty-
Nu 2:10
the names, from twenty years old 1Ch 5:1 four thousand four hundred. f
upward, m head by head of them, p Nu 2:11 30 Of the sons of Zebu·lun, g
q Ge 29:33
19 just as Jehovah had com- Ge 46:10 their births according to their
manded Moses; and he proceed- Nu 2:12 families in the house of their fa-
ed to register n them in the wil- Nu 26:12
thers by the number of names
r Nu 2:13
derness of Sinai. s Ge 30:11 from twenty years old upward,
20 And the sons of Reuben, Ge 46:16 everyone going out to the army,
Nu 26:15
Israel’s firstborn, o their births
31 those registered of them of
according to their families in the Second Col.
the tribe of Zebu·lun were fifty-
house of their fathers, came to be seven thousand four hundred. h
a Nu 26:18
by the number of names, head by b Nu 2:15 32 Of the sons of Joseph:
head of them, all the males from c Ge 29:35 of the sons of Ephra·im, i their
twenty years old upward, every- Ge 46:12
Ge 49:10
births according to their families
one going out to the army, Nu 2:3 in the house of their fathers by
21 those registered of them of 1Ch 5:2 the number of names from twen-
Mt 1:2
the tribe of Reuben, forty-six Heb 7:14 ty years old upward, everyone
thousand five hundred. p Re 5:5 going out to the army, 33 those
d Nu 2:4
22 Of the sons of Sime·on, q Nu 26:22
registered of them of the tribe of
their births according to their e Ge 30:18 Ephra·im j were forty thousand
families in the house of their fa- Ge 46:13 five hundred. k
Nu 2:5
thers, those registered ones of Nu 26:23 34 Of the sons of Ma·nasseh, l
his by the number of names, f Nu 2:6 their births according to their
head by head of them, all the g Ge 30:20 families in the house of their fa-
h Nu 2:8
males from twenty years old up- i Ge 41:52 thers by the number of names
ward, everyone going out to Ge 46:20 from twenty years old upward,
Ge 48:19
the army, 23 those registered Nu 2:18
everyone going out to the army,
of them of the tribe of Sime·on Nu 26:35 35 those registered of them of
were fifty-nine thousand three De 33:17 the tribe of Ma·nasseh were
Jg 12:6
hundred. r Jer 7:15 thirty-two thousand two hun-
24 Of the sons of Gad, s their j Ge 48:5 dred. m
k Nu 2:19
births according to their families l Nu 2:20
36 Of the sons of Benjamin, n
in the house of their fathers by Nu 26:29 their births according to their
the number of names from twen- m Nu 2:21 families in the house of their fa-
n Ge 43:29
ty years old upward, everyone Ge 46:21
thers by the number of names
going out to the army, 25 those Nu 26:38 from twenty years old upward,
179 Levites exempted. Three-tribe divisions NUMBERS 1:37–2:5
everyone going out to the army, CHAP. 1 50 And you yourself appoint the
37 those registered of them of a Nu 2:23 Levites over the tabernacle of the
the tribe of Benjamin were b Ge 30:6 Testimony a and over all its uten-
Ge 46:23
thirty-five thousand four hun- Nu 2:25 sils and over everything that be-
dred. a Nu 10:25 longs to it. b They themselves will
Nu 26:42
38 Of the sons of Dan, b their c Nu 2:26 carry the tabernacle and all its
births according to their families d Ge 35:26 utensils, c and they themselves
in the house of their fathers by Nu 2:27 will minister d at it; and around
e Nu 2:28
the number of names from twen- f Ge 30:8 the tabernacle they are to camp. e
ty years old upward, everyone Ge 46:24 51 And whenever the tabernacle
Nu 26:48
going out to the army, 39 those g Nu 2:30
is setting out, the Levites should
registered of them of the tribe h Ge 13:16 take it down; f and when the
of Dan were sixty-two thousand Ge 22:17 tabernacle encamps, the Levites
Ge 46:3
seven hundred. c Ex 12:37 should set it up; and any strang-
40 Of the sons of Asher, d Ex 38:26 er coming near should be put to
Nu 2:32
their births according to their i Ge 29:34 death. g
families in the house of their fa- Ge 46:11 52 “And the sons of Isra-
thers by the number of names Nu 3:12
1Ch 6:1 el must encamp each with refer-
from twenty years old upward, j Nu 2:33 ence to his camp, and each
everyone going out to the army, Nu 26:64
man by his three-tribe division h
k Nu 26:62
41 those registered of them of
by their armies. 53 And the Le-
the tribe of Asher were forty-one vites should encamp around the
Second Col.
thousand five hundred. e tabernacle of the Testimony,
a Ex 31:18
42 Of the sons of Naphta·li, f b Ex 38:21 that no indignation i may arise
their births according to their Nu 3:8 against the assembly of the sons
families in the house of their fa- c Nu 4:15
Nu 4:25 of Israel; and the Levites must
thers by the number of names Nu 4:33 keep the service due to the tab-
from twenty years old upward, d Nu 3:31
ernacle of the Testimony.” j
Nu 4:12
everyone going out to the army, e Nu 2:17 54 And the sons of Israel pro-
43 those registered of them of Nu 3:23
ceeded to do according to all that
the tribe of Naphta·li were fifty- Nu 3:29
Nu 3:35 Jehovah had commanded Moses.
three thousand four hundred. g Nu 3:38 They did just so. k
44 These are the ones regis- f Nu 10:17
h Nu 19:8
self with it on the third day, l
on, saying: 2 “This is a statute and on the seventh day he will
i Ex 12:49 be clean. But if he will not puri-
of the law that Jehovah has com- Le 24:22
manded, saying, ‘Speak to the Nu 15:15 fy himself on the third day, then
sons of Israel that they should on the seventh day he will not be
j Le 21:1
take for you a sound red cow Le 21:11
clean. 13 Everyone touching a
in which there is no defect g and Nu 5:2 corpse, the soul of whatever man
upon which no yoke has come. h Nu 6:9 may die, and who will not puri-
Nu 9:6
3 And YOU must give it to El·e·a- fy himself, has defiled Jehovah’s
zar the priest, and he must lead k Nu 31:19 tabernacle, m and that soul must
Hag 2:13 be cut off from Israel. n Because
it forth outside the camp, and it
must be slaughtered before him. l Nu 31:19 the water for cleansing o has not
4 Then El·e·azar the priest must m Le 15:31
been sprinkled upon him, he
take some of its blood with his continues unclean. His unclean-
finger and spatter some of its n Heb 2:2 ness is still upon him. p
Heb 10:28
blood straight toward the front 14 “ ‘This is the law in case a
of the tent of meeting seven o Nu 19:9 man should die in a tent: Every-
Nu 31:23
times. i 5 And the cow must be one coming into the tent, and
burned under his eyes. Its skin p Le 22:3 everyone who is in the tent, will
209 Miriam dies. Moses strikes rock, sins NUMBERS 19:15–20:12
be unclean seven days. 15 And CHAP. 19 died and there that she was bur-
every opened vessela upon which a Le 11:32 ied.
there is no lid tied down is un- b Nu 31:19 2 Now there proved to be no
c Nu 19:11
clean. 16 And everyone who on d Nu 19:9
water for the assembly, a and
the open field may touch some- e Ps 51:7 they began to congregate them-
one slain with the sword b or a f Le 14:9 selves against Moses and Aaron. b
corpse or a bone c of a man Nu 19:12
Nu 31:19
3 And the people went quar-
or a burial place will be un- g Ge 17:14 reling c with Moses and say-
clean seven days. 17 And they Nu 19:13 ing: “If only we had expired
must take for the unclean one h Nu 19:18
Heb 9:10
when our brothers expired be-
some of the dust of the burning Heb 9:13 fore Jehovah! d 4 And why have
of the sin offering and put run- i Hag 2:13 YOU men brought Jehovah’s con-
ning water upon it in a vessel. j Le 15:5
gregation into this wilderness for
18 Then a clean man d must take us and our beasts of burden to
CHAP. 20
hyssop e and dip it into the water die there? e 5 And why have YOU
k Nu 13:21
and spatter it upon the tent and Nu 33:36 conducted us up out of Egypt to
all the vessels and the souls that l Nu 13:26 bring us into this evil place? f It
happened to be there and upon Nu 20:22 is no place of seed and figs
De 1:46
the one who touched the bone or De 2:14 and vines and pomegranates, g
the slain one or the corpse or the Jg 11:16 and there is no water to drink.”
burial place. 19 And the clean m Ex 15:20
6 Then Moses and Aaron came
Nu 26:59
person must spatter it upon the Mic 6:4 from before the congregation to
unclean one on the third day and
the entrance of the tent of meet-
on the seventh day and must pu- Second Col. ing and fell upon their faces, h
rify him from sin on the seventh a Ex 17:1 and Jehovah’s glory began to ap-
day; f and he must wash his gar- b Nu 16:42 pear to them. i
ments and bathe in water, and he c Ex 17:2
d Nu 16:35 7 Then Jehovah spoke to Mo-
must be clean in the evening. Nu 16:41 ses, saying: 8 “Take the rod j
20 “ ‘But the man who may be Nu 16:49 and call the assembly together,
e Ex 14:11
unclean and who will not puri- Ex 17:3 you and Aaron your brother, and
fy himself, well, that soul must Nu 16:13 YOU must speak to the crag be-
be cut off g from the midst of the Nu 21:5
fore their eyes that it may in-
f Nu 16:14
congregation, because it is Jeho- De 8:15 deed give its water; and you
vah’s sanctuary that he has de- Ne 9:21 must bring out water for them
filed. The water for cleansing was g Ex 3:17
from the crag and give the as-
Ex 13:5
not sprinkled upon him. He is De 8:8 sembly and their beasts of bur-
unclean. Jer 2:2 den drink.” k
h Nu 14:5
21 “ ‘And it must serve as 9 So Moses took the rod from
i Ex 16:10
a statute to time indefinite for Nu 14:10 before Jehovah, l just as he had
them, that the one spattering j Ex 17:5 commanded him. 10 After that
the water for cleansing should k Ne 9:15
Ps 78:15 Moses and Aaron called the
wash his garments, h also the one Ps 105:41 congregation together before the
touching the water for cleansing. Ps 114:8
crag, and he proceeded to say to
Isa 43:20
He will be unclean until the eve- Isa 48:21 them: “Hear, now, YOU rebels! m
ning. 22 And anything the un- l Ex 7:12 Is it from this crag that we
clean one may touch will be un- Ex 7:19
shall bring out water for YOU?” n
Nu 17:10
clean, i and the soul who touches Heb 9:4 11 With that Moses lifted his
it will be unclean until the eve- m De 9:24 hand up and struck the crag
ning.’ ” j Ps 106:32
n Ps 106:33 with his rod twice; and much wa-
ter began to come out, and the
20 And the sons of Israel, the
entire assembly, proceed-
o Ex 17:6
De 8:15
1Co 10:4
assembly and their beasts of
ed to come into the wilderness of p Le 10:3 burden began to drink. o
Zin k in the first month, and the Nu 27:14 12 Later Jehovah said to Mo-
De 32:51
people took up dwelling in Ka- Isa 8:13
ses and Aaron: “Because YOU did
desh. l It was there that Miri·am m Re 4:11 not show faith in me to sanctify p
NUMBERS 20:13–21:3 Edom refuses passage. Aaron dies 210
me before the eyes of the sons CHAP. 20 22 And the sons of Israel,
of Israel, therefore YOU will not a De 1:37 the entire assembly, proceeded
bring this congregation into the De 3:26 to pull away from Kadesh a and
De 34:4
land that I shall certainly give Jos 1:2 come to Mount Hor. b 23 Then
them.” a 13 These are the wa- b De 33:8 Jehovah said this to Moses and
ters of Meri·bah, b because the Ps 95:8 Aaron in Mount Hor by the bor-
Ps 106:32
sons of Israel quarreled with Je- Heb 3:8 der of the land of Edom:
hovah, so that he was sanctified c Jg 11:17 24 “Aaron will be gathered to
among them. d Ge 36:8 his people, c for he will not enter
De 2:4
14 Subsequently Moses sent De 23:7 into the land that I shall certain-
messengers from Kadesh to the e Ex 18:8 ly give to the sons of Israel, on the
king of Edom: c “This is what f Ge 46:6 ground that YOU men rebelled
Ac 7:15
your brother Israel d has said, against my order respecting the
g Ge 15:13
‘You yourself well know all the Ex 12:40 waters of Meri·bah. d 25 Take
hardship that has overtaken us. e h Ex 1:11 Aaron and El·e·azar his son and
15 And our fathers proceeded to Ex 1:14
bring them up into Mount Hor.
De 26:6
go down to Egypt, f and we con- Ac 7:19 26 And strip Aaron of his gar-
tinued to dwell in Egypt many i Ex 2:23 ments, e and you must clothe
days; g and the Egyptians began Ex 3:7
with them El·e·azar f his son; and
j Ex 14:19
doing harm to us and our fa- Ex 23:20 Aaron will be gathered and must
thers. h 16 Finally we cried out Ex 33:2 die there.” g
to Jehovah i and he heard our Ac 7:35
27 So Moses did just as Je-
k Nu 21:22
voice and sent an angel j and hovah had commanded; and be-
l De 2:27
brought us out of Egypt; and m De 2:6 fore the eyes of all the assembly
here we are in Kadesh, a city at n De 2:28 they went climbing Mount Hor.
the extremity of your territory. o Jg 11:17
28 Then Moses stripped Aaron
17 Let us pass, please, through p Ge 36:1
of his garments and clothed El-
q De 2:29
your land. We shall not pass r De 2:8 e·azar his son with them, after
through a field or a vineyard, and Jg 11:18 which Aaron died there on the
we shall not drink the water of a
top of the mountain. h And Mo-
well. On the king’s road we shall Second Col.
ses and El·e·azar came on down
march. k We shall not bend to- a Nu 13:26
from the mountain. 29 And all
ward the right or the left, l until Nu 33:37
the assembly got to see that Aar-
b Nu 21:4
we shall pass through your terri- Nu 34:7 on had expired, and all the house
tory.’ ” c Ge 25:8 of Israel continued weeping for
18 However, Edom said to Nu 33:38
Aaron thirty days. i
De 32:50
him: “You must not pass through d Nu 20:12
Now the Canaan·ite the
me, for fear I may come out with
the sword to meet you.” 19 In
De 32:51
e Ex 28:2 21 king j
of Arad, who dwelt
turn the sons of Israel said to Ex 29:29 in the Negeb, k got to hear that
Heb 7:23
him: “By the highway we shall f Ex 6:23
Israel had come by the way of
go up; and if I and my live- Nu 4:16 Atha·rim, and he began to fight
stock should drink your wa- g Nu 33:38 with Israel and carry away some
h Nu 33:39 of them as captives. 2 Conse-
ter, I shall also certainly give De 10:6
the value of it. m I want nothing De 32:50 quently Israel made a vow to Je-
more than to pass through on i De 34:8 hovah and said: l “If you will with-
out fail give this people into my
my feet.” n 20 Still he said: “You
must not pass through.” o With CHAP. 21 hand, I shall also certainly de-
that Edom p came on out to en- j Nu 33:40 vote their cities to destruction.” m
Jos 12:14
counter him with a great many k Nu 13:22
3 So Jehovah listened to Israel’s
people and a strong hand. l De 23:21 voice and gave the Canaan·ites
21 So Edom refused to grant Is- m Le 27:28 over; and they devoted them and
rael to pass through his terri- De 20:17 their cities to destruction. Hence
Jos 6:18
tory. q Hence Israel turned away n Nu 14:45 they called the name of the place
from him. r Jg 1:17 Hormah. n
211 Copper serpent. Sihon, Amorites defeated NUMBERS 21:4-24
4 While they continued trek- CHAP. 21 ab, between Moab and the Am-
king from Mount Hor a by the a Nu 33:41 or·ites. 14 That is why it is said
way of the Red Sea to go around b Nu 20:21 in the book of the Wars of Jeho-
De 2:8
the land of Edom, b the soul of Jg 11:18 vah:
the people began tiring out be- c Ps 78:19 “Vaheb in Suphah and the tor-
d Ex 14:11
cause of the way. 5 And the Ex 15:24 rent valleys of Arnon, 15 and
people kept speaking against Nu 16:13 the mouth of the torrent val-
e Nu 14:28
God c and Moses: d “Why have YOU Nu 14:34
leys, which has bent itself to-
brought us up out of Egypt to f Nu 20:5 ward the seat of Ar a and has
die in the wilderness? e For there g Ex 16:15 leaned against the border of
Nu 11:6
is no bread and no water, f and Ps 78:24 Moab.”
our soul has come to abhor the h De 8:15 16 Next from there on to Be-
i Ps 106:43
contemptible bread.” g 6 So Je- 1Co 10:9 er. b This is the well about which
hovah sent poisonous serpents h j Ps 78:34 Jehovah said to Moses: “Gather
among the people, and they kept k Le 26:40 the people, and let me give them
l Ex 32:11
biting the people, so that many m Ps 106:44 water.” c
people of Israel died. i n 2Ki 18:4 17 At that time Israel pro-
o Joh 3:14 ceeded to sing this song: d
7 Finally the people came Joh 8:28
to Moses and said: “We have Joh 12:32 “Spring up, O well! Respond
Ga 3:13
sinned, j because we have spoken 1Pe 2:24 to it, YOU people!
against Jehovah and against you. p Joh 1:29 18 A well, princes dug it. The no-
Intercede with Jehovah that he Heb 12:2
q Joh 3:14
bles of the people exca-
may remove the serpents from Joh 3:15 vated it,
upon us.” k And Moses went in- Joh 6:40
Ro 1:17
With a commander’s staff, e
terceding in behalf of the peo- r Nu 33:43 with their own staffs.”
ple. l 8 Then Jehovah said to s Nu 33:44
Then from the wilderness
t De 2:13
Moses: “Make for yourself a fiery u Nu 22:36 on to Matta·nah. 19 And from
snake and place it upon a sig- De 2:24 Matta·nah on to Na·hali·el, and
nal pole. And it must occur that Jg 11:18
from Na·hali·el on to Bamoth. f
when anyone has been bitten, 20 And from Bamoth on to the
Second Col.
he then has to look at it and valley that is in the field of Mo-
a Nu 21:28
so must keep alive.” m 9 Moses De 2:18 ab, g at the head of Pisgah, h and
at once made a serpent of cop- De 2:29
it projects over toward the face
Isa 15:1
per n and placed it upon the sig- b Isa 15:8 of Je·shimon. i
nal pole; o and it did occur that if c Ps 78:52 21 Israel now sent messen-
a serpent had bitten a man and d Ps 105:2
gers to Sihon j the king of the
e Ge 49:10
he gazed p at the copper serpent, f Jos 13:17 Amor·ites, saying: 22 “Let me
he then kept alive. q g Nu 26:63 pass through your land. We shall
Nu 33:49
10 After that the sons of Is- h De 3:27 not turn off into a field or a vine-
rael pulled away and encamped De 34:1 yard. We shall drink water of no
in Oboth. r 11 Then they pulled i Nu 23:28
Jos 12:3 well. On the king’s road we shall
away from Oboth and encamped j De 2:26 march until we pass through
in Iye-aba·rim, s in the wilder- Jg 11:19
your territory.” k 23 And Sihon
k Nu 20:17
ness that is toward the front of l De 2:30 did not allow Israel to pass
Moab, toward the rising of the De 29:7 through his territory, l but Sihon
Jg 11:20
sun. 12 From there they pulled m De 2:32 gathered all his people and went
away and took up camping by Jos 13:18 out to meet Israel in the wil-
the torrent valley of Zered. t n Jos 12:2
Jg 11:21
derness, and came to Jahaz m
13 From there they pulled away Ps 135:10 and began fighting with Isra-
and went camping in the region Ps 136:19
Am 2:9
el. 24 At that Israel struck him
of the Arnon, u which is in the o Nu 32:33 with the edge of the sword n and
wilderness that extends from the Ne 9:22 took possession of his land o from
p Nu 21:13
border of the Amor·ites; for the De 3:16 the Arnon p to the Jabbok, q near
Arnon is the boundary of Mo- q Jg 11:22 the sons of Ammon; because
NUMBERS 21:25–22:8 Og killed. Moab frightened, calls Balaam 212
Jazer a is the border of the sons CHAP. 21 his people and his land; a and you
of Ammon. b a Nu 32:1 must do to him just as you did
1Ch 6:81
25 So Israel took all these cit- b Jos 12:2
to Sihon, the king of the Amor-
ies, and Israel began dwelling in c Ge 10:16 ites, who used to dwell in Hesh-
all the cities of the Amor·ites, c Ge 15:16 bon.” b 35 So they went strik-
Ex 3:8
in Heshbon d and all its depen- De 7:1 ing him and his sons and all his
dent towns. 26 For Heshbon d De 2:26 people, until there was no survi-
Jg 11:19
was the city of Sihon. e He was Ca 7:4 vor remaining to him; c and they
the king of the Amor·ites, f and it e Ps 135:11 went taking possession of his
was he who fought with the king f Jg 11:19
land. d
g Nu 21:13
of Moab formerly and went tak- h Jer 48:45
ing all his land out of his hand
as far as the Arnon. g 27 That
i Nu 21:15
De 2:9
22 Then the sons of Israel
pulled away and encamped
is why the sayers of mock verses
j Jg 11:24 on the desert plains of Moab e
1Ki 11:7
would say: 2Ki 23:13 across the Jordan from Jeri·cho.
Jer 48:7 2 And Balak f the son of Zippor
“Come to Heshbon. k Nu 32:34
got to see all that Israel had done
Jos 13:17
Let the city of Sihon Jer 48:18 to the Amor·ites. 3 And Mo-
be built and be proved l Jos 13:9
ab became very frightened at the
firmly set up. m De 3:8
people, because they were many;
n Nu 32:1
28 For a fire has come out of o Nu 21:25 and Moab began to feel a sick-
Heshbon, h a flame from p De 3:1
ening dread of the sons of Isra-
the town of Sihon. q De 1:4
De 3:11 el. g 4 And Moab proceeded to
It has consumed Ar i of De 4:47
say to the older men of Midi·an: h
Moab, the owners of the Jos 9:10
r De 3:10 “Now this congregation will lick
high places of the Ar- Jos 13:12
non. up all our surroundings like the
s De 3:2
29 Woe to you, Moab! You will De 3:22 bull licking up the green growth
certainly perish, O peo-
De 20:3 of the field.”
ple of Chemosh! j And Balak i the son of Zippor
Second Col.
He will certainly give his was king of Moab at that partic-
a Ex 23:27
sons as escaped ones De 7:24 ular time. 5 He now sent mes-
and his daughters in the b Ps 135:11 sengers to Balaam j the son of
c De 3:3 Beor at Pethor, k which is by the
captivity to the king of Jos 13:12
the Amor·ites, Sihon. d Jos 12:4 River l of the land of the sons of
30 So let us shoot at them. Jos 12:6 his people, to call him, saying:
Heshbon will certainly “Look! A people has come out
CHAP. 22
perish up to Dibon, k of Egypt. Look! They have cov-
e Nu 33:48
And the women up to No- f Jos 24:9
ered the earth as far as one can
phah, the men up to Jg 11:25 see, m and they are dwelling right
Mede·ba.” l g Ex 15:15
De 2:25
in front of me. 6 And now do
31 And Israel began to dwell h Nu 31:8 come, please; do curse n this peo-
in the land of the Amor·ites. m
Jos 13:21 ple for me, for they are mighti-
i Mic 6:5
32 Then Moses sent some to Re 2:14 er than I am. Perhaps I may be
spy on Jazer. n So they cap- j Jos 13:22 able to strike them and I may
Jos 24:9
tured its dependent towns and 2Pe 2:15
drive them out of the land; for I
dispossessed the Amor·ites who Jude 11 well know that the one whom you
k De 23:4
were there. o 33 After that they l Ge 15:18
bless is a blessed one and the one
turned and went up by the way of m Ge 13:16 whom you curse is cursed.” o
Bashan. p At this Og q the king of n Ge 12:3 7 So the older men of Mo-
Nu 23:7
Bashan came out to meet them, Jos 24:9 ab and the older men of Mid-
he and all his people, to the bat- Ne 13:2 i·an traveled with the payments
o Ps 109:28
tle of Edre·i. r 34 Jehovah now p Mic 3:11
for divination p in their hands and
said to Moses: “Do not be afraid Ac 16:16 went to Balaam q and spoke to
1Ti 6:10
of him, s for into your hand I q 2Pe 2:15
him Balak’s words. 8 At that
shall certainly give him and all Jude 11 he said to them: “Lodge here
213 Balaam: 2nd call; angel opposes; ass speaks NUMBERS 22:9-29
tonight, and I shall certainly re- CHAP. 22 20 Then God came to Balaam
turn YOU word just as Jehovah a Nu 12:6 by night and said to him: “If it
may speak to me.” a Accordingly Nu 23:12 is to call you that the men have
the princes of Moab stayed with come, get up, go with them. But
Balaam. b Nu 22:20 only the word that I shall speak
9 Then God came to Balaam to you is what you may speak.” a
and said: b “Who are these men c Nu 22:4 21 After that Balaam got up in
with you?” 10 So Balaam said the morning and saddled his she-
to the true God: “Balak c the son ass and went with the princes of
d Nu 22:5
of Zippor, the king of Moab, has Moab. b
sent to me, saying, 11 ‘Look! 22 And the anger of God be-
The people who are coming out e Nu 22:6
Nu 23:7 gan to blaze because he was
of Egypt, and they go covering Nu 23:11 going; and Jehovah’s angel pro-
the earth as far as the eye can Nu 24:10 ceeded to station himself in the
see. d Now do come, do execrate road to resist him. c And he was
them for me. e Perhaps I may be f Mic 6:5 riding upon his she-ass, and
able to fight against them and I two attendants of his were with
shall actually drive them out.’ ” him. 23 And the ass got to
g Ge 12:2
12 But God said to Balaam: Ge 22:17 see Jehovah’s angel stationed in
“You must not go with them. You Nu 23:20
the road with his drawn sword
must not curse the people, f for De 23:5
De 33:29 in his hand; d and the ass tried
they are blessed.” g to turn aside from the road that
13 After that Balaam got up she might go into the field, but
h Nu 22:37
in the morning and said to the Balaam began to strike the ass
princes of Balak: “Go to YOUR in order to turn her aside to
country, because Jehovah has re- i Nu 24:11
the road. 24 And Jehovah’s an-
Pr 17:23
fused to let me go with YOU.”
gel kept standing in the narrow
14 So the princes of Moab got
way between the vineyards, with
up and came to Balak and said: j Pr 15:27
a stone wall on this side and a
“Balaam has refused to come
stone wall on that side. 25 And
with us.” h k Nu 24:13
the she-ass kept seeing Jeho-
15 However, Balak sent again
vah’s angel and began to squeeze
other princes in greater num- l Nu 22:8 herself against the wall and so
ber and more honorable than the
to squeeze Balaam’s foot against
former. 16 In turn they came Second Col.
to Balaam and said to him: the wall; and he went beating her
a Nu 22:35
“This is what Balak the son of Nu 23:12
some more.
Zippor has said, ‘Do not be de- Nu 24:13 26 Jehovah’s angel now
tained, please, from coming to passed by again and stood in a
me. 17 For I shall without fail b Jas 1:14 narrow place, where there was no
honor you greatly, i and every- 2Pe 2:15 way to turn aside to the right or
thing you may say to me I shall
Jude 11 the left. 27 When the ass got to
do. j So do come, please. Do ex- see Jehovah’s angel she now lay
ecrate this people for me.’ ” c Ex 23:21 down under Balaam; so that Ba-
18 But Balaam answered and laam’s anger blazed, e and he kept
said to the servants of Balak: “If d 2Ki 6:17 beating the ass with his staff.
Balak were to give me his house 1Ch 21:16 28 Finally Jehovah opened the
full of silver and gold, I should mouth of the ass f and she said
not be able to pass beyond the e Pr 14:16 to Balaam: “What have I done
order of Jehovah my God, so as Pr 27:4 to you so that you have beaten
to do something small or great. k me these three times?” g 29 At
19 And now YOU men also stay f Mt 19:26 this Balaam said to the ass: “It
here, please, tonight that I may 2Pe 2:16 is because you have dealt ruth-
know what further Jehovah will lessly with me. If only there
speak with me.” l g Nu 22:32 were a sword in my hand, for
NUMBERS 22:30–23:7 Angel’s message. Balaam’s first utterance 214
now I should have killed you!” a CHAP. 22 will place in my mouth is what I
30 Then the she-ass said to Ba- a Pr 12:10 shall speak.” a
laam: “Am I not your she-ass 39 So Balaam went with Ba-
b 2Pe 2:16
that you have ridden upon all lak and they came to Kiri·ath-
your life long until this day? c 2Ki 6:17 huzoth. 40 And Balak pro-
Have I ever been used to do to ceeded to sacrifice cattle and
d Nu 22:12
you this way?” b To which he said: De 23:4
sheep b and to send some to Ba-
“No!” 31 And Jehovah proceed- Ec 9:3 laam and the princes who
ed to uncover Balaam’s eyes, c so 2Pe 2:15 were with him. 41 And it came
that he saw Jehovah’s angel sta- e Nu 22:23
about in the morning that Balak
tioned in the road with his drawn Nu 22:25 went taking Balaam and bring-
sword in his hand. At once he Nu 22:27 ing him up to Bamoth-baal, c
bowed low and prostrated him- f Pr 16:25
that he might see from there the
self on his face. whole of the people. d
32 Then Jehovah’s angel said g 1Sa 15:24
e Ge 9:5
36 thers of the family of the
Ex 21:14
sons of Gile·ad the son of Ma-
liver the manslayer out of the De 19:13
i
chir the son of Ma·nasseh of
hand of the avenger of blood, and the families of the sons of Jo-
the assembly must return him to f Ge 4:10
Ps 106:38
seph proceeded to come near
his city of refuge to which he had Lu 11:50 and speak before Moses and the
fled, and he must dwell in it until chieftains, the heads of the fa-
g Ge 9:6
the death of the high priest who thers of the sons of Israel,
was anointed with the holy oil. h h Ex 25:8 2 and say: “Jehovah command-
Ex 29:46
26 “ ‘But if the manslayer Le 26:12
ed my lord to give the land in
without fail goes out of the 1Ki 6:13 inheritance by lot j to the sons
boundary of his city of refuge to
of Israel; and my lord was com-
which he may flee, 27 and the CHAP. 36 manded by Jehovah to give the
avenger i of blood does find him i Nu 26:29 inheritance of Ze·lophe·had our
outside the boundary of his city Jos 17:1 brother to his daughters. k 3 If
of refuge, and the avenger of j Nu 26:55 any of the sons of the other tribes
blood does slay the manslayer, Nu 33:54 of the sons of Israel happened
he has no bloodguilt. 28 For he k Nu 27:1 to get them as wives, the wom-
ought to dwell in his city of ref- Nu 27:7 en’s inheritance must also be
235 Marriage of heiress NUMBERS 36:4–DEUTERONOMY 1:6
withdrawn from the inheritance CHAP. 36 getting possession of an inheri-
of our fathers and must be added a Nu 27:4 tance out of the tribes of the
to the inheritance of the tribe to sons of Israel, to one of the fam-
which they may come to belong, ily of the tribe of her father she
so that it would be withdrawn should become a wife, a in order
b Le 25:10
from the lot of our inheritance. a that the sons of Israel may get
4 Now if the Jubileeb takes place possession each one of the inher-
for the sons of Israel, the wom- itance of his forefathers. 9 And
en’s inheritance must also be c Nu 36:2 no inheritance should circulate
added to the inheritance of the from one tribe to another tribe,
tribe to which they may come to because the tribes of the sons of
belong; so that their inheritance Israel should cleave each to its
would be withdrawn from the in- d Nu 36:12 own inheritance.’ ”
heritance of the tribe of our fa- 10 Just as Jehovah had com-
Second Col.
thers.” manded Moses, that is the way
a 1Ch 23:22
5 Then Moses commanded the daughters of Ze·lophe·had
the sons of Israel at the order of did. b 11 Accordingly Mahlah,
Jehovah, saying: “The tribe of the Tirzah and Hoglah and Milcah
sons of Joseph is speaking right. b Nu 36:6
and Noah, the daughters of Ze-
6 This is the word that Jehovah lophe·had, c became the wives of
has commanded for the daugh- the sons of their father’s broth-
ters of Ze·lophe·had, c saying, ‘To ers. 12 To some of the fami-
whom it is good in their eyes c Nu 27:1 lies of the sons of Ma·nasseh the
they may become wives. Only it son of Joseph they became wives,
is to the family of the tribe of that their inheritance might con-
their fathers that they should be- tinue together with the tribe of
d De 30:8
come wives. d 7 And no inheri- Jos 22:5 the family of their father.
tance of the sons of Israel should Ec 12:13 13 These are the command-
circulate from tribe to tribe, be- ments d and the judicial deci-
cause the sons of Israel should sions that Jehovah commanded
cleave each one to the inheri- by means of Moses to the sons
e Nu 26:3
tance of the tribe of his forefa- Nu 33:50
of Israel on the desert plains of
thers. 8 And every daughter Nu 35:1 Moab by the Jordan at Jeri·cho. e
ccc dccc
DEUTERONOMY
1 These are the words that Mo-
ses spoke to all Israel in the a
b
CHAP. 1
Jos 22:4
ing to all that Jehovah had com-
manded him for them, 4 after
region of the Jordan a in the wil- Nu 10:12 his defeating Sihon a the king of
c Nu 33:18
derness, on the desert plains in d Nu 13:26 the Amor·ites, who was dwelling
front of Suph, between Paran b De 9:23 in Heshbon, and Og b the king
Jos 14:7
and Tophel and Laban and Ha- e Nu 32:13 of Bashan, who was dwelling
zeroth c and Diza·hab, 2 it be- Nu 33:38 in Ashta·roth, c in Edre·i. d 5 In
ing eleven days from Horeb by the region of the Jordan in the
the way of Mount Seir to Ka- Second Col. land of Moab Moses undertook
desh-barne·a. d 3 And it came a Nu 21:23 to explain this law, e saying:
Jos 12:2
about that in the fortiethe year, b Nu 21:33 6 “Jehovah our God spoke to
in the eleventh month, on the Ne 9:22 us in Horeb, f saying, ‘YOU have
Ps 135:11
first of the month, Moses spoke c Jos 9:10
to the sons of Israel accord- d Jos 13:12 e De 4:8; De 17:18; Ne 8:7; f De 4:15; 1Ki 8:9.
DEUTERONOMY 1:7-26 Moses recalls assigning judges, spies 236
dwelt long enough in this moun- CHAP. 1 hear the little one the same as
tainous region. a 7 Turn and a Ex 19:1 the great one. a YOU must not
Nu 10:11
set out on YOUR way and go Nu 10:12 become frightened because of a
into the mountainous region of b Ge 15:16 man, b for the judgment belongs
Jos 10:6
the Amor·ites b and to all their c De 3:17 to God; c and the case that is
neighbors in the Ara·bah, c the De 4:49 too hard for YOU, YOU should pre-
Jos 12:3
mountainous region d and the d Nu 13:17 sent to me, and I must hear it.’ d
She·phelah and the Negeb e and e Ge 12:9
Nu 21:1
18 And I proceeded to command
the seacoast, f the land of the f Jos 9:1 YOU at that particular time all the
Canaan·ites, g and Leba·non, h up g Nu 34:2 things that YOU should do.
h Jos 13:1
to the great river, the river Eu- Jos 13:5 19 “Then we pulled away from
1Ki 9:19
phrates. i 8 See, I do put the i Ge 15:18 Horeb and went marching
land before YOU people. Go in and j Ge 26:3 through all that great and fear-
take possession of the land about k Ge 28:13
l Ge 12:7
inspiring wilderness, e which YOU
which Jehovah swore to YOUR fa- Ge 13:15 have seen, by the way of the
Ge 17:7
thers, to Abraham, Isaac j and Ja- m Ex 18:18 mountainous region of the Am-
cob, k to give it to them and their n Ge 15:5 or·ites, f just as Jehovah our God
Ex 32:13
seed after them.’ l Nu 26:51 had commanded us; and we
9 “And I proceeded to say this De 10:22
o 1Ki 3:8
eventually came to Kadesh-
to YOU at that particular time, ‘I 1Ch 27:23 barne·a. g 20 I now said to YOU,
Ps 115:14
am not able by myself to carry p Ge 26:4 ‘YOU have come to the moun-
YOU. m 10 Jehovah YOUR God has Ex 23:25 tainous region of the Amor·ites,
Pr 10:22
multiplied YOU, and here YOU are q Ge 12:2 which Jehovah our God is giving
today like the stars of the heav- Ge 22:17 to us. h 21 See, Jehovah your
r Ex 18:18
ens for multitude. n 11 May Je- Nu 11:11 God has abandoned the land to
hovah the God of YOUR forefa- Nu 20:3
Nu 27:14 you. i Go up, take possession, just
thers increase YOUo a thousand s 1Ti 3:2 as Jehovah the God of your fore-
t 1Ti 3:4
times as many as YOU are, and 1Ti 3:6 fathers has spoken to you. j Do
may he blessp YOU just as he u Ex 18:21 not be afraid, nor be terrified.’ k
v Ex 18:25
has promised YOU. q 12 How can w Ex 23:8 22 “However, all of YOU came
I carry by myself the burden of De 16:18 near to me and said, ‘Do let us
Joh 7:24
YOU and the load of YOU and x Ex 22:21 send men ahead of us that they
YOUR quarreling? r 13 Get wise Le 19:34 may search out the land for us
Le 24:22
and discreet s and experienced t y Le 19:15 and bring us back word concern-
men of YOUR tribes, that I may set 1Sa 16:7
Pr 24:23 ing the way by which we should
them as heads over YOU.’ u 14 At Lu 20:21 go up and the cities to which we
Ro 2:11
that YOU answered me and said,
will come.’ l 23 Well, the thing
‘The thing you have spoken for Second Col. proved to be good in my eyes, so
us to do is good.’ 15 So I took that I took twelve men of YOURS,
a Ex 23:3
the heads of YOUR tribes, men Jas 2:4 one for each tribe. m 24 Then
wise and experienced, and put b Pr 29:25
c 2Ch 19:6
they turned and went up into the
them as heads over YOU, chiefs d Ex 18:26 mountainous region n and got as
of thousands and chiefs of hun- e Nu 10:12
De 8:15 far as the torrent valley of Esh-
dreds and chiefs of fifties and Jer 2:6 col o and went spying on it.
chiefs of tens and officers of YOUR f Ge 15:16
Nu 13:29 25 And they proceeded to take
tribes. v g Nu 13:26 some of the fruitage of the land p
Nu 32:8
16 “And I went on to com- h De 1:7 in their hand and to bring it
mand YOUR judges at that partic- i De 1:8 down to us, and they came bring-
De 31:6
ular time, saying, ‘When having j Ex 23:27 ing us back word and saying,
a hearing between YOUR broth- k Nu 14:9 ‘The land that Jehovah our God
Jos 1:9
ers, YOU must judge with righ- Ps 27:1 is giving us is good.’ q 26 But
Isa 41:10
teousness w between a man and Heb 13:6 YOU did not wish to go up, r
his brother or his alien resi- l Nu 13:2 and YOU began to behave rebel-
m Nu 13:3
dent. x 17 YOU must not be par- n Nu 13:17
tial in judgment. y YOU should o Nu 13:24 p Nu 13:23; Nu 13:26; q Nu 13:27; r Heb 10:38.
237 Rebel at entering Canaan DEUTERONOMY 1:27–2:3
liously against the order of Je- CHAP. 1 rael to inherit it.) 39 As for
hovah YOUR God. a 27 And YOU a Nu 14:1 YOUR little ones of whom YOU
Nu 14:4
kept grumbling in YOUR tents and Ps 106:24 said: “Plunder they will be-
saying, ‘It was because Jehovah b Pr 19:3 come!” a and YOUR sons who today
c Ex 3:8
hated b us that he brought us out Eze 20:6 do not know good or bad, these
of the land of Egypt c to give us d Nu 14:3 will go in there, and to them I
e Nu 32:9
into the hand of the Amor·ites, De 20:8 shall give it, and they will take
to annihilate us. d 28 Where are Jos 14:8 possession of it. 40 As for YOU
f Nu 13:33
we going up? Our brothers have De 2:10 yourselves, change YOUR direc-
caused our heart to melt, e saying: g Nu 13:28 tion and pull away for the wilder-
De 9:1
“A people greater and taller than h Nu 13:22 ness by the way of the Red Sea.’ b
we are, f cities great and fortified Jos 11:21
41 “At this YOU answered and
i Nu 14:9
to the heavens g and also the sons j Ex 14:14 said to me, ‘We have sinned
of the Ana·kim h we saw there.” ’ De 20:4
Jos 10:42 against Jehovah. c We—we shall
29 “So I said to YOU, ‘YOU must 2Ch 14:11 go up and fight in accord with all
Ps 46:11
not suffer a shock or be afraid k Nu 14:22 that Jehovah our God has com-
because of them. i 30 Jehovah Ps 78:12
Ps 105:27
manded us!’ So YOU girded on,
YOUR God is the one going before l Ps 78:15 each one, his weapons of war
YOU. He will fight for YOUj accord- m Ex 19:4 and regarded it as easy to go up
De 32:11
ing to all that he did with YOU n Ps 77:20 into the mountain. d 42 But Je-
in Egypt under YOUR own eyes, k o Ps 78:22
Ps 106:24
hovah said to me, ‘Say to them:
31 and in the wilderness, l where Heb 3:16 “YOU must not go up and fight,
Heb 3:19
you saw how Jehovah your God Jude 5 because I am not in YOUR midst; e
carried you m just as a man car- p Nu 10:33 that YOU may not be defeated
q Ex 13:21
ries his son, in all the way Ex 40:36 before YOUR enemies.” ’ f 43 So I
that YOU walked until YOUR com- Nu 10:34
Ne 9:12
spoke to YOU, and YOU did not lis-
ing to this place.’ n 32 But de- Ps 78:14 ten but began to behave rebel-
Ps 105:39
spite this word YOU were not put- r Nu 14:28
liously g against Jehovah’s order
ting faith in Jehovah YOUR God, o Nu 14:35 and to get all heated up, and YOU
Nu 32:10
33 who was going before YOU in De 2:14 tried to go up into the moun-
the way to spy out for YOU a place Ps 95:11 tain. h 44 Then the Amor·ites
Heb 3:11
for YOU to camp, p by fire at night s Nu 14:29 who were dwelling in that moun-
for YOU to see by what way YOU Ac 13:18
1Co 10:5 tain came out to meet YOU and
should walk and by a cloud in Heb 3:17 went chasing YOU, i just as bees
t Nu 14:30
daytime. q u Nu 14:24 do, and scattering YOU in Se-
34 “All the while Jehovah Jos 14:9 ir as far as Hormah. j 45 After
v Nu 20:12
heard the voice of YOUR words. So Nu 27:13 that YOU returned and began to
he became indignant and swore, r De 3:26
Ps 106:32
weep before Jehovah, but Jeho-
saying, 35 ‘Not one among w Ex 33:11 vah did not listen to YOUR voice, k
these men of this evil genera- Nu 11:28
Nu 14:38
neither did he give ear to YOU. l
tion will see the good land that x Nu 27:18 46 So YOU kept dwelling in Ka-
De 31:7
I swore to give to YOUR fathers, s Jos 1:6 desh many days, as many days as
36 except Caleb the son of Je-
YOU did dwell there. m
phunneh. t He will see it, and to Second Col.
“Then we turned and pulled
him and to his sons I shall give
the land upon which he trod, by
a Nu 14:3
Nu 14:31
2 away for the wilderness by
b Nu 14:25 the way of the Red Sea, just
reason of the fact that he has fol- c Nu 14:39 as Jehovah had spoken to me; n
lowed Jehovah fully. u 37 (Even d Nu 14:40
and we were many days in going
e Le 26:17
against me Jehovah got incensed Nu 14:42
around Mount Seir. 2 Finally
on YOUR account, saying, ‘You too f Nu 14:43
Jehovah said this to me, 3 ‘YOU
g Nu 14:41
will not go in there. v 38 Josh- Isa 63:10
have gone around this moun-
ua the son of Nun, who is stand- Jer 11:8
Ac 7:51 tain long enough. o Change YOUR
ing before you, is the one who will h Nu 14:44
go in there.’ w Him he has made i De 28:25
De 32:30 k Ps 78:34; Pr 28:9; l Ps 66:18; m Nu 13:25;
strong, x because he will cause Is- j Nu 14:45 CHAP. 2 n Nu 14:25; De 1:40; o De 2:7.
DEUTERONOMY 2:4-23 Recounting 38-year trek 238
direction to the north. 4 And CHAP. 2 time rise and make YOUR way
command the people, saying: a Ge 36:8 across the torrent valley of Ze-
Nu 20:14
“YOU are passing along by the De 23:7 red.’ Accordingly we went cross-
border of YOUR brothers, a the b Ge 27:40 ing the torrent valley of Zered. a
Ge 36:10
sons of Esau, b who are dwelling c Ge 27:39 14 And the days that we walked
in Seir; c and they will be afraid Ge 36:9 from Kadesh-barne·a until we
De 2:8
because of YOU, d and YOU must d Ex 15:15 crossed the torrent valley of Ze-
be very careful. 5 Do not en- Ex 23:27 red were thirty-eight years, un-
De 2:25
gage in strife with them, because e Ge 32:3 til all the generation of the men
I shall not give YOU of their land Ge 36:8 of war had come to their end
De 32:8
so much as the width of the sole Jos 24:4 from the midst of the camp, just
of the foot; because I have given 2Ch 20:10
Ac 17:26 as Jehovah had sworn to them. b
Mount Seir to Esau as a hold- f Nu 20:19 15 And the hand c of Jehovah
ing. e 6 What food YOU may buy g Ge 12:2
Pr 10:22 also proved to be upon them to
from them for money, YOU must h De 8:2 disquiet them out of the midst
eat; and also what water YOU may De 29:5
Ps 95:10 of the camp, until they came to
purchase from them for mon- Ac 13:18
their end. d
i Ne 9:21
ey, YOU must drink. f 7 For Je- Ps 23:1 16 “And it came about that
hovah your God has blessed you Ps 34:9
as soon as all the men of war
Ps 34:10
in every deed of your hand. g Ps 37:25 had finished dying off from the
He well knows of your walking Php 4:19
midst of the people, e 17 Jeho-
j Nu 20:20
through this great wilderness. Nu 20:21 vah spoke further to me, say-
These forty h years Jehovah your Nu 21:4
Jg 11:18 ing, 18 ‘You are passing today
God has been with you. You have k De 11:30
by the territory of Moab, that is,
not lacked a thing.” ’ i 8 So we l 2Ch 8:17
m Nu 21:13 Ar, f 19 and you must get close
passed on away from our broth- Jg 11:17
2Ch 20:10 in front of the sons of Ammon.
ers, the sons of Esau, j who are n Ge 19:37 Do not molest them or engage in
dwelling in Seir, from the way o Nu 21:15
De 2:18 strife with them, because I shall
of the Ara·bah, k from Elath and Isa 15:1 not give you any of the land of
from Ezi·on-geber. l p Ge 14:5
q Nu 13:33 the sons of Ammon as a hold-
“Next we turned and passed Jos 14:15 ing, for it is to the sons of Lot
on by the way of the wilderness r Ge 14:5
De 3:11 that I have given it as a holding. g
of Moab. m 9 Jehovah then said 1Ch 20:6 20 As the land of the Repha-
to me, ‘Do not molest Moab or s Nu 13:22
Nu 13:28 im h it also used to be considered.
engage in war with them, be- Nu 13:33
(The Repha·im dwelt in it in
cause I shall not give you any of De 1:28
his land as a holding, for to the
De 9:2 former times, and the Ammon-
t Ge 14:6
sons of Lot n I have given Ar o Ge 36:20 ites used to call them Zam·zum-
as a holding. 10 (The Emim p
1Ch 1:39 mim. 21 They were a great and
u Ge 36:10
dwelt in it in former times, a v Ge 27:39 numerous and tall people like
people great and numerous and
Ge 27:40 the Ana·kim; i and Jehovah went
tall like the Ana·kim. q 11 As annihilating j them from before
Second Col.
for the Repha·im, r they also were them, that they might dispossess
a Nu 21:12
considered like the Ana·kim, s b Nu 14:33
them and dwell in their place;
and the Moab·ites used to call Nu 32:11 22 just the same as he did for the
De 1:35
them Emim. 12 And the Hor- Ps 95:11 sons of Esau, who are dwelling
ites t dwelt in Seir in former
Ps 106:26
Eze 20:15
in Seir, k when he annihilated the
times, and the sons of Esau u Heb 3:18 Horites l from before them, that
Jude 5
proceeded to dispossess them c Heb 10:31
they might dispossess them and
and to annihilate them from be- d 1Co 10:5 dwell in their place until this day.
e Nu 26:64 23 As for the Avvim, m who were
fore them and to dwell in their f Nu 21:15
place, v just the same as Israel Nu 21:28 dwelling in settlements as far as
g Ge 19:38
must do to the land that is his De 2:9
holding, which Jehovah will cer- Jg 11:15 h Ge 15:20; De 3:11; Jos 17:15; i Nu 13:33; De 2:10;
2Ch 20:10 De 9:2; j Ex 15:3; Ps 24:8; k Ge 36:8; l Ge 14:6;
tainly give to them.) 13 At this Ac 17:26 Ge 36:20; De 2:12; m Jos 13:3.
239 Sihon falls. Given Gilead, Bashan DEUTERONOMY 2:24–3:6
Gaza, a the Caphto·rim, b who CHAP. 2 sons and all his people. 34 And
came out from Caphtor, c annihi- a Ge 10:19 we went capturing all his cities
lated them, that they might dwell Jos 11:22 at that particular time and de-
b Ge 10:14
in their place.) 1Ch 1:12 voting every city to destruc-
24 “ ‘GET up, pull away and c Jer 47:4
Am 9:7
tion, a men and women and lit-
cross the torrent valley of Ar- Ac 27:13 tle children. We left no survivor.
non. d See, I have given into your d Nu 21:13
Jg 11:18
35 Only the domestic animals
hand Sihon e the king of Hesh- e Nu 21:23 did we take as plunder for our-
bon, the Amor·ite. So start Jos 9:10 selves, together with the spoil of
f Ex 15:14
to take possession of his Ex 23:27 the cities that we had captured. b
land, and engage in war with De 11:25 36 From A·roer, c which is by the
Jos 2:9
him. 25 This day I shall start g Jos 13:18 bank of the torrent valley of Ar-
to put the dread of you and the Jos 21:37 non, and the city that is in the
h Nu 21:21
fear of you before the peoples be- i De 20:10 torrent valley, as far as Gile·ad,
neath all the heavens, who will j Nu 21:22 there proved to be no town that
Jg 11:19
hear the report about you; and k Nu 20:19
was too high up for us. d Jehovah
they will indeed be agitated and l De 2:8 our God abandoned them all to
have pains like those of child- m De 2:9
De 2:18
us. 37 Only you did not go near
birth because of you.’ f n De 9:5 the land of the sons of Ammon, e
26 “Then I sent messen- Jos 1:11 the whole bank of the torrent
o Job 34:11
gers from the wilderness of Ro 9:18 valley of Jabbok, f nor the cities
Kede·mothg to Sihon h the king p Nu 21:25 of the mountainous region, nor
Ps 135:10
of Heshbon with words of Ps 136:18 anything about which Jehovah
peace, i saying, 27 ‘Let me pass q Nu 32:33 our God had given command.
Ps 135:12
through your land. Only on the
3 “Then we turned and went
r Nu 21:23
Jg 11:20
road I shall walk. I shall not s De 20:13 up by the way of Bashan.
turn to the right or to the left. j Ne 9:22 At this Og g the king of Bashan
Ps 135:11
28 What food you will sell me for Ps 136:18 came on out, he and all his peo-
money, I must eat; and what wa- t Nu 21:24 ple, to meet us in battle at Ed-
De 29:7
ter you will give me for money,
re·i. h 2 So Jehovah said to me,
I must drink. Only let me pass ‘Do not be afraid of him, i for I
Second Col.
through on my feet, k 29 just shall certainly give him and all
a Le 27:28
the same as the sons of Esau Nu 31:17 his people and his land into your
dwelling in Seir l and the Moab- De 20:16 hand; and you must do to him
De 20:17
ites m dwelling in Ar did to me, b Jos 8:27 just as you did to Sihon j the king
until I shall pass over the Jordan c De 3:12 of the Amor·ites, who was dwell-
De 4:48
into the land that Jehovah our Jos 13:9 ing in Heshbon.’ 3 According-
God is giving to us.’ n 30 And d Jos 1:5 ly Jehovah our God gave into our
Ps 44:3
Sihon the king of Heshbon did e De 3:16 hand also Og the king of Ba-
not let us pass through him, be- Jg 11:15 shan and all his people, and we
f Nu 21:24
cause Jehovah your God had let Jos 12:2 kept striking him until he had
his spirit become obstinate o and
no survivor remaining. k 4 And
his heart become hard, in order CHAP. 3 we went capturing all his cit-
to give him into your hand just g Nu 21:33 ies at that particular time. There
as at this day. p De 29:7 proved to be no town that we
Jos 9:10
31 “At this Jehovah said to Ne 9:22 did not take from them, sixty
me, ‘See, I have started to aban- h Jos 12:4 cities, l all the region of Argob, m
Jos 13:12
don Sihon and his land to i Nu 14:9 the kingdom of Og in Bashan. n
you. Start to take posses- Nu 21:34
De 20:3
5 All these were cities fortified
sion of his land.’ q 32 When Si- j Nu 21:24 with a high wall, doors and
hon came on out, he and all k Nu 21:35 bar, aside from very many rural
Jos 13:12
his people, to meet us in bat- l Nu 32:33 towns. 6 However, we devoted
tle at Jahaz, r 33 then Jehovah Jos 13:30 them to destruction, o just as we
m 1Ki 4:13
our God abandoned him to us, s n De 29:8 had done to Sihon the king of
so that we defeated him t and his o Le 27:29 Heshbon, in devoting every city
DEUTERONOMY 3:7-25 Reuben, Gad, 1⁄2 Manasseh settle 240
to destruction, men, women and CHAP. 3 the boundary of the sons of Am-
little children. a 7 And all the a Le 18:25 mon; a 17 and the Ara·bah and
De 2:34
domestic animals and the spoil Eze 9:6
the Jordan and the border, from
of the cities we took as plunder b De 2:35 Chinne·reth b to the sea of the
Jos 8:27
for ourselves. b c Nu 32:33 Ara·bah, the Salt Sea, c at the
8 “And we proceeded to take d Jos 12:2 base of the slopes of Pisgah d to-
Jos 13:9
at that particular time the land e Jos 11:3 ward the sunrising.
from the hand of the two kings Ca 4:8 18 “So I commanded YOU men
f Ps 29:6
of the Amor·ites c who were in g 1Ch 5:23 at that particular time, say-
the region of the Jordan, from Eze 27:5 ing, ‘Jehovah YOUR God has giv-
h Jos 12:5
the torrent valley of Arnon d as Jos 13:11 en YOU this land to take posses-
far as Mount Hermon; e 9 (the i Nu 21:33
Jos 13:12
sion of it. YOU will pass over,
Si·doni·ans used to call Hermon j Ge 14:5 equipped, before YOUR brothers,
Siri·on, f and the Amor·ites used k 2Sa 12:26
Jer 49:2
the sons of Israel, all the valiant
to call it Senir,) g 10 all the cit- l Nu 32:34 men. e 19 Only YOUR wives and
ies of the tableland and all Gil- De 4:48 YOUR little ones and YOUR live-
Jos 12:2
e·ad and all Bashan as far as m Nu 32:33 stock (I well know that YOU have
Sale·cah h and Edre·i, i the cities n Ge 31:21 a great deal of livestock) will con-
Nu 32:39
of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. Jos 13:31 tinue dwelling in YOUR cities that
Jg 10:4
11 For only Og the king of Ba- o Jos 13:30 I have given YOU, f 20 until Jeho-
shan remained of what was left 1Ch 5:23 vah gives YOUR brothers rest, as
p 1Ki 4:13
of the Repha·im. j Look! His bier q Ge 15:20 well as YOU, and they also have
was a bier of iron. Is it not in r 1Ch 2:22 taken possession of the land that
s De 3:4
Rabbah k of the sons of Ammon? t Jos 13:13
Jehovah YOUR God is giving them
Nine cubits is its length, and four 2Sa 3:3 across the Jordan; after which
u Jos 12:5
cubits its width, by the cubit of v Nu 32:41
YOU must come back, each one
a man. 12 And we took posses- w Ge 50:23 to his holding that I have given
Jos 17:1
sion of this land at that particu- x Nu 32:39
YOU.’ g
lar time; from A·roer, l which is y Nu 32:33 21 “And I commanded Josh-
z De 3:8
by the torrent valley of Arnon, Jos 22:9 ua h at that particular time, say-
and half of the mountainous re-
ing, ‘Your eyes are seeing all that
gion of Gile·ad, and its cities I Second Col. Jehovah YOUR God has done to
have given to the Reuben·ites a Nu 21:24 these two kings. The same way
and the Gadites. m 13 And the Jos 12:2 Jehovah will do to all the king-
b Nu 34:11
rest of Gile·ad n and all Bashan o c Ge 14:3 doms to which you are passing
of the kingdom of Og I have giv- Nu 34:12
Jos 12:3
over there. i 22 YOU men must
en to the half tribe of Ma·nas- d De 34:1 not be afraid of them, for Jeho-
seh. All the region of Argob p of e Nu 32:20 vah YOUR God is the One fighting
f Jos 1:14
all Bashan, is it not called the g Jos 1:15 for YOU.’ j
land of the Repha·im? q Jos 22:4
Jos 22:8 23 “And I proceeded to im-
14 “Jair r the son of Ma·nas- h Nu 11:28 plore favor from Jehovah at
Nu 14:30
seh took all the region of Ar- Nu 27:18 that particular time, say-
gob s as far as the boundary of i Jos 10:25 ing, 24 ‘O Sovereign Lord Je-
j Ex 14:14
the Geshur·ites t and the Ma·ac- Ex 15:3 hovah, you yourself have start-
a·thites, u and he proceeded to Nu 21:34 ed to make your servant see your
De 1:30
call those villages of Bashan by De 20:4 greatness k and your strong arm, l
his own name, Havvoth-jair, v to Jos 10:42
k Ex 34:6
for who is a god in the heavens
this day. 15 And to Machir w I De 11:2 or on the earth that does deeds
Ps 145:3
have given Gile·ad. x 16 And to Jer 32:18 like yours and mighty perfor-
the Reuben·ites y and the Gad- l Ex 15:16 mances like yours? m 25 Let me
Ps 44:3
ites I have given from Gile·ad z m Ex 15:11 pass over, please, and see the
to the torrent valley of Arnon, 2Sa 7:22 good land n that is across the Jor-
1Ki 8:23
the middle of the torrent valley Ps 71:19 dan, this good mountainous re-
being a boundary, and as far as Ps 86:8
Jer 10:6
Jabbok, the torrent valley that is Jer 49:19 n Ex 3:8; De 4:22; De 11:12; Eze 20:6.
241 Moses not cross over. Instruct sons DEUTERONOMY 3:26–4:14
gion a and Leba·non.’ b 26 And CHAP. 3 ples who will hear of all these
Jehovah continued to be furious a De 1:7 regulations, and they will cer-
against me on YOUR account c and b Jos 13:5 tainly say, ‘This great nation is
1Ki 9:19
did not listen to me; but Jeho- c Nu 20:12 undoubtedly a wise and under-
Nu 27:14
vah said to me, ‘That is enough De 31:2
standing people.’ a 7 For what
of you! Never speak to me fur- Ps 106:32 great nation b is there that has
d Nu 21:20
ther on this matter. 27 Go up Nu 27:12 gods near to it the way Jehovah
to the top of Pisgah d and raise De 34:1 our God is in all our calling upon
e De 34:4
your eyes to the west and north f Nu 27:19 him? c 8 And what great nation
and south and east and see De 1:38 is there that has righteous regu-
De 31:7
with your eyes, for you will not g Jos 1:2 lations and judicial decisions like
pass over this Jordan. e 28 And Ac 7:45 all this law that I am putting be-
h Jos 3:7
commission f Joshua and encour- i De 4:46 fore YOU today? d
age him and strengthen him, be- De 34:6
Jos 13:20
9 “Only watch out for your-
cause he is the one to pass over g
self and take good care of your
before this people and he is the CHAP. 4 soul, e that you may not for-
one to cause them to inherit the j Le 18:5
get the things that your eyes have
land that you will see.’ h 29 All Eze 20:11 seen f and that they may not de-
Ro 10:5
this while we were dwelling in the k De 12:32 part from your heart all the
valley in front of Beth-peor. i Jos 1:7 days of your life; g and you must
Pr 30:6
Re 22:18 make them known to your sons
4 “And now, O Israel, listen to
the regulations and the judi-
l Nu 25:3
Jos 22:17
Ps 106:28
and to your grandsons, h 10 the
day that you stood before Je-
cial decisions that I am teaching Ho 9:10
hovah your God in Horeb, i when
1Co 10:7
YOU to do, in order that YOU may m Nu 25:5 Jehovah said to me, ‘Congregate
live j and may indeed go in and Nu 25:9
the people together to me that
1Co 10:8
take possession of the land that n De 10:20 I may let them hear my words, j
Jehovah the God of YOUR forefa- De 13:4
that they may learn to fear k
Jos 22:5
thers is giving YOU. 2 YOU must o Le 10:11 me all the days that they are
not add to the word that I am Le 26:46
Nu 30:16 alive on the soil and that they
commanding YOU, neither must p Le 25:18 may teach their sons.’ l
YOU take away from it, k so as to Nu 36:13
De 6:1 11 “So YOU people came near
keep the commandments of Je- q 1Ki 2:3 and stood at the base of the
Ps 19:7
hovah YOUR God that I am com- Ps 107:43 mountain, and the moun-
manding YOU. Ps 111:10
tain was burning with fire
Ps 119:98
3 “YOUR own eyes are the Pr 10:8 up to midheaven; there was
Jer 8:9
ones that saw what Jehovah did r Ps 119:100 darkness, cloud and thick
in the case of the Baal of Peor, l Pr 4:7 gloom. m 12 And Jehovah be-
that every man who walked after
gan to speak to YOU out of the
the Baal of Peor was the one Second Col.
middle of the fire. n The sound of
whom Jehovah your God annihi- a 1Ki 4:34
words was what YOU were hear-
1Ki 10:7
lated from your midst. m 4 But Da 1:20 ing, but no form o were YOU seeing
YOU who are cleaving n to Jeho- b 2Sa 7:23
c Ex 25:8
—nothing but a voice. p 13 And
vah YOUR God are all of YOU alive Le 26:12 he proceeded to state to YOU his
De 5:26
today. 5 See, I have taught YOU Ps 46:1 covenant, q which he commanded
regulations o and judicial deci- Ps 145:18 YOU to perform—the Ten Words, r
d Ps 78:5
sions, p just as Jehovah my God Ps 147:19 after which he wrote them upon
has commanded me, for YOU to e Pr 4:23 two tablets of stone. s 14 And it
Pr 19:16
do that way in the midst of f Pr 4:21 was I whom Jehovah command-
the land to which YOU are going g Pr 3:1 ed at that particular time to
Pr 7:1
to take possession of it. 6 And Heb 2:1
YOU must keep and do them, be- h Ge 18:19 k Ex 20:20; De 5:29; 1Sa 12:24; Lu 1:50; l Pr 22:6;
De 6:7 Eph 6:4; m Ex 19:18; De 5:23; Heb 12:18; n De
cause this is wisdom q on YOUR Ps 78:5 9:10; De 10:4; o De 4:15; Isa 40:18; Joh 1:18; Joh
i De 5:2
part and understanding r on YOUR j Ex 19:9
4:24; p Ex 20:22; Heb 12:19; q Ex 19:5; De 5:2; De
9:9; Heb 9:20; r Ex 20:1; Ex 34:28; De 10:4; s Ex
part before the eyes of the peo- Heb 12:25 24:12; Ex 31:18; Ex 32:19; Ex 34:1.
DEUTERONOMY 4:15-32 Moses urges obedience, gives warning 242
teach YOU regulations and judi- CHAP. 4 you. a 24 For Jehovah your God
cial decisions, for YOU to do them a Ps 105:44 is a consuming fire, b a God ex-
in the land to which YOU are pass- b De 6:24 acting exclusive devotion. c
Jos 23:11
ing over to take possession of it. a c De 4:12 25 “In case you become fa-
d Ex 32:7
15 “And YOU must take good e Ex 20:4
ther to sons and grandsons and
care of YOUR souls, b because YOU De 27:15 YOU have resided a long time
Isa 40:18
did not see any form c on the Ac 17:29 in the land and do act ruin-
day of Jehovah’s speaking to 1Co 10:14 ously d and do make a carved im-
f Ro 1:23
YOU in Horeb out of the middle g De 5:8 age, e a form of anything, and do
of the fire, 16 that YOU may not h 1Sa 5:4 commit evil in the eyes of Je-
i De 17:3
act ruinously d and may not real- 2Ki 17:16 hovah your God f so as to offend
ly make for yourselves a carved Jer 8:2
Eze 8:16
him, 26 I do take as witness-
image, the form of any sym- Zep 1:5 es against YOU today the heavens
Ac 7:43
bol, the representation of male j Ps 136:7
and the earth, g that YOU will pos-
or female, e 17 the representa- Jer 31:35 itively perish in a hurry from off
k 1Ki 8:51
tion of any beast that is in the Jer 11:4 the land to which YOU are cross-
earth, f the representation of any l Ex 19:5 ing the Jordan to take posses-
De 9:26
winged bird that flies in the heav- 1Ki 8:53 sion of it. YOU will not length-
ens, g 18 the representation of Ps 135:4 en YOUR days on it, because YOU
m Nu 20:12
anything moving on the ground, De 3:26 will positively be annihilated. h
the representation of any fishh n De 31:2
Ps 106:32
27 And Jehovah will certainly
that is in the waters under the o De 3:27 scatter YOU among the peoples, i
earth; 19 and that you may not p Ex 19:5
Ex 24:3
and YOU will indeed be let remain
raise your eyes to the heavens
few j in number among the na-
and indeed see the sun and the Second Col. tions to which Jehovah will drive
moon and the stars, all the army a Ex 20:4 YOU away. 28 And there YOU will
of the heavens, and actually get De 4:16 have to serve gods, k the product
1Co 10:14
seduced and bow down to them b Ex 24:17 of the hands of man, wood and
and serve them, i which Jeho- De 9:3 stone, l which cannot see or hear
Heb 12:29
vah your God has apportioned to c Ex 20:5 or eat or smell. m
all the peoples under the whole Ex 34:14
Nu 25:11 29 “If YOU do look for Jeho-
heavens. j 20 But YOU are the Jos 24:19 vah your God from there, you will
Na 1:2
ones Jehovah took that he might Lu 10:27 also certainly find him, n because
bring YOU out of the iron fur- d Ex 32:7 you will inquire for him with
De 4:16
nace, k out of Egypt, to become e Jg 18:30 all your heart and with all your
a people of private ownership to 2Ki 17:16 soul. o 30 When you are in sore
2Ki 21:7
him l as at this day. Isa 42:8 straits and all these words have
21 “And Jehovah got incensed f 2Ki 17:17
g De 30:19
found you out at the close of the
at me on YOUR account, m so that De 31:28 days, then you will have to return
Isa 1:2
he swore that I should not cross h Le 18:28 to Jehovah your God p and to lis-
the Jordan or go into the good Le 26:32 ten to his voice. q 31 For Jeho-
De 29:28
land that Jehovah your God is Jos 23:16 vah your God is a merciful God. r
giving you as an inheritance. n Isa 24:1
He will not desert you or bring
i De 28:64
22 For I am dying in this land. o Ne 1:8 you to ruin or forget the cove-
I am not crossing the Jordan, but Eze 12:15
j De 28:62 nant s of your forefathers that he
YOU are crossing, and YOU must k Jer 16:13 swore to them.
take possession of this good Eze 20:39
l De 28:36 32 “Now ask, please, concern-
land. 23 Watch out for your- Eze 20:32 ing the former days t that oc-
m Ps 115:5
selves that YOU may not forget the Ps 135:16 curred before you, from the day
covenant of Jehovah YOUR God Isa 44:9 that God created man on the
Re 9:20
that he concluded with YOUp and n De 30:10 earth u and from one end of the
that YOU do not make for your- 2Ch 15:4
2Ch 15:15
selves a carved image, the form o De 30:2 p De 30:10; 2Ch 33:13; Ne 1:9; q Jer 7:23; r Ex
of anything about which Jeho- 1Ki 8:48 34:6; De 30:3; 2Ch 30:9; Ne 9:31; Ps 86:15; Isa
Jer 29:13 54:7; Isa 55:7; 2Co 1:3; s Le 26:42; Ps 105:8; Lu
vah your God has commanded Joe 2:12 1:72; t Ps 44:1; u Ge 2:7.
243 None like Jehovah. 3 cities of refuge DEUTERONOMY 4:33–5:3
heavens clear to the other end of CHAP. 4 the rising of the sun, a 42 for
the heavens, Was any great thing a Ex 15:11 the manslayer to flee there who
brought about like this or was b De 5:26 slays his fellow without know-
c De 7:19
anything heard like it? a 33 Has d Ex 7:3 ing it, b while he was not hat-
any other people heard the voice e Ps 105:27 ing him formerly; c and he must
f Ex 15:3
of God speaking out of the mid- g Ex 13:3 flee to one of these cities and
dle of the fire the way you De 6:21
h Ex 6:6
live, d 43 namely, Bezer e in the
yourself have heard it, and kept i De 26:8 wilderness on the tableland for
on living? b 34 Or did God at- Ps 78:49
Jer 32:21 the Reuben·ites, and Ramoth f
tempt to come to take a na- j Ex 3:14 in Gile·ad for the Gadites, and
Ex 6:7
tion to himself out of the midst 1Ki 18:37 Golan g in Bashan for the Ma-
of another nation with provings, c 2Ki 19:19 nassites. h
Ps 83:18
with signs d and with miracles e k Ex 15:11 44 Now this is the law i that
and with war f and with a strong De 32:39
1Sa 2:2 Moses set before the sons of Is-
hand g and with an outstretched Isa 45:18 rael. 45 These are the testimo-
Mr 12:32
arm h and with great fearsome- l Ex 19:18 nies j and the regulations k and
ness i like all that Jehovah YOUR Ex 20:22
the judicial decisions l that Mo-
De 4:12
God has done for YOU in Egypt De 4:15 ses spoke to the sons of Isra-
before your eyes? 35 You—you De 4:33
Ne 9:13 el on their coming out of Egypt,
have been shown, so as to know Heb 12:18 46 in the region of the Jordan in
Heb 12:25
that Jehovah is the true God; j m De 10:15 the valley in front of Beth-peor, m
there is no other besides him. k Ps 105:6
in the land of Sihon the king of
n Ex 13:14
36 Out of the heavens he made Jer 32:21 the Amor·ites, who was dwell-
you hear his voice so as to cor- o Ex 23:28
De 7:1 ing in Heshbon, n whom Moses
rect you; and upon the earth he De 9:1 and the sons of Israel defeated
Jos 3:10
made you see his great fire, and Ps 44:2 on their coming out of Egypt. o
his words you heard from the p Jos 2:11
47 And they went taking posses-
2Ch 20:6
middle of the fire. l Ps 135:6 sion of his land and of the land
37 “And yet you continue to Da 4:35
q De 4:35 of Og p the king of Bashan, the
live, because he loved your fore- Isa 44:6 two kings of the Amor·ites who
fathers so that he chose their r De 4:5
s De 5:16 were in the region of the Jor-
seed after them m and brought t Ge 48:4 dan toward the rising of the sun,
you out of Egypt in his sight with
48 from A·roer, q which is on the
his great power, n 38 to drive Second Col.
bank of the torrent valley of Ar-
away nations greater and might- a Nu 35:14
non, up to Mount Sion, that is
b Nu 35:11
ier than you from before you, Nu 35:22 to say, Hermon, r 49 and all the
so as to bring you in, to give c De 19:4
Ara·bah s in the region of the Jor-
d Nu 35:25
you their land as an inheritance e Jos 21:36 dan toward the east, and as far
as at this day. o 39 And you well f Jos 21:38
as the sea of the Ara·bah t at the
g Jos 21:27
know today, and you must call h Jos 20:8 base of the slopes of Pisgah. u
back to your heart that Jehovah i De 17:18
And Moses proceeded to call
is the true God in the heavens
above and on the earth beneath. p
De 27:3
Mal 4:4
Joh 1:17
Ga 3:24
5 all Israel v and to say to them:
There is no other. q 40 And you j De 6:17
“Hear, O Israel, the regulations
must keep his regulations r and 1Ki 2:3 and the judicial decisions w that I
k Le 26:46
his commandments that I am De 4:1 am speaking in YOUR ears today,
commanding you today, that it l Le 18:5 and YOU must learn them and be
De 4:5
may go well with you s and your Ne 9:13 careful to do them. x 2 Jehovah
Ps 119:164 our God concluded a covenant
sons after you, and in order that Eze 20:11
you may lengthen your days on m De 1:5 with us in Horeb. y 3 It was
De 3:29
the soil that Jehovah your God is n Nu 21:26
not with our forefathers that Je-
giving you, t always.” o Nu 21:24 hovah concluded this covenant,
p Nu 21:33
41 At that time Moses pro- De 3:4
ceeded to set apart three cities De 29:7 r De 3:9; Jos 11:3; s De 1:7; Jos 12:3; t Ge 14:3; De
q De 2:36 3:17; u De 34:1; CHAP. 5 v De 1:1; De 29:10;
on the side of the Jordan toward De 3:12 w De 4:5; x De 4:1; y Ex 19:5; De 4:23; Heb 9:19.
DEUTERONOMY 5:4-23 Restating of the Ten Words 244
but with us, all those of us alive CHAP. 5 dent who is inside your gates, a
here today. 4 Face to face Jeho- a Ex 19:9 in order that your slave man and
Ex 19:18
vah spoke with YOU in the moun- Ex 20:22
your slave girl may rest the same
tain out of the middle of the fire. a De 4:33 as you. b 15 And you must re-
Ac 7:38
5 I was standing between Jeho- b Ex 20:19 member that you became a slave
vah and YOU at that particular De 34:10 in the land of Egypt c and Jeho-
Ga 3:19
time b to tell YOU the word of Jeho- c Ex 19:16 vah your God proceeded to bring
vah, (for YOU were afraid because d Ps 81:10 you out from there with a strong
Ho 13:4
of the fire and did not go up into e Ex 13:3 hand and an outstretched arm. d
the mountain,) c saying, Ex 20:2 That is why Jehovah your God
f Ex 20:3
6 “ ‘I am Jehovah your God, d 2Ki 17:35 commanded you to carry on the
Jer 25:6 sabbath day. e
who brought you out of the land g Ex 20:4
of Egypt, out of the house of Le 26:1 16 “ ‘Honor your father and
De 4:16
slaves. e 7 You must never have De 4:23 your mother, f just as Jehovah
any other gods against my face. f De 27:15 your God has commanded you;
h Ac 17:29
8 “ ‘You must not make for i Ex 23:24 in order that your days may
yourself a carved image, g any Da 3:18 prove long and it may go well
1Co 10:14
form h like anything that is in j Ex 34:14 with you g on the ground that Je-
the heavens above or that is on De 4:24
Jos 24:19
hovah your God is giving you.
the earth underneath or that is Isa 42:8 17 “ ‘You must not murder. h
Na 1:2
in the waters under the earth. Mt 4:10 18 “ ‘Neither must you com-
9 You must not bow down to k Ex 20:5 mit adultery. i
Ex 34:7
them or be led to serve them, i 1Ki 21:29 19 “ ‘Neither must you steal. j
Mt 23:35
because I Jehovah your God am l Ex 20:6 20 “ ‘Neither must you testify
a God exacting exclusive devo- Jer 32:18 to a falsehood against your fel-
Da 9:4
tion, j bringing punishment for Ro 11:28 lowman. k
the error of fathers upon sons m Ex 20:7 21 “ ‘Neither must you desire
Ex 22:28
and upon the third generation Le 19:12 your fellowman’s wife. l Neither
and upon the fourth generation, n Le 24:16
o Ex 16:23
must you selfishly crave your fel-
in the case of those who hate Ex 20:8 lowman’s house, his field or his
me; k 10 but exercising loving- Ex 31:13
p Ex 20:9
slave man or his slave girl, his
kindness toward the thousandth Ex 23:12 bull or his ass or anything that
Ex 34:21
generation in the case of those q Ex 16:29 belongs to your fellowman.’ m
who love me and keep my com- r Ne 13:15 22 “These Words Jehovah
mandments. l
spoke to all YOUR congregation
11 “ ‘You must not take up Second Col.
in the mountain out of the mid-
the name of Jehovah your God a Ex 20:10
Ex 23:12
dle of the fire, n the cloud and the
in a worthless way, m for Jeho- Le 24:22 thick gloom, with a loud voice,
vah will not leave anyone unpun- b De 10:17
Ro 2:11
and he added nothing; after
ished who takes up his name in Eph 6:9 which he wrote them upon two
c De 15:15
a worthless way. n De 24:18 tablets of stone and gave me
12 “ ‘Keeping the sabbath day d Ex 6:6 them. o
De 4:34
to hold it sacred, just as Jeho- Isa 63:12 23 “And it came about that as
vah your God commanded you, o e Ex 31:17 soon as YOU had heard the voice
f Ex 21:15
13 you are to render service and Le 19:3 out of the middle of the dark-
you must do all your work six De 27:16 ness, while the mountain was
Pr 1:8
days. p 14 But the seventh day Mr 7:10 burning with fire, p YOU proceed-
g Ex 20:12
is a sabbath to Jehovah your Eph 6:3
ed to come near to me, all the
God. q You must not do any h Ge 9:6 heads of YOUR tribes and YOUR
Ex 20:13
work, r you nor your son nor your Nu 35:21
daughter nor your slave man nor Mt 5:21 j Ex 20:15; Le 19:11; Pr 30:9; 1Co 6:10; Eph 4:28;
Ro 13:9 k Ex 20:16; Ex 23:1; Le 19:16; De 19:16; Pr
your slave girl nor your bull nor i Ex 20:14 6:19; Pr 19:5; l 2Sa 11:3; Mt 5:28; m Ex 20:17; 1Ki
your ass nor any domestic ani- Pr 6:32
1Co 6:18
21:4; Lu 12:15; Ro 7:7; n Ex 19:9; Ex 19:18; De
4:12; o Ex 24:12; Ex 31:18; De 4:13; p Ex 20:18;
mal of yours nor your alien resi- Heb 13:4 Heb 12:18.
245 Fear at Sinai. To love Jehovah DEUTERONOMY 5:24–6:10
older men. 24 Then YOU said, CHAP. 5 with YOUa and YOU may indeed
‘Here Jehovah our God has a Ex 19:18 lengthen YOUR days in the land of
shown us his glory and his great- Ex 24:17
De 4:36
which YOU will take possession.
ness, and we have heard his voice b De 4:33
out of the middle of the fire. a
This day we have seen that God
c Heb 12:29
d Ex 20:19
De 18:16
6 “Now these are the com-
mandment, the regulations
and the judicial decisions that
may speak with man and he may Ac 7:38
Ga 3:19 Jehovah YOUR God has com-
actually keep living. b 25 And e De 4:33
manded to teach YOU, b so as to
now why should we die, for this De 5:5
Ps 29:4 do them in the land to which
great fire may consume us? c If we 1Th 1:9
YOU are passing over there to take
are again hearing the voice of Je- f Ex 20:19
Heb 12:19 possession of it; 2 in order that
hovah our God any further, we g De 18:17
you may fear c Jehovah your God
are also certain to die. d 26 For h De 10:12
Job 28:28 so as to keep all his statutes and
who is there of all flesh that has Pr 1:7
Mt 10:28 his commandments that I am
heard the voice of the living God e 1Pe 2:17 commanding you, you and your
speaking out of the middle of the i Pr 4:4
Pr 7:2 son and your grandson, d all the
fire as we did and yet goes on Ec 12:13 days of your life, and in order
living? 27 You yourself go near Isa 48:18
1Jo 5:3 that your days may prove long. e
and hear all that Jehovah our j Ps 19:11 3 And you must listen, O Israel,
God will say; and you will be the Jas 1:25
k De 4:45 and take care to do f them, that
one to speak to us all that Jeho- De 6:1 it may go well with you g and that
vah our God will speak to you, f Eze 20:11
Mal 4:4 YOU may become very many, just
and we shall certainly listen and Ga 3:19 as Jehovah the God of your fore-
do.’ l De 6:3
De 6:25 fathers has promised you, h as re-
28 “So Jehovah heard the De 8:1 spects the land flowing with milk
voice of YOUR words when YOU m De 12:32
Jos 1:7 and honey.
spoke to me, and Jehovah went Pr 4:27
on to say to me, ‘I have heard n De 10:12
4 “Listen, O Israel: Jehovah
the voice of the words of this peo- Jer 7:23 our God is one Jehovah. i 5 And
you must love Jehovah your
ple, which they have spoken to Second Col.
you. They have done well in all God with all your heart j and
they have spoken. g 29 If only
a De 4:40 all your soul k and all your vital
De 12:28
they would develop this heart Pr 19:16 force. l 6 And these words that
Ro 10:5 I am commanding you today
of theirs to fear me h and to
keep all my commandments i al- must prove to be on your heart; m
CHAP. 6
ways, in order that it might go 7 and you must inculcate them
b De 4:1
well with them and their sons De 4:10 in your son n and speak of them
to time indefinite! j 30 Go say c Ex 20:20 when you sit in your house and
Jos 24:14
to them: “Return home to YOUR Job 28:28 when you walk on the road and
tents.” 31 And you stand here Ps 111:10 when you lie down o and when
Ps 128:1
with me, and let me speak to you d Ge 18:19 you get up. 8 And you must tie
all the commandment and the De 4:9 them as a sign upon your hand, p
e De 5:16
regulations and the judicial de- Pr 3:2 and they must serve as a front-
cisions that you should teach to f De 5:32 let band between your eyes; q
2Ki 21:8
them k and that they must do in g Ec 8:12 9 and you must write them upon
the land that I am giving them to Isa 3:10 the doorposts of your house and
h Ge 13:16
take possession of it.’ 32 And i De 5:7
on your gates. r
YOU people must take care to do Isa 42:8 10 “And it must occur that
Zec 14:9
just as Jehovah YOUR God has Mr 12:29 when Jehovah your God will
commanded YOU. l YOU must not 1Co 8:6 bring you into the land that he
j De 10:12
turn to the right or to the left. m Mt 22:37 swore to your forefathers Abra-
33 In all the way that Jehovah k De 11:13 ham, Isaac and Jacob to give
De 30:6
YOUR God has commanded YOU, l Mr 12:30
Lu 10:27
YOU should walk, n in order that m De 11:18
n Ge 18:19; De 4:9; De 11:19; Pr 22:6; Eph 6:4;
o Pr 6:22; p Pr 3:3; Pr 7:3; q Ex 13:9; Ex 13:16; De
YOU may live and it may be well Pr 7:3 11:18; r De 11:20.
DEUTERONOMY 6:11–7:5 Not test God. To destroy 7 nations 246
you, a great and good-looking cit- CHAP. 6 hovah kept putting signs and
ies that you did not build, b a Ge 15:18 miracles, a great and calamitous,
11 and houses full of all good b Jos 24:13 upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh and
Ps 105:44
things and that you did not fill, c De 8:10 upon all his household before
and cisterns hewn out that you d Jg 3:7 our eyes. b 23 And he brought
Jer 2:32
did not hew out, vineyards and e De 10:12 us out from there in order that
De 13:4
olive trees that you did not plant, Ps 34:9 he might bring us here to give
and you shall have eaten and be- Ps 128:1 us the land about which he
f Lu 4:8
come satisfied, c 12 watch out g De 10:20 had sworn to our forefathers. c
for yourself that you may not for- Jg 21:7 24 Hence Jehovah commanded
Jer 12:16
get d Jehovah, who brought you h Ex 34:14 us to carry out all these regula-
out of the land of Egypt, out De 8:19 tions, d to fear Jehovah our God
Jer 25:6
of the house of slaves. 13 Jeho- i Ex 20:5 for our good always, e that we
De 4:24
vah your God you should fear, e Jos 24:19 might keep alive as at this day. f
and him you should serve, f and Na 1:2 25 And it will mean righteous-
j Ex 32:10
by his name you should swear. g Nu 25:3 ness for us, g that we take care to
14 YOU must not walk after oth- De 11:17
Jg 2:14
do all this commandment before
er gods, any gods of the peoples k 1Ki 13:34 Jehovah our God, just as he has
2Ki 17:18 commanded us.’ h
who are all around YOU, h 15 (for l Mt 4:7
Jehovah your God in your midst Lu 4:12
is a God exacting exclusive devo-
tion,) i for fear the anger of Jeho-
1Co 10:9
m Ex 17:2
De 33:8
7 “When Jehovah your God at
last brings you into the land
Ps 95:8 to which you are going so as to
vah your God may blaze against Heb 3:8 take possession of it, i he must
you j and he must annihilate you n De 11:13
Eze 20:11 also clear away populous na-
from off the surface of the o 1Ki 2:3 tions from before you, j the Hit-
ground. k p De 4:1
Ne 9:13 tites k and the Girga·shites l and
16 “YOU must not put Jeho- q De 11:22 the Amor·ites m and the Ca-
Ps 119:4
vah YOUR God to the test, l the r De 5:33 naan·ites n and the Periz·zites o
way YOU put him to the test at s Ge 15:18
and the Hivites p and the Jebu-
t Ex 23:30
Massah. m 17 YOU should by all Nu 33:52 sites, q seven nations more pop-
means keep the commandments u Ex 13:14
ulous and mighty than you are. r
v Ex 15:6
of Jehovah YOUR God n and his
2 And Jehovah your God will
testimonies o and his regula- Second Col. certainly abandon them to you,
tions p that he has commanded and you must defeat them. s You
a Ex 7:3
you. q 18 And you must do what De 7:19 should without fail devote them
is right and good in Jehovah’s b De 4:34
to destruction. t You must con-
c Ex 13:5
eyes, in order that it may go well De 1:8 clude no covenant with them nor
with you r and you may indeed d De 5:1
1Ki 2:3 show them any favor. u 3 And
enter and take possession of the e De 10:12 you must form no marriage alli-
good land about which Jehovah Ps 111:10
Pr 14:27 ance with them. Your daughter
has sworn to your forefathers, s Ec 8:12
you must not give to his son, and
f De 4:1
19 by pushing away all your en- Lu 10:28 his daughter you must not take
emies from before you, just as Je- Ga 3:12
for your son. v 4 For he will turn
g Ro 10:5
hovah has promised. t h Le 18:5 your son from following me, and
20 “In case your son should Ec 12:13
they will certainly serve other
ask you in a future day, u saying, gods; w and Jehovah’s anger will
CHAP. 7
‘What do the testimonies and indeed blaze against YOU, and he
i De 31:3
the regulations and the judi- Ps 44:2 will certainly annihilate you in a
cial decisions mean that Jehovah j Ex 33:2 hurry. x
Jos 3:10
our God has commanded YOU?’ k Ge 10:15 5 “On the other hand, this is
21 then you must say to your l Ge 10:16
what YOU should do to them:
m Ge 15:16
son, ‘We became slaves to Phar- n Ge 10:19
aoh in Egypt, but Jehovah pro- o Jos 11:3 s Nu 33:52; Ac 13:19; t Le 27:29; De 20:17; Jos
p Ge 10:17
ceeded to bring us out of Egypt q 1Ch 1:14
6:17; Jos 10:28; u Ex 23:32; Ex 34:15; De 20:16; Jg
2:2; v Jos 23:12; 1Ki 11:2; Ezr 9:2; Ne 10:30; w Ex
with a strong hand. v 22 So Je- r De 20:1 34:16; 1Ki 11:4; x De 6:15.
247 Why Israel chosen. God’s blessings DEUTERONOMY 7:6-21
Their altars YOU should pull CHAP. 7 tiply you a and bless the fruit of
down, a and their sacred pillars a Ex 34:13 your belly b and the fruit of your
De 12:2
YOU should break down, b and b Ex 23:24
soil, c your grain and your new
their sacred polesc YOU should De 12:3 wine and your oil, the young of
De 16:22
cut down, d and their graven im- c De 16:21 your cows and the progeny of
ages YOU should burn with fire. e d Jg 6:25 your flock, d on the soil that he
e De 7:25
6 For you are a holy people to De 12:3 swore to your forefathers to give
Jehovah your God. f It is you f Ex 19:6 to you. e 14 The most blessed of
De 14:2
Jehovah your God has chosen Jer 2:3 all the peoples you will become. f
to become his people, a special g Ex 19:5 There will not prove to be in you
Ps 135:4
property, out of all the peoples Am 3:2 a male or a female without off-
Mal 3:17
that are on the surface of the h De 4:37 spring, nor among your domestic
ground. g De 10:15 animals. g 15 And Jehovah will
Ps 105:6
7 “It was not because of YOUR Ro 9:11 certainly remove from you every
being the most populous of all i De 10:22 sickness; and as for all the evil
Ps 105:12
the peoples that Jehovah showed Isa 51:2 diseases of Egypt that you have
j De 23:5
affection for YOU so that he chose k Ge 22:16
known, h he will not place them
YOU, h for YOU were the least of all Ex 32:13 upon you, and he will indeed
De 10:15
the peoples. i 8 But it was be- Ps 105:9 put them upon all those who
cause of Jehovah’s loving YOU, j Lu 1:73
l Ex 13:14
hate you. 16 And you must
and because of his keeping the m Ex 6:6 consume all the peoples whom
Ex 13:3 Jehovah your God is giving to
sworn statement that he had Isa 51:10
sworn to YOUR forefathers, k that n Le 26:45 you. i Your eye must not feel sor-
De 4:35
Jehovah brought YOU out with a Ps 68:20 ry for them; j and you must not
strong hand, l that he might re- o Isa 49:7 serve their gods, k because that
1Co 10:13
deem you from the house of 2Co 1:18 will be a snare to you. l
Heb 11:11
slaves, m from the hand of Phar- p Ne 1:5
17 “In case you say in your
aoh the king of Egypt. 9 And Da 9:4 heart, ‘These nations are too
q Ex 34:7
you well know that Jehovah your De 5:10 populous for me. How shall I
God is the true God, n the faith- r Ps 21:9 be able to drive them away?’ m
Ps 68:2
ful God, o keeping covenant p and Pr 2:22 18 you must not be afraid of
loving-kindness in the case of Isa 59:18 them. n You should by all means
Na 1:2
those who love him and those 2Pe 3:7 remember what Jehovah your
s De 5:32
who keep his commandments Joh 13:17 God did to Pharaoh and all
to a thousand generations, q Jas 1:22 Egypt, o 19 the great provings
t Ex 15:26
10 but repaying to his face the De 28:1 that your eyes saw, p and the signs
one who hates him by destroying u Ps 105:8 and the miracles q and the strong
v Mic 7:20
him. r He will not hesitate toward Lu 1:55 hand r and the outstretched arms
the one who hates him; he will Lu 1:72
w Ex 23:25
with which Jehovah your God
repay him to his face. 11 And Pr 10:22 brought you out. t That is the way
you must keep the command-
Jehovah your God will do to all
ment and the regulations and Second Col. the peoples before whom you are
the judicial decisions that I am a Le 26:9 afraid. u 20 And Jehovah your
b De 28:4
commanding you today by doing c Le 26:4 God will also send the feel-
them. s d Ps 107:38 ing of dejection v upon them, un-
e Ge 13:15
12 “And it must occur that, f De 33:29 til those perish who were let
because YOU continue listening to Ps 115:15 remain w and who were conceal-
Ps 147:20
these judicial decisions and YOU g Ex 23:26 ing themselves from before you.
do keep them and do carry them De 28:11
Ps 127:3
21 You must not suffer a shock
out, t Jehovah your God must h De 28:27 because of them, for Jehovah
De 28:60
keep toward you the covenant u Am 4:10
and the loving-kindness about i De 7:2 k Ex 20:3; l Ex 23:33; De 12:30; Jg 2:3; Ps 106:36;
De 20:16 m Nu 13:31; n De 1:29; De 31:6; Ps 27:1; Isa 41:10;
which he swore to your forefa- Jos 10:28 o Ex 14:13; Ps 105:27; Ps 135:8; Ac 13:17; p De
thers. v 13 And he will certainly j Ge 15:16
Le 18:25
29:3; Ne 9:11; q Ne 9:10; Jer 32:20; r Ex 13:3; s De
11:2; t De 4:34; u Ex 23:28; Jos 3:10; v De 2:25;
love you and bless w you and mul- De 9:5 Jos 2:9; Jos 24:12; w Ex 23:29.
DEUTERONOMY 7:22–8:14 Loathe images. Not by bread alone 248
your God is in your midst, a a CHAP. 7 ther you had known nor your fa-
great and fear-inspiring God. b a Nu 14:9 thers had known; in order to
Ps 46:5
22 “And Jehovah your God b De 10:17
make you know that not by bread
will certainly push these na- 1Sa 4:8 alone does man live but by every
Ne 1:5
tions away from before you lit- Ne 9:32 expression of Jehovah’s mouth
tle by little. c You will not be c Ex 23:30 does man live. a 4 Your mantle
d De 9:3
allowed to finish them off quick- e Jos 10:24
did not wear out upon you, nor
ly, for fear the wild beasts of the Jos 12:1 did your foot become swollen
f Ex 17:14 these forty years. b 5 And you
field may multiply against you. Ps 9:5
23 And Jehovah your God will g De 11:25 well know with your own heart
Jos 1:5
indeed abandon them to you and Jos 23:9
that just as a man corrects his
rout them with a great rout, until Ro 8:31 son, Jehovah your God was cor-
h Jos 11:14
they are annihilated. d 24 And i Ex 32:20
recting you. c
he will certainly give their kings De 12:3 6 “And you must keep the
1Ch 14:12
into your hand, e and you must j Isa 30:22 commandments of Jehovah your
destroy their names from under k Jos 7:21 God by walking in his ways d and
l De 7:16
the heavens. f Nobody will take Jg 8:27 by fearing him. e 7 For Jehovah
a firm stand against you, g un- m De 27:15 your God is bringing you into a
De 29:17
til you have exterminated them. h n Ro 2:22 good land, f a land of torrent val-
25 The graven images of their o Le 27:28 leys of water, springs and watery
De 13:17
gods YOU should burn in the
deeps issuing forth in the val-
fire. i You must not desire the CHAP. 8
ley plain g and in the mountain-
silver and the gold upon them, j ous region, 8 a land of wheat
p De 5:32
nor indeed take it for yourself, k Ps 119:4 and barley and vines and figs
for fear you may be ensnared by
1Th 4:1 and pomegranates, h a land of
q Pr 3:2
it; l for it is a thing detestable m r Ge 15:18 oil olives and honey, i 9 a land
to Jehovah your God. 26 And s De 2:7 in which you will not eat bread
De 29:5
you must not bring a detest- Am 2:10 with scarcity, in which you will
able thing into your house and
t Ps 101:5 lack nothing, a land the stones
Lu 18:14
actually become a thing devot- 1Pe 5:6 of which are iron and out of
ed to destruction like it. You
u Ex 16:4
Ex 20:20
the mountains of which you will
should thoroughly loathe it and v De 13:3 mine copper.
Ps 139:23
absolutely detest it, n because it Pr 17:3
10 “When you have eaten and
is something devoted to destruc- w Ex 16:3 satisfied yourself, j you must also
x Ex 16:31 bless k Jehovah your God for the
tion. o Ps 78:24
good land that he has given you. l
8 “Every commandment that I
am commanding you today
Second Col.
a Mt 4:4
11 Watch out for yourself that
you may not forget m Jehovah
YOU should be careful to keep, p b De 29:5 your God so as not to keep his
in order that YOU may continue Ne 9:21
commandments and his judicial
c 2Sa 7:14
living q and indeed multiply and Pr 3:12 decisions and his statutes that I
go in and take possession of the 1Co 11:32
Heb 12:6 am commanding you today; n
land about which Jehovah swore Re 3:19 12 for fear that you may eat
to YOUR forefathers. r 2 And you d De 5:33
2Ch 6:31 and indeed satisfy yourself, and
must remember all the way that Ps 128:1 you may build good houses and
Lu 1:6
Jehovah your God made you e 1Sa 12:24 indeed dwell in them, o 13 and
walk these forty years in the f Ex 3:8 your herd and your flock may in-
Le 26:4
wilderness, s in order to hum- De 11:12 crease, and silver and gold may
ble you, t to put you to the test u Ne 9:25
increase for you, and all that is
g De 11:11
so as to know what was in h Nu 13:23 yours may increase; 14 and
your heart, v as to whether you i Eze 20:6 your heart may indeed be lifted
j De 6:11
would keep his commandments k Ps 103:2 up p and you may indeed forget
or not. 3 So he humbled you Ps 134:1 Jehovah your God, who brought
l 1Ch 29:14
and let you go hungry w and fed m Ps 106:21
you with the manna, x which nei- n De 6:12 o De 32:15; Jer 22:14; Ho 13:6; p De 9:4; 1Co 4:7.
249 First of four provokings of God DEUTERONOMY 8:15–9:10
you out of the land of Egypt, out CHAP. 8 ly, just as Jehovah has spoken to
of the house of slaves; a 15 who a Ps 106:21 you. a
caused you to walk through the b De 1:19
Jer 2:6
4 “Do not say in your heart
great and fear-inspiring wilder- c Nu 21:6 when Jehovah your God pushes
ness, b with poisonous serpents c d Nu 20:11 them away from before you this,
Ps 78:15
and scorpions and with thirsty Ps 105:41 ‘It was for my own righteousness
ground that has no water; who Ps 114:8 that Jehovah has brought me in
1Co 10:4
brought forth water for you out e Ex 16:35 to take possession of this land,’ b
of the flinty rock; d 16 who fed Joh 6:31 whereas it is for the wickedness
Joh 6:49
you with manna e in the wilder- f De 8:2 of these nations that Jehovah is
ness, which your fathers had not g 2Co 4:17 driving them away from before
Heb 12:11
known, in order to humble you f 1Pe 1:7 you. c 5 It is not for your righ-
and in order to put you to the h Ho 12:8 teousness d or for the uprightness
Hab 1:16
test so as to do you good in your 1Co 4:7 of your heart e that you are going
afterdays; g 17 and you do say in i Ps 127:1 in to take possession of their
Pr 10:22
your heart, ‘My own power and Ho 2:8 land; in fact, it is for the wick-
the full might of my own hand j De 7:12 edness of these nations that Je-
have made this wealth for me.’ h k De 4:26
De 30:18 hovah your God is driving them
18 And you must remember Je- Jos 23:13 away from before you, f and in or-
hovah your God, because he is 1Sa 12:25
l Da 9:11 der to carry out the word that Je-
the giver of power to you to make Da 9:12 hovah swore to your forefathers,
wealth; i in order to carry out his Am 3:2
Abraham, g Isaac h and Jacob. i
covenant that he swore to your 6 And you must know that it is
CHAP. 9
forefathers, as at this day. j not for your righteousness that
m De 11:31
19 “And it must occur that if Jos 4:19 Jehovah your God is giving you
you should at all forget Jehovah n De 4:38 this good land to take possession
De 7:1
your God and you should actu- De 11:23 of it; for you are a stiff-necked
ally walk after other gods and o Nu 13:28 people. j
serve them and bow down to p Nu 13:33
De 1:28 7 “Remember: Do not forget
them, I do bear witness against De 2:21
how you have provoked Jeho-
YOU today that YOU people will q De 1:30
De 20:4 vah your God in the wilder-
absolutely perish. k 20 Like the De 31:3
ness. k From the day that you
nations that Jehovah is destroy- Jos 3:11
r De 4:24 went out of the land of Egypt un-
ing from before YOU, that is the Na 1:6 til YOUR coming to this place YOU
way YOU will perish, because YOU Heb 12:29
s De 7:23 people have proved rebellious
will not listen to the voice of Je- De 20:16 in YOUR behavior with Jehovah. l
hovah YOUR God. l
8 Even in Horeb YOU provoked
Second Col.
“Hear, O Israel, you are today
9 crossing the Jordan m to go a Ex 23:31
De 7:24
Jehovah to anger so that Jehovah
got incensed at YOU to the point
in and dispossess nations great- b De 7:8 of annihilating YOU. m 9 When I
Eze 36:22
er and mightier than you, n cit- c Ge 15:16
went up the mountain to receive
ies great and fortified to the De 12:31 the stone tablets, n the tablets of
heavens, o 2 a people great and De 18:12
d 1Ki 8:46
the covenant that Jehovah had
tall, the sons of Ana·kim, p about Ps 51:5 concluded with YOU, o and I kept
whom you yourself have known Ro 3:23
Ro 5:12 dwelling in the mountain forty
and you yourself have heard it Tit 3:5 days and forty nights, p (I nei-
said, ‘Who can make a firm e Jer 17:9
f Le 18:25
ther ate bread nor drank water,)
stand before the sons of Anak?’ g Ge 13:15 10 then Jehovah gave me the
3 And you well know today that Ge 17:8
two tablets of stone written upon
h Ge 26:3
Jehovah your God is crossing be- i Ge 28:13 with God’s finger; q and upon
fore you. q A consuming fire he is. r j Ex 34:9 them were all the words that Je-
Ps 78:8
He will annihilates them, and he Isa 48:4
himself will subdue them before Ac 7:51 l Ex 17:2; Nu 11:4; Nu 16:2; Nu 25:2; De 31:27;
you; and you must dispossess k De 9:22 De 32:5; Ne 9:16; m Ex 32:4; Ex 32:10; Ps 106:19;
Ps 78:40 n Ex 24:12; Ex 31:18; Ex 32:16; o Ex 24:7; Ga 4:24;
them and destroy them speedi- Heb 3:16 p Ex 24:18; q Ex 31:18; Ps 8:3; Mt 12:28; Lu 11:20.
DEUTERONOMY 9:11-28 Three more provokings recalled 250
hovah had spoken with YOU in CHAP. 9 20 “At Aaron, too, Jehovah
the mountain out of the mid- a Ex 19:19 got very incensed to the point
dle of the fire in the day of the De 4:10 of annihilating him; a but I made
De 4:12
congregation. a 11 And it came b Ex 31:18 supplication b also in behalf of
about that at the end of the for- De 4:13 Aaron at that particular time.
c Ex 32:7
ty days and forty nights Je- De 4:16 21 And YOUR sin that YOU had
hovah gave me the two tablets d Ex 32:4 made, the calf, c I took, and I
e Ex 32:9
of stone, the tablets of the cove- f Ex 32:10 proceeded to burn it in the fire
nant; b 12 and Jehovah pro- g De 7:24 and to crush it, grinding it thor-
Ps 9:5
ceeded to say to me, ‘Get up, h Nu 14:12
oughly until it had become fine
go down quickly from here, be- i Ex 19:18 like dust; after which I threw its
cause your people whom you De 4:11 dust into the torrent that was de-
j Ex 32:15
brought out of Egypt have act- k Ac 7:40 scending from the mountain. d
ed ruinously. c They have turned l Ex 20:3 22 “Further, at Tabe·rah e and
Ex 20:4
aside quickly from the way about De 5:8 at Massah f and at Kibroth-
which I commanded them. They Ac 7:41 hat·taa·vahg YOU proved your-
m Ex 32:19
have made themselves a molten n Ex 34:28 selves provokers of Jehovah
image.’ d 13 And Jehovah went o Ne 9:18 to anger. h 23 And when Jeho-
on to say this to me, ‘I have p Ex 32:10
q Ex 32:11
vah sent YOU out of Kadesh-
seen this people, and, look! it is a Ex 32:14 barne·a, i saying, ‘Go up and take
stiff-necked people. e 14 Let me De 10:10
Ps 106:23
possession of the land that I
alone that I may annihilate f them
shall certainly give YOU!’ then YOU
and wipe out their name from Second Col. behaved rebelliously against the
under the heavens, g and let me a Ex 32:2 order of Jehovah YOUR God, j and
make you a nation mightier and Ex 32:21 YOU did not exercise faith k to-
Ex 32:35
more populous than they are.’ h b Pr 15:29 ward him and did not listen to
15 “After that I turned and Jas 5:16 his voice. l 24 YOU have proved
c Ex 32:4
went down from the mountain, d Ex 32:20
yourselves rebellious in behavior
while the mountain was burn- Isa 30:22 with Jehovah m from the day of
ing with fire; i and the two tablets e Nu 11:3 my knowing YOU.
f Ex 17:7
of the covenant were in both my De 6:16 25 “So I kept prostrating my-
hands. j 16 Then I looked, and g Nu 11:4 self before Jehovah forty days
Nu 11:34
there YOU had sinned against Je- h De 9:7 and forty nights, n for I pros-
hovah YOUR God! YOU had made i Nu 13:26 trated myself thus because Jeho-
De 1:19
yourselves a molten calf. k YOU j Nu 14:3 vah talked of annihilating YOU. o
had turned aside quickly from Nu 14:4 26 And I began to make sup-
Isa 63:10
the way about which Jehovah k De 1:32 plication p to Jehovah and to
had commanded YOU. l 17 At Ps 106:24 say, ‘O Sovereign Lord Jehovah,
Heb 3:19
that I took hold of the two tablets l Ps 106:25
do not bring to ruin your peo-
and flung them down from both m De 31:27 ple, even your private property, q
Ac 7:51
my hands and shattered them n Ex 34:28
whom you redeemed with your
before YOUR eyes. m 18 And I De 9:18 greatness, whom you brought
proceeded to prostrate myself Mt 4:2 out of Egypt r with a strong
o De 9:19
before Jehovah, as at first, forty p Ps 99:6 hand. s 27 Remember your ser-
days and forty nights. I neither Pr 15:29 vants Abraham, Isaac and Ja-
Jas 5:16
ate bread nor drank water, n be- q Ex 19:5 cob. t Do not turn your face to
cause of all YOUR sin that YOU De 32:9 the hardness of this people and
Ps 135:4
had committed in doing evil in Am 3:2 their wickedness and their sin, u
the eyes of Jehovah so as to of- r 1Ki 8:51 28 for fear the land v out of
s Ex 32:11
fend him. o 19 For I was scared Ps 99:6 which you brought us may say:
because of the hot anger with t Ex 3:6 “Because Jehovah was unable to
Ex 6:8
which Jehovah had got indig- De 9:5 bring them into the land that
nant at YOU to the point of anni- u Ex 32:31 he had promised them, and be-
Ps 78:8
hilating YOU. p However, Jehovah Mic 7:18 cause he hated them he brought
listened to me also that time. q v De 5:6 them out to put them to death in
251 Fear, love, obey Jehovah DEUTERONOMY 9:29–10:19
the wilderness.” a 29 They are, CHAP. 9 vah is his inheritance, just as Je-
too, your people and your private a Ex 32:12 hovah your God had said to him. a
Nu 14:16 10 And I—I stayed in the moun-
property b whom you brought out Ps 115:2
with your great power and your b De 4:20 tain the same as the first days,
1Ki 8:51
outstretched arm.’ c Ne 1:10
forty days and forty nights, b and
Ps 74:2 Jehovah proceeded to listen to
10 “At that particular time Je-
hovah said to me, ‘Carve
Ps 95:7
Ps 100:3
c Ex 6:6
me also on that occasion. c Jeho-
vah did not want to bring you
for yourself two tablets of stone De 4:34
Isa 63:12 to ruin. d 11 Then Jehovah said
like the first ones, d and come up
to me, ‘Get up, go before the peo-
to me into the mountain, and
CHAP. 10 ple for a pulling away, that they
you must make an ark of wood e
d Ex 34:1 may go in and take possession
for yourself. 2 And I shall write e De 10:3 of the land that I have sworn
upon the tablets the words that f Ex 34:4
g Ex 32:15 to their forefathers to give to
appeared on the first tablets, Ex 34:28 them.’ e
which you shattered, and you h Ex 20:1
De 4:13 12 “And now, O Israel, what is
must place them in the ark.’ i De 4:36 Jehovah your God asking of you f
3 So I made an ark of acacia De 5:4
j Ex 19:17 but to fear g Jehovah your God,
wood and carved two tablets of De 5:22 so as to walk in all his ways h
stone like the first ones f and k Ex 34:29
l De 10:2 and to love him i and to serve
went up into the mountain, and m Nu 33:31 Jehovah your God with all your
the two tablets were in my hand. n Nu 20:23
Nu 20:24 heart and all your soul; j 13 to
4 Then he wrote upon the tab- Nu 33:38 keep the commandments of Je-
lets the same writing as the first, g o Nu 20:28
hovah and his statutes k that I am
p Nu 33:33
the Ten Words, h which Jehovah q Nu 1:50 commanding you today, for your
had spoken to YOU in the moun- Nu 3:6
good? l 14 Behold, to Jehovah
Nu 8:14
tain out of the middle of the fire i Nu 16:9 your God belong the heavens, m
in the day of the congregation; j r Nu 3:31
even the heavens of the heav-
Nu 4:15
after which Jehovah gave them 1Ch 15:15 ens, the earth n and all that is in
to me. 5 Then I turned and s De 18:5
it. 15 Only to your forefathers
2Ch 29:11
went down from the mountain k t Nu 6:23 did Jehovah get attached so as to
and placed the tablets in the ark De 21:5
love them, so that he chose their
2Ch 30:27
that I had made, that they might u Nu 18:24 offspring after them, o even YOU,
continue there, just as Jehovah Nu 26:62
De 18:1 out of all the peoples, as at this
had commanded me. l
day. 16 And YOU must circum-
6 “And the sons of Isra- Second Col. cise the foreskin of YOUR hearts p
el pulled away from Be·eroth a Nu 18:20 and not harden YOUR necks any
Bene-jaa·kan m for Mo·serah. b Ex 24:18
longer. q 17 For Jehovah YOUR
Ex 34:28
There Aaron died, and he got c Ex 32:14 God is the God of gods r and the
to be buried there; n and El·e·a- d Eze 33:11 Lord of lords, s the God great,
e Ge 15:18
zar his son began to act as priest f Mic 6:8 mighty and fear-inspiring, t who
instead of him. o 7 From there g De 5:29 treats none with partiality u nor
De 6:13
they pulled away for Gudgo·dah, Ps 34:9 accepts a bribe, v 18 executing
and from Gudgo·dah for Jotba- Pr 8:13 judgment for the fatherless boy
h De 5:33
thah, p a land of torrent valleys Jos 22:5 and the widow w and loving the
running with water. Eze 11:20
alien resident x so as to give him
i De 30:16
8 “At that particular time Je- j De 6:5 bread and a mantle. 19 YOU too
hovah separated the tribe of Le- De 11:13
Lu 10:27
must love the alien resident, y for
q
vi to carry the ark of Jehovah’s k Ex 24:7 YOU became alien residents in
covenant, r to stand before Jeho- l De 6:24 the land of Egypt. z
m Ps 89:11
vah for ministering to him s and Ps 115:16
to bless in his name until this Isa 66:1
p De 30:6; Jer 4:4; Ro 2:29; Php 3:3; Col 2:11;
n 1Ch 29:11 q Ex 34:9; De 9:6; De 31:27; r Ex 18:11; 2Ch 2:5;
day. t 9 That is why Levi has Ps 24:1 Ps 97:9; s Ps 136:3; t De 7:21; Ne 1:5; Ne 9:32;
1Co 10:26
come to have no share and inher- o De 4:37
u Job 34:19; Ac 10:34; Ro 2:11; Eph 6:9; v 2Ch
19:7; w Ps 68:5; Ps 146:9; Jas 1:27; x Le 19:10; De
itanceu with his brothers. Jeho- Ps 105:6 24:14; y Le 19:34; z Ex 22:21.
DEUTERONOMY 10:20–11:17 Rewards for obedience 252
20 “Jehovah your God you CHAP. 10 commanding you today, in order
should fear. a Him you should a De 6:13 that YOU may grow strong and
serve, b and to him you should b Lu 4:8 may indeed enter in and take
c De 13:4
cling, c and by his name you d De 6:13 possession of the land to which
should make sworn statements. d e Ex 15:2 YOU are crossing to take posses-
Ps 105:45
21 He is the One for you to Re 19:6 sion of it, a 9 and in order that
f 2Sa 7:23
praise, e and he is your God, who g Ge 46:27 YOU may lengthen YOUR days b on
has done with you these great Ex 1:5 the soil that Jehovah swore to
Ac 7:14
and fear-inspiring things that h Ge 15:5 YOUR forefathers to give to them
your eyes have seen. f 22 With De 1:10
Ne 9:23
and their seed, c a land flowing
seventy souls your forefathers
with milk and honey. d
went down into Egypt, g and now CHAP. 11 10 “For the land to which you
Jehovah your God has constitut- i De 6:5 are going to take possession of
ed you like the stars of the heav- De 10:12
Mr 12:30
it is not like the land of Egypt
ens for multitude. h j De 4:45 out of which YOU came, where you
k De 8:5 used to sow your seed and you
11 “And you must love Jeho-
i
vah your God and keep
Heb 12:6
l De 5:24
De 9:26
had to do irrigating with your
foot, like a garden of vegetables.
your obligation to him and his m Ex 13:3
statutes and his judicial deci- n De 7:19 11 But the land to which YOU are
Isa 63:12
sions j and his commandments o De 4:34 crossing to take possession of it
always. 2 And YOU well know
Ne 9:10 is a land of mountains and val-
Ps 105:27
today (for I do not address YOUR p Ex 14:23 ley e plains. Of the rain of the
sons who have not known and
Ps 136:15
Heb 11:29
heavens it drinks water; 12 a
who have not seen the discipline q Ex 14:28 land that Jehovah your God is
Ex 15:4
of Jehovahk YOUR God, his great- r Nu 16:1
caring for. The eyes f of Jehovah
ness, l his strong hand m and his
Ps 106:17 your God are constantly upon it,
s Nu 16:32
outstretched arm, n 3 nor his t De 7:19 from the beginning of the year to
signs and his deeds that he did
De 29:3 the close of the year.
u Mt 5:19
in the midst of Egypt o to Phar-
13 “And it must occur that
aoh the king of Egypt and to Second Col. if YOU will without fail obey my
all his land; 4 nor what he did a De 1:38
commandments g that I am com-
to the military forces of Egypt, b De 4:40 manding YOU today so as to
Ps 91:16
to his horses and his war chari- Pr 3:2 love Jehovah YOUR God and to
ots against the faces of which he
Pr 10:27 serve him with all YOUR heart
c Ge 13:15
made the waters of the Red Sea Ge 26:3 and all YOUR soul, h 14 I also
Ge 28:13 shall certainly give rain for YOUR
overflow when they were chasing De 9:5
after them, p and Jehovah pro- d Ex 3:8 land at its appointed time, i au-
Eze 20:6
ceeded to destroy them till this e De 1:7
tumn rain and spring rain, j
day; q 5 nor what he has done to
De 8:7 and you will indeed gather your
De 8:9
YOU in the wilderness until YOUR f 1Ki 9:3 grain and your sweet wine and
coming to this place; 6 nor
Ps 33:18
Ps 34:15
your oil. 15 And I shall certain-
what he did to Dathan and g Ex 15:26 ly give vegetation in your field for
De 6:17
A·biram r the sons of E·liab the h De 4:29
your domestic animals, k and you
son of Reuben, when the earth
De 6:5 will indeed eat and be satisfied. l
De 10:12
opened its mouth and proceed- Mt 22:37 16 Watch out for yourselves for
i Le 26:4 fear YOUR heart may be enticed, m
ed to swallow them up and their De 28:12
Ps 65:10 and YOU do turn aside and wor-
households and their tents and Isa 30:23
ship other gods and bow down
every existing thing that stepped Jer 14:22
j Jer 5:24 to them, n 17 and Jehovah’s an-
after them in the midst of all Is- Joe 2:23
Jas 5:7 ger does blaze against YOU, and
rael); s 7 for YOUR eyes were the k Ps 104:14 he does shut up the heavens so
ones seeing all the great deeds of l De 6:11
De 8:10 that no rain will occur o and the
Jehovah that he did. t Joe 2:19
8 “And YOU must keep the m De 29:18
Job 31:27 n De 8:19; De 30:17; o De 28:23; 1Ki 8:35; 2Ch
whole commandment u that I am Heb 3:12 7:13; Am 4:7.
253 Wipe out false religion in Canaan DEUTERONOMY 11:18–12:3
ground will not give its produce CHAP. 11 ments of Jehovah YOUR God a and
and YOU have to perish speedily a De 4:26 YOU do turn aside from the way
De 8:19
from off the good land that Jeho- De 30:18
about which I am commanding
vah is giving YOU. a Jos 23:13 YOU today, so as to walk after
b De 6:6
18 “And YOU must apply these Ps 37:31 other gods whom YOU have not
words of mine to YOUR heart b and Pr 7:3 known.
Isa 51:7
YOUR soul and bind them as a c Ex 13:9 29 “And it must occur that
sign upon YOUR hand, and they Ex 13:16 when Jehovah your God brings
De 6:8
must serve as a frontlet band be- d De 4:9 you into the land to which you
tween YOUR eyes. c 19 YOU must De 6:7
Ps 34:11
are going to take possession of
also teach them to YOUR sons, so Ps 78:5 it, b you must also give the
as to speak of them when you Pr 22:6 blessing upon Mount Geri·zim c
Eph 6:4
sit in your house and when e De 6:9 and the malediction upon Mount
you walk on the road and when f De 4:40 Ebal. d 30 Are they not on the
De 6:2
you lie down and when you get Pr 3:2 side of the Jordan toward the di-
Pr 4:10
up. d 20 And you must write Pr 9:11 rection of the sunset, in the land
them upon the doorposts of your g Ge 13:15 of the Canaan·ites dwelling in
house and on your gates, e 21 in h Ps 72:5
Ps 89:29
the Ara·bah, e in front of Gilgal, f
order that YOUR days and the i De 6:17 beside the big trees of Moreh? g
De 11:13
days of YOUR sons may be manyf Ec 12:13
31 For YOU are crossing the Jor-
on the soil that Jehovah swore to j De 6:5 dan to go in and take possession
Lu 10:27
YOUR forefathers to give to them, g of the land that Jehovah YOUR
k Jos 22:5
as the days of the heavens over Ps 81:13 God is giving YOU, and YOU must
Eze 11:20
the earth. h l De 10:20 take possession of it and dwell in
22 “For if YOU strictly keep all De 13:4 it. h 32 And YOU must be careful
m Ex 23:28
this commandment i that I am De 9:5 to carry out all the regulations
commanding YOU so as to do it, Jos 3:10 and the judicial decisions i that I
Ps 44:2
to love Jehovah YOUR God, j to n De 4:38 am putting before YOU today. j
walk in all his ways k and to cling De 7:1
“These are the regulations k
to him, l 23 Jehovah also must
drive away all these nations on
De 9:1
o Jos 1:3
Jos 14:9
12 and the judicial decisions l
p Ge 15:18 that YOU should be careful to car-
account of YOU, m and YOU will Ex 23:31 ry out m in the land that Jehovah
certainly dispossess nations q De 7:24
the God of your forefathers will
Jos 1:5
greater and more numerous than r Ex 23:27 certainly allow you to take pos-
YOU are. n 24 Every place on De 2:25
Jos 2:9 session of, all the days that
which the sole of YOUR foot will Jos 5:1 YOU are alive on the soil. n
tread will become YOURS. o From s De 28:2
2 YOU should absolutely destroy o
De 28:15
the wilderness up to Leba·non, De 30:1 all the places where the na-
from the River, the river Eu- De 30:15
t De 28:1 tions whom YOU are dispossess-
phrates, to the western sea YOUR Ps 19:11
ing have served their gods, on
boundary will become. p 25 No Isa 1:19
u Le 26:16 the tall mountains and the hills
man will make a firm stand Isa 1:20
and under every luxuriant tree. p
against YOU. q The dread of YOU
3 And YOU must pull down their
and the fear of YOU Jehovah YOUR Second Col.
altars q and shatter their sacred
God will put before the face of all a Ro 2:8
pillars, r and YOU should burn
Ro 2:9
the land r on which YOU will tread, b Ex 23:23 their sacred poles s in the fire and
just as he has promised YOU. De 9:1
cut down the graven images t of
c De 27:12
26 “See, I am putting before Jos 8:33 their gods, and YOU must destroy
YOU today blessing and maledic- d De 27:13
their names from that place. u
Jos 8:34
tion: s 27 the blessing, provid- e De 1:7
ed YOU will obey the command- De 3:17
j De 5:32; De 12:32; Ps 119:4; 1Jo 5:3; CHAP. 12
Jos 12:3
ments of Jehovah YOUR God t f 2Ki 4:38 k Le 26:46; De 4:5; l Le 19:37; Le 25:18; m De
4:40; De 6:1; Jas 1:22; n De 4:10; 1Ki 8:40; o Ex
that I am commanding YOU to- g Ge 12:6 34:13; p Eze 20:28; q Jg 2:2; Jg 6:25; r Ex 23:24;
h De 9:1
day; 28 and the malediction, u if Jos 1:11
2Ki 18:4; s Ex 34:13; 1Ki 15:13; 2Ki 23:14; 2Ch
14:3; t Nu 33:52; De 7:5; De 7:25; u Ex 23:13; Jos
YOU will not obey the command- i De 4:45 23:7.
DEUTERONOMY 12:4-21 Eating of meat. You must rejoice 254
4 “YOU must not do that way CHAP. 12 you may see. a 14 But in the
to Jehovah YOUR God, a 5 but to a Le 18:3 place that Jehovah will choose in
De 12:31
the place that Jehovah YOUR God 2Ki 17:15 one of your tribes is where you
will choose out of all YOUR tribes b De 26:2 should offer up your burnt offer-
2Ch 7:12
to place his name there, to have c Le 1:3 ings, and there you should do all
it reside, YOU will seek, and there d De 12:17 that I am commanding you. b
De 14:22
you must come. b 6 And there e Nu 18:19 15 “Only whenever your soul
YOU must bring YOUR burnt of- De 12:11 craves it you may slaughter, c and
f Le 7:16
ferings c and YOUR sacrifices and Le 22:18 you must eat meat according to
YOUR tenth parts d and the con- g Le 23:38
1Ch 29:9 the blessing of Jehovah your
tribution of YOUR hand e and YOUR Ezr 2:68 God that he has given you, in-
h De 12:17
vow offerings f and YOUR volun- De 15:19 side all your gates. The unclean d
tary offerings g and the firstborn i De 14:23 one and the clean one may eat it,
De 15:20
ones of YOUR herd and of YOUR j Le 23:40 like the gazelle and like the stag. e
flock. h 7 And there YOU must De 12:12
De 12:18
16 Only the blood YOU must not
eat before Jehovah YOUR God i De 14:26 eat. f On the earth you should
Ps 32:11
and rejoice in every undertaking Ps 100:2 pour it out as water. g 17 You
of YOURS, j YOU and YOUR house- Php 4:4 will not be allowed to eat inside
k Nu 15:39
holds, because Jehovah your God Jg 17:6 your gates the tenth part of your
has blessed you. Pr 21:2
l 1Ki 8:56
grain h or of your new wine or
8 “YOU must not do accord- 1Ch 23:25 of your oil or the firstborn ones
Heb 4:8
ing to all that we are doing m Jos 3:17 of your herd and of your flocki
here today, each one whatever n De 4:22 or any of your vow offerings that
De 9:1
is right in his own eyes, k 9 be- o De 33:28 you will vow or your voluntary
cause YOU have not yet come into 1Ki 4:25
Ps 4:8
offerings j or the contribution of
the resting-place l and the inher- Pr 1:33 your hand. k 18 But before Je-
itance that Jehovah your God p De 12:6
De 14:23 hovah your God you will eat it, in
is giving you. 10 And YOU must De 16:2 the place that Jehovah your God
De 26:2
cross the Jordan m and dwell in q Le 1:3 will choose, l you and your son
the land that Jehovah YOUR God r De 14:22 and your daughter and your man
De 26:12
is giving YOU as a possession, n s Nu 18:19 slave and your slave girl and the
and he will certainly give YOU De 12:6
t Le 7:16
Levite who is inside your gates;
rest from all YOUR enemies round Le 22:18 and you must rejoice m before Je-
about, and YOU will indeed dwell u De 14:26
1Ki 8:66 hovah your God in every under-
in security. o 11 And it must oc- Ne 8:10 taking of yours. 19 Watch out
Php 4:4
cur that the place p that Jeho- v Nu 18:24 for yourself that you may not
vah YOUR God will choose to have De 10:9
De 14:29
abandon the Levite n all your days
his name reside there is where Jos 13:14 on your soil.
YOU will bring all about which I
20 “When Jehovah your God
am commanding YOU, YOUR burnt Second Col.
will widen out your territory, o
offerings q and YOUR sacrifices, a Le 17:4 just as he has promised you, p and
1Ki 12:28
YOUR tenth parts r and the con- b 2Ch 7:12 you will be certain to say, ‘Let
tribution s of YOUR hand and c De 12:21 me eat meat,’ because your soul
De 14:26
every choice of YOUR vowt offer- d Le 5:2 craves to eat meat, whenever
ings that YOU will vow to Jehovah. Le 13:3
your soul craves it you may eat
e De 14:5
12 And YOU must rejoice before De 15:22 meat. q 21 In case the place that
Jehovah YOUR God, u YOU and f Ge 9:4
Le 7:26 Jehovah your God will choose to
YOUR sons and YOUR daughters Le 17:10 put his name r there should be
De 15:23
and YOUR man slaves and YOUR 1Sa 14:33 far away from you, you must
slave girls and the Levite who Eze 33:25
Ac 15:29 then slaughter some of your herd
is inside YOUR gates, because he g Le 17:13 or some of your flock that Jeho-
has no share or inheritance with De 15:23
h De 14:22
YOU. v 13 Watch out for yourself i De 12:6 l De 12:11; De 14:23; m De 12:7; De 12:12; Php
De 14:23
for fear you may offer up your j Le 23:38
3:1; n Nu 18:21; De 14:27; 2Ch 31:4; Ne 10:38; Mal
3:8; o 1Ki 4:21; p Ge 15:18; Ex 34:24; De 11:24;
burnt offerings in any other place k Nu 18:11 q Le 11:2; De 14:4; r De 14:23; 2Ch 7:12.
255 Eat no blood. False prophets DEUTERONOMY 12:22–13:6
vah has given you, just as I have CHAP. 12 to Jehovah your God, a for every-
commanded you, and you must a De 12:15 thing detestable to Jehovah that
eat inside your gates whenever b De 14:5 he does hate they have done to
De 15:22
your soul craves it. a 22 Only in c Le 15:3 their gods, for even their sons
Le 15:16
the way that the gazelle and the d Le 3:17 and their daughters they regu-
stag may be eaten, b so you may De 12:16 larly burn in the fire to their
e Ge 9:4
eat it: the unclean c one and the Le 17:11 gods. b 32 Every word that I am
clean one together may eat it. Le 17:14 commanding YOU is what YOU
f Le 17:13
23 Simply be firmly resolved not De 15:23 should be careful to do. c YOU
to eat the blood, d because the g De 4:40
Isa 3:10 must not add to it nor take away
blood is the soul e and you h De 6:18 from it. d
De 13:18
must not eat the soul with the e
i Nu 5:9 “In case a prophet or a
flesh. 24 You must not eat it.
You should pour it out upon the
Nu 18:19
j Le 22:18
k De 12:11
13 dreamer f
of a dream arises
ground as water. f 25 You must l Le 1:9
in your midst and does give you
not eat it, in order that it may m Le 17:11 a sign or a portent, g 2 and the
n Le 4:30 sign or the portent does come
go well with you g and your sons o Ps 89:31
after you, because you will do Ps 105:45 true of which he spoke to you, h
1Jo 5:3
what is right in Jehovah’s eyes. h p Ga 6:7 saying, ‘Let us walk after other
26 Merely your holy things i that q Pr 4:4 gods, whom you have not known,
r Ex 23:23
will become yours, and your vow De 9:3 and let us serve them,’ 3 you
offerings j you should carry, and
De 19:1
Ps 44:2
must not listen to the words of
you must come to the place that Ps 78:55 that prophet or to the dreamer
s De 6:10
Jehovah will choose. k 27 And Ps 105:44 of that dream, i because Jehovah
you must render up your burnt t De 7:16 YOUR God is testing j YOU to know
Ps 106:36
offerings, l the flesh and the Eze 20:28 whether YOU are loving Jehovah
Eph 4:17 YOUR God with all YOUR heart and
blood, m upon the altar of Jeho-
vah your God; and the blood of all YOUR soul. k 4 After Jeho-
Second Col.
your sacrifices should be poured vah YOUR God YOU should walk,
a Le 18:3
out against the altar of Jehovahn De 12:4 and him YOU should fear, and
your God, but the flesh you may b Le 18:21 his commandments YOU should
Le 20:2
eat. De 18:10 keep, and to his voice YOU should
2Ki 17:15
28 “Watch, and you must obey Jer 32:35 listen, and him YOU should serve,
all these words that I am com- c De 5:1 and to him YOU should cling. l
Jos 22:5
manding you, o in order that it Ps 119:4 5 And that prophet m or that
may go well with you p and your d De 4:2
Jos 1:7
dreamer of the dream should be
sons after you to time indefinite, Pr 30:6 put to death, n because he has
spoken of revolt against Jehovah
because you will do what is good
and right in the eyes of Jehovah CHAP. 13 YOUR God, who has brought YOU
your God. q e De 18:22 out of the land of Egypt and has
Jer 6:13
29 “When Jehovah your God Eze 13:2 redeemed you from the house of
Zec 13:4
will cut off from before you the f Jer 23:25
slaves, to turn you from the way
nations to whom you are going Jer 27:9 in which Jehovah your God has
g Mr 13:22
to dispossess them, r you must 2Th 2:9 commanded you to walk; o and
also dispossess them and dwell h Jer 28:9 you must clear out what is evil
Mt 7:22
in their land. s 30 Watch out for i Isa 8:19 from your midst. p
yourself for fear you may be en- j De 8:2 6 “In case your brother, the
Ps 66:10
trapped after them, t after they Mt 24:24 son of your mother, or your son
1Co 11:19
have been annihilated from be- 2Th 2:11 or your daughter or your cher-
fore you, and for fear you may in- k De 6:5 ished wife or your compan-
De 10:12
quire respecting their gods, say- Mt 22:37 ion who is like your own soul, q
ing, ‘How was it these nations l De 10:20
m Isa 9:15
should try to allure you in secre-
used to serve their gods? And n De 18:20 cy, saying, ‘Let us go and serve
I, yes, I, will do the same way.’ Jer 14:14
Zec 13:3
31 You must not do that way o De 6:14 p De 17:7; 1Co 5:13; q 1Sa 18:1.
DEUTERONOMY 13:7–14:9 Apostates. Clean, unclean food 256
other gods,’ a whom you have CHAP. 13 inite. a It should never be rebuilt.
not known, neither you nor your a 1Ki 11:4 17 And nothing at all should
2Pe 2:1
forefathers, 7 some of the gods b Pr 1:10
stick to your hand of the thing
of the peoples who are all around Ga 1:8 made sacred by ban, b in order
c Eze 9:5
YOU, the ones near you or those d Ex 22:20 that Jehovah may turn from his
far away from you, from one end Ex 32:27 burning anger c and may indeed
Nu 25:5
of the land to the other end of e De 17:7 give you mercy and he may cer-
the land, 8 you must not ac- f Le 20:2 tainly show you mercy d and mul-
Le 20:27
cede to his wish or listen to De 17:5 tiply you, just as he has sworn
him, b nor should your eye feel g Ex 13:3
h De 17:13
to your forefathers. e 18 For you
sorry for him, nor must you feel De 19:20 should listen to the voice of Jeho-
1Ti 1:20
compassion, c nor cover him pro- 1Ti 5:20 vah your God by keeping all his
tectively; 9 but you should kill i 1Sa 2:12 commandments f that I am com-
1Ki 21:10
him without fail. d Your hand first Jude 19 manding you today, so as to do
of all should come upon him to j 2Ki 17:21
what is right in the eyes of Jeho-
k De 17:4
put him to death, and the hand De 19:15 vah your God. g
of all the people afterward. e 1Ti 5:19
Heb 10:28 “Sons YOU are of Jehovah
10 And you must stone him with
stones, and he must die, f be-
l 2Ch 28:6
m Ex 22:20
Le 27:28
14 YOUR God. h YOU must not
ccc dccc
JOSHUA
people to inherit a the land that I
1 And it came about after the
death of Moses the servant of
CHAP. 1
a De 31:14
b Ex 24:13
swore to their forefathers to give
Jehovah that Jehovah proceeded Nu 11:28
to them. b
to say to Joshuaa the son of Nun, c De 34:5 7 “Only be courageous and
d Nu 27:21
the minister b of Moses: 2 “Mo- De 3:28 very strong to take care to do ac-
ses my servant is dead; c and now e De 11:24 cording to all the law that Mo-
f Nu 13:29
get up, cross this Jordan, you and Jos 11:3 ses my servant commanded you. c
all this people, into the land that g Ge 15:18 Do not turn aside from it to the
Ex 23:31
I am giving to them, to the sons Nu 34:3 right or to the left, d in order that
De 1:7 you may act wisely everywhere
of Israel. d 3 Every place upon Jos 15:4
which the sole of YOUR foot will h De 7:24 you go. e 8 This book of the
De 11:25
tread, to YOU people I shall cer- Ro 8:31 law should not depart from your
tainly give it, just as I promised i Ex 3:12 mouth, f and you must in an un-
Jos 3:7
to Moses. e 4 From the wilder- j De 31:6 dertone read in it day and night,
ness and this Leba·non to the Heb 13:5 in order that you may take care
k De 1:38
great river, the river Eu·phra- De 31:23 to do according to all that is writ-
Ps 27:14 ten in it; g for then you will make
tes, that is, all the land of the
Hittites, f and to the Great Sea your way successful and then
Second Col.
toward the setting of the sun you will act wisely. h 9 Have I
a Nu 34:17
YOUR territory will prove to be. g b Ge 12:7
not commanded you? i Be coura-
5 Nobody will take a firm stand
Ge 15:18 geous and strong. Do not suffer
Ge 26:3
c De 31:7 shock or be terrified, j for Jeho-
before you all the days of your d De 5:32 vah your God is with you wher-
life. h Just as I proved to be with De 28:14
e De 29:9 ever you go.” k
Moses I shall prove to be with 1Ki 2:3 10 And Joshua proceeded
you. i I shall neither desert you f De 6:6
De 30:14 to command the officers of
nor leave you entirely. j 6 Be g De 17:19
courageous and strong, k for you Ps 1:2
1Ti 4:15 h 1Ch 22:13; i De 31:7; j De 31:8; Jos 8:1; k Ex
are the one who will cause this Jas 1:25 23:27; Ps 46:7.
JOSHUA 1:11–2:10 Two spies sent to Jericho; concealed by Rahab 288
the people, saying: 11 “Pass Then Joshua the son of Nun
through the midst of the camp
CHAP. 1
a De 9:1 2 sent two men out secret-
and command the people, say- De 11:31 ly from Shittim a as spies, say-
Jos 3:2
ing, ‘Get provisions ready for ing: “Go, take a look at the land
b Nu 32:20
yourselves, because three days Jos 22:2 and Jeri·cho.” So they went and
from now YOU are crossing this c De 3:19 came to the house of a prostitute
Jordan to go in and take pos- De 29:8 woman whose name was Ra-
Jos 13:8
session of the land that Jehovah hab, b and they took up lodging
d Ex 13:18
YOUR God is giving YOU to take
Nu 32:21
there. 2 In time it was said to
possession of it.’ ” a De 3:18 the king of Jeri·cho: “Look! Men
12 And to the Reuben·ites e Nu 1:3 from the sons of Israel have come
and the Gadites and the half Nu 26:2 in here tonight to search out
tribe of Ma·nasseh Joshua said: f Nu 32:17 the land.” 3 At that the king of
Nu 32:22
13 “Let there be a remember- De 3:20 Jeri·cho sent to Rahab, saying:
ing of the word that Moses the g Jos 22:4 “Bring out the men that came
servant of Jehovah commanded h Nu 32:33 to you, that have come into your
YOU, b saying, ‘Jehovah YOUR God Jos 22:9 house, for it is to search out all
is giving YOU rest and has given i Nu 32:25 the land that they have come.” c
Heb 13:17
YOU this land. 14 YOUR wives, 4 Meantime the woman took
j 1Sa 16:18
YOUR little ones and YOUR live- 1Sa 17:37
the two men and concealed
stock will dwell in the land that k Nu 27:20
them. And she proceeded to say:
Moses has given YOU on this side De 34:9 “Yes, the men did come to me,
of the Jordan; c but YOU men will l 1Sa 12:15 and I did not know from where
pass over in battle formation d be- 1Sa 15:23 they were. 5 And it came about
Pr 17:11
fore YOUR brothers, all the val- at the closing of the gate d by dark
m De 17:12
iant mighty men, e and YOU must 1Sa 11:12 that the men went out. I just do
help them. 15 First when Je- n De 31:7 not know where the men have
hovah gives rest to YOUR broth- Jos 1:6 gone. Chase after them quickly,
ers the same as to YOU and they for YOU will overtake them.”
Second Col.
also have taken possession of the 6 (She, though, had taken them
land that Jehovah YOUR God is
up to the roof, e and she kept
giving them, f YOU must also re- CHAP. 2 them out of sight among stalks
turn to the land of YOUR hold- a Nu 25:1 of flax laid in rows for her
Nu 33:49
ing and take possession of it, g the upon the roof.) 7 And the men
b Jos 6:17
one that Moses the servant of Je- Mt 1:5 chased after them in the direc-
hovah has given YOU on the side Heb 11:31 tion of the Jordan at the fords, f
of the Jordan toward the rising of Jas 2:25 and they shut the gate imme-
the sun.’ ” h c Ge 42:9 diately after those chasing after
2Sa 10:3
16 Accordingly they answered d Ne 13:19
them had gone out.
Joshua, saying: “All that you e De 22:8
8 As for these, before they
have commanded us we shall 2Sa 11:2 could lie down, she herself came
do, and wherever you may send Ac 10:9 up to them on the roof. 9 And
us we shall go. i 17 As we lis- f Jg 3:28 she went on to say to the men:
Jg 12:5
tened to Moses in everything, “I do know that Jehovah will cer-
g Ge 13:15
so we shall listen to you. Only Ge 15:18 tainly give YOU the land, g and
may Jehovah your God prove to Ex 3:8 that the fright of YOU has fall-
be with you j just as he proved h Ex 23:27 en upon us, h and that all the
De 2:25
to be with Moses. k 18 Any man De 11:25
inhabitants of the land have be-
that behaves rebelliously against i Ex 15:15
come disheartened because of
your order l and does not listen Jos 5:1 YOU. i 10 For we have heard how
to your words in all that you Ps 112:10 Jehovah dried up the waters of
may command him will be put to j Ex 14:21 the Red Sea from before YOU
Ex 15:14
death. m Only be courageous and Jos 4:23
when YOU came out of Egypt, j and
strong.” n Jos 9:9 what YOU did to the two kings of
289 Rahab gets promise. Scarlet cord a sign JOSHUA 2:11–3:3
the Amor·ites who were on the CHAP. 2 er and your brothers and all
other side of the Jordan, name- a Nu 21:21 the household of your father you
ly, Sihon a and Og, b whom YOU de- Nu 21:24 should gather to yourself into
voted to destruction. c 11 When b Nu 21:34 the house. a 19 And it must oc-
we got to hear it, then our hearts De 3:3 cur that anyone who goes out
Jos 9:10 of the doors of your house into
began to melt, d and no spirit has Ps 135:11
arisen yet in anybody because of the open, b his blood will be upon
YOU, e for Jehovah YOUR God is c Le 27:29 his own head, and we shall be
God in the heavens above and d Jos 5:1
free from guilt; and everyone who
on the earth beneath. f 12 And continues with you in the house,
now, please, swear to me by Je- e Ex 15:15 his blood will be on our heads if
hovah g that, because I have ex- f De 4:39 a hand should come upon him.
ercised loving-kindness toward 2Ch 20:6 20 And if you should report this
Ps 83:18 matter of ours, c we shall also
YOU, YOU also will certainly exer-
Ps 135:6
cise loving-kindness toward the Da 4:35 have become free from guilt
household of my father, h and YOU respecting this oath of yours
g De 10:20
must give me a trustworthy sign. i that you have made us swear.”
13 And YOU must preserve alive h Es 8:6 21 To this she said: “According
my father j and my mother and to YOUR words so let it be.”
i Ex 12:13
my brothers and my sisters and Jos 2:18 With that she sent them off,
all who belong to them, and Jg 6:17 and they went their way. Af-
YOU must deliver our souls from j Eph 6:2
ter that she tied the scarlet
death.” k cord in the window. 22 So they
14 At that the men said to k Jos 6:23 went and came to the moun-
her: “Our souls are to die in- l Nu 30:2
tainous region and kept dwelling
stead of YOU people! l If YOU will Mt 5:33 there three days, until the pur-
not tell about this matter of ours, suers had come back. Now the
m Jg 1:24
it must also occur that when Je- 1Sa 30:15 pursuers were looking for them
hovah gives us the land, we Mt 10:41 on every road, and they did not
also shall certainly exercise n Heb 11:31
find them. 23 And the two men
loving-kindness and trustwor- proceeded to descend again from
thiness toward you.” m 15 After o Nu 30:2 the mountainous region and to
that she had them descend by a cross over and come to Josh-
Second Col.
rope through the window, for her ua the son of Nun, and they be-
a Jos 6:23 gan to relate to him all the
house was on a side of the wall, Es 8:6
and it was on the wall that she things that had happened to
was dwelling. n 16 And she pro- b Nu 35:26 them. 24 And they went on to
ceeded to say to them: “Go to the c Jos 2:14
say to Joshua: “Jehovah has giv-
mountainous region, that those en all the land into our hand. d
in pursuit may not come in con- d Ex 23:31 Consequently all the inhabitants
Jos 6:2
tact with YOU; and YOU must keep Jos 21:44
of the land have also grown dis-
hid there three days, until those Ne 9:24 heartened because of us.” e
in pursuit have come back, and
afterward YOU may go in YOUR
e Ex 15:15
Jos 2:9
Jos 2:11
3 Then Joshua got up early in
the morning, and he and all
own direction.” Jos 5:1
the sons of Israel proceeded to
17 In turn the men said to her:
pull away from Shittim f and to
“We are free from guilt respect- CHAP. 3 come as far as the Jordan; and
ing this oath of yours that you f Nu 25:1 they went spending the night
have made us swear. o 18 Look! Jos 2:1 there before they would cross.
We are coming into the land. g Jos 1:11
2 So it came about at the
This cord of scarlet thread you end of the three days g that
should tie in the window by h De 1:15 the officers h proceeded to pass
De 20:5
which you have had us descend, De 31:28 through the midst of the camp
and your father and your moth- Jos 1:10 3 and to command the people,
JOSHUA 3:4–4:3 Waters dam up. Miracle of crossing Jordan 290
saying: “As soon as YOU see the CHAP. 3 the tribes of Israel, one man for
ark of the covenant of Jeho- a Nu 4:15 each tribe. a 13 And it must oc-
vah YOUR God, and the priests, De 31:9 cur that at the instant that the
1Ch 15:2
the Levites, carrying it, a then YOU soles of the feet of the priests
yourselves will pull away from b Ex 19:12 carrying the ark of Jehovah, the
YOUR place, and YOU must follow c Ex 19:10 Lord of the whole earth, rest in
it, 4 —only let there prove to Le 20:7 the waters of the Jordan, the wa-
be a distance between YOU and it d Ex 34:10 ters of the Jordan will be cut
of about two thousand cubits by Ps 72:18 off, the waters descending from
Ps 86:10
measure; b do not get near to it— above, and they will stand still as
in order that YOU may know the e Ex 25:10 one dam.” b
Nu 4:15
way by which YOU should go, for 14 And it came about that
YOU have not passed over on that f Jos 4:14 when the people pulled away
way before.” g Ex 3:12 from their tents just before
5 Joshua now said to the peo- Ex 14:31 passing over the Jordan, with
ple: “Sanctify c yourselves, for to- h De 31:8 the priests carrying the arkc
morrow Jehovah will do wonder- Jos 1:5 of the covenant before the peo-
ful things in YOUR midst.” d Jos 1:17 ple, 15 and at the instant that
6 Then Joshua said to the i Jos 1:18 the carriers of the Ark came
priests: “Take up the ark of the j Jos 3:17
as far as the Jordan and the
covenant e and pass before the feet of the priests carrying the
k Ex 17:7
people.” So they took up the ark Le 26:11
Ark were dipped in the edge of
of the covenant and went before Nu 11:20 the waters (now the Jordan over-
the people. De 7:21 flows all its banks d all the days
7 And Jehovah proceeded to l Ex 3:8 of harvest), 16 then the waters
say to Joshua: “This day I shall De 7:1 descending from above began to
Ps 24:1
start to make you great in the Ps 44:2
stand still. They rose up as one
eyes of all Israel, f that they may Zec 4:14 dame very far away at Adam,
the city at the side of Zare-
know that just as I proved to
be with Moses g I shall prove to Second Col. than, f while those descending to-
be with you. h 8 And you—you a Jos 4:2 ward the sea of the Ara·bah, the
should command i the priests b Ex 15:8
Salt Sea, g were exhausted. They
carrying the ark of the covenant, Ps 114:3 were cut off, and the people
saying, ‘As soon as YOU have c Ex 25:10
passed over in front of Jeri·cho.
come as far as the edge of the Jos 3:6 17 Meanwhile the priests carry-
waters of the Jordan, YOU should Ac 7:45 ing the ark of Jehovah’s cov-
stand j still in the Jordan.’ ” d Jos 4:18 enant kept standing immovable
9 And Joshua went on to say 1Ch 12:15 on dry ground h in the middle
to the sons of Israel: “Approach e Jos 3:13 of the Jordan as all Israel were
here and listen to the words passing over on dry ground, i un-
f 1Ki 7:46
of Jehovah YOUR God.” 10 Af- til the whole nation had complet-
ter that Joshua said: “By this YOU
g Ge 14:3 ed passing over the Jordan.
Nu 34:3
will know that a living God is
in YOUR midst, k and that he will
De 3:17
Jos 12:3 4 And it came about that as
soon as the whole nation had
without fail drive away from be- h Jos 4:3 completed passing over the Jor-
fore YOU the Canaan·ites and the 2Ki 2:8 dan, j Jehovah proceeded to say
Hittites and the Hivites and the i Ps 66:6 to Joshua: 2 “Take for your-
Periz·zites and the Girga·shites
selves twelve men from the peo-
and the Amor·ites and the Jebu- CHAP. 4 ple, one man from each tribe, k
sites. l 11 Look! The ark of the j Nu 14:29 3 and command them, say-
Nu 26:51
covenant of the Lord of the whole Nu 26:65
ing, ‘Take up for yourselves
earth is passing before YOU into from the very middle of the
k Jos 3:12
the Jordan. 12 And now take Jordan, from the place where the
for yourselves twelve men from l Jos 3:17 priests’ feet stood motionless, l
291 12 memorial stones taken from Jordan River JOSHUA 4:4-22
twelve stones, a and YOU must CHAP. 4 had commanded Joshua. a All the
carry them over with YOU and de- a De 27:2 while the people hurried up b and
posit them in the lodging place b b Jos 4:19
passed over. 11 And it came
in which YOU will lodge tonight.’ ” Jos 4:20 about that as soon as all the peo-
4 So Joshua called twelve ple had completed passing over,
c Jos 3:12
men c whom he had appointed then the ark c of Jehovah passed
from the sons of Israel, one man d Ge 31:45 over, and the priests, before
from each tribe; 5 and Joshua e Ex 12:26
the people. 12 And the sons of
went on to say to them: “Pass Ex 13:14 Reuben and the sons of Gad
ahead of the ark of Jehovah YOUR De 6:20 and the half tribe of Ma·nasseh d
Jos 4:21
God to the middle of the Jordan, Ps 78:3
proceeded to pass over in bat-
and lift up for yourselves each Isa 38:19 tle formation e in the sight of the
one a stone upon his shoulder, sons of Israel, just as Moses had
f Jos 3:13
according to the number of the Jos 3:16 stated to them. f 13 About forty
tribes of the sons of Israel, 6 in thousand equipped for the army
g De 4:9
order that this may serve as a passed over before Jehovah for
sign in YOUR midst. d In case h Jos 4:2 the war onto the desert plains of
YOUR sons should ask in time to Ac 26:7 Jeri·cho.
come, saying, ‘Why do YOU have i De 27:2 14 On that day Jehovah made
these stones?’ e 7 YOU must also Jos 4:3 Joshua great in the eyes of all Is-
Jos 4:19
say to them, ‘Because the waters rael, g and they began to fear him
of the Jordan were cut off from j Jos 3:17 just as they had feared Moses all
before the ark of Jehovah’s cov- k Jos 3:13
the days of his life. h
enant. f When it passed through
15 Then Jehovah said to Josh-
the Jordan the waters of the Second Col. ua: 16 “Command the priests
Jordan were cut off, and these a De 27:2 carrying the ark of the testimo-
stones must serve as a memori- De 34:9 ny i that they go up out of the Jor-
al to the sons of Israel to time in- dan.” 17 So Joshua command-
b Ps 119:60
definite.’ ” g ed the priests, saying: “Go up out
8 Accordingly the sons of Is- c Jos 3:8 of the Jordan.” 18 And it came
Jos 3:17
rael did so, just as Joshua had about that when the priests car-
commanded, and they took up d Jos 1:12 rying the ark j of the covenant of
twelve stones from the middle of e Ex 13:18
Jehovah came up out of the mid-
the Jordan, just as Jehovah had Nu 32:27 dle of the Jordan and the soles k
stated to Joshua, to correspond Jos 1:14 of the feet of the priests were
with the number of the tribes of f Nu 32:21 drawn out onto the dry ground,
the sons of Israel; h and they went Nu 32:29 then the waters of the Jordan be-
taking them over with them to g Jos 3:7
gan returning to their place and
the lodging place i and deposit- Ps 75:7 went overflowing l all its banks as
ing them there. formerly.
h Ex 14:31
9 There were also twelve 19 And the people came up
stones that Joshua set up in i Ex 25:22 out of the Jordan on the tenth
the middle of the Jordan on j Nu 4:15
of the first month and took up
the standing place j of the feet camping at Gilgal m on the east-
of the priests carrying the ark of k Jos 3:13 ern border of Jeri·cho.
the covenant, and they continue l Jos 3:15 20 As for the twelve stones
there until this day. that they had taken out of the
m Jos 4:3
10 And the priests carrying Jos 5:9 Jordan, Joshua set these up at
the Ark were standing in the Jos 10:6 Gilgal. n 21 And he went on to
middle k of the Jordan until the Mic 6:5 say to the sons of Israel: “When
whole matter had been complet- n De 27:2 YOUR sons ask their fathers in
ed that Jehovah had command- Jos 4:8 time to come, saying, ‘What
ed Joshua to speak to the peo- o Jos 4:6 do these stones mean?’ o 22 YOU
ple, according to all that Moses Ps 44:1 must then let YOUR sons know,
JOSHUA 4:23–5:14 Circumcision at Gilgal. Joshua meets prince 292
saying, ‘On the dry land it was CHAP. 4 listen to the voice of Jehovah had
that Israel passed over this Jor- a Jos 3:17 come to its finish, to whom Je-
Ps 66:6
dan, a 23 when Jehovah YOUR b Ex 14:21
hovah swore that he would never
God dried up the waters of the Ne 9:11 let them see the land a that Jeho-
Ps 78:13
Jordan from before them until Isa 43:16 vah had sworn to their forefa-
they had passed over, just as Je- Isa 63:12
Heb 11:29
thers to give to us, b a land flowing
hovah YOUR God had done to c Ex 9:16 with milk and honey. c 7 And
De 28:10
the Red Sea when he dried it 1Sa 17:46 their sons he raised up instead
up from before us until we had 1Ki 8:42
2Ki 5:15
of them. d These Joshua circum-
passed over; b 24 in order that 2Ki 19:19 cised, because they proved to be
d Ex 15:6
all the peoples of the earth may Ps 89:13 uncircumcised, for they had not
know Jehovah’s hand, c that it is Ps 106:8 circumcised them on the road.
e De 6:2
strong; d in order that YOU may in- Ps 76:7 8 And it came about that
deed fear Jehovah YOUR God al- Jer 10:7
1Pe 2:17 when they had completed cir-
ways.’ ” e
cumcising all the nation, they
CHAP. 5 kept sitting in their place in the
5 And it came about that as
soon as all the kings of the f Ge 10:16
g Ge 12:6
camp until they revived. e
9 Then Jehovah said to Josh-
Amor·ites, f who were on the side Nu 13:29
of the Jordan to the west, and Jg 3:3 ua: “Today I have rolled away the
h Ex 15:15
all the kings of the Canaan·ites, g Jos 2:9 reproach of Egypt from off YOU.” f
Jos 2:11 So the name of that place came
who were by the sea, heard that i Jos 2:24
Jehovah had dried up the wa- j Ge 17:11 to be called Gilgal g until this
Ex 4:25
ters of the Jordan from before k Jos 5:9
day.
the sons of Israel until they had l Nu 14:29 10 And the sons of Israel con-
Nu 26:65
passed over, then their hearts De 2:14 tinued to camp in Gilgal, and
1Co 10:5 they proceeded to carry out the
began to melt, h and there proved Heb 3:17
to be no spiritedness in them m Nu 14:33 passover on the fourteenth day
De 1:3
anymore because of the sons of Ps 95:10 of the month, h in the evening,
Israel. i
on the desert plains of Jeri·cho.
2 At that particular time Je- Second Col. 11 And they began to eat some
hovah said to Joshua: “Make for a Nu 14:23 of the yield of the land the day
De 1:35
yourself flint knives and circum- Ps 106:26 after the passover, unfermented
cisej the sons of Israel again, b Ge 13:15 cakes i and roasted grains, on this
Ex 33:1
the second time.” 3 Accord- Ac 7:5 same day. 12 Then the manna
c Ex 3:8 ceased on the following day when
ingly Joshua made flint knives Nu 13:27
for himself and circumcised the De 27:3 they had eaten some of the yield
Eze 20:6
sons of Israel at Gibe·ath- d Nu 14:31 of the land, and manna did not
ha·ara·loth. k 4 And this was De 1:39 occur anymore for the sons of Is-
e Ge 34:25
the reason why Joshua did the f Ge 34:14 rael, j and they began to eat some
circumcising: all the people that Ps 119:39
Jer 9:25
of the produce of the land of Ca-
came out of Egypt, the males, Jer 9:26 naan in that year. k
g Jos 4:19
all the men of war, had died l in Jos 5:3 13 And it came about when
the wilderness on the road when h Ex 12:24
Nu 9:5
Joshua happened to be by Jer-
they were coming out of Egypt. i Ex 12:18 i·cho that he proceeded to raise
Ex 13:6
5 For all the people who came Le 23:6
his eyes and look, and there there
out proved to be circumcised, j Ex 16:35 was a man l standing in front
k De 6:11
but all the people born in the wil- De 8:10 of him with his drawn sword in
derness on the road when they l Ge 18:2 his hand. m So Joshua walked up
Ex 23:23
were coming out of Egypt they Jg 13:6 to him and said to him: “Are
Ac 1:10
had not circumcised. 6 For the m Nu 22:23
you for us or for our adver-
sons of Israel had walked forty 1Ch 21:16 saries?” 14 To this he said: “No,
n Ex 23:20
years m in the wilderness, until all 1Ki 22:19 but I—as prince of the army of
the nation of the men of war who Ps 103:20
Ps 148:2
Jehovah I have now come.” n With
came out of Egypt that did not Da 10:13 that Joshua fell on his face to the
293 Marching around Jericho with the Ark JOSHUA 5:15–6:17
earth and prostrated a himself CHAP. 5 of the priests blowing the horns,
and said to him: “What is my lord a Ge 17:3 while the rear guard a was fol-
saying to his servant?” 15 In b Ex 3:5 lowing the Ark with a continual
turn the prince of the army of Je-
blowing on the horns.
hovah said to Joshua: “Draw your CHAP. 6 10 Now Joshua had com-
sandals from off your feet, be- c Jos 2:9 manded the people, b saying:
cause the place on which you are “YOU must neither shout nor let
d Nu 14:9
standing is holy.” At once Josh- De 7:24 YOUR voices be heard, and no
ua did so. b Jg 11:24 word should come out of YOUR
Ne 9:24
mouths until the day when I say
6 Now Jeri·cho was tightly shut
up because of the sons of Is- e Jg 3:27
Jg 7:22
to YOU, ‘Shout!’ Then YOU must
shout.” c 11 And he had the ark
rael, no one going out and no one 2Sa 2:28
entering. c Zep 1:16 of Jehovah go marching round
2 And Jehovah went on to say f Jer 50:15
the city, going round once, after
to Joshua: “See, I have given Jer- Ho 5:8 which they went to the camp and
i·cho and its king, the valiant g Heb 11:30
stayed overnight in the camp.
mighty men, into your hand. d 12 Then Joshua got up early
h De 20:2
3 And all YOU men of war must in the morning, d and the priests
march round the city, going i De 31:25 went carrying the arke of Jeho-
round the city once. That is the j Nu 4:15 vah, 13 and seven priests car-
way you should do for six days. k Nu 10:14
rying seven rams’ horns before
4 And seven priests should car- Nu 10:18 the ark of Jehovah were walking,
ry seven rams’ horns, before the Nu 10:22 continually blowing the horns,
Jos 1:14
Ark, and on the seventh day YOU Jos 4:13 and the war-equipped force was
should march round the city sev-
walking ahead of them, while
en times and the priests should Second Col. the rear guard was following the
blow the horns. e 5 And it must a Nu 10:25 ark of Jehovah with a continual
occur that when they sound with b De 34:9
blowing on the horns. f 14 And
the horn of the ram, when YOU they went marching round the
c Jos 1:18
hear the sound of the horn, all city on the second day once, af-
the people should shout a great d Jos 3:1 ter which they returned to the
war cry; f and the wall of the city e Nu 3:31 camp. That was the way they did
must fall down flat, g and the peo- Nu 4:15 for six days. g
De 31:9
ple must go up, each one straight 1Ch 15:2
15 And it came about on the
before him.” seventh day that they proceed-
f Jos 6:4
6 Accordingly Joshua the son ed to get up early, as soon as the
of Nun called the priests h and g Jos 6:3 dawn ascended, and they went
said to them: “Take up the h Jos 6:4 marching round the city in this
ark of the covenant, i and seven i Jos 6:5
manner seven times. Just on that
priests should carry seven rams’ Jos 6:10 day they marched round the city
horns before the arkj of Jeho- 2Ch 13:15 seven times. h 16 And it came
vah.” 7 And he went on to say j De 9:1 about on the seventh time that
to the people: “Pass on and Jos 6:1 the priests blew the horns, and
march round the city, and the k Le 27:28 Joshua proceeded to say to the
war-equipped force k should pass Nu 21:3 people: “Shout; i for Jehovah has
De 7:2
on ahead of the ark of Jehovah.” De 20:16
given YOU the city. j 17 And the
8 So it came about just as Josh- city must become a thing devot-
l Jos 2:1
ua said to the people; and sev- Mt 1:5
ed to destruction; k it with every-
en priests carrying seven rams’ Heb 11:31 thing that is in it belongs to
horns before Jehovah passed on m Ge 12:3
Jehovah. Only Rahab l the pros-
and blew the horns, and the ark Jos 2:4 titute may keep on living, she
of the covenant of Jehovah was Jos 2:6 and all who are with her in the
Mt 25:40
following them. 9 And the war- Heb 6:10 house, because she hid the mes-
equipped force was going ahead Jas 2:25 sengers whom we sent out. m
JOSHUA 6:18–7:5 Wall of Jericho falls. Rahab saved. Achan’s sin 294
18 As for YOU people, only keep CHAP. 6 who belonged to her, Joshua pre-
away from the thing devoted to a De 7:26 served alive; a and she dwells in
destruction, a for fear YOU may get b De 13:17 the midst of Israel down to this
a desire b and YOU do take some of Jos 7:21 day, b because she hid the mes-
Heb 13:5
the thing devoted to destruction c sengers whom Joshua sent out to
c Jos 7:11 spy on Jeri·cho. c
and do constitute the camp of Is-
rael a thing devoted to destruc- d Jos 7:25 26 Then Joshua had an oath
1Ch 2:7
tion and bring ostracism upon pronounced at that particular
e Nu 31:22
it. d 19 But all the silver and the time, saying: “Cursed may the
gold and the articles of copper f Jos 6:24 man be before Jehovah who gets
2Sa 8:11
and iron are something holy to 1Ki 7:51 up and does build this city, even
Jehovah. e Into the treasure of Je- 1Ch 18:11 Jeri·cho. At the forfeit of his
hovah it should go.” f g Jos 6:4 firstborn let him lay the founda-
20 Then the people shouted, Jos 6:16 tion of it, and at the forfeit of
when they proceeded to blow the h Jos 6:5 his youngest let him put up its
Heb 11:30
horns. g And it came about that doors.” d
i Le 27:29
as soon as the people heard the De 7:2
27 So Jehovah proved to be
sound of the horn and the peo- De 20:16 with Joshua, e and his fame came
ple began to shout a great war 1Sa 15:3 to be in all the earth. f
cry, then the wall began to fall j Jos 2:14
down flat. h After that the people
went up into the city, each one
Heb 11:31
k Jos 2:13
7 And the sons of Israel went
committing an act of un-
Jos 2:18 faithfulness respecting the thing
straight before him, and cap- devoted to destruction in that
l De 13:16
tured the city. 21 And they Achan g the son of Carmi, the
m Jos 6:19
went devoting all that was in the
son of Zabdi, the son of Ze-
city, from man to woman, from Second Col. rah, of the tribe of Judah, took
young man to old man and to some of the thing devoted to de-
a Jos 2:14
bull and sheep and ass, to de- Jos 6:17 struction. h At this Jehovah’s an-
struction by the edge of the Jos 6:22 ger grew hot against the sons of
sword. i b Mt 1:5 Israel. i
22 And to the two men who c Heb 6:10 2 Then Joshua sent men out
had done the spying on the land, Jas 2:25
from Jeri·cho to Ai, j which is
Joshua said: “Go into the house d 1Ki 16:34 close by Beth-aven, k to the east
of the woman, the prostitute, and e De 31:6 of Bethel, l and said to them: “Go
bring out of there the woman and Jos 1:5
Ro 8:31
up and spy on the land.” Accord-
all who belong to her, just as ingly the men went up and spied
f Jos 9:1
YOU have sworn to her.” j 23 So Jos 9:9 on Ai. m 3 After that they re-
the young men who had done the
turned to Joshua and said to
spying went in and brought out CHAP. 7 him: “Let not all the people go
Rahab and her father and her g Jos 22:20 up. Let about two thousand men
mother and her brothers and all 1Ch 2:7 or about three thousand men go
who belonged to her, yes, all her h De 7:26 up and strike Ai. Do not weary
family relationship they brought Jos 6:17
all the people with going there,
out; k and they proceeded to set i Jos 6:18 for they are few.”
them down outside the camp of j Ge 12:8 4 So about three thousand
Jos 12:9
Israel. men of the people went up there,
k Jos 18:12
24 And they burned the city but they took to flight before
with fire and everything that was l Ge 28:19 the men of Ai. n 5 And the men
in it. l Only the silver and the gold m Jos 2:1 of Ai got to strike down about
and the articles of copper and n Le 26:17 thirty-six men of them, and they
iron they gave to the treasure of De 28:25
De 32:30
went pursuing o them from be-
Jehovah’s house. m 25 And Ra- Isa 30:17 fore the gate as far as Sheba-
hab the prostitute and the Isa 59:2 rim and continued striking them
household of her father and all o De 28:45 down on the descent. Conse-
295 Israel judged; Achan picked, confesses JOSHUA 7:6-21
quently the heart of the people CHAP. 7 O Israel. a You will not be able to
began to melt and became as wa- a Le 26:36 rise up against your enemies un-
ter. a Isa 13:7 til YOU people have removed
6 At this Joshua ripped his b Nu 16:22 the thing devoted to destruction
Nu 20:6 from YOUR midst. 14 And YOU
mantles and fell upon his faceb
to the earth before the ark of Je- c Ne 9:1 must present yourselves in the
Job 2:12
hovah until the evening, he and morning, tribe by tribe, and it
d Jos 3:1 must occur that the tribe that Je-
the older men of Israel, and they
kept putting dust upon their e Ps 83:4 hovah will pick b will come near,
heads. c 7 And Joshua went on f Ex 32:12 family by family, and the family
to say: “Alas, Sovereign Lord Je- De 32:27 that Jehovah will pick will come
Ps 106:8
hovah, why did you bring this Ps 143:11
near, household by household,
people all the way across the Jor- Eze 20:9 and the household that Jehovah
dan, just to give us into the hand g Ex 24:7 will pick will come near, able-
of the Amor·ites for them to de- 1Sa 2:25 bodied man by able-bodied man.
stroy us? And if only we had tak- h Jos 6:17 15 And it must occur that the
en it upon ourselves and contin- i Ex 20:15 one picked with the thing devot-
ued dwelling on the other side of Isa 61:8 ed to destruction will be burned
Mt 15:19 with fire, c he and all that be-
the Jordan! d 8 Excuse me,
O Jehovah, but what can I say j Jer 32:19 longs to him, because he has
Heb 4:13
after Israel has turned his back overstepped the covenant d of Je-
before his enemies? 9 And the k Jos 7:21 hovah and because he has com-
Canaan·ites and all the inhabi- l Jg 2:14 mitted a disgraceful folly in Isra-
tants of the land will hear of it, m De 7:26 el.” ’ ” e
and they will certainly surround Jos 6:18 16 Then Joshua rose early in
us and cut our name off from the n Ex 19:10 the morning and had Isra-
earth; e and what will you do for
el come near, tribe by tribe of
your great name?” f Second Col. it, and the tribe of Judah got to
10 In turn Jehovah said to a Jos 6:18 be picked. 17 Next he had the
Joshua: “Get up, you! Why is it b Pr 16:33 families of Judah come near and
that you are falling upon your c Jos 1:18 picked the family of the Zerah-
face? 11 Israel has sinned, and Jos 7:25 ites, f after which he had the fam-
they have also overstepped my d Ex 24:7 ily of the Zerah·ites come near,
covenant g that I laid as a com- Jos 7:11 able-bodied man by able-bodied
Jg 2:20
mand upon them; and they have man, and Zabdi got to be picked.
e Jg 20:6 18 Finally he had his household
also taken some of the thing de- 2Sa 13:12
voted to destruction h and have come near, able-bodied man by
f Ge 38:30
also stolen i and also kept it se- Nu 26:20
able-bodied man, and Achan the
cret j and have also put it among 1Ch 2:4 son of Carmi, the son of Zab-
their own articles. k 12 And the g 1Sa 14:42 di, the son of Zerah, of the
sons of Israel will not be able Pr 13:21 tribe of Judah, got to be picked. g
to rise up against their enemies. l Pr 16:33 19 Then Joshua said to Achan:
Jer 2:26
The back is what they will turn Jon 1:7 “My son, render, please, glory to
before their enemies, because Ac 5:3 Jehovah the God of Israel h and
they have become a thing de- h 2Ch 19:6 make confession to him, i and tell
voted to destruction. I shall not Jer 13:16 me, j please, What have you done?
prove to be with YOU again un- i Ps 32:5 Do not hide k it from me.”
less YOU annihilate the thing de- Ps 51:4 20 At this Achan answered
1Ti 5:24
voted to destruction out of YOUR Joshua and said: “For a fact I—I
j 1Sa 14:43
midst. m 13 Get up! Sanctify the Pr 28:13
have sinned against Jehovah the
people, n and you must say, ‘Sanc- God of Israel, l and this way and
k Job 31:33
tify yourselves tomorrow, for this that way I have done. 21 When
l 1Sa 2:25
is what Jehovah the God of Is- I got to see m among the spoil an
rael has said: “A thing devoted m 1Jo 2:16 official garment from Shinar, n a
to destruction is in your midst, n Ge 10:10 good-looking one, and two
JOSHUA 7:22–8:12 Achan stoned. Joshua sets ambush against Ai 296
hundred shekels of silver and one CHAP. 7 3 Accordingly Joshua and all
gold bar, fifty shekels being its a Ex 20:17 the people of war a rose to go up
weight, then I wanted them, a and Lu 12:15 to Ai, and Joshua proceeded to
2Pe 2:14
I took them; b and, look! they are b Mic 2:2
choose thirty thousand men, val-
hidden in the earth in the midst Jas 1:15 iant mighty ones, b and to send
of my tent with the money un- c Ps 10:11 them off by night. 4 And he
Isa 29:15
derneath it.” c d Jos 7:1
went on to command them, say-
22 At once Joshua sent mes- Jos 22:20 ing: “See, YOU are lying in am-
sengers, and they went running e Jos 6:19 bush c against the city to the
f Jos 15:7 rear of the city. Do not go very
to the tent, and, look! it was hid- Isa 65:10
den in his tent with the money Ho 2:15 far away from the city, and YOU
underneath it. 23 So they took g Jos 6:18 must all of YOU hold yourselves
1Ch 2:7 in readiness. 5 As for me and
them from the midst of the h Le 24:14
tent and brought them to Josh- Jos 1:18 all the people who are with me,
ua and all the sons of Israel i Ge 38:24 we shall go close to the city. And
and poured them out before Je- Le 20:14 it must occur that, in case they
Le 21:9
hovah. 24 Joshua, and all Isra- Jos 7:15 should come out to meet us just
el with him, now took Achan d j Jos 8:29 as at the first, d we must then flee
the son of Zerah and the silver
Jos 10:27 before them. 6 And they must
2Sa 18:17
and the official garment and the k De 13:17
come out after us until we have
bar of gold e and his sons and his l Jos 15:7 drawn them away from the city,
daughters and his bull and his Isa 65:10 for they will say, ‘They are fleeing
Ho 2:15
ass and his flock and his tent
before us just as at the first.’ e
and everything that was his and CHAP. 8
And we must flee before them.
they brought them up to the low 7 Then YOU—YOU will rise up
m De 1:21
plain of Achor. f 25 Then Josh- De 7:18 from the ambush, and YOU must
ua said: “Why have you brought De 31:8 take possession of the city; and
Jos 1:9
ostracism upon us? g Jehovah will Ps 27:1
Jehovah YOUR God will certainly
bring ostracism upon you on this Isa 12:2 give it into YOUR hands. f 8 And
day.” With that all Israel went
Ro 8:31 it must occur that as soon as YOU
n Jos 2:24
have seized the city, YOU should
pelting him with stones, h after Ps 44:3
Ac 7:45 set the city on fire. g According
which they burned them with
o Jos 6:21 to Jehovah’s word YOU should do.
fire. i Thus they stoned them with p Job 27:17 See, I have commanded YOU.” h
stones. 26 And they proceeded Pr 13:22
to raise up over him a big pile of Ec 2:26 9 After that Joshua sent them
stones, down to this day. j At this
q Pr 20:18 out and they marched to the
place of ambush and took up
Jehovah turned away from his Second Col. quarters between Bethel and Ai
hot anger. k That is why the name a Jos 8:11 to the west of Ai, while Joshua
of that place has been called Low b De 3:18 kept lodging on that night in the
Plain of Achor, l down to this day. De 20:8
Heb 11:34 midst of the people.
8 Then Jehovah said to Joshua:
“Do not be afraid or be terri-
c Jg 20:29
2Ch 13:13
d Jos 7:5
10 Then Joshua rose up ear-
ly in the morning i and reviewed
fied. m Take with you all the peo- e Ex 15:9 the people and went up, he and
ple of war and get up, go up to Ai. Jos 8:16 the older men of Israel, before
See, I have given into your hand f Jos 2:24 the people to Ai. 11 And all the
Pr 21:31
the king of Ai and his people and g Jos 8:19
people of war j who were with
his city and his land. n 2 And Jos 8:28 him went up, that they might ap-
you must do to Ai and to its king h Jos 1:9 proach and get in front of the
Jos 1:16
just as you did to Jeri·cho and its city, and they proceeded to camp
i Jos 3:1
king. o Only YOU people may plun- Jos 6:12 to the north of Ai, with the valley
der its spoil and its domestic an- j Jos 8:1 between them and Ai. 12 In
Jos 8:3
imals for yourselves. p Set an am- the meantime he took about
k Jos 8:2
bush of yours against the city at Jg 20:29 five thousand men and set them
its rear.” q l Ge 28:19 as an ambush k between Bethel l
297 Ai captured, burned, devoted to destruction JOSHUA 8:13-29
and Ai, to the west of the city. CHAP. 8 21 And Joshua and all Israel
13 So the people set the main a Jos 8:5 saw that the ambush a had cap-
camp that was to the north of the tured the city, and that the
city a and the extreme rear of it b Jos 8:4 smoke of the city ascended, and
that was to the west of the city, b so they turned around and went
and Joshua proceeded to go dur- c Jg 20:34 striking the men of Ai down.
ing that night into the middle of Pr 14:15 22 And these others came out of
the low plain. the city to meet them, so that
14 And it came about that, d Jg 20:36 they got to be in between Isra-
as soon as the king of Ai saw el, these on this side and those
it, then the men of the city got e Jos 8:6 on that, and they went striking
Jos 16:1 them down until there did not
in a hurry and rose up early and Jos 18:12
went out to meet Israel in bat- remain of them either a survi-
tle, he and all his people, at the vor or an escapee. b 23 And the
f Ex 15:9
appointed time, before the des- Jg 20:31 king c of Ai they caught alive and
ert plain. As for him, he did Ps 9:16 proceeded to bring him near to
not know that there was an am- Joshua.
bush against him to the rear of g Ex 17:11 24 And it came about that
the city. c 15 When Joshua and Jos 8:7 while Israel was finishing the
Jos 8:26
all Israel suffered a blow be- killing of all the inhabitants of
fore them, d then they took to Ai in the field, in the wilderness
h De 7:24
flight by the way of the wilder- Jos 1:5 in which they had pursued them,
ness. e 16 At that all the people they kept falling, all of them, by
who were in the city were called i Jos 8:7 the edge of the sword until they
out to chase after them, and they came to their end. After that all
went chasing after Joshua and j Jos 8:8
Israel returned to Ai and struck
got to be drawn away from the Jos 8:28 it with the edge of the sword.
city. f 17 And there was not a
25 And all those who fell on
man remaining in Ai and Beth- Second Col. that day, from man to woman,
el that did not go out after Isra- a Jos 8:2 amounted to twelve thousand,
el, so that they left the city wide Jg 20:29 all the people of Ai. 26 And
open and went chasing after Is- Joshua did not draw back his
rael. b Le 27:29 hand with which he stretched
De 7:2
18 Jehovah now said to Josh- out the javelin d until he had de-
ua: “Stretch out the javelin that voted all the inhabitants of Ai to
c Jos 8:29
is in your hand toward Ai, g for Jos 12:9
destruction. e 27 Only the do-
into your hand I shall give it.” h mestic animals and the spoil of
Accordingly Joshua stretched d Ex 17:11
that city Israel plundered for
out the javelin that was in his Jos 8:18 themselves, according to Jeho-
hand toward the city. 19 And vah’s word that he had laid in
the ambush rose up quickly from e Le 27:29 command upon Joshua. f
its place, and they began to run 28 Then Joshua burned Ai
at the instant that he stretched f Nu 31:26 and reduced it to an indefinite-
out his hand, and they proceed- Jos 8:2 ly lasting mound, g as a desola-
Job 27:17
ed to enter the city and capture Pr 13:22
tion down to this day. 29 And
it. i Then they hurried and set the Ec 2:26 he hanged the king of Ai h
city on fire. j upon a stake until the evening
20 And the men of Ai began g Jos 8:8 time; i and as the sun was about
to turn back and look, and there to set Joshua gave the com-
the smoke of the city ascended to h Jos 12:9 mand, and then they took his
the heavens, and there proved to dead body down j from the stake
be no ability in them to flee i De 21:22 and pitched it at the entrance of
this way or that. And the people the gate of the city and raised up
that were fleeing to the wilder- j De 21:23 a great pile of stones over him,
ness turned upon the pursuers. Jos 10:27 down to this day.
JOSHUA 8:30–9:11 Blessings, maledictions. Shrewd Gibeonites 298
30 It was then that Josh- CHAP. 8 semble themselves all together to
ua proceeded to build an altar a a Ex 20:24 make war against Joshua and Is-
to Jehovah the God of Israel, in b De 11:29 rael unanimously. a
De 27:5
Mount Ebal, b 31 just as Moses c De 31:9 3 And the inhabitants of Gib-
Jos 1:8
the servant of Jehovah had com- 2Ch 34:14 e·on b heard what Joshua had
manded the sons of Israel, as it is Da 9:13
Mal 4:4
done to Jeri·cho c and Ai. d 4 So
written in the book of the lawc of d Ex 20:25 they, even of their own accord,
Moses: “An altar of whole stones, De 27:6
e Ex 20:24
acted with shrewdness e and
upon which no iron tool has been De 27:7 went and stocked themselves
wielded”; d and they went offer- f De 27:3
De 27:8 with provisions and took worn-
ing up burnt offerings upon it to 2Co 3:3 out sacks for their asses, and
g Ex 24:4
Jehovah and sacrificing commu- Ex 34:27 wine skin-bottles worn out and
nion sacrifices. e h De 29:10 burst and tied up, f 5 and worn-
i De 31:9
32 Then he wrote there upon j De 31:25 out and patched sandals on their
the stones a copyf of the law of k Le 24:22 feet, and worn-out garments
Nu 15:16
Moses that he had written before l De 27:12 upon themselves, and all the
the sons of Israel. g 33 And all m De 27:13 bread of their provisions proved
n De 11:29
Israel and their older men h and o Pr 10:6 to be dry and crumby. 6 Then
the officers and their judges were p De 31:9 they went to Joshua at the camp
Ne 8:3
standing on this side and on that q Le 26:3 at Gilgal g and said to him and
side of the Ark in front of the De 28:2 the men of Israel: “It is from a
r De 27:15
priests, i the Levites, carrying the De 28:15 distant land that we have come.
De 29:21
ark of the covenant of Jehovah, j s De 4:2
And now CONCLUDE a covenant h
the alien resident as well as the De 12:32 with us.” 7 At this the men of
t De 31:12
native, k one half of them in front Ne 8:2 Israel said to the Hivites: i “Per-
of Mount Geri·zim l and the oth- u De 29:11 haps it is in our vicinity that you
v Le 24:22
er half of them in front of Mount Nu 15:16 are dwelling. So how could we
Ebal, m ( just as Moses the ser-
conclude a covenant with you?” j
vant of Jehovah had command- CHAP. 9 8 In turn they said to Joshua:
ed,) n to bless o the people of Isra- w Jos 12:7 “We are your servants.” k
el first of all. 34 And after this x Nu 34:6
Then Joshua said to them:
y De 1:7
he read aloud all the words of the z Ge 15:20 “Who are YOU, and where do
law, p the blessing q and the male- a Ex 3:17
Ex 23:23
YOU come from?” 9 At this they
diction, r according to all that is b De 7:1 said to him: “It is from a
written in the book of the law. c Ex 13:5
very distant land l that your ser-
35 There proved to be not a word vants have come in regard to the
Second Col.
of all that Moses had command- name m of Jehovah your God, be-
a Jos 24:11
ed that Joshua did not read aloud Ps 83:4 cause we have heard of his
in front of all the congregation of Ps 83:5 fame and of all that he did in
b Jos 10:2
Israel, s together with the women t Jos 11:19 Egypt, n 10 and of all that he
and the little ones u and the alien c Jos 6:20 did to the two kings of the Am-
d Jos 8:24
residents v who walked in their e Pr 14:15 or·ites who were on the other
midst. Pr 22:3
side of the Jordan, namely, Si-
f Mt 9:17
hon o the king of Heshbon and
9 And it came about that as g Jos 5:10
Jos 10:43
soon as all the kings who w
h Lu 14:32
Og p the king of Bashan, who
were on the side of the Jordan i Ge 10:17 was in Ashta·roth. q 11 Hence
Ge 34:2
in the mountainous region and Ex 3:8 our older men and all the inhab-
in the She·phelah and along the j Ex 23:32 itants of our land said this to us, r
Ex 34:12
whole coast of the Great Sea x De 7:2 ‘Take provisions in YOUR hands
De 20:16 for the journey and go to meet
and in front of Leba·non, y the De 20:18
Hittites z and the Amor·ites, the Jg 2:2 them, and YOU must say to them:
k 2Ki 10:5
Canaan·ites, a the Periz·zites, b l De 20:15
the Hivites and the Jebu·sites, c m 1Ki 8:41 n Ex 9:16; Ex 15:14; Jos 2:10; o Nu 21:21; Nu
2Ch 6:32 21:24; De 2:34; p Nu 21:33; Nu 21:35; De 3:3; q De
heard of it, 2 they began to as- Pr 18:10 1:4; Jos 12:4; r Job 12:12; Job 32:7.
299 Gibeonites make covenant; to be servants JOSHUA 9:12–10:2
“We are YOUR servants. a And now CHAP. 9 the assembly, a just as the chief-
conclude a covenant with us.” ’ b a De 20:11 tains have promised them.” b
12 This bread of ours, it was hot b Jos 9:6
c Jos 9:5
22 Joshua now called them
when we took it as our provisions d Jos 9:4 and spoke to them, saying: “Why
Mr 2:22
out of our houses on the day of e Ex 28:30
did YOU trick us, saying, ‘We are
our going out to come here to Nu 27:21 very far away from YOU,’ c where-
1Sa 30:7
YOU, and now, look! it is dry and Pr 3:5 as YOU are dwelling in our very
has become crumby. c 13 And Pr 3:6 midst? d 23 And now YOU are
f Jos 11:19
these are the wine skin-bottles g Nu 34:18 cursed e people, and a slave’s po-
that we filled new, and, look! they 2Ch 5:2
h 2Sa 21:2
sition f and being gatherers of
have burst, d and these garments i Jos 10:2 wood and drawers of water for
Jos 18:25 the house of my God will never
and sandals of ours, they have j Ezr 2:25
worn out because of the great k Ne 7:29 be cut off from YOU.” g 24 Then
length of the journey.” l Jos 15:9
Jos 18:14
they answered Joshua and said:
14 Upon that the men took 1Sa 7:1 “It was because your servants
1Ch 13:5
some of their provisions, and at m Nu 30:2
were plainly told that Jehovah
the mouth of Jehovah they did Mt 5:33 your God had commanded Mo-
n De 6:13
not inquire. e 15 And Joshua o Ex 22:28
ses his servant to give YOU all the
went making peace with them f Php 2:14 land and to annihilate all the in-
p Ps 15:4
and concluding a covenant with Ec 5:4 habitants of the land from be-
them to let them live, and so the
Ec 5:6 fore YOU, h and we became very
q 2Sa 21:1
chieftains g of the assembly swore Pr 6:17 much afraid for our souls be-
Pr 8:13 cause of YOU. i So we did this
to them. h Zec 5:4
16 And it came about that at
Zec 8:17 thing. j 25 And now here we
Mal 3:5
are, in your hand. Just as it is
the end of three days, after they
good and right in your eyes to
had concluded a covenant with Second Col.
do to us, do.” k 26 And he pro-
them, they got to hear that they a De 29:11
b Jos 9:15 ceeded to do so to them and
were near to them and it was in c Jos 9:6 to deliver them from the hand
their vicinity they were dwelling. d Jos 9:16
e Ge 9:25 of the sons of Israel, and they
17 Then the sons of Israel pulled Ge 9:26 did not kill them. l 27 Accord-
out and came to their cities on f 1Ki 9:21
ingly Joshua constituted m them
g De 29:11
the third day, and their cities Ezr 8:17 on that day gatherers of wood
were Gibe·on i and Che·phirah j h Ex 23:31
and drawers of water for the as-
Nu 33:52
and Be·eroth k and Kiri·ath- De 7:1 sembly n and for Jehovah’s altar,
jea·rim. l 18 And the sons of Is- De 20:16
i Ex 15:15 down to this day, at the place that
rael did not strike them, because De 2:25
he should choose. o
De 11:25
the chieftains of the assembly Jos 5:1
had sworn m to them by Jehovah
the God of Israel. n And all the as-
j Jon 3:9
Ro 3:29
Heb 11:31
10 And it came about that as
soon as A·doni-zedek the
sembly began to murmur against k Ge 16:6 king of Jerusalem heard that
Jg 10:15
the chieftains. o 19 At this all 2Sa 24:14 Joshua had captured Ai p and
the chieftains said to all the as- Jer 26:14 then devoted it to destruction, q
l Jer 39:18
sembly: “We, for our part, have m 1Ch 9:2 that just as he had done to Jer-
sworn to them by Jehovah the
Ezr 7:24 i·cho r and its king, s so he had
Ezr 8:17
God of Israel, and now we are not Ne 3:26 done to Ai and its king, t and
Ne 7:60 that the inhabitants of Gib-
allowed to hurt them. p 20 This n De 29:11
is what we shall do to them while Jos 9:21 e·on had made peace with Isra-
o De 12:5 el u and were continuing in their
letting them live, that no indig- 1Ki 8:29
2Ch 6:6 midst, 2 he became very much
nation may come upon us over
afraid, v because Gibe·on was a
the oath that we have sworn CHAP. 10 great city, like one of the royal
to them.” q 21 So the chieftains p Jos 8:2 cities, and because it was great-
said to them: “Let them live and q Jos 8:24
r Jos 6:21
let them become gatherers of s Jos 6:2 u Jos 9:15; Jos 11:19; v Ex 15:16; De 2:25; De
wood and drawers of water for all t Jos 8:29 11:25; Jos 2:11; Jos 5:1.
JOSHUA 10:3-20 Gibeon defended. Hailstones. Sun motionless 300
er than Ai, a and all its men CHAP. 10 upon them as far as A·zekah, so
were mighty ones. 3 Conse- a Jos 8:25 that they died. There were more
quently A·doni-zedek the king b Jos 12:10 who died from the hailstones
Jos 18:28
of Jerusalem b sent to Hoham c Ge 23:2
than those whom the sons of Is-
the king of Hebron c and to Pi- Nu 13:22 rael killed with the sword.
ram the king of Jarmuth d and d Jos 12:11 12 It was then that Joshua
to Ja·phia the king of Lachish e e 2Ki 18:14 proceeded to speak to Jehovah
f Jos 12:12
and to Debir the king of Eglon, f Jos 15:39 on the day of Jehovah’s abandon-
saying, 4 “Come up to me and g Jos 9:15 ing the Amor·ites to the sons of
help me and let us strike Gib- Jos 11:19 Israel, and he went on to say be-
e·on, because it has made peace h Ge 15:16
fore the eyes of Israel:
i Jos 5:10
with Joshua and the sons of Isra- Jos 9:6 “Sun, a be motionless over
el.” g 5 At this they gathered to- j Jos 9:15 Gibe·on, b
gether and went on up, five kings Jos 9:25
And, moon, over the low plain
of the Amor·ites, h the king of Je- k Jos 8:1
l Jos 8:3 of Aija·lon.” c
rusalem, the king of Hebron, the m De 3:2
king of Jarmuth, the king of La- De 20:1
13 Accordingly the sun kept mo-
chish, the king of Eglon, these n De 7:24 tionless, and the moon did stand
and all their camps, and they Jos 11:6 still, until the nation could take
proceeded to camp against Gib-
o Jos 1:5 vengeance on its enemies. d Is it
p Ps 44:3
e·on and to war against it. Ps 78:55
not written in the book of Ja-
6 Upon that the men of Gibe- q Isa 28:21 shar? e And the sun kept stand-
on sent to Joshua at the camp at r Jos 15:35 ing still in the middle of the heav-
Gilgal, i saying: “Do not let your
s Jos 15:41 ens and did not hasten to set
t Job 38:22
hand relax from your slaves. j Ps 18:13
for about a whole day. f 14 And
Come up to us quickly and do Ps 148:8 no day has proved to be like
save us and help us, for all the
Isa 30:30 that one, either before it or after
kings of the Amor·ites inhabit- it, in that Jehovah listened to the
Second Col.
ing the mountainous region have voice of a man, g for Jehovah him-
a Ge 1:16 self was fighting for Israel. h
collected together against us.” 2Ki 20:10
7 So Joshua went on up from Ps 135:6 15 After that Joshua and all
Gilgal, he and all the people of Isa 38:8 Israel with him returned to the
b Isa 28:21
war with him k and all the valiant camp at Gilgal. i
c Jos 19:42
mighty men. l d Jos 21:44 16 Meantime these five kings
8 Then Jehovah said to Josh- e 2Sa 1:18 fled j and went hiding them-
ua: “Do not be afraid of them, m f Ps 74:16 selves in the cave at Mak·kedah. k
Ps 135:6
for into your hand I have giv- Ps 136:8
17 Then the report was made to
en them. n Not a man of them Mt 19:26 Joshua, saying: “The five kings
will stand against you.” o 9 And g De 9:19 have been found hidden in the
1Ki 17:22
Joshua proceeded to come Ps 113:6
cave at Mak·kedah.” l 18 At
against them by surprise. All Jas 5:16 that Joshua said: “ROLL great
night long he had gone up from h Ex 14:14 stones up to the mouth of
De 1:30 the cave and assign men over
Gilgal. 10 And Jehovah went De 3:22
throwing them into confusion Jos 23:3 it to guard them. 19 As for YOU
before Israel, p and they began to Ps 33:20 men, do not stand still. Chase af-
Isa 42:13
slay them with a great slaugh- Zec 14:3
ter YOUR enemies, and YOU must
ter at Gibe·on q and went pursu- i Jos 5:10 strike them in the rear. m Do not
ing them by way of the ascent of Jos 9:6 allow them to enter into their
j Ps 48:5 cities, for Jehovah YOUR God has
Beth-horon and slaying them as
k Jos 10:10
far as A·zekah r and Mak·kedah. s l Jos 10:28
given them into YOUR hands.” n
11 And it came about that while Ps 139:7 20 And it came about that as
they were fleeing from before Is- Am 9:3 soon as Joshua and the sons of
m De 28:7
rael and were on the descent n Le 26:8
Israel had finished slaying them
of Beth-horon, Jehovah hurled Ne 9:24 with a very great slaughter, un-
great stones t from the heavens o Jos 8:24 til these came to their end, o and
301 Five kings captured, slain. Joshua’s conquests JOSHUA 10:21-37
those who did survive of them CHAP. 10 no survivor remain. So he did to
escaped and went entering into a 2Sa 20:6 the king of Mak·kedah a just as
the fortified cities, a 21 all the b Ex 11:7 he had done to the king of Jeri-
people then began to return to c Jos 10:3 cho.
the camp, to Joshua, at Mak·ke- Jos 12:10 29 Then Joshua and all Isra-
dah in peace. Not a man moved d Jos 15:13 el with him passed on from Mak-
his tongue eagerly against the e Jos 12:11 kedah to Libnah and warred
sons of Israel. b 22 Then Joshua f Jos 10:5 against Libnah. b 30 Accord-
said: “OPEN the mouth of the cave Jos 12:12
ingly Jehovah gave it also and its
and bring out these five kings g Ge 49:8 king into Israel’s hand, and they
2Sa 22:41
from the cave to me.” 23 At Ps 18:40 went striking it and every soul
that they did so and brought out that was in it with the edge of the
h Ex 23:27
to him from the cave these five De 33:29 sword. They did not let a survi-
kings, the king of Jerusalem, c Ps 110:1 vor remain in it. So they did to
the king of Hebron, d the king of i De 1:29 its king just as they had done to
Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, e De 31:6
the king of Jeri·cho. c
Jos 1:9
the king of Eglon. f 24 And it Ps 27:14 31 Next Joshua and all Israel
came about that as soon as they j De 3:21 with him passed on from Libnah
had brought out these kings to De 7:19
to Lachish d and went camping
Joshua, Joshua proceeded to call k De 21:22 against it and warring upon it.
all the men of Israel and to say l De 21:23 32 Accordingly Jehovah gave
to the commanders of the men Jos 8:29
Lachish into Israel’s hand so
of war that had gone with him: m Jos 10:10
Jos 12:16
that they captured it on the sec-
“Come forward. Place YOUR feet
Jos 15:41 ond day, and they went striking
on the back of the necks of these
n Le 27:29 it and every soul that was in it
kings.” g So they came forward De 20:16 with the edge of the sword, e ac-
and placed their feet on the back Ps 21:8
cording to all that they had done
of their necks. h 25 And Joshua
went on to say to them: “Do not Second Col.
to Libnah.
be afraid or be terrified. i Be cou- a Jos 12:16
33 It was then that Horam
rageous and strong, for it is like b Jos 12:15
the king of Gezer f went up to
this that Jehovah will do to all Jos 15:42 help Lachish. So Joshua struck
YOUR enemies against whom YOU
Jos 21:13 him and his people until he had
are warring.” j c Jos 6:21 let not a survivor of his remain. g
Jos 8:2
26 And after that Joshua pro- Jos 8:29
34 Then Joshua and all Isra-
ceeded to strike them and put d Jos 10:3
el with him passed on from
them to death and hang them Jos 12:11 Lachish to Eglon h and went
upon five stakes, and they con- Jos 15:39 camping against it and warring
tinued hanging upon the stakes e De 7:2 against it. 35 And they got to
De 20:16
until the evening. k 27 And it capture it on that day and began
f Jos 12:12
came about that at the time of Jos 16:10
to smite it with the edge of the
the setting of the sun Joshua Jos 21:21 sword, and they devoted every
commanded, and they went tak- Jg 1:29 soul that was in it to destruction
1Ki 9:16
ing them down off the stakes l on that day, according to all that
g Le 27:29
and throwing them into the cave they had done to Lachish. i
h Jos 10:3
where they had hid themselves. Jos 12:12
36 Then Joshua and all Isra-
Then they placed big stones at Jos 15:39 el with him went up from Eg-
the mouth of the cave—until this i De 20:16 lon to Hebron j and began to war
very day. Jos 10:32 against it. 37 And they got to
28 And Joshua capture d j Ge 13:18 capture it and went striking it
Ge 23:19
Mak·kedah m on that day and Nu 13:22
and its king and all its towns and
went striking it with the edge of Jos 10:3 every soul that was in it with the
the sword. As for its king, he de- Jos 14:13 edge of the sword. He did not let
Jos 15:13
voted him and every soul that Jos 21:13 a survivor remain, according to
was in it to destruction. n He let Jg 1:10 all that he had done to Eglon. So
JOSHUA 10:38–11:12 Take Negeb, Shephelah, mountains 302
he devoted it and every soul that CHAP. 10 mon a in the land of Mizpah. b
was in it to destruction. a a Le 27:29 4 So they went out, they and all
Jos 6:21
38 Finally Joshua and all Is- b Jos 12:13
their camps with them, a peo-
rael with him came back to De- Jos 15:15 ple as numerous as the grains of
Jg 1:11
bir b and began to war against it. c De 7:2 sand that are on the seashore for
39 And he got to capture it and De 20:16 multitude, c and very many hors-
d Jos 11:14
its king and all its towns, and e Jos 10:30 es d and war chariots. 5 Then
Jos 10:32 all these kings met together by
they went striking them with the f De 1:7
edge of the sword and devoting g Ge 20:1 appointment and came and en-
h Jos 9:1 camped together at the waters of
every soul that was in it to de- Jos 15:33
struction. c He did not let a survi- Jg 1:9 Merom to fight against Israel. e
i Jos 12:8
vor remain. d Just as he had done j De 20:16 6 At this Jehovah said to
to Hebron, so he did to Debir Jos 11:14 Joshua: “Do not be afraid be-
k Le 27:29
and its king, and just as he had l De 7:2 cause of them, f for tomorrow
done to Libnah and its king. e De 9:5
m Nu 34:4
about this time I am aban-
40 And Joshua proceeded to De 9:23 doning all of them slain to Is-
Jos 15:3
strike all the land of the moun- n Ge 10:19
rael. Their horses you will ham-
tainous region f and the Neg- De 2:23 string, g and their chariots you
o Jos 11:16
eb g and the She·phelah h and the Jos 15:51 will burn in the fire.” h 7 And
slopes i and all their kings. He p Jos 11:19 Joshua and all the people of
q Jos 11:18
did not let a survivor remain, and r Ex 14:14 war with him proceeded to come
everything that breathed j he de- De 1:30
De 3:22
against them along the waters of
voted to destruction, k just as Je- s Jos 4:19 Merom by surprise and to fall
upon them. 8 Then Jehovah
hovah the God of Israel had com-
manded. l 41 And Joshua went CHAP. 11 gave them into Israel’s hand, i and
striking them from Kadesh- t Jos 12:19 they went striking them and pur-
u Jos 12:20
barne·am to Gaza n and all the v Nu 34:11 suing them as far as populous
land of Goshen o and up to Gib- w Jos 10:40 Sidon j and Misre·photh-maim k
x Jos 12:23
e·on. p 42 And Joshua captured Jos 17:11 and the valley plain of Mizpehl to
all these kings and their land Jg 1:27 the east; and they kept striking
y De 20:17
at one time, q because it was Je- z Ge 15:16 them until they had not let a sur-
hovah the God of Israel who Am 2:9
a De 7:1
vivor of theirs remain. m 9 After
was fighting for Israel. r 43 Af- b Ex 3:8 that Joshua did to them just as
ter that Joshua and all Israel c Nu 13:29 Jehovah had said to him: their
d Jg 3:3
with him returned to the camp
horses he hamstrung, n and their
at Gilgal. s Second Col. chariots he burned in the fire. o
a De 4:48 10 More than that, Joshua
And it came about that as
11 soon as Jabin the king of
Jos 13:11
b Jos 11:8
c 1Sa 13:5
turned about at that time p and
captured Hazor; q and its king
Hazor heard of it, he went send- d Ps 33:17 he struck down with the sword, r
ing to Jobab the king of Ma- Pr 21:31
e Ps 3:6 because Hazor was before that
don t and to the king of Shim- Ps 118:10 the head of all these king-
ron and the king of Achshaph, u f Jos 10:8
Ps 27:1 doms. 11 And they went strik-
2 and to the kings that were to Ps 46:1
ing every soul that was in it with
the north in the mountainous re- g De 17:16
Jos 11:9 the edge of the sword, devoting
gion and in the desert plains 2Sa 8:4
h Ps 20:7 them to destruction. s No breath-
south of Chinne·reth v and in the Isa 31:1 ing thing at all was left over, t
She·phelah w and on the moun- i Jos 21:44
Jos 23:10 and he burned Hazor in the fire.
tain ridges of Dor x to the west, Ne 9:24
12 And all the cities of these
3 the Canaan·ites y to the east j Ge 10:19
Jos 19:28 kings and all their kings Joshua
and the west, and the Amor- k Jos 13:6
captured and went striking them
ites z and the Hittites a and the l Jos 11:3
m De 20:16 with the edge of the sword. u He
Periz·zites b and the Jebu·sites c n De 17:16
Jos 11:6
in the mountainous region and o Isa 31:1 q Jos 19:36; r Jos 12:19; Ps 136:17; s Le 27:29; Jos
the Hivites d at the base of Her- p Jos 11:18 11:14; t De 20:16; Jos 10:40; u De 9:5.
303 Major conquest of Promised Land complete JOSHUA 11:13–12:5
devoted them to destruction, a CHAP. 11 mountainous region, from He-
just as Moses the servant of Je- a De 7:16 bron, from Debir, from Anab a
hovah had commanded. b 13 It Jos 11:20 and from all the mountainous
b Nu 33:52
was only all the cities standing De 7:2 region of Judah and from all
Jos 9:24
on their own mounds that Israel c Nu 31:23
the mountainous region of Isra-
did not burn, except that Josh- De 20:16 el. b Along with their cities Josh-
Jos 8:2
ua did burn Hazor by itself. Jos 8:27 ua devoted them to destruction. c
14 And all the spoil of these cit- d De 7:2 22 No Ana·kim were left in the
e De 20:16
ies and the domestic animals f De 3:28
land of the sons of Israel. It
the sons of Israel plundered for De 4:5 was only in Gaza, d in Gath e and
De 7:1
themselves. c It was only all hu- De 31:7 in Ashdod f that they remained. g
mankind that they struck with g De 4:2 23 So Joshua took all the land,
De 12:32
the edge of the sword until they Ps 119:4 according to all that Jehovah
had annihilated them. d They did h Nu 13:17 had promised Moses, h and Josh-
De 1:7
not let anyone that breathed re- Jos 10:40 ua then gave it as an inheritance
main. e 15 Just as Jehovah had Jos 12:8 to Israel by their shares, accord-
i Jos 10:41
commanded Moses his servant, Jos 15:51 ing to their tribes. i And the land
so Moses commanded Joshua, f j Jg 1:9 had no disturbance from war. j
k De 3:17
and so Joshua did. He did not re- Jos 12:1
move a word from all that Jeho-
vah had commanded Moses. g
Jos 12:8
Jos 18:18
l Jos 9:1
12 Now these are the kings
of the land whom the
sons of Israel defeated and
16 And Joshua proceeded to m Jos 12:7
n Ge 32:3 whose land they then took pos-
take all this land, the moun- De 2:1 session of on the side of the Jor-
tainous region and all the Neg- o Jos 13:5
p De 4:48 dan toward the rising of the sun, k
eb h and all the land of Goshen i Jos 13:11 from the torrent valley of Arnon l
and the She·phelah j and the Ar- q De 7:24
Ps 136:18 up to Mount Hermon m and all
a·bah k and the mountainous re- r Jos 9:7 the Ara·bah n toward the sunrise:
gion of Israel and its She·phe- s Jos 9:15
2 Sihon o the king of the Am-
Jos 10:4
lah, l 17 from Mount Halak, m t De 20:17 or·ites, who dwelt in Heshbon, p
which goes up to Seir, n and u De 2:30
ruling from A·roer, q which was
Ro 9:18
as far as Baal-gad o in the val- v Ex 34:12 on the bank of the torrent valley
ley plain of Leba·non at the De 7:2
of Arnon, r and the middle of the
w De 20:16
base of Mount Hermon, p and Jos 11:14 torrent valley, and half of Gil-
he captured all their kings and x Nu 13:22
e·ad as far as Jabbok s the tor-
De 1:28
went striking them and putting Jos 15:13 rent valley, the boundary of the
them to death. q 18 Many days
sons of Ammon, 3 and the Ar-
it was that Joshua waged war Second Col.
a·bah t as far as the sea of Chin-
with all these kings. 19 There a Jos 15:50
ne·reth u toward the east and as
proved to be no city that made b Jos 11:16
c Le 27:29 far as the sea of the Ara·bah,
peace with the sons of Israel Jos 11:12 the Salt Sea, v to the east in the
but the Hivites r inhabiting Gib- Jos 24:11
d Jos 10:41 direction of Beth-jeshi·moth, w
e·on. s All the others they took by Jg 1:18
and toward the south under the
war. t 20 For it proved to be Je- e 1Sa 17:4
f Jos 15:46 slopes of Pisgah. x
hovah’s course to let their hearts 2Ch 26:6
4 And the territory of Og y
become stubborn u so as to de- Ne 13:23
g Ex 23:29 the king of Bashan, of what
clare war against Israel, in order Ex 23:30
was left over of the Repha·im, z
Ps 105:44
that he might devote them to de- h Ex 23:27 who dwelt in Ashta·roth a and
struction, that they might come Nu 34:2
Edre·i, b 5 and who ruled in
De 11:23
to have no favorable consider- i Nu 26:53 Mount Hermon c and in Sale-
ation, v but in order that he might Jos 14:1
Jos 15:1
annihilate them, just as Jehovah Jos 16:1 CHAP. 12 k De 4:47; Jos 1:15; l Nu 21:24; De
had commanded Moses. w Jos 17:1 2:24; m De 3:8; De 4:48; n De 4:49; o Nu 21:23; Ne
j Jos 14:15 9:22; p De 2:26; q De 3:12; Jg 11:26; r Nu 21:13;
21 Furthermore, at that par- Jos 21:44 Jos 13:9; s Jg 11:13; t De 3:17; u Joh 6:1; v Jos
ticular time Joshua went and Jos 23:1 3:16; w Jos 13:20; x De 3:27; y Nu 21:33; De 3:1;
Ps 29:11 z De 3:11; Jos 13:12; a De 1:4; b De 3:10; c Jos
cut off the Ana·kim x from the Pr 16:7 12:1.
JOSHUA 12:6–13:6 31 kings defeated. Sections not subjugated 304
cah and in all Bashan, a as far CHAP. 12 18 the king of Aphek, one; the
as the boundary of the Geshur- a De 29:7 king of Las·sharon, one;
Jos 9:10
ites b and the Ma·aca·thites, c and b De 3:14
19 the king of Madon, a one;
half of Gile·ad, to the territory of c Jos 13:13 the king of Hazor, b one;
Sihon d the king of Heshbon. e d Jos 12:2 20 the king of Shimron-
e Nu 21:26
6 It was Moses the servant of De 3:6 meron, one; the king of
Jehovah and the sons of Israel f Nu 21:24 Achshaph, c one;
Nu 21:35
who defeated them, f after which g De 3:12 21 the king of Taa·nach, one;
Moses the servant of Jehovah h Nu 32:33 the king of Me·giddo, d
i De 3:13
gave it as a holding to the Reu- j Jos 13:5
one;
ben·ites g and the Gadites h and k Jos 1:4 22 the king of Kedesh, one;
l Jos 11:17 the king of Jokne·am e in
half of the tribe of Ma·nasseh. i m De 2:12
7 And these are the kings of n Jos 11:23 Carmel, one;
the land whom Joshua and the o Jos 10:40 23 the king of Dor on the
Jos 11:16
sons of Israel defeated on the p Ge 15:16 mountain ridge of Dor, f
side of the Jordan toward the Ex 3:8 one; the king of Goiim
Ps 136:19
west, from Baal-gad j in the val- q Ex 23:23 in Gilgal, one;
ley plain of Leba·non k and as De 7:1 24 the king of Tirzah, one; all
r Jos 6:2
far as Mount Halak, l which goes s Jos 8:29 the kings being thirty-one. g
up to Seir, m after which Josh- t Jos 10:1
Now Joshua was old, being
ua gave it to the tribes of Isra-
el as a holding by their shares, n
u Jos 10:23
v Jos 10:3
w Jos 10:23
13 advanced in years. h So Je-
x Jos 10:23
hovah said to him: “You your-
8 in the mountainous region and y Jos 10:33 self have grown old and have ad-
in the She·phelah and in the Ar- z Jos 10:38 vanced in years, and to a very
a·bah and on the slopes and in a Jos 10:29
great extent the land yet re-
b Jos 10:28
the wilderness and in the Negeb o c Jos 8:17 mains to be taken in possession. i
—the Hittites, the Amor·ites p Jg 1:22
2 This is the land yet remain-
d 1Ki 4:10
and the Canaan·ites, the Periz-
ing: j all the regions of the Phi-
zites, the Hivites and the Jebu- Second Col. listines k and all the Geshur-
sites: q a Jos 11:1 ites l 3 (from the branch of the
9 The king of Jeri·cho, r one; b Jos 11:10 Nile that is in front of Egypt
c Jos 11:1
the king of Ai, s which d 1Ch 7:29 and up to the border of Ek-
was beside Bethel, one; e Jos 21:34 ron to the north, m it used to
f Jos 11:2
10 the king of Jerusalem, t g De 28:1
be reckoned as belonging to the
one; the king of He-
Canaan·ites); n five axis lords o
bron, u one; CHAP. 13 of the Phi·listines, the Gazites p
11 the king of Jarmuth, v one; h Jos 23:1 and the Ashdod·ites, q the Ash-
the king of Lachish, w Jos 24:29 ke·lon·ites, r the Gittites s and
i Jos 12:7
one; j Ex 23:29
the Ekron·ites; t and the Av-
12 the king of Eglon, x one; the k Ex 23:31 vim. u 4 To the south all the
Zep 2:5
king of Gezer, y one; l 1Sa 27:8
land of the Canaan·ites; and Me-
13 the king of Debir, z one; the m Jos 15:11 arah, which belongs to the Si-
king of Geder, one; n Ge 10:19 doni·ans, v as far as Aphek, as
o Jg 3:3
14 the king of Hormah, one; 1Sa 6:4 far as the border of the Amor-
the king of Arad, one; p Jos 10:41 ites; 5 and the land of the Ge-
q Jos 15:46
15 the king of Libnah, a one; r Jg 14:19 bal·ites w and all of Leba·non to-
the king of A·dullam, s 2Sa 21:19 ward the rising of the sun, from
t 1Sa 5:10
one; u De 2:23
Baal-gad x at the base of Mount
16 the king of Mak·kedah, b v Jg 1:31 Hermon as far as to the en-
one; the king of Bethel, c w 1Ki 5:18
Eze 27:9
tering in of Hamath; y 6 all the
one; x Jos 11:17 inhabitants of the mountainous
17 the king of Tappu·ah, one; y Nu 34:8 region, from Leba·non z to Mis-
z De 3:25
the king of Hepher, d a Jos 11:8
re·photh-maim, a all the Si·do-
one; b Jg 3:3 ni·ans; b I myself shall dispossess
305 Recount inheritance: Reuben, Gad JOSHUA 13:7-28
them from before the sons of Is- CHAP. 13 ba; a 17 Heshbon b and all its
rael. a Only make it fall to Israel a Ex 23:30 towns c that are on the table-
as an inheritance, just as I have b Nu 34:17 land, Dibon d and Bamoth-
Jos 14:1
commanded you. b 7 And now c Nu 33:54 baal e and Beth-baal-meon, f
apportion this land as an inheri- d Nu 32:33 18 and Jahaz g and Kede·moth h
Jos 22:4
tance to the nine tribes and the e De 3:12 and Mepha·ath, i 19 and Kir·i-
Jos 12:2
half tribe of Ma·nasseh.” c f Nu 21:13
a·thaim j and Sibmah k and Ze-
8 With the other half tribe g Nu 21:30 reth-shahar in the mountain
h Nu 32:3
the Reuben·ites and the Gad- i Nu 21:24
of the low plain, 20 and Beth-
ites took their inheritance that j De 3:14 peor and the slopes of Pisgah l
Jos 12:5
Moses gave them on the side of k De 4:48
and Beth-jeshi·moth, m 21 and
the Jordan toward the east, just l Jos 17:1 all the cities of the tableland n
as Moses the servant of Jehovah m 1Ch 5:11
n De 3:10
and all the royal realm of Si-
had given them, d 9 from A·ro- o Jos 12:4 hon the king of the Amor·ites,
er, e which is on the bank of p De 3:11 who reigned in Heshbon, o and
q Nu 21:24
the torrent valley of Arnon, f and Nu 21:35 whom Moses struck, p together
the city that is in the mid- r Nu 33:55
Jos 23:12
with the chieftains of Midi·an,
dle of the torrent valley, and all s De 3:14 Evi and Rekem and Zur and
the tableland of Mede·ba g as far t Nu 18:20
De 10:9
Hur and Reba, q the dukes of Si-
as Dibon; h 10 and all the cit- De 12:12 hon, who were dwelling in the
Jos 14:3
ies of Sihon the king of the Am- u Le 7:33 land. 22 And Balaam the son
or·ites, who reigned in Hesh- 1Co 9:13 of Beor, r the diviner, s was one
bon, up to the border of the v Le 7:35
De 18:1 whom the sons of Israel killed
sons of Ammon; i 11 and Gile- w Nu 18:24 with the sword along with their
Jos 21:45
ad and the territory of the Gesh- x De 3:12 slain ones. 23 And the bound-
ur·ites j and the Ma·aca·thites Jos 12:2 ary of the sons of Reuben came
and all of Mount Hermon k and
to be the Jordan; and this as a
all Bashan l as far as Sale- Second Col.
territory was the inheritance of
cah; m 12 all the royal realm of a Jos 13:9
the sons of Reuben t by their
b Nu 21:26
Og n in Bashan, who reigned in c Nu 21:25 families, with the cities and their
Ashta·roth and in Edre·i o—he it d Nu 32:3
settlements.
e Nu 21:20
was who remained of what was f Nu 32:38 24 Furthermore, Moses made
left of the Repha·im p—and Mo- g Nu 21:23
a gift to the tribe of Gad, the
h De 2:26
ses went striking them and dis- i Jos 21:37 sons of Gad by their families, u
possessing them. q 13 And the j Nu 32:37
25 and their territory came to be
sons of Israel did not dispossess r k Nu 32:38
l De 3:17 Jazer v and all the cities of Gil-
the Geshur·ites and the Ma·ac- Jos 12:3
e·ad w and half of the land of the
a·thites, but Geshur s and Maa- m Nu 33:49
n De 3:10 sons of Ammon x as far as A·ro-
cath keep dwelling in the midst o Nu 21:25 er, y which is in front of Rabbah; z
of Israel down to this day. p De 2:30
Ps 135:10 26 and from Heshbon a to Ra-
14 It was only to the tribe of q Nu 31:8
math-mizpeh and Beto·nim and
the Levites that he did not give r Nu 22:5
2Pe 2:15 from Ma·ha·naim b to the border
an inheritance. t The offerings s Nu 22:7
of Debir; c 27 and in the low
De 18:10
made by fire u of Jehovah the God t Nu 32:33 plain Beth-haram d and Beth-
of Israel are their inheritance, v u De 3:12
nimrah e and Succoth f and Za-
just as he has promised them. w v Nu 32:35
w Nu 32:26 phon, the rest of the royal realm
15 Then Moses made a gift to x Jos 12:2 of Sihon the king of Heshbon, g
Jg 11:13
the tribe of the sons of Reuben y De 2:36 the Jordan being the border as
by their families, 16 and the Jg 11:26
far as the extremity of the sea of
z De 3:11
territory came to be theirs from 2Sa 11:1 Chinne·reth h on the side of Jor-
A·roer, x which is on the bank of a Nu 21:26
dan toward the east. 28 This
b Ge 32:2
the torrent valley of Arnon, and Jos 21:38 was the inheritance of the sons
the city that is in the mid- c 2Sa 9:5
2Sa 17:27
dle of the torrent valley, and d Nu 32:36 f Ge 33:17; Jg 8:5; 1Ki 7:46; Ps 60:6; g Nu 21:26;
all the tableland by Mede- e Nu 32:36 h Nu 34:11; De 3:17; Joh 6:1.
JOSHUA 13:29–14:13 Caleb requests promised inheritance 306
of Gad a by their families, with CHAP. 13 vah had commanded Moses, so
the cities and their settlements. a De 3:16 the sons of Israel did; and they
b De 3:13 proceeded to apportion the land.
29 Further, Moses made a gift c 1Ch 6:80
to the half tribe of Ma·nasseh, d Nu 32:33 6 Then the sons of Judah ap-
e Nu 32:41
and it came to be that of the half De 3:14 proached Joshua in Gilgal, a and
tribe of the sons of Ma·nasseh f Jos 12:4 Caleb b the son of Je·phun-
g Nu 21:33
by their families. b 30 And their h Nu 32:39 neh the Keniz·zite c said to him:
territory came to be from Ma·ha- i Nu 32:33 “You yourself well know the word
De 3:12
naim c all of Bashan, all the roy- j De 10:9 that Jehovah spoke d to Moses the
al realm of Og the king of Ba- Jos 13:14 man of the true God e with regard
Jos 18:7
shan, d and all the tent villages k Nu 18:24 to me and with regard to you
of Jair e that are in Bashan, six- Nu 26:62
De 18:1
at Kadesh-barne·a. f 7 Forty
ty towns. 31 And half of Gile- Jos 14:3 years old I was when Moses the
ad, and Ashta·roth f and Edre·i, g servant of Jehovah sent me out
the cities of the royal realm of Og CHAP. 14 of Kadesh-barne·a to spy out
in Bashan, went to the sons of l Nu 34:2 the land, g and I came bringing
m Nu 34:17
Machir h the son of Ma·nasseh, Jos 19:51 him back word just as it was in
to half of the sons of Machir by n Nu 26:55
Nu 33:54
my heart. h 8 And my brothers
their families. Ne 11:1 who went up with me caused the
Pr 16:33
32 These were what Moses Ac 13:19 heart of the people to melt; i but
caused them to inherit, on the o Nu 34:13 as for me, I followed Jehovah my
p Nu 32:29
desert plains of Moab on the side Jos 13:8 God fully. j 9 Consequently Mo-
of the Jordan, at Jeri·cho, toward q De 10:9
Jos 13:14
ses swore on that day, saying,
the east. i r Ge 48:5 ‘The land upon which your foot
1Ch 5:2 has trod k will become yours and
33 And to the tribe of the Le- s Ge 48:19
vites Moses did not give an in- t Ge 48:20 your sons’ as an inheritance to
u Nu 35:7 time indefinite, because you have
heritance. j Jehovah the God of Jos 21:2
Israel is their inheritance, just as 1Ch 6:54 followed Jehovah my God fully.’ l
v Le 25:34
he has promised them. k Nu 35:2 10 And now here Jehovah has
Nu 35:5 preserved me alive, m just as he
14 Now this is what the sons
of Israel took as a he-
Second Col.
promised, n these forty-five years
since Jehovah made this prom-
reditary possession in the land a Jos 4:19 ise to Moses when Israel walked
of Canaan, l which El·e·azar the Jos 10:43
b Nu 13:6 in the wilderness, o and now here
priest and Joshua the son of Nu 14:30
I am today eighty-five years old.
Nun and the heads of the fa- c Nu 32:12
Jos 15:17 11 Yet I am today as strong as
thers of the tribes of the sons of d De 1:36
on the day of Moses’ sending me
e Nu 12:7
Israel caused them to inherit. m De 33:1 out. p As my power was then, so
2 Their inheritance was by lot, n Ps 90:Sup
my power is now for the war,
f Nu 13:26
just as Jehovah had commanded De 1:19 both to go out and to come
by means of Moses for the nine g Nu 13:2
Nu 13:6 in. q 12 And now do give me this
tribes and the half tribe. o 3 For Eze 20:6
mountainous region that Jeho-
h Nu 13:30
Moses had given the inheritance Nu 14:6 vah promised on that day, r for
of the two other tribes and the i Nu 13:32
you yourself heard on that day
j Nu 14:24
other half tribe on the other side Nu 32:12 that there were Ana·kim s there
of the Jordan; p and to the Levites k De 1:36
and great fortified cities. t Like-
l Ps 101:6
he did not give an inheritance in Pr 28:20 ly Jehovah will be with me, u and
their midst. q 4 For the sons of m Nu 14:29
I shall certainly dispossess them,
n Nu 14:30
Joseph had become two tribes, r Jos 21:45 just as Jehovah promised.” v
Ma·nasseh s and Ephra·im; t and o Nu 14:33
Jos 11:18 13 At that Joshua blessed him
they had not given a share in the p Ps 90:10
q De 31:2
and gave Hebron to Caleb the
land to the Levites, except cit- r Jos 14:9 son of Je·phunneh as an inheri-
ies u to dwell in and their pasture s Nu 13:22
grounds for their livestock and Nu 13:33
Jos 11:21 u Nu 14:8; Ps 60:12; Ro 8:31; Php 4:13; v Jos
their property. v 5 Just as Jeho- t Nu 13:28 15:14; Jg 1:20.
307 Boundaries of land assigned to Judah JOSHUA 14:14–15:16
tance. a 14 That is why Hebron CHAP. 14 En-rogel. a 8 And the bound-
has come to belong to Caleb the a Jos 10:37 ary went up to the valley of the
Jos 15:13
son of Je·phunneh the Keniz- Jos 21:11 son of Hinnom b to the slope
zite as an inheritance down to 1Ch 6:56 of the Jebu·site c at the south,
b Nu 14:24
this day, for the reason that he De 1:36 that is to say, Jerusalem; d and
followed Jehovah the God of Is- Jos 14:8 the boundary went up to the top
c Ge 23:2
rael fully. b 15 The name of He- Jos 15:13 of the mountain that faces the
d Jos 21:11 valley of Hinnom to the west,
bron before that was Kiri·ath- e Le 26:6
arba c (said Arbad was the great Jos 11:23 which is at the extremity of
the low plain of Repha·im e to
man among the Ana·kim). And
the land had no disturbance CHAP. 15 the north. 9 And the bound-
from war. e f Nu 26:55 ary was marked out from the
g Ge 36:19
h
top of the mountain to the
And the lot f of the tribe of Nu 33:36
15 the sons of Judah by their
k
i
j
De 1:7
Nu 34:3
spring of the waters of Neph·to-
ah, f and went out to the cities of
families came to be to the bound- l
Jg 1:36
Nu 34:4 Mount Ephron; and the bound-
ary of Edom, g the wilderness of m Nu 32:8
ary was marked out to Baal-
Zin, h to the Negeb i at its south- n Nu 34:5
ah, g that is to say, Kiri·ath-
o Ge 15:18
ern end. 2 And their southern Jos 13:3
jea·rim. h 10 And the boundary
1Ki 8:65
boundary came to be from p Nu 34:12 went around from Baal·ah west-
the extremity of the Salt Sea, j q Jos 18:19
ward to Mount Seir and passed
r Jos 18:22
from the bay that faces south- s Jos 18:17 over to the slope of Mount Je-
ward. 3 And it went out south- t Jos 7:26
a·rim at the north, that is to
u Jos 4:19
ward to the ascent of A·krab- Jos 5:9 say, Chesa·lon; and it went down
bim k and passed over to Zin l and v Jos 18:17
to Beth-shemesh i and passed
went up from the south to Ka-
Second Col.
over to Timnah. j 11 And the
desh-barne·a m and passed over boundary went out to the slope
to Hezron and went up to Ad- a 1Ki 1:9
of Ekron k to the north, and
b Jos 18:16
dar and went around to Karka. 2Ki 23:10 the boundary was marked out
4 And it passed on to Azmon n Jer 7:31
Mt 5:22 to Shikke·ron and passed over
and went out to the torrent val- c Jos 18:28 to Mount Baal·ah and went
Jg 1:21
ley of Egypt; o and the boundary’s d Jg 19:10 out to Jabne·el; and the bound-
termination proved to be at the 2Sa 5:6
ary’s termination proved to be at
e Jos 18:16
sea. This came to be their south- 2Sa 5:18 the sea.
ern boundary. f Jos 18:15
12 And the western boundary
g 2Sa 6:2
5 And the eastern boundary 1Ch 13:6 was at the Great Sea l and its
h Jos 9:17
was the Salt Sea up to the end i Jos 21:16 shoreland. This was the bound-
of the Jordan, and the bound- 1Sa 6:12 ary all around, of the sons of Ju-
2Ki 14:11
ary at the northern corner was at 1Ch 6:59 dah by their families.
the bay of the sea, at the end of j Jos 19:43
Jg 14:2 13 And to Caleb m the son of
the Jordan. p 6 And the bound- 2Ch 28:18 Je·phunneh he gave a share in
ary went up to Beth-hoglah q k Jos 19:43
1Sa 5:10 the midst of the sons of Judah
and passed over at the north of 1Sa 7:14 at the order of Jehovah to Josh-
2Ki 1:2
Beth-ara·bah, r and the bound- l Nu 34:6 ua, namely, Kiri·ath-arba (said
ary went up to the stone of Bo- De 11:24
Jos 15:47 Arba being the father of Anak),
han s the son of Reuben. 7 And m Nu 13:30 that is to say, Hebron. n 14 So
De 1:36
the boundary went up to De- Jos 14:13 Caleb drove away from there the
bir at the low plain of Achor t Jos 21:12 three sons of Anak, o namely,
n Ge 23:2
and turning northward to Gil- Ge 35:27 Sheshai p and A·himan and Tal-
gal, u which is in front of the Jos 14:15
Jos 20:7
mai, q those born of Anak. r
ascent of A·dummim, which is o Nu 13:33 15 Then he went up from there
Jos 11:21
south of the torrent valley; and p Nu 13:22 to the inhabitants of Debir. s
the boundary passed over to q Jg 1:10 (Now the name of Debir be-
r Jg 1:20
the waters of En-shemesh, v and s Jos 10:39
fore that was Kiri·ath-sepher.) t
its termination proved to be t Jg 1:11 16 And Caleb proceeded to say:
JOSHUA 15:17-59 Cities assigned to tribe of Judah 308
“Whoever strikes Kiri·ath- CHAP. 15 kah, a 36 and Shaa·raim b and
sepher and does capture it, I a Jg 1:13 Ad·i·thaim and Ge·derah and
shall certainly give him Achsah a b Jg 3:9 Ged·e·ro·thaim; fourteen cities
Jg 3:11
my daughter as a wife.” 17 At c Jg 1:13 and their settlements.
that Othni·el b the son of Ke- 1Ch 4:13
d 1Ch 2:49
37 Zenan and Ha·dashah
naz, c Caleb’s brother, captured e Jg 1:14 and Migdal-gad, 38 and Dile-
it. Accordingly he gave him Ach- f Jg 1:15 an and Mizpeh and Jokthe·el,
g Nu 33:54
sah d his daughter as a wife. h Ge 49:8 39 La chish c and Boz kath d
18 And it came about that when De 33:7 and Eglon, e 40 and Cabbon
i Nu 34:3
she was going home, she kept De 2:5 and Lahmam and Chitlish,
inciting him to ask a field from j Ne 11:25 41 and Ge·deroth, Beth-dagon
k 1Sa 15:4
her father. Then she clapped her l Jos 19:2 and Naa·mah and Mak·kedah; f
hands while upon the ass. At 1Ch 4:28 sixteen cities and their settle-
m Ne 11:26
this Caleb said to her: “What n Jos 19:3 ments.
do you want?” e 19 So she said: 1Ch 4:28 42 Libnah g and Ether h and
o Ge 21:31
“Do give me a blessing, for it is Jos 19:2 Ashan, 43 and Iphtah and
a piece of land to the south you p Jos 19:3 Ashnah and Nezib, 44 and
q 1Ch 4:29
have given me, and you must give r Nu 14:45 Keilah i and Achzib j and Ma·re-
me Gulloth-maim.” According- De 1:44 shah; k nine cities and their set-
Jos 19:4
ly he gave her Upper Gulloth and Jg 1:17 tlements.
Lower Gulloth. f s Jos 19:5
1Sa 27:6
45 Ekron l and its depen-
20 This was the inheritance g 1Ch 12:1 dent towns and its settlements.
t 1Ch 4:32
of the tribe of the sons of Judah h u Jos 19:7
46 From Ekron westward all
by their families. Ne 11:29 that is alongside Ashdod and
v De 1:7
21 And the cities at the ex- Jos 9:1
their settlements.
tremity of the tribe of the sons Jg 1:9 47 Ashdod, m its dependent
w Jos 19:41
of Judah toward the boundary Jg 13:25 towns and its settlements; Ga-
of Edom i in the south came to Jg 16:31 za, n its dependent towns and its
x Ne 11:29
be Kabze·el j and Eder and Ja- y Ne 11:30 settlements, down to the torrent
gur, 22 and Kinah and Di·mo- z Jos 10:3 valley of Egypt, and the Great
a Jos 12:15
nah and A·dadah, 23 and Ke- 1Sa 22:1 Sea and the adjacent region. o
desh and Hazor and Ithnan, b 1Sa 17:1 48 And in the mountainous
24 Ziph and Telem k and Be·a- region Shamir and Jattir p and
loth, 25 and Hazor-ha·dattah Second Col. Socoh, 49 and Dannah and
and Keri·oth-hezron, that is to a Jos 10:10 Kiri·ath-sannah, that is to say,
b 1Sa 17:52
say, Hazor, 26 Amam and c Jos 10:3 Debir, 50 and Anab and Esh-
Shema and Mo·ladah, l 27 and 2Ki 18:14 te·moh q and Anim, 51 and
d 2Ki 22:1
Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon e Jos 10:3 Goshen r and Holon and Gi-
and Beth-pelet, m 28 and Ha- f Jos 10:28 loh; s eleven cities and their set-
g Jos 10:29
zar-shual n and Beer-sheba o 2Ki 8:22 tlements.
and Biz·i·o·thiah, 29 Baal·ah p h Jos 19:7 52 Arab and Dumah and
i 1Sa 23:1
and Iim and Ezem, q 30 and j Ge 38:5
Eshan, 53 and Janim and
El·tolad and Chesil and Hor- k Mic 1:15 Beth-tappu·ah and A·phekah,
l Jos 13:3
mah, r 31 and Zik lag s and m 1Sa 5:1
54 and Humtah and Kiri·ath-
Mad·mannah and San·sannah, n Ge 10:19 arba, that is to say, Hebron, t and
32 and Le·baoth and Shilhim o Ge 15:18
Nu 34:5
Zior; nine cities and their settle-
and Ain t and Rimmon; u all the p Jos 21:14 ments.
cities being twenty-nine, togeth- q 1Sa 30:28
1Ch 6:57
55 Maon, u Carmel and Ziph v
er with their settlements. r Jos 10:41 and Juttah, 56 and Jezre-
Jos 11:16 el and Jokde·am and Za·noah,
33 In the She·phelahv there s 2Sa 15:12
were Eshta·ol w and Zorah x t Ge 23:2 57 Kain, Gibe·ah and Tim-
Jos 14:15 nah; w ten cities and their settle-
and Ashnah, 34 and Za·no- Jos 15:13
ah y and En-gannim, Tappu·ah u 1Sa 23:25 ments.
1Sa 25:2
and Enam, 35 Jarmuth z and v 1Sa 23:14
58 Halhul, Beth-zur and Ge-
A·dullam, a Socoh b and A·ze- w Ge 38:12 dor, 59 and Maa·rath and
309 Ephraim’s and Manasseh’s inheritances JOSHUA 15:60–17:4
Beth-anoth and Elte·kon; six CHAP. 15 boundary moved on westward to
cities and their settlements. a Jos 18:14 the torrent valley of Kanah, a and
b Jos 9:17 its termination proved to be at
60 Kiri·ath-baal, a that is to 1Sa 7:1
say, Kiri·ath-jea·rim, b and Rab- c Jos 18:22 the sea. b This is the inheritance
d 1Sa 23:29 of the tribe of the sons of Ephra-
bah; two cities and their settle- 2Ch 20:2
ments. e Ge 10:16 im by their families. 9 And the
Jg 1:21
61 In the wilderness Beth- f Jg 1:8
sons of Ephra·im had enclave
ara·bah, c Middin and Se·cacah, 1Ch 11:4 cities c in the midst of the in-
g Ex 23:29
62 and Nibshan and the City of Nu 33:55
heritance of the sons of Ma·nas-
Salt and En-gedi; d six cities and Jg 1:21 seh, all the cities and their set-
Jg 2:23
their settlements. Jg 3:4 tlements.
Jg 19:11 10 And they did not drive
63 As for the Jebu·sites e who 2Sa 5:6
were dwelling in Jerusalem, f the
away the Canaan·ites d who were
sons of Judah were not able to CHAP. 16 dwelling in Gezer, e and the Ca-
drive them away; g and the Jebu- h Nu 26:55 naan·ites continue dwelling in
sites continue dwelling with the Nu 33:54 among Ephra·im down to this
Pr 16:33
sons of Judah in Jerusalem down i Ge 49:22 day f and came to be subject to
De 33:13 slavish forced labor. g
to this day. j Nu 35:1
Jos 18:12 h
322
323 Jebusites persist. Angel’s warning JUDGES 1:20–2:1
Judah, so that he took posses- CHAP. 1 29 Neither did Ephra·im drive
sion of the mountainous region, a De 20:1 out the Canaan·ites who were
but he could not dispossess the b Jos 17:16 dwelling in Gezer, but the Ca-
c Nu 14:24
inhabitants of the low plain, be- Jos 14:9 naan·ites continued to dwell in
d Nu 13:22
cause they had war chariots a e Jg 3:5
among them in Gezer. a
with iron scythes. b 20 When f Jos 15:63 30 Zebu·lun b did not drive
2Sa 5:6
they gave Caleb Hebron, just as g Jos 14:4 out the inhabitants of Kitron
Moses had promised, c then he Jos 16:1 and the inhabitants of Naha-
h Jg 21:19
drove out from there the three i Ge 49:24 lol, c but the Canaan·ites contin-
sons of Anak. d Ps 44:3 ued to dwell in among them d and
j Nu 13:2
21 And the sons of Benjamin Jos 2:1 came to be subject to forced la-
did not drive out the Jebu·sites Jos 7:2 bor. e
k Ge 35:6
inhabiting Jerusalem; e but the l Jos 2:14 31 Asher f did not drive out
1Sa 20:14
Jebu·sites keep on dwelling with 1Sa 30:15 the inhabitants of Acco and the
the sons of Benjamin in Jerusa- m Jos 8:24 inhabitants of Sidon g and Ah-
n Jos 6:25
lem down to this day. f 1Sa 15:6 lab and Achzib h and Helbah and
22 Meantime the house of Jo- o De 7:1 Aphik i and Rehob. j 32 And
Jos 9:1
seph g itself also went up against p Jos 17:1 the Asher·ites continued to
Bethel, h and Jehovah was with q Jos 17:11 dwell in among the Canaan·ites
r Jos 21:25
them. i 23 And the house of Jo- Jg 5:19 inhabiting the land, because they
seph began to spyj on Bethel (in- s Jos 12:23 did not drive them out. k
Jos 17:12
cidentally, the name of the city t 2Ki 9:27 33 Naphta·li l did not drive
1Ch 6:70
before that was Luz), k 24 and u 1Ki 9:15 out the inhabitants of Beth-
the watchers got to see a man 2Ki 9:27 shemesh and the inhabitants of
v Jos 16:10
going out of the city. So they said Jos 17:12 Beth-anath, m but they contin-
to him: “Show us, please, the way Jg 1:19 ued to dwell in among the Ca-
w De 11:8
to get into the city, and we shall x Ge 9:25 naan·ites inhabiting the land; n
certainly exercise kindness to- Jos 17:13
1Ki 9:21
and the inhabitants of Beth-
ward you.” l 25 Accordingly the y Nu 33:55 shemesh and of Beth-anath be-
De 7:2
man showed them the way to De 20:16 came theirs for forced labor. o
get into the city; and they went
34 And the Amor·ites kept
striking the city with the edge of Second Col. pressing the sons of Dan p into
the sword, m but the man and all a Jos 16:10 the mountainous region, for they
his family they let go. n 26 Upon 1Ki 9:16
did not allow them to come down
b Jos 19:10
that the man went to the land of c Jos 19:15 into the low plain. q 35 So the
the Hittites o and built a city and d De 20:17
Amor·ites persisted in dwelling
e Jg 2:2
called its name Luz. That is its f Jos 19:24 in Mount Heres and in Aija·lon r
name down to this day. g Jos 11:8
Jos 19:28
and Sha·albim. s But the hand of
27 And Ma·nassehp did not h Jos 19:29 the house of Joseph got to be so
take possession of Beth-shean q i Jos 19:30
j Jos 21:31
heavy that they were forced into
and its dependent towns and k Ps 106:34 task work. t 36 And the territo-
Jer 48:10
Taa·nach r and its dependent l Jos 19:32 ry of the Amor·ites was from the
towns and the inhabitants of m Jos 19:38 ascent of A·krabbim, u from Se-
Dor s and its dependent towns n De 7:2
o Jg 1:28
la upward.
and the inhabitants of Ible·am t p Jos 19:40 v
Then Jehovah’s angel went
and its dependent towns and the
inhabitants of Me·giddo u and its
q Jos 19:47
Jg 18:1
r Jos 10:12
2 up from Gilgal to Bochim w x
ccc dccc
RUTH
1 Now it came about in
days when the judges a
the
ad-
CHAP. 1
a Jg 2:16
turned his attention to his peo-
ple a by giving them bread. b
ministered justice that a famine b b De 28:15 7 And she went her way out
arose in the land, and a man pro- De 28:38
from the place where she had
c Ge 35:19
ceeded to go from Bethle·hem c Jg 17:7
continued, c and both of her
in Judah to reside as an alien in Mic 5:2 daughters-in-law were with her,
the fields of Moab, d he with his d Ge 19:37 and they kept walking on the
wife and his two sons. 2 And Nu 21:20 road to return to the land of Ju-
De 2:9
the man’s name was E·lime·lech, De 34:1 dah. 8 Finally Nao·mi said to
and his wife’s name Nao·mi, and Jg 3:30 both of her daughters-in-law:
the names of his two sons were e Ge 35:19 “Go, return, each one to the
Mahlon and Chili·on, Ephrath- Ge 48:7
house of her mother. May Jeho-
1Sa 17:12
ites e from Bethle·hem in Ju- vah exercise loving-kindness to-
f 1Ki 11:1
dah. Eventually they came to the g Mt 1:5
ward YOU, d just as YOU have ex-
fields of Moab and continued
ercised it toward the men now
there. Second Col. dead and toward me. e 9 May
3 In time E·lime·lech the hus- a De 4:31 Jehovah make a gift f to YOU, and
band of Nao·mi died, so that De 28:11 do YOU find a resting-place g each
she remained with her two sons. b Ps 37:25 one in the house of her hus-
Ps 104:14
4 Later the men took wives for Ps 132:15
band.” Then she kissed h them,
themselves, Moab·ite women. f Mt 6:11 and they began to raise their
The name of the one was Or- c Ru 1:4 voices and weep. 10 And they
pah, and the name of the other 2Ki 8:3 kept saying to her: “No, but with
Ruth. g And they went on dwell- d Ex 34:6 you we shall return to your peo-
Ru 2:20
ing there for about ten years. Ps 31:16 ple.” i 11 But Nao·mi said: “Re-
5 In time the two of them, Mah- Ps 31:21 turn, my daughters. Why should
lon and Chili·on, also died, so e Pr 11:17 YOU go with me? Do I still have
Pr 19:22
that the woman remained with- sons in my inward parts, and will
f Jas 1:17
out her two children and her they have to become YOUR hus-
g Ru 3:1
husband. 6 And she proceeded bands? j 12 Return, my daugh-
h Ge 31:55
to get up with her daughters-in- Ac 20:37
ters, go, for I have grown too
law and to return from the fields i Ps 119:63
old to get to belong to a hus-
of Moab, for she had heard in the j Ge 38:11 band. If I had said I had hope
field of Moab that Jehovah had De 25:5 also that I should certainly
RUTH 1:13–2:8 Ruth returns to Bethlehem with Naomi, gleans 358
become a husband’s tonight and CHAP. 1 me a and the Almighty that has
also should certainly bear sons, a a Ge 17:17 caused me calamity?” b
13 would YOU keep waiting for b Ru 1:20
1Sa 3:18
22 Thus Nao·mi made her re-
them until they could grow up? Job 19:21 turn, Ruth the Moab·ite woman,
Would YOU keep yourselves se- c Ru 1:16
Pr 17:17
her daughter-in-law, being with
cluded for them so as not to be- Pr 18:24 her when returning from the
Heb 10:39
come a husband’s? No, my d Nu 21:29
fields of Moab; c and they came to
daughters, for it is very bitter to Ps 96:5 Bethle·hem d at the commence-
1Co 8:5
me because of YOU, that the hand 2Pe 2:22 ment of barley harvest. e
of Jehovah has gone out against e 2Sa 15:19
me.” b
14 At that they raised their
f 2Ki 2:2
Heb 11:15
g Ru 2:11
2 Now
man
Nao·mi had a kins-
f
of her husband, a man
Es 8:17
mighty in wealth, g of the family
voices and wept some more, af- Ps 45:10 of E·lime·lech, and his name was
ter which Orpah kissed her Isa 14:1
Boaz. h
h De 4:4
mother-in-law. As for Ruth, she De 10:20 2 In time Ruth the Moab·ite
stuck with her. c 15 So she said: Ru 2:12
woman said to Nao·mi: “Let me
1Ki 8:41
“Look! Your widowed sister-in- i 2Sa 15:21 go, please, to the field and glean i
law has returned to her people j 1Sa 3:17
among the ears of grain follow-
2Sa 19:13
and her gods. d Return with your k Ac 21:14 ing after whoever it is in whose
widowed sister-in-law.” e l Ru 1:1
eyes I may find favor.” So she said
m Mt 21:10
16 And Ruth proceeded to n Ru 1:2 to her: “Go, my daughter.” 3 At
say: “Do not plead with me to o Ge 17:1 that she went off and entered and
Ex 6:3
abandon you, to turn back from Isa 46:9 began to glean in the field be-
accompanying you; for where p Ru 1:13 hind the harvesters. j Thus by
1Sa 3:18
you go I shall go, and where you Job 19:21 chance she lighted on the tract
spend the night I shall spend the Isa 12:1 of the field belonging to Boaz, k
q 1Sa 2:7
night. f Your people will be my r Job 1:21 who was of the family of E·lime-
people, g and your God my God. h
lech. l 4 And, look! Boaz came
17 Where you die I shall die, i and Second Col. from Bethle·hem and proceeded
there is where I shall be buried. a Ru 1:5 to say to the harvesters: “Jeho-
May Jehovah do so to me and b Job 10:17 vah be with YOU.” m In turn they
Isa 54:8
add j to it if anything but death c Nu 21:13 would say to him: “Jehovah bless
should make a separation be- Ru 1:1 you.” n
d Ge 35:19
tween me and you.” Mic 5:2 5 Subsequently Boaz o said to
18 When she got to see that e Ru 2:23 the young man who was set
she was persistent about going over the harvesters: “To whom
with her, k then she left off speak- CHAP. 2
does this young woman be-
ing to her. 19 And they both f Ru 3:2
Ru 3:12
long?” 6 So the young man set
continued on their way until g De 8:18 over the harvesters answered
they came to Bethle·hem. l And it h Ru 4:21 and said: “The young woman is a
1Ch 2:11
came about that as soon as Mt 1:5 Moab·i·tess, p who returned with
they came to Bethle·hem, all Lu 3:32
Nao·mi from the field of Moab. q
i Le 19:9
the city became stirred up over Le 23:22 7 Then she said, ‘Let me glean, r
them, m and the women kept say- De 24:19
please, and I shall certainly gath-
j 2Th 3:10
ing: “Is this Nao·mi?” n 20 And k Ru 2:20 er among the cut-off ears of
she would say to the wom- Pr 16:9 grain behind the harvesters.’ So
l Ru 1:2
en: “Do not call me Nao·mi. m Jg 6:12 she entered and kept on her feet
Call me Mara, for the Almighty o 2Ti 4:22 from that time in the morning
n Nu 6:24
has made it very bitter for me. p o Ru 2:1 until her sitting down just now
21 I was full when I went, q Ru 4:21 in the house a little while.” s
1Ch 2:11
and it is empty-handed that Je- p Ru 1:4 8 Later Boaz said to Ruth:
hovah has made me return. r Why q Ru 1:16 “You have heard, have you not,
Ru 1:22
should YOU call me Nao·mi, when r Le 23:22
it is Jehovah that has humiliated Ru 2:2 s Pr 13:4; Pr 31:27; Pr 31:31; 1Th 4:11.
359 Ruth favored by Boaz; gleans in his field RUTH 2:9-23
my daughter? Do not go away to CHAP. 2 ing: “Let her glean also among
glean in another field, a and you a Pr 28:27 the cut-off ears of grain, and YOU
1Ti 6:18
must also not cross over from b Ru 2:22
must not molest a her. 16 And
this place, and in that way you c 1Ti 5:2 YOU should also be sure to pull
d Pr 11:25
should keep close by my young Jas 1:27
out some from the bundles of
women. b 9 Let your eyes be on e 1Sa 25:23 ears for her, and YOU must leave
f Ex 22:21
the field that they will harvest, Ex 23:9 them behind that she may glean
and you must go with them. Have Le 19:34 them, b and YOU must not rebuke
g Pr 31:31
I not commanded the young men h Ru 1:14 her.”
not to touchc you? When you are Ru 1:16 17 And she continued to
i Ps 45:10
thirsty, you must also go to the j 1Sa 24:19 glean in the field until the eve-
vessels and drink from what the Job 34:11
Pr 28:20
ning, c after which she beat out d
young men will draw.” d Heb 6:10 what she had gleaned, and it
k Ru 4:11
10 At that she fell upon her Ru 4:17 came to be about an ephah e of
face and bowed down to the Ps 20:5 barley. 18 Then she took it up
Mt 1:5
earth e and said to him: “How is it Mt 1:16 and went into the city, and her
Heb 11:6 mother-in-law got to see what
I have found favor in your eyes so l Ps 17:8
that I am taken notice of, when I Ps 36:7 she had gleaned. After that she
Ps 57:1
am a foreigner?” f 11 Then Bo- Ps 63:7 took out what food she had left
az answered and said to her: Ps 91:4 over f when she had satisfied her-
m Ge 50:21
“The report g was fully made to n 1Sa 25:41 self and gave it to her.
me of all that you have done Php 2:3 19 Her mother-in-law now
o Ps 112:9
to your mother-in-law after the Pr 22:9 said to her: “Where did you
Isa 58:7
death of your husband, h and how Eze 18:7 glean today, and where did you
you proceeded to leave your fa- p 1Sa 17:17 work? May the one who took no-
1Sa 25:18
ther and your mother and the 2Sa 17:28 tice of you become blessed.” g So
land of your relatives and to go q Le 19:9 she told her mother-in-law with
Ru 2:2
to a people whom you had not
whom she had worked; and she
known formerly. i 12 May Jeho- Second Col. went on to say: “The name of
vah reward the way you act, j and a Ru 2:9
the man with whom I worked to-
may there come to be a perfect 1Ti 5:2 day is Boaz.” 20 At that Nao-
b Pr 14:21
wage k for you from Jehovah the Pr 19:17 mi said to her daughter-in-law:
God of Israel, under whose wings Ac 20:35 “Blessed be he of Jehovah, h who
c Ru 2:7
you have come to seek refuge.” l Pr 31:27 has not left his loving-kindness i
13 To this she said: “Let me find d Isa 28:27 toward the living and the dead.” j
e Ex 16:36
favor in your eyes, my lord, be- Eze 45:11 And Nao·mi went on to say to
cause you have comforted me f Ru 2:14
Joh 6:12
her: “The man is related to us. k
and because you have spoken re- 1Ti 5:4 He is one of our repurchas-
assuringly to your maidservant, m g Ps 41:1 ers.” l 21 Then Ruth the Moab-
h Ru 2:4
although I myself may not hap- Ru 3:10 i·tess said: “He also said to me,
2Sa 2:5
pen to be like one of your maid- i Ex 34:6
‘Close by the young people that
servants.” n Ru 1:8 are mine is where you should
Ps 36:7
14 And Boaz proceeded to Ps 62:12 keep until they have finished the
La 3:22 entire harvest that I have.’ ” m
say to her at mealtime: “Ap- j Ru 1:8
proach here, and you must eat k Ru 2:1 22 So Nao·mi n said to Ruth her
some of the bread o and dip your l Le 25:25 daughter-in-law: o “It is better,
De 25:5
piece in the vinegar.” So she sat Ru 3:9 my daughter, that you should go
Ru 3:12
down beside the harvesters, and Eph 1:7 out with his young women, that
he would hold out roasted grain p Heb 2:14 they may not annoy you in an-
m Ru 2:8
to her and she would eat, so that n Ru 1:2 other field.” p
she was satisfied and yet had o Ru 1:4 23 And she continued to keep
p Job 12:12
something left over. 15 Then Pr 12:15 close by the young women of Bo-
she got up to glean. q Boaz now 1Co 15:33 az to glean until the harvest of
Tit 2:3
commanded his young men, say- q Ru 1:22 the barley q and the harvest of
RUTH 3:1–4:1 Ruth gets promise of repurchase. Gift from Boaz 360
the wheat came to an end. CHAP. 2 young fellows whether lowly or
And she kept on dwelling with a Ru 1:14 rich. 11 And now, my daughter,
her mother-in-law. a Ru 1:16 do not be afraid. All that you say
Ru 3:11
Nao·mi her mother-in-law
I shall do for you, a for everyone
3 now said to her: “My daugh- CHAP. 3
in the gate of my people is aware
that you are an excellent wom-
ter, ought I not to look for b De 25:6
a resting-place b for you, that it Ru 1:9 an. b 12 And now while it is a
may go well with you? 2 And c Le 25:25 fact that I am a repurchaser, c
now, is not Boaz, with whose De 25:5 there is also a repurchaser clos-
Ru 2:1 er related than I am. d 13 Lodge
young women you have contin- Ru 2:20
ued, our kinsman? c Look! He is Ru 3:12 here tonight, and it must occur
winnowing d barley at the thresh- d Isa 30:24
in the morning that if he will re-
ing floor tonight. 3 And you purchasee you, fine! Let him do
e 2Sa 12:20
must wash and rub yourself with 2Sa 14:2 the repurchasing. But if he does
oil e and put your mantles upon
Ec 9:8 not take delight in repurchasing
you f and go down to the thresh- f 1Ti 2:9 you, I will then repurchase you, I
ing floor. Do not make yourself g Jg 19:6 myself, as sure as Jehovah lives. f
known to the man until he
Ps 104:15 Keep lying down until the morn-
Ec 3:13
has finished eating and drinking. Ec 10:19
ing.”
4 And it should occur that when h Le 25:25
14 And she kept lying at his
he lies down, you must also take De 25:5 feet until the morning and then
note of the place where he lies Ru 2:20 got up before anyone could rec-
down; and you must come and i Ru 2:4 ognize another. He now said: “Do
uncover him at his feet and lie j Pr 11:17 not let it be known that a wom-
down; and he, for his part, will
Pr 19:22 an came to the threshing floor.” g
tell you what you ought to do.” k Ru 1:16 15 And he went on to say: “Bring
the cloak that is on you, and hold
5 At that she said to her: “All
that you say to me I shall
Second Col. it open.” So she held it open, and
do.” 6 And she proceeded to go
a Ru 3:9 he proceeded to measure out six
down to the threshing floor and b Pr 31:30 measures of barley and to place
Pr 31:31 it upon her, after which he went
to do according to all that her 1Ti 2:10
mother-in-law had commanded 1Pe 3:4 into the city.
her. 7 Meantime Boaz ate and c Le 25:25 16 And she went her way
drank, and his heart was feel- Ru 2:20 to her mother-in-law, who now
ing good. g Then he went to lie d Ru 4:1 said: “Who are you, my daugh-
down at the extremity of the e Ru 3:9 ter?” Accordingly she told her
grain heap. After that she came Ru 4:5 everything that the man had
Mt 22:24 done to her. 17 And she went
stealthily and uncovered him at
his feet and lay down. 8 And
f De 6:13 on to say: “These six mea-
Jg 8:19
it came about at midnight that 1Sa 14:39
sures of barley he gave me, for
the man began to tremble. So he 2Co 1:23 he said to me, ‘Do not come
bent himself forward, and, look! g Ro 12:17 empty-handed to your mother-
a woman lying at his feet! Ro 14:16 in-law.’ ” h 18 At that she said:
1Co 10:32
9 Then he said: “Who are you?” “Sit still, my daughter, until you
In turn she said: “I am Ruth
h Ps 37:5 know how the matter will turn
Jas 1:27
your slave girl, and you must out, for the man will have no rest
i Ps 138:8
spread out your skirt over your Ro 8:28
unless he has brought the mat-
slave girl, for you are a repur- 1Pe 5:7 ter to an end today.” i
chaser.” h 10 At that he said:
“Blessed may you be of Jehovah, i CHAP. 4
j De 16:18
4 the
As for Boaz, he went up to
j
gate and began to sit
my daughter. You have expressed De 21:19
there. And, look! the repurchaser
your loving-kindness j better in De 22:15 was passing by, whom Boaz had
the last instance than in the first De 25:7 mentioned. k Then he said: “Do
instance, k in not going after the k Ru 3:12 turn aside, do sit down here, So-
361 Boaz repurchases Naomi, Ruth. Obed born RUTH 4:2-19
and-so.” Hence he turned aside CHAP. 4 Mahlon from the hand of Nao-
and sat down. 2 After that he a De 19:12 mi. 10 And also Ruth the Mo-
De 29:10
took ten men of the older men a Jos 20:4
ab·i·tess, the wife of Mahlon, I
of the city and said: “Sit down Jg 8:14 do buy for myself as a wife to
1Ki 21:8
here.” So they sat down. Pr 31:23 cause the name of the dead man a
3 He now said to the repur- Ac 6:12 to rise upon his inheritance and
b Le 25:25
chaser: b “The tract of the field De 25:5 that the name of the dead man
that belonged to our brother Ru 2:20 may not be cut off from among
c Ru 1:2
E·lime·lech, c Nao·mi, who has d Ru 1:1 his brothers and from the gate of
returned from the field of Mo- Ru 1:6 his place. YOU are witnesses b to-
e Jer 32:7
ab, d must sell. 4 As for me, I f Ge 23:18 day.”
thought that I should disclose it Jer 32:10
g Le 25:25
11 At this all the people that
to you, saying, ‘Buy it e in front Ru 2:20 were in the gate and the older
of the inhabitants and the old- h Ru 3:13 men said: “Witnesses! May Jeho-
i Ge 38:8
er men of my people. f If you will De 25:5 vah grant the wife who is com-
repurchase it, repurchase it; but Lu 20:28 ing into your house to be like
j De 25:9
if you will not repurchase it, do k De 25:9 Rachel c and like Leah, d both of
tell me, that I may know, for l Ge 23:18 whom built the house of Isra-
De 19:15
there is no one else but you to Ru 4:4 el; e and you prove your worth in
do the repurchasing, g and I am Jer 32:12 Ephra·thah f and make a notable
next to you.’ ” At that he said: “I name in Bethle·hem. g 12 And
Second Col.
shall be the one to repurchase may your house become like
a Ge 38:8
it.” h 5 Then Boaz said: “On the De 25:6 the house of Perez, whom Ta-
day that you buy the field from Ru 2:20 mar bore to Judah, h from the off-
Ru 4:5
Nao·mi’s hand, it is also from b Ru 4:4 spring that Jehovah will give you
Ruth the Moab·i·tess, the wife Isa 8:2 out of this young woman.” i
c Ge 29:30
of the dead man, that you must d Ge 29:23 13 Accordingly Boaz took
buy it so as to cause the name e Ge 28:3 Ruth and she became his wife
Ge 35:23
of the dead man to rise upon his Ge 35:24 and he had relations with her. So
inheritance.” i 6 To this the re- Ge 46:15
Ge 46:18
Jehovah granted her conception j
purchaser said: “I am unable to Ge 46:22 and she bore a son. 14 And the
Ge 46:25
repurchase it for myself, for fear f Ge 35:19
women began to say k to Nao·mi:
I may ruin my own inheritance. Ge 48:7 “Blessed be Jehovah, l who has
g Ru 1:1
You repurchase it for yourself Mic 5:2 not let a repurchaser fail for you
with my right of repurchase, be- h Ge 38:29 today; that his name may be pro-
Nu 26:20
cause I am not able to do the re- 1Ch 2:4 claimed in Israel. 15 And he
purchasing.” Mt 1:3 has become a restorer of your
i De 28:4
7 Now this was the custom of Ps 127:3 soul and one to nourish your old
former times in Israel concern- j Ge 29:31 age, m because your daughter-in-
1Sa 1:27
ing the right of repurchase and Ps 127:3 law who does love you, n who is
concerning the exchange, to es- k Lu 1:58 better to you than seven sons, o
Ro 12:15
tablish every sort of thing: A l Ge 24:27 has given birth to him.” 16 And
man had to draw his sandal j off Ps 145:1
Lu 1:68
Nao·mi proceeded to take the
and give it to his fellow, and m Ps 55:22 child and to put it in her bos-
this was the attestation in Isra- Isa 46:4 om, and she came to be its
Heb 11:6
el. 8 So when the repurchaser n Ru 1:16 nurse. 17 Then the neighbor p
1Co 13:5 ladies gave it a name, saying: “A
said to Boaz: “Buy it for your- o 1Sa 1:8
self,” he proceeded to draw his p Lu 1:58 son has been born to Nao·mi.”
sandal k off. 9 Then Boaz said q Mt 1:5 And they began to call his name
Lu 3:32
to the older men and all the r 1Sa 17:12 Obed. q He is the father of Jes-
people: “YOU are witnesses l to- Isa 11:1
Ro 15:12
se, r David’s father.
day that I do buy all that be- s Ru 4:12 18 Now these are the gener-
longed to E·lime·lech and all t Ge 46:12 ations of Perez: s Perez became
Nu 26:21
that belonged to Chili·on and 1Ch 2:5 father to Hez ron; t 19 and
RUTH 4:20–1 SAMUEL 1:13 Hannah prays for a son, vows 362
Hezron became father to Ram; CHAP. 4 and Boaz a became father to
and Ram a became father to Am- a 1Ch 2:9 Obed; 22 and Obed became
mina·dab; 20 and Am·mina- Mt 1:3 father to Jesse; b and Jesse be-
dab b became father to Nah- b Ex 6:23 came father to David. c
shon; c and Nahshon became 1Ch 2:10
Lu 3:33
father to Salmon; 21 and Sal- d 1Ch 2:11; Lu 3:32; Second Col. a 1Ch 2:12;
b Ru 4:17; 1Sa 16:1; c 2Sa 7:12; 1Ch 2:15; Mt 1:6;
mon d became father to Boaz; c Nu 1:7 Lu 3:31.
ccc dccc
THE FIRST OF
SAMUEL
or, according to the Greek Septuagint,
THE FIRST OF KINGS
vah. a That was the way she would
1 Now there happened to be
a certain man of Ra·math-
CHAP. 1
a 1Sa 1:19
1Sa 7:17
vex her, so that she would weep
aim-zophim a of the mountain- 1Sa 28:3
and not eat. 8 And El·kanah
ous region of Ephra·im, b and his b Jos 16:5 her husband proceeded to say to
Jos 17:16
name was El·kanah, c the son of c 1Ch 6:27
her: “Hannah, why do you weep,
Je·roham, the son of E·lihu, the d 1Ch 6:35 and why do you not eat, and
e Ge 16:1
son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, d Ge 29:31 why does your heart feel bad? b
an Ephra·im·ite. 2 And he had f Ps 95:6 Am I not better to you than ten
g Ex 23:14
two wives, the name of the one Ex 34:23
sons?” c
being Hannah, and the name of De 12:5 9 Then Hannah got up after
Jos 18:1
the other being Pe·ninnah. And Jg 21:19 they had eaten in Shiloh and af-
Lu 2:41
Pe·ninnah came to have chil- h 1Sa 2:12
ter the drinking, while Eli the
dren, but Hannah had no chil- 1Sa 2:22 priest was sitting upon the seat
1Sa 2:34
dren. e 3 And that man went up 1Sa 4:17 by the doorpost of the temple d of
out of his city from year to year to i Nu 3:10 Jehovah. 10 And she was bitter
De 33:10
prostrate himself f and to sacri- Mal 2:7 of soul, e and she began to pray
fice to Jehovah of armies in Shi- j Le 7:15 to Jehovah f and to weep greatly. g
De 12:6
loh. g And there is where the two k Ge 29:30 11 And she went on to make a
sons of Eli, Hophni and Phine- De 21:15 vow h and say: “O Jehovah of ar-
l Ge 20:18
has, h were priests to Jehovah. i Ge 30:2 mies, if you will without fail look
m Ge 16:4 upon the affliction of your slave
4 And there came to be a n De 16:16
day when El·kanah proceeded 1Sa 1:3 girl i and actually remember me, j
to sacrifice, and he gave to Pe-
and you will not forget your slave
ninnah his wife and to all her Second Col. girl and actually give to your
sons and her daughters por- a 1Sa 2:19 slave girl a male offspring, I will
b Ge 30:1
tions; j 5 but to Hannah he c Ru 4:15
give him to Jehovah all the days
gave one portion. Nonetheless it Ca 8:6 of his life, and no razor will come
d Ex 25:8
was Hannah that he loved, k and, Ex 40:2
upon his head.” k
as for Jehovah, he had closed 1Sa 1:24 12 And it occurred that while
1Sa 3:3
up her womb. l 6 And her rival 2Sa 7:2 she prayed extendedly l before Je-
2Sa 22:7 hovah, Eli was watching her
wife also vexed m her sorely for Ps 27:4
the sake of making her feel dis- e Job 7:11 mouth. 13 As for Hannah, she
Isa 38:15
concerted because Jehovah had f Ps 55:22
was speaking in her heart; m only
closed up her womb. 7 And Ps 65:2 her lips were quivering, and her
g 2Ki 20:3
that was the way she would do h Nu 30:7
year by year, n as often as she Nu 30:14
De 23:23
i Isa 66:2; Lu 1:38; Heb 4:16; j Ge 30:22; k Nu
6:5; Jg 13:5; Lu 1:15; l Lu 18:1; Col 4:2; 1Th 5:17;
went up into the house of Jeho- Ec 5:4 m Ge 24:45; Ne 2:4.
363 Samuel lent to Jehovah. Hannah’s prayer 1 SAMUEL 1:14–2:3
voice was not heard. But Eli CHAP. 1 until you wean him. Only may Je-
took her for drunk. a 14 So Eli a Ac 2:13 hovah carry out his word.” a So
said to her: “How long will you b Pr 18:13 the woman stayed at home and
Jas 1:19
behave drunk? b Put away your c Ps 42:4 kept nursing her son until she
Ps 42:6
wine from upon you.” 15 At Ps 62:8 weaned him. b
this Hannah answered and said: Ps 142:2 24 Accordingly just as soon
d De 13:13
“No, my lord! A woman hard 1Sa 10:27 as she had weaned him, she
1Sa 25:25
pressed in spirit I am; and 1Sa 30:22 brought him up with her, along
wine and intoxicating liquor I e Job 6:2 with a three-year-old bull and
Job 10:1
have not drunk, but I pour out f Jg 18:6 one ephah of flour and a large
my soul before Jehovah. c 16 Do 1Sa 25:35
Mr 5:34
jar of wine, c and she proceed-
not make your slave girl like a Lu 7:50 ed to enter the house of Jeho-
Lu 8:48
good-for-nothing d woman, for it g 1Sa 1:11 vah in Shiloh. d And the boy was
is out of the abundance of Ps 20:4 with her. 25 Then they slaugh-
Ps 65:2
my concern and my vexation h Ge 33:15 tered the bull and brought the
that I have spoken until now.” e Ru 2:13
i Ec 9:7
boy to Eli. e 26 With that she
17 Then Eli answered and said: j Php 4:7 said: “Excuse me, my lord! By
1Pe 5:7
“Go in peace, f and may the God k 1Sa 1:1
the life of your soul, f my lord, I
of Israel grant your petition that l Ge 4:1 am the woman that was stand-
Ru 4:13
you have asked of him.” g 18 To m 1Sa 1:11
ing with you in this place to pray
this she said: “Let your maid- Ps 66:19 to Jehovah. g 27 It was with ref-
Pr 15:29
servant find favor in your eyes.” h n Ge 5:29 erence to this boy that I prayed
And the woman proceeded to go Ge 41:51
Ex 2:22
that Jehovah should grant me
on her way and to eat, i and her Mt 1:21 my petition h that I asked of him. i
o Mt 7:7
face became self-concerned no 1Jo 5:14 28 And I, in my turn, have lent
more. j p 1Sa 1:3 him to Jehovah. j All the days
q Nu 15:3
19 Then they got up early Nu 15:8 that he does happen to be, he is
in the morning and prostrated De 23:23 one requested for Jehovah.”
r De 16:16
themselves before Jehovah, after s 2Ch 31:16 And he proceeded to bow
Isa 28:9 down there to Jehovah. k
which they returned and came t 1Sa 1:11
into their house at Ramah. k 1Sa 2:11 l
El·kanah now had intercourse l
with Hannah his wife, and Je-
1Sa 3:1
u Eph 5:25
1Pe 3:7
2 And Hannah went on to pray
and say:
v Nu 30:7 “My heart does exult in Jeho-
hovah began remembering her. m
vah, m
20 So it came about at the roll- Second Col.
My horn is indeed exalted
ing around of a year that Han- a Isa 55:11 in Jehovah. n
nah b ecame pregnant and Tit 1:2
Heb 6:18 My mouth is widened against
brought a son to birth and pro- b 2Ch 31:16
my enemies,
Isa 28:9
ceeded to call his name n Samu- c Nu 15:10 For I do rejoice in the sal-
el, because, said she, “it is from d Jos 18:1
vation from you. o
1Sa 1:9
Jehovah that I have asked o him.” e 1Sa 1:3 2 There is no one holy like Je-
21 In time the man El·kanah f 1Sa 17:55
1Sa 20:3 hovah, for there is no
went up with all his household 2Sa 11:11 one but you; p
2Ki 2:2
to sacrifice to Jehovah the year- 2Ki 4:30 And there is no rock like
ly sacrifice p and his vow offering. q Ec 9:5
our God. q
g 1Sa 1:15
22 As for Hannah, she did not h Ps 21:2 3 Do not YOU people speak very
go up, r for she had said to her Ps 37:4
i 1Sa 1:11 haughtily so much,
husband: “As soon as the boy is 1Sa 1:17 Let nothing go forth un-
Ps 66:19
weaned, s I must bring him, and Mt 7:7 restrained from YOUR
he must appear before Jehovah 1Jo 5:15
mouth, r
j Jg 11:31
and dwell there to time indef- k Ps 95:6
inite.” t 23 At this El·kanah her
m Ps 13:6; Lu 1:46; Ro 5:11; n Ps 18:2; Ps 89:17;
husband u said to her: “Do what is CHAP. 2 Ps 92:10; o Ps 9:14; Ps 13:5; p Ex 15:11; De 3:24;
De 4:35; Ps 73:25; Ps 86:8; Ps 89:6; q De 32:4; 2Sa
good in your eyes. v Stay at home l Php 4:6 22:32; r Ps 94:4; Jas 1:26; Jas 3:8.
1 SAMUEL 2:4-19 Sins of Eli’s two sons. Samuel at Shiloh 364
For a God of knowledge Jeho- CHAP. 2 11 Then El·kanah went to
vah is, a a Job 36:4 Ramah to his house; and as for
Job 37:16
And by him deeds are Ps 147:5
the boy, he became a minister a of
rightly estimated. b Ro 11:33 Jehovah before Eli the priest.
b Pr 16:2
4 The mighty men of the bow Pr 24:12 12 Now the sons of Eli were
are filled with terror, c c Ps 37:15
Ps 76:3
good-for-nothing men; b they
But those that are stum- d Isa 40:29 did not acknowledge Jeho-
bling do gird on vital en- e Ps 34:10 vah. c 13 As for the due right
f Lu 1:53
ergy. d g 1Sa 1:11 of the priests from the peo-
5 The satisfied must hire them- 1Sa 1:20
Ps 113:9
ple, d whenever any man was of-
selves out for bread, e h Isa 54:1 fering a sacrifice, an attendant
Ga 4:27
But the hungry actually i De 32:39
of the priest came with the
cease to hunger. f Ps 68:20 three-pronged fork in his hand,
j Ps 89:48
Even the barren has given k Job 14:13
just when the meat was boiling, e
birth to seven, g Ps 30:3 14 and made a thrust into the
Ps 49:15
But she that was abundant Ps 86:13 basin or the two-handled cook-
in sons has faded away. h Joh 11:24
1Co 15:55
ing pot or the caldron or the one-
6 Jehovah is a Killer and a Pre- l De 28:15 handled cooking pot. Anything
m De 8:18 that the fork might bring up the
server of life, i De 28:12
A Bringer down to Sheol, j 2Ch 1:12 priest would take for himself.
Job 42:12
and He brings up. k Pr 10:22 That is the way they would do in
7 Jehovah is an Impoverisher l 2Co 9:11 Shiloh to all the Israelites com-
n Ps 75:7
and an Enricher, m Php 2:9 ing there. f 15 Also, before ever
An Abaser, also an Exalt- o Ps 113:7 they could make the fat smoke, g
p Lu 1:52
er, n 1Pe 5:6 an attendant of the priest came
8 A Raiser of a lowly one from q 1Ki 3:13
Mt 18:4
and said to the man sacrificing:
the dust; o r Ge 41:40 “Do give meat to roast for the
s Job 38:4 priest so that he may receive
From the ashpit he lifts up Ps 102:25
a poor one, p t Ps 91:11 from you, not boiled meat, but
Ps 97:10 raw.” h 16 When the man would
To make them sit with no- Ps 121:3
bles; and a throne of glo- Pr 2:8 say to him: “Let them be sure to
Lu 1:79
ry q he gives to them as a u Ps 37:28 make the fat smoke first of
possession. r Zep 1:15 all. i Then take for yourself just
v 1Sa 14:6
For to Jehovah belong earth’s 1Sa 17:50 whatever your soul may crave,” j
Ps 33:16 he actually said: “No, but you
supports, s w Ex 15:6
And he places upon them Ps 21:8 should give it now; and, if not, I
Ps 92:9
the productive land. x 1Sa 7:10
shall have to take it by force!” k
9 The feet of his loyal ones he 2Sa 22:14 17 And the sin of the attendants
Ps 18:13
guards; t y Ps 50:4 came to be very great before Je-
As for the wicked ones, Ps 96:13 hovah; l for the men treated the
Ac 17:31
they are silenced in z Ps 2:6 offering of Jehovah with disre-
darkness, u
Ps 45:1
Ps 110:1
spect. m
For not by power does a Isa 32:1 18 And Samuel was minister-
Mt 28:18
man prove superior. v a Ps 75:10 ing n before Jehovah, as a boy,
10 As for Jehovah, those con- Ps 89:17 having a linen ephod gird-
Lu 1:69
tending against him will Ac 4:27 ed on. o 19 Also, a little sleeve-
Ac 10:38
be terrified; w
less coat his mother would make
Against them he will thun- for him, and she brought it up
Second Col.
der in the heavens. x to him from year to year when
a 1Sa 1:11
Jehovah himself will judge 1Sa 3:1 she came up with her husband
the ends of the earth, y
1Sa 3:15 to sacrifice the yearly sacrifice. p
b 1Sa 2:22
That he may give strength to Pr 17:25
c Tit 1:16 f Mal 1:6; g Le 3:5; h Php 3:19; Jude 12; i Le 3:16;
his king, z Heb 3:12 Le 7:25; Le 7:31; j De 12:15; k Jg 18:25; Ne
That he may exalt the horn d Le 7:34 5:15; Mic 2:1; 1Pe 5:2; l 1Sa 2:29; Isa 9:16; m 1Sa
e Le 6:28 2:14; Mal 2:8; n 1Sa 2:11; 1Sa 3:15; Pr 20:11; o 1Sa
of his anointed one.” a Nu 6:19 22:18; 2Sa 6:14; p Ex 23:14; 1Sa 1:3; 1Sa 1:21.
365 Sons displease Eli; his house denounced 1 SAMUEL 2:20-36
20 And Eli blessed a El·kanah CHAP. 2 ings made by fire of the sons
and his wife and said: “May Jeho- a Ge 14:19 of Israel. a 29 Why do YOU men
Nu 6:23
vah appoint to you an offspring b 1Sa 1:28
keep kicking at my sacrifice b and
from this wife in place of the c Ge 21:1 at my offering that I have com-
De 7:14
thing lent, that was lent to Je- 1Sa 1:19 manded in my dwelling, c and you
hovah.” b And they went to their d Ps 127:3 keep honoring your sons more
place. 21 Accordingly Jehovah e Jg 13:24
1Sa 2:26 than me by fattening yourselves d
turned his attention to Han- 1Sa 3:19 from the best of every offering of
Lu 1:80
nah, c so that she had pregnan- Lu 2:52 Israel my people? e
cy and gave birth to three sons f De 13:12 30 “ ‘That is why the utter-
g 1Sa 2:14
and two daughters. d And the boy 1Sa 2:17 ance of Jehovah the God of Is-
Samuel continued growing up 1Ti 5:20
rael is: “I did indeed say, As for
h Le 21:6
with Jehovah. e i Jer 7:10 your house and the house of your
22 And Eli was very old, and Eze 22:26 forefather, they will walk before
j Pr 13:24
he had heard f of all that his sons Pr 19:13 me to time indefinite.” f But now
kept doing g to all Israel and how Pr 19:18
k 1Sa 2:14
the utterance of Jehovah is: “It
they would lie down with the 1Sa 2:17 is unthinkable, on my part, be-
1Sa 2:22
women h that were serving at the 1Ki 1:6 cause those honoring me g I
entrance of the tent of meet- Jas 5:20 shall honor, h and those despis-
l Pr 13:14
ing. i 23 And he used to say to Isa 3:9 ing me will be of little account.” i
them: j “Why do YOU keep doing Jer 8:12 31 Look! Days are coming when
Php 3:19
things like these? k For the things m Mt 5:37 I shall certainly chop off your
I am hearing about YOU from all Jas 5:12
arm and the arm of the house
n 1Ti 3:7
the people are bad. l 24 No, m my Tit 1:7 of your forefather, so that there
sons, because the report is not o De 25:1
will not come to be an old man
p De 17:12
good that I am hearing, that the 1Ki 8:31 in your house. j 32 And you will
people of Jehovah are causing to q Nu 15:31
actually look upon an adversary
Nu 18:22
circulate. n 25 If a man should De 28:15 in my dwelling amid all the good
sin against a man, o God will arbi- 1Sa 2:17
1Sa 3:14 that is done to Israel; k and never
trate for him; p but if it is against 2Ki 22:17 will there come to be an old man
r Heb 10:26
Jehovah that a man should sin, q s Pr 29:1 in your house. 33 And yet there
who is there to pray for him?” r Pr 30:17 is a man of yours that I shall
But they would not listen to the t Jos 11:20
Job 34:11 not cut off from being at my al-
voice of their father, s because Je- Pr 15:10
tar so as to cause your eyes to fail
Ro 9:18
hovah was now pleased to put Heb 3:13 and to make your soul pine away;
them to death. t 26 All the u 1Sa 2:21
but the greater number of your
Pr 3:4
while the boy Samuel was grow- Lu 2:52 house will all die by the sword
ing bigger and more likable both v Jg 6:8
of men. l 34 And this is the sign
Heb 1:1
from Jehovah’s standpoint and w Ex 4:14 for you that will come to your two
from that of men. u Ex 4:27
sons, Hophni and Phine·has: m
x Ex 28:1
27 And a man of God v pro- Ex 39:1 On one day both of them will
Le 8:12
ceeded to come to Eli and say to Nu 16:5 die. n 35 And I shall certainly
him: “This is what Jehovah has Nu 17:5
raise up for myself a faithful
Nu 17:8
said, ‘Did I not for a fact reveal Ps 99:6 priest. o In harmony with what is
myself to the house of your fore- y Nu 18:7
in my heart and in my soul he will
father while they happened to be do; and I shall certainly build for
Second Col.
in Egypt as slaves to the house of him a lasting house, and he will
Pharaoh? w 28 And there was a a Le 2:3
Le 6:16 certainly walk before my anoint-
choosing of him out of all the Le 10:14 ed p one always. 36 And it must
Nu 5:9
tribes of Israel for me, x to act as Nu 18:9
priest and go up upon my altar y b Mal 1:6
g Ps 50:23; Pr 3:9; 1Ti 1:17; h Ps 18:20; Ps 91:14;
c Ex 25:8
to make sacrificial smoke billow Jos 18:1
Joh 12:26; i De 28:45; 2Ki 2:24; Eze 18:24; Mal
2:9; j 1Sa 3:14; 1Sa 4:11; 1Sa 4:18; 1Sa 14:3; 1Sa
up, to bear an ephod before me, 1Sa 1:3 22:18; 1Ki 2:27; 1Ch 24:3; Ps 37:17; k 1Sa 4:22;
d Ho 4:9
that I might give to the house e 1Sa 2:14
Ps 78:61; l 1Sa 22:18; 1Sa 22:21; m 1Sa 1:3; n 1Sa
4:11; 1Sa 4:17; o 1Ki 2:35; 1Ch 29:22; p 1Sa 2:10;
of your forefather all the offer- f Ex 28:43 1Sa 24:6; 2Ch 6:42.
1 SAMUEL 3:1-21 God speaks to Samuel, makes him a prophet 366
occur that anyone left over a in CHAP. 2 for your servant is listening.” a
your house will come and bow a 1Ki 2:27 11 And Jehovah went on to say
down to him for the payment of b Le 2:3 to Samuel: “Look! I am doing b
Nu 5:9
money and a round loaf of bread,
something in Israel which if any-
and will certainly say: “Attach CHAP. 3 one hears about, both his ears
me, please, to one of the priestly c 1Sa 2:11
will tingle. c 12 On that day I
offices to eat a piece of bread.” ’ ” b 1Sa 2:18 shall carry out toward Eli all
d 2Sa 7:4
All the while the boy Samuel that I have said respecting his
3 was ministering c to Jehovah
e Ps 74:9
f Nu 12:6
1Ch 17:15
house, from beginning to end. d
13 And you must tell him that I
before Eli, and word from Jeho- g Ge 27:1
vah d had become rare in those 1Sa 4:15 am judging his housee to time in-
days; e there was no vision f being
Ec 12:3 definite for the error that he
h 1Sa 1:9
spread abroad. 1Sa 3:15 has known, f because his sons are
2 Now it came about on that
Ps 5:7 calling down evil upon God, g and
i Ge 22:1
day that Eli was lying in his j Ps 99:6 he has not rebuked them. h
place, and his eyes had begun to k 1Sa 3:16 14 And that is why I have sworn
1Sa 4:16
grow dim; g he was not able to see. l Am 3:7 to the house of Eli that the er-
3 And the lamp of God was
ror of the house of Eli will not be
not yet extinguished, and Samu- Second Col. brought to exemption from pun-
el was lying in the temple h of Je- a Ps 85:8 ishment by sacrifice or by offer-
hovah, where the ark of God was. Isa 55:2 ing to time indefinite.” i
Da 10:19
4 And Jehovah proceeded to call b Am 3:7 15 And Samuel continued
Samuel. At this he said: “Here Hab 1:5 lying down until the morning.
c 2Ki 21:12
I am.” i 5 And he went running Jer 19:3 Then he opened the doors of Je-
to Eli and saying: “Here I am, for d Nu 23:19 hovah’s house. j And Samuel was
1Sa 2:31
you called me.” But he said: “I Isa 46:11 afraid to tell Eli of the appear-
did not call. Lie down again.” So Isa 55:11
Zec 1:6
ing. k 16 But Eli called Samuel
he went and lay down. 6 And e Eze 7:8 and said: “Samuel, my son!” At
Jehovah went on to call yet again: Eze 18:30 this he said: “Here I am.”
f Le 5:1
“Samuel!” j At this Samuel got up 1Sa 2:22 17 And he went on to say: “What
and went to Eli and said: “Here Joh 15:22 is the word that he has spoken to
Jas 4:17
I am, for you did call me.” But g Nu 15:30 you? Do not, please, hide it from
he said: “I did not call, my son. k 1Sa 2:12 me. l May God do so to you and
1Sa 2:17
Lie down again.” 7 (As regards 1Sa 2:30 so may he add to it m if you should
Samuel, he had not yet come to h 1Sa 2:23 hide from me a word of all the
Pr 19:18
know Jehovah, and the word of Ec 8:11 word that he has spoken to you.”
Jehovah had not yet begun to be 1Ti 5:20 18 So Samuel told him all the
i De 5:9
revealed to him.) l 8 So Jehovah 1Sa 2:24 words, and he did not hide any-
called again for the third time: 1Sa 4:11
1Sa 22:21
thing from him. At that he said:
“Samuel!” At that he got up and 1Ki 2:27 “It is Jehovah. What is good in
Heb 10:26 his eyes let him do.” n
went to Eli and said: “Here I am, j 1Sa 2:11
for you must have called me.” 1Sa 3:1 19 And Samuel continued
k Jer 1:6 growing up, and Jehovah him-
And Eli began to discern that l Ps 141:5
it was Jehovah that was calling m Ru 1:17 self proved to be with him o and
the boy. 9 Consequently Eli 1Sa 20:13
2Sa 19:13
did not cause any of all his words
said to Samuel: “Go, lie down, n Job 1:21 to fall to the earth. p 20 And all
and it must occur that, if he La 3:39 Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba q
Ac 21:14
should call you, you must say, o Ge 39:3 became aware that Samuel was
‘Speak, Jehovah, for your servant 1Sa 2:21 one accredited for the position
p 1Sa 9:6
is listening.’ ” So Samuel went Isa 44:26 of prophet to Jehovah. r 21 And
and lay down in his place. q Jg 20:1 Jehovah proceeded to appear
r 1Sa 2:7
10 Then Jehovah came and Ps 75:7 again s in Shiloh, because Jeho-
took his position and called as at s 1Sa 3:1 vah revealed himself to Samuel
the other times: “Samuel, Samu- t 1Sa 3:4 in Shiloh by the word of Jeho-
Ps 99:6
el!” At this Samuel said: “Speak, Am 3:7 vah. t
367 Philistines capture Ark. Eli’s sons die 1 SAMUEL 4:1-17
ness. a 9 Show yourselves cou-
4 And the word of Samuel con-
tinued to come to all Israel. a
CHAP. 4
1Sa 5:1 rageous and prove yourselves
Then Israel went out to meet b Jos 12:18 men, YOU Phi·listines, that YOU
c 1Sa 17:21
the Phi·listines in battle; and may not serve the Hebrews just
d Jos 7:12
they took up camping along- Ps 44:9 as they have served YOU; b and YOU
side Eb·en·ezer, a and the Phi- Ps 79:7 must prove yourselves men and
listines themselves encamped Ps 106:41
fight!” 10 Accordingly the Phi-
e De 28:25
in Aphek. b 2 And the Phi·lis- De 32:30 listines fought and Israel was
tines proceeded to draw up in Jg 2:14 defeated, c and they went fleeing
formation c to meet Israel, and f Nu 14:44 each one to his tent; d and the
Jos 6:4
the battle went badly, so that Is- 1Sa 14:18 slaughter came to be very great, e
rael was defeated before the 2Sa 15:25 so that out of Israel there fell
Phi·listines, d who went striking g Ex 25:18 thirty thousand men on foot. f
down about four thousand men Nu 7:89
11 And the ark of God itself
2Sa 6:2
in closed battle line in the field. 2Ki 19:15 was captured, g and the two sons
3 When the people came to the Ps 80:1 of Eli, Hophni and Phine·has,
camp the older men of Israel be- Ps 99:1
h Nu 4:15
died. h
gan to say: “Why did Jehovah de- 1Sa 2:12 12 And a man of Benjamin
feat us today before the Phi·lis- i Jer 7:4 went running from the battle
tines? e Let us take to ourselves j Ex 32:17
line so that he arrived at Shi-
from Shiloh the ark of Jehovah’s k Ex 14:25
loh on that day with his gar-
Ex 15:14
covenant, f that it may come into
ments ripped apart i and dirt on
our midst and may save us from Second Col. his head. j 13 When he arrived,
the palm of our enemies.” 4 So
a Ex 7:5 there was Eli sitting on the
the people sent to Shiloh and Ps 78:43 seat by the roadside, watching,
carried from there the ark of the Ps 78:51
because his heart had become
covenant of Jehovah of armies, b Nu 33:56
De 28:48 atremble over the ark of the
who is sitting upon the cherubs. g
And the two sons of Eli were
Jg 10:7 true God. k And the man him-
Jg 13:1
there with the ark of the cove- c Le 26:17
self went in to report in the city,
nant of the true God, namely, De 28:25 and the whole city began crying
Hophni and Phine·has. h
1Sa 4:2 out. 14 And Eli got to hear the
d 1Ki 22:36
5 And it came about that as sound of the outcry. So he said:
e De 28:25
soon as the ark of the covenant Jg 2:14 “What does the sound of this tur-
of Jehovah came into the camp, f Ps 78:62 moil mean?” l And the man him-
all the Israelites broke out into
g 1Sa 4:3 self hurried that he might go in
Ps 78:61
loud shouting, i so that the earth La 2:17
and report to Eli. 15 (Now Eli
was in a stir. 6 The Phi·lis- h 1Sa 2:31 was ninety-eight years old, and
tines also got to hear the sound 1Sa 2:34 his eyes had set so that he was
1Sa 4:17
of the shouting and began say- Ps 78:64
unable to see.) m 16 And the
ing: “What does the sound of this Ec 8:8 man proceeded to say to Eli: “I
loud shouting j in the camp of the Ec 8:13 am the one coming from the bat-
i 2Sa 1:2
Hebrews mean?” Finally they got tle line, and I—it is from the bat-
j Jos 7:6
to know that the ark of Jehovah 2Sa 13:19 tle line that I have fled today.”
itself had come into the camp. 2Sa 15:32 At this he said: “What is the thing
Ne 9:1
7 And the Phi·listines became Job 2:12
that has happened, my son?”
afraid, because, they said: “God k 1Sa 4:4 17 So the news bearer answered
has come into the camp!” k So l 1Sa 4:10 and said: “Israel has fled be-
they said: “Woe to us, for such a m 1Sa 3:2 fore the Phi·listines, and there
Ps 90:10
thing as this never occurred be- has also occurred a great defeat
n 1Sa 3:11
fore! 8 Woe to us! Who will save 1Sa 4:10 among the people; n and also your
us from the hand of this majes- o 1Sa 2:34 own two sons have died—Hoph-
tic God? This is the God that was Ps 78:64 ni and Phine·has o—and the very
p 1Sa 4:11
the smiter of Egypt with every Ps 78:61
ark of the true God has been cap-
sort of slaughter in the wilder- La 2:17 tured.” p
1 SAMUEL 4:18–5:11 Dagon felled by Ark. Philistines scourged 368
18 And it came about that at CHAP. 4 and the palms of both his hands
the moment that he mentioned a Ge 35:16 cut off, to the threshold. a Only
the ark of the true God, he began the fish part had been left upon
b Ge 35:17
to fall from the seat backward him. 5 That is why the priests
beside the gate, and his neck got c 1Sa 14:3 of Dagon and all those going into
broken so that he died, because the house of Dagon do not tread
d 1Sa 4:5
the man was old and heavy; and 1Sa 4:11 upon the threshold of Dagon in
he himself had judged Israel for- Ps 78:61 Ashdod down to this day.
ty years. 19 And his daughter- e 1Sa 2:32
6 And the hand of Jehovahb
in-law, the wife of Phine·has, 1Sa 2:34 came to be heavy upon the Ash-
was pregnant near to giving dod·ites, and he began causing
f De 28:15
birth, and she got to hear the panic and striking them with
report that the ark of the true g 1Sa 4:11 piles, c namely, Ashdod and its
God was captured and that her 2Ch 8:11 territories. 7 And the men of
Jer 7:12
father-in-law and her husband
Ashdod came to see that it was
had died. At that she bowed her- so, and they said: “Do not let the
CHAP. 5
self and began giving birth, be- ark of the God of Israel dwell
h 1Sa 4:11
cause her pangs came unexpect- 1Sa 4:17 with us, because his hand has
edly upon her. a 20 And about Ps 78:61 been hard against us and against
the time of her death, the women Dagon our god.” d 8 Conse-
i Jos 11:22
standing by her began to speak: 1Sa 6:17 quently they sent and gathered
“Do not be afraid, because it is a Ac 8:40 all the axis lords of the Phi·lis-
son that you have borne.” b And tines to them and said: “What
j Jg 16:23
she did not answer and did not 1Ch 10:10 shall we do to the ark of the
set her heart on it. 21 But she Ps 115:4 God of Israel?” Finally they said:
called the boy Icha·bod, c saying: “Toward Gath e let the ark of the
k Ex 12:12
“Glory has gone away from Is- 1Ch 16:26 God of Israel go around.” So they
rael into exile,” d this with refer- Ps 95:3 brought the ark of the God of Is-
ence to the ark of the true Ps 96:5
Ps 97:7 rael around to there.
God’s being captured and with Isa 19:1 9 And it came about that af-
reference to her father-in-law Zep 2:11
ter they had brought it around
and her husband. e 22 So she l Isa 46:7 to there, the hand of Jehovahf
said: “Glory has gone away from
came to be upon the city with a
Israel into exile, f because the ark Second Col. very great confusion, and he be-
of the true God has been cap- a Isa 2:18 gan striking the men of the
tured.” g Jer 10:11 city, from small to great, and
As for the Phi·listines, they piles g began breaking out on
5 took the arkh of the true God
b Ex 9:3
1Sa 5:9
1Sa 5:11
them. 10 Hence they sent the
and then brought it from Eb- ark of the true God to Ekron. h
1Sa 7:13
en·ezer to Ashdod. i 2 And the And it came about that as soon
Phi·listines proceeded to take c De 28:27 as the ark of the true God came
1Sa 6:5
the ark of the true God and to Ekron, the Ekron·ites began
bring it into the house of Da- d 1Co 8:5 to cry out, saying: “They have
gon and station it beside Dagon. j brought the ark of the God of Is-
e 1Sa 17:4
3 Then the Ashdod·ites got up rael around to me to put me and
early the very next day, and f De 2:15 my people to death!” i 11 Con-
there Dagon was fallen upon his 1Sa 7:13 sequently they sent and gath-
face to the earth before the ark g 1Sa 5:6
ered all the axis lords of the Phi-
of Jehovah. k So they took Dagon listines and said: “SEND the ark
and returned him to his place. l h Jos 15:45 of the God of Israel away that
Jg 1:18
4 When they got up early in the 2Ki 1:2
it may return to its place and
morning the very day after, there Am 1:8 may not put me and my people
Dagon was fallen upon his face to death.” For a death-dealing
i 1Sa 5:7
to the earth before the ark of Je- confusion had occurred in the
hovah, with the head of Dagon j Heb 10:31 whole city; j the hand of the true
369 Golden piles. Ark sent to Beth-shemesh 1 SAMUEL 5:12–6:15
God had been very heavy there, a CHAP. 5 of Jehovah and place it on the
12 and the men that did not die a 1Sa 5:9 wagon, and the golden articles a
had been struck with piles. b And b De 28:27 that YOU must return to him as
the cryc of the city for help kept c Ps 115:6 a guilt b offering YOU should put
Da 5:23
ascending to the heavens. Hab 2:19 into a box at the side of it.
And the arkd of Jehovah
And YOU must send it away, and
6 proved to be in the field of CHAP. 6 it must go. 9 And YOU must
look: if it is the road to its ter-
the Phi·listines seven months. d 1Sa 4:11
2 And the Phi·listines proceed- 1Sa 5:1 ritory that it goes up, to Beth-
Ps 78:61
ed to call the priests and the di- shemesh, c it is he that has done
e Ex 7:11
viners, e saying: “What shall we do Le 19:31 to us this great evil; but if not,
with the ark of Jehovah? Let us De 18:12 we must know that it was not
Isa 2:6 his hand that touched us; an ac-
know with what we should send f 1Sa 6:4
it away to its place.” 3 To this 1Sa 6:17
cident d it was that happened to
they said: “If YOU are send- g Jos 13:3 us.”
ing the ark of the God of Israel Jg 3:3 10 And the men proceeded to
1Sa 6:16
away, do not send it away with- do accordingly. So they took two
h Le 11:29
out an offering, for YOU should by 1Sa 6:18 cows that were giving suck and
all means return to him a guilt Isa 66:17 hitched them to the wagon, and
offering. f Then it is that YOU i 1Ch 16:28 their young ones they shut up
Ps 18:44
will be healed, and it must be- Isa 42:12
at home. 11 Then they put the
come known to YOU why his hand j Ex 9:3 ark of Jehovah upon the wagon, e
would not turn away from YOU.” 1Sa 5:6 and also the box and the golden
1Sa 5:11
4 At this they said: “What is jerboas and the images of their
k Ex 7:13
the guilt offering that we ought Ex 8:15 piles. 12 And the cows began
to return to him?” Then they Ex 14:17 to go straight ahead on the
Ro 9:18 road to Beth-shemesh. f On the
said: “According to the number l Ex 9:14
of the axis lords g of the Phi·lis- Ex 9:16
one highway they went, lowing as
tines, five golden piles and five Ro 9:17 they went, and they did not turn
golden jerboas, for every one of m Ex 6:1 aside to the right or to the left.
Ex 11:1
YOU and YOUR axis lords have Ex 12:33
All the while the axis lords g of
the same scourge. 5 And YOU Ps 105:38 the Phi·listines were walking af-
must make images of YOUR piles n 2Sa 6:3 ter them as far as the boundary
and images of YOUR jerboas h that 1Ch 13:7 of Beth-shemesh. 13 And peo-
o Nu 19:2
are bringing the land to ruin,
ple of Beth-shemesh were reap-
and YOU must give glory i to the Second Col.
ing the wheat harvest h in the
God of Israel. Perhaps he will low plain. When they raised their
a 1Sa 6:4
lighten his hand from off YOU b 1Sa 6:3
eyes and saw the Ark, they gave
and YOUR god and YOUR land. j c Jos 15:10 way to rejoicing at seeing it.
6 Also, why should YOU make Jos 21:16 14 And the wagon itself came
2Ki 14:11 into the field of Joshua the
YOUR heart unresponsive just the 1Ch 6:59
way Egypt and Pharaoh made 2Ch 28:18 Beth-shemite and kept stand-
their heart unresponsive? k Was d Ec 9:11 ing there, where there was a
it not as soon as He dealt se- e 2Sa 6:3 large stone. And they went split-
1Ch 13:7
verely with them l that they pro- ting up the wood of the wagon,
f 1Sa 6:9
ceeded to send them away, and g Jos 13:3
and the cows i they offered up as
they went their way? m 7 And Jg 3:3 a burnt offering to Jehovah. j
now take and make a new wag- 1Sa 6:4 15 And the Levites k them-
h Ru 2:2
on, n and two cows that are giv- Ru 2:23
selves took the ark of Jehovah
ing suck, upon which no yoke o i Ge 15:9 down and the box that was with
has come up, and YOU must hitch 1Sa 6:7 it, in which the golden articles
1Sa 16:2 were, and they proceeded to put
the cows to the wagon, and YOU
j Ex 20:24
must make their young ones go Jg 21:4 it upon the large stone. And the
back home from following them. k Nu 3:31 men of Beth-shemesh, l for their
8 And YOU must take the ark l Jos 21:16 part, offered up burnt offerings,
1 SAMUEL 6:16–7:10 Some see Ark and die. To Kiriath-jearim 370
and they continued rendering up CHAP. 6 all the house of Israel went la-
sacrifices on that day to Jehovah. a 1Sa 6:12 menting after Jehovah. a 3 And
b 1Sa 6:4 Samuel proceeded to say to all
16 And the five axis a lords of c 1Sa 5:1
the Phi·listines themselves saw 2Ch 26:6 the house of Israel: “If it is with
Jer 25:20
it and went their way back Zec 9:6
all YOUR heart YOU are returning
to Ekron on that day. 17 Now Ac 8:40 to Jehovah, b put away the foreign
d Jg 16:1
these are the golden piles that Jg 16:21 gods from YOUR midst c and also
the Phi·listines returned as a Am 1:7 the Ashto·reth images, d and di-
Ac 8:26
guilt offering to Jehovah: b for e Jg 1:18 rect YOUR heart unswervingly to
Ashdod c one, for Gaza d one, for Zec 9:5 Jehovah and serve him alone, e
f 1Sa 5:8
Ashke·lon e one, for Gath f one, 1Sa 17:4 and he will deliver YOU from the
for Ekron g one. 18 And the
2Sa 21:22
g Jos 13:3
hand of the Phi·listines.” f 4 At
golden jerboas were to the num- 1Sa 5:10 that the sons of Israel put away
2Ki 1:2
ber of all the cities of the Phi- Am 1:8 the Baals g and the Ashto·reth h
listines belonging to the five axis h Jos 15:10 images and began serving Jeho-
Jos 21:16
lords, from the fortified city to 1Sa 6:9 vah alone.
the village of the open country. i Nu 4:6 5 Then Samuel said: “Collect
Nu 4:15
And the great stone upon Nu 4:20 all Israel i together at Mizpah, j
1Ch 13:10 that I may pray k in YOUR behalf to
which they rested the ark of Je- j Le 11:45
hovah is a witness down to this 1Sa 2:2 Jehovah.” 6 So they were col-
k Nu 17:12 lected together at Mizpah, and
day in the field of Joshua the 2Sa 6:9
Beth-shemite. 19 And he went
1Ch 13:12 they went drawing water and
Ps 76:7
pouring it out before Jehovah
striking down the men of Beth- l Jos 18:14
Jg 18:12 and kept a fast on that day. l And
shemesh, h because they had 1Ch 13:5
m 1Ch 13:6 they began saying there: “We
looked upon the ark of Jehovah. 1Ch 16:1 have sinned against Jehovah.” m
So he struck down among the 2Ch 1:4
And Samuel took up judging n
people seventy men—fifty thou-
CHAP. 7 the sons of Israel in Mizpah.
sand men—and the people be-
7 And the Phi·listines came
gan mourning because Jehovah n 2Sa 6:2
1Ch 13:5 to hear that the sons of Israel
had struck down the people with o 2Sa 6:4
1Ch 13:7 had collected themselves togeth-
a great slaughter. i 20 Further,
er at Mizpah, and the axis lords o
the men of Beth-shemesh said: of the Phi·listines got on their
Second Col.
“Who will be able to stand be- way up against Israel. When the
a Jg 2:4
fore Jehovah this holy God, j Ne 9:28 sons of Israel heard of it, they
and to whom will he withdraw 2Co 7:10
began to be afraid on account of
b De 30:2
from off us?” k 21 Finally they 1Sa 12:24 the Phi·listines. p 8 So the sons
1Ki 8:48
sent messengers to the inhabi- Isa 55:7 of Israel said to Samuel: “Do not
tants of Kiri·ath-jea·rim, l say- Joe 2:12
keep silent for our sakes from
c Jos 24:14
ing: “The Phi·listines have re- Jos 24:23 calling to Jehovah our God for
turned the ark of Jehovah. Come Jg 3:7
Jg 10:6 aid, q that he may save us from
down. Take it up to yourselves.” m d Jg 2:13 the hand of the Phi·listines.”
e De 6:13
9 Then Samuel took a sucking
7 Accordingly the men of Kir-
n
i·ath-je a·rim came and
De 10:20
De 13:4
Lu 4:8
lamb and offered it up as a burnt
brought the ark of Jehovah up f De 28:1 offering, a whole offering, r to Je-
g Jg 10:16 hovah; and Samuel began call-
and took it into the house of h 1Ki 11:33
A·bina·dab o on the hill, and El- i Joe 2:16 ing to Jehovah for aid in behalf
e·azar his son was the one whom j Jos 18:26
Jg 20:1
of Israel, s and Jehovah proceed-
they sanctified to guard the ark Jg 21:1 ed to answer him. t 10 And it
1Sa 10:17
of Jehovah. 1Ki 15:22
came about that while Samuel
2 And it came about that 2Ki 25:23 was offering up the burnt offer-
Jer 40:6
from the day of the Ark’s dwell- k 1Sa 12:23
Pr 15:8 m Le 26:40; Jg 10:10; 1Ki 8:47; Ps 106:6; n Jg 2:18;
ing in Kiri·ath-jea·rim the days Jas 5:16 o Jos 13:3; 1Sa 6:4; p Ps 56:3; Pr 29:25; Mt
kept multiplying, so that they l 2Ch 20:3 10:28; q 1Sa 12:19; Ps 78:34; Ps 86:7; Isa 37:4; r Le
Ne 9:1 1:10; Jg 6:26; 1Ki 18:38; s Ps 99:6; t Ps 28:6; Ps
amounted to twenty years, and Joe 2:12 50:15; 1Jo 5:14.
371 Samuel judges. Israel asks for king 1 SAMUEL 7:11–8:12
ing, the Phi·listines themselves CHAP. 7 inclined to follow unjust profit a
drew near for battle against Is- a 1Sa 2:10 and would accept a bribe b and
2Sa 22:14
rael. And Jehovah now caused it b Jos 10:10
pervert judgment. c
to thunder with a loud noise a on Jg 4:15 4 In time all the older men of
c De 20:4
that day against the Phi·listines, De 28:7 Israel d collected themselves to-
that he might throw them into d Ge 31:45 gether and came to Samuel at
Ge 35:14
confusion; b and they got defeat- Jos 4:9 Ramah 5 and said to him:
ed before Israel. c 11 At that Jos 24:26
e Ps 44:3 “Look! You yourself have grown
the men of Israel sallied forth Ac 26:22 old, but your own sons have not
from Mizpah and went in pur- f 1Sa 9:16
1Sa 13:5 walked in your ways. Now do ap-
suit of the Phi·listines and g 1Sa 14:23 point for us a king e to judge us
1Sa 17:51
kept striking them down as far h Ge 15:18 like all the nations.” 6 But the
as south of Beth-car. 12 Then Ge 15:21 thing was bad in the eyes of Sam-
Jg 11:23
Samuel took a stone d and set it i Jg 2:16 uel inasmuch as they had said:
between Mizpah and Jesha·nah 1Sa 3:20
1Sa 12:11 “Do give us a king to judge us,”
and began to call its name Eb·en- 1Sa 25:1 and Samuel began to pray to Je-
Ac 13:20
ezer. Accordingly he said: “Till j Jos 16:1 hovah. f 7 Then Jehovah said to
now Jehovah has helped us.” e k Jos 15:7 Samuel: g “Listen to the voice of
1Sa 11:15
13 Thus the Phi·listines were l 1Sa 7:5 the people as respects all that
subdued, and they did not come m 1Sa 3:20
they say to you; h for it is not you
1Sa 12:11
anymore into the territory of Is- n 1Sa 1:1 whom they have rejected, but
rael; f and the hand of Jehovah 1Sa 8:4
it is I whom they have rejected
1Sa 19:18
continued to be against the Phi- o Ex 20:25 from being king i over them.
listines all the days of Samuel. g
8 In accord with all their doings
14 And the cities that the Phi- CHAP. 8
that they have done from the
listines had taken from Israel p 1Ti 5:22 day of my bringing them up out
kept coming back to Israel from q 1Ch 6:28
r 1Ch 6:28 of Egypt j until this day in that
Ekron to Gath, and the territo- s Ec 2:19 they kept leaving me k and serv-
ry of them Israel delivered from
ing other gods, l that is the way
the hand of the Phi·listines. Second Col.
they are doing also to you.
And there came to be peace a Ex 18:21
9 And now listen to their voice.
1Ti 3:3
between Israel and the Amor- 1Pe 5:2 Only this, that you should sol-
ites. h b Ex 23:8
De 16:19 emnly warn them, and you must
15 And Samuel kept on judg- Ps 15:5
tell them the rightful due of the
Ps 26:10
ing Israel all the days of his Pr 29:4 king who will reign over them.” m
life. i 16 And he traveled from Isa 1:23
Isa 33:15 10 So Samuel said all the
year to year and made the cir- Mic 3:11
words of Jehovah to the people
cuit of Bethel j and Gilgal k and c De 24:17
Job 34:12 who were asking a king of him.
Mizpah l and judged Israel m at all Pr 31:5
11 And he proceeded to say:
Jer 22:17
these places. 17 But his return d Ex 18:25 “This will become the rightful
was to Ramah, n because there Jg 21:16
1Sa 4:3 due n of the king that will reign
was where his house was, and 2Sa 5:3
over YOU: YOUR sons he will take o
1Ki 20:7
there he judged Israel. And he e De 17:14 and put them as his in his char-
proceeded to build an altar there 1Sa 12:13
Ho 13:10 iots p and among his horsemen, q
to Jehovah. o Ac 13:21
f Ps 143:10
and some will have to run before
8 And it came about that as
soon as Samuel had grown
Mt 6:10
g 1Sa 15:10
Ps 99:6
his chariots; r 12 and to appoint
for himself chiefs over thou-
old he made appointments p of h Ps 81:12 sands s and chiefs over fifties, t
his sons as judges for Israel. i Jg 8:23
1Sa 10:19 and some to do his plowing u and
2 Now the name of his first- 1Sa 12:12 to reap his harvest v and to make
Ps 74:12
born son happened to be Joel, q Isa 33:22 his war instruments w and his
and the name of his second A·bi- j Ex 14:30
k De 9:24
jah; r they were judging in Beer- Jer 22:21 m De 17:15; n 1Sa 10:25; o 1Sa 14:52; 1Ki 12:4;
sheba. 3 And his sons did not l De 32:16
Jg 2:19
p 1Ki 9:22; 1Ki 10:26; q 1Ki 4:26; r 2Sa 8:4; 2Sa
15:1; 1Ki 1:5; s 2Sa 18:1; 1Ch 27:1; t 2Ki 1:14;
walk in his ways, s but they were Ps 78:58 u 1Ch 27:26; v 1Ki 4:7; w 1Ch 12:37.
1 SAMUEL 8:13–9:10 Due of a king. Saul seeks she-asses 372
chariot instruments. a 13 And CHAP. 8 he; from his shoulders upward he
YOUR daughters he will take for a 1Ki 4:26 was taller than all the people. a
ointment mixers and cooks and b 1Ki 4:22 3 And the she-asses b belong-
c 1Ki 21:7
bakers. b 14 And YOUR fields d 1Ch 27:28 ing to Kish the father of Saul got
and YOUR vineyards c and YOUR e 1Ki 12:10 lost. So Kish said to Saul his son:
olive groves, d the best ones, f Ge 37:36 “Take, please, with you one of the
1Ch 28:1
he will take and actually give g 1Ki 5:16 attendants and get up, go, look
to his servants. 15 And of YOUR h 1Ki 4:23 for the she-asses.” 4 And he
fields of seed and of YOUR vine- i 1Ki 12:4 went passing through the moun-
j Job 27:9
yards he will take the tenth, e and Ps 18:41 tainous region of Ephra·im c and
he will certainly give them to his Pr 1:26 passing on through the land of
Mic 3:4
court officials f and his servants. k Ps 81:11
Shali·shah, d and they did not
16 And YOUR menservants and Jer 7:13 find them. And they went pass-
Eze 33:31 ing on through the land of Shaa-
YOUR maidservants and YOUR
l Le 20:24
best herds, and YOUR asses he Nu 23:9 lim, but they were not there. And
will take, and he will have to use De 7:6 he went passing on through the
1Sa 8:5
them for his work. g 17 Of YOUR Ps 106:35 land of the Benja·min·ites, and
flocks h he will take the tenth, and m Ps 99:6 they did not find them.
n 1Sa 8:7 5 They themselves came into
YOU yourselves will become his as Ho 13:11
servants. 18 And YOU will cer-
the land of Zuph; and Saul, for
tainly cry out in that day by rea- CHAP. 9 his part, said to his attendant
son of YOUR king, i whom YOU have o 1Sa 14:51
that was with him: “Do come,
chosen for yourselves, but Jeho- 1Ch 8:33 and let us return, that my
1Ch 9:39
vah will not answer YOU in that Ac 13:21
father may not quit attend-
day.” j p Jg 21:17 ing to the she-asses and actu-
19 However, the people re- q 1Sa 25:2 ally become anxious about us.” e
2Sa 19:32
fused to listen to the voice of Job 1:3 6 But he said to him: “Look,
Samuel k and said: “No, but a king r 1Sa 11:15 please! There is a man of God f
1Sa 13:13 in this city, and the man is held
is what will come to be over us. 1Sa 15:26
20 And we must become, we 1Sa 16:23 in honor. All that he says comes
also, like all the nations, l and our
1Sa 28:7
1Sa 31:4
true without fail. g Let us go there
king must judge us and go out 2Sa 1:23 now. Perhaps he can tell us our
before us and fight our battles.”
Ac 13:21 way that we must go.” 7 At this
21 And Samuel gave a hearing to Saul said to his attendant: “And
Second Col.
all the words of the people; then if we should go, what shall we
a 1Sa 10:23 bring to the man? h because
he spoke them in the ears of Je- b Jg 5:10
hovah. m 22 And Jehovah pro- Jg 10:4 the bread itself has disappeared
ceeded to say to Samuel: “Lis-
c Jos 17:10 from our receptacles, and, as a
Jos 17:16
ten to their voice, and you must d 2Ki 4:42
gift, i there is nothing to bring to
cause a king to reign for them.” n e 1Sa 9:20 the man of the true God. What is
Accordingly Samuel said to the
1Sa 10:2 there with us?” 8 So the atten-
f De 33:1
dant answered Saul once more
men of Israel: “Go each one to his 1Sa 2:27
1Ki 13:1 and said: “Look! There is a quar-
city.” 2Ki 6:6
g 1Sa 3:19
ter of a shekel j of silver found in
9 Now there happened to be
a man of Benjamin, and his
Isa 44:26
Zec 1:6
Heb 1:1
my hand, and I shall have to give
it to the man of the true God,
name was Kish, o the son of A·bi- h 1Ki 14:3 and he will have to tell us our
el, the son of Zeror, the son of 2Ki 4:42 way.” 9 (In former times in Is-
Ga 6:6
Be·corath, the son of A·phiah, i 2Ki 5:15
rael this was the way the man
a Benja·min·ite, p a man mighty 2Ki 8:8 would have talked on his going
in wealth. q 2 And he happened Pr 17:8 to seek God: “COME, and let us
Pr 18:16
to have a son whose name was j Ge 24:22 go to the seer.” k For the prophet
Saul, r young and handsome, and k 1Sa 9:19 of today used to be called a seer
2Sa 15:27
there was no man of the sons of 1Ch 9:22
in former times.) 10 Then Saul
Israel that was handsomer than 1Ch 29:29 said to his attendant: “Your word
373 Saul goes to Samuel, dines with him 1 SAMUEL 9:11-27
is good. a Do come, let us go.” And CHAP. 9 “I am the seer. Go up before me
they went their way to the city a Pr 13:10 to the high place, and YOU men
where the man of the true God Pr 15:22 must eat with me today, a and I
was. b Ge 24:20 must send you away in the morn-
Ex 2:16
11 While they were going up ing, and all that is in your heart
c 1Sa 9:19
on the ascent to the city, they 2Sa 15:27
I shall tell you. b 20 As regards
themselves found girls going out d Ge 31:54
the she-asses that were lost to
to draw water. b So they said to 1Sa 7:9 you three days ago, c do not set
them: “Is the seer c in this 1Sa 16:5 your heart d on them, for they
place?” 12 Then they answered e 1Ki 3:2 have been found. And to whom
1Ch 16:39
them and said: “He is. Look! He 2Ch 1:3
does all that is desirable of Isra-
is ahead of you. Hurry now, be- f Mr 6:41
el belong? e Is it not to you and to
cause today he has come to the Lu 9:16 the whole house of your father?”
city, for there is a sacrificed to- g 1Sa 20:2 21 At this Saul answered and
day for the people on the high 2Sa 7:27 said: “Am I not a Benja·min·ite
Job 33:16
place. e 13 As soon as YOU men Ps 25:14
of the smallest f of the tribes of
come into the city, YOU will di- Ps 99:6 Israel, g and my family the most
rectly find him before he goes Am 3:7 insignificant of all the families of
up to the high place to eat; be- h Jos 18:11 the tribe of Benjamin? h So why
cause the people may not eat un- i 1Sa 10:1 have you spoken to me a thing
1Sa 15:1
til his coming, for he is the one 2Ki 9:3
like this?” i
that blesses the sacrifice. f First j Ge 49:27
22 Then Samuel took Saul
after that those who are invited k Ex 2:25
and his attendant and brought
may eat. And now GO up, because Ps 106:44 them to the dining hall and gave
him—just now YOU will find him.” Ps 107:19 them a place at the head j of those
14 Accordingly they went on up l 1Sa 10:24 invited; and they were about
to the city. As they were coming 1Sa 15:17
Ac 13:21
thirty men. 23 Later Samuel
into the middle of the city, why,
said to the cook: “Do give the
there was Samuel coming out to Second Col. portion that I have given to you,
meet them to go up to the high a 1Sa 9:13
of which I said to you, ‘Put
place. 1Sa 9:24 it away by you.’ ” 24 At that
15 As for Jehovah, he had un- b 1Ch 28:9 the cook lifted off the leg and
covered the ear g of Samuel the Heb 4:13 what was on it, and put it be-
day before Saul came, saying: c 1Sa 9:3 fore Saul. And he went on to
16 “Tomorrow about this time I d 1Sa 4:20 say: “Here is what has been re-
shall send to you a man from e 1Sa 8:5 served. Put it before yourself.
1Sa 8:19
the land of Benjamin, h and you 1Sa 12:13
Eat, because to the appointed
must anoint i him as leader over time they have reserved it for you
f Jg 20:46
my people Israel; and he must Jg 20:47 that you may eat with those in-
save my people from the hand of Jg 21:6 vited.” So Saul ate with Samu-
the Phi·listines, j because I have Ps 68:27
el on that day. 25 Subsequent-
seen the affliction of my peo- g Jg 21:3
ly they went down from the high
ple, for their outcry has come h Jg 6:15 place k to the city, and he con-
Pr 3:34
to me.” k 17 And Samuel him- Pr 11:2 tinued speaking with Saul on the
self saw Saul, and Jehovah, for Pr 18:12 housetop. l 26 Then they rose
his part, answered him: “Here is Pr 22:4
Lu 14:11
early, and it came about that as
the man of whom I said to you, Jas 4:6 soon as the dawn ascended Sam-
‘This is the one that will keep my 1Pe 5:5 uel proceeded to call to Saul on
people within bounds.’ ” l i 1Sa 2:8 the housetop, saying: “Do get up,
18 Then Saul approached j Lu 14:10 that I may send you away.” So
Samuel in the middle of the gate k 1Sa 9:13 Saul got up and both of them,
and said: “Do tell me, please, 1Sa 9:19 he and Samuel, went forth out
1Ki 3:2
Just where is the house of 1Ki 3:3 of doors. 27 While they were
the seer?” 19 And Samuel pro- l Ne 8:16 descending by the edge of the
ceeded to answer Saul and say: Ac 10:9 city Samuel himself said to Saul:
1 SAMUEL 10:1-16 Saul is anointed king; is among prophets 374
“Say to the attendant a that he CHAP. 9 cur that when these signs a come
should pass on ahead of us”—so a 1Sa 9:3 to you, do for yourself what your
1Sa 9:10
he passed on—“and, as for you, 1Sa 20:38 hand finds possible, b because the
stand still now that I may let you
true God is with you. c 8 And
hear the word of God.” CHAP. 10 you must go down ahead of me
Samuel then took the to Gilgal; d and, look! I am going
10
b 1Sa 16:13
flaskb of oil and poured it
2Ki 9:3 down to you to offer up burnt
c Ge 31:55
out upon his head and kissed c Ge 48:10 sacrifices, to render up commu-
Ge 50:1
him and said: “Is it not because 2Sa 19:39 nion e sacrifices. Seven f days you
Jehovah has anointed you as d Ge 49:27 should keep waiting until my
1Sa 8:9
a leader d over his inheritance? e 1Sa 9:16 coming to you, and I shall cer-
2 On your going away from me
Ac 13:21 tainly let you know what you
e Ex 19:5
today you will certainly find two De 32:9 should do.”
f Ge 35:19
men close by the tomb of Ra- g 1Sa 9:3
9 And it occurred that as soon
chel f in the territory of Benja- 1Sa 10:16 as he turned his shoulder to go
h 1Sa 9:5
min at Zelzah, and they will cer- i Ge 28:19
from Samuel, God began chang-
tainly say to you, ‘The she-asses Ge 28:22 ing the heart of his into another; g
1Sa 7:16
that you have gone to look for j Jg 6:19 and all these signs h proceeded
have been found, but now your Jg 15:1 to come true on that day. 10 So
k Jer 37:21
father has given up the mat- l Le 23:13 they went from there to the hill,
ter of the she-asses g and has be- Nu 15:5 and here there was a group of
m Jg 18:15
come anxious about YOU men, n Ge 5:22 prophets to meet him; at once
saying: “What shall I do about o 1Sa 13:3 the spirit of God became opera-
p 1Sa 19:20
my son?” ’ h 3 And you must 2Ki 2:3 tive upon him, i and he began to
2Ki 4:38 speak as a prophet j in the mid-
pass on from there still farther 2Ki 6:1
and come as far as the big tree q 1Sa 9:12 dle of them. 11 And it came
r 1Ch 13:8
of Tabor, and there there must s 1Sa 18:6
about that when all those know-
encounter you three men going t 1Ki 1:40 ing him formerly saw him, look! it
Isa 5:12
up to the true God at Bethel, i u 2Sa 6:5
was with prophets that he proph-
one carrying three kids j and 1Ki 10:12 esied. Consequently the people
1Ch 16:5
one carrying three round loaves v Nu 11:25 said one to another: “What is
of bread k and one carrying a Ac 28:25
2Pe 1:21
this that has happened to the
large jar of wine. l 4 And they w 1Sa 10:10 son of Kish? Is Saul also among
1Sa 19:23 the prophets?” k 12 Then a man
will certainly ask about your wel- 1Ki 18:29
fare m and give you two loaves, 1Ki 22:10 from there answered and said:
and you must accept them from “But who is their father?” That is
Second Col. why it has become a proverbial l
their hand. 5 It is after that
that you will come to the hill a Ex 4:8
1Sa 10:9
saying: “Is Saul also among the
of the true God, n where there is Jer 44:29 prophets?”
b Jg 9:33
a garrison o of the Phi·listines. c De 20:1
13 At length he finished
And it should come about that Jg 6:12 speaking as a prophet and came
d 1Sa 7:16
at the time of your coming there 1Sa 11:14 to the high place. 14 Later the
to the city, you will certainly e 1Sa 13:9 brother of Saul’s father said to
f 1Sa 13:8
meet a group of prophets p com- g 1Sa 10:6 him and to his attendant: “Where
ing down from the high place, q 1Ki 3:12 did YOU go?” Upon that he said:
Ps 51:10
and ahead of them a stringed h 1Sa 10:7 “To look for the she-asses, m and
instrument r and tambourine s Isa 38:7
i Jg 14:6
we kept on going to see, but they
and flute t and harp, u while they 1Sa 11:6 were not there. So we came to
1Sa 16:13
are speaking as prophets. Zec 4:6 Samuel.” 15 At this Saul’s un-
6 And the spirit v of Jehovah 2Co 3:5 cle said: “Do tell me, please,
j 1Sa 10:6
will certainly become operative 1Sa 19:23 What did Samuel say to YOU
upon you, and you will certainly k 1Sa 19:24
Mt 13:54
men?” 16 In turn Saul said to
speak as a prophet w along with Ac 6:15 his uncle: “He told us unmistak-
them and be changed into an- l Job 27:1 ably that the she-asses had been
Ps 78:2
other man. 7 And it must oc- m 1Sa 9:3 found.” And the matter of the
375 Israel called to Mizpah. Saul first king 1 SAMUEL 10:17–11:7
kingship about which Samuel CHAP. 10 his house. 26 As for Saul him-
had talked, he did not tell him. a a Ps 141:3 self, he went to his home at Gib-
Pr 10:19 e·ah, a and the valiant men whose
17 And Samuel proceeded to Pr 13:3
call the people together to Jeho- Pr 21:23 heart God had touched proceed-
Pr 27:2
vah at Mizpah b 18 and to say Jer 9:23
ed to go with him. b 27 As for
to the sons of Israel: “This is b 1Sa 7:5 the good-for-nothing men, c they
what Jehovah the God of Israel c De 18:20 said: “How will this one save
d Ex 13:14
has said, c ‘It was I who brought Ex 14:30 us?” d Accordingly they despised e
Israel up out of Egypt and who De 4:34 him, and they did not bring any
Jg 6:8
went delivering YOU from the Ne 9:9 gift to him. f But he continued
hand of Egypt d and from the e Ne 9:27 like one grown speechless. g
Ps 107:19
hand of all the kingdoms that And Nahash the Ammon-
11 ite
f 1Sa 8:7
were oppressing YOU. e 19 But 1Sa 12:12 h
proceeded to go up and
g 2Ch 30:6
YOU—today YOU have rejected h Jos 7:14 camp against Jabesh i in Gile-
YOUR God f who was a savior to Ac 1:24
i Jos 7:16
ad. At that all the men of Jabesh
YOU out of all YOUR evils and YOUR 1Sa 9:21 said to Nahash: “Conclude a cov-
distresses, and YOU went on to j Jos 7:17
enant with us that we may serve
say: “No, but a king is what you k Jos 7:18
Ac 13:21 you.” j 2 Then Na hash the
should put over us.” And now l Jg 1:1 Ammon·ite said to them: “On
take YOUR stand before Jeho- Jg 20:18
this condition I shall conclude it
Jg 20:28
vah by YOUR tribes g and by YOUR 1Sa 23:2 with YOU, on the condition of bor-
thousands.’ ” m 1Sa 9:21
ing k out every right eye of YOURS,
Pr 11:2
20 Accordingly Samuel had Lu 9:48 and I must put it as a reproach
all the tribes of Israel draw near, h n 1Sa 9:2
upon all Israel.” l 3 In turn the
o De 17:15
and the tribe of Benjamin came 1Sa 9:17 older men of Jabesh said to him:
to be picked. i 21 Then he had p 1Ki 1:25
“Give us seven days’ time, and we
1Ki 1:39
the tribe of Benjamin draw near 2Ki 11:12 will send messengers into all the
by its families, and the family of Mt 21:9
territory of Israel and, if there is
q 1Sa 8:11
the Matrites came to be picked. j
no savior m of us, we must then go
Finally Saul the son of Kish Second Col. out to you.” 4 In time the mes-
came to be picked. k And they sengers came to Gibe·ah n of Saul
a Jos 18:28
went looking for him, and he Jg 20:14 and spoke the words in the ears
was not to be found. 22 Hence 1Sa 11:4
of the people, and all the peo-
1Sa 13:2
they inquired l further of Jeho- 2Sa 21:6 ple began raising their voice and
vah: “Has the man come here as b Ezr 1:5
weeping. o
c 2Sa 20:1
yet?” To this Jehovah said: “Here 2Ch 13:7 5 But here is Saul coming af-
he is, hidden m among the lug- Na 1:15
ter the herd from the field, and
d 1Sa 11:12
gage.” 23 So they went running Ac 7:51 Saul proceeded to say: “What is
and took him from there. When e Ec 10:20
the matter with the people, that
he took his stand in the middle of f 1Ki 10:10
2Ch 17:5 they should weep?” And they be-
the people, he was taller than all Pr 18:16
Mt 2:11 gan relating to him the words of
the other people from his shoul-
g Pr 17:27 the men of Jabesh. 6 And the
ders upward. n 24 Then Samuel Ga 5:23
spirit p of God became opera-
said to all the people: “Have YOU Jas 1:19
tive upon Saul on his hearing
seen the one whom Jehovah has
CHAP. 11 these words, and his anger got
chosen, o that there is none like
h De 2:19 very hot. q 7 So he took a pair
him among all the people?” And i Jg 21:8 of bulls and cut them in pieces
all the people began to shout and 1Sa 31:11
and sent these into all the terri-
say: “Let the king live!” p j De 23:3
k Jg 16:21 tory of Israel r by the hand of the
25 Upon that Samuel spoke 2Ki 25:7 messengers, saying: “Whoever of
to the people about the rightful l Pr 18:3
us is not going out as a follow-
m Jg 3:9
due of the kingship q and wrote n 1Sa 10:26 er of Saul and of Samuel, this is
it in a book and deposited it be- 1Sa 14:2
o Jg 2:4
fore Jehovah. Then Samuel sent Jg 21:2 p Jg 3:10; Jg 6:34; Jg 11:29; Jg 14:6; 1Sa 10:10; 1Sa
all the people away, each one to 1Sa 30:4 16:13; q Ex 11:8; Ex 32:19; Ro 12:9; r Jg 19:29.
1 SAMUEL 11:8–12:9 Kingship reconfirmed. Samuel’s address 376
the way it will be done to his cat- Finally Samuel said to all
tle!” a And the dread b of Jehovah c
CHAP. 11
a Jg 21:5
b 1Ch 14:17
12 Israel: “Here I have lis-
began to fall upon the people so tened to YOUR voice as respects
c Ge 35:5
that they came out as one man. d 2Ch 14:14 all that YOU have said to me, a that
8 Then he took the sum e of them 2Ch 17:10 I should cause a king to reign
d Jg 20:8
in Bezek, and the sons of Is- e 1Sa 13:15 over YOU. b 2 And now here is
rael amounted to three hundred f Ps 18:17 the king walking before YOU! c As
g 1Sa 11:3
thousand, and the men of Judah h 1Sa 9:16
for me, I have grown old d and
thirty thousand. 9 They now i Jg 7:16 gray, e and my sons, here they are
said to the messengers that had Jg 9:43
Pr 24:6
with YOU, f and I—I have walked
come: “This is what YOU will say j Ex 14:24 before YOU from my youth un-
to the men of Jabesh in Gile- k 1Sa 11:1 til this day. g 3 Here I am. An-
l De 28:7
ad, ‘Tomorrow salvation will take Ps 21:8 swer against me in front of Jeho-
place for YOU when the sun gets Ps 21:12 vah and in front of his anointed h
m 1Sa 10:27
hot.’ ” f With that the messengers Pr 24:21 one: Whose bull have I taken or
came and told the men of Ja- n Pr 25:5 whose ass have I taken i or whom
Lu 19:27
besh, and they gave way to rejoic- o 2Sa 19:22 have I defrauded or whom have I
ing. 10 Accordingly the men of Pr 20:28 crushed or from whose hand
Ro 12:19
Jabesh said: “Tomorrow we shall p 1Sa 19:5 have I accepted hush money that
come out to YOU people, and YOU 1Ch 11:14 I should hide my eyes with it? j
Ps 44:7
must do to us in harmony with Isa 59:16 And I shall make restoration
all that is good in YOUR eyes.” g q 1Sa 7:16 to YOU people.” k 4 To this they
r 1Sa 10:17
11 And it came about on the 1Sa 10:24 said: “You have not defrauded
next day that Saul h proceed- s Le 7:11 us, nor have you crushed us, nor
1Sa 10:8
ed to put the people into three t 1Ki 1:40 have you accepted anything at all
bands; i and they made their way 2Ki 11:14 from the hand of a single one.” l
1Ch 12:40
into the middle of the camp dur- Re 19:6 5 So he said to them: “Jehovah
ing the morning watch j and went
is a witness against YOU, and his
striking down the Ammon·ites k Second Col. anointed one m is a witness this
till the day grew hot. When there
day that YOU have found nothing
proved to be some that were left CHAP. 12 at all in my hand.” n To this they
over, then they were sent scatter- a 1Sa 8:5 said: “He is a witness.”
ing and there were not left 1Sa 8:21 6 And Samuel went on to say
b 1Sa 10:24
over among them two togeth- 1Sa 11:14 to the people: “Jehovah is a wit-
er. l 12 And the people began to c Nu 27:17 ness, who used Moses and Aar-
1Sa 8:20
say to Samuel: “Who is it saying, d 1Sa 8:1 on and who brought YOUR fore-
‘Saul—is he to be king over us?’ m e Ps 71:18 fathers up out of the land of
Pr 16:31
GIVE the men over, that we may Pr 20:29 Egypt. o 7 And now take YOUR
put them to death.” n 13 How- Isa 46:4 stand, and I will judge YOU be-
f 1Sa 8:3
ever, Saul said: “Not a man Eze 18:20 fore Jehovah and recount to YOU
should be put to death on this g 1Sa 3:19 all the righteous acts p of Jehovah
Ps 99:6
day, o because today Jehovah has h 1Sa 9:16 that he has done with YOU and
performed salvation in Israel.” p 1Sa 10:1 with YOUR forefathers.
1Sa 24:6
14 Later Samuel said to the 2Sa 1:14 8 “As soon as Jacob had
people: “Come and let us go to Ac 4:27 come into Egypt q and YOUR fore-
Ac 10:38
Gilgal q that we may there make i Nu 16:15 fathers began calling to Jeho-
the kingship anew.” r 15 So all j De 16:19 vah for aid, r Jehovah proceeded
k Ex 22:4
the people went to Gilgal, and Le 6:4 to send Moses s and Aaron, that
there they proceeded to make Lu 19:8 they might lead YOUR forefathers
Saul king before Jehovah in Gil- l Ps 37:6
Da 6:4 out from Egypt and cause them
gal. Then they rendered up com- 1Ti 3:2 to dwell in this place. t 9 And
munion sacrifices there before m 1Sa 26:11
n Ps 17:3
Jehovah, s and there Saul and all Ps 37:37 o Ex 6:26; Ne 9:14; Ps 77:20; Ps 105:26; Ho 12:13;
the men of Israel continued re- Joh 18:38 Mic 6:4; p Jg 5:11; q Ge 46:6; Nu 20:15; Ac 7:15;
Ac 20:33 r Ex 2:23; Ex 3:9; s Ex 3:10; t Jos 1:2; Jos 11:23;
joicing to a great degree. t 1Th 2:5 Ps 44:3.
377 Samuel counsels. Saul selects army 1 SAMUEL 12:10–13:2
they went forgetting Jehovah CHAP. 12 18 Upon that Samuel called to
their God, a so that he sold b them a De 32:18 Jehovah, a and Jehovah proceed-
Jg 2:12
into the hand of Sise·rac the Ps 106:39
ed to give thunders and rain on
chief of the army of Hazor and b De 32:30 that day, b so that all the peo-
Jg 2:14
into the hand of the Phi·listines d c Jg 4:2
ple were greatly in fear of Jeho-
and into the hand of the king d Jg 10:7 vah and of Samuel. 19 And all
Jg 13:1
of Moab, e and they kept fight- e Jg 3:12
the people began to say to Sam-
ing against them. 10 And they f Jg 2:18 uel: “Pray c in behalf of your ser-
Jg 3:9
began to call to Jehovah for aid f Jg 6:7 vants to Jehovah your God, as we
and say, ‘We have sinned, g for we g Jg 10:10 do not want to die; because we
h Jg 3:7
have left Jehovah that we might i Jg 2:13
have added to all our sins an evil
serve the Baals h and the Ashto- j Jg 10:15 in asking for ourselves a king.”
reth i images; and now deliver j us k Jg 6:32
l Jg 11:1
20 So Samuel said to the peo-
out of the hand of our enemies, m Heb 11:32 ple: “Do not be afraid. d YOU—YOU
that we may serve you.’ 11 And n Le 26:6
Ps 4:8
have done all this evil. Only do
Jehovah proceeded to send Jer- o 1Sa 11:1 not turn aside from following Je-
ub·baal k and Bedan and Jeph- p 1Sa 8:5 hovah, e and YOU must serve Je-
1Sa 8:19
thah l and Samuel m and deliver q De 33:5 hovah with all YOUR heart. f
YOU out of the hand of YOUR en- Jg 8:23 21 And YOU must not turn aside
1Sa 8:7
emies all around, that YOU might Ps 74:12 to follow the unrealities g that are
Isa 33:22
dwell in security. n 12 When YOU r 1Sa 8:5
of no benefit h and that do not
saw that Nahash o the king of s 1Sa 9:16 deliver, because they are unre-
1Sa 10:24
the sons of Ammon had come Ho 13:11 alities. 22 For Jehovah will not
against YOU, YOU kept saying to t De 10:12 desert i his people for the sake of
De 17:19
me, ‘No, but a king is what u De 6:13 his great name, j because Jeho-
should reign over us!’p all the Jos 24:14 vah has taken it upon himself to
v De 13:4
while Jehovah YOUR God being De 28:2 make YOU his people. k 23 As for
YOUR King. q 13 And now here w Nu 14:9 me also, it is unthinkable, on my
Jos 22:29
is the king whom YOU have cho- x Le 26:14 part, to sin against Jehovah by
sen, for whom YOU asked; r and De 28:15 ceasing to pray in YOUR behalf; l
y Jos 24:20
here Jehovah has put over YOU a z Le 26:17 and I must instructm YOU in the
king. s 14 If YOU will fear Jeho- Nu 33:56 good n and right way. 24 Only
De 28:45
vah t and actually serve him u and a Pr 26:1 fear o Jehovah, and YOU must
obey his voice, v and YOU will not b 1Sa 7:9 serve him in truth with all YOUR
Jas 5:16
rebel w against the order of Jeho- c Jas 5:17 heart; p for see what great things
vah, both YOU and the king who d 1Sa 8:7 he has done for YOU. q 25 But if
Ho 13:11
must reign over YOU will certain-
YOU flagrantly do what is bad, YOU
ly prove to be followers of Je- Second Col.
will be swept away, r both YOU and
hovah YOUR God. 15 But if YOU YOUR king.” s
a 1Ki 18:37
will not obey the voice of Je- b 1Ki 18:1 Saul was [?] years old when
hovah x and YOU will actually re-
bel against the order of Jeho-
c 1Sa 7:5
1Sa 12:23
Pr 15:8
13 he began to reign, t and for
Ac 8:24
two years he reigned over Israel.
vah, y the hand of Jehovah will Jas 5:16 2 And Saul proceeded to choose
certainly prove to be against d Ex 20:20
for himself three thousand men
YOU and YOUR fathers. z 16 Now, e De 11:16
De 31:29 out of Israel; and two thousand
also, take YOUR stand and see Jos 23:6
came to be with Saul at Mich-
1Sa 12:15
this great thing that Jehovah is f De 6:5 mash u and in the mountainous
doing before YOUR eyes. 17 Is it Mt 22:37
region of Bethel, and a thousand
g De 32:21
not wheat harvest a today? I shall Jer 2:5 proved to be with Jona·than v at
call b to Jehovah that he may give Jer 2:11
1Co 8:4
thunders and rain; c then know h Ps 115:5 j Jos 7:9; Ps 23:3; Ps 106:8; Jer 14:21; Eze 20:14;
and see that YOUR evil is abun- Jer 10:15
Jer 16:19
k Ex 19:5; De 7:7; De 14:2; De 32:9; Isa 43:21;
l Ro 1:9; Col 1:9; 2Ti 1:3; m Ps 34:11; Pr 4:11;
dant d that YOU have done in the Hab 2:18 n 1Ki 8:36; 2Ch 6:27; o 1Sa 12:14; Ps 111:10; Ec
eyes of Jehovah in asking for i 1Ki 6:13 12:13; p De 10:12; q De 10:21; r Jos 24:20; s De
Ps 94:14 28:36; CHAP. 13 t Ac 13:21; u 1Sa 14:5; Isa
yourselves a king.” Ro 11:1 10:28; v 1Sa 18:1; 2Sa 1:4; 2Sa 21:7.
1 SAMUEL 13:3-18 Saul orders sacrifices; reproved by Samuel 378
Gibe·ah a of Benjamin, and the CHAP. 13 bless him. a 11 Then Samuel
rest of the people he sent away, a Jos 18:28 said: “What is it you have done?” b
1Sa 10:26
each one to his tent. 3 Then 1Sa 15:34
To this Saul said: “I saw that
Jona·than struck down the gar- b 1Sa 10:5 the people had been dispersed
2Sa 23:14
rison b of the Phi·listines c that c Jos 13:2
from me, c and you—you did not
was in Geba; d and the Phi·lis- 1Sa 9:16 come within the appointed days, d
d Jos 18:24
tines got to hear of it. As for Saul, Jos 21:17 and the Phi·listines were be-
he had the horn blown e through- Zec 14:10 ing collected together at Mich-
e Jg 3:27
out all the land, saying: “Let the Jg 6:34 mash, e 12 so I said to myself, f
Hebrews hear!” 4 And all Israel 2Sa 2:28
2Sa 20:1
‘Now the Phi·listines will come
itself heard tell: “Saul has struck f Ge 34:30 down against me at Gilgal, and
Ex 5:21
down a garrison of the Phi·lis- g Jos 5:9
the face of Jehovah I have not
tines, and now Israel has be- 1Sa 7:16 softened.’ So I compelled myself g
1Sa 11:14
come foul-smelling f among the h De 20:1
and went offering up the burnt
Phi·listines.” So the people were i Ge 22:17 sacrifice.”
Jos 11:4
called together to follow Saul to Jg 7:12 13 At this Samuel said to
Gilgal. g j Jos 7:2 Saul: “You have acted foolishly. h
Jos 18:12
5 And the Phi·listines, for 1Sa 14:23 You have not kept the command-
their part, collected themselves k De 4:30 ment i of Jehovah your God that
l De 20:3
together to fight against Isra- 1Sa 14:11 he commanded you, j because, if
el, thirty thousand war chari- m Le 26:36 you had, Jehovah would have
n Nu 32:1
ots h and six thousand horsemen Jos 13:24 made your kingdom firm over Is-
and people like the grains of sand o 1Sa 10:26
Pr 24:10
rael to time indefinite. 14 And
that are upon the seashore for p 1Sa 10:8 now your kingdom will not last. k
multitude; i and they went their q 1Sa 15:11 Jehovah will certainly find for
1Sa 15:22
way up and began camping in 1Sa 15:23 himself a man agreeable to his
Ps 37:7
Michmash to the east of Beth- Pr 11:2 heart; l and Jehovah will com-
aven. j 6 And the men of Isra- Pr 13:10 mission him as a leader m over
Pr 21:24
el themselves saw that they were
his people, because you did not
in sore straits, k because the peo- Second Col.
keep what Jehovah commanded
ple were hard pressed; and the a Ge 47:7
you.” n
people went hiding themselves in Ru 2:4 15 Then Samuel rose and
1Sa 15:13
the caves l and the hollows and 1Sa 25:14 went his way up from Gilgal to
the crags and the vaults and b Jos 7:19 Gibe·ah of Benjamin, and Saul
Ro 14:12
the waterpits. 7 Hebrews even c De 20:1 proceeded to take the count of
crossed the Jordan m to the land 1Sa 13:6 the people, those yet found with
d 1Sa 13:8
of Gad n and Gile·ad. But Saul e 1Sa 13:5 him, about six hundred men. o
himself was yet in Gilgal, and f Pr 3:5 16 And Saul and Jona·than his
Pr 14:12
all the people trembled while fol- Pr 19:21 son and the people yet found
lowing him. o 8 And he contin- g Pr 11:2
Pr 21:24
with them were dwelling in Ge-
ued waiting for seven days to the Mic 6:8 ba p of Benjamin. As for the Phi-
h Pr 13:21 listines, they had encamped in
appointed time that Samuel had Ec 7:17
said; p and Samuel did not come Jer 5:4 Michmash. q 17 And the force
i Ps 119:4
to Gilgal, and the people were Ec 12:13 of pillagers would sally forth
scattering from him. 9 Finally 1Jo 5:3 from the camp of the Phi·lis-
j 1Sa 10:8
Saul said: “BRING near to me 1Sa 15:11 tines in three bands. r The one
the burnt sacrifice and the com- k De 17:20 band would turn to the road to
1Sa 15:28
munion sacrifices.” With that he l 1Sa 16:1 Ophrah, s to the land of Shual,
went offering up the burnt sacri- 2Sa 7:15
Ps 78:70
18 and the other band would
fice. q Ps 89:20 turn to the road of Beth-horon, t
Ac 13:22
10 And it came about that as m Ge 49:10
and the third band would turn
soon as he had finished offer- 2Sa 5:2 to the road to the boundary that
2Sa 7:8
ing up the burnt sacrifice, why, 1Ch 28:4
there was Samuel coming in. So n 1Sa 10:8 o 1Sa 13:7; 1Sa 14:2; p Jos 18:24; 1Sa 13:3; q 1Sa
Jer 7:23 13:2; Isa 10:28; r 1Sa 11:11; s Jos 18:23; t Jos 10:11;
Saul went out to meet him and Jer 11:7 Jos 18:13; 1Ch 6:68; 2Ch 8:5.
379 Jonathan’s exploit at Michmash 1 SAMUEL 13:19–14:13
looks toward the valley of Ze·bo- CHAP. 13 on that side, and the name of
im, toward the wilderness. a 2Ki 24:14 the one was Bozez and the name
19 Now there was not a smith b Ge 4:22 of the other was Seneh. 5 The
Pr 27:17
to be found in all the land of c Jg 3:31
one tooth was a pillar on the
Israel, because the Phi·listines d Jg 7:20 north facing Michmash, a and
had said: “That the Hebrews may 1Sa 17:47 the other was on the south fac-
not make a sword or a spear.” a 1Sa 17:50 ing Geba. b
Ps 44:3
20 And all the Israelites would Zec 4:6 6 So Jona·than said to the at-
go down to the Phi·listines to e 1Sa 9:16 tendant, his armor-bearer: “Do
get each one his plowshare or f 1Sa 14:4 come and let us cross over to the
g 1Sa 13:2
his mattock or his ax or his 1Sa 14:5
outpost of these uncircumcised c
sickle sharpened. b 21 And the Isa 10:28 men. Perhaps Jehovah will work
price for sharpening proved to be
for us, for there is no hindrance
a pim for the plowshares and for CHAP. 14 to Jehovah to save by many or by
the mattocks and for the three- h 1Sa 13:22 few.” d 7 At this his armor-
toothed instruments and for the 1Sa 14:49 bearer said to him: “Do whatever
1Sa 18:1
axes and for fixing fast the ox- 2Sa 1:4 is in your heart. Turn where you
goad. c 22 And it happened on 2Sa 21:7 wish to. Here I am with you in ac-
the day of battle that not a i Jg 14:6 cord with your heart.” e 8 Then
sword d or a spear was found in j 1Sa 10:26
k 1Sa 13:15
Jona·than said: “Here we are
the hand of any of the people that l 1Sa 22:9 crossing over to the men, and
were with Saul and Jona·than; m 1Sa 4:21 let us expose ourselves to them.
but there could be found one be- n 1Sa 2:12 9 If this is the way they should
longing to Saul e and to Jona- 1Sa 4:17
say to us, ‘Stand still until we
o 1Sa 1:9
than his son. p Jos 18:1 make contact with YOU!’ we must
23 Now an outpost f of the Phi- 1Sa 1:3 then stand where we are, and we
listines would sally forth to the q Ex 29:5 should not go on up to them.
Nu 27:21
ravine pass of Michmash. g 10 But if this is the way they
r 1Sa 13:23
And it came about one day should say, ‘Come up against us!’
14 that Jona·than h the son of
Second Col. we must then go up, because Je-
hovah will certainly give them
Saul proceeded to say to the at- a 1Sa 13:2
tendant carrying his weapons: b 1Sa 13:3 into our hand, and this is for us
“Do come and let us cross over c Ge 17:10 the sign.” f
Jg 14:3
to the outpost of the Phi·lis- Jg 15:18
11 With that the two of them
tines who are across over there.” 1Sa 17:36 exposed themselves to the out-
But to his father he did not 2Sa 1:20 post of the Phi·listines. And the
1Ch 10:4
tell it. i 2 And Saul was dwell- Jer 9:26
Phi·listines proceeded to say:
ing at the outskirts of Gibe- d Jg 7:2 “Here are the Hebrews coming
ahj under the pomegranate tree 2Ki 6:16 out from the holes where
2Ch 14:11
that is in Migron; and the Ps 115:11
they have hidden themselves.” g
people that were with him Heb 11:33 12 So the men of the outpost an-
were about six hundred men. k e 2Ki 10:15 swered Jon a·than and his
Pr 17:17
3 (And A·hijah the son of A·hi- armor-bearer and said: “Come
f Ge 24:14
tub, l the brother of Icha·bod, m Jg 7:11 on up to us, and we will let YOU
the son of Phine·has, n the son 1Sa 10:7 know a thing!” h At once Jon-
of Eli, o the priest of Jehovah in g 1Sa 13:6 a·than said to his armor-
1Sa 14:22
Shiloh, p was carrying the eph- h 1Sa 14:10
bearer: “Come up after me, be-
od.) q And the people themselves 1Sa 17:44 cause Jehovah will certainly give
did not know that Jona·than had 2Ki 14:8 them into the hand of Israel.” i
i 1Sa 14:6
gone. 4 Now between the pas- 2Sa 5:24
13 And Jona·than kept going up
sages that Jona·than looked for 2Ki 6:16 on his hands j and his feet, and
to cross over against the out- Pr 3:5 his armor-bearer after him; and
Pr 16:3
post r of the Phi·listines there j Ps 18:29
they began to fall before Jona-
was a toothlike crag here on this Heb 11:34 than, k and his armor-bearer was
side and a toothlike crag there k 2Sa 1:23 putting them to death behind
1 SAMUEL 14:14-32 Jonathan routs enemy. Saul’s oath 380
him. a 14 And the first slaugh- CHAP. 14 they too went pursuing closely
ter with which Jona·than and a Le 26:7 after them into the battle.
Jos 23:10
his armor-bearer struck them Ps 44:3
23 And Jehovah proceeded on
down amounted to about twenty Ro 8:31 that day to save a Israel, and the
b Jg 7:21
men within about half the plow- 2Ki 7:6 battle itself passed over to Beth-
ing line in an acre of field. c 1Sa 13:17 aven. b
d Ex 19:18
15 Then a trembling b oc- Na 1:5 24 And the men of Isra-
curred in the camp in the field Mt 27:51 el themselves were hard pressed
Ac 16:26
and among all the people of the e Ge 35:5 on that day, and yet Saul put the
Ps 48:5
outpost; and the force of pillag- Da 5:6 people under the pledge of an
ers c trembled, even they, and the f 1Sa 10:26 oath, c saying: “Cursed is the man
1Sa 14:2
earth began quaking, d and it de- g Jg 7:22 that eats bread before the eve-
veloped into a trembling from 1Sa 14:20 ning and until I have taken ven-
2Ch 20:23
God. e 16 And the watchmen h 1Sa 14:3 geance d upon my enemies!” And
belonging to Saul in Gibe·ah f of i Ex 25:22 none of the people tasted bread. e
j 1Sa 4:3
Benjamin got to see it, and, look! 1Sa 5:2 25 And all those of the land
the turmoil swayed this way and 1Sa 7:1
k Nu 27:21
came into the woods, when hon-
that. g l Nu 10:9 f
ey happened to be over the sur-
m Jg 7:22 face of the field. 26 When the
17 And Saul proceeded to say 2Ch 20:23
to the people that were with him: Isa 19:2 people came into the woods, why,
Eze 38:21
“Take the count, please, and n Jg 15:11 look! there was a dripping of hon-
see who has gone out from us.” o 1Sa 13:6 ey, g but there was no one put-
1Sa 14:11
When they took the count, why,
ting his hand to his mouth, be-
look! Jona·than and his armor- Second Col.
cause the people were afraid of
bearer were not there. 18 Saul a De 33:29
the oath. h 27 As for Jona·than,
now said to A·hijah: h “Do bring Jg 2:18 he had not been listening when
2Ki 19:34
the ark of the true God near!” i Ps 17:7
his father put the people under
(For the ark of the true God Ps 44:7 an oath, i so he stretched out the
Isa 63:8
proved to be on that day with the Ho 1:7 tip of the rod that was in his
sons of Israel.) j 19 And it came 1Ti 4:10 hand and dipped it into the hon-
b 1Sa 13:5
about that while Saul was speak- c Le 5:4 eycomb and drew his hand back
Nu 30:2 to his mouth, and his eyes began
ing to the priest, k the turmoil Jg 21:1
that was in the camp of the Phi- Pr 20:25 to beam. j 28 At this one of the
Ec 5:6
listines continued to go on, get- d Jos 10:13 people answered and said: “Your
ting greater and greater. Then Jg 11:36 father solemnly put the people
Jg 16:28
Saul said to the priest: “With- e De 23:21 under oath, saying, ‘Cursed is
draw your hand.” 20 Thus Saul Jg 8:5
2Sa 17:29
the man that eats bread today!’ ” k
and all the people that were with Ps 15:4 (And the people began to get
f De 8:8
him were called out. l So they De 27:3
tired.) l 29 However, Jona·than
came as far as the battle, and Jos 5:6 said: “My father has brought os-
g Ex 3:8
there the sword of each one had Le 20:24 tracism m upon the land. SEE,
come to be against his fellow- Nu 13:27
Mt 3:4
please, how my eyes have beamed
man; m the rout was very great. h Ps 15:4 because I tasted this little bit of
21 And the Hebrews that had i 1Sa 14:17 honey. n 30 How much more so
j 1Sa 30:12
come to belong to the Phi·lis- k 1Sa 14:24 if the people had but eaten o to-
tines n as formerly and that had l Jg 8:4 day from the spoil of their ene-
2Sa 17:29
gone up with them into the m 1Ki 18:18 mies that they found! p For now
camp round about, even they too n 1Sa 14:27 the slaughter upon the Phi·lis-
o 1Sa 14:26
were for proving themselves to Ac 9:19 tines has not been great.” q
be with Israel who was with p De 20:14 31 And on that day they kept
q Ec 9:18
Saul and Jona·than. 22 All the r 1Sa 13:2 striking down the Phi·listines
men of Israel also that were hid- s Jos 10:12
Jos 19:42
from Michmashr to Aija·lon, s
den o in the mountainous region t Jg 8:5 and the people got to be very
of Ephra·im heard that the Phi- Isa 44:12 tired. t 32 And the people be-
u De 20:14
listines had taken to flight, and 1Sa 15:19 gan darting greedily at the spoil u
381 Blood eating. Jonathan picked, redeemed 1 SAMUEL 14:33-49
and taking sheep and cattle and CHAP. 14 the other side.” At this the peo-
calves and slaughtering them on a Ge 9:4 ple said to Saul: “What is good in
Le 3:17
the earth, and the people fell Le 17:10 your eyes do.” a
to eating along with the blood. a De 12:16 41 And Saul proceeded to say
Eze 33:25
33 So they told Saul, saying: Ac 15:29 to Jehovah: “O God of Israel,
“Look! The people are sinning b De 12:23 do give Thummim!” b Then Jon-
De 15:23
against Jehovah by eating along c 1Sa 14:32 a·than and Saul were taken, and
with the blood.” b At this he said: d 1Sa 7:17 the people themselves went out. c
2Sa 24:18
“YOU have dealt treacherously. 2Sa 24:25 42 Saul now said: “CAST lots d
e Ge 4:26
First of all, roll a great stone f Jos 10:9 to decide between me and Jon-
to me.” 34 After that Saul said: 1Sa 11:11 a·than my son.” And Jona·than
Jer 6:5
“Scatter among the people, and g De 7:2 got to be taken. 43 Then Saul
YOU must say to them, ‘Bring De 7:16 said to Jona·than: “Do tell me,
h Nu 27:21
near to me, each one of YOU, his 1Sa 30:7 What have you done?” e So Jona-
Ps 65:4 than told him and said: “I did for
bull and, each one, his sheep, Ps 73:28
and YOU must do the slaughter- Mal 2:7 a fact taste a little honey on the
i Jg 1:1
ing in this place and the eating, 1Sa 30:8 tip of the rod that is in my hand. f
and YOU must not sin against Je- 2Sa 5:19
Pr 3:5
Here I am! Let me die!”
hovah by eating along with the j Nu 27:21 44 At this Saul said: “Thus
blood.’ ” c Accordingly all the peo- k 1Sa 28:6 may God do and thus may he add
Ps 66:18
ple brought near each one his Isa 1:15 to it, g if you do not positively die, h
Eze 20:3
bull that was in his hand that l Jos 7:14 Jona·than.” 45 But the people
night and did the slaughtering 1Sa 10:19 said to Saul: “Is Jona·than to die,
m Jg 20:2
there. 35 And Saul proceeded n Ec 5:2 who has performed this great
to build an altar d to Jehovah.
salvation i in Israel? It is unthink-
With it he started altar building Second Col. able! j As Jehovah is alive, k not as
to Jehovah. e a 2Sa 15:15 much as a single hair l of his head
36 Later Saul said: “Let us go Ec 8:4
b Ex 28:30
will fall to the earth; for it was
down after the Phi·listines by Le 8:8 with God that he worked this
De 33:8
night and plunder them until Ezr 2:63 day.” m With that the people re-
the morning lightens up, f and let c Jos 7:16 deemed n Jona·than, and he did
1Sa 10:21
us not leave a single one among d Pr 16:33 not die.
them.” g To this they said: “Any- Jon 1:7 46 So Saul withdrew from fol-
e Jos 7:19
thing that is good in your eyes f 1Sa 14:27 lowing the Phi·listines, and the
do.” Then the priest said: “Let us g Ru 1:17
1Sa 3:17
Phi·listines themselves went to
approach here to the true God.” h 1Sa 25:22 their place. o
2Sa 3:9
37 And Saul began to inquire of 2Sa 19:13 47 And Saul himself took the
God: “Shall I go down after the h Ge 38:24 kingship over Israel p and went
1Sa 14:24
Phi·listines? i Will you give them 2Sa 12:5 warring round about against all
Jas 2:13 his enemies, against Moab q and
into the hand of Israel?” j And he i 1Sa 11:13
did not answer him on that day. k 1Sa 14:14 against the sons of Ammon r and
1Sa 19:5
38 So Saul said: “Come near Ne 9:27 against Edom s and against the
here, l all YOU keymen of the peo- j Ge 44:7 kings of Zobah t and against the
Jos 22:29
ple, m and ascertain and see in k 1Sa 19:6 Phi·listines; u and wherever he
what way this sin has come to be 1Sa 28:10 would turn he administered con-
l 1Ki 1:52
today. 39 For as Jehovah, who Lu 21:18 demnation. v 48 And he went
Ac 27:34 on acting valiantly w and pro-
is the Deliverer of Israel, is alive, m 1Sa 14:6
even if it is in Jona·than my son, n Job 6:23 ceeded to strike down Ama·lek x
o Nu 33:55 and to deliver Israel out of the
yet he will positively die.” n But Jg 2:3
there was no one answering him p 1Sa 13:1 hand of their pillager.
q 1Sa 12:9
out of all the people. 40 And he r De 2:19
49 And the sons of Saul
went on to say to all Israel: “YOU 1Sa 11:11 came to be Jona·than y and Ishvi
s Ge 36:8
yourselves will come to be on the Ge 36:43
one side, and I and Jona·than Mal 1:4 u 1Sa 9:16; v Jos 13:1; Jos 23:10; w 2Sa 1:23; x Ex
t 2Sa 10:6 17:14; De 25:19; 1Sa 15:3; y 1Sa 13:2; 1Sa 14:1;
my son—we will come to be on 1Ki 11:23 1Ch 9:39.
1 SAMUEL 14:50–15:15 Saul’s disobedience as to Amalek 382
and Malchi-shua, a and, as for CHAP. 14 of Israel a at the time of their
the names of his two daugh- a 1Sa 31:2 coming up out of Egypt.” b So
1Ch 8:33
ters, the name of the one born b 1Sa 18:17
the Kenites departed from the
first was Merab b and the name c 1Sa 18:27 midst of Ama·lek. 7 After that
1Sa 25:44
of the younger one Michal. c 2Sa 3:13
Saul went striking down Ama-
50 And the name of Saul’s wife 2Sa 6:20 lek c from Havi·lah d as far as
d 1Sa 17:55
was A·hino·am the daughter of 2Sa 2:8 Shur, e which is in front of Egypt.
A·hima·az, and the name of the 2Sa 3:27 8 And he got to catch Agag f
e 1Sa 9:1
chief of his army was Abner d the 1Ch 9:39 the king of Ama·lek alive, and
son of Ner, the uncle of Saul. Ac 13:21 all the other people he devot-
f 1Ki 2:5
51 And Kishe was the father of g Ge 49:27 ed to destruction with the edge
Saul, and Ner f the father of Ab- 1Sa 9:16 of the sword. g 9 But Saul and
h 1Sa 8:11
ner was the son of A·biel. 1Sa 10:26 the people had compassion upon
Agag and upon the best of the
52 And the warfare continued
heavy against the Phi·listines all CHAP. 15 flock and the herd h and the fat
the days of Saul. g When Saul saw i 1Sa 9:16 ones and upon the rams and
1Sa 10:1
any mighty man or any valiant j De 17:20
upon all that was good, and they
person, he would gather him to 1Sa 12:14 did not wish to devote them to
Ec 12:13
himself. h k 2Sa 7:26 destruction. i As for all the goods
l Ge 12:3 that were despicable and reject-
15 Then Samuel said to Saul:
“It was I whom Jehovah
Zec 2:8
m Ex 17:8
Nu 24:20
ed, these they devoted to de-
struction.
sent to anoint i you as king over De 25:17
De 25:18 10 The word of Jehovah now
his people Israel, and now lis- n Ex 17:14 came to Samuel, saying: 11 “I
ten to the voice of the words of De 25:19
1Ch 4:43 do regret j that I have caused
Jehovah. j 2 This is what Jeho- o Le 27:28
Saul to reign as king, because
Le 27:29
vah of armies k has said, ‘I must 1Sa 15:18 he has turned k back from fol-
call to account l what Ama·lek p De 9:3
lowing me, and my words he
q Ex 20:5
did to Israel when he set him- Isa 14:21 has not carried out.” l And it
self against him in the way while r De 13:17
was distressing to Samuel, m and
Jos 6:18
he was coming up out of Egypt. m s Jos 15:24 he kept crying out to Jehovah
3 Now go, and you must strike t 1Sa 11:8
all night long. n 12 Then Samu-
1Sa 13:15
down Ama·lek n and devote him u Nu 10:29 el got up early to meet Saul in the
to destruction o with all that he Nu 10:32
Nu 24:21 morning. But report was made
has, and you must not have com- Jg 1:16 to Samuel, saying: “Saul came
Jg 4:11
passion upon him, and you must v Ge 18:25 to Carmel, o and, look! he was
put them to death, p man as well Ge 19:12
erecting a monument p for him-
Nu 16:26
as woman, child as well as suck- 1Ki 20:31 self, and he then turned around
ling, q bull as well as sheep, camel Pr 20:28
and went across and descended
as well as ass.’ ” r 4 Accordingly to Gilgal.” 13 At length Samu-
Second Col.
Saul summoned the people and el came to Saul, and Saul began
a Ge 12:3
took the count of them in Te·la- Ex 18:9 to say to him: “Blessed q are you
im, s two hundred thousand men Ex 18:12
of Jehovah. I have carried out
Nu 10:29
on foot and ten thousand men of Heb 6:10 the word of Jehovah.” r 14 But
Judah. t b De 5:15
De 16:3 Samuel said: “Then what does
5 And Saul proceeded to c De 25:19 this sound of the flock in my
1Sa 14:48
come as far as the city of Am- d Ge 25:18 ears mean, and the sound of the
a·lek and to lie in ambush e Ge 16:7 herd that I am hearing?” s 15 To
1Sa 27:8
by the torrent valley. 6 Mean- f 1Sa 15:33 this Saul said: “From the A·mal-
while Saul said to the Kenites: u g Le 27:29 ek·ites they have brought them,
1Sa 15:3
“GO, DEPART, v GO DOWN from the h Le 27:28
midst of the A·malek·ites, that Jos 7:12 j Ge 6:6; 1Sa 15:26; 1Sa 15:35; Jer 18:8; k Ps 36:2;
1Sa 13:9 Ps 125:5; Ec 4:13; Mal 3:7; l 1Sa 13:13; 1Sa 15:3;
I may not sweep you away with Pr 11:2 m 1Sa 16:1; Ps 119:136; n Ps 55:2; o Jos
them. As for you, you exercised Pr 14:12 15:55; 1Sa 25:2; p 2Sa 18:18; Ps 49:11; Pr
Pr 21:24 8:13; Pr 15:25; q 1Sa 13:10; r Pr 12:15; Pr 18:17; Pr
loving-kindness with all the sons i Jer 48:10 26:12; s 1Sa 15:3; Ps 36:2.
383 Saul rebuked by Samuel; rejected as king 1 SAMUEL 15:16-33
because the people a had compas- CHAP. 15 24 Then Saul said to Samuel:
sion upon the best of the flock a Ge 3:12 “I have sinned; a for I have over-
Ex 32:22 stepped the order of Jehovah
and of the herd, for the pur- 1Sa 15:21
pose of sacrificing to Jehovah b 1Ch 28:9 and your words, because I feared
Pr 28:13
your God; b but what was left over c 1Sa 15:10
the people b and so obeyed their
we have devoted to destruction.” d 1Sa 9:21 voice. 25 And now, please, par-
1Sa 10:22
16 At this Samuel said to Saul: e 1Sa 9:16
don c my sin and return with me
“Stop! And I will tell you what Je- 1Sa 10:1 that I may prostrate d myself to
f 1Sa 15:3
hovah spoke to me last night.” c Job 31:3 Jehovah.” 26 But Samuel said
So he said to him: “Speak!” Pr 10:29 to Saul: “I shall not return with
Pr 13:21
17 And Samuel went on to g De 25:19 you, for you have rejected the
say: “Was it not when you were h De 13:17 word of Jehovah, and Jehovah re-
1Sa 15:9
little in your own eyes d that you Pr 28:20 jects you from continuing as
were head of the tribes of Is- Eph 5:5 king over Israel.” e 27 As Sam-
i 1Sa 15:24
rael, and Jehovah proceeded to j Pr 21:29 uel was turning about to go, he
anoint e you as king over Isra- Pr 28:14 immediately grabbed hold of the
k Le 27:29
el? 18 Later Jehovah sent you 1Ki 20:42 skirt of his sleeveless coat, but it
Jer 48:10 ripped f away. 28 At this Sam-
on a mission and said, ‘Go, and l De 7:16
you must devote the sinners, f 1Sa 15:3 uel said to him: “Jehovah has
m Ex 32:22 ripped away g the royal rule of Is-
the A·malek·ites, to destruction, 1Sa 15:15
and you must fight against them n Ec 5:1 rael from off you today, and he
o 1Sa 13:4 will certainly give it to a fellow-
until you will have exterminat- p Ps 50:8
ed them.’ g 19 So why is it you Isa 1:11 man of yours who is better than
Mic 6:6
did not obey the voice of Jehovah q Jer 7:23
you. h 29 And, besides, the Ex-
but went darting greedily at the Jer 38:20 cellency of Israel i will not prove
r Pr 21:3
spoil h and doing what was bad in Ho 6:6
false, j and He will not feel re-
the eyes of Jehovah?” i Mr 12:33 grets, for He is not an earthling
s Le 3:16
20 However, Saul said to Sam- t Nu 14:9
man so as to feel regrets.” k
uel: “But I have obeyed j the voice
De 9:7 30 At this he said: “I have
1Sa 12:15
of Jehovah in that I went on the u Le 20:6 sinned. Now honor me, l please,
mission on which Jehovah had
De 18:10
1Sa 28:3
in front of the older men of my
sent me and I brought Agag k 1Ch 10:13 people and in front of Israel and
Isa 8:19
the king of Ama·lek, but Am- v Ge 31:19
return with me, and I shall cer-
a·lek I have devoted to destruc- Ge 31:30 tainly prostrate myself to Jeho-
2Ki 23:24
vah your God.” m 31 So Samuel
tion. l 21 And the people m went w 1Sa 15:3
x 1Sa 13:14 returned behind Saul, and Saul
taking from the spoil sheep and 1Sa 16:1
proceeded to prostrate himself
cattle, the choicest of them as 1Ch 28:9
Ac 13:22 to Jehovah. 32 After that Sam-
something devoted to destruc-
uel said: “B RING Agag the
tion, to sacrificen to Jehovah your Second Col. king of Ama·lek near to me.”
God in Gilgal.” o a 1Sa 2:25 Then Agag went to him reluc-
22 In turn Samuel said: “Does 2Co 7:10
tantly, and Agag began to say
Jas 4:17
Jehovah have as much delight in b Pr 29:25 to himself: “Truly the bitter ex-
burnt offerings p and sacrifices as Isa 51:12
c 1Sa 2:25 perience of death has departed.”
in obeying the voice of Jehovah? d 1Sa 15:30 33 However, Samuel said: “Just
Look! To obey q is better than a e De 17:20
1Sa 12:25 as your sword n has bereaved
sacrifice, r to pay attention than 1Sa 13:14 women of children, in that way
1Sa 16:1
the fat s of rams; 23 for rebel- f 1Ki 11:30 your mother o will be most be-
liousness t is the same as the sin g 1Ki 11:31 reaved of children among wom-
of divination, u and pushing h 1Sa 13:14
1Sa 16:12 en.” p With that Samuel went
ahead presumptuously the same 1Sa 28:17
hacking Agag to pieces before
Ac 13:22
as using uncanny power and ter- i 1Ch 29:11 Jehovah in Gilgal. q
aphim. v Since you have reject- Job 37:22
Isa 43:3
ed the word of Jehovah, w he ac- Isa 44:6 k Nu 23:19; Ps 110:4; Eze 24:14; l Pr 26:1; m 1Sa
cordingly rejects you from being j Ps 89:35 15:25; Isa 29:13; Mt 15:8; n Mt 26:52; o Jg 5:28;
Tit 1:2 p Ge 9:6; Le 24:17; De 19:21; Jg 1:7; Mt 7:2; q Ex
king.” x Heb 6:18 17:14; De 25:19; 1Sa 15:3.
1 SAMUEL 15:34–16:17 David anointed. Spirit removed from Saul 384
34 Samuel now went his way CHAP. 15 the way man sees is the way God
to Ramah, and Saul, for his part, a 1Sa 11:4 sees, a because mere man sees
went up to his own house at Gib- b 1Sa 16:1 what appears to the eyes; b but
c 1Sa 15:11
e·ah a of Saul. 35 And Samuel
as for Jehovah, he sees what the
did not see Saul again until the CHAP. 16 heart c is.” 8 Then Jesse called
day of his death, because Samu- d 1Sa 15:35
A·bina·dab d and had him pass
el had gone into mourning b for Ec 3:4 before Samuel, but he said: “Nei-
e 1Sa 15:23
Saul. As for Jehovah, he regret- 1Sa 15:26 ther has Jehovah chosen this
ted that he had made Saul king f Ex 30:25 one.” 9 Next Jesse had Sham-
1Ki 1:39
over Israel. c Ps 133:2 mah e pass by, but he said: “Nei-
Eventually Jehovah said to
g Ru 4:17 ther has Jehovah chosen this
16 Samuel: “For how long will
1Ch 2:12
Isa 11:1
h Ge 49:10
one.” 10 So Jesse had seven of
his sons pass before Samuel; still
you be mourning for Saul, d while 1Sa 13:14
I, on the other hand, have reject- Ps 78:70 Samuel said to Jesse: “Jehovah
Ps 89:20
ed him from ruling as king over Ac 13:22 has not chosen these.”
i 1Sa 22:17 11 Finally Samuel said to Jes-
Israel? e Fill your horn with oil f j 1Sa 9:12
and go. I shall send you to Jes- 1Sa 20:29 se: “Are these all the boys?” To
Mt 10:16
se g the Bethle·hem·ite, because I k Am 3:7
this he said: “The youngest one
have provided among his sons a l Ps 89:20 has till now been left out, f and,
m Ru 4:11
king for myself.” h 2 But Samu- 1Sa 20:6
look! he is pasturing the sheep.” g
el said: “How can I go? Once Saul n 1Sa 21:1 At that Samuel said to Jes-
Lu 8:37
has heard of it he will certainly o 1Ki 2:13 se: “Do send and fetch him, be-
kill me.” i And Jehovah went on to 2Ki 9:22 cause we shall not sit down
p Ex 19:10
say: “A young cow of the herd you Le 11:44 to meal until his coming here.”
should take with you, and you Le 20:7 12 Accordingly he sent and had
q 1Sa 17:28
must say, ‘To sacrifice to Jehovah 1Ch 2:13 him come. Now he was rud-
r 1Sa 10:23 dy, h a young man with beautiful
is why I have come.’ j 3 And you
must call Jesse to the sacrifice; eyes and handsome in appear-
Second Col.
and I, for my part, shall make ance. Then Jehovah said: “Get
a Job 10:4
known to you what you should Isa 55:8 up, anoint him, for this is he!” i
do, k and you must anoint l for b 2Co 5:12 13 Accordingly Samuel took the
2Co 10:7
me the one whom I designate to c 1Ki 8:39 horn of oil j and anointed him in
you.” 1Ch 28:9 the midst of his brothers. And
2Ch 16:9
4 And Samuel proceeded to Ps 7:9 the spirit of Jehovah began to be
Pr 24:12
do what Jehovah spoke. When he Jer 17:10
operative upon David from that
came to Bethle·hem m the older Ac 1:24 day forward. k Later Samuel rose
d 1Sa 17:13
men of the city began to trem- 1Ch 2:13 and went his way to Ramah. l
ble n at meeting him, and so they e 2Sa 13:3 14 And the very spirit of Je-
f 1Sa 17:14
said: “Does your coming mean g 2Sa 7:8 hovah departed m from Saul, and
peace?” o 5 To this he said: “It Ps 78:70
h 1Sa 17:42
a bad spirit n from Jehovah
means peace. To sacrifice to Je- Ca 5:10 terrorized him. 15 And the ser-
La 4:7
hovah is why I have come. Sanc- i 1Sa 13:14
vants of Saul began to say to
tify p yourselves, and YOU must 1Sa 16:1 him: “Here, now, God’s bad spir-
Ps 89:20
come with me to the sacrifice.” Ac 13:22 it is terrorizing you. 16 Let our
Then he sanctified Jesse and j 1Sa 16:1 lord, please, command your ser-
1Ki 1:39
his sons, after which he called k Nu 11:17 vants before you that they
them to the sacrifice. 6 And it Jg 3:10
1Sa 10:6
should look for a skilled man o
came about that, as they came 2Sa 23:2 playing upon the harp. p And it
in and he caught sight of E·li- l 1Sa 1:1
1Sa 1:19 must occur that, when God’s bad
ab, q he at once said: “Surely his m 1Sa 18:12 spirit comes to be upon you, he
1Sa 28:15
anointed one is before Jehovah.” n 1Sa 18:10 will have to play with his hand,
7 But Jehovah said to Samuel: 1Sa 19:9 and it will certainly be well with
Job 34:11
“Do not look at his appearance Job 34:12 you.” 17 So Saul said to his
and at the height of his stature, r Ro 2:6
Heb 3:12
for I have rejected him. For not Jas 1:13 o Pr 22:29; p Ge 4:21; Ps 33:2.
385 Goliath taunts Israel’s army 1 SAMUEL 16:18–17:13
servants: “Provide me, please, a CHAP. 16 4 And a champion began to go
man doing well at playing, and a 1Sa 8:11 out from the camps of the Phi-
b 1Sa 16:23
YOU must bring him to me.” a listines, his name being Go·li-
c 1Sa 14:52
18 And one of the atten- 1Sa 17:36 ath, a from Gath, b his height be-
d 1Sa 17:32
dants proceeded to answer and 1Sa 17:46 ing six cubits and a span. c
say: “Look! I have seen how a e 1Sa 26:19
Pr 16:23
5 And there was a helmet of cop-
son of Jesse the Bethle·hem·ite f 1Sa 16:12 per on his head, and he was clad
is skilled at playing, b and he is a g 1Sa 18:12 with a coat of mail, of overlap-
h 1Sa 17:15
valiant, mighty man c and a man Ps 78:70 ping scales, and the weight of the
i Mt 9:17
of war d and an intelligent speak- j 1Sa 10:27
coat of maild was five thousand
er e and a well-formed man, f and 2Ch 17:5 shekels of copper. 6 And there
Pr 17:8
Jehovah is with him.” g 19 Then Pr 18:16 were greaves of copper above his
Saul sent messengers to Jesse k Pr 22:29 feet and a javelin e of copper be-
l Jg 9:54
and said: “Do send to me Da- 1Sa 14:13 tween his shoulders. 7 And the
1Sa 31:4
vid your son, who is with the m 1Sa 16:14 wooden shaft of his spear was
flock.” h 20 So Jesse took an 1Sa 18:10 like the beam of loom workers, f
2Ki 3:15
ass, bread and a skin bottle i of
and the blade of his spear was
wine and a kid of the goats and CHAP. 17 six hundred shekels of iron; and
sent them by the hand of Da- n Jos 13:2 the bearer of the large shield
vid his son to Saul. j 21 Thus Jg 3:1 was marching ahead of him.
Jg 3:3
David came to Saul and attend- 1Sa 9:16 8 Then he stood still and began
1Sa 14:52
ed upon him; k and he got to lov- Am 9:7 to call to the battle lines of Is-
ing him very much, and he o 2Ch 11:7 rael g and say to them: “Why do
2Ch 28:18
came to be his armor-bearer. l p Jos 15:35 YOU come out to draw up in battle
22 Consequently Saul sent to Jer 34:7 formation? Am I not the Phi·lis-
q 1Ch 11:13
Jesse, saying: “Let David, please, r 1Sa 21:9 tine and YOU servants h belonging
keep attending upon me, for he
to Saul? Choose a man for your-
has found favor in my eyes.” Second Col. selves, and let him come down to
23 And it occurred that, when a 1Sa 17:23 me. 9 If he is able to fight with
b Jos 11:22
God’s spirit came to be upon 2Sa 21:22 me and he does strike me down,
Saul, David took the harp and 1Ch 20:8 we must then become servants
c Ge 6:15
played with his hand; and there De 3:11 to YOU. But if I myself am a match
2Sa 21:20
was relief for Saul and it was well d 1Sa 17:38 for him and I do strike him down,
with him, and the bad spirit de- 1Ki 22:34 YOU must also become servants
2Ch 26:14
parted from upon him. m Jer 51:3 to us, and YOU must serve us.” i
e 1Sa 17:45
n 10 And the Phi·listine went on
17 And the Phi·listines went
collecting their camps to-
f 1Ch 11:23
1Ch 20:5
g Nu 33:55
to say: “I myself do taunt j the
battle lines of Israel this day.
gether for war. When they were h 1Sa 8:17
collected together at Socoh, o 1Ch 21:3 Give me a man, and let us fight
i De 28:15
which belongs to Judah, then De 28:48 together!” k
j 1Sa 17:26
they took up camping between 2Ki 19:22 11 When Saul l and all Israel
Socoh and A·zekah, p in Ephes- Ps 80:6 heard these words of the Phi·lis-
k Ps 33:16
dammim. q 2 As for Saul and Pr 16:18 tine, then they became terrified
Jer 9:23
the men of Israel, they collect- l 1Sa 8:20
and were greatly afraid. m
ed themselves together and took m De 20:1 12 Now David was the son of
Jos 1:9
up camping in the low plain of 1Sa 17:24 this Ephrath·ite n from Bethle-
Ps 27:1 hem of Judah whose name was
Elah, r and they went drawing up Isa 51:12
in battle formation to meet the n Ge 35:16 Jesse. And he had eight sons. o
Ge 35:19
Phi·listines. 3 And the Phi- Ru 1:2 And in the days of Saul the
listines were standing on the Ru 4:22 man was already old among men.
1Sa 16:1
mountain on this side, and the 1Sa 17:58 13 And the three oldest sons
Mic 5:2
Israelites were standing on the Mt 2:6 of Jesse proceeded to go. They
mountain on that side, with o 1Sa 16:10 went after Saul to the war, p and
1Ch 2:13
the valley between them. p Nu 1:3 the names of his three sons that
1 SAMUEL 17:14-31 David visits camp, hears Goliath 386
went into the war were E·li- CHAP. 17 speaking the same words as be-
ab a the firstborn, and his sec- a 1Sa 16:6 fore, a and David got to listen in.
ond son A·bina·dab b and the b 1Sa 16:8 24 As for all the men of Isra-
1Ch 2:13
third Shammah. c 14 And Da- c 1Sa 16:9 el, on their seeing the man, why,
vid was the youngest, d and the 2Sa 13:3 they went fleeing on account of
three oldest themselves went af- d 1Ch 2:15
e 1Sa 16:11
him and were very much afraid. b
ter Saul. 1Sa 16:19 25 And the men of Israel began
15 And David was going and f Ru 2:14 to say: “Have YOU seen this man
1Sa 25:18
returning from Saul to tend the 2Sa 17:28 that is coming up? For it is to
sheep e of his father at Beth- g 1Sa 16:20 taunt c Israel that he is coming
Pr 3:27
le·hem. 16 And the Phi·listine Pr 18:16
up. And it must occur that, the
kept coming forward at early h Ge 37:14 man who strikes him down, the
morning and at evening and tak- i 1Sa 17:2 king will enrich him with great
1Sa 21:9
ing his position for forty days. j 1Sa 9:16
riches, and his own daughter he
17 Then Jesse said to David k Col 3:20 will give him, d and the house of
his son: “Take, please, to your l 1Sa 26:5 his father he will set free in Isra-
m 1Sa 4:2
brothers this ephah of roast- 1Sa 23:3 el.” e
ed grain f and these ten loaves n 1Sa 10:22 26 And David began to say to
1Sa 17:17
of bread, and carry them quick- o 1Sa 30:24
the men that were standing close
ly to the camp to your broth- p Ge 37:14 by him: “What will be done to
ers. 18 And these ten portions 1Sa 17:18 the man that strikes down that
q 1Sa 17:4
of milk you should bring to 1Ch 20:5 Phi·listine f over there and ac-
the chief of the thousand; g also, r Jos 11:22 tually turns away reproach from
2Sa 21:22
you should look after your own 1Ch 20:8
upon Israel? g For who is this un-
brothers as regards their wel-
circumcised h Phi·listine that he
fare, h and a token from them you Second Col. has to taunt i the battle lines of
should take.” 19 Meantime, a 1Sa 17:10 the living God?” j 27 Then the
Saul and they and all the oth- b Nu 13:33 people said to him the same
er men of Israel were in the low De 20:3
1Sa 17:11
words as before, saying: “This
plain of Elah, i fighting against Isa 7:2 is the way it will be done to
the Phi·listines. j c 1Sa 17:10 the man that strikes him down.”
2Ki 19:22
20 Accordingly David got up d Jos 15:16 28 And E·liab k his oldest broth-
early in the morning and left the 1Sa 14:49 er got to hear as he spoke to the
1Sa 18:17
sheep to the keeper’s charge and 1Sa 18:21 men, and E·liab’s anger grew hot
picked up and went just as Jesse e 1Sa 8:11 against David, l so that he said:
Mt 17:26 “Why is it that you have come
had commanded him. k When he f 1Sa 17:37
came to the camp enclosure, l the g Ps 74:18 down? And in whose charge did
military forces were going out to Ps 74:22 you leave those few sheep be-
Ps 79:12
the battle line, m and they raised h 1Sa 14:6
hind in the wilderness? m I my-
a shout for the battle. 21 And 1Sa 18:25 self well know your presumptu-
Israel and the Phi·listines began i 1Sa 17:10 ousness and the badness of your
j Jer 10:10
drawing up battle line to meet 1Th 1:9 heart, n because you have come
battle line. 22 Immediately Da- k 1Sa 16:6 down for the purpose of seeing
1Ch 2:13
vid left the baggage n from off l Ps 37:8
the battle.” o 29 To this David
him to the care of the keeper of Pr 14:17 said: “What have I done now? Was
the baggage o and went running Pr 14:29
Pr 27:4
it not just a word?” p 30 With
to the battle line. When he came, m 1Sa 17:20 that he turned about from be-
he began asking about the wel- n 1Sa 16:7 side him toward someone else
2Ch 6:30
fare of his brothers. p o Pr 18:13
and went saying the same word
23 While he was speaking Ec 7:9 as before, q and, in turn, the peo-
with them, why, here the cham- Mt 7:1
Ro 14:4
ple gave him the same reply as
pion, his name being Go·liathq Jas 4:12 formerly. r
the Phi·listine from Gath, r was p Pr 15:1 31 So the words that David
1Pe 3:9
coming up from the battle lines q 1Sa 17:26 spoke came to be heard, and they
of the Phi·listines, and he began r 1Sa 17:25 went telling them before Saul.
387 David accepts challenge, rejects armor 1 SAMUEL 17:32-49
Hence he fetched him. 32 And CHAP. 17 that served him as a receptacle,
David proceeded to say to Saul: a De 20:3 and in his hand was his sling. a
Ps 27:3
“Do not let the heart of any man b 1Sa 16:18
And he began approaching the
collapse within him. a Your ser- Ps 118:6 Phi·listine.
Pr 28:1
vant himself will go and actu- c Nu 13:31 41 And the Phi·listine began
ally fight with this Phi·listine.” b De 9:2 to come, coming nearer and
d 1Sa 17:42
33 But Saul said to David: “You e Jg 14:5 nearer to David, and the man
are not able to go against this Pr 30:30 carrying the large shield was
Isa 31:4
Phi·listine to fight with him, c for Am 3:12 ahead of him. 42 Now when the
you are but a boy, d and he is a f Jg 14:6 Phi·listine looked and saw Da-
2Sa 23:20
man of war from his boyhood.” g 1Sa 17:26 vid, he began despising b him be-
34 And David went on to say h 1Sa 17:10 cause he proved to be a boy c and
2Ki 19:22
to Saul: “Your servant became a i 1Sa 17:20 ruddy, d of beautiful appearance. e
shepherd of his father among the 1Ch 12:38 43 So the Phi·listine said to Da-
j Jer 10:10
flock, and there came a lion, e and 1Th 1:9 vid: “Am I a dog, f so that you are
also a bear, and each carried off k De 7:21 coming to me with staves?” With
2Ki 6:16
a sheep from the drove. 35 And Ps 18:3 that the Phi·listine called down
I went out after it and struck it Ps 115:11 evil upon David by his gods. g
2Co 1:10
down f and made the rescue from Heb 11:34 44 And the Phi·listine went on
l 1Sa 14:6
its mouth. When it began ris- Ps 97:10 to say to David: “Just come to
ing against me, I grabbed hold Ps 124:8 me, and I will give your flesh to
m Zec 4:6
of its beard and struck it down
the fowls of the heavens and to
and put it to death. 36 Both Second Col.
the beasts of the field.” h
the lion and the bear your ser- 45 In turn David said to the
a Jg 20:16
vant struck down; and this un- 1Sa 25:29 Phi·listine: “You are coming to
circumcised Phi·listine g must 2Ch 26:14 me with a sword and with a spear
b Ps 123:4
become like one of them, for he c 1Sa 17:33 and with a javelin, i but I am com-
has taunted h the battle lines i of d Ca 5:10 ing to you with the name of Je-
La 4:7
the living God.” j 37 Then Da- e 1Sa 16:12 hovah of armies, j the God of the
vid added: “Jehovah, who deliv- f 1Sa 24:14 battle lines of Israel, whom you
2Sa 9:8
ered me from the paw of the lion 2Sa 16:9 have taunted. k 46 This day Je-
and from the paw of the bear, he 2Ki 8:13
Lu 14:11
hovah will surrender you into my
it is who will deliver me from the g Jg 16:23 hand, l and I shall certainly strike
hand of this Phi·listine.” k At this 2Ki 1:2
h Pr 18:12
you down and remove your head
Saul said to David: “Go, and may Jer 9:23 off you; and I shall certainly give
Jehovah himself prove to be with i 1Sa 17:6
Isa 54:17
the carcasses of the camp of the
you.” l j 2Sa 5:10 Phi·listines this day to the fowls
2Sa 22:33
38 Saul now went clothing Ps 44:5 of the heavens and to the wild
David with his garments, and he Ps 125:1 beasts of the earth; m and peo-
Heb 11:34
put a copper helmet upon his k 1Sa 17:10 ple of all the earth will know
head, after which he clothed him 2Ki 19:22 that there exists a God belonging
l De 7:2
with a coat of mail. 39 Then De 9:3 to Israel. n 47 And all this con-
David girded his sword on over Jos 10:8 gregation will know that neither
m Isa 56:9
his garments and undertook to Re 19:17 with sword nor with spear does
go but could not, because he had n Ex 9:16 Jehovah save, o because to Jeho-
De 28:10
not tried them out. Finally Da- 1Ki 8:43 vah belongs the battle, p and he
1Ki 18:36
vid said to Saul: “I am unable 2Ki 19:19 must give YOU men into our
to go in these things, for I have Ps 46:10 hand.” q
Isa 52:10
not tried them out.” So David re- Da 3:29 48 And it occurred that the
moved them off him. m 40 And o Ps 44:6
Ho 1:7
Phi·listine rose and kept com-
he proceeded to take his staff in Zec 4:6 ing and drawing nearer to meet
his hand and to choose for him- p 2Ch 20:15 David, and David began hurry-
Ps 46:11
self the five smoothest stones Pr 21:31 ing and running toward the bat-
q De 20:4
from the torrent valley and to r Ps 27:1
tle line to meet the Phi·listine. r
place them in his shepherds’ bag Pr 28:1 49 Then David thrust his hand
1 SAMUEL 17:50–18:9 Goliath beheaded. Jonathan and David 388
into his bag and took a stone CHAP. 17 vid said: “The son of your servant
from there and slung it, so that a 1Sa 17:57 Jessea the Bethle·hem·ite.” b
he struck a the Phi·listine in his b 1Sa 17:37
And it came about that,
forehead and the stone sank into
his forehead, and he went fall-
2Sa 21:22
2Sa 22:39
Ps 44:7
18 as soon as he had finished
c Jg 3:31 speaking to Saul, Jona·than’s c
ing upon his face to the earth. b Jg 15:15
very soul became bound d up
1Sa 13:22
50 So David, with a sling and a 1Sa 17:47 with the soul of David, and Jon-
stone, proved stronger than the d 1Sa 21:9
a·than began to love him as his
e Ps 18:40
Phi·listine and struck the Phi- f De 28:7 own soul. e 2 Then Saul took
listine down and put him to Jos 23:10
him on that day, and he did not
Heb 11:34
death; and there was no sword g Ps 18:37 allow him to return to his father’s
in David’s hand. c 51 And Da- h 1Sa 17:2
house. f 3 And Jona·than and
1Sa 17:19
vid continued running and got to i Jos 15:45 David proceeded to conclude a
stand over the Phi·listine. Then j Jos 15:36
covenant, g because of his loving
k Jer 30:16
he took his sword d and pulled it l 1Sa 31:9 him as his own soul. h 4 Fur-
out of its sheath and definitely m 1Sa 21:9
ther, Jona·than stripped himself
n 1Sa 14:50
put him to death when he cut his o Ex 5:2 of the sleeveless coat that was
head off with it. e And the Phi·lis- 1Sa 25:10
on him and gave it to David, and
p 1Sa 16:19
tines got to see that their mighty 1Sa 16:21 also his garments, and even his
one had died, and they took to q 1Sa 17:54
sword and his bow and his belt.
flight. f 5 And David began going out.
Second Col.
52 At that the men of Israel Wherever Saul would send him
and of Judah rose and broke into a Ru 4:22
1Sa 16:1 he would act prudently, i so that
shouting and went in pursuit g of 1Ch 2:13 Saul placed him over the men of
Isa 11:1
the Phi·listines clear to the val- Mt 1:6 war; j and it seemed good in the
ley h and as far as the gates of Lu 3:32 eyes of all the people and also in
Ac 13:22
Ekron, i and the fatally wounded Ro 15:12 the eyes of the servants of Saul.
of the Phi·listines kept falling on b 1Sa 17:12
1Sa 20:6 6 And it came about that at
the way from Shaa·raim, j both
their coming in, when David re-
as far as Gath and as far as Ek- CHAP. 18 turned from striking the Phi·lis-
ron. 53 Afterward the sons of c 1Sa 14:1 tines down, the women began
Israel returned from hotly pur- 1Sa 14:49 coming out from all the cities of
2Sa 1:4
suing the Phi·listines and went d Ge 44:30 Israel with song k and dances to
pillaging k their camps. 1Pe 1:22 meet Saul the king, with tam-
e 1Sa 19:2
54 Then David took the head l 1Sa 20:17 bourines, l with rejoicing m and
of the Phi·listine and brought it 1Sa 20:41
2Sa 1:26 with lutes. 7 And the women
to Jerusalem, and his weapons he f 1Sa 8:11 that were celebrating kept re-
1Sa 16:22
put in his tent. m 1Sa 17:15 sponding and saying:
55 Now at the moment that g 1Sa 20:8
“Saul has struck down his
1Sa 20:42
Saul saw David going out to 1Sa 23:18 thousands,
meet the Phi·listine, he said to 2Sa 9:1
2Sa 21:7 And David his tens of thou-
Abner n the chief of the army: h Pr 17:17 sands.” n
“Whose o son is the boy, p Ab- Pr 18:24
Col 3:14 8 And Saul began to be very an-
ner?” To this Abner said: “By i Jos 1:7
1Sa 18:30 gry, o and this saying was bad
the life of your soul, O king, I do Pr 14:35 from his viewpoint, so that he
not know at all!” 56 So the king j 1Sa 14:52
Pr 20:18 said: “They have given Da-
said: “You inquire whose son the k Ex 15:21 vid tens of thousands, but to me
lad is.” 57 Accordingly, as soon Jg 5:1
l Ex 15:20 they have given the thousands,
as David returned from strik- Jg 11:34 and there is yet only the kingship
ing the Phi·listine down, Abner Ps 68:25
m Jer 31:13 to give him!” p 9 And Saul was
proceeded to take him and bring n 1Sa 21:11 continually looking suspiciously
him before Saul with the head q of 1Sa 29:5
Pr 15:30 at David from that day forward. q
the Phi·listine in his hand. o Ge 4:5
58 Saul now said to him: “Whose Pr 14:30
Pr 27:4 p 1Sa 13:14; 1Sa 15:28; 1Sa 16:13; 1Sa 20:31; 1Sa
son are you, boy?” to which Da- Jas 3:16 24:20; q 1Sa 20:33; 1Sa 21:10; Pr 27:4; 1Ti 6:4.
389 David acts prudently. Saul’s scheme 1 SAMUEL 18:10-28
10 And it came about the CHAP. 18 Saul, and the matter was to his
next day a that God’s bad spir- a Eph 4:26 liking. 21 So Saul said: “I shall
it became operative upon Saul, b b Jg 9:23 give her to him that she may
1Sa 16:14
so that he behaved like a proph- 1Sa 19:9 serve as a snare to him, a and
Job 34:12
et c within the house, while Da- c 1Sa 10:6 that the hand of the Phi·listines
vid was playing music with 1Sa 10:11 may come to be upon him.” Ac-
1Sa 19:24
his hand, d as in former days; d 1Sa 16:16 cordingly Saul said to David: “By
and the spear was in Saul’s 1Sa 16:23 one of the two women you will
e 1Sa 19:9
hand. e 11 And Saul proceeded f 1Sa 19:10 form a marriage alliance with me
to hurl the spear f and say: “I will 1Sa 20:33
g Pr 27:4
today.” 22 Further, Saul com-
pin David even to the wall!” g but 1Jo 3:15 manded his servants: “Speak to
1Jo 4:20
David turned aside from before h Ps 37:32
David secretly, saying, ‘Look! The
him, twice. h 12 And Saul grew Lu 4:30 king has found delight in you,
Joh 8:59
afraid i of David because Jehovah i 1Sa 18:29 and all his servants themselves
proved to be with him, j but from j 1Sa 16:13 have fallen in love with you.
k 1Sa 16:14
Saul he had departed. k 13 Con- 1Sa 28:15 So now form a marriage alli-
sequently Saul removed him l 1Sa 18:5 ance with the king.’ ” 23 And
m Nu 27:17
from his company l and appoint- 2Sa 5:2 the servants of Saul began to
ed him as chief of a thousand for Ps 121:8 speak these words in the ears of
n 1Sa 18:5
him; and he regularly went out o Ge 39:2 David, but David said: “Is it an
and came in before the peo- Jos 6:27
1Sa 10:7
easy thing in YOUR eyes to form
ple. m 14 And David was con- 1Sa 16:18 a marriage alliance with the
tinually acting prudently n in all p Jos 1:7 king, when I am a man of little
Pr 20:18
his ways, and Jehovah was with q 1Sa 14:49 means b and lightly esteemed?” c
him. o 15 And Saul kept seeing r 1Sa 17:25
s 1Sa 25:28
24 Then the servants of Saul re-
that he was acting very prudent- t 1Sa 18:25 ported to him, saying: “It was
2Sa 11:15
ly, p so that he was scared of him. 2Sa 12:9 with words like these that David
16 And all Israel and Judah were Ps 7:16 spoke.”
u 2Sa 7:18
lovers of David, because he was Pr 15:33 25 At that Saul said: “This is
going out and coming in before Pr 18:12
Pr 22:4
what YOU men will say to Da-
them. Jas 4:6 vid, ‘The king has delight, not in
1Pe 5:6
17 Finally Saul said to David: v 2Sa 21:8 marriage money, d but in a hun-
“Here is my oldest daughter Me- w Jg 7:22 dred foreskins e of the Phi·lis-
2Sa 21:8
rab. q She is the one that I shall x 1Sa 14:49 tines, to avenge f himself on the
give you as a wife. r Only prove 1Sa 19:11 enemies of the king.’ ” But as for
1Sa 25:44
yourself a valiant person to me 2Sa 3:13 Saul, he had schemed to have Da-
and fight the wars of Jehovah.” s 2Sa 6:16
1Ch 15:29
vid fall by the hand of the Phi-
But as for Saul, he said to him-
listines. 26 So his servants re-
self: “Do not let my hand come Second Col. ported these words to David, and
to be upon him, but let the a Ex 10:7 the matter was to David’s liking,
hand of the Phi·listines come to 1Sa 18:17 to form a marriage alliance g with
Ps 7:14
be upon him.” t 18 At this Da- Ps 38:12 the king, and the days had not
vid said to Saul: “Who am I and Pr 26:24
Jer 9:8 yet expired. 27 So David rose
who are my kinsfolk, my father’s b 1Sa 18:18 and he and his men went and
c Ps 119:141
family, in Israel, so that I should d Ge 29:18
struck h down among the Phi·lis-
become son-in-law to the king?” u Ge 34:12 tines two hundred men, and Da-
Ex 22:16
19 However, it came about that e Jg 14:3 vid came bringing their fore-
at the time for giving Merab, 1Sa 17:26 skins i and giving them in full
1Sa 17:36
Saul’s daughter, to David, she 1Sa 21:11 number to the king, to form a
herself had already been given to 2Sa 1:20
2Sa 3:14
marriage alliance with the king.
Adri·el v the Me·holath·ite w as a f 1Sa 14:24 In turn Saul gave him Michal
wife. g 1Sa 18:21
h Jg 14:19
his daughter as a wife. j 28 And
20 Now Mi chal, x Saul’s i 2Sa 3:14 Saul got to see and know that
daughter, was in love with Da- j 1Sa 17:25 Jehovah was with David. k As
k 1Sa 16:13
vid, and they went reporting it to 1Sa 24:20 for Michal, Saul’s daughter, she
1 SAMUEL 18:29–19:17 Saul seeks David’s death 390
loved him. a 29 And again Saul CHAP. 18 8 In time war broke out again
felt still more fear because of Da- a 1Sa 18:20 and David went sallying forth
vid, and Saul came to be an en- b 1Sa 18:9 and fighting against the Phi·lis-
1Sa 18:12
emy of David always. b 1Sa 20:33 tines and striking them down
Ps 37:12
30 And the princes c of the c 1Sa 29:3 with a great slaughter, a and they
Phi·listines would go out, and it d 1Sa 18:5 took to flight from before him. b
1Ki 2:3
would happen that as often as Ps 119:99 9 And Jehovah’s bad spirit c
they went out David acted most e 2Sa 7:9
Pr 22:1 came to be upon Saul when he
prudentlyd of all the servants of Ec 7:1 was sitting in his house with his
Saul; and his name came to be spear in his hand, while David
very precious. e CHAP. 19
was playing music with his hand.
At length Saul spoke to
f 1Sa 18:9 10 Consequently Saul sought to
19 Jona·than his son and to
Pr 27:4
Jas 1:20
g 1Sa 18:1
pin David to the walld with the
spear, but he dodged e from be-
all his servants of putting David Pr 18:24
to death. f 2 As for Jona·than, h Pr 22:3 fore Saul, so that he struck the
Pr 27:12
Saul’s son, he took great delight i 1Sa 20:9 spear into the wall. And David
in David. g So Jona·than told Da-
1Sa 20:13
Pr 17:17
himself fled that he might escape
vid, saying: “Saul my father is j 1Sa 20:32 during that night. f 11 Later
1Sa 22:14
seeking to have you put to death. Pr 31:9 Saul sent messengers g to David’s
And now be on your guard, k Ge 42:22 house to watch it and to have
2Ch 6:23
please, in the morning, and you 1Jo 3:15 him put to death in the morn-
must dwell in secrecy and keep
l Ps 35:12
Ps 109:5
ing; h but Michal his wife told Da-
yourself hidden. h 3 And I, for Pr 17:13 vid, saying: “If you are not let-
Jer 18:20
my part, shall go out and cer- m Jg 9:17 ting your soul escape tonight,
tainly stand at the side of my fa- Jg 12:3 tomorrow you will be a man put
1Sa 28:21
ther in the field where you will Ps 119:109 to death.” 12 Immediately Mi-
Ac 20:24 chal had David descend through
be, and I myself shall speak for Php 2:30
you to my father, and I shall cer- n 1Sa 17:49 the window, that he might go and
o Ex 14:13
tainly see what will happen, and 1Sa 11:13 run away and escape. i 13 Then
I shall be sure to tell you.” i 1Sa 14:45
1Ch 11:14
Michal took the teraphim j image
4 Accord ingly Jon a·than p 1Sa 20:32 and placed it on the couch, and
Jer 26:15 a net of goats’ hair she put at the
spoke well j of David to Saul his Mt 27:4
father and said to him: “Do not q Ps 69:4 place of his head, after which she
Joh 15:25
let the king sin k against his ser- r De 6:13 covered it with a garment.
vant David, for he has not sinned 1Sa 14:39
Jer 10:10
14 Saul now sent messengers
toward you and his works have s 1Sa 16:21 to take David, but she said: “He
1Sa 18:2
been very good toward you. l 1Sa 18:13 is sick.” k 15 So Saul sent the
5 And he proceeded to put his
messengers to see David, saying:
soul in his palm m and strike the Second Col. “Bring him on his couch up to
Phi·listine down, n so that Jeho- a De 7:2 me to have him put to death.” l
vah performed a great salvation o Ps 27:3
b Le 26:7
16 When the messengers came
for all Israel. You saw it, and c 1Sa 16:14 in, why, there was the teraphim
1Sa 18:10 image on the couch and a net
you gave way to rejoicing. So Job 34:12
why should you sin against inno- Heb 3:12 of goats’ hair at the place of his
d 1Sa 18:11
cent blood in having David put to 1Sa 19:6 head. 17 At this Saul said to
death p for nothing?” q 6 Then Ps 5:6
Ec 4:13
Michal: “Why did you trick m me
Saul obeyed the voice of Jona- e Ps 18:17 like this, so that you sent my ene-
Ps 34:19
than, and Saul swore: “As Jeho- Isa 54:17 my n away that he might escape?”
vah is living, r he will not be put f Ps 18:2 In turn Michal said to Saul: “He
Ps 18:48
to death.” 7 Afterward Jona- Ps 59:16 himself said to me, ‘Send me
Ps 124:7 away! Why should I put you to
than called David and Jona- Mt 10:23
than told him all these words. g Ps 59:Sup death?’ ”
Ps 59:3
Then Jona·than brought David h Jg 16:2
to Saul, and he continued before i Jos 2:15
Ac 9:25
j Ge 31:19; Ge 31:30; Jg 17:5; 1Sa 15:23; 2Ki 23:24;
Ho 3:4; k Jos 2:5; Mt 10:16; l 1Sa 18:9; Ps 37:12;
him the same as formerly. s 2Co 11:33 Pr 27:4; m 1Sa 28:12; n 1Sa 18:29.
391 David flees to Samuel. Jonathan’s loyalty 1 SAMUEL 19:18–20:10
18 As for David, he ran away CHAP. 19 said to him: “It is unthinkable! a
and made his escape a and got a Ps 144:2 You will not die. Look! My fa-
to come to Samuel at Ramah. b b 1Sa 7:17 ther will not do a big thing or
Pr 17:17
And he proceeded to tell him all a little thing and not disclose it
c 1Sa 20:1
that Saul had done to him. Then d Nu 11:25
to my ear; b and for what reason
he and Samuel went away, and Joe 2:28 should my father conceal this
they took up dwelling in Nai- e 1Sa 10:5 matter from me? c This does not
oth. c 19 In time the report got 1Sa 10:6 happen.” 3 But David swore d
1Sa 10:10
to Saul, saying: “Look! David is in f 1Sa 19:18
in addition and said: “Your father
Naioth in Ramah.” 20 At once g 1Sa 19:20 must surely know that I have
Saul sent messengers to take Da- h Isa 20:2 found favor in your eyes, e and
vid. When they got to see the el- Mic 1:8 so would say, ‘Do not let Jona-
i 1Sa 10:11 than know this for fear he may
derly ones of the prophets proph-
esying, and Samuel standing in feel hurt.’ But, in fact, as Jeho-
CHAP. 20
his position over them, the spir- vah is living f and as your soul is
j 1Sa 19:10
it d of God came to be upon Saul’s 1Sa 23:26
living, g there is just about a step
messengers, and they began be- 2Pe 2:9 between me and death!” h
having like prophets, e they also. k 1Sa 12:3 4 And Jona·than went on to
1Sa 24:11 say to David: “Whatever your
21 When they told it to Saul, Ps 7:3
he immediately sent other mes- Ps 18:20 soul may say I shall do for you.”
sengers, and they began behav-
5 At this David said to Jona-
ing like prophets, they also. So Second Col. than: “Look! Tomorrow is new
Saul sent messengers again, the a 1Sa 19:6 moon, i and I myself ought, with-
third set, and they began behav- b 1Sa 9:15 out fail, to be sitting with the
ing like prophets, they also. c 1Sa 20:12 king to eat; and you must send
d De 6:13 me away, and I must conceal j my-
22 Finally he too went to Ra- Heb 6:16
mah. When he got as far as the e 1Sa 18:1
self in the field until the evening
great cistern that is in Secu, he 1Sa 19:2 on the third day. 6 If your fa-
began to inquire and say: “Where f 2Sa 15:21 ther should miss me at all, then
are Samuel and David?” To this
2Ki 2:2 you must say, ‘David earnestly
Jer 10:10
they said: “There in Naioth f in Jer 38:16 asked leave of absence of me to
Ramah.” 23 And he kept on g 1Sa 1:26 run to Bethle·hem k his city, be-
his way from there to Naioth in
1Sa 17:55 cause there is a yearly sacrifice
Ramah, and the spirit g of God
h 1Sa 27:1 there for all the family.’ l 7 If
Ps 116:3
came to be upon him, yes, him, 2Co 1:9 the way he should say is, ‘It is all
and he went on walking and con- i Nu 10:10 right!’ it means peace to your ser-
Nu 28:11 vant. But if he should at all be-
tinued behaving like a prophet 2Ki 4:23
come angry, know that what is
until he came into Naioth in Ra- 1Ch 23:31
2Ch 2:4 bad has been determined upon
mah. 24 And he also proceed- Ne 10:33 by him. m 8 And you must ren-
ed to strip off his garments and Col 2:16
der loving-kindness toward your
behave, he also, like a prophet j 1Sa 19:2
Pr 22:3 servant, n for it is into a cove-
before Samuel, and he lay fallen
k 1Sa 16:4 nant o of Jehovah that you have
naked all that day and all that 1Sa 16:18 brought your servant with you.
night. h That is why they came Joh 7:42
But if there is error in me, p put
to say: “Is Saul also among the l 1Sa 9:12
me to death yourself, since why
1Sa 20:29
prophets?” i should it be to your father that
m Es 7:7
ccc dccc
THE SECOND OF
SAMUEL
or, according to the Greek Septuagint,
THE SECOND OF KINGS
Mount Gil·boa, a and there was
1 And it came about after
Saul’s death, and when David
CHAP. 1
a 1Sa 30:17
b 1Sa 27:6
Saul supporting himself upon
himself had returned from strik- 1Sa 30:26
his spear; b and, look! the chariot-
ing down the A·malek·ites, a that c 2Sa 4:10 eers and the mounted men had
David continued to dwell at Zik- d Ge 37:29
Nu 14:6
caught up with him. c 7 When
lag b two days. 2 And it came Jos 7:6 he turned back and saw me, then
about on the third day that, look! e 1Sa 4:12 he called me, and I said, ‘Here I
f 1Sa 25:23
a man c was coming from the 2Sa 14:4 am!’ 8 And he went on to say to
camp, from Saul, with his gar- g 1Sa 31:1 me, ‘Who are you?’ at which I said
h 1Sa 31:6
ments ripped apart d and dirt 1Ch 10:4 to him, ‘I am an A·malek·ite.’ d
upon his head; e and it came i 1Sa 31:2 9 Then he said, ‘Stand, please,
1Ch 10:6
about that when he came to Da- j Pr 14:15 over me and definitely put me to
vid, he at once fell down to the Pr 25:2 death, for the cramp has seized
earth f and prostrated himself. me, because all my soul e is yet in
Second Col.
3 And David proceeded to say me.’ 10 So I stood over him and
a 1Sa 28:4 definitely put him to death, f for
to him: “Where do you come 1Ch 10:1
from?” at which he said to him: b 1Sa 18:10 I knew that he could not live af-
1Sa 19:9 ter he had fallen. Then I took the
“From the camp of Israel I have 1Sa 22:6
escaped.” 4 And David went on 1Sa 26:12 diadem g that was upon his head
c 1Sa 31:3 and the bracelet that was upon
to say to him: “How did the mat- 1Ch 10:3
ter turn out? Tell me, please.” d Ex 17:16 his arm, that I might bring them
Nu 24:20 to my lord here.”
To this he said: “The people have De 25:19
fled from the battle and also 1Sa 15:20 11 At this David took hold of
1Sa 30:1
many of the people have fallen so 1Sa 30:18 his garments and ripped them
that they died, g and even Saul h e Ge 2:7 apart, h and so did all the
f 1Sa 31:4
and Jona·than i his son have Ps 5:6 men also that were with him.
died.” 5 Then David said to the Joh 8:44 12 And they began to wail and
g 2Ki 11:12
young man that was telling him: h 2Sa 3:31
weep i and fast j until the evening
“How do you really know that 2Sa 13:31 over Saul and over Jona·than his
2Ch 34:27
Saul has died and also Jona·than Ac 14:14 son and over the people of Je-
his son?” j 6 At this the young i De 34:8 hovah and over the house of Is-
j 1Sa 31:13
man that was telling him said: “I k 1Sa 31:1
rael, k because they had fallen by
unexpectedly chanced to be on 2Sa 1:4 the sword.
409 David’s dirge over Saul and Jonathan 2 SAMUEL 1:13–2:3
13 David now said to the CHAP. 1 The bow of Jona·than did
young man that was telling him: a 2Sa 1:8 not turn back, a
“Where are you from?” to which b Nu 12:8 And the sword of Saul
1Sa 31:4
he said: “I am the son of c 1Sa 24:6 would not return with-
1Sa 26:9
an alien resident, an A·mal- Ps 105:15 out success. b
ek·ite.” a 14 Then David said to d 2Sa 4:10 23 Saul and Jona·than, c the lov-
1Ki 2:25
him: “How was it that you did e Jos 2:19 able ones and the pleas-
not fear b to thrust your hand out Jg 9:24 ant ones during their
2Sa 4:11
to bring the anointed c of Jeho- 1Ki 2:37 life,
vah to ruin?” 15 With that Da- Eze 18:13
Ac 18:6 And in their death they
vid called one of the young men f Pr 19:5 were not separated. d
Pr 21:28
and said: “Go near. Smite him.” g 2Sa 1:10 Swifter than the eagles they
Accordingly he struck him down h 2Sa 3:33 were, e
2Ch 35:25
so that he died. d 16 David then i 1Sa 31:6 Mightier than the lions
said to him: “The bloodguilt for j Ge 49:8 they were. f
1Sa 30:26
you be upon your own head, e be- k 1Sa 20:36 24 YOU daughters of Israel, weep
cause your own mouth has testi- 1Sa 31:3 over Saul,
2Sa 1:22
fied against you, f saying, ‘I myself l Jos 10:13 Who clothed YOU in scarlet
definitely put the anointed of Je- m 1Sa 31:8
La 2:1
with finery,
hovah to death.’ ” g n De 32:27 Who put ornaments of gold
1Sa 31:9
17 And David proceeded to o Jos 13:3 upon YOUR clothing. g
chant this dirge h over Saul and Jg 16:23 25 How have the mighty ones
1Sa 6:17
Jona·than his son i 18 and to p De 28:37 fallen in the midst of the
say that the sons of Judah j q 1Sa 31:1 battle! h
1Ch 10:1
should be taught “The Bow.” k r Le 27:16 Jona·than slain upon your
Look! It is written in the book of s Isa 21:5 high places! i
Jashar: l 26 I am distressed over you, my
Second Col.
19 “The beauty, O Israel, is slain brother Jona·than,
a 1Sa 18:4 Very pleasant you were to
upon your high places. m 1Sa 20:20
How have the mighty men b 1Sa 14:47 me. j
c 1Sa 18:1
fallen! d 1Sa 31:6
More wonderful was your
20 Do not, YOU people, tell it in 1Ch 10:6 love to me than the love
e Job 9:26
Gath; n Jer 4:13 from women. k
Do not announce it in the La 4:19 27 How have the mighty ones
Hab 1:8
streets of Ashke·lon, o f Jg 14:18 fallen l
Pr 30:30 And the weapons of war
For fear that the daughters of g Ge 24:53
the Phi·listines may re- h 2Sa 1:19 perished!”
joice, i 1Sa 31:8
ccc dccc
THE FIRST OF
KINGS
or, according to the Greek Septuagint,
THE THIRD OF KINGS
a mite a and then brought her in
1 Now King David was old,
advanced in days; and they
CHAP. 1
a 2Sa 5:4
1Ki 2:11
to the king. 4 And the girl was
would cover him with garments, 1Ch 23:1 beautiful in the extreme; b and
but he would not feel warm. 1Ch 29:27 she came to be the king’s nurse
Ps 90:10
2 So his servants said to him: b Es 2:2 and kept waiting upon him, and
“Let them look for a girl, a vir- c 2Sa 13:5 the king himself had no inter-
1Ki 1:15
gin, b for my lord the king, and d Ru 4:16 course with her.
she will have to attend c upon the 2Sa 4:4 5 All the while Ad·o·nijahc
e Ge 16:5
king, that she may become his f Ec 4:11 the son of Haggithd was lift-
nurse; d and she must lie in g 1Ki 2:17 ing himself up, e saying: “I myself
1Ki 2:22
your bosom, e and my lord the
am going to rule as king!” f And
king will certainly feel warm.” f Second Col. he proceeded to have a chari-
3 And they went looking for a a Jos 19:18 ot made for himself with horse-
beautiful girl throughout all the 2Ki 4:8 men and fifty men running be-
b Ca 4:7
territory of Israel, and finally c 2Sa 3:4
found Abi·shag g the Shunam- d 1Ch 3:2 e Pr 16:18; Lu 14:11; Ro 12:16; f De 17:15.
1 KINGS 1:6-25 Adonijah seeks throne. Nathan, Bath-sheba act 448
fore him. a 6 And his father did CHAP. 1 terior a room, and the king was
not hurt his feelings at any time a 2Sa 15:1 very old, b and Abi·shag c the
by saying: “Why is this the way b Pr 13:24
Pr 29:17
Shunam·mite was waiting upon
you have done?” b And he was also Ga 6:1 the king. 16 Then Bath-sheba
very good-looking in form, c and c 2Sa 14:25 bowed low and prostrated d her-
d 2Sa 20:25
his mother had borne him after e 1Ki 2:22 self to the king, upon which the
Absa·lom. 7 And he came to f 2Sa 8:17 king said: “What do you have
Eze 44:15
have dealings with Joab the son g 2Sa 20:23 to ask?” e 17 At this she said to
of Ze·ruiah and with A·bia·thar d 1Ch 27:5 him: “My lord, f it was you that
the priest, and they began offer- h 2Sa 7:2
2Sa 12:1 swore by Jehovah your God to
ing help as followers of Ad·o·ni- i 1Ki 4:18 your slave girl, ‘Solo·mon your
jah. e 8 As for Zadok f the priest j 2Sa 23:8
son is the one that will become
1Ch 11:10
and Be·naiahg the son of Je- k Pr 24:21 king after me, and he is the one
hoia·da and Nathan h the proph- l 2Sa 15:12 that will sit upon my throne.’ g
et and Shime·i i and Rei and the m 2Sa 17:17
n 2Sa 13:23 18 And now, look! Ad·o·nijah h
mighty men j that belonged to o 2Sa 7:4 himself has become king, and
David, they did not become in- 2Sa 7:17
now my lord the king himself
p 2Sa 11:3
volved k with Ad·o·nijah. 2Sa 11:27 does not know of it at all. i
9 Eventually Ad·o·nijah held q 2Sa 12:24
19 So he sacrificed bulls and fat-
r 2Sa 3:4
a sacrifice l of sheep and cattle s Pr 20:18 lings and sheep in great quanti-
and fatlings close by the stone Pr 27:9
ty and invited all the sons of the
Heb 1:1
of Zohe·leth, which is beside En- t Jg 9:5 king j and A·bia·thar k the priest
rogel, m and he proceeded to in- 1Ki 1:21
and Joab l the chief of the army;
vite all his brothers the king’s 2Ki 11:1
Mt 21:38 but Solo·mon your servant he
sons n and all the men of Judah u 1Ch 22:9
has not invited. m 20 And you
the king’s servants; 10 and Na- 1Ch 28:5
1Ch 29:1 my lord the king—the eyes n of
than the prophet and Be·naiah Ps 132:11
all Israel are upon you, to tell
and the mighty men and Solo- v De 19:15
2Co 13:1 them who is going to sit upon
mon his brother he did not in-
the throne of my lord the king
vite. 11 Nathan o now said to Second Col. after him. o 21 And it will cer-
Bath-sheba, p Solo·mon’s moth-
er: q “Have you not heard that
a Ge 43:30 tainly occur that as soon as my
Jg 15:1
Ad·o·nijah the son of Haggith r 2Sa 13:10 lord the king lies down with his
has become king, and our lord
b 1Ki 1:1 forefathers, p I myself and also my
c 1Ki 1:3
David does not know of it at all? d 1Sa 25:23 son Solo·mon shall certainly be-
12 So now come, let me, please, e 1Ki 2:20 come offenders.”
Es 7:2
solemnly counsel you. s And pro- f Ge 18:12 22 And, look! while she was
vide escape for your own soul 1Pe 3:6 yet speaking with the king, Na-
g 1Ki 1:13
and for the soul of your son Sol- 1Ch 22:10 than the prophet himself came
o·mon. t 13 Go and enter in to h 1Ki 1:5 in. q 23 At once they told the
i 1Ki 1:11 king, saying: “Here is Nathan
King David, and you must say j 1Ki 1:9
to him, ‘Was it not you, my lord k 2Sa 20:25 the prophet!” After that he came
the king, that swore to your slave 1Ki 1:7 in before the king and prostrat-
l 2Sa 8:16
girl, saying: “Solo·mon your son 1Ki 2:28 ed himself to the king with his
is the one that will become king m 1Ki 1:10 face to the earth. r 24 Then Na-
n Ps 123:2
after me, and he is the one that o 2Sa 23:2 than said: “My lord the king,
will sit upon my throne”? u So 1Ki 2:15 did you yourself say, ‘Ad·o·ni-
1Ki 2:24
why has Ad·o·nijah become 1Ch 29:1 jah is the one that will become
king?’ 14 Look! While you are p Ge 15:15 king after me, and he is the one
1Ki 2:10
yet speaking there with the king, q 1Ki 1:14 that will sit upon my throne’? s
then I myself shall come in after r 1Sa 24:8 25 For he has today gone down
Ro 13:7
you, and I shall certainly confirm 1Pe 2:17 that he might sacrifice t bulls and
your words.” v s 1Ki 1:5 fatlings and sheep in great quan-
1Ki 1:18
15 Accordingly Bath-sheba t 2Sa 15:12
tity and might invite all the
went in to the king in the in- 1Ki 1:9 sons of the king and the chiefs
449 David commands to anoint Solomon as king 1 KINGS 1:26-43
of the army and A·bia·thar the CHAP. 1 come up following him, and he
priest; a and there they are eat- a 1Ki 1:7 must come in and sit upon my
ing and drinking before him b 2Sa 16:16 throne; and he himself will be
2Ch 23:11
and they keep saying, ‘Let King c 1Ki 1:8 king in place of me, and him I
d 1Ch 27:5
Ad·o·nijah live!’ b 26 But as for e 1Ki 1:10
shall have to commission to be-
me your servant, me and Za- f Joh 15:15 come leader over Israel and over
dok c the priest and Be·naiah d g 2Sa 12:24 Judah.” 36 At once Be·naiah
1Ki 1:15
the son of Je·hoia·da and Solo- h Nu 30:2 the son of Je·hoia·da answered
Ec 5:4
mon your servant he has not in- Mt 5:33 the king and said: “Amen! a Thus
vited. e 27 If it is from my lord i 1Sa 20:21 may Jehovah the God of my lord
j Ps 19:14
the king that this thing has been Ps 31:5 the king say. b 37 Just as Jeho-
brought about, then you have Ps 103:4 vah proved to be with my lord the
k Ps 71:23
not caused your servant to know f l 2Sa 4:9 king, c so let him prove to be with
who should sit upon the throne 2Co 1:10 Solo·mon, d and may he make his
m 1Ki 1:13
of my lord the king after him.” 1Ki 1:17 throne greater e than the throne
n 1Ki 1:16 of my lord King David.”
28 King David now answered o Ne 2:3
and said: “YOU men, call Bath- Da 2:4 38 And Zadok f the priest and
p 1Ki 1:8
sheba g for me.” At that she came q 2Sa 20:23 Nathan g the prophet and Be·nai-
in before the king and stood be- 2Sa 23:20 ahh the son of Je·hoia·da and
1Ch 27:5
fore the king. 29 And the king r 2Sa 20:6 the Chere·thites i and the Pele-
proceeded to swear h and say: “As s Ge 41:43 thites j proceeded to go down
1Ki 1:38
Jehovah is living i who redeemed j Es 6:8 and make Solo·mon ride upon
my soul k out of all distress, l Zec 9:9
Lu 19:35
the she-mule of King David, k
30 just as I have sworn to you by t 2Sa 5:8 and then brought him to Gi-
2Ch 32:30
Jehovah the God of Israel, say- u 1Sa 10:1 hon. l 39 Zadok the priest now
ing, ‘Solo·mon your son is the 1Sa 16:13 took the horn of oil m out of the
2Ki 9:3
one that will become king after v 2Sa 15:10 tent n and anointed o Solo·mon;
me, and he is the one that will w 1Sa 10:24 and they began to blow the horn,
2Ki 11:12
sit upon my throne in place of 2Ch 23:11 and all the people broke out say-
me!’ that is the way I shall
ing: “Let King Solo·mon live!” p
do this day.” m 31 Then Bath- Second Col. 40 After that all the people came
sheba bowed low with her face a Ps 72:19 on up following him, and the
b 1Ch 17:27
to the earth and prostrated n her- Jer 11:5 people were playing on flutes q
self to the king and said: “Let my Jer 28:6 and rejoicing with great joy, r so
c 1Sa 16:13
lord King David live to time in- d 1Ch 28:20 that the earths was split by the
definite!” o e 1Ki 3:12 noise of them.
1Ki 10:23
32 Immediately King David 2Ch 9:22 41 And Ad·o·nijah and all the
Ps 72:8
said: “YOU men, call for me Za- f 1Ki 1:8 ones invited that were with him
dok p the priest and Nathan the g 2Sa 7:2 got to hear it, when they them-
h 1Ch 27:5
prophet and Be·naiah q the son i 1Sa 30:14
selves had finished eating. t When
of Je·hoia·da.” So they came 2Sa 8:18 Joab got to hear the sound of
j 2Sa 15:18
in before the king. 33 And the 1Ch 18:17 the horn, he at once said: “What
king went on to say to them: k 1Ki 1:33 does the noise of the town in
Mt 21:7
“Take with YOU the servants r l 2Ch 32:30 an uproar u mean?” 42 While he
of YOUR lord, and YOU must m Ex 30:25 was yet speaking, why, here Jon-
1Sa 16:13
make Solo·mon my son ride n 2Sa 6:17 a·than v the son of A·bia·thar the
upon the she-mule that be- o 1Sa 10:1 priest came. Then Ad·o·nijah
1Ch 29:22
longs to me s and lead him down p 1Ki 1:34 said: “Come on in, for you are a
to Gihon. t 34 And Zadok the q Isa 5:12 valiant man, and you bring good
Isa 30:29
priest and Nathan the prophet r 1Sa 11:15 news.” w 43 But Jona·than an-
must anoint u him there as king 2Ki 11:14
Ps 97:1 swered and said to Ad·o·nijah:
over Israel; and YOU must blow s 1Sa 4:5 “No! Our lord King David him-
the horn v and say, ‘Let King Sol- t 1Ki 1:9
1Ki 1:25
o·mon live!’ w 35 And YOU must u Ac 21:30 v 2Sa 15:36; 2Sa 17:17; w 2Sa 18:27.
1 KINGS 1:44–2:7 Adonijah spared. David instructs Solomon 450
self has made Solo·mon king. a CHAP. 1 down from off the altar. Then
44 So the king sent with him a 1Ki 1:30 he came in and bowed down to
Zadok the priest and Nathan the b 1Ki 1:33 King Solo·mon; after which Sol-
c 1Ki 1:34
prophet and Be·naiah the son of d 1Ki 1:40 o·mon said to him: “Go to your
Je·hoia·da and the Chere·thites e 1Ki 2:12 own house.” a
1Ch 29:23
and the Pele·thites, and they Ps 132:11
made him ride upon the she-
mule of the king. b 45 Then Za-
f 1Ki 1:37
Lu 19:38
g Ge 47:31
2 And the days of David grad-
ually drew near for him to
die; b and he proceeded to com-
dok the priest and Nathan the Heb 11:21
h 1Ch 29:10 mand Solo·mon his son, say-
prophet anointed him as king c Ne 9:5
ing: 2 “I am going in the way of
in Gihon; after which they came Ps 34:1
Ps 72:18 all the earth, c and you must be
up from there rejoicing, and the Da 4:34
town is in an uproar. That was Eph 1:3 strong d and prove yourself to be
the noise that YOU men heard. d
i 2Sa 24:3 a man. e 3 And you must keep
j Pr 28:1
46 And, besides, Solo·mon has k Ex 21:14 the obligation to Jehovah your
sat down upon the throne of
Ex 38:2 God by walking in his ways, f by
1Ki 2:28
the kingship. e 47 And, anoth- l 1Sa 14:45 keeping his statutes, his com-
er thing, the servants of the
2Sa 14:11 mandments and his judicial de-
Ac 27:34
king have come in to wish our m De 1:17 cisions g and his testimonies, ac-
lord King David well, saying,
1Ki 2:23
Pr 13:6
cording to what is written in the
‘May your God make Solo- Pr 21:12 law of Moses, h in order that you
n Eze 3:19 may act prudently in everything
mon’s name more splendid than
your name, and may he make that you do and everywhere that
Second Col.
his throne greater than your you turn; 4 in order that Jeho-
a Pr 16:15
throne!’ f At that the king bowed
vah may carry out his word that
down upon the bed. g 48 And CHAP. 2
he spoke respecting me, i saying,
too this is what the king said, ‘If your sons j will take care of
b Ps 89:48
‘Blessed h be Jehovah the God of Ec 12:7 their way by walking k before me
Israel, who has today given one c Jos 23:14
Job 30:23
in truthl with all their heart m and
to sit upon my throne, with my Ec 9:10 with all their soul, there will not
Heb 9:27
own eyes seeing it!’ ” i d De 31:6
be cut off a man of yours from
49 And all those invited that Jos 1:6 sitting upon the throne of Isra-
1Ch 28:20
were with Ad·o·nijah began to Eph 6:10 el.’ n
tremble and rise up and go each e 1Ki 3:7 5 “And you yourself also well
f De 17:19
one on his own way. j 50 And De 29:9 know what Joab the son of Ze-
Ad·o·nijah himself was afraid Ec 12:13 ruiah did to me o in what he did
g De 4:1
because of Solo·mon. So he rose h De 17:20 to two chiefs of the armies of Is-
up and went away and grabbed i 2Sa 7:16 rael, to Abner p the son of Ner
1Ch 17:11
hold of the horns of the altar. k 1Ch 22:9 and A·masaq the son of Jether, r
51 In time the report was made 1Ch 28:7
Ps 89:35
when he killed them and placed
to Solo·mon, saying: “Here Ad·o- Ps 132:11 the blood s of war in peacetime
nijah himself has become afraid j 2Sa 7:19 and put the blood of war on his
k Ge 17:1
of King Solo·mon; and here he Le 26:3 belt that was about his hips and
has taken hold on the horns of 2Ki 20:3 in his sandals that were on his
2Ki 23:3
the altar, saying, ‘Let King Sol- 2Ch 17:3 feet. 6 And you must act ac-
Lu 1:6
o·mon first of all swear to me l Ps 15:2 cording to your wisdom, t and not
that he will not put his servant Joh 4:24 let his gray hairs go down in
m De 6:5
to death by the sword.’ ” 52 To De 10:12 peaceu to Sheol. v
this Solo·mon said: “If he will Mt 22:37 7 “And toward the sons of
n 2Sa 7:12
become a valiant man, there will 1Ki 8:25 Bar·zillai w the Gile·ad·ite you
not fall a single hair l of his to the Ps 89:29 should exercise loving-kindness,
Ps 132:12
earth; but if what is bad should o 2Sa 3:39
be found in him, m he will also p 2Sa 3:27 s Nu 35:33; 2Sa 3:28; 2Sa 3:30; 1Ki 2:31; t Pr
q 2Sa 20:10
have to die.” n 53 So King Solo- r 2Sa 17:25
20:26; u 2Sa 3:29; 1Ki 2:34; Pr 28:17; Isa 48:22;
Mt 26:52; v Ge 37:35; Ge 42:38; Job 7:9; Re 20:13;
mon sent and they brought him 1Ch 2:17 w 2Sa 19:31.
451 David dies. Adonijah’s plot to usurp; judged 1 KINGS 2:8-25
and they must prove to be among CHAP. 2 quest that I am making of you.
those eating at your table; a for a 2Sa 9:7 Do not turn my face away.” a Ac-
2Sa 19:28
that was the way they drew near b b 2Sa 17:27
cordingly she said to him:
to me when I ran away from be- c 2Sa 15:14 “Speak.” 17 And he went on to
fore Absa·lom your brother. c d 2Sa 16:7 say: “Please, say to Solo·mon the
e 2Sa 16:5
8 “And here there is with you f 2Sa 16:7 king (for he will not turn your
Shime·i d the son of Gera the g 2Sa 17:24 face away) that he should give me
h 2Sa 19:17
Benja·min·ite from Ba·hurim, e i 2Sa 19:23 Abi·shag b the Shunam·mite c as
and he it was that called down j Ex 22:28 a wife.” 18 To this Bath-sheba
Ps 105:15
evil upon me with a painful male- Pr 11:21 said: “Good! I myself shall speak
2Pe 2:9 for you to the king.”
diction f on the day that I was k 1Ki 3:12
going to Ma·ha·naim; g and he 1Ki 3:28 19 So Bath-sheba came in to
Pr 2:6
it was that came down to meet l Ge 42:38
King Solo·mon to speak to him
me at the Jordan, h so that I Ge 44:31 for Ad·o·nijah. d At once the king
m 1Ki 2:46
swore to him by Jehovah, saying, n 1Ch 29:28
rose e to meet her and bowed
‘I shall not put you to death by Job 14:1 down to her. f Then he sat
Ec 12:5
the sword.’ i 9 And now do not Ac 13:36 down upon his throne and had
leave him unpunished, j for you o 2Sa 5:7 a throne set for the mother of
1Ki 3:1
are a wise k man and you well 1Ki 11:43 the king, that she might sit at
know what you ought to do to 1Ch 11:7
Ac 2:29
his right. g 20 And she proceed-
him, and you must bring his p 2Sa 5:4 ed to say: “There is one little re-
gray l hairs down to Sheol with q 1Ch 12:23 quest that I am making of you.
r 1Ch 29:27
blood.” m s 2Sa 5:5 Do not turn my face away.” So
10 Then David lay down with 1Ch 3:4 the king said to her: “Make it, my
t 1Ki 1:46
his forefathers n and was buried 1Ch 29:23 mother; for I shall not turn your
2Ch 1:1 face away.” 21 And she went on
in the City of David. o 11 And Ps 132:12
the days that David had reigned u 2Sa 7:12 to say: “Let Abi·shag the Shu-
Ps 89:37
over Israel were forty years. p In v 2Sa 12:24
nam·mite be given to Ad·o·nijah
Hebron q he had reigned seven w 1Sa 16:4 your brother as a wife.” 22 At
1Ch 12:17
years, r and in Jerusalem he had x 2Sa 14:12
this King Solo·mon answered
reigned thirty-three years. s y 1Ki 1:5 and said to his mother: “And why
1Ki 1:25
12 As for Solo·mon, he sat z 1Ch 22:9
are you requesting Abi·shag the
down upon the throne of Da- 1Ch 28:5 Shunam·mite for Ad·o·nijah?
Pr 21:30
vid his father; t and gradually his Da 2:21 Request also for him the king-
kingship became very firmly es-
ship h (because he is my brother
tablished. u Second Col. older than I am), i even for him
13 In time Ad·o·nijah the son a 2Ch 29:6 and for A·bia·thar j the priest and
Jer 2:27 for Joab k the son of Ze·ruiah.” l
of Haggith came to Bath- Jer 18:17
sheba, v Solo·mon’s mother. b 1Ki 1:3 23 With that King Solo·mon
c Jos 19:18
At this she said: “Is your com- d 1Ki 1:7
swore by Jehovah, saying: “So
ing peaceable?” w to which he e Ex 20:12 may God do to me, and so may
Le 19:32
said: “It is peaceable.” 14 And Pr 23:22
he add to it, m if it was not against
he went on to say: “There is a f Ge 33:3 his own soul that Ad·o·nijah
Ge 48:12
matter I have for you.” So she Ex 18:7 spoke this thing. n 24 And now,
said: “Speak.” x 15 And he con- g Ps 110:1 as Jehovah is living o who has
Mt 25:33
tinued: “You yourself well know h 2Sa 12:8 firmly established me p and keeps
that the kingship was to have 2Sa 16:21 me seated upon the throne of Da-
i 1Ch 3:2
become mine, and it was toward 1Ch 3:5 vid my father q and who made a
me that all Israel had set their j 1Ki 1:7 house r for me just as he has
k 2Sa 8:16
face for me to become king; y but l 2Sa 2:18
spoken, s today Ad·o·nijah will be
the kingship turned and came to m De 6:13 put to death.” t 25 Immediate-
Ru 1:17
be my brother’s, for it was from 1Sa 3:17
2Sa 19:13
Jehovah that it became his. z n Ps 64:8
o 1Sa 20:21; p 1Ki 10:9; 1Ch 22:10; q 1Ch 29:23;
2Ch 1:8; r 1Sa 25:28; 2Sa 7:11; 1Ch 17:10; Ps
16 And now there is one re- Ps 140:9 127:1; s Isa 55:11; t 1Ki 1:52; Ec 8:11.
1 KINGS 2:26-40 Abiathar punished. Joab struck down 452
ly King Solo·mon sent by means CHAP. 2 teous and better than he was, a
of Be·naiaha the son of Je·hoia- a 2Sa 8:18 and he proceeded to kill them
1Ki 1:8
da; and he proceeded to fall upon 1Ch 27:5 with the sword, when my father
him, so that he died. b b 1Ki 2:34 David himself had not known of
c 1Sa 22:20
26 And to A·bia·thar c the 1Ki 1:7 it, b namely, Abner c the son of
priest the king said: “Go to Ana- d Jos 21:18 Ner the chief of the army of Isra-
1Ch 6:60
thoth d to your fields! For you are Jer 1:1 el d and A·masae the son of Je-
deserving of death; e but on this e 1Ki 2:22 ther the chief of the army of Ju-
f Ge 15:2
day I shall not put you to death, g 1Sa 23:6 dah. f 33 And their blood must
because you carried the ark of 2Sa 15:24 come back upon the head of Jo-
1Ch 15:12
the Sovereign Lord Jehovah f be- h 1Sa 22:23 ab and upon the head of his off-
fore David my father, g and be- i 1Sa 2:31 spring to time indefinite; g but for
1Sa 3:12
cause you suffered affliction j Jos 18:1 David h and for his offspring and
during all the time that my fa- k 1Ki 2:22 for his house and for his throne
l 1Ki 1:7
ther suffered affliction.” h 27 So m 2Sa 18:14 there will come to be peace to
Solo·mon drove out A·bia·thar n 1Ki 3:4 time indefinite from Jehovah.” i
1Ch 16:39
from serving as a priest of Jeho- 1Ch 21:29 34 Then Be·naiah the son of Je-
vah, to fulfill Jehovah’s word that
o 1Ki 1:50 hoia·da went on up j and fell
p 1Ki 2:25
he had spoken against the house q Ex 21:14 upon him and put him to death; k
of Eli i in Shiloh. j
r Ge 9:6 and he got to be buried at his
Nu 35:33
De 19:13 own house in the wilderness.
28 And the report itself came De 21:9 35 Upon that the king put Be-
clear to Joab k—for Joab him- 2Ki 9:26
Pr 28:17 naiah l the son of Je·hoia·da in
self had inclined to follow s 2Sa 3:28
place of him over the army; m and
Ad·o·nijah, l although Absa·lom 1Ki 2:5
t Jg 9:57 Zadok the priest the king put in
he had not inclined to fol- Ps 7:16
the place of A·bia·thar. n
Ps 9:16
low m—and Joab went fleeing to
36 Finally the king sent and
the tent n of Jehovah and be- Second Col. called Shime·i o and said to him:
gan to hold fast to the horns of
a Ex 23:7 “Build yourself a house in Jeru-
the altar. o 29 Then King Sol- 2Sa 4:11
salem, and you must dwell there
o·mon was told: “Joab has fled 2Ch 21:13
b 2Sa 3:26 and not go out from there to
to the tent of Jehovah, and there c 2Sa 3:27
this place and that. 37 And it
he is beside the altar.” So Sol- d 2Sa 2:8
e 2Sa 20:10 must occur that on the day of
o·mon sent Be·naiah the son of f 2Sa 17:25 your going out and when you do
Je·hoia·da, saying: “Go, fall upon g 2Sa 3:29
Ps 109:9 pass over the torrent valley of
him!” p 30 Accordingly Be·nai- Mt 27:25
Kidron, p you should unmistak-
h 2Sa 3:28
ah came to the tent of Jehovah i Ps 89:29 ably know that you will positive-
and said to him: “This is what Ps 132:12
ly die. q Bloodguilt for you will it-
Pr 25:5
the king has said, ‘Come on Isa 9:7 self come to be upon your own
out!’ ” But he said: “No! For here q j 1Ki 2:28
1Ch 21:29 head.” r 38 At this Shime·i said
is where I shall die.” At that Be- k 1Ki 2:25 to the king: “The word is good.
naiah brought word back to the Ps 37:38
Ec 12:14 Just as my lord the king has spo-
king, saying: “This is what Jo- l 1Ch 11:24 ken is the way that your servant
1Ch 27:5
ab spoke, and this is what he an- m Job 34:24 will do.” And Shime·i kept dwell-
swered me.” 31 Then the king n 1Sa 2:35 ing in Jerusalem many days.
1Ch 6:53
said to him: “Do just as he has 1Ch 12:28 39 And it came about at the
spoken and fall upon him; and 1Ch 16:39
1Ch 24:3 end of three years that two
you must bury him and remove Ps 109:8 slaves s of Shime·i went running
o 1Ki 2:8
from off me and from off the p 2Sa 15:23 away to Achish t the son of Ma-
house of my father the blood r 2Ki 23:6 a·cah the king of Gath; u and peo-
Joh 18:1
undeservedly shed that Joab q Nu 35:27 ple came telling Shime·i, saying:
spilled. s 32 And Jehovah will Pr 20:8
Pr 20:26
“Look! Your slaves are at Gath.”
certainly bring back his blood r Nu 35:26 40 Immediately Shime·i got up
upon his own head, t because he Jos 2:19
Eze 18:13
fell upon two men more righ- s De 23:15 t 1Sa 21:10; u 1Sa 27:2.
453 Shimei slain. Solomon requests wisdom 1 KINGS 2:41–3:11
and saddled his ass and went CHAP. 2 hovah by walking in the statutes
to Gath to Achish to look for a Pr 16:14 of David his father. a Only it was
his slaves; after which Shime·i b Tit 3:1 on the high places b that he was
c 1Ki 2:38
went and brought his slaves from d Eze 17:19 regularly sacrificing and making
Gath. 41 Then Solo·mon was e Pr 16:12 offerings smoke.
Ec 8:2
told: “Shime·i has gone out of f 2Sa 16:5 4 Accordingly the king went
Jerusalem to Gath and is back.” 2Sa 16:13 to Gibe·on c to sacrifice there, for
g 1Ki 2:37
42 At that the king sent and Ps 7:16 that was the great high place. d
called a Shime·i and said to him: Pr 5:22
Eze 18:20
A thousand burnt sacrifices Sol-
“Did I not put you under oath by h Ps 21:6 o·mon proceeded to offer upon
Jehovah that I might warn you, b Ps 72:17
i 1Ki 2:24
that altar. e 5 In Gibe·on Jeho-
saying, ‘On the day of your going Pr 25:5 vah appeared f to Solo·mon in
Isa 9:7
outside and when you do go here j 1Ki 2:9
a dream g by night; and God
and there you should unmistak- 1Ki 2:25 proceeded to say: “Request
1Ki 2:34
ably know that you will positive- k 1Ki 2:12 what I should give you.” h 6 At
ly die,’ and so did you not say 2Ch 1:1 this Solo·mon said: “You your-
Pr 16:12
to me, ‘Good is the word that Pr 29:4 self have exercised great loving-
I have heard’? c 43 Why, then,
kindness i toward your servant
did you not keep the oath of Je- CHAP. 3 David my father according as he
hovah d and the commandment l Ezr 9:2 walked before you in truth and
that I solemnly laid upon you?” e Ezr 9:14 in righteousness j and in upright-
m De 7:4
44 And the king went on to say 1Ki 7:8 ness of heart with you; and you
1Ki 9:24
to Shime·i: “You yourself cer- 1Ki 11:1
continued keeping toward him
tainly know all the injury which Ezr 10:10 this great loving-kindness, so
Ne 13:27
your heart well knows that you n 2Sa 5:7 that you gave him a son to sit
did to David my father; f and Je- 1Ch 11:7 upon his throne as at this day. k
o 1Ki 7:1
hovah will certainly return the p 1Ki 8:19 7 And now, Jehovah my God,
injury by you upon your own q 1Ki 9:15 you yourself have made your ser-
r Le 17:4
head. g 45 But King Solo·mon Le 26:30
vant king in the place of Da-
will be blessed, h and the throne De 12:6 vid my father, and I am but a
1Ki 15:14
of David itself will prove to be 1Ki 22:43 little boy. l I do not know how
firmly established before Jeho- 2Ch 33:17 to go out and how to come
s 1Ki 5:3
vah forever.” i 46 With that the 1Ch 17:4 in. m 8 And your servant is in
king commanded Be·naiah the 1Ch 17:12
1Ch 28:6
the middle of your people whom
son of Je·hoia·da, who then went Ac 7:47 you have chosen, n a multitudi-
out and fell upon him, so that he t De 6:5 nous people that cannot be num-
De 10:12
died. j Ps 145:20 bered or counted for multitude. o
Mt 22:37
And the kingdom was firmly 1Co 8:3
9 And you must give to your ser-
established in the hand of Solo- 1Jo 5:3 vant an obedient heart to judgep
mon. k your people, to discern between
Second Col. good and bad; q for who is able
And Solo·mon proceeded to
3 form a marriage alliance l
a 2Ch 17:3
b 1Sa 7:9
1Sa 10:8
to judge r this difficult people of
yours?” s
with Pharaoh the king of Egypt 1Ki 15:14
and to take Pharaoh’s daugh- 1Ki 22:43
10 And the thing was pleasing
ter m and bring her to the City 1Ch 21:26 in the eyes of Jehovah, because
2Ch 1:3
of David, n until he finished build- c Jos 9:3 Solo·mon had requested this
ing his own house o and the
1Ki 9:2 thing. t 11 And God went on to
d 1Ch 16:39
house of Jehovah p and Jerusa- 1Ch 21:29 say to him: “For the reason that
lem’s wall all around. q 2 Only e 2Ch 1:6 you have requested this thing
f 1Ki 9:2
the people were sacrificing on the 2Ch 1:3 and have not requested for your-
g Nu 12:6
high places, r for a house had not Job 33:15
l 1Ch 29:1; Jer 1:6; Mt 23:12; 2Co 12:9; m Nu
been built to the name of Jeho- h 2Ch 1:7
27:17; De 31:2; 2Sa 5:2; n Ex 19:6; De 7:6; o Ge
i 2Ch 1:8
vah down to those days. s 3 And j Ps 11:7
13:16; Ge 22:17; p 2Ch 1:10; Ps 72:1; Ps 119:34;
q 2Sa 14:17; Heb 5:14; r 1Sa 8:6; s Ex 32:9; De 9:6;
Solo·mon continued to love t Je- k 1Ki 2:4 t Pr 15:8.
1 KINGS 3:12–4:2 Solomon judges two harlots; his princes 454
self many days nor requested CHAP. 3 I got up in the morning to nurse a
for yourself riches a nor request- a Pr 27:24 my son, why, there he was dead.
1Ti 6:9
ed the soul of your enemies, and b 1Ch 22:12
So I examined him closely in the
you have requested for yourself 1Ch 29:19 morning, and, look! he did not
Pr 16:16
understanding to hear judicial c Ps 10:17 prove to be my son that I had
cases, b 12 look! I shall certain- Ec 1:16 borne.” 22 But the other wom-
Isa 65:24
ly do according to your words. c 1Jo 5:14 an said: “No, but my son is the
Look! I shall certainly give you a d 1Ki 4:29 living one and your son is the
1Ki 5:12
wise and understanding heart, d 2Ch 1:11 dead one!” All the while this
so that one like you there has not Pr 3:13
e Mt 12:42
woman was saying: “No, but your
happened to be before you, and f Ps 84:11 son is the dead one and my son
after you there will not rise up Mt 6:33
Eph 3:20 is the living one.” And they kept
one like you. e 13 And also what g 1Ki 4:21 on speaking before the king. b
Pr 3:16
you have not requested I will Ec 7:11 23 Finally the king said: “This
give you, f both riches g and glory, h 1Ki 10:23 one is saying, ‘This is my son, the
2Ch 1:12
so that there will not have hap- i 1Ch 22:12 living one, and your son is the
pened to be any among the kings j 1Ki 15:5 dead one!’ and that one is saying,
2Ch 7:17
like you, all your days. h 14 And k De 25:15 ‘No, but your son is the dead one
if you will walk in my ways by Ps 21:4
and my son is the living one!’ ”
Ps 91:16
keeping my regulations i and my Pr 3:16 24 And the king went on to say: c
commandments, just as David l Ge 41:7
Jer 31:26 “YOU men, get me a sword.” So
your father walked, j I will also m 2Sa 6:17 they brought the sword before
lengthen your days.” k 1Ch 16:1
the king. 25 And the king pro-
n Le 7:11
15 When Solo·mon awoke, l 2Sa 6:18 ceeded to say: “YOU men, sever
1Ch 21:29
why, here it had been a dream. o Ge 31:54 the living child in two and give
Then he came to Jerusalem and Es 1:3
the one half to the one woman
Da 5:1
stood before the ark m of the cov- p 1Ki 1:33 and the other half to the other.”
enant of Jehovah and offered q Ge 38:15
26 At once the woman whose
De 23:17
up burnt sacrifices and ren- Jos 6:17 son was the living one said to
dered up communion n offerings Jg 11:1
the king (for her inward emo-
r 1Sa 8:20
and spread a feast o for all his ser- s Ro 13:7 tions d were excited toward her
vants. p 1Pe 2:17
son, e so that she said): “Excuse
16 At that time two wom- me, f my lord! YOU men, give her
Second Col.
en, prostitutes, q got to come the living child. Do not by any
a 1Sa 1:23
in to the king and stand before 1Th 2:7 means put him to death.” All the
him. r 17 Then the one woman b Pr 20:8
while this other woman was say-
c Pr 20:26
said: “Excuse me, my lord, s I and d Ge 43:30 ing: “Neither mine nor yours will
this woman are dwelling in one Isa 49:15
he become. YOU men, do the sev-
Jer 31:20
house, so that I gave birth close Ho 11:8 ering!” g 27 At that the king an-
by her in the house. 18 And it e 1Th 2:7
swered and said: “YOU men, give
f 1Sa 1:26
came about on the third day af- 1Ki 3:17 her the living child, and YOU must
ter I gave birth, this wom- g Ro 1:31
by no means put him to death.
2Ti 3:3
an also proceeded to give birth. h 1Ki 2:3 She is his mother.”
And we were together. There 1Ki 3:9
i Jos 4:14 28 And all Israel got to hear
was no stranger with us in the 1Sa 12:18
1Ch 29:24 of the judicial decision h that the
house, no one but the two of us Ps 72:5 king had handed down; and they
in the house. 19 Later the son Pr 24:21
of this woman died at night, be- j Ezr 7:25 became fearful because of the
cause she lay upon him. 20 So
Pr 2:3
Ec 7:19
king, i for they saw that the wis-
she got up in the middle of the Col 2:3 dom j of God was within him to
Jas 1:5
night and took my son from be-
execute judicial decision.
side me while your slave girl her-
self was asleep and laid him in
CHAP. 4
k 1Ki 1:20
2Ch 9:30
4 And King Solo·mon contin-
ued king over all Israel. k
that as the king was pass- c 1Ki 21:4 sion of my forefathers to you.” m
ing by, he cried out to the king
Ps 2:10 4 Consequently Ahab came into
d 1Ki 16:29
and proceeded to say: f “Your ser-
his house, sullen and dejected
vant himself went out into the CHAP. 21
over the word that Naboth the
thick of the battle; and, look! a e Jos 19:18
Jezre·el·ite had spoken to him,
man was leaving the line, and he 1Ki 18:45 when he said: “I shall not give
came bringing a man to me and
Ho 2:22 you the hereditary possession of
f Ex 20:17
then said, ‘Guard this man. If De 5:21
my forefathers.” Then he lay
he should in any way be miss- Hab 2:9 down upon his couch and kept
Lu 12:15 his face turned, n and he did not
ing, your soulg will also have to Ro 7:7
take the place of his soul, h or else Jas 1:14 eat bread.
a talent of silver you will weigh
2Pe 2:14 5 Finally Jeze·bel o his wife
g 1Sa 8:14
out.’ i 40 And it came about h Ec 2:5
came in to him and spoke to
that as your servant was active i De 11:10 him: “Why is it that your spir-
here and there, why, he him- j Ge 16:6 it is sad p and you are not eat-
k Le 25:18 ing bread?” 6 At that he spoke
self was gone.” At this the king Ps 97:10
of Israel said to him: “Thus your Am 5:15 to her: “Because I proceeded to
own judgment is. You yourself l Jos 22:5 speak to Naboth the Jezre·el-
1Sa 24:6
have decided.” j 41 Upon that 1Sa 26:11
ite and say to him, ‘Do give me
he hurriedly removed the ban- m Le 25:23 your vineyard for money. Or, if
dage from over his eyes, and the Nu 36:7 you prefer, let me give you an-
Eze 46:18
king of Israel got to recognize n Pr 15:13
other vineyard in place of it.’
him, that he was from the proph- Pr 18:14 But he said, ‘I shall not give you
ets. k 42 He now said to him: o 1Ki 16:31 my vineyard.’ ” q 7 Then Jeze-
1Ki 18:4
“This is what Jehovah has said, 1Ki 19:2 bel his wife said to him: “Is it
‘For the reason that you have 1Ki 21:25 you that now exercise the king-
2Ki 9:34
let go out of your hand the man p Ne 2:2
ship over Israel? r Rise up, eat
devoted to me for destruction, l q 1Ki 21:3 bread and let your heart be mer-
your soul must take the place r 1Sa 8:14 ry. I myself shall give you the
489 Has Naboth killed. House of Ahab to be cut off 1 KINGS 21:8-26
vineyard of Naboth the Jezre·el- CHAP. 21 17 And Jehovah’s word a came
ite.” a 8 Accordingly she wrote a Mic 2:1 to E·lijah b the Tishbite, saying:
Mic 7:3
letters b in Ahab’s name and b 2Sa 11:14
18 “Rise up, go down to meet
sealed them with his seal, c and c Ne 9:38 Ahab the king of Israel, who
sent the letters to the older Es 8:8 is in Sa·mari·a. c There he is in
d Nu 11:16
men d and the nobles that were De 16:18 the vineyard of Naboth, where
in his city dwelling with Na- e Pr 6:18 he has gone down to take pos-
f De 17:6
both. 9 But she wrote in the g 1Sa 2:12 session of it. 19 And you must
letters, saying: e “Proclaim a fast, 2Sa 20:1
Pr 17:23
speak to him, saying, ‘This is
and HAVE Naboth sit at the head h Ex 20:16 what Jehovah has said: “Have
of the people. 10 And MAKE two De 5:20 you murdered d and also taken
Pr 6:19
men, f good-for-nothing g fellows, Pr 24:28 possession?” ’ e And you must
Isa 32:7
sit in front of him, and let them Ac 6:13 speak to him, saying, ‘This is
bear witness against him, h say- i Ex 22:28 what Jehovah has said: “In the
Le 24:16
ing, ‘You have cursed God and Mt 26:65 place f where the dogs licked up
the king!’ i And BRING him out Ac 23:5 the blood of Naboth, the dogs
j Le 24:16
and stone him that he may die.” j Joh 10:33 will lick up your blood, even
11 So the men of his city, the Ac 7:58 yours.” ’ ” g
k Ex 23:1
older men and the nobles that Le 19:15 20 And Ahab proceeded to
were dwelling in his city, did just l Isa 58:4 say to E·lijah: “Have you found
m 1Ki 21:10
as Jeze·bel had sent to them, Ec 3:16 me, O enemy of mine?” h to which
just as it was written in the let- Am 5:12
Hab 1:4 he said: “I have found you. ‘For
ters that she had sent to them. k n 2Ki 9:26 the reason that you have sold
Ec 4:1
12 They proclaimed a fast l and o Ec 5:8
yourself to do what is bad in
had Naboth sit at the head of Ec 8:14 the eyes of Jehovah, i 21 here I
Hab 1:13
the people. 13 Then two of the p 1Ki 21:7 am bringing calamity upon you; j
men, good-for-nothing fellows, Pr 4:17 and I shall certainly make a
Jer 22:17
came in and sat down in front q Ps 50:18 clean sweep after you k and cut
of him; and the good-for-nothing Hab 2:12 off from Ahab anyone urinat-
Ro 1:32
men began to bear witness 2Pe 2:15 ing against a wall l and the help-
against him, that is, Naboth, in
less and worthless one in Israel.
front of the people, saying: “Na- Second Col. 22 And I shall certainly consti-
both has cursed God and the a Ps 9:12 tute your house like the house
Isa 26:21
king!” m After that they brought b 1Ki 17:1
of Jer·o·boam m the son of Nebat
him out to the outskirts of the c 1Ki 16:29 and like the house of Baa·shan
city and stoned him with stones, d Ge 4:10
e Hab 2:9
the son of A·hijah, for the of-
so that he died. n 14 They now f Ex 21:23 fense with which you have of-
sent to Jeze·bel, saying: “Na- Ps 7:15 fended and then caused Israel
g 1Ki 22:38
both has been stoned so that he 2Ki 9:25 to sin.’ o 23 And also as regards
is dead.” o Mt 7:2
Jeze·bel Jehovah has spoken,
h 1Ki 18:17
15 And it came about that, as Am 5:10 saying, ‘The very dogs will eat
Ga 4:16
soon as Jeze·bel heard that Na- i 1Ki 16:30
up Jeze·bel in the plot of land of
both had been stoned so that he j 2Ki 9:7 Jezre·el. p 24 Anyone of Ahab’s
died, Jeze·bel immediately said k Ex 20:5
2Ki 9:8
that is dying in the city the dogs
to Ahab: “Rise up, take posses- 2Ki 10:7 will eat up; and anyone dying in
sion of the vineyard of Naboth l 2Ki 10:17
2Ki 10:30 the field the fowls of the heavens
the Jezre·el·ite, p which he re- m 1Ki 15:29 will eat up. q 25 Without excep-
fused to give you for money; for n 1Ki 16:3
1Ki 16:11
tion no one has proved to be like
Naboth is no longer alive, but o 1Ki 16:26 Ahab, r who sold himself to do
dead.” 16 And it came about p 2Ki 9:10
2Ki 9:35
what was bad in the eyes of Je-
that, as soon as Ahab heard that Ps 7:16 hovah, whom Jeze·bel s his wife
Naboth was dead, Ahab at once q 1Ki 14:11
1Ki 16:4 egged t on. 26 And he went act-
rose up to go down to the vine- Jer 15:3 ing very detestably by going af-
Re 19:18
yard of Naboth the Jezre·el·ite, r 1Ki 16:30
to take possession of it. q s 1Ki 16:31 t De 13:6; Jg 16:16; 2Ch 22:3; Re 2:20.
1 KINGS 21:27–22:15 Jehoshaphat, Ahab. Micaiah’s prophecy 490
ter the dungy idols, a the same as CHAP. 21 7 But Je·hosha·phat said: “Is
all that the Amor·ites had done, a 1Sa 12:21 there not here a prophet of Je-
whom Jehovah drove out from Ps 96:5
Jer 10:14
hovah still? Then let us inquire
before the sons of Israel.’ ” b 1Co 8:4 through him.” a 8 At that the
27 And it came about that as b Ex 23:28 king of Israel said to Je·hosha-
De 9:5
soon as Ahab heard these words, 2Ch 33:2 phat: “There is still one man
he proceeded to rip his garments c 1Ki 20:31 through whom to inquire of Je-
2Co 7:10
apart and to put sackcloth c d Pr 15:13 hovah; b but I myself certainly
upon his flesh; and he went e Ps 78:34 hate him, c for he does not proph-
f Ps 86:15
on a fast and kept lying down in Mic 7:18
esy good things concerning me
sackcloth and walking despon- g Ex 20:5 but bad d—Mi·caiah the son of
dently. d 28 And Jehovah’s word 2Ki 9:25
2Ki 10:7
Imlah.” However, Je·hosha·phat
came to E·lijah the Tishbite, 2Ki 10:11 said: “Do not let the king say a
saying: 29 “Have you seen how
thing like that.” e
Ahab has humbled himself on CHAP. 22 9 Accordingly the king of Is-
my account? e For the reason that h 1Ki 15:24 rael called a certain court official f
2Ch 18:3
he has humbled himself because i De 4:43 and said: “Do bring Mi·caiah the
of me, I shall not bring the ca- Jos 20:8 son of Imlah quickly.” g 10 Now
lamity in his own days. f In the 1Ki 4:13
j 2Ch 18:2
the king of Israel and Je·hosha-
days of his son I shall bring the k 2Ki 3:7 phat the king of Judah were sit-
calamity upon his house.” g 2Ch 18:3 ting each one on his throne,
Pr 13:20
clothed in garments, h in the
22 And for three years they 2Co 6:14
continued dwelling with- l Nu 27:21 threshing floor at the entrance of
Pr 3:6
out war between Syria and Isra- m 1Ki 18:19 the gate of Sa·mari·a; and all the
el. 2 And it came about in the Mt 15:14 prophets were acting as proph-
n 2Ch 18:5
third year that Je·hosha·phat h Jer 5:31 ets before them. i 11 Then Zed-
the king of Judah proceeded to Jer 23:30 e·kiah the son of Che·naa·nah
go down to the king of Israel. made for himself horns of iron
Second Col. and said: “This is what Jehovah
3 Then the king of Israel said to
his servants: “Do YOU really know a 2Ki 3:11 has said, j ‘With these you will
2Ch 18:6
that Ramoth-gile·ad i belongs to b 1Ki 18:4 push the Syrians until you ex-
us? Yet we are hesitating to take c 1Ki 21:20 terminate them.’ ” k 12 And all
2Ch 36:16
it out of the hand of the king Ps 34:21 the other prophets were proph-
of Syria.” 4 And he went on to Pr 9:8 esying the same as that, say-
d 2Ch 18:7
say to Je·hosha·phat: “Will you Isa 30:10
ing: “Go up to Ramoth-gile·ad
go with me to the fight at Ra- Jer 38:4 and prove successful; and Jeho-
e Pr 5:12 vah will certainly give it into the
moth-gile·ad?” j At this Je·hosh- Pr 5:13
a·phat said to the king of Israel: Tit 1:13 king’s hand.” l
f 1Sa 8:16 13 And the messenger that
“I am the same as you. My peo- 2Ki 9:32
ple are the same as your people. k g 2Ch 18:8 had gone to call Mi·caiah spoke
My horses are the same as your h Es 6:8 to him, saying: “Look, now! The
Mt 11:8
horses.” Ac 12:21 words of the prophets are unan-
5 However, Je·hosha·phat i 2Ch 18:9 imously of good to the king. Let
Eze 13:2
went on to say to the king of Is- j De 18:20
your word, please, become like
rael: “Inquire, l please, first of all Jer 23:16 the word of one of them, and you
Jer 23:17
for the word of Jehovah.” 6 So Eze 13:6
must speak good.” m 14 But Mi-
the king of Israel collected the k 2Ch 18:10 caiah said: “As Jehovah is liv-
prophets together, m about four l 2Ch 18:11 ing, n what Jehovah will say to
m 2Ch 18:12
hundred men, and said to them: n De 6:13
me, that is what I shall speak.” o
“Shall I go against Ramoth- Jer 12:16 15 Then he came in to the king,
o Nu 22:35
gile·ad in war, or shall I refrain?” 2Ch 18:13
and the king proceeded to say
And they began to say: “Go up, n Jer 1:7 to him: “Mi·caiah, shall we go to
Jer 23:28
and Jehovah will give it into the Eze 2:4
Ramoth-gile·ad in war, or shall
king’s hand.” 2Pe 1:21 we refrain?” At once he said to
491 Ahab fooled by deceptive spirit 1 KINGS 22:16-34
him: “Go up and prove suc- CHAP. 22 and said: “In just which way did
cessful; and Jehovah will certain- a 2Ch 18:14 the spirit of Jehovah pass along
ly give it into the king’s hand.” a b De 5:11 from me to speak with you?” a
16 At that the king said to him: 2Ch 18:15 25 At that Mi·caiah said: “Look!
c De 28:25 You are seeing which way on that
“For how many times am I put-
d Pr 10:24 day when you will enter the in-
ting you under oath that you Zec 10:2
should not speak to me anything Zec 13:7 nermost b chamber to hide your-
but truth in the name of Jeho- Mt 9:36 self.” c 26 Then the king of Isra-
vah?” b 17 So he said: “I cer- e 2Ch 18:16 el said: “Take Mi·caiah and turn
Eze 33:9
tainly see all the Israelites scat- him back to Amon the chief of
f 2Ch 18:17
tered c on the mountains, like the city and to Joash the king’s
g 2Ch 18:18
sheep that have no shepherd. d son. d 27 And you must say,
h Isa 6:1
And Jehovah went on to say: Eze 1:26
‘This is what the king has said: e
‘These have no masters. Let Da 7:9 “PUT this fellow in the house
them go back each one to his i Job 1:6 of detention f and feed him with
house in peace.’ ” e Da 7:10 a reduced allowance of bread g
Mt 18:10
18 Then the king of Israel said Re 5:11
and a reduced allowance of
to Je·hosha·phat: “Did I not say j 2Ch 18:19 water until I come in peace.” ’ ” h
to you, ‘He will prophesy con- k Ps 104:4 28 Upon that Mi·caiah said: “If
cerning me, not good things, but Heb 1:7 you return at all in peace, Jeho-
bad’?” f
Heb 1:14 vah has not spoken with me.” i
l 2Ch 18:20 And he added: “Hear, all YOU peo-
19 And he went on to say: m 1Ki 22:6 ples.” j
“Therefore hear the word of Je- n 2Th 2:11
29 And the king of Israel and
hovah: g I certainly see Jehovah 1Jo 4:1
Je·hosha·phat the king of Ju-
sitting upon his throne h and all o 2Ch 18:21
dah proceeded to go up to Ra-
the army of the heavens stand- p Eze 14:9
moth-gile·ad. k 30 The king of
ing by him, to his right and to his q Nu 23:19
1Ki 20:42 Israel now said to Je·hosha-
left. i 20 And Jehovah proceed- 2Ch 18:22 phat: “There will be a disguising
ed to say, ‘Who will fool Ahab, Isa 55:11
and entering into the battle l for
that he may go up and fall r 1Ch 16:22
me, but you, for your part, put
Ps 105:15
at Ramoth-gile·ad?’ And this
on your garments.” m According-
one began to say something like ly, the king of Israel disguised n
Second Col.
this, while that one was saying himself and entered into the bat-
a 2Ch 18:23
something like that. j 21 Final- tle. o 31 As for the king of Syria,
b 1Ki 20:30
ly a spirit k came out and stood he had commanded the thirty-
c 2Ch 18:24
before Jehovah and said, ‘I my- d 2Ch 18:25 two chiefs p of the chariots that
self shall fool him.’ At that Jeho- e Ro 9:18 were his, saying: “YOU must fight,
vah said to him, ‘By what f Heb 11:36 neither with the small nor the
means?’ l 22 To this he said, ‘I g Ps 104:15 great, but with the king of Israel
shall go forth, and I shall cer- h 2Ch 18:26 alone.” q 32 And it came about
tainly become a deceptive spir- i Nu 16:29 that, as soon as the chiefs of the
it in the mouth of all his proph- j 2Ch 18:27 chariots saw Je·hosha·phat, they,
ets.’ m So he said, ‘You will fool k 2Ch 18:28 for their part, said to themselves:
him, and, what is more, you will l 1Sa 8:20 “Surely it is the king of Isra-
come off the winner. n Go out m 1Ki 22:10 el.” r So they turned aside against
and do that way.’ o 23 And now n 2Ch 35:22 him to fight; and Je·hosha·phat
here Jehovah has put a decep- Pr 21:30 began to cry for aid. s 33 And it
tive spirit into the mouth of all o 2Ch 18:29
came about that, as soon as the
these prophets of yours; p but Je- p 1Ki 20:1
chiefs of the chariots saw that it
hovah himself has spoken ca- q 2Ch 18:30
was not the king of Israel, they
r 2Ch 18:31
lamity concerning you.” q immediately came back from fol-
s Ps 50:15
24 Zed·e·kiah the son of Che- Ps 91:15
lowing him. t
naa·nah now approached and Ps 130:1 34 And there was a man that
struck Mi·caiah upon the cheek r t 2Ch 18:32 bent the bow in his innocence,
1 KINGS 22:35-53 Jehoshaphat upright. Jehoram. Ahaziah 492
but he got to strike the king of Is- CHAP. 22 vah. a Only the high places them-
rael between the appendages and a 2Ch 18:33 selves did not disappear. The
b 1Ki 20:42
the coat of mail, so that he said 2Ch 18:34 people were still sacrificing and
to his charioteer: a “Turn your c Ge 9:6 making sacrificial smoke on the
d 1Ki 22:17
hand around, and take me out e 1Ki 16:28 high places. b 44 And Je·hosh-
from the camp, because I have f 1Ki 21:19 a·phat kept peaceful relations
g De 32:35
been badly wounded.” 35 And Ps 119:89 with the king of Israel. c 45 As
the battle kept rising in intensi- Isa 14:27
Isa 46:10
for the rest of the affairs of Je-
ty on that day, and the king him- Isa 48:3 hosha·phat and the mightiness
h 1Ki 10:22
self had to be kept in a stand- Eze 27:15 with which he acted and how
ing position in the chariot facing i 1Ki 14:19 he warred, are they not writ-
1Ki 16:5
the Syrians, and gradually he 1Ki 16:27 ten in the bookd of the affairs of
died b in the evening; and the j 1Ki 16:28 the days of the kings of Judah?
k 2Ki 1:2
blood of the wound kept pour- 2Ch 20:35 46 And the rest of the male tem-
l 1Ch 3:10 ple prostitutes e that had been
ing out upon the interior of the 2Ch 17:1
war chariot. c 36 And the ring- 2Ch 20:31 left over in the days of Asa his
Mt 1:8
ing cry began to pass through
father he cleared out from the
the camp about the setting of Second Col.
land. f
the sun, saying: “Everyone to a 1Ki 15:11
47 As regards a king, there
his city, and everyone to his 2Ch 14:2 was none in Edom; g a deputy
2Ch 14:11
land!” d 37 Thus the king died. 2Ch 15:8 was king. h
When he was brought to Sa·mar- 2Ch 17:3
Ec 12:13 48 Je·hosha·phat, for his part,
i·a, then they buried the king in b De 12:14 made Tarshish i ships to go
1Ki 14:23
Sa·mari·a. e 38 And they began 1Ki 15:14 to Ophir for gold; but they
to wash off the war chariot by 2Ki 12:3
2Ki 14:4
did not go, because the ships
the pool of Sa·mari·a, and the 2Ki 15:4 were wrecked at Ezi·on-geber. j
2Ki 18:22
dogs went licking up his blood f 2Ch 20:33 49 It was then that A·ha·ziah
(and the prostitutes themselves c 2Ki 8:18
2Ch 18:1
the son of Ahab said to Je·hosh-
bathed there), according to Jeho- 2Ch 19:2 a·phat: “Let my servants go with
d 1Ki 14:29
vah’s word that he had spoken. g e Le 20:13
your servants in the ships,” but
39 As for the rest of the af- Ro 1:27 Je·hosha·phat did not consent. k
1Co 6:9
fairs of Ahab and all that he 1Ti 1:10 50 Finally Je·hosha·phat lay
Jude 7
did and the house of ivory h that f 1Ki 15:12 down with his forefathers l and
he built and all the cities that he g Ge 36:1 was buried with his forefathers
Ge 36:9
built, are they not written in the h 2Sa 8:14 in the City of David m his forefa-
book i of the affairs of the days 2Ki 8:20 ther; and Je·horam n his son be-
Ps 108:9
of the kings of Israel? 40 Final- i 1Ki 10:22 gan to reign in place of him.
ly Ahab lay down with his fore- 2Ch 9:21
j 1Ki 9:26 51 As for A·ha·ziaho the son
fathers; j and A·ha·ziah k his son 2Ch 20:37 of Ahab, he became king over Is-
k Pr 1:10
began to reign in place of him. 2Co 6:14 rael in Sa·mari·a in the seven-
41 As for Je·hosha·phat l the l 1Ki 2:10
2Ch 21:1
teenth year of Je·hosha·phat the
son of Asa, he had become king m 1Ki 11:43 king of Judah, and he continued
1Ki 14:31
over Judah in the fourth year of 1Ki 15:24 to reign over Israel for two years.
Ahab the king of Israel. 42 Je- n 2Ki 8:16 52 And he kept doing what was
2Ch 21:5
hosha·phat was thirty-five years o 2Ki 1:2 bad p in Jehovah’s eyes and went
old when he began to reign, and p De 28:15 walking in the way of his father q
q 1Ki 16:30
for twenty-five years he reigned 2Ki 8:27 and in the way of his mother r and
2Ch 22:3
in Jerusalem; and his mother’s r 1Ki 21:25
in the way of Jer·o·boam s the son
name was A·zubah the daugh- s 1Ki 12:28 of Nebat, who had caused Isra-
1Ki 13:33
ter of Shilhi. 43 And he kept t 1Ki 14:9 el to sin. t 53 And he continued
walking in all the way of Asa 2Ki 3:3 serving Baal u and bowing down
u Jg 2:11
his father. He did not turn 1Ki 16:32 to him and kept offending v Jeho-
aside from it, by doing what 2Ki 1:2 vah the God of Israel according
v Ex 20:3
was right in the eyes of Jeho- Ex 34:14 to all that his father had done.
THE SECOND OF
KINGS
or, according to the Greek Septuagint,
THE FOURTH OF KINGS
a b ment, a with a leather belt gird-
1 And Moab began to revolt
against Israel after the death
CHAP. 1
a Ge 19:37 ed about his loins.” b Immediately
of Ahab. c Nu 24:17 he said: “It was E·lijah the Tish-
Ps 60:8
2 Then A·ha·ziah fell down d b 2Ki 3:5
bite.”
through the grating in his roof 2Ki 8:22 9 And he proceeded to send to
chamber e that was in Sa·mar- c 2Ki 3:5 him a chief of fifty with his
i·a and got sick. So he sent mes- d Ec 9:11 fifty. c When he went up to him,
e Jg 3:20
sengers and said to them: “Go, 1Ki 17:19
there he was sitting upon the top
inquire f of Baal-zebub g the god f Ex 20:3 of the mountain. He now spoke
of Ekron h whether I shall revive 1Sa 15:23 to him: “Man of the true God, d
from this sickness.” i 3 As for g 2Ki 1:16 the king himself has spoken,
h Jos 13:3
the angel j of Jehovah, he spoke to 1Sa 5:10
‘Do come down.’ ” 10 But E·li-
E·lijah the Tishbite: k “Rise up, i 1Sa 28:7 jah answered and spoke to the
go up to meet the messengers of 1Ki 14:3 chief of the fifty: “Well, if I am a
the king of Sa·mari·a and say to 2Ki 8:8 man of God, let fire e come down
j 2Ki 1:15
them, ‘Is it because there is no Ac 8:26
from the heavens and eat up you
God l at all in Israel that YOU are k 1Ki 17:1 and your fifty.” And fire came de-
going to inquire of Baal-zebub l 1Ki 18:36 scending from the heavens and
the god of Ekron? 4 So there- Isa 8:19 went eating up him and his fifty. f
Jer 2:11
fore this is what Jehovah has Jon 2:8 11 So he sent again to him an-
said: “As regards the couch upon m Pr 11:19 other chief of fifty with his fifty. g
which you have gone up, you will Pr 14:32 In turn he answered and spoke to
Ec 8:13
not come down off it, because him: “Man of the true God, this is
n Isa 46:10
you will positively die.” ’ ” m With Isa 55:11 what the king has said, ‘Do come
that E·lijah went off. o 1Ch 10:14 down quickly.’ ” h 12 But E·li-
5 When the messengers came
jah answered and spoke to them:
back to him, he immediately said Second Col. “If I am a man of the true God, let
to them: “Why is it that YOU have a 1Ki 19:19 fire come down from the heavens
Zec 13:4 and eat up you and your fifty.”
come back?” 6 So they said to
b Mt 3:4
him: “There was a man that Heb 11:37
And fire of God came descending
came up to meet us, and he pro- c Ps 105:15 from the heavens and went eat-
ceeded to say to us, ‘Go, return d De 33:1 ing up him and his fifty.
to the king who sent YOU, and 1Sa 2:27 13 And he went sending again
e Nu 11:1
YOU must speak to him: “This is Nu 16:35
a third chief of fifty and his fif-
what Jehovah has said, n ‘Is it be- Ps 106:18 ty. i But the third chief of fif-
cause there is no God at all in Lu 9:54 ty went up and came and bent
Jude 7
Israel that you are sending to f Pr 13:17
down upon his knees j in front
inquire of Baal-zebub the god g Isa 26:11 of E·lijah and began to implore k
of Ekron? Therefore, as regards h Ps 140:11 favor of him and speak to him:
the couch upon which you have Pr 22:3 “Man of the true God, please let
gone up, you will not come down i Pr 27:22 my soul l and the soul of these fif-
Jer 5:3
off it, because you will positively j Mt 17:14
ty servants of yours be precious m
die.’ ” ’ ” o 7 At this he spoke to Mr 1:40 in your eyes. 14 Here fire came
them: “What was the appearance Mr 10:17 down from the heavens and went
k Isa 60:14
of the man that came up to meet eating up n the two former chiefs
l Ge 2:7
YOU and then spoke these words of fifty and their fifties, but now
m 1Sa 26:21
to YOU?” 8 So they said to him: Ps 72:14 let my soul be precious in your
“A man possessing a hair gar- n 2Ki 1:10 eyes.”
493
2 KINGS 1:15–2:12 Ahaziah dies. Elijah taken up in windstorm 494
15 At that the angel of Jeho- CHAP. 1 soul is living, I will not leave
vah spoke to E·lijah: “Go down a Ps 27:1 you.” So they came on to Jeri-
with him. Do not be afraid be- Jer 1:17 cho. 5 Then the sons of the
Eze 2:6
cause of him.” a So he rose and b 2Ki 1:3 prophets that were at Jeri·cho
went down with him to the king. c Jos 13:3 approached E·lisha and said to
16 Then he spoke to him: “This d Pr 13:21 him: “Do you really know that to-
e Isa 44:26
is what Jehovah has said, ‘For f 2Ki 3:1
day Jehovah is taking your mas-
the reason that you have sent 2Ki 9:22 ter from headship over you?” At
messengers b to inquire of Baal- g 2Ki 8:16 this he said: “I, too, well know it.
h 1Ki 22:51 BE silent.” a
zebub the god of Ekron, c is it i 1Ki 14:19
because there is no God at all in 1Ki 22:39 6 E·lijah now said to him: “Sit
Israel of whose word to inquire?
here, please, because Jehovah
Therefore as regards the couch CHAP. 2 himself has sent me to the Jor-
upon which you have gone up, j 1Ki 17:1 dan.” b But he said: “As Jehovah
you will not come down off it, k 2Ki 2:11 is living and as your soul is liv-
l 1Ki 19:16
because you will positively die.’ ” m 2Ki 4:38
ing, I will not leave you.” c So both
17 And he gradually died, d ac- n De 6:13 of them went on. 7 And there
cording to the word e of Jehovah Jer 4:2 were fifty men of the sons of
Jer 12:16
that E·lijah had spoken; and Je- o 1Sa 17:55
the prophets that went and kept
horam f began to reign in place 2Ki 4:30 standing in view at a distance; d
of him, in the second year of Je- p 2Sa 15:21 but, as for both of them, they
Pr 18:24
horam g the son of Je·hosha·phat q Ge 28:19
stood by the Jordan. 8 Then
the king of Judah, because he 1Ki 12:29 E·lijah took his official garment e
had not come to have a son. 1Ki 13:1 and wrapped it up and struck the
2Ki 2:23
18 As for the rest of A·ha·zi- r 1Ki 18:13
waters, and gradually they were
ah’s h things that he did, are they 1Ki 20:35 divided this way and that way, so
2Ki 4:1 that both of them went across on
not written in the book i of the af- s 1Ki 19:16
fairs of the days of the kings of t Am 3:7
the dry ground. f
Israel? u Jos 6:26 9 And it came about that as
1Ki 16:34 soon as they had gone across
2 And it came about that when
Jehovah was to take E·lijah j Second Col.
E·lijah himself said to E·lisha:
“Ask what I should do for you be-
in a windstorm up to the heav- a 2Ki 2:3
fore I am taken from you.” g To
ens, k E·lijah and E·lishal pro- b 2Sa 19:15
c Ge 32:26 this E·lisha said: “Please, that
ceeded to go from Gilgal. m Ru 1:16 two parts h in your spirit i may
2 And E·lijah began to say to 2Ki 2:2
come to me.” j 10 At that he
d 1Ki 18:13
E·lisha: “Sit here, please, be- said: “You have asked k a difficult
e 1Ki 19:19
cause Jehovah himself has sent 2Ki 2:13 thing. If you see me when taken
me clear to Bethel.” But E·lisha f Ex 14:22 from you, it will happen to you
Jos 3:17
said: “As Jehovah is living n and 2Ki 2:14 that way; but if you do not, it will
as your soul is living, o I will not Ps 114:5 not happen.”
leave you.” p So they went down Isa 11:15
g Lu 24:51
11 And it came about that as
to Bethel. q 3 Then the sons of Heb 7:7 they were walking along, speak-
the prophets r that were at Beth- h De 21:17 ing as they walked, why, look! a
el came out to E·lisha and said to i De 34:9
fiery war chariot l and fiery hors-
Lu 1:17
him: “Do you really know that to- Ac 1:8 es, and they proceeded to make
day Jehovah is taking your mas- Ac 8:17 a separation between them both;
j 1Ki 19:16
ter from headship over you?” s At k Mt 7:7 and E·lijah went ascending in
this he said: “I, too, well know it. t 1Jo 5:14 the windstorm to the heavens. m
BE silent.” l 2Ki 6:17 12 All the while E·lisha was see-
Ps 68:17
4 E·lijah now said to him: Hab 3:8 ing it, and he was crying out: “My
“E·lisha, sit here, please, be- m 2Ch 21:12 father, my father, n the war char-
cause Jehovah himself has sent n 2Ki 5:13 iot of Israel and his horsemen!” o
Ac 7:2
me to Jeri·cho.” u But he said: 1Co 4:15 And he did not see him any-
“As Jehovah is living and as your o 2Ki 13:14 more. Consequently he took hold
495 Elisha gets cloak; his miracles. King Jehoram 2 KINGS 2:13–3:7
of his own garments and ripped CHAP. 2 Jehovah has said, ‘I do make this
them into two pieces. a 13 Af- a 2Sa 1:11 water healthful. a No more will
ter that he picked up the official Job 1:20 death or any causing of miscar-
b 1Ki 19:19
garment b of E·lijah that had fall- 2Ki 1:8
riages result from it.’ ” 22 And
en off him, and went back and Zec 13:4 the water continues healed down
stood by the shore of the Jor- Mt 3:4 to this day, b according to E·li-
c Jos 3:13
dan. 14 Then he took the of- 2Ki 2:8
sha’s word that he spoke.
ficial garment of E·lijah that had d 1Ki 18:36 23 And he proceeded to go
fallen off him and struck the wa- Heb 10:39 up from there to Bethel. c As he
ters c and said: “Where is Jehovah e Nu 11:25 was going up on the way, there
Nu 27:20
the God of E·lijah, even He?” d 2Ki 2:9 were small boys d that came out
When he struck the waters, then Isa 11:2 from the city and began to jeer e
they were gradually divided this f Jos 4:14 him and that kept saying to
Ro 12:10
way and that way, so that E·lisha g 1Ki 18:12
him: “Go up, you baldhead! f Go
went across. h Jos 6:26 up, you baldhead!” 24 Finally
15 When the sons of the 1Ki 16:34 he turned behind him and saw
prophets that were at Jeri·cho i De 34:3 them and called down evilg upon
j Ex 15:23
saw him some way off, they be- them in the name of Jehovah.
k De 28:18
gan to say: “The spirit e of E·li- Ho 9:14 Then two she-bears h came out
jah has settled down upon E·li- l Ex 15:25 from the woods and went tearing
sha.” Accordingly they came to 2Ki 4:41 to pieces forty-two children of
meet him and bowed down f to their number. i 25 And he kept
Second Col.
him to the earth. 16 And they going from there to Mount Car-
a Eze 47:8
went on to say to him: “Here, mel, j and from there he returned
b Ec 3:14
now, there are with your ser- c 2Ki 2:2
to Sa·mari·a.
vants fifty men, valiant persons. k
15 In the twenty-seventh year 1Ch 3:12 of the days of the kings of Israel.
2Ch 26:21
of Jer·o·boam the king of
12 That was Jehovah’s word n
Israel, Az·a·riahl the son of Am- Second Col. that he had spoken to Jehu, say-
a·ziah m the king of Judah be- a 1Sa 8:5 ing: o “Sons p themselves to the
came king. 2 Sixteen years old 1Ki 3:9 fourth generation will sit for you
Ps 72:1
he happened to be when he be- b 1Ki 14:29 upon the throne of Israel.” And
gan to reign, and for fifty-two 2Ch 26:22 it came to be that way. q
c Isa 6:1
years he reigned in Jerusalem. n d 2Ch 26:23 13 As for Shallum the son of
And his mother’s name was Je- e 2Ki 14:21 Jabesh, he became king in the
f 2Ki 14:29
co·liah of Jerusalem. 3 And he g 2Ki 13:2 thirty-ninth year of Uz·ziahr the
continued to do what was up- 2Ki 14:24
king of Judah, and he continued
h 1Ki 12:28
right in Jehovah’s eyes, accord- 1Ki 13:33 to reign for a full lunar month
ing to all that Am·a·ziah his fa- i Ex 32:21
in Sa·mari·a. s 14 Then Mena-
1Ki 14:16
ther had done. o 4 It was only j Nu 35:20 hem t the son of Gadi came up
that the high places did not dis- De 19:11
from Tirzah u and came to Sa-
k Ho 1:4
appear. p The people were still Am 7:9 mari·a and struck down Shal-
sacrificing and making sacrifi- l Jos 17:11
lum v the son of Jabesh in Sa-
2Ki 9:27
cial smoke on the high places. q m 1Ki 14:19 mari·a and put him to death;
5 Finally Jehovah plagued the n Isa 14:27
and he began to reign in place
Isa 44:26
king, r and he continued to be a Isa 55:11
of him. 15 As for the rest of the
leper s until the day of his death, o 2Ki 10:30
affairs of Shallum and his con-
p 2Ki 13:1
and he kept dwelling in his house 2Ki 13:10
exempt from duties, t while Jo- 2Ki 14:23
2Ki 14:29 r 2Ch 26:1; Mt 1:8; s Ho 5:7; t 2Ki 15:17; u 1Ki
tham u the king’s son was over q Nu 23:19 14:17; 1Ki 15:21; 1Ki 16:8; 1Ki 16:17; v 2Ki 15:10.
517 Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Hoshea, Jotham 2 KINGS 15:16-34
spiracy a with which he con- CHAP. 15 his adjutant a conspired b against
spired, there they are written in a De 19:11 him and struck him down in
the book of the affairs of the b 2Ki 8:12 Sa·mari·a in the dwelling tower
Am 1:13
days of the kings of Israel. 16 It c 2Ki 15:13 of the king’s house c with Argob
was then that Mena·hem pro- d 1Ki 11:38 and A·rieh, and with him there
e 1Ki 12:28
ceeded to strike down Tiphsah 1Ki 13:33 were fifty men of the sons of Gil-
f Ex 32:21
and all that was in it and its ter- 1Ki 14:16
e·ad. So he put him to death and
ritory out from Tirzah, because g 1Ch 5:26 began to reign in place of him.
h Ge 2:14
it did not open up, and he went 2Ki 17:23 26 As for the rest of the affairs
striking it down. All its pregnant i De 28:45 of Pek·a·hiah and all that he
2Ki 12:18
women he ripped up. b 2Ki 16:8 did, there they are written in the
17 In the thirty-ninthc year j 1Ki 16:24 book d of the affairs of the days of
k Jer 17:5
of Az·a·riah the king of Judah, l 2Ki 23:35 the kings of Israel.
Mena·hem the son of Gadi be- m 2Ki 15:14 27 In the fifty-second year of
n 1Ki 14:19
came king over Israel for ten 1Co 10:11 Az·a·riah the king of Judah, Pe-
years in Sa·mari·a. 18 And he o 2Ki 15:26 kahe the son of Rem·a·liah f be-
p Job 20:5
continued to do what was bad in Pr 28:2 came king over Israel in Sa·mar-
Jehovah’s eyes. d He did not de- q 1Ki 11:38 i·a for twenty years. 28 And he
2Ki 15:28
part from all the sins of Jer·o·bo- r 1Ki 12:28 continued to do what was bad in
1Ki 13:33
am e the son of Nebat, with which s 1Ki 14:16
Jehovah’s eyes. g He did not de-
he caused Israel to sin, f all his t 2Ch 28:6 part from the sins of Jer·o·bo-
days. 19 Pul g the king of As-
am h the son of Nebat, with
syri·a h came into the land. Con- Second Col. which he caused Israel to sin. i
sequently Mena·hem gave i Pul a a 2Ki 7:17 29 In the days of Pekah the
2Ki 9:25
thousand talents of silver, j that b Nu 35:20 king of Israel, Tiglath-pil·eser j
his hands might prove to be with De 19:11 the king of As·syri·a k came in
c 1Ki 16:18
him to strengthen the kingdom d 1Ki 14:19 and proceeded to take Ijon l and
in his own hand. k 20 So Men- e 2Ch 28:6 Abel-beth-maa·cah m and Ja-
Isa 7:1
a·hem brought forth the silver at f Isa 7:4 noah and Kedesh n and Ha-
the expense of Israel, at the ex- Isa 7:9
g Ec 12:13
zor o and Gile·ad p and Gal-
pense of all the valiant, mighty h 1Ki 12:28 i·lee, q all the land of Naphta·li, r
men, l to give to the king of As- 1Ki 13:33 and to carry them into exile in
i Ex 20:3
syri·a fifty silver shekels for each 1Ki 14:16 As·syri·a. s 30 Finally Ho·sheat
man. At that the king of As·syr- j 2Ki 16:7 the son of Elah formed a con-
1Ch 5:6
i·a turned back, and he did not 1Ch 5:26 spiracy u against Pekah the son
2Ch 28:20
stay there in the land. 21 As for k Isa 8:4 of Rem·a·liah and struck him v
the rest of the affairs of Mena- l 1Ki 15:20 and put him to death; and he be-
m 2Sa 20:18
hem m and all that he did, are they 1Ki 15:20 gan to reign in place of him
not written in the bookn of the n Jos 19:37 in the twentieth year of Jotham w
Jos 20:7
affairs of the days of the kings o Jos 11:10 the son of Uz·ziah. 31 As for
of Israel? 22 Finally Mena- Jg 4:2 the rest of the affairs of Pekah
p Nu 32:40
hem lay down with his forefa- De 3:15 and all that he did, there they are
thers, and Pek·a·hiah o his son q Jos 20:7 written in the bookx of the affairs
1Ki 9:11
began to reign in place of him. Isa 9:1 of the days of the kings of Israel.
Mt 4:15
23 In the fiftieth year of Az·a- r Jos 19:32 32 In the second year of Pe-
riah the king of Judah, Pek·a·hi- s Le 26:38 kah the son of Rem·a·liah the
De 28:64
ah the son of Mena·hem became 2Ki 17:23 king of Israel, Jotham y the son
king over Israel in Sa·mari·a for t 2Ki 17:1 of Uz·ziah z the king of Ju-
u De 19:11
twop years. 24 And he contin- v Mt 26:52 dah became king. 33 Twenty-
ued to do what was bad in Je- w 2Ch 27:1 five years old he happened to be
x 1Ki 14:19
hovah’s eyes. q He did not de- y 1Ch 3:12 when he began to reign, and for
part from the sins of Jer·o·boam r 2Ch 27:7
Mt 1:9
sixteen years he reigned in Je-
the son of Nebat, with which he z 2Ki 14:21 rusalem. And his mother’s name
2Ki 15:1
caused Israel to sin. s 25 Then 1Ch 3:12
was Je·rusha the daughter of
Pekaht the son of Rem·a·liah a 2Ch 27:1 Zadok. a 34 And he continued
2 KINGS 15:35–16:14 Rezin. Ahaz’ bad acts. Tiglath-pileser 518
to do what was right in Jeho- CHAP. 15 and the Edom·ites, for their
vah’s eyes. a According to all that a De 28:1 part, entered Elath and kept
Ec 12:13
Uz·ziah his father had done, he b 2Ch 27:2
dwelling there down to this day.
did. b 35 It was only that the c Nu 33:52 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to
De 12:14
high places did not disappear. 2Ch 6:6 Tiglath-pil·eser a the king of As-
The people were still sacrificing 2Ch 32:12 syri·a, saying: “I am your ser-
d 2Ch 27:3
and making sacrificial smoke on e 2Ki 15:6 vant b and your son. Come up and
the high places. c He it was that 2Ch 27:7 save c me out of the palm of the
f De 28:49
built the upper gate of the house Ps 78:49 king of Syria and out of the palm
Isa 10:5 of the king of Israel, who are ris-
of Jehovah. d 36 As for the rest Jer 43:10
of the affairs of Jotham, what he g 2Ki 16:5 ing up against me.” 8 Accord-
Isa 7:2
did, are they not written in the h 2Ki 15:27
ingly Ahaz took the silver and
book of the affairs of the days 2Ch 28:6 the gold that was to be found at
Isa 7:1
of the kings of Judah? e 37 In i 1Ki 14:31 the house of Jehovah and in the
those days Jehovah started to j 1Ch 3:13 treasures of the king’s house d
send f against Judah Rezin g the and sent the king of As·syri·a
CHAP. 16
king of Syria and Pekah h the a bribe. e 9 At that the king of
k Isa 1:1 As·syri·a listened to him and the
son of Rem·a·liah. 38 Finally Isa 7:1
Jotham lay down with his fore- Ho 1:1 king of As·syri·a went up to Da-
Mic 1:1
fathers and was buried with his Mt 1:9 mascus f and captured it g and led
forefathers in the City of David l 2Ch 28:1 its people into exile at Kir, h and
m 1Ki 12:28
his forefather; i and Ahaz j his son 1Ki 16:33 Rezin i he put to death.
began to reign in place of him.
1Ki 21:26
2Ki 8:18
10 Then King Ahaz j went to
2Ch 28:2 meet Tiglath-pil·eser k the king
16 In the seventeenth year of
Pekah the son of Rem·a-
n Le 20:2
De 18:10
2Ki 23:10
of As·syri·a at Damascus, and he
got to see the altar l that was in
liah, Ahaz k the son of Jotham 2Ch 28:3
2Ch 33:6 Damascus. So King Ahaz sent
the king of Judah became king. Ps 106:37 U·rijah the priest the design of
Isa 57:5
2 Twenty years old was Ahaz Jer 7:31 the altar and its pattern as re-
when he began to reign, and for Eze 16:20
Eze 23:37 spects all its workmanship. m
sixteen years he reigned in Jeru- o De 12:31 11 And U·rijahn the priest pro-
Ps 106:35
salem; and he did not do what Eze 16:47 ceeded to build the altar. o Ac-
was right in the eyes of Jeho- p Nu 33:52 cording to all that King Ahaz
q 1Ki 14:23
vah his God like David his fore- Jer 17:2 had sent from Damascus was
father. l 3 And he went walking r De 12:2
the way that U·rijah the priest
s 2Ki 15:37
in the way of the kings of Israel, m t 2Ch 28:6 made it, pending the time that
and even his own son he made u 2Ch 28:5 King Ahaz came from Damas-
v 2Ki 14:22
pass through the fire, n accord-
cus. 12 When the king came
ing to the detestableo things of Second Col. from Damascus, the king got to
the nations whom Jehovah drove a 2Ki 15:29
see the altar; and the king be-
out because of the sons of Israel. b 1Ki 20:4 gan to go near to the altar p
4 And he kept sacrificing and c Ps 146:3
Jer 17:5 and make offerings upon it. q
making sacrificial smoke on the La 4:17 13 And he continued to make his
d 1Ki 15:18
high places p and upon the hills q 2Ki 14:14 burnt offering r and his grain of-
and under every luxuriant tree. r 2Ch 16:2 fering s smoke t and to pour out
e 2Ch 19:7
5 It was then that Rezin s the f 2Sa 8:6 his drink offering u and to sprin-
king of Syria and Pekah t the son 2Ki 14:28 kle the blood of the communion
2Ch 28:5
of Rem·a·liah the king of Isra- Isa 7:6 sacrifices that were his upon the
g Am 1:5
el proceeded to come up against h Isa 22:6
altar. 14 And the copper altar v
Jerusalem in war and laid siege Am 9:7 that was before Jehovah he now
i Isa 7:1
against Ahaz, but they were not Isa 9:11 brought near from in front of
able to fight. u 6 At that time j 2Ki 16:7 the house, from between his al-
k 2Ki 15:29
Rezin the king of Syria restored l De 12:30
Elath v to Edom, after which he 2Ch 28:23 n Isa 8:2; o Jer 23:11; Eze 22:26; p 2Ch 26:16; 2Ch
Jer 10:2 28:25; q Nu 18:4; Nu 18:7; r Le 1:3; s Le 2:1; 1Ch
cleared out the Jews from Elath; m Ps 106:39 23:29; t Le 2:2; u Le 23:13; v 1Ch 28:12; 2Ch 4:1.
519 King Hoshea. Israel exiled in Assyria 2 KINGS 16:15–17:11
tar and the house of Jehovah, a CHAP. 16 to him. a 3 It was against him
and put it at the north side of his a 1Ki 6:1 that Shal·man·eser b the king of
altar. 15 And King Ahaz went b Isa 8:2 As·syri·a c came up, and Ho·shea
c Ex 29:39
on to command him, even U·ri- Nu 28:2 came to be his servant and began
2Ch 28:23
jah b the priest, saying: “Upon the d Nu 28:4
to pay tribute d to him. 4 How-
great altar make the burnt offer- e Le 4:22 ever, the king of As·syri·a got
Le 22:21
ing of the morning smoke, c also 2Ch 7:4 to find conspiracy e in Ho·shea’s
the grain offering of the evening d 2Ch 29:21 case, in that he had sent mes-
f Isa 8:2
and the burnt offering of the g 2Ki 16:11 sengers to So the king of Egypt f
king e and his grain offering and h 2Ch 28:24
2Ch 29:19
and did not bring the tribute up
the burnt offering of all the peo- i 1Ki 7:28 to the king of As·syri·a as in for-
ple of the land and their grain of- j 1Ki 7:27 mer years. Hence the king of As-
k 1Ki 7:38
fering and their drink offerings; 2Ch 4:6 syri·a shut him up and kept him
Jer 52:20
and all the blood of burnt offer- l 1Ki 7:23
bound in the house of detention. g
ing and all the blood of a sacri- 2Ki 25:13 5 And the king of As·syri·a
m 1Ki 7:25
fice you should sprinkle upon it. Jer 52:20 proceeded to come up against all
As for the copper altar, it will be- n 1Ki 14:29 the land and to come up to Sa-
2Ch 28:26
come something for me to take o 2Ch 28:27 mari·a and lay siege h against it
under consideration.” 16 And p 2Ki 18:1 for three years. 6 In the ninth
1Ch 3:13
U·rijah f the priest went doing 2Ch 29:1 year of Ho·shea, the king of As-
Isa 1:1
according to all that King Ahaz Ho 1:1 syri·a captured Sa·mari·a i and
had commanded. g Mt 1:9 then led Israel into exile j in As-
17 Furthermore, King Ahaz syri·a and kept them dwelling in
CHAP. 17
cut h the sidewalls i of the car- Halah k and in Habor at the riv-
riages j in pieces and removed q 2Ki 15:30 er Gozan l and in the cities of the
r Isa 7:9
from off them the basins; k and
Medes. m
the sea l he took down off the cop- Second Col. 7 And it came about because
per bulls m that were underneath a 1Ki 12:28 the sons of Israel had sinned n
it and then put it upon a stone 1Ki 13:33 against Jehovah their God, who
1Ki 16:33
pavement. 18 And the covered b 2Ki 18:9 brought them up out of the land
structure for the sabbath that Ho 10:14 of Egypt from under the hand of
c Isa 10:5
they had built in the house and d De 28:45 Pharaoh the king of Egypt, o
the king’s outer entryway he 2Ki 18:14 and they began to fear other
Ezr 7:24
shifted from the house of Jeho- e 2Ki 24:1 gods; p 8 and they kept walk-
2Ki 24:20
vah because of the king of As- Eze 17:15 ing in the statutes q of the na-
syri·a. f Isa 30:2 tions whom Jehovah had driven
Isa 31:1
19 As for the rest of the affairs g De 28:36 out from before the sons of Isra-
of Ahaz, what he did, are they h De 28:52 el, and in the statutes of the
i 2Ki 18:10
not written in the bookn of the Ho 13:16 kings of Israel that they had
affairs of the days of the kings j Le 26:32 made; 9 and the sons of Isra-
De 4:27
of Judah? 20 Finally Ahaz lay De 28:64 el went searching into the things
1Ki 14:15 that were not right toward Jeho-
down with his forefathers and k 1Ch 5:26
was buried with his forefathers l 2Ki 18:11 vah their God r and kept build-
m 2Ki 18:11 ing themselves high places s in all
in the City of David; o and Hez·e- n De 31:29
kiah p his son began to reign in De 32:15 their cities, from the tower t of the
Jos 23:16
place of him. Ne 9:26 watchmen clear to the fortified
Ps 106:35 city; 10 and they kept setting
17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz
the king of Judah, Ho-
Am 5:7
o Ex 20:2
p Ex 20:5
up for themselves sacred pillars u
and sacred poles v upon every
sheaq the son of Elah became 2Ki 17:35
high hill w and under every luxu-
Jer 10:5
king in Sa·mari·a r over Israel for q Ps 89:31
riant tree; x 11 and there on all
nine years. 2 And he continued r De 13:6
De 27:15 the high places they continued to
to do what was bad in Jehovah’s Eze 8:12
eyes, only not as the kings of Is- s 2Ki 16:4
Ho 12:11 u Ex 34:13; Le 26:1; v De 7:5; De 16:21; Mic 5:14;
rael that happened to be prior t 2Ki 18:8 w De 12:2; x 2Ki 16:4; Isa 57:5.
2 KINGS 17:12-26 Israel’s lack of faith, apostasy 520
make sacrificial smoke the same CHAP. 17 He did not let any remain but the
as the nations a whom Jehovah a Le 20:23 tribe of Judah alone. a
Jer 44:17
had taken into exile because of b Pr 15:8
19 Even Judah itself did not
them, and they kept doing bad c Ex 34:14 keep the commandments of Je-
Le 26:30
things to offend b Jehovah; 1Ki 12:28 hovah their God, b but they went
12 And they continued to 1Ki 21:26 walking in the statutes of Israel c
d Ex 20:3
serve dungy idols, c concerning Le 26:1 that they had made. 20 Conse-
which Jehovah had said to them: De 4:23 quently Jehovah rejected all the
e De 8:19
“YOU must not do this thing”; d De 32:46 seed d of Israel and kept afflict-
13 and Jehovah kept warning e Ps 81:8
f Ho 4:15
ing them and giving them into
Israel f and Judah g by means of g Jer 3:11 the hand of pillagers, until he
all his prophets h and every vi- h 2Ch 24:19
2Ch 36:16
had cast them away from before
sionary, i saying: “Turn back from Heb 1:1 him. e 21 For he ripped Israel
YOUR bad ways j and keep my i 1Sa 9:9 off from the house of David, and
1Ch 29:29
commandments, k my statutes, l j Isa 55:7 they proceeded to make Jer·o-
Jer 18:11
according to all the law m that Jer 25:4 boam the son of Nebat king; and
I commanded YOUR forefathers n Eze 18:31 Jer·o·boam f proceeded to part
k Ex 24:7
and that I have sent to YOU by De 6:1 Israel from following Jehovah,
means of my servants the proph- l De 8:11 and he caused them to sin with
m Ex 20:1
ets”; o 14 and they did not listen Ex 21:1 a great sin. g 22 And the sons of
but kept hardening their necks p n De 5:1 Israel went walking in all the sins
o Jer 7:25
like the necks of their forefathers p De 31:27 of Jer·o·boam that he had done. h
that had not exercised faith q in Jer 5:29 They did not depart from them,
q De 1:32
Jehovah their God; 15 and they r De 5:2 23 until Jehovah removed Isra-
continued rejecting his regula- De 29:12 el from his sight, i just as he
s Ps 19:7
tions and his covenant r that he Ho 4:6 had spoken by means of all his
had concluded with their fore- t De 32:21 servants the prophets. j So Israel
1Sa 12:21
fathers and his reminders s with Jer 10:15 went off its own soil into exile in
which he had warned them, and 1Co 8:4 As·syri·a down to this day. k
u Ps 115:8
they went following vain idols t Isa 44:9 24 Subsequently the king of
and became vain u themselves, Jer 2:5
Ro 1:21 As·syri·a brought people from
even in imitation of the nations v De 12:30 Babylon l and Cuthah and Av-
that were all around them, con- w De 4:2
x 2Ch 28:2 va m and Hamath n and Seph·ar-
cerning whom Jehovah had com- y 1Ki 12:28 vaim o and had them dwell in the
manded them not to do like 2Ch 13:8
z 1Ki 14:15 cities of Sa·mari·a p instead of
them; v 1Ki 16:33 the sons of Israel; and they be-
a De 4:19
16 And they kept leaving all 2Ki 23:5 gan to take possession of Sa-
the commandments w of Jeho- Jer 8:2 mari·a and to dwell in its cit-
b 1Ki 16:31
vah their God and proceed- 1Ki 22:53 ies. 25 And it came about at
ed to make for themselves mol- 2Ki 10:21 the start of their dwelling there
c 2Ki 16:3
ten statues, x two calves, y and to 2Ki 21:6 that they did not fear q Jehovah.
make a sacred pole, z and they be- Isa 57:5
Therefore Jehovah sent lions r
d De 18:10
gan to bow down to all the army 2Ch 33:6 among them, and they came to
of the heavens a and to serve Ba- Mic 5:12
Ac 16:16 be killers among them. 26 So
al; b 17 and they continued to e Le 19:26 they sent word to the king of As-
2Ki 21:6
make their sons and their daugh- f 1Ki 21:20 syri·a, saying: “The nations that
ters pass through the fire c and to g Ex 34:14 you have taken into exile and
1Ki 15:30
practice divination d and to look h De 9:8 then settled in the cities of Sa-
for omens, e and they kept selling f De 29:20
1Ki 8:46
themselves to do what was bad i Jos 23:13 b 1Ki 14:22; 2Ch 21:10; Jer 3:8; c Eze 23:11; d 2Ch
in the eyes of Jehovah, to offend g Isa 42:24 20:7; Jer 6:30; e 2Ki 13:3; f 1Ki 11:31; 1Ki 12:20;
g Ex 32:31; 1Sa 2:17; 1Ki 14:16; h 1Ki 12:28; 1Ki
Jer 15:1
him;
13:33; i De 32:26; 2Ki 13:23; 2Ki 23:27; j De 28:63;
1Ki 14:16; Ho 1:4; Am 5:27; Mic 1:6; k 2Ki 18:11;
18 Therefore Jehovah got very Second Col. l 2Ki 17:30; m 2Ki 17:31; Isa 37:13; n 2Ki 19:13;
incensed h against Israel, so that a 1Ki 11:32
Isa 10:9; o 2Ki 18:34; Isa 36:19; p Mt 10:5; q Pr
8:13; Ec 12:13; Jer 10:7; Da 6:26; r Ex 23:29; Jer
he removed them from his sight. i 1Ki 12:20 5:6.
521 Samaritans fear God but worship demons 2 KINGS 17:27–18:2
mari·a have not known the reli- CHAP. 17 religions. a There were none fear-
gion of the God of the land, a Pr 30:30 ing Jehovah b and none doing ac-
so that he keeps sending lions b Ezr 7:10 cording to his statutes and his
Mal 2:7
among them; a and, look! they are c Ge 28:19 judicial decisions c and the law d
Jos 16:1
putting them to death, inasmuch 1Sa 7:16 and the commandment e that Je-
as there are none knowing the 1Ki 12:29 hovah had commanded the sons
d Ec 8:12
religion of the God of the land.” Isa 29:13 of Jacob, f whose name he made
27 At that the king of As·syr- Joh 4:22 Israel; g 35 when Jehovah con-
e Ps 96:5
i·a commanded, saying: “Have Ps 135:15 cluded a covenant h with them
Isa 44:9 and commanded them, saying:
one of the priests b go there Jer 10:5
whom YOU led into exile from Mic 4:5 “YOU must not fear other gods, i
Ro 1:23
there, that he may go and dwell 1Co 8:4 and YOU must not bow down to
there and teach them the reli- f 2Ki 17:24 them nor serve them nor sacri-
g 2Ki 17:24
gion of the God of the land.” h 2Ki 18:34 fice to them. j 36 But Jehovah,
28 Accordingly one of the priests i 2Ki 17:17 who brought YOU up out of the
2Ch 28:3
whom they had led into exile Ps 106:37 land of Egypt with great power
from Sa·mari·a came and began
Isa 57:5
Eze 20:31
and a stretched-out arm, k is the
dwelling in Bethel, c and he came j 1Ki 12:31 One whom YOU should fear, l and
1Ki 13:33 to him YOU should bow down, m
to be a teacher of them as to how k 2Ki 17:41
they ought to fear Jehovah. d Isa 29:13 and to him YOU should sacrifice. n
l Lu 16:13 37 And the regulations o and the
29 However, each different 2Co 6:16
m 2Ki 17:24 judicial decisions p and the law
nation came to be a maker of its
and the commandment that he
own god, e which they then de- Second Col. wrote for YOU, q YOU should take
posited in the house of the high
a Isa 44:8 care to do always; r and YOU must
places that the Sa·mari·tans had 1Co 10:20
b 2Ki 17:25 not fear other gods. 38 And the
made, each different nation, in c De 5:1 covenant that I have concluded
their cities where they were De 8:11
2Ki 17:13 with YOU, YOU must not forget; s
dwelling. 30 And the men of d De 1:5 and YOU must not fear other
Babylon, for their part, made e De 6:2
gods. t 39 But it is Jehovahu
f Ge 28:14
Succoth-benoth, and the men Ge 46:2 YOUR God that YOU should fear, as
of Cuth, f for their part, made g Ge 32:28
he is the one that will deliver YOU
Ge 35:10
Nergal, and the men of Hamath, Isa 48:1 out of the hand of all YOUR ene-
for their part, made A·shima. h Ex 19:5
mies.” v
Ex 24:7
31 As for the Avvites, g they De 5:2
40 And they did not obey, but
De 29:1
made Nibhaz and Tartak; and Jer 31:31 it was according to their former
the Sephar·vites h were burning i Ex 20:4
religion that they were doing. w
Jg 6:10
their sons in the firei to A·dram- j Ex 20:5 41 And these nations came to be
me·lech and A·namme·lech the Ex 23:24
fearers of Jehovah, x but it was
Ex 34:14
gods of Seph·ar·vaim. 32 And De 4:25 their own graven images that
De 5:9
they came to be fearers of Jeho- k Ex 6:6 they proved to be serving. As for
vah and went making for them- De 5:15
both their sons and their grand-
Jer 32:21
selves from the people in gen- l De 6:13 sons, it was just as their forefa-
eral priests j of high places, and Ps 34:9
thers had done that they them-
Pr 8:13
they came to be functionaries for m Ps 95:6 selves are doing down to this day.
them in the house of the high Ps 96:9
CHRONICLES
Adam, a 16 and the Arvad·ite a and the
1 Seth, b
CHAP. 1
a Lu 3:38
1Co 15:45
Zema·rite b and the Hamath-
Enosh, c b Ge 4:25
ite. c
2 Kenan, d c Ge 5:9 17 The sons of Shem d were
d Ge 5:12
Ma·hala·lel, e e Ge 5:15 Elam e and Asshur f and Ar-
Jared, f f Ge 5:18 pachshad g and Lud h and
g Heb 11:5
3 Enoch, g Jude 14 Aram,
Me·thuse·lah, h h Ge 5:25 And Uz and Hul and Ge-
i Ge 5:28
Lamech, i j Ge 5:29 ther and Mash. i
4 Noah, j Ge 6:8
Isa 54:9
18 As for Ar·pachshad, he
Shem, k Ham l and Japheth. m Eze 14:14 became father to Shelah, j and
Mt 24:37
5 The sons of Japheth were k Ge 11:10 Shelah himself became father
Gomer and Magog n and Ma- l Ge 6:10 to Eber. k
m Ge 10:21
da·i o and Javan p and Tubal n Ge 10:2 19 And to Eber two sons
and Meshech q and Tiras. r o 2Ki 17:6 were born. The name of the
p Isa 66:19
6 And the sons of Go- Joe 3:6 one was Peleg, l because in
mer were Ashke·naz s and Ri- q Eze 27:13 his days the earth was di-
r Ge 10:2
phath t and To·garmah. u s Jer 51:27 vided; and the name of his
7 And the sons of Ja- t Ge 10:3 brother was Joktan.
u Eze 27:14
van were E·lishah v and Tar- v Eze 27:7 20 As for Joktan, he
shish, w Kittim x and Roda- w 1Ki 10:22 became father to Al·mo-
x Isa 23:1
nim. y y Ge 10:4 dad and Sheleph and Ha-
8 The sons of Ham were z Isa 11:11 zar·maveth and Jerah m
a Ge 10:6
Cush z and Mizra·im, a Put b and b Jer 46:9 21 and Ha·doram and Uzal
Canaan. c Na 3:9 and Diklah n 22 and Obal
c Ge 12:5
9 And the sons of Cush d Ps 72:10 and A·bima·el and Sheba o
were Seba d and Havi·lah and
e Ge 10:7 23 and Ophir p and Havi-
f Eze 27:22
Sabtah e and Raa·mah f and g Ge 10:7 lah q and Jobab; r all these
Sabte·ca. g
h Ge 10:7 were the sons of Joktan.
i Ge 10:8
And the sons of Raa·mah Mic 5:6 24 Shem, s
j Ge 10:9 Ar·pachshad, t
were Sheba and Dedan. h k Jer 46:9
10 And Cush himself be- l Ge 10:13 Shelah, u
m Eze 29:14
came father to Nimrod. i He it n Ge 10:14
25 Eber, v
was that made the start in be- o Jos 13:3 Peleg, w
p De 2:23 Reu, x
coming a mighty one in the Jer 47:4
earth. j Am 9:7 26 Serug, y
q Isa 23:2
11 As for Mizra·im, he be- r Ge 25:10 Nahor, z
came father to Ludim k and
Ge 27:46 Terah, a
s Nu 13:29
Ana·mim and Le·habim and Jg 1:21 27 Abram, b that is to say,
t Ge 15:16
Naph·tuhim l 12 and Path- De 3:8 Abraham. c
rusim m and Cas·luhim n (from u Ge 10:16 28 The sons of Abraham
De 7:1
among whom the Phi·listines o v Ex 3:8 were Isaac d and Ishma·el. e
Jos 9:7 29 These are their family or-
went forth) and Caphto·rim. p w Ge 10:17
13 As for Canaan, he be-
igins: Ishma·el’s firstborn Ne-
came father to Sidon q his Second Col.
firstborn and Heth r 14 and a Eze 27:11 g Ge 11:10; h Ge 10:22; i Ge 10:23; j Ge 11:14;
k Lu 3:35; l Ge 11:19; m Ge 10:26; n Ge 10:27;
the Jebu·site s and the Am- b Ge 10:18
o Ge 10:28; p 1Ki 9:28; Job 22:24; Ps 45:9; q Ge
c Jos 13:5 2:11; Ge 25:18; r Ge 10:29; s Ge 11:10; Lu 3:36;
or·ite t and the Girga·shite u d Ge 5:32 t Ge 10:22; u Ge 11:13; Lu 3:35; v Ge 11:17; Nu
15 and the Hivite v and the e Ezr 4:9 24:24; w Ge 11:19; x Ge 11:21; y Ge 11:23; z Ge
Ac 2:9 11:25; a Ge 11:26; b Ge 11:26; Ge 12:7; c Ge 17:5;
Ark ite and the Si nite w f Eze 27:23 Ne 9:7; Jas 2:23; d Ge 21:3; Ro 9:7; e Ge 16:11.
536
537 The descendants of Abraham 1 CHRONICLES 1:30–2:2
baioth a and Kedar b and Adbe·el CHAP. 1 that reigned in the land of
and Mibsam, c 30 Mishma and a Ge 28:9 Edom a before any king b reigned
Isa 60:7
Dumah, d Massa, Hadad e and b Ca 1:5
over the sons of Israel: Bela the
Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish and Isa 21:17 son of Beor, the name of whose
Eze 27:21
Kede·mah. f These were the sons c Ge 25:13 city was Dinha·bah. c 44 Even-
of Ishma·el. d Ge 25:14 tually Bela died, and Jobab the
e Ge 25:15
32 As for the sons of Ke·tu- f Ge 25:15 son of Zerah d from Bozrah e be-
rah, g Abraham’s concubine, h she g Ge 25:1 gan to reign in place of him.
h Ge 25:6
gave birth to Zimran and Jok- i Ge 25:2
45 Eventually Jobab died, and
shan and Medan i and Midi·an j j Ge 37:28 Husham f from the land of the
Ex 2:15
and Ishbak k and Shuah. l Nu 22:7 Teman·ites g began to reign in
And the sons of Jokshan k Ge 25:2 place of him. 46 Eventually
l Job 2:11
were Sheba and Dedan. m m Ge 25:3 Husham died, and Hadad h the
33 And the sons of Midi·an Isa 21:13 son of Bedad, who defeated
n Isa 60:6
were Ephah n and Epher and o Ge 25:4 Midi·an i in the field of Mo-
Hanoch and A·bida and El·da- p Lu 3:34 ab, began to reign in place of
Ac 7:8
ah. o q Ge 25:25 him. And the name of his city
All these were the sons of Ke·tu- Mal 1:3 was Avith. j 47 Eventually Ha-
r Ge 32:28
rah. s Ge 36:4 dad died, and Samlah from Mas-
34 And Abraham came to be t Ge 36:5
Ge 36:14
rekah k began to reign in place of
father to Isaac. p The sons of u Jer 49:7 him. 48 Eventually Samlah
Isaac were Esau q and Israel. r Am 1:12 died, and Shaul from Re·ho-
Ob 9
35 The sons of Esau were v Ge 36:11 both l by the River began to reign
w Ge 36:12 in place of him. 49 Eventually
Eli·phaz, Reuel s and Jeush x Ge 36:12
and Jalam and Korah. t y Ge 36:13 Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the
z Ge 36:8 son of Achbor m began to reign
36 The sons of Eli·phaz a Ge 36:20
were Teman u and Omar, Ze- b Ge 36:21 in place of him. 50 Eventual-
pho and Gatam, Kenaz v and c Ge 36:22
d Ge 36:23
ly Baal-hanan died, and Hadad
Timna w and Ama·lek. x e Ge 36:24 began to reign in place of him;
37 The sons of Reuel were f Ge 36:25 and the name of his city was
g Ge 36:26
Nahath, Zerah, Shammah h 1Ch 1:38 Pau, and the name of his wife
and Mizzah. y i Ge 36:27 was Me·heta·bel, the daughter
j Ge 36:28
38 And the sons of Seir z were
of Matred, the daughter of Me-
Lotan and Shobal and Zibe- Second Col.
za·hab. n 51 Eventually Hadad
on and Anah a and Dishon and a Ge 32:3
died.
Ezer and Dishan. b b Ge 49:10 And the sheiks of Edom
Nu 24:17
39 And the sons of Lotan c Ge 36:32
came to b e sheik Timna,
were Hori and Homam. And d Ge 36:33 sheik Alvah, sheik Jetheth, o
e Isa 34:6 52 sheik O·hol·i·bamah, sheik
Lotan’s sister was Timna. c Isa 63:1
40 The sons of Shobal were Jer 49:13 Elah, sheik Pinon, p 53 sheik
Am 1:12
Alvan and Mana·hath and f Ge 36:34 Kenaz, sheik Teman, sheik
Ebal, Shepho and Onam. d g Job 2:11 Mibzar, q 54 sheik Magdi·el,
h Ge 36:35
And the sons of Zibe·on were i Ge 25:2 sheik Iram. r These were the
Aiah and Anah. e Ex 2:15 sheiks s of Edom.
Nu 22:7
41 The sons of Anah were Jg 6:2 These were the sons of Isra-
Dishon. f j Ge 36:35
k Ge 36:36 2 el: t Reuben, u Sime·on, v Le-
And the sons of Dishon were l Ge 36:37 vi w and Judah, x Issa·char y and
m Ge 36:38
Hemdan and Eshban and Ith- n Ge 36:39 Zeb u·lun, z 2 Dan, a Joseph b
ran and Cheran. g o Ge 36:40 and Benjamin, c Naphta·li, d Gad e
p Ge 36:41
42 The sons of Ezer h were q Ge 36:42 and Asher. f
Bilhan and Zaa·van and r Ge 36:43
s Ex 15:15
Akan. i
u Ge 35:23; Ge 49:3; 1Ch 5:1; v Ge 29:33; Ge 49:5;
w Ge 29:34; x Ge 29:35; Ge 49:8; Heb 7:14; y Ge
The sons of Dishan were Uz CHAP. 2 30:18; Ge 49:14; z Ge 30:20; Ge 49:13; a Ge 30:6;
and Aran. j t Ge 32:28
Ge 49:16; b Ge 30:24; Ge 49:22; c Ge 35:18; Ge
49:27; d Ge 30:8; Ge 49:21; e Ge 30:11; Ge 49:19;
43 And these are the kings Ge 49:2 f Ge 30:13; Ge 49:20.
1 CHRONICLES 2:3-27 Descendants of Israel’s son Judah 538
3 The sons of Judah were Er a CHAP. 2 she gave birth to A·masa; a
and Onan b and Shelah. c The a Ge 38:3 and the father of A·masa
three were born to him from b Ge 38:4 was Jether b the Ishma·el-
c Ge 38:5
Shua’s daughter, the Canaan- d Ge 38:7 ite.
it·ess. And Er the firstborn of e Ge 38:11 18 As for Caleb the son
f Lu 3:33
Judah came to be bad in the g Nu 26:21 of Hezron, c he became fa-
eyes of Jehovah, so that he put h Jos 7:1 ther to sons by A·zubah his
i 1Ki 4:31
him to death. d 4 And Tamar e j 1Ch 4:1 wife and by Jeri·oth; and
his daughter-in-law it was that k Jos 7:25 these were her sons: Je-
l De 7:26
bore to him Perez f and Zerah. Jos 6:18 sher and Shobab and Ar-
All the sons of Judah were five. Jos 7:11 don. 19 Eventually A·zu-
Jos 22:20
5 The sons of Perez were m 1Ki 4:31 bah died. So Caleb took
n Ge 46:12
Hezron and Hamul. g o 1Sa 27:10
to himself Ephrath, d who
6 And the sons of Zerahh p Ru 4:19 in time bore Hur e to him.
Mt 1:3
were Zimri and Ethan and He- q Ru 4:20
20 Hur, in turn, became fa-
man and Calcol and Dara. i Mt 1:4 ther to Uri. f Uri, in turn,
r Nu 2:3
There were five of them in all. Lu 3:32 became father to Bezal·el. g
7 And the sons of Carmij s Ru 4:21
Lu 3:32
21 And afterward Hez-
were Achar the bringer of t Ru 2:1 ron had relations with the
Mt 1:5 daughter of Machir h the fa-
ostracism upon Israel, k who u Ru 4:17
committed an act of unfaith- v Ru 4:22 ther of Gile·ad. i And he him-
1Sa 16:1 self took her when he was
fulness respecting the thing Isa 11:1
devoted to destruction. l w 1Sa 16:6 sixty years old, but she bore
1Sa 17:13
8 And the sons of Ethan m 1Ch 27:18 Segub to him. 22 Segub,
were Az·a·riah. x 1Sa 16:8 in turn, became father to Ja-
1Sa 17:13
9 And the sons of Hez- y 1Sa 16:9 ir, j who came to have twenty-
ron n that were born to him 1Ch 20:7 three cities k in the land
z 1Sa 16:13
were Je·rahme·el o and Ram p 1Sa 17:12 of Gile·ad. 23 Later Gesh-
Mt 1:6 ur l and Syriam took Hav-
and Che·lubai. Ro 1:3
10 As for Ram, he be- a 2Sa 17:25 voth-jair n from them, with
b 2Sa 16:9
came father to Am·min- 2Sa 20:6 Kenath o and its dependent
a·dab. q Am·mina·dab, in 2Sa 21:17 towns, sixty cities. All these
2Sa 23:18
turn, became father to 1Ch 18:12 were the sons of Machir the
Nahshon r the chieftain
c 2Sa 3:39
2Sa 8:16
father of Gile·ad.
of the sons of Judah. 2Sa 20:10 24 And after the death
1Ch 11:6
11 Nahshon, in turn, be- d 2Sa 2:18 of Hez ron p in Ca leb -
came father to Salma. s 2Sa 3:30 ephra·thah, with A·bijah
2Sa 23:24
Salma, in turn, became
being the wife of Hezron, she
father to Boaz. t 12 Bo- Second Col.
then bore him Ashhur the
az, in turn, became father a 2Sa 19:13
father of Te·koa. q
to Obed. u Obed, in turn, 2Sa 20:4 25 And the sons of Je-
1Ki 2:5
became father to Jesse. v b 1Ki 2:32 rahme·el r the firstborn of
13 Jesse, in turn, became c 1Ch 2:5 Hezron were Ram s the
d 1Ch 2:50
father to his firstborn E·li- 1Ch 4:4 firstborn and Bunah and
ab, w and A·bina·dab x the e Ex 17:12 Oren and Ozem, A·hijah.
Ex 24:14
second, and Shime·ay the f Ex 31:2 26 And Je·rahme·el came
third, 14 Ne·thanel the g Ex 35:30 to have another wife, whose
Ex 36:1
fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ex 37:1 name was Ata·rah. She
2Ch 1:5 was the mother of Onam.
15 Ozem the sixth, Da- h Ge 50:23
vid z the seventh. 16 And De 3:15 27 And the sons of Ram t
1Ch 7:14
their sisters were Ze·ruiah i Nu 26:29 the firstborn of Je·rahme-
and Abi·gail; a and the sons Jos 17:1 el came to be Maaz and
j De 3:14
of Ze·ruiah were A·bish- Jos 13:30
ai b and Joab c and Asa·hel, d k Nu 32:41 m 2Sa 8:6; n 1Ki 4:13; o Nu 32:42; p Ge 46:12; Nu
l 2Sa 3:3 26:21; Ru 4:18; Mt 1:3; q 1Ch 4:5; Ne 3:5; Am 1:1;
three. 17 As for Abi·gail, 2Sa 13:38 r 1Ch 2:9; s 1Ch 2:27; t 1Ch 2:25.
539 Descendants of Judah continued 1 CHRONICLES 2:28-53
Jamin and Eker. 28 And CHAP. 2 leb a the brother of Je-
the sons of Onam a came a 1Ch 2:26 rahme·el were Mesha his
to be Shammai and Jada. firstborn, who was the fa-
And the sons of Shammai b 1Ch 2:28 ther of Ziph, and the sons
were Nadab and A·bishur. of Ma·reshah the father of
29 And the name of A·bi- c 1Ch 2:34 Hebron. 43 And the sons
shur’s wife was Abi·ha·il, of Hebron were Korah
who in time bore him Ah- d 1Ch 2:31 and Tappu·ah and Re-
ban and Molid. 30 And kem and Shema. 44 She-
the sons of Nadab b were e Ge 16:1 ma, in turn, became father
Seled and Appa·im. But 1Sa 30:13 to Raham the father of Jor-
Seled died without sons. ke·am. Rekem, in turn, be-
31 And the sons of Ap- f 1Ch 11:41 came father to Shammai.
pa·im were Ishi. And the 45 And the son of Sham-
Second Col.
sons of Ishi were Sheshan; c mai was Maon; and Ma-
and the sons of Sheshan, a 1Ch 2:9 on was the father of Beth-
Ahlai. 32 And the sons of zur. b 46 As for Ephah the
Jada the brother of Sham- b Jos 15:58 concubine of Caleb, she
2Ch 11:7
mai were Jether and Jona- Ne 3:16 gave birth to Haran and
than. But Jether died with- Moza and Gazez. As for
out sons. 33 And the sons c Jos 15:31 Haran, he became father
of Jona·than were Peleth to Gazez. 47 And the
and Zaza. These became d Jos 15:57
sons of Jahdai were Re-
the sons of Je·rahme·el. gem and Jotham and Ge-
34 And Sheshan d came e 1Ch 2:18
shan and Pelet and Ephah
to have no sons, but daugh- and Shaaph. 48 As for
ters. Now Sheshan had an f Jos 15:17
Caleb’s concubine Maa-
Egyptian servant e whose Jg 1:13 cah, she gave birth to She-
name was Jarha. 35 So ber and Tirha·nah. 49 In
Sheshan gave his daugh- g Ex 17:12 time she bore Shaaph
ter to Jarha his ser- Ex 24:14 the father of Mad·man-
vant as a wife, who in time nah, c Sheva the father of
bore him Attai. 36 Attai, h 1Ch 2:19 Mach·benah and the father
in turn, became father to of Gibe·a. d And Caleb’s e
Nathan. Nathan, in turn, i 1Ch 4:1 daughter was Achsah. f
became father to Zabad. f 50 These became the sons
37 Zabad, in turn, became j Jos 15:9 of Caleb.
Jos 15:60
father to Ephlal. Ephlal, 1Ch 13:5 The sons of Hur g the
in turn, became father to firstborn of Ephra·thah: h
Obed. 38 Obed, in turn, k Ge 35:19 Shobal i the father of Kir-
became father to Jehu. Je- Ru 1:19 i·ath-jea·rim, j 51 Salma
hu, in turn, became fa- Ru 2:4 the father of Bethle·hem, k
Mt 2:1
ther to Az·a·riah. 39 Az- Joh 7:42 Hareph the father of Beth-
a·riah, in turn, became gader. 52 And Shobal l
father to Helez. Helez, in l 1Ch 4:1 the father of Kiri·ath-
turn, became father to El- jea·rim came to have sons:
e·asah. 40 El·e·asah, in m 2Sa 23:38 Ha·roeh, half of the Me-
turn, became father to Sis- 1Ch 11:40 nuhoth. 53 And the fam-
mai. Sismai, in turn, be- ilies of Kiri·ath-jea·rim
came father to Shallum. n Jg 13:2 were the Ithrites m and the
41 Shallum, in turn, be- 1Ch 4:2 Puthites and the Shu-
came father to Jek·a·mi- math·ites and the Mish-
ah. Jek·a·miah, in turn, be- o Jos 15:33 ra·ites. It was from these
Jos 19:41
came father to E·lisha·ma. Jg 13:25 that the Zorath·ites n and
42 And the sons of Ca- Jg 16:31 the Eshta·ol·ites o came
1 CHRONICLES 2:54–4:3 The royal line of King David 540
out. 54 The sons of Sal- CHAP. 2 of Jo·siah were the firstborn
ma were Bethle·hem a and a Ge 35:19 Jo·hanan, the second, Je·hoia-
the Ne·topha·thites, b At- Ru 1:19
Ru 2:4
kim, a the third, Zed·e·kiah, b the
roth-beth-joab and half Mt 2:1 fourth, Shallum. 16 And the
Joh 7:42
of the Man·a·hathites, the b 2Sa 23:29 sons of Je·hoia·kim were Jec·o-
Zorites. 55 And the fami- c 1Ch 4:9 niah c his son, Zed·e·kiah his
d Jg 1:16
lies of the scribes dwelling Jg 4:11 son. 17 And the sons of Jec·o-
at Jabez c were the Tirath- 1Sa 15:6 niah as prisoner were She·alti-
e 2Ki 10:15
ites, the Shime·ath·ites, the Jer 35:6 el d his son 18 and Mal·chiram
Sucath·ites. These were the Jer 35:19 and Pe·daiah and She·nazzar,
Kenites d that came from Jek·a·miah, Hosha·ma and Ned-
Hammath the father of the CHAP. 3
a·biah. 19 And the sons of Pe-
house of Rechab. e f Ps 127:5 daiah were Ze·rubba·bel e and
g 2Sa 3:2
And these became the sons of Shime·i; and the sons of Ze-
3 David f that were born to him
h
i
j
2Sa 13:32
1Sa 25:43
Jos 15:56
rubba·bel were Me·shullam and
Han·a·niah (and She·lomith was
in Hebron: g the firstborn Am- k 1Sa 25:39
non, h of A·hino·am i the Jezre·el- l 1Sa 25:2 their sister); 20 and Ha·shu-
m 2Sa 13:28
i·tess, j the second, Daniel, of Ab- 2Sa 14:1 bah and Ohel and Ber·e·chiah
i·gail k the Carmel·it·ess, l 2 the 2Sa 15:10 and Has·a·diah, Jushab-hesed,
2Sa 18:14
third, Absa·lom m the son of Ma- n 2Sa 3:3 five. 21 And the sons of Han-
a·cah n the daughter of Talmai o o 2Sa 13:37 a·niah were Pel·a·tiah f and Je-
p Jos 12:5
the king of Geshur, p the fourth, q 1Ki 1:11 shaiah, the sons of Je·shaiah
Ad·o·nijahq the son of Haggith, r 1Ki 2:24 Re·phaiah, the sons of Re·pha-
r 1Ki 1:5
3 the fifth, Sheph·a·tiah, of s 2Sa 3:4 iah Arnan, the sons of Arnan
A·bital, s the sixth, Ithre·am, of t 2Sa 3:5 O·ba·diah, the sons of O·ba·diah
u 2Sa 5:5
Eglah t his wife. 4 There were v 2Sa 5:13
Shec·a·niah; 22 and the sons
six born to him in Hebron; and w 1Ch 14:4 of Shec·a·niah, She·maiah, and
x 2Sa 5:14 the sons of She·maiah, Hattush
he continued to reign there sev- y Lu 3:31
en years and six months, and for z Mt 1:7 and Igal and Ba·riah and Ne·a-
thirty-three years he reigned in a 2Sa 11:27 riah and Shaphat, six. 23 And
1Ki 1:11
Jerusalem. u b 2Sa 11:3 the sons of Ne·a·riah were Eli-
5 And there were these born c 1Ch 14:5 o·enai and Hiz·kiah and Az·ri-
d 2Sa 5:15
to him in Jerusalem: v Shim- e 1Ch 14:5 kam, three. 24 And the sons of
e·a w and Shobab x and Nathan y f 1Ch 14:6 Eli·o·enai were Hod·a·viah and
g 1Ch 14:7
and Solo·mon, z four of Bath- h 2Sa 5:16
E·lia·shib and Pe·laiah and Ak-
shebaa the daughter of Ammi- i 2Sa 13:1 kub and Jo·hanan and De·laiah
j 1Ki 11:43 and A·nani, seven.
el, b 6 and Ibhar c and E·lisha- k 2Ch 13:1
ma d and E·liphe·let, e 7 and l 2Ch 14:1
Nogah and Nepheg and Ja-
phia, f 8 and E·lisha·ma g and
m 2Ch 20:31
n 2Ch 21:5 4 The sons of Judah were Pe-
g
rez, Hezron and Carmi h i
o 2Ch 22:2 and Hur j and Shobal. k 2 As for
E·lia·da and E·liphe·let, h nine, p 2Ch 24:1
Re·aiah l the son of Shobal, he
q 2Ch 25:1
9 all the sons of David besides r 2Ki 14:21 became father to Jahath; Ja-
the sons of the concubines, and 2Ch 26:3
Mt 1:8 hath, in turn, became father to
Tamar i their sister. s 2Ch 27:1 A·humai and Lahad. These were
10 And the son of Solo- t 2Ch 28:1
Mt 1:9 the families of the Zorath·ites. m
mon was Re·ho·boam, j A·bijah k u 2Ch 29:1 3 And these were the sons of
his son, Asa l his son, Je·hosha- Mt 1:9
v 2Ki 21:1 the father of Etam: n Jezre·el o
phat m his son, 11 Je·horam his Mt 1:10 and Ishma and Idbash, (and the
son, n A·ha·ziah o his son, Je·ho- w 2Ki 21:19
name of their sister was Haz·ze-
x 2Ki 22:1
ash p his son, 12 Am·a·ziah q his Mt 1:10
son, Az·a·riah r his son, Jotham s
c 2Ki 24:6; 2Ki 25:27; Mt 1:11; d Mt 1:12; e Ezr
his son, 13 Ahaz t his son, Hez- Second Col. 1:8; Ezr 5:2; Hag 2:2; Hag 2:4; Zec 4:6; Mt 1:12;
Lu 3:27; f Ne 10:22; CHAP. 4 g Ge 38:29; Nu
e·kiah u his son, Ma·nasseh v his a 2Ki 23:34 26:20; Ru 4:18; Mt 1:3; h Ge 46:12; 1Ch 2:5; i Jos
2Ch 36:5
son, 14 Amon w his son, Jo·si- b 2Ki 24:17
7:1; 1Ch 2:7; j Ex 17:12; Ex 24:14; 1Ch 2:19; k 1Ch
2:50; l 1Ch 2:52; m Jos 15:33; Jg 13:25; 1Ch 2:53;
ah x his son. 15 And the sons 2Ch 36:11 n 2Ch 11:6; o Jos 15:56.
541 Descendants of Caleb, Simeon 1 CHRONICLES 4:4-30
lel·poni,) 4 and Pe·nuel the fa- CHAP. 4 rel. 17 And the sons of Ez-
ther of Gedor a and Ezer the fa- a Jos 15:58 rah were Jether and Mered and
ther of Hushah. These were the 1Ch 4:18 Epher and Jalon; and she got to
b 1Ch 2:19
sons of Hur b the firstborn of c 1Sa 16:1 conceive Miri·am and Shammai
Ephra·thah the father of Beth- Mic 5:2 and Ishbah the father of Esh·te-
Joh 7:42
le·hem. c 5 And Ashhur d the d 1Ch 2:24 moa. a 18 As for his Jewish
father of Te·koa e came to have e 2Ch 11:6 wife, she gave birth to Jered the
Ne 3:5
two wives, Helah and Naa- Am 1:1
father of Gedor and Heber the
rah. 6 In time Naa·rah bore to f 1Ch 2:55 father of Soco and Je·kuthi·el
him A·huzzam and Hepher g Pr 15:20 the father of Za·noah. And these
h Ge 3:16
and Teme·ni and Ha·a·hashta- i Ge 12:8 were the sons of Bi·thiah the
ri. These were the sons of Naa- Ps 55:16 daughter of Pharaoh, whom
Ps 99:6
rah. 7 And the sons of Helah Jer 33:3 Mered took.
were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan. j Ge 32:26 19 And the sons of Ho·diah’s
Nu 22:6
8 As for Koz, he became father Pr 10:22 wife, the sister of Naham, were
to Anub and Zo·bebah and the k De 12:20 the father of Keilahb the Gar-
families of A·harhel the son of l Ps 119:173
Isa 41:10
mite and Esh·te·moa the Ma·ac-
Harum. m Ge 48:16 a·thite. 20 And the sons of
9 And Jabez f came to be Ps 50:15 Shimon were Amnon and Rin-
n Pr 12:21
more honorable g than his broth- o Ps 21:2 nah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And
ers; and it was his mother that Ps 66:19 the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and
Mt 7:7
called his name Jabez, saying: “I Mt 21:22 Ben-zoheth.
have given him birth in pain.” h 1Pe 3:12 21 The sons of Shelah c the
1Jo 5:14
10 And Jabez began to call p Jos 15:17 son of Judah were Er the father
upon the God i of Israel, saying: q Jg 1:13 of Lecah and Laa·dah the fa-
Jg 3:9
“If you will without fail bless j me Jg 3:11 ther of Ma·reshah and the fami-
and actually enlarge my territo- r 2Ki 24:14 lies of the house of the workers of
Ne 11:35
ry k and your hand l really proves s Nu 32:12
fine fabric d of the house of Ash-
to be with me, and you really pre- Jos 15:13 bea; 22 and Jokim and the
serve me from calamity, m that it t Nu 13:6 men of Co·zeba and Joash and
Nu 14:6
may not hurt me, n—” According- Jos 14:6 Saraph, who became owners
ly God brought to pass what he
of Moab·ite wives, e and Jashu-
had asked. o Second Col. bi-lehem. And the sayings are
11 As for Chelub the broth- a Jos 21:14 of old tradition. f 23 They were
1Sa 30:28
er of Shuhah, he became father 1Ch 6:57
the potters g and the inhabitants
to Mehir, who was the father b Jos 15:44 of Ne·taim and Ge·derah. It was
of Eshton. 12 Eshton, in turn, 1Sa 23:1 with the king in his work that
c Ge 38:5
became father to Beth-rapha Nu 26:20 they dwelt there. h
and Pa·seah and Te·hinnah the d 1Ch 15:27 24 The sons of Sime·on were
2Ch 3:14
father of Ir-nahash. These were e Ru 4:10 Nemu·el i and Jamin, j Jarib, Ze-
the men of Recah. 13 And the f 2Th 2:15 rah, Shaul, k 25 Shallum his
sons of Kenaz p were Othni·el q g Pr 26:23
Isa 41:25
son, Mibsam his son, Mishma
and Se·raiah, and the sons of La 4:2 his son. 26 And the sons of
Othni·el, Hathath. 14 As for h Pr 22:29 Mishma were Hammu·el his
i Ge 46:10
Me·ono·thai, he became father Ex 6:15 son, Zaccur his son, Shime·i his
to Ophrah. As for Se·raiah, he j Nu 26:12 son. 27 And Shime·i had six-
k Nu 26:13
became father to Joab the father l Ge 49:8
teen sons and six daughters; but
of Ge-hara·shim; for craftsmen r Nu 26:22 his brothers did not have many
are what they became. m Ge 21:14
Jos 19:2
sons, and none of their fami-
15 And the sons of Caleb s the n Jos 15:26 lies had as many as the sons
son of Je·phunneht were Iru, Ne 11:26 of Judah. l 28 And they contin-
o Jos 15:28
Elah and Naam; and the sons Jos 19:3 ued to dwell in Beer-sheba m
of Elah, Kenaz. 16 And the Ne 11:27 and Mo·ladah n and Hazar-
p Jos 19:3
sons of Je·halle·lel were Ziph q Jos 15:29 shual o 29 and in Bilhah p and
and Ziphah, Tiri·a and Asa- r Jos 15:30 in Ezem q and in Tolad r 30 and
1 CHRONICLES 4:31–5:11 Sons of Simeon, Reuben, Gad 542
in Be·thuel a and in Hormah b CHAP. 4 five hundred men, with Pel·a·ti-
and in Ziklag c 31 and in Beth- a Jos 19:4 ah and Ne·a·riah and Re·pha-
marca·both and in Hazar- b Jg 1:17 iah and Uzzi·el the sons of Ishi
c Jos 15:31
susim d and in Beth-biri and Jos 19:5 at their head. 43 And they pro-
in Shaa·raim. e These were their 1Sa 27:6 ceeded to strike down the rem-
1Sa 30:1
cities down till David reigned. 1Ch 12:1
nant that had escaped of Ama-
32 And their settlements d Jos 19:5 lek, a and they continued to dwell
were Etam and Ain, Rim- e Jos 19:6 there down to this day.
f Jos 19:7
mon and Tochen and Ashan, f b
five cities. 33 And all their set-
tlements that were all around
g Jos 19:8
h 1Ch 5:24
i Ps 65:12
5 And the sons of Reuben
the firstborn of Israel—for he
j Jos 11:23
was the firstborn; c but for his
these cities were as far as Baal. g
Jos 14:15 profaning the lounge of his fa-
These were their dwelling places Jg 18:7
ther d his right as firstborn was
and their genealogical enroll- k Ge 10:6
Ge 10:20 given to the sons of Joseph e the
ments for them. 34 And Me- l 2Ch 29:1 son of Israel, so that he was not
shobab and Jamlech and Jo- m 2Ki 18:8
to be enrolled genealogically for
shah the son of Am·a·ziah, n 2Ki 19:11
2Ch 20:23 the right of the firstborn. 2 For
35 and Joel and Jehu the son of
Josh·i·biah the son of Se·raiah
o Nu 32:1 Judah f himself proved to be su-
p Ge 36:8
the son of Asi·el, 36 and Eli·o- De 1:2
perior among his brothers, and
enai and Ja·a·kobah and Jesh-
the one for leader was from him; g
o·haiah and A·saiah and Ad- Second Col. but the right as firstborn was
i·el and Je·simi·el and Be·naiah, a Ex 17:14 Joseph’s h— 3 the sons of Reu-
37 and Ziza the son of Shi-
1Sa 15:7 ben the firstborn of Israel were
2Sa 8:12
phi the son of Allon the son of
Hanoch i and Pallu, j Hezron
Je·daiah the son of Shimri the CHAP. 5
and Carmi. k 4 The sons of Joel
son of She·maiah. 38 These were She·maiah his son, Gog
b Ge 29:32
who came in by names were c Ge 49:3 his son, Shime·i his son, 5 Mi-
the chieftains among their fam- d Ge 35:22 cah his son, Re·aiah his son,
Ge 49:4
ilies, h and the household it- Le 20:11
Baal his son, 6 Be·erah his
self of their forefathers increased De 27:20 son, whom Tilgath-pil·neser l
1Co 5:1 the king of As·syri·a took into
in multitude. 39 And they pro- e Ge 49:26
ceeded to go to the entryway De 21:17 exile, he being a chieftain of the
of Gedor, clear to the east of Jos 14:4 Reuben·ites. 7 And his broth-
f Ge 49:8
the valley, to look for pasturage Ge 49:10
ers by their families in the ge-
for their flocks. 40 Eventually Nu 2:3 nealogical m enrollment by their
Nu 10:14 descendants were, as the head,
they found fat and good pastur- Jg 1:2
age, i and the land was quite wide Ps 60:7 Je·iel, and Zech·a·riah, 8 and
and having no disturbance j but g Mt 2:6 Bela the son of Azaz the son
Heb 7:14
at ease; for those dwelling there h Ge 49:26
of Shema the son of Joel n—he
in former times were of Ham. k i Ge 46:9 was dwelling in A·roer o and as
41 And these written down by j Ex 6:14 far as Nebo p and Baal-meon. q
k Nu 26:6
their names proceeded to come l 2Ki 16:7
9 Even to the east he dwelt as far
in in the days of Hez·e·kiahl the m 1Ch 7:40 as where one enters the wilder-
king of Judah and strike m down n 1Ch 5:4 ness at the river Eu·phrates, r for
o Nu 32:34
the tents of the Hamites and the De 2:36
their livestock itself had become
Me·unim that were to be found p Nu 32:38 numerous in the land of Gile-
there, so that they devoted them Isa 15:2 ad. s 10 And in the days of Saul
q Jos 13:17
to destruction n down to this day; Eze 25:9 they made war upon the Hag-
and they began to dwell in their r Ge 15:18 rites, t who came to fall by their
De 1:7 hand; and so they dwelt in their
place, because there was pastur- Jos 1:4
age o for their flocks there. 2Sa 8:3 tents throughout all the country
42 And from them there were s Jos 22:9 east of Gile·ad.
Ca 4:1
some of the sons of Sime- t Ex 23:30 11 As for the sons of Gad u
on that went to Mount Seir, p u Jos 13:24 in front of them, they dwelt
543 Sons of half of Manasseh; Levi 1 CHRONICLES 5:12–6:5
in the land of Bashan a as far CHAP. 5 the part of the true God that the
as Sale·cah. b 12 Joel was the a De 3:10 fighting was. a And they contin-
head, and Shapham the sec- b Jos 12:5 ued to dwell in their place down
Jos 13:11
ond, and Janai and Shaphat in c Ge 31:21 to the time of the exile. b
Nu 32:1
Bashan. 13 And their brothers De 3:10 23 As for the sons of the
belonging to the house of their d De 3:13 half tribe of Ma·nasseh, c they
De 32:14
forefathers were Micha·el and Jer 50:19 dwelt in the land from Ba-
Me·shullam and Sheba and Jo- e De 3:4 shan d to Baal-hermon e and Se-
De 4:43
rai and Jacan and Zia and Eber, Jos 12:4 nir f and Mount Hermon. g They
seven. 14 These were the sons Jos 20:8
themselves became numerous.
f 2Ki 15:32
of Abi·ha·il the son of Huri, the 2Ch 27:1 24 And these were the heads of
son of Ja·roah, the son of Gile- Isa 1:1
Ho 1:1 the house of their forefathers:
ad, the son of Micha·el, the son Mic 1:1 Epher and Ishi and Eli·el and
g 2Ki 14:16
of Je·shishai, the son of Jah- 2Ki 14:28 Azri·el and Jeremiah and Hod-
do, the son of Buz; 15 Ahi the h 2Sa 17:10 a·viah and Jahdi·el, men that
i Jos 4:12
son of Abdi·el, the son of Guni, j 1Ch 5:10 were valiant, mighty fellows,
head of the house of their fore- Ps 83:6 men of fame, heads of the house
fathers. 16 And they continued k Ge 25:15
l 1Ch 1:31 of their forefathers. 25 And
to dwell in Gile·ad, c in Bashan d m 2Ch 14:11 they began to act unfaithfully to-
and in its dependent towns e and Ps 44:3
n Ps 9:10 ward the God of their forefathers
in all the pasture grounds of Ps 20:7 and went having immoral inter-
Ps 22:4
Sharon as far as their termi- Heb 11:33 course h with the gods i of the peo-
nations. 17 They were all of o Nu 31:32
ples of the land, whom God had
p Nu 31:35
them enrolled genealogically in
annihilated from before them.
the days of Jotham f the king of 26 Consequently the God of Is-
Second Col.
Judah and in the days of Jer·o- rael stirred up the spirit j of Pul k
a De 20:4
boam g the king of Israel. Jos 10:42 the king of As·syri·a l even the
18 As for the sons of Reu- Jos 23:10
1Sa 17:47 spirit of Tilgath-pil·neser m the
ben and the Gadites and the half 2Ch 20:15
king of As·syri·a, so that he took
Ro 8:31
tribe of Ma·nasseh; of those who b 2Ki 15:29 into exilen those of the Reu-
were valiant h fellows, men carry- 2Ki 17:6
ben·ites and of the Gadites and
c Nu 32:33
ing shield and sword and bend- Jos 13:29 of the half tribe of Ma·nasseh
ing the bow and trained in war, d Jos 13:30
and brought them to Halah o and
e Jg 3:3
there were forty-four thousand f Ca 4:8 Habor and Hara and the river
seven hundred and sixty going Eze 27:5
Gozan to continue until this day.
g De 4:48
out to the army. i 19 And they Ps 42:6
The sons of Levi p
were Ger-
began to make war upon the
Hagrites, j and Jetur k and Na-
Ps 133:3
h Jg 2:17
Jg 8:33
6 shon, q
Kohath r
and Me-
phish l and Nodab. 20 And they 2Ki 17:10 rari. s 2 And the sons of Ko-
i De 5:9 hath were Amram, Izhar u and
t
came to be helped against them, Jg 2:2
so that the Hagrites and all Ps 106:36 Hebron v and Uzzi·el. w 3 And
j Ezr 1:1
those who were with them were Pr 21:1 the sons of Amram x were Aar-
given into their hand, for it k 2Ki 15:19 on y and Moses, z and there was
l Isa 10:5
was to God that they called for m 2Ki 15:29 Miri·am. a And the sons of Aar-
aid m in the war, and he let 2Ki 16:7 on were Nadab b and A·bihu, c
n 2Ki 17:23
himself be entreated in their fa- o 2Ki 17:6 El·e·azar d and Itha·mar. e 4 As
vor because they trusted in him. n 2Ki 18:11 for El·e·azar, f he became father
21 And they got to take cap- to Phine·has. g Phine·has him-
CHAP. 6
tive their livestock, o their cam- self became father to Ab·i·shua. h
els fifty thousand, and sheep p Ge 29:34
Ex 6:16
5 Ab·i·shua, in turn, became fa-
two hundred and fifty thousand, q Nu 3:17
1Ch 6:16
and asses two thousand, and hu- r Ex 6:18
v 1Ch 15:9; 1Ch 26:30; w Ex 6:22; Le 10:4; 1Ch
15:10; x Ex 6:20; y 1Ch 23:13; z Ex 6:26; Ac
man souls a hundred thousand. p Nu 3:27 7:38; Heb 3:2; a Ex 2:4; Ex 15:20; Nu 12:10; b Ex
s Nu 26:57
22 For there were many that had t 1Ch 23:13
6:23; Ex 24:1; Le 10:1; c Ex 28:1; 1Ch 24:2; d Nu
3:32; De 10:6; e Nu 4:28; 1Ch 24:4; f Ex 6:25; g Nu
fallen slain, because it was on u Ex 6:21 25:11; 1Ch 9:20; Ps 106:30; h Ezr 7:5.
1 CHRONICLES 6:6-41 Families of the Levites. Singers 544
ther to Bukki; Bukki, in turn, CHAP. 6 saph a his son and Assir his
became father to Uzzi. a 6 Uz- a Ezr 7:4 son; 24 Tahath his son, U·ri-
zi, in turn, became father to b Ezr 7:3 el his son, Uz·ziah his son, and
c 2Sa 8:17
Zer·a·hiah; Zer·a·hiah, in turn, d 2Sa 15:27 Shaul his son. 25 And the sons
became father to Me·raioth. b 2Sa 20:25
1Ki 1:8
of El·kanahb were A·masai and
7 Me·raioth himself became fa- 1Ki 2:35 A·himoth. 26 As for El·kanah,
ther to Am·a·riah; Am·a·riah, in e 2Sa 15:36 the sons of El·kanah were Zo-
2Sa 17:17
turn, became father to A·hitub. c 2Sa 18:19 phai c his son and Nahath his
8 A·hitub, in turn, became fa- f 2Ch 26:20
g Ezr 7:3
son, 27 E·liab d his son, Je·ro-
ther to Zadok; d Zadok, in turn, h Ezr 7:2 ham his son, El·kanah e his son.
became father to A·hima·az. e i Ne 11:11 28 And the sons of Samuelf were
j 2Ch 34:14
9 A·hima·az, in turn, became fa- k 2Ki 25:18 the firstborn Joel and the sec-
ther to Az·a·riah. Az·a·riah, in l Hag 1:1 ond A·bijah. g 29 The sons of
m Ex 6:16
turn, became father to Jo·ha- n Nu 3:18
Me·rari were Mahli, h Libni his
nan. 10 Jo·hanan, in turn, be- o 1Ch 23:7 son, Shime·i his son, Uzzah his
came father to Az·a·riah. f He was p 1Ch 6:2 son, 30 Shime·a his son, Hag-
q Ex 6:20
the one that acted as priest in the 1Ch 23:13 giah his son, A·saiah his son.
house that Solo·mon built in Je- r Ex 6:22 31 And these were the ones to
Nu 3:19
rusalem. s Nu 3:20 whom David i gave positions for
11 And Az·a·riah came to be 1Ch 23:21 the direction of the singing at the
t Nu 26:57
father to Am·a·riah. g Am·a·riah, u Nu 3:18 house of Jehovah after the Ark
in turn, became father to A·hi- v 2Ch 29:12 had a resting-place. j 32 And
w Nu 16:1
tub. h 12 A·hitub, in turn, be- Nu 16:32 they came to be ministers k in the
came father to Zadok. i Zadok, in Nu 26:10 singing l before the tabernacle of
Jude 11
turn, became father to Shallum.
the tent of meeting until Solo-
13 Shallum, in turn, became fa- Second Col. mon built the house of Jehovah
ther to Hil·kiah. Hil·kiah, j in a Ex 6:24
in Jerusalem; m and they kept at-
turn, became father to Az·a·riah. b 1Ch 6:36 tending upon their service ac-
14 Az·a·riah, in turn, became fa- c 1Ch 6:35 cording to their commission. n
d 1Ch 6:34
ther to Se·raiah. k Se·raiah, in e 1Sa 1:1 33 And these were those in at-
turn, became father to Je·hoz- f 1Sa 1:20 tendance and also their sons: Of
g 1Sa 8:2
a·dak. l 15 And Je·hoza·dak it h Ex 6:19
the sons of the Kohath·ites He-
was that went away when Jeho- Nu 3:33 man o the singer, the son of Joel, p
1Ch 23:21
vah took Judah and Jerusalem i 1Ch 15:16 the son of Samuel, q 34 the son
into exile by the hand of Neb·u- j 2Sa 6:17 of El·kanah, r the son of Je·ro-
Ps 132:14
chad·nezzar. k 1Ch 16:4
ham, the son of Eli·el, s the son
16 The sons of Levim were 1Ch 16:37 of Toah, 35 the son of Zuph, t
l 1Ch 16:42
Gershom, Kohath and Me·rari. Ps 68:25
the son of El·kanah, the son
17 And these are the names of m 1Ki 6:14 of Mahath, the son of A·masai,
n 2Ch 35:15 36 the son of El·kanah, the son
the sons of Gershom: Libni n and Ezr 3:10
Shime·i. o 18 And the sons of 1Co 14:40 of Joel, the son of Az·a·riah, the
o 1Ch 15:19
Kohathp were Amram q and Iz- 1Ch 16:41
son of Zeph·a·niah, 37 the son
har and Hebron and Uzzi·el. r 1Ch 25:1 of Tahath, the son of Assir, the
2Ch 5:12
19 The sons of Me·rari were p 1Sa 8:2 son of E·bia·saph, u the son of
Mahli and Mushi. s 1Ch 6:28 Korah, v 38 the son of Izhar, w
q 1Sa 1:20
And these were the fami- 1Sa 8:1 the son of Kohath, the son of
lies of the Levites by their forefa- r 1Sa 1:19 Levi, the son of Israel.
s 1Ch 6:27
thers: t 20 Of Gershom, Libni u t 1Sa 1:1
39 As for his brother Asaph, x
his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah 1Ch 6:26 who was attending at his right,
u Ex 6:24
his son, 21 Joah v his son, Iddo v Nu 26:11
Asaph was the son of Ber·e·chi-
his son, Zerah his son, Je·athe- Ps 42:Sup ah, y the son of Shime·a, 40 the
w Nu 3:19
rai his son. 22 The sons of Ko- x 1Ch 25:1
son of Micha·el, the son of Ba-
hath were Am·mina·dab his son, 2Ch 5:12 a·seiah, the son of Mal·chi-
2Ch 29:30
Korah w his son, Assir his son, Ps 50:Sup
jah, 41 the son of Ethni, the
23 El·kanah his son and E·bia- y 1Ch 15:17 son of Zerah, the son of A·daiah,
545 Aaron’s sons. Cities of priests, Levites 1 CHRONICLES 6:42-68
42 the son of Ethan, the son CHAP. 6 its pasture grounds, 59 and
of Zimmah, the son of Shime·i, a 1Ch 6:20 Ashan a with its pasture grounds
43 the son of Jahath, a the son of b
c
Ex 6:16
1Ch 23:6
and Beth-shemeshb with its pas-
Gershom, b the son of Levi. d 1Ch 15:19 ture grounds; 60 and from the
44 As regards the sons of Me- e 1Ch 15:17 tribe of Benjamin Gebac with
f Nu 3:20
rari c their brothers on the left g Ex 6:16 its pasture grounds and Ale-
hand, there was Ethan d the son h 1Ch 23:2 methd with its pasture grounds
1Ch 26:20
of Kishi, e the son of Abdi, the i Nu 3:7 and Ana·thothe with its pasture
son of Malluch, 45 the son of Nu 16:9 grounds. All their cities were
1Pe 4:10
Hash·a·biah, the son of Am·a·zi- j Ex 28:1 thirteen f cities among their fam-
Nu 3:10
ah, the son of Hil·kiah, 46 the k Eph 5:2
ilies.
son of Amzi, the son of Bani, l Ex 29:38 61 And to the sons of Kohath
Le 9:2
the son of Shemer, 47 the son m Ex 30:7 that were left over they gave from
of Mahli, the son of Mushi, f the 2Ch 26:18 the family of the tribe, from the
n Ex 30:10
son of Me·rari, g the son of Levi. 2Ch 29:24 half tribe, the half of Ma·nasseh,
48 And their brothers the Le- o Le 4:20 by the lot ten g cities.
Le 17:11
vites h were the ones given for Nu 15:25 62 And to the sons of Ger-
all the service i of the taberna- p Ex 6:23 shom h by their families they
q Ex 28:1
cle of the house of the true God. Nu 3:32 gave from the tribe of Issa·char i
49 And Aaron j and his sons were r 1Ch 6:4
1Ch 9:20
and from the tribe of Asher j
making sacrificial smoke k upon s Ezr 7:5 and from the tribe of Naphta·li k
the altar of burnt offering l and t Ezr 7:4
u Ezr 7:3
and from the tribe of Ma·nasseh l
upon the altar of incense m for all v 2Sa 8:17 in Bashan, thirteen cities.
the work of the most holy things w 2Sa 15:27
1Ki 1:8 63 To the sons of Me·rari m
and to make atonement n for Is- 1Ki 2:35 by their families they gave from
x 2Sa 17:17
rael, o according to all that Mo- y Jos 21:3 the tribe of Reuben n and from
ses the servant of the true God z Jos 21:5 the tribe of Gad o and from
had commanded. 50 And these a Nu 13:22
Jos 21:11 the tribe of Zebu·lun p by the
were the sons of Aaron: p El·e·a- b Le 25:31 lot twelve cities.
zar q his son, Phine·has r his son, c De 1:36
Jos 14:13 64 Thus the sons of Isra-
Ab·i·shua s his son, 51 Bukki Jg 1:20 el gave the Levites q the cit-
d Jos 21:12
his son, Uzzi his son, Zer·a·hi- e Nu 35:13 ies with their pasture grounds. r
ah t his son, 52 Me·raioth u his f Jos 20:7 65 Furthermore, by the lot they
Jos 21:13
son, Am·a·riah his son, A·hitub v g Jos 15:42 gave from the tribe of the sons of
his son, 53 Zadok w his son, Jos 21:13 Judah s and from the tribe of the
h Jos 15:48
A·hima·az x his son. 1Sa 30:27 sons of Sime·on t and from the
54 And these were their dwell- i Jos 21:14 tribe of the sons of Benjamin u
j Jos 15:51
ing places by their walled camps Jos 21:15 these cities, which they proceed-
in their territory, y for the sons of k Jos 15:15
Jg 1:11
ed to call by names.
Aaron belonging to the family of
66 And some of the families of
the Kohath·ites, z for the lot had Second Col. the sons of Kohath came to have
come to be theirs. 55 Accord- a Jos 21:16 the cities of their territory from
ingly they gave them Hebron a in 1Ch 4:32 the tribe of Ephra·im. v 67 Ac-
b Jos 15:10
the land of Judah, with its pas- 1Sa 6:12 cordingly they gave them the cit-
ture grounds all around it. c Jos 18:24 ies of refuge, Shechem w with its
Jos 21:17
56 And the field of the city and d Jos 21:18 pasture grounds in the moun-
its settlements b they gave to Ca- e 1Ki 2:26 tainous region of Ephra·im, and
Isa 10:30
leb c the son of Je·phunneh. d Jer 1:1 Gezer x with its pasture grounds,
57 And to the sons of Aar- f Jos 21:4
68 and Jokme·am y with its pas-
g Jos 21:5
on they gave the cities of ref- h 1Ch 6:17 ture grounds and Beth-horon z
uge, e Hebron, f and Libnahg with i Jos 21:28
with its pasture ground s,
j Jos 21:30
its pasture grounds and Jattir h k Jos 21:32
and Esh·te·moai with its pasture l Jos 21:27 p Jos 21:34; q Jos 21:41; r Nu 35:4; s 1Ch 6:57;
m Jos 21:40
grounds, 58 and Hilen j with n Jos 21:36
1Ch 6:58; t Jos 19:1; u 1Ch 6:60; v Jos 21:20; w Jos
20:7; Jg 9:1; Jg 9:45; 1Ki 12:1; x Jos 16:10; Jos
its pasture grounds, Debir k with o Jos 21:38 21:21; y Jos 21:22; z Jos 10:11; Jos 16:5; Jos 21:22.
1 CHRONICLES 6:69–7:11 Levite cities. Issachar, Benjamin 546
69 and Aija·lon a with its pasture Now the sons of Issa·char
grounds and Gath-rimmon b
CHAP. 6
a Jos 10:12
Jos 21:24
7 were Tola a and Puah, b Ja-
with its pasture ground s; Jg 1:35
shub and Shim ron, c four.
70 and from half of the tribe of 2Ch 28:18 2 And the sons of Tola were
Ma·nasseh, Aner c with its pas- b Jos 19:45 Uzzi and Re·phaiah and Jeri·el
Jos 21:24
ture grounds and Bile·am d with c Jos 21:25 and Jahmai and Ibsam and She-
its pasture grounds, to the family d Jos 17:11 muel, heads of the house of their
2Ki 9:27
of the sons of Kohath that were e Jos 21:26
forefathers. Of Tola there were
left over. e f Jos 21:27 valiant, mighty men, by their de-
71 And to the sons of Ger- g De 4:43 scendants. Their number in the
Jos 20:8
shom f they gave from the fami- h De 1:4 days of David d was twenty-two
ly of the half tribe of Ma·nasseh i Jos 21:28 thousand six hundred. 3 And
j Jos 19:12 the sons of Uzzi were Iz·ra-
Golan g in Bashan with its pas- k Jos 21:29
ture grounds and Ashta·rothh l Jos 21:29 hiah; and the sons of Iz·ra·hi-
with its pasture ground s; m Jos 21:30 ah were Micha·el and O·ba·di-
n Jos 19:25 ah and Joel, Is·shiah, ,
72 and from the tribe of Issa- Jos 21:31
char, Kedeshi with its pasture o Jos 19:28 five, all of them being heads.
grounds and Dabe·rathj with its
Jg 1:31 4 And with them by their de-
p Jos 21:32
pasture grounds, 73 and Ra- q Jos 20:7 scendants, according to the
mothk with its pasture grounds
Jg 4:6 house of their forefathers, there
r Mt 3:13
and Aneml with its pasture s Jos 21:32
were troops of the army for war,
grounds; 74 and from the tribe t Jos 21:34 thirty-six thousand, for they had
u Jos 19:13 many wives and sons. e 5 And
of Asher, Mashal with its Jos 21:35
their brothers of all the families
pasture ground s and Ab - v Jos 21:36
w De 4:43 of Issa·char were valiant, mighty
don m with its pasture grounds, Jos 20:8 men, f eighty-seven thousand by
75 and Hukok n with its pasture x Nu 21:23
Jos 13:18 the genealogical enrollment of
grounds and Rehob o with its y De 2:26 them all. g
pasture grounds; 76 and from Jos 13:18
z Jos 21:37 6 The sons of Benjamin h were
the tribe of Naphta·li, p Kedesh q
a Jos 21:38 Bela i and Becher j and Je·di-
in Gali·lee r with its pasture b Jos 20:8 a·el, k three. 7 And the sons of
grounds and Hammon with its 1Ki 4:13
c Ge 32:2 Belal were Ezbon and Uzzi and
pasture grounds and Kir·i·a·tha- 2Sa 2:8 Uzzi·el and Jeri·moth and Iri,
ims with its pasture grounds. 2Sa 19:32
five, heads of the house of
d Nu 21:26
77 To the sons of Me·rari that Jos 13:17 their forefathers, valiant, mighty
were left over they gave from the e Nu 32:1
men; and their genealogical en-
Jos 21:39
tribe of Zebu·lun t Rimmo·nou
rollment m was twenty-two thou-
with its pasture grounds, Ta- Second Col. sand and thirty-four. 8 And
bor with its pasture grounds,
the sons of Becher were Ze·mi-
78 and in the region of the Jor- CHAP. 7 rah and Joash and E·li·ezer and
dan at Jeri·cho to the east of the Eli·o·enai and Omri and Jere-
a Nu 26:23
Jordan, from the tribe of Reu- b Ge 46:13 moth and A·bijah and Ana-
ben, v Bezer w in the wilderness c Nu 26:24 thoth and Ale·meth, all these
d 2Sa 24:1
with its pasture grounds and Ja- 1Ch 21:5 the sons of Becher. 9 And
haz x with its pasture grounds, e 1Ch 12:32 their genealogical enrollment n
79 and Kede·mothy with its f Ec 9:11
by their descendants as respects
g Nu 26:25
pasture grounds and Meph- h Ge 35:18 the heads of the house of their
a·athz with its pasture grounds; Ge 49:27 forefathers, valiant, mighty men,
Nu 26:41
80 and from the tribe of Gad, a i Nu 26:38 was twenty thousand two hun-
Ramoth b in Gile·ad with its 1Ch 8:1 dred. 10 And the sons of Je·di-
pasture grounds and Ma·ha·na- j Ge 46:21
k 1Ch 7:10
a·elo were Bilhan; and the sons of
im c with its pasture grounds, l Nu 26:38 Bilhan were Jeush and Benja-
81 and Heshbon d with its pas- 1Ch 8:1 min and Ehud and Che·naa·nah
m 1Ch 21:2
ture grounds and Jazer e with its n 1Ch 21:2 and Zethan and Tarshish and
pasture grounds. o 1Ch 7:6 A·hisha·har. 11 All these were
547 Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Asher 1 CHRONICLES 7:12-38
the sons of Je·dia·el, according CHAP. 7 came pregnant a and gave birth to
to the heads of their forefathers, a Ps 33:16 a son. But he called his name Be-
valiant, mighty men, a seventeen b Ge 46:21 riah, because it was with calam-
Nu 26:39
thousand two hundred going out 1Ch 8:5 ity b that she happened to be in
to the army for war. c Ge 46:21 his house. 24 And his daugh-
12 And the Shuppim b and the Nu 26:39 ter was Shee·rah, and she got
1Ch 8:5
Huppim c were the sons of Ir; d d 1Ch 7:7 to build Beth-horon, c the low-
the Hushim were the sons of e Ge 30:8 er d and the upper, e and Uzzen-
Ge 49:21 shee·rah. 25 And there was
Aher.
f Ge 46:24
13 The sons of Naphta·lie g Nu 26:48 Rephah his son, and Resheph,
were Jahzi·el f and Guni g and h Nu 26:49 and Telah his son, and Tahan
Jezer and Shallum, h the sons of i Ge 30:3 his son, 26 Ladan his son, Am-
Ge 35:22
Bilhah. i Ge 46:25 mihud his son, E·lisha·ma his
14 The sons of Ma·nassehj j Ge 41:51 son, 27 Nun f his son, Je·hosh-
were Asri·el, whom his Syri- k Ge 50:23 u·a g his son.
Nu 26:29
an concubine bore. (She bore Nu 27:1 28 And their possession and
Machir k the father of Gile·ad. De 3:15 their dwelling places were Beth-
l Nu 26:33 h
15 And Machir himself took a el and its dependent towns and,
m Nu 27:7
wife for Huppim and for Shup- Nu 36:2 to the east, Naa·ran i and, to
pim, and the name of his sis- n Nu 26:30 the west, Gezer j and its depen-
Jg 6:11
ter was Maa·cah.) And the Jg 8:2
dent towns, and Shechem k and
name of the second was Ze·lo- o Nu 1:33 its dependent towns clear to
phe·had, l but Ze·lophe·had came De 33:17 Gaza and its dependent towns;
Ps 60:7
to have daughters. m 16 In time p Nu 26:35
29 and by the side of the sons of
Maa·cah, Machir’s wife, bore a q 1Sa 5:8 Ma·nasseh Beth-shean l and its
son and called his name Pe- 1Sa 7:14 dependent towns, Taa·nach m
1Sa 17:4
resh; and the name of his brother r Ge 37:34
and its dependent towns, Me-
was Sheresh; and his sons were
giddo n and its dependent towns,
Ulam and Rekem. 17 And the Second Col. Dor o and its dependent towns. In
sons of Ulam were Bedan. a Ps 128:3 these the sons of Joseph p the son
These were the sons of Gile·ad b 1Ch 4:10 of Israel dwelt.
the son of Machir the son of Ma- c Jos 10:10 30 The sons of Asher q were
Jos 21:22
nasseh. 18 And his sister was d Jos 16:3 Imnah r and Ishvah and Ish-
Ham·mole·cheth. She gave birth e Jos 16:5 vi s and Be·riah; t and Serah was
to Ishhod and Abi-ezer n and 2Ch 8:5 their sister. 31 And the sons of
f Ex 33:11
Mahlah. 19 And the sons of Jos 1:1 Be·riah were Heber and Mal-
She·mida came to be A·hian g Nu 11:28 chi·el, who was the father of Bir-
and Shechem and Likhi and Nu 14:6
Nu 32:12
za·ith. 32 As for Heber, he be-
A·niam. De 34:9 came father to Japhlet and
20 And the sons of Ephra- h Ge 28:19 Shomer and Hotham, and to
Jos 16:2
im o were Shuthe·lah p and Be- i Jos 16:7
Shua their sister. 33 And the
red his son and Tahath his son j Jos 16:3 sons of Japhlet were Pa-
and E·le·adah his son and Ta- k Jos 17:7 sach and Bimhal and Ashvath.
hath his son, 21 and Zabad his l Jos 17:11
1Sa 31:10
These were the sons of Japh-
son and Shuthe·lah his son and m Jg 5:19 let. 34 And the sons of Shemer
Ezer and Ele·ad. And the men 1Ki 4:12 were Ahi and Rohgah, Je·hub-
of Gathq that were born in the n Jg 1:27 bah and Aram. 35 And the
1Ki 9:15
land killed them because they 2Ki 23:29 sons of Helem his brother were
came down to take their live- Zec 12:11 Zophah and Imna and Shelesh
o Jos 12:23
stock. 22 And Ephra·im their 1Ki 4:11
and Amal. 36 The sons of Zo-
father carried on mourning for p Jg 1:22 phah were Suah and Harne-
many days, r and his brothers q Ge 49:20 pher and Shual and Beri and
De 33:24
kept coming in to comfort him. r Nu 26:44
Imrah, 37 Bezer and Hod and
23 Afterward he had relations s Ge 46:17 Shamma and Shilshah and Ith-
with his wife, so that she be- t Nu 26:45 ran and Be·era. 38 And the
1 CHRONICLES 7:39–8:36 Descendants of Benjamin, Saul 548
sons of Jether were Je·phun- CHAP. 7 tants of Gath. 14 And there
neh and Pispah and Ara. a De 1:15 were A·hio, Shashak and Jer-
39 And the sons of Ulla were 1Ki 8:1 e·moth, 15 and Zeb·a·diah and
b 1Sa 16:18
Arah and Hanni·el and Ri·zia. 2Sa 23:20
Arad and Eder, 16 and Mi-
40 All these were the sons of c Ex 30:14 cha·el and Ishpah and Joha, the
Asher, heads a of the house of d Nu 1:41 sons of Be·riah, a 17 and Zeb·a-
the forefathers, select, valiant, b Nu 2:28 diah and Me·shullam and Hiz-
Nu 26:47
mighty men, heads of the chief-
ki and Heber, 18 and Ishme-
tains; and their genealogical en- rai and Iz·liah and Jobab, the
CHAP. 8
rollment c was in the army in the sons of El·paal, 19 and Jakim
e Ge 35:18
war. Their number was twenty- Ge 43:14
and Zichri and Zabdi, 20 and
six thousand men. d Ge 49:27 E·li·enai and Zille·thai and Eli-
f 1Ch 7:6 el, 21 and A·daiah and Be·ra-
8 As for Benjamin, e he became
father to Bela f his firstborn,
g Ge 46:21
h Nu 26:38
iah and Shimrath, the sons of
Shime·i, b 22 and Ishpan and
Ashbel g the second and A·har- i Nu 26:39
ah h the third, 2 Nohahi the j Ge 46:21
Eber and Eli·el, 23 and Ab-
fourth and Rapha the fifth. k 1Ch 7:12 don and Zichri and Hanan,
3 And Bela came to have sons, l Nu 26:39 24 and Han·a·niah and Elam
Addar and Gera j and A·bihud, m Jos 21:17 and An·tho·thi jah, 25 and
4 and Ab·i·shua and Naa-
1Sa 13:16 Iph·deiah and Pe·nuel, the sons
1Ch 6:60
man and A·hoah, 5 and Gera n Ru 1:1
of Shashak, 26 and Sham-
and She·phuphan k and Huram. l o Ezr 2:33 she·rai and She·ha·riah and
6 And these were the sons of Ne 6:2 Ath·a·liah, 27 and Ja·a·re·shi-
Ehud. These were the heads of p Ne 11:35 ah and E·lijah and Zichri, the
Ac 9:32
the houses of forefathers belong- sons of Je·roham. 28 These
q Jos 19:42
ing to the inhabitants of Geba, m Jos 21:24 were heads of the houses of
and they proceeded to take them
forefathers by their descendants,
into exile at Mana·hath. 7 And Second Col. headmen. These were the ones
Naa·man and A·hijah; and Gera a 1Ch 8:13 that dwelt in Jerusalem. c
—he was the one that took them b 1Ch 8:13 29 And it was in Gibe·on d
into exile, and he became father c Jos 18:28 that the father of Gibe·on, Je·i-
1Ki 2:36
to Uzza and A·hihud. 8 As for Ne 11:4
el, dwelt, and his wife’s name
Sha·ha·raim, he became father d Jos 9:17 was Maa·cah. e 30 And his son,
to children in the field n of Mo- Jos 21:17 the firstborn, was Abdon, and
1Ch 21:29
ab after he sent them away. Hu- Zur and Kish and Baal and Na-
e 1Ch 9:35
shim and Baa·ra were his wives. f 1Ch 9:36
dab, f 31 and Gedor and A·hio
9 And by Hodesh his wife he g 1Ch 9:37 and Zecher. g 32 As for Mik-
came to be father to Jobab and h 1Ch 9:38 loth, he became father to Shim-
Zibi·a and Mesha and Malcam, i 1Sa 14:50 e·ah. h And these really were the
10 and Jeuz and Sa·chia and j 1Sa 9:1 ones that dwelt in front of their
Ac 13:21
Mirmah. These were his sons, brothers in Jerusalem along with
k 1Sa 9:2
heads of the houses of forefa- 1Sa 10:11 brothers of theirs.
thers. 1Sa 11:15 33 As for Ner, i he became fa-
1Sa 14:47
11 And by Hushim he be- 1Sa 15:23
ther to Kish; j Kish, in turn, be-
came father to A·bitub and El- l 1Sa 14:45
came father to Saul; k Saul,
pa al. 12 And the sons of 1Sa 18:1 in turn, became father to Jon-
El·paal were Eber and Mi- 2Sa 1:23 a·than l and Mal chi-shu a m
m 1Sa 14:49
sham and Shemed, who built and A·bina·dab n and Esh·ba-
n 1Sa 31:2
Ono o and Lod p and its depen- 1Ch 9:39 al. o 34 And Jona·than’s son
dent towns, 13 and Be·riah o 2Sa 2:8 was Merib-baal. p As for Merib-
and Shema. These were heads 2Sa 4:12 baal, he became father to Mi-
of the houses of forefathers, be- p 2Sa 4:4 cah. q 35 And the sons of Mi-
2Sa 9:6
longing to the inhabitants of Ai- 2Sa 19:24 cah were Pithon and Melech
ja·lon. q These were the ones q 2Sa 9:12 and Ta·rea r and Ahaz. 36 As
that chased away the inhabi- r 1Ch 9:41 for Ahaz, he became father
549 Returnees from Babylon 1 CHRONICLES 8:37–9:19
to Je·hoad·dah; Je·hoad·dah, in CHAP. 8 of Sheph·a·tiah the son of Reu-
turn, became father to Ale- a 1Ch 9:43 el the son of Ib·nijah. 9 And
meth and Azma·veth and Zim- b 1Sa 16:18 the brothers of theirs by their
2Sa 23:20
ri. Zimri, in turn, became fa- descendants were nine hundred
c 1Ch 12:2
ther to Moza; 37 Moza, in and fifty-six. All these were men
d Ps 127:3
turn, became father to Bine·a, Ps 128:3 that were heads of the fathers by
Raphah a his son, El·e·asah his Ps 128:6 the house of their forefathers.
son, Azel his son. 38 And Azel
10 And of the priests there
had six sons, and these were CHAP. 9
were Je·daiah and Je·hoia·rib
their names: Az·rikam, Boche- e 1Ch 7:9 and Jachin, a 11 and Az·a·ri-
1Ch 7:40
ru and Ishma·el and She·a·ri- Ezr 2:59 ah b the son of Hil·kiah the son
ah and O·ba·diah and Hanan. f Le 26:33 of Me·shullam the son of Zadok
All these were the sons of Azel. Jer 39:9 the son of Me·raioth the son of
39 And the sons of Eshek his g Ezr 2:70 A·hitub, a leader of the house
brother were Ulam his firstborn, h Ne 7:73
of the true God, 12 and A·dai-
i Ne 11:3
Jeush the second and E·liphe- ah the son of Je·roham the son
j Jos 9:27
let the third. 40 And the sons Ezr 2:43 of Pashhur the son of Mal·chi-
of Ulam came to be valiant, b Ezr 8:20 jah, and Maa·sai the son of Adi-
mighty men, bending the bow, c Ne 3:26
el the son of Jahze·rah the son of
and having many sons d and k Ne 11:1
Eze 37:22
Me·shullam the son of Me·shil-
grandsons, a hundred and fifty. Ho 1:11 le·mithc the son of Immer,
All these were from the sons of l Ne 11:4 13 and their brothers, heads of
Benjamin. m Ne 11:7 the house of their forefathers, a
n 1Ch 2:5
As for all Israelites, they were thousand seven hundred and
9 enrolled genealogically; e and
Ne 11:4
o Ge 46:12
sixty, mighty men of ability d for
the work of the service of the
there they are written in the 1Ch 2:4
Book of the Kings of Israel. And p Ne 11:5 house of the true God.
Judah itself was taken into exile f q 1Ch 2:4 14 And of the Levites there
1Ch 2:6
at Babylon for their unfaithful-
were She·maiah the son of Has-
ness. 2 And the first inhabi- Second Col.
shub the son of Az·rikam the son
tants that were in their pos- a Ne 11:10
of Hash·a·biah e from the sons
session in their cities were the b Ne 11:11
of Me·rari; 15 and Bak·bak-
Israelites, g the priests, h the Le- c Ne 11:13 kar, Heresh and Galal, and Mat-
vites i and the Neth i·nim. j d Ex 18:21 ta·niah f the son of Micag the
3 And in Jerusalem k there dwelt 1Ch 26:6 son of Zichri h the son of Asaph, i
1Ch 26:30
some of the sons of Judah l and 16 and O·ba·diah the son of She-
e 1Ch 6:45
some of the sons of Benjamin m Ne 11:15 maiah j the son of Galal the son
and some of the sons of Ephra- f Ne 13:13 of Je·duthun, k and Ber·e·chiah
im and of Ma·nasseh: 4 Uthai g Ne 11:22 the son of Asa the son of El·ka-
the son of Am·mihud the son of h 1Ch 25:2 nah, who was dwelling in the set-
i Ne 11:17 tlements of the Ne·topha·thites. l
Omri the son of Imri the son of Ne 12:35
Bani, of the sons of Perez n the j Ne 11:17 17 And the gatekeepers m were
son of Judah. o 5 And of the k 1Ch 25:3 Shallum n and Akkub and Tal-
Shilo·nites, p A·saiah the first- l 1Ch 2:54 mon and A·himan and their
born and his sons. 6 And of the Ne 12:28 brother Shallum the head,
sons of Zerah, q Je·uel, and six m Ne 11:19 18 and up till then he was
n Ezr 2:42
hundred and ninety brothers of in the king’s gateo to the east.
o Ne 3:29
theirs. p 1Ch 26:12
These were the gatekeepers of
7 And of the sons of Benja- q 1Ch 6:23 the camps of the sons of Levi. p
min, Sallu the son of Me·shul- r Nu 26:11 19 And Shallum the son of Ko-
lam the son of Hod·a·viah the Ps 42:Sup re the son of E·bia·saphq the son r
Ps 44:Sup
son of Has·se·nuah, 8 and Ib- Ps 49:Sup
of Korah s and his brothers of the
neiah the son of Je·roham, and s Nu 26:9 house of his father the Korah-
Elah the son of Uzzi the son of t 1Ch 6:37 ites, t over the work of the service,
Michri, and Me·shullam the son u Ps 84:10 the doorkeepers u of the tent, and
1 CHRONICLES 9:20-43 Temple duties. Saul’s genealogy 550
their fathers over the camp of Je- CHAP. 9 of the ointment a mixture of bal-
hovah, the keepers of the entry- a Nu 25:11 sam oil. 31 And Mat·ti·thiah of
Jos 22:30
way. 20 And it was Phine·has a Jg 20:28 the Levites, who was the first-
the son of El·e·azar b that hap- Ps 106:30 born of Shallum b the Korah·ite,
b Ex 6:25
pened to be leader over them in Le 10:6 was in the office of trust over the
the past. Jehovah was with him. c Nu 3:32
Jos 14:1
things baked in pans. c 32 And
21 Zech·a·riah d the son of Me- c Nu 25:13 some of the sons of the Ko-
Ac 7:9
shel·e·miah was the gatekeeper d 1Ch 26:14
hath·ites, their brothers, were in
of the entrance of the tent of e Ne 12:28 charge of the layer bread, d to pre-
Ne 12:29
meeting. f 1Ch 9:1 pare it sabbath by sabbath. e
22 All of them who were se- g 1Ch 25:1 33 And these were the sing-
h 1Sa 9:9
lected as gatekeepers at the i Ex 18:21 ers, f the heads of the fathers of
thresholds were two hundred j 1Ch 23:32 the Levites in the dining rooms, g
2Ch 23:19
and twelve. They were in their Ne 12:45 those set free from duty; h for by
settlements e by their genealog- k 1Ch 26:17 day and by night it was their re-
l 1Ch 26:16
ical f enrollment. These David g m 1Ch 26:14 sponsibility to be in the work. i
and Samuel the seer h ordained n 1Ch 26:15
o 2Ch 23:8
34 These were the heads of the
in their office of trust. i 23 And p 1Ch 23:28 fathers of the Levites by their de-
they and their sons were over 1Ch 28:12 scendants, headmen. These were
q 1Ch 26:20
the gates of the house of Jeho- 2Ch 31:12 the ones that dwelt in Jerusa-
r 1Ch 23:32
vah, even the house of the tent, s 1Sa 3:15
lem. j
for guard service. j 24 It was to Mal 1:10 35 And in Gibe·on k was
t Nu 1:50
the four directions that the gate- Nu 3:36 where the father of Gibe·on, Je-
keepers came to be, to the u 1Ki 8:4 iel, dwelt. And his wife’s name
1Ch 22:19
east, k to the west, l to the north m v Le 2:1 was Maa·cah. 36 And his son,
and to the south. n 25 And their 1Ch 23:29
the firstborn, was Abdon, and
w Le 23:13
brothers in their settlements x Ex 27:20 Zur and Kish and Baal and
were to come in for seven o days, Nu 18:12
y Le 2:2
Ner and Nadab, 37 and Ge-
from time to time, along with Ne 13:5 dor and A·hio and Zech·a·riah l
these. 26 For in office of trust z Ex 25:6
and Mikloth. 38 As for Mik-
there were four mighty men of loth, he became father to Shim-
Second Col.
the gatekeepers. They were Le- e·am. And it was really they that
a Ex 30:25
vites, and they proved to be in b Jer 35:4 dwelt in front of their brothers
charge of the dining rooms p and c Le 2:5 in Jerusalem along with broth-
Le 2:7
of the treasures q of the house Le 6:21 ers of theirs. 39 As for Ner, m
of the true God. 27 And all d Le 24:6
2Ch 2:4
he became father to Kish; n Kish,
around the house of the true God 2Ch 13:11 in turn, became father to Saul; o
they would spend the night; for e Ex 25:30
Le 24:8 Saul, in turn, became father to
guard r service was upon them, 1Sa 21:6 Jona·than p and Malchi-shua q
f 1Ch 6:31
and they were in charge of the g 1Ch 9:26 and A·bina·dab r and Esh·baal. s
key, even to open up from morn- h Ne 11:22 40 And the son of Jona·than was
i Ps 84:4
ing to morning. s j Ne 11:1 Merib-baal. t As for Merib-baal,
28 And some of them were in k Jos 21:17 he became father to Micah. u
l 1Ch 8:31
charge of the utensils t of the ser- m 1Sa 14:50 41 And the sons of Micah were
vice, for it was by number that n Ac 13:21 Pithon and Melech and Tahre·a
o 1Sa 9:2
they would bring them in and it 1Sa 10:11 and Ahaz. v 42 As for Ahaz, he
was by number that they would 1Sa 11:15
1Sa 14:47
became father to Jarah; Jarah,
take them out. 29 And some of 1Sa 15:23 in turn, became father to Ale-
p 1Sa 14:45
them were men appointed over 1Sa 18:1 meth and Azma·veth and Zimri.
the utensils and over all the holy u 2Sa 1:23 Zimri, in turn, became father to
q 1Sa 14:49
utensils and over the fine flour v 1Ch 8:33 Moza. 43 As for Moza, he be-
and the wine w and the oil x and r 1Sa 31:2 came father to Bine·a and Re-
s 2Sa 2:8
the frankincense y and the bal- 2Sa 4:12 phaiah w his son, El·e·asah his
sam oil. z 30 And some of the t 2Sa 4:4
2Sa 9:6
sons of the priests were makers 2Sa 19:24 u 2Sa 9:12; v 1Ch 8:35; w 1Ch 8:37.
551 Saul dies. David confirmed as king 1 CHRONICLES 9:44–11:5
son, Azel his son. 44 And Azel CHAP. 9 the house of their god, a and his
had six sons, and these were a 1Ch 8:37 skull they fastened to the house
their names: Az·rikam, Boche-
of Dagon. b
ru and Ishma·el and She·a·ri- CHAP. 10 11 And all those of Jabesh c in
ah and O·ba·diah and Hanan. b 1Sa 31:1 Gile·ad got to hear of all that the
c Le 26:17
These were the sons of Azel. a De 32:30 Phi·listines had done to Saul. d
And the Phi·listines, b for 2Sa 1:21 12 So all the valiant men rose
10 their part, made war upon
d 2Sa 1:25
e 1Ch 8:33
f 1Ch 9:39
up and carried off the corpse of
Saul and the corpses of his sons
Israel; and the men of Israel g 1Sa 31:2
went fleeing from before the Phi- h 1Sa 26:10
and brought them to Jabesh and
listines and kept falling slain 1Sa 31:3 buried their bones under the big
i 1Sa 31:4
in Mount Gil·boa. c 2 And the j Jg 9:54
tree e in Jabesh; f and they went
Phi·listines kept in close range 2Sa 1:9 fasting g for seven days.
k Jg 15:18
of Saul and his sons; and the 2Sa 1:20 13 Thus Saul died for his un-
Phi·listines got to strike down l Jg 16:21 faithfulness with which he had
Jg 16:23
Jona·than d and A·bina·dab e and m 1Sa 31:4
acted faithlessly h against Jeho-
Malchi-shua, f sons of Saul. g n Ex 20:13 vah concerning the word of Jeho-
1Ch 10:13
3 And the fighting became heavy Mt 27:5 vah that he had not kept and also
against Saul; and those shooting o 1Sa 31:5 for asking of a spirit medium i
p 1Sa 12:25
with the bow finally found him, Ho 13:11
to make inquiry. 14 And he did
and he got wounded by the q De 28:25 not inquire of Jehovah. j Conse-
1Sa 13:6
shooters. h 4 Then Saul said to 1Sa 31:7 quently he put him to death and
his armor-bearer: i “Draw your r 1Sa 31:8 turned the kingship over to Da-
s 1Sa 28:4
sword j and run me through with t 1Sa 31:9
vid the son of Jesse. k
it, that these uncircumcised k u 2Sa 1:20
In time all the Israel-
men may not come and certain-
ly deal abusively l with me.” And
v Jg 16:24
Da 5:23
11 ites l collected themselves
together to David at Hebron, m
his armor-bearer was unwill- Second Col. saying: “Look! We are your bone
ing, m because he was very much a 1Sa 31:10 and your flesh. n 2 Both yester-
afraid. So Saul took the sword b Jg 16:23
1Sa 5:2 day and previously, even while
and fell upon it. n 5 When his c Jg 21:8 Saul happened to be king, you
armor-bearer saw that Saul had 1Sa 11:1
1Sa 31:12 were the one leading Israel out
died, then he too fell upon the d 1Sa 31:9 and bringing it in; o and Jeho-
sword and died. o 6 Thus Saul e Ge 35:8
vah your God proceeded to say
f 2Sa 2:5
and three sons of his died, p and 2Sa 21:12 to you, ‘You yourself will shep-
all those of his house died to- g Ge 50:10
herd p my people Israel, and you
2Sa 3:35
gether. 7 When all the men of h 1Sa 13:13 yourself will become leader q over
Israel that were in the low plain 1Sa 15:23
my people Israel.’ ” 3 So all the
i Le 19:31
saw that they had fled and that Le 20:6 older men of Israel came to the
Saul and his sons had died, then 1Sa 28:7
Isa 8:19 king at Hebron and David con-
they began to leave their cities Ac 16:16 cluded a covenant with them
and flee; q after which the Phi- j 1Sa 14:19
k Ru 4:17 in Hebron before Jehovah; after
listines came on in and took up 1Sa 13:14 which they anointed r David as
1Sa 15:28
dwelling in them. 2Sa 3:10 king over Israel, according to Je-
8 And it came about the next 2Sa 5:3 hovah’s word s by means of Sam-
day that, when the Phi·listines uel. t
CHAP. 11
came to strip r the slain, they got 4 Later David and all Isra-
to find Saul and his sons fallen l 2Sa 5:1
1Ch 12:23 el went to Jerusalem, u that is
upon Mount Gil·boa. s 9 And m Nu 13:22 to say, Jebus, v where the Jeb-
they proceeded to strip him and 2Sa 2:1
2Sa 5:5 u·sites w were the inhabitants of
take off his head t and his armor n De 17:15 the land. 5 And the inhabi-
and send into the land of the o Nu 27:17
1Sa 18:6
Phi·listines all around to in- 1Sa 18:13 q 1Sa 25:30; 2Sa 6:21; 1Ch 17:7; r 1Sa 16:13; 2Sa
form u their idols v and the people. p 2Sa 7:7 2:4; 2Sa 5:3; s Isa 55:11; t 1Sa 15:28; u 2Sa
Ps 78:71 5:6; v Jos 15:63; Jg 1:21; Jg 19:10; w Ge 10:16; Ge
10 Finally they put his armor in Joh 10:11 15:21; Ex 3:17.
1 CHRONICLES 11:6-23 David captures Zion. His mighty men 552
tants of Jebus began to say to CHAP. 11 cave of A·dullam, a while a camp
David: “You will not come in a 2Sa 5:6 of the Phi·listines was camping
here.” a Just the same, David pro- b 1Ki 8:1 in the low plain of Repha·im. b
2Ch 5:2
ceeded to capture the strong- Ps 2:6 16 And David was then in the
hold of Zion, b that is to say, the Ps 48:2 place hard to approach; c and a
City of David. c 6 So David said: c 2Sa 5:9 garrison of the Phi·listines d was
2Sa 6:10
“Anyone striking d the Jebu·sites 1Ki 2:10 then in Bethle·hem. 17 After a
first, he will become head and d Jos 15:16 while David showed his craving
1Sa 17:25
prince.” And Joab e the son of Ze- e 2Sa 2:18
and said: “O that I might have a
ruiah got to go up first, and he f Ps 2:6 drink e of the water from the cis-
came to be head. 7 And David g 2Sa 5:7 tern of Bethle·hem, f which is at
took up dwelling in the place dif- h Ne 4:2 the gate!” 18 At that the three
i 2Sa 3:1
ficult to approach. f That is why 2Sa 5:10 forced their way into the camp of
they called it the City of David. g j 1Ch 9:20 the Phi·listines and drew water
8 And he began to build the city Ps 46:7 from the cistern of Bethle·hem,
Isa 8:10
all around, from the Mound even k 2Sa 23:9 which is at the gate, and came
to the parts round about, but l 1Sa 16:12 carrying and bringing it to Da-
Joab himself brought to life h m 2Sa 23:8 vid. g And David did not consent
1Ch 27:2
the rest of the city. 9 And Da- n Jos 23:10 to drink it, but poured it out to
vid went on getting greater and o 2Sa 23:9 Jehovah. h 19 And he went on
greater, i for Jehovah of armies p 1Ch 8:4 to say: “It is unthinkable on my
q 2Sa 23:10
was with him. j 2Sa 23:17
part, as regards my God, to do
10 Now these are the heads of r 1Sa 17:1 this! Is it the blood i of these men
the mighty k men that belonged s De 28:25 that I should drink at the risk of
t 1Sa 19:5
to David, holding strongly with 2Sa 23:10
their souls? For it was at the risk
him in his kingship together Ps 18:50 of their souls that they brought
with all Israel, to make him king u Ps 144:10 it.” And he did not consent to
Pr 21:31
according to Jehovah’s word l Lu 1:71 drink it. j These are the things
concerning Israel. 11 And this v 2Sa 23:13 that the three mighty men did.
is the list of the mighty men
20 As for A·bishai k the broth-
that belonged to David: Ja·sho- Second Col. er of Joab, l he himself became
be·am m the son of a Hachmon- a 1Sa 22:1 head of the three; and he was
b Jos 15:8
ite, the head of the three. He Isa 17:5
brandishing his spear over three
was brandishing his spear over c 1Sa 23:25 hundred slain, and he had a
three hundred slain at one time. n d 1Sa 10:5 reputation like the three. 21 Of
1Sa 13:4
12 And after him there was El·e- 1Sa 13:23
the three he was more distin-
azar o the son of Dodo the A·ho- e 2Sa 23:15 guished than the two others, and
hite. p He was among the three f 1Sa 20:6 he came to be a chief to them;
g 2Sa 23:16
mighty men. q 13 He it was that h 1Sa 7:6
and yet he did not come m up to
happened to be with David at i Ge 9:4 the first three.
Pas-dammim, r where the Phi- Le 17:10 22 As for Be·naiahn the son
De 12:27
listines had gathered themselves Ac 15:29 of Je·hoia·da, o the son of a val-
together for war. Now there hap- j 2Sa 23:17 iant man, who did many deeds
pened to be a tract of the field k 1Sa 26:6 in Kabze·el, p he himself struck
2Sa 2:18
full of barley, and the people, 2Sa 18:2 down the two sons of Ari·el of
for their part, had fled because 2Sa 23:18 Moab; and he himself descend-
of the Phi·listines. s 14 But he l 2Sa 3:30 ed and struck down a lion q in-
m 2Sa 23:19
took his stand in the mid- n 2Sa 23:20 side a waterpit in the day of
dle of the tract and delivered it, 1Ch 27:5 snowfall. 23 And he it was that
and kept striking down the Phi- o 1Ki 4:4 struck down the Egyptian man, a
1Ch 27:5
listines, so that Jehovah saved t p Jos 15:21 man of extraordinary size, of five
with a great salvation. u q Jg 14:6 cubits. r And in the hand of the
15 And three of the thirty v 1Sa 17:36 Egyptian there was a spear s like
2Sa 1:23
head ones proceeded to go down r 1Sa 17:4 the beam of loom workers; yet
to the rock, to David at the s 1Sa 17:7 he went on down to him with a
553 Mighty men; army at Ziklag 1 CHRONICLES 11:24–12:10
rod and snatched the spear away CHAP. 11 te·rath·ite, Shama and Je·iel,
from the Egyptian’s hand and a 1Sa 17:51 the sons of Hotham the A·roer-
killed him with his own spear. a b 1Ch 11:19 ite, 45 Je·dia·el the son of
c 2Sa 20:23
24 These things Be·naiah the d 2Sa 2:18 Shimri, and Joha his brother
son of Je·hoia·da did, and he had 2Sa 2:23 the Tizite, 46 Eli·el the Ma-
2Sa 23:24
a name among the three mighty 1Ch 27:7 ha·vite, and Jeri·bai and Josh·a-
men. 25 Although he was more e 2Sa 23:24 viah the sons of Elna·am, and
f 2Sa 23:25
distinguished than the thirty, yet 1Ch 27:8
Ithmah the Moab·ite. 47 Eli-
to the rank of the first three g 2Sa 23:26 el and Obed and Ja·a·siel the
he did not come. b However, Da- h 1Ch 27:9 Me·zoba·ite.
i 2Sa 23:27
vid put him over his own body- 1Ch 27:12 And these are the ones that
guard. c
26 As for the mighty men of
j 2Sa 21:18
1Ch 27:11 12 came to David at Ziklag a
k 1Ch 11:12 while he was still under restric-
the military forces, there were l 2Sa 23:28
tions because of Saul b the son of
m 1Ch 27:13
Asa·hel d the brother of Jo- n 1Ch 27:15 Kish; and they were among the
ab, El·hanan e the son of Dodo o 2Sa 23:29 mighty men, c the helpers in the
of Bethle·hem, 27 Shammothf p Jg 19:13
q Ge 49:27 warfare, 2 armed with the bow,
the Haro·rite, Helez the Pel- Jg 19:14 using the right hand and using
o·nite, g 28 Irah the son of Ik- Jg 20:15
1Ch 12:2 the left d hand with stones e or
kesh the Te·koite, Abi-ezer the r 2Sa 23:30 with arrows f in the bow. g They
Ana·thoth·ite, i 29 Sibbe·cai j s Jos 24:30
were of the brothers of Saul,
Jg 2:9
the Hushath·ite, Ilai the A·ho- t 2Sa 23:31 of Benjamin. 3 There was the
hite, k 30 Maha·rai l the Ne- u 2Sa 23:32 head A·hi·ezer and Joash the
v 2Sa 23:33
topha·thite, m Heled n the son w 2Sa 23:34 sons of She·maah the Gibe·ath-
of Baa·nah the Ne·topha- x 2Sa 23:35 ite, h and Jezi·el and Pelet the
thite, 31 Ithai the son of Ri- y 2Sa 23:36
sons of Azma·veth, i and Ber-
z 2Sa 23:38
bai o of Gibe·ah p of the sons a 2Sa 11:3 a·cah and Jehu the Ana·thoth-
of Benjamin, q Be·naiah the Pir- 2Sa 11:17 ite, j 4 and Ish·maiah the Gib-
2Sa 12:9
a·thon·ite, r 32 Hurai from the 2Sa 23:39 e·on·ite, k a mighty man among
torrent valleys of Gaash, s A·bi- 1Ki 15:5 the thirty l and over the thirty;
b 1Sa 26:6
el the Arbath·ite, 33 Azma- Ezr 9:1 and Jeremiah and Ja·ha·zi-
veth the Ba·harum·ite, t E·li- Ne 9:8 el and Jo·hanan and Joza·bad
ah·ba the Sha·albo·nite, 34 the the Ge·derath·ite, m 5 E·luzai
Second Col.
sons of Hashem the Gizo·nite, and Jeri·moth and Be·a·liah and
Jona·than u the son of Shagee
Shem·a·riah and Sheph·a·tiah
the Hara·rite, 35 A·hiam the CHAP. 12 the Hari·phite, 6 El·kanah
son of Sacar v the Hara·rite, E·li- a 1Sa 27:6 and Is·shiah and Azar·el and Jo-
2Sa 1:1
phal w the son of Ur, 36 Hepher b 1Sa 27:1 ezer and Ja·shobe·am, the Ko-
the Me·cherath·ite, A·hijah the c 2Sa 17:8 rah·ites, n 7 and Jo·elah and
1Ch 11:10
Pelo·nite, 37 Hezro the Car- d Jg 3:15
Zeb·a·diah the sons of Je·roham
mel·ite, x Naa·rai the son of Ez- Jg 20:16 of Gedor.
bai, 38 Joel the brother of Na- e 1Sa 17:49
f 1Sa 20:20
8 And there were some of the
than, y Mibhar the son of Hagri, g Ge 49:27 Gadites that separated them-
39 Zelek the Ammon·ite, Na- 1Sa 18:4 selves to David’s side at the place
h 1Sa 11:4
ha·rai the Be·rothite, the armor- i 1Ch 11:33 difficult to approach in the wil-
bearer of Joab the son of Ze·ru- j 1Ch 11:28 derness, o valiant, mighty men,
k Jos 9:3
iah, 40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb z l 1Ch 11:15
army men for the war, keeping
the Ithrite, 41 U·riah a the m 1Ch 27:28 the large shield and the lance
Hittite, b Zabad the son of Ah- n Nu 26:11 ready, p whose faces were the
1Ch 9:19
lai, 42 Adi·na the son of Shi- o 1Sa 23:14 faces of lions, q and they were like
za the Reuben·ite, a head of 1Sa 23:29 the gazelles upon the mountains
1Sa 24:22
the Reuben·ites, by whom there 1Ch 11:16 for speed. r 9 Ezer was the
were thirty; 43 Hanan the son p 2Ch 25:5 head, O·ba·diah the second, E·li-
q 2Sa 1:23
of Maa·cah, and Josha·phat the 2Sa 17:10 ab the third, 10 Mish·man-
Mithnite, 44 Uz·zia the Ash- r 2Sa 2:18 nah the fourth, Jeremiah the
1 CHRONICLES 12:11-32 David’s supporters for kingship 554
fifth, 11 Attai the sixth, Eli- CHAP. 12 from Ma·nasseh Adnah and Jo-
el the seventh, 12 Jo·hanan a Ge 49:19 za·bad and Je·dia·el and Micha-
the eighth, El·zabad the ninth, De 33:20 el and Joza·bad and E·lihu and
13 Jeremiah the tenth, Mach- b Le 26:8 Zille·thai, heads a of the thou-
Ps 18:39
ban·nai the eleventh. 14 These sands that belonged to Ma·nas-
c Jos 4:12
were of the sons of Gad, a seh. 21 And they, for their part,
d Jos 3:15
heads of the army. The least were of help to David against the
e 1Sa 22:4
one was equal to a hundred, 1Sa 23:14
marauder band, b because all of
and the greatest to a thou- 1Sa 24:22 them were mighty men c of valor,
sand. b 15 These are the ones f 1Sa 16:4 and they came to be chiefs in the
that crossed the Jordan c in the 1Ki 2:13 army; 22 for day by day people
first month when it was overflow- g 2Ki 10:15 kept coming d to David to help
Ac 4:32
ing all its banks, d and they then him, until it was a great e camp,
h 1Sa 24:12 like the camp of God. f
chased away all those of the low
i Ge 31:42
plains, to the east and to the 1Sa 26:23
23 And these were the num-
west. Ps 7:6 bers of the heads of those
16 And some of the sons of j 1Sa 24:15 equipped for the army that came
Benjamin and Judah proceeded k Jg 6:34 to David at Hebron g to turn
to come clear to the place dif- Jg 13:25 the kingship h of Saul over to
ficult to approach, e to David. l 2Sa 15:21 him according to Jehovah’s or-
17 Then David went out before m Ps 54:4 der. i 24 The sons of Judah car-
them and answered and said to n 1Sa 8:12 rying the large shield and the
them: “If it is for peace f that YOU 1Sa 22:7 lance were six thousand eight
have come to me to help me, my o 1Sa 29:2 hundred, equipped for the army.
own heart will become at unity p Jg 3:3 25 Of the sons of Sime·on the
with YOU. g But if it is to betray q 1Sa 29:4 mighty men of valor of the army
me to my adversaries when there r 1Sa 30:1 were seven thousand one hun-
is no wrong on my palms, h let dred.
Second Col.
the God i of our forefathers see to 26 Of the sons of the Le-
a De 1:15 vites four thousand six hundred.
it and set it in order.” j 18 And De 33:17
spirit k itself enveloped A·masai, 27 And Je·hoia·da was the lead-
b 1Sa 30:1
the head of the thirty: er j of the sons of Aaron, k and
c 1Ch 5:24
with him there were three thou-
“Yours we are, O David, and 1Ch 11:10
sand seven hundred. 28 Also
with you we are, l O son d 2Sa 2:3
Zadok l a young man, mighty in
of Jesse. e 2Sa 3:1
valor, and the house of his fore-
Job 17:9
Peace, peace be yours, and fathers, twenty-two chiefs.
f Ge 32:2
peace to the one helping Jos 5:14 29 And of the sons of Ben-
you, g 2Sa 2:1 jamin, m the brothers of Saul, n
For your God has helped 2Sa 5:1
there were three thousand, and
you.” m h 1Ch 10:14
up till then the greater num-
So David received them and put i 1Sa 16:1
ber of them were keeping strict
1Sa 16:13
them among the heads of the 1Ch 11:10 watch of the house of Saul.
troops. n j 1Ch 27:5 30 And of the sons of Ephra-
19 And there were some of k 1Ch 6:49 im there were twenty thousand
Ma·nasseh that deserted to Da- 1Ch 27:17 eight hundred, mighty men o of
vid when he came with the Phi- l 2Sa 8:17 valor, men of fame, by the house
listines o against Saul for battle; 1Ki 1:8 of their forefathers.
1Ki 2:35
but he did not help them, for 1Ch 6:8 31 And of the half tribe of
on counsel the axis p lords of the m 1Ch 8:1 Ma·nassehp there were eighteen
Phi·listines sent him away, say- 1Ch 12:2 thousand that had been desig-
ing: “At the risk of our own n 1Ch 8:33 nated by name to come to make
heads he will desert to his o 2Sa 17:10 David king. 32 And of the sons
lord Saul.” q 20 When he came p Jos 17:2 of Issa·char q having a knowl-
to Ziklag r there deserted to him q De 33:18 edge of how to discern the
555 Ark moved. Uzzah struck down 1 CHRONICLES 12:33–13:11
times a to know what Israel ought CHAP. 12 2 and David went on to say to all
to do, b there were two hundred a Es 1:13 the congregation of Israel: “If it
Lu 12:56 seems good to YOU and it is ac-
head ones of theirs, and all their b Pr 14:8
brothers were at their orders. Ec 7:19 ceptable with Jehovah our God,
Ec 9:18
33 Of Zebu·lun c those going out c Jos 19:10
let us send to our brothers that
to the army, drawing up in bat- d Jos 19:32 are left over in all the lands
tle formation with all the weap- e Jos 19:24 of Israel a and with them to the
f Nu 32:33
ons of war, there were fifty thou- Jos 13:8 priests b and the Levites c in their
sand, and for flocking together g 1Ch 11:10 cities d with pasture grounds,
h Ge 49:8
to David they were not of a dou- Ge 49:10 that they may collect themselves
ble heart. 34 And of Naphta- 2Ch 30:12 together to us. 3 And let us
Ps 110:3
li d there were a thousand chiefs, i 1Ki 1:25 bring the ark e of our God around
and with them with the large j Jos 19:17 to ourselves.” For they had not
k Jos 19:10
shield and the spear there were l Jos 19:32 cared for it in the days of Saul. f
thirty-seven thousand. 35 And m 2Sa 16:2 4 So all the congregation said to
n 2Sa 17:28
of the Danites those drawing up o 1Sa 25:18
do that way, for the thing seemed
in battle formation were twenty- p 2Sa 6:19 right in the eyes of all the peo-
eight thousand six hundred. q Ge 49:12 ple. g 5 Accordingly David con-
r De 33:24
36 And of Asher e those going s 2Sa 17:29 gregated h all Israel from the river
out to the army for drawing up in t 1Sa 25:18 of Egypt i as far as the entering of
u Pr 11:10
battle formation were forty thou- Pr 29:2
Hamath, j to bring the arkk of the
sand. Ec 10:19 true God from Kiri·ath-jea·rim. l
37 And from across the Jor- 6 And David and all Israel
CHAP. 13
dan f of the Reuben·ites and the proceeded to go up to Baal·ah, m
v 1Ch 15:25 to Kiri·ath-jea·rim, which be-
Gadites and the half tribe of Pr 15:22
Ma·nasseh with all the weapons
longs to Judah, to bring up from
of the military army there were Second Col. there the ark of the true God,
a hundred and twenty thou- a 1Ki 12:7
Jehovah, sitting on the cher-
sand. 38 All these were men of b Ex 29:9 ubs, n where his name is called
c Nu 3:6 on. 7 However, they had the
war, flocking together in battle Nu 16:10
line; with a complete heart g they 1Ch 15:2 ark of the true God ride upon
d Nu 35:2 a new wagon o from the house of
came to Hebron to make Da- 1Ch 6:54
vid king over all Israel; and e 1Sa 7:2 A·bina·dab, and Uzzah and
also all the remainder of Israel
f 1Sa 14:18 A·hiop were leading the wag-
g 2Sa 3:36
were of one heart for making Da- h 1Ch 15:3 on. 8 And David and all Is-
vid king. h 39 And they contin-
i Nu 34:5 rael were celebrating q before the
Jos 13:3
ued there with David three days, j Nu 34:8 true God with full power and
eating and drinking, i for their
Zec 9:2 with songs r and with harps s
k 1Sa 6:21
brothers had made preparation l 1Sa 7:1 and with stringed instruments t
for them. 40 And also those m Jos 15:9 and with tambourines u and
Jos 15:60
with cymbals and with trum-
near to them, as far as Issa·char j n Ex 25:22
Nu 7:89 pets. v 9 And they came gradu-
and Zebu·lun k and Naphta·li, l 1Sa 4:4
ally as far as the threshing floor
were bringing food upon ass- 2Sa 6:2
2Ki 19:15 of Chidon, w and Uzzah now
es m and upon camels and upon o Ex 37:5
1Sa 6:7 thrust his hand out to grab hold
mules and upon cattle, eatables p 2Sa 6:3 of the Ark, x for the bulls nearly
of flour, n cakes of pressed figs o q 2Sa 6:5
caused an upset. 10 At that Je-
and cakes of raisins p and wine q r 2Ch 23:18
s 1Ch 25:1 hovah’s anger blazed against Uz-
and oil r and cattle s and sheep t in t 1Sa 10:5 zah, so that he struck him down
great quantity, for there was re- u Ex 15:20
because he had thrust his hand
v 2Ch 5:13
joicing u in Israel. w 2Sa 6:6 out upon the Ark, y and he died
x Pr 11:2
serve as a salvation for me; h but q 2Sa 10:15 at the time that kings sal-
if the sons of Ammon them- r 2Sa 8:3 ly forth, h that Joab proceeded
selves become too strong for you,
to lead the combat force of the
I must also save you. i 13 Be Second Col. army i and lay the land of the sons
strong, j that we may show our- a 2Sa 10:17 of Ammon in ruin and to come
selves courageous in behalf of b 1Ch 19:14
and besiege Rabbah, j while Da-
our people and in behalf of the Ps 33:16 vid was dwelling in Jerusalem;
cities of our God; k and as for Je- c 2Sa 10:18 and Joab went on to strike k
hovah, what is good in his own Rabbah and throw it down.
d De 28:7
eyes he will do.” l Ps 18:39 2 But David took the crown of
14 Then Joab and the people e 1Ch 14:17
Malcam off its head, l and found
that were with him advanced be- Ps 18:44 it to be a talent of gold in weight,
fore the Syrians to the battle, m f 2Sa 10:19
and in it there were precious
and they took to flight n from be-
stones; and it came to be on Da-
fore him. 15 As for the sons of CHAP. 20 vid’s head. And the spoil of the
Ammon, they saw that the Syr- g 1Ki 20:26 city that he brought out was very
ians had fled, and they them- h 2Sa 11:1
much. m 3 And the people that
selves also took to flight o from Ec 3:8 were in it he brought out, and he
before A·bishai his brother and i 1Ch 11:6
kept them employed n at sawing
then came into the city. p Later stones and at sharp instruments
j De 3:11
Joab came into Jerusalem. of iron and at axes; o and that was
k 2Sa 12:26 the way David proceeded to do to
16 When the Syrians saw that
they had been defeated q before l 2Sa 12:30 all the cities of the sons of Am-
Israel, they proceeded to send m 2Sa 8:11 mon. Finally David and all the
messengers and bring out the 1Ch 18:11 people returned to Jerusalem.
Syrians that were in the region n 1Ki 9:21 4 And it came about after
of the River, r with Shophach the o 2Sa 12:31 this that war began breaking out
chief of the army of Had·ad·ezer p 2Sa 21:18
at Gezer p with the Phi·listines. q
before them. It was then that Sibbe·cai r the
q 2Sa 21:15
17 When the report was made Hushath·ite struck down Sippai
to David, he immediately gath- r 1Ch 11:29 of those born of the Repha·im, s
ered all Israel together and s De 3:13 so that they were subdued.
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5 And there came to be war CHAP. 20 7 Now this thing was bad in
again with the Phi·listines; and a 2Sa 21:19 the eyes of the true God, a and so
El·hanan a the son of Jair got b 1Sa 17:4
1Sa 21:9
he struck down Israel. 8 Con-
to strike down Lahmi the broth- 1Sa 22:10 sequently David said to the true
er of Go·liath b the Gittite, the c 1Sa 17:7 God: “I have sinned b very much
1Ch 11:23
shaft of whose spear was like the d Jos 11:22 in that I have done this thing.
beam of loom workers. c 1Sa 7:14 And now, please, cause your ser-
e Nu 13:33
6 And there came to be war De 2:10
vant’s error to pass away; c
again at Gath, d when there hap- De 3:11 for I have acted very foolishly.” d
pened to be a man of extraordi- f 2Sa 21:20 9 And Jehovah proceeded to
g 2Sa 21:16
nary size e whose fingers and h De 32:27 speak to Gad, e David’s visionary, f
toes were in sixes, twenty-four; f 1Sa 17:10 saying: 10 “Go, and you must
2Ki 19:22
and he, too, had been born to i 1Ch 2:13 speak to David, saying, ‘This is
the Repha·im. g 7 And he kept j De 2:11 what Jehovah has said: “There
taunting h Israel. Finally Jona- k 1Sa 17:4 are three things that I am di-
l 1Sa 20:15
than the son of Shime·ai the
recting against you. g Choose for
brother of David struck him CHAP. 21 yourself one of them, that I may
down. m 2Sa 24:1
do it to you.” ’ ” h 11 According-
8 These were the ones that n 2Sa 8:16 ly Gad went in to David i and
had been born to the Repha·im j o 1Ch 27:23 said to him: “This is what Je-
p 2Sa 17:11
in Gath; k and they came to fall l q Jg 18:29
hovah has said, ‘Take your pick,
by the hand of David and by the 2Sa 3:10 12 whether for three years there
hand of his servants. r 2Sa 24:2 is to be a famine; j or for three
s De 1:11
And Satan proceeded to months there is to be a sweep-
21 stand up against Israel and
t 2Sa 24:3
u Ec 8:4
v 2Sa 24:4
ing away from before your ad-
versaries k and for the sword of
to incite m David to number Is- w 2Sa 24:8
rael. 2 So David said to Jo- x 2Sa 24:9 your enemies to overtake you, or
ab n and the chiefs of the people: y Nu 1:47 for three days there is to be
z 1Ch 27:24
“Go, count o Israel from Beer-
the sword of Jehovah, l even pes-
shebap to Dan q and bring it to Second Col.
tilence, m in the land, with Jeho-
me that I may know their num- vah’s angel bringing ruin n in all
a 2Sa 11:27
ber.” r 3 But Joab said: “May b 2Sa 12:13 the territory of Israel.’ And now
Jehovah add to his people a hun- c Ps 25:11 see what I should reply to the
Ps 51:1
dred times as many as they are. s d 2Sa 24:10
One sending me.” 13 So David
Do they not, O my lord the king, e 2Sa 24:11 said to Gad: “It is very distress-
all of them belong to my lord as 1Ch 29:29 ing to me. Please, let me fall into
f 1Sa 9:9
servants? Why does my lord seek g 2Sa 24:12 the hand of Jehovah, o for very
this? t Why should he become a h Pr 3:12 many are his mercies; p but into
i 2Sa 24:13 the hand of man do not let me
cause of guilt to Israel?” j Le 26:26
4 The king’s word, u however, k Le 26:17 fall.” q
prevailed over Joab, so that Jo- De 28:25 14 Then Jehovah gave a pes-
l Le 26:25
ab went out v and walked through m De 28:22 tilence r in Israel, so that out of
all Israel, after which he came to De 28:27 Israel seventy thousand persons
2Sa 24:13
Jerusalem. w 5 Joab now gave n 2Ki 19:35
fell. s 15 Moreover, the true
the number of the registration of o 2Sa 24:14 God sent an angel to Jerusalem
the people to David; and all Is- p Ex 34:6 to bring ruin to it; t and as soon as
Ps 51:1
rael amounted to a million one Isa 55:7 he began bringing the ruin, Jeho-
hundred thousand men draw- La 3:22 vah saw it and began to feel re-
q 2Ch 28:9
ing sword, x and Judah four hun- r Nu 16:46 gret over the calamity; u and so he
dred and seventy thousand men s 2Sa 24:15 said to the angel that was bring-
drawing sword. 6 And Levi y t 2Sa 24:16 ing the ruin: “It is enough! v Now
u Ex 32:14
and Benjamin he did not regis- De 32:36 let your hand drop.” And Jeho-
ter in among them, z because the v Ps 90:13 vah’s angel was standing close
w 2Sa 24:18
king’s word had been detestable 2Ch 3:1 by the threshing floor of Ornan w
to Joab. x 2Sa 5:6 the Jebu·site. x
565 Altar built. Temple preparations 1 CHRONICLES 21:16–22:5
16 When David raised his CHAP. 21 to Ornan: “No, but without fail I
eyes, he got to see Jehovah’s an- a Nu 22:31 shall make the purchase for the
gel a standing between the earth b Jos 5:13 money in full, a because I shall
and the heavens with his drawn c 1Ki 21:27 not carry what is yours to Je-
sword b in his hand extended to- 2Ki 19:1 hovah to offer up burnt sacri-
Ps 35:13
ward Jerusalem; and David and fices without cost.” 25 So Da-
d Nu 16:22
the older men, covered with e 2Sa 24:17
vid gave Ornan for the place
sackcloth, c at once fell down Ps 51:4 gold shekels to the weight of six
upon their faces. d 17 And Da- f Ps 44:11 hundred. b 26 Then David built
vid proceeded to say to the true g Ex 32:12 there an altar c to Jehovah and of-
God: “Was it not I that said to h 2Sa 24:11 fered up burnt sacrifices and
make a numbering of the people, i 2Sa 24:18 communion sacrifices, and he
and is it not I that have sinned 2Ch 3:1 proceeded to call upon Jehovah, d
j 2Sa 24:19 who now answered him with fire e
and have unquestionably done
k 1Ch 21:15 from the heavens upon the altar
bad? e As for these sheep, f what
l 2Sa 24:20
have they done? O Jehovah my of burnt offering. 27 Moreover,
m Ge 23:9
God, let your hand, please, come Jehovah said the word to the an-
n 2Sa 24:21
to be upon me and my father’s gel, f who accordingly returned
o Nu 25:8
house; but not upon your peo- his sword to its sheath. 28 At
p Ge 23:11
ple, g for a scourge.” that time, when David saw that
q 1Sa 6:14
18 And Jehovah’s angel, for 1Ki 19:21 Jehovah had answered him at
his part, said to Gad h to say to r Isa 28:27 the threshing floor of Ornan the
David that David should go up s 2Sa 24:22 Jebu·site, he continued to sac-
to erect an altar to Jehovah on t 2Sa 24:23 rifice there. g 29 But the tab-
the threshing floor of Ornan the
ernacle of Jehovah that Moses
Jebu·site. i 19 Accordingly Da- Second Col. had made in the wilderness and
vid went up at the word of Gad a Ge 23:13 the altar of burnt offering were
that he had spoken in the name b 2Sa 24:24 at that time on the high place
of Jehovah. j 20 Meantime, Or- c Ex 20:25 at Gibe·on. h 30 And David had
nan k turned back and saw the 2Sa 24:25 not been able to go before it to
d 1Sa 7:9 consult God, for he had been ter-
angel; and his four sons with Ps 91:15
him were hiding themselves. rified i because of the sword of Je-
e Le 9:24
Now Ornan had been threshing 1Ki 18:38 hovah’s angel.
wheat. 21 So David came as far 2Ch 7:1
finish; n and for this there came Jos 23:2 of Israel, the princes x of the
to be indignation o against Israel, x 1Ch 27:16 tribes and the princes y of the di-
y 1Ch 27:1
and the number did not come up z Ex 18:25
visions of those ministering to
into the account of the affairs of 1Sa 8:12 the king and the chiefs of thou-
the days of King David. a De 1:15 sands z and the chiefs of hun-
b 1Ch 27:25
25 And over the treasures of dreds a and the chiefs of all the
c 1Ch 27:29
the king p there was Azma·veth d 2Sa 3:2 goods b and livestockc of the king
the son of Adi·el. And over the 1Ch 3:5 and of his sons, d together with
573 David’s speech. Architectural plans 1 CHRONICLES 28:2-17
the court officials a and the CHAP. 28 ther and serve a him with a com-
mighty men, b even every val- a 1Sa 8:15 plete heart b and with a delight-
iant, mighty man, to Jerusalem. b 1Ch 11:10 ful soul; c for all hearts Jehovah is
c 1Ki 8:17
2 Then David the king rose to Ps 132:5 searching, d and every inclination
his feet and said: d Ps 132:7 of the thoughts he is discerning. e
e 1Ch 22:3
“Hear me, my brothers and my f 2Sa 7:13 If you search for him, he will let
1Ki 5:3 himself be found by you; f but if
people. As for me, it was close 1Ch 17:4
to my heart c to build a resting g 1Ch 22:8 you leave him, g he will cast you
h 1Sa 16:1 off forever. h 10 See, now, for Je-
house for the ark of the covenant i 1Sa 16:13
of Jehovah and as the footstool d 2Sa 7:8 hovah himself has chosen you to
Ps 89:20
of our God, and I had made prep- j Ge 49:10
build a house as a sanctuary. Be
aration to build. e 3 And the 1Ch 5:2 courageous and act.” i
Ps 60:7
true God himself said to me, k Ru 4:22 11 And David proceeded to
‘You will not build a house to l 1Sa 16:11 give Solo·mon his son the ar-
m 1Sa 13:14
my name; f for a man of wars you 1Sa 16:12 chitectural plan j of the porch k
are, and blood you have spilled.’ g n 2Sa 3:2 and of its houses and its store-
1Ch 3:5
4 Accordingly Jehovah the God o 1Ch 22:9 rooms l and its roof chambers m
of Israel chose me out of all the p 1Ch 17:14 and its dark inner rooms and the
2Ch 1:8
house of my father h to become q 2Sa 7:13 house of the propitiatory cover; n
king i over Israel to time indef- r 1Ch 17:13 12 even the architectural plan of
s 2Sa 7:14
inite; for it was Judah that he t 1Ch 17:14 everything that had come to be
chose as leader, j and in the house Ps 72:8 with him by inspiration o for the
u 1Ki 6:12
of Judah my father’s house, k and v De 12:1 courtyards p of Jehovah’s house
among my father’s sons, l I was w 1Ti 3:15 and for all the dining rooms q all
x 1Ti 5:21
the one whom he approved, m y De 6:3 around, for the treasures of the
to make me king over all Isra- z Ps 9:10 house of the true God and for
Jer 9:24
el; 5 and out of all my sons (for Heb 8:11 the treasures of the things made
many are the sons whom Jeho-
holy; r 13 and for the divisions s
vah has given me) n he then chose Second Col. of the priests and of the Levites
Solo·mon o my son to sit upon a De 10:12 and for all the work of the ser-
the throne p of the kingship of Je- b 1Ki 8:61 vice of Jehovah’s house and for
2Ki 20:3
hovah over Israel. Ps 101:2 all the utensils of the service
6 “Further, he said to me, c Ps 37:4
Ps 73:25 of Jehovah’s house; 14 for the
‘Solo·mon your son is the one d 1Sa 16:7 gold by weight, the gold for all
1Ch 29:17
that will build my house q and Pr 17:3 the utensils for the different ser-
my courtyards; for I have cho- Re 2:23 vices, for all the utensils of sil-
e Ge 6:5
sen him as my son, r and I De 31:21 ver by weight, for all the uten-
myself shall become his father. s Ps 139:2 sils t for the different services;
f 2Ch 15:2
7 And I shall certainly establish Mt 7:7 15 and the weight for the lamp-
his kingship t firmly to time in- Heb 11:6
Jas 4:8
stands u of gold and their lamps
definite if he will be strongly re- g 2Ch 15:2 of gold, by weight of the differ-
solved to do my commandments u Ezr 8:22
h De 31:17
ent lampstands and their lamps,
and my judicial decisions, v as at Ps 73:27 and for the lampstands of silver
Isa 1:28
this day.’ 8 And now, before the Heb 10:38 by weight for the lampstand and
eyes of all Israel, Jehovah’s con- i 1Ch 22:16 its lamps according to the ser-
j Heb 8:5
gregation, w and in the ears of our k 2Ch 3:4 vice of the different lampstands;
God, x take care and search for l 1Ch 26:24 16 and the gold by weight for
all the commandments of Jeho- m 1Ki 6:5
n Le 16:2 the tables of the layer bread, v
vah YOUR God, in order that YOU 1Ki 6:19 for the different tables, and silver
o 2Sa 23:2
may possess the good land y and Heb 8:5 for the tables of silver; 17 and
may certainly pass it on as an in- p 1Ki 6:36 the forks and the bowls w and the
1Ki 7:12
heritance to YOUR sons after YOU q 1Ch 9:26 pitchers of pure gold, and for the
to time indefinite. r 1Ch 26:20 small gold bowls x by weight for
s 1Ch 24:1
9 “And you, Solo·mon my t 1Ch 9:29
son, know z the God of your fa- u 2Ch 4:7 v 2Ch 4:8; 2Ch 4:19; w 2Ki 25:15; x 1Ki 7:50.
1 CHRONICLES 28:18–29:11 David and people contribute 574
the different small bowls, and for CHAP. 28 mine, a gold and silver; I do give it
the small silver bowls by weight a 1Ki 7:48 to the house of my God over and
for the different small bowls; b Ps 18:10 above all that I have prepared for
c Ex 25:20
18 and for the incense altar a re- 1Sa 4:4 the holy house: b 4 three thou-
1Ki 6:23
fined gold by weight and for Ps 80:1 sand talents of gold of the gold of
the representation of the chari- d Ex 25:40 Ophir, c and seven thousand tal-
e 1Ch 28:11
ot, b namely, the cherubs c of gold f Jos 1:6 ents of refined silver, for coating
for spreading their wings out and 2Co 5:6 the walls of the houses; 5 of the
g De 31:6
screening over the ark of the cov- 1Ch 22:13 gold for the goldwork, and of the
enant of Jehovah. 19 “He gave h Jos 1:9 silver for the silverwork and for
i De 31:8
insight for the entire thing in Ro 8:31 all the work by the hand of the
writing d from the hand of Jeho- j Jos 1:5 craftsmen. And who is there vol-
k 1Ch 24:1
vah upon me, even for all the l 1Ch 24:20 unteering to fill his hand today
works of the architectural 1Ch 25:1 with a gift for Jehovah?” d
m Ex 35:26
plan.” e Ex 36:2 6 And the princes e of the pa-
Ps 110:3
20 And David went on to say n Ex 36:1 ternal f houses and the princes g
to Solo·mon his son: “Be cou- o 1Ch 22:17 of the tribes of Israel and the
1Ch 28:1
rageous f and strong and act. Do
chiefs of thousands h and of hun-
not be afraid g nor be terrified, h CHAP. 29 dreds i and the chiefs of the
for Jehovah God, my God, is with business j of the king proceed-
p 1Ch 28:8
you. i He will not desert you j or q 1Ki 8:19 ed to volunteer. 7 Accordingly
leave you until all the work of the 1Ch 28:5
they gave to the service of the
r 1Ki 3:7
service of Jehovah’s house is fin- Pr 4:3 house of the true God gold
ished. 21 And here are the di- s 2Ch 2:4
worth five thousand talents and
t Ec 9:10
visions of the priests k and of the u 1Ch 22:3 ten thousand darics and silver
Levites l for all the service of the v 1Ch 22:16
worth ten thousand talents and
w 1Ch 22:14
house of the true God; and with x 1Ch 22:4 copper worth eighteen thousand
you in all the work there is every y Ex 28:9
talents and iron worth a hundred
z Ps 26:8
willing m one with skill for all the Ps 27:4 thousand talents. k 8 And what
service, n and also the princes o Ps 122:1
stones were found with any per-
and all the people, for all your sons they gave to the treasure of
Second Col.
words.” the house of Jehovah under the
a 1Ch 21:24
control of Je·hiel l the Gershon-
29 David the king now said
to all the congregation: p
Pr 3:9
b 1Ch 22:5
1Ch 22:16
ite. m 9 And the people gave
“Solo·mon my son, the one c Job 28:16 way to rejoicing over their mak-
d Ex 35:5
whom God has chosen, q is e 1Ch 27:1
ing voluntary offerings, for it was
young r and delicate, but the work f 1Ch 23:11 with a complete heart that they
g 1Ch 28:1
is great; for the castle is not h Ex 18:25
made voluntary offerings to Je-
for man, s but for Jehovah God. 1Ch 13:1 hovah; n and even David the king
i De 1:15
2 And according to all my pow- 1Ch 27:1 himself rejoiced with great joy. o
er t I have prepared u for the house j 1Ch 27:25 10 Conse quently David
1Ch 27:29
of my God the gold v for the gold- 1Ch 27:31 blessed p Jehovah before the eyes
work, and the silver for the sil- k 2Co 9:11 of all the congregation q and Da-
l 1Ch 26:22
verwork, and the copper for the m 1Ch 6:1 vid said: “Blessed may you be, r
copperwork, the iron w for the n 2Co 9:7 O Jehovah the God of Israel s our
o Ac 20:35
ironwork, and the timbers x for p 2Ch 31:8 father, from time indefinite even
the timberwork; onyx y stones, q 1Ki 8:14
2Ch 6:3
to time indefinite. 11 Yours,
and stones to be set with hard r 1Ki 8:15 O Jehovah, are the greatness t
mortar, and mosaic pebbles, and s Ge 32:28 and the mightiness u and the
Ps 68:35
every precious stone, and alabas- t Ps 145:3 beauty v and the excellency w and
ter stones in great quantity. 1Ti 1:17
u Ge 17:1
the dignity; x for everything in
3 And since I am taking plea- Re 5:13 the heavens and in the earth is
sure z in the house of my God, v 1Ch 29:13
Ps 71:8
there is yet a special property of w 1Sa 15:29 x 1Ch 16:27; Ps 8:1.
575 David’s blessing. People rejoice 1 CHRONICLES 29:12-29
yours. a Yours is the kingdom, b CHAP. 29 the congregation proceeded to
O Jehovah, the One also lift- a Ps 24:1 bless Jehovah the God of their
Ps 115:15
ing yourself up as head over all. c Isa 42:5 forefathers and bow low a and
12 The riches d and the glory e Jer 10:12 prostrate b themselves to Jehovah
b Ps 103:19
are on account of you, and Mt 6:10 and to the king. 21 And they
you are dominating f everything; c Ne 9:5 continued to sacrifice c sacrifices
Ps 97:9
and in your hand there are pow- d De 8:18 to Jehovah and offer up burnt
er g and mightiness, h and in your Pr 10:22
Php 4:19
offerings d to Jehovah on the
hand is ability to make great i and e 1Ki 3:13 day following that day, a thou-
Joh 17:5
to give strength to all. j 13 And f 2Ch 20:6
sand young bulls, a thousand
now, O our God, we are thanking g Pr 18:10 rams, a thousand male lambs
Isa 40:26
you k and praising l your beaute- h De 3:24 and their drink offerings, e even
ous m name. Eph 1:19 sacrifices in great number for all
Re 15:3
14 “And yet, who am I n and i 2Ch 1:12 Israel. f 22 And they continued
who are my people, that we Ps 75:7 eating and drinking before Jeho-
j 2Ch 16:9
should retain power to make vol- Ps 18:32 vah on that day with great rejoic-
Ps 28:8
untary offerings like this? o For Isa 40:29
ing; g and they proceeded a sec-
everything is from you, p and out 1Pe 4:11 ond time to make Solo·mon the
k Ps 105:1
of your own hand we have given l Ps 106:1 son of David king h and to anoint
to you. 15 For we are alien res- m Isa 63:14 him to Jehovah as leader i and
n 2Sa 7:18
idents before you and settlers q o Ps 115:1
also Zadok j as priest. 23 And
the same as all our forefathers. Php 2:13 Solo·mon began to sit upon Je-
p Ps 50:12
Like a shadow our days are upon q Le 25:23 hovah’s throne k as king in place
the earth r and there is no hope. Heb 11:13 of David his father and to make
r Job 14:2
16 O Jehovah our God, all this Jas 4:14 a success of it, l and all the Is-
abundance that we have pre- s Ps 24:1 raelites were obedient to him.
t 1Ch 28:9
pared to build for you a house for u Pr 11:20 24 As for all the princes m and
your holy name, from your hand Pr 15:8
Ac 24:16
the mighty men n and also all the
it is, and to you it all belongs. s Heb 1:9 sons of King David, o they sub-
v Ex 3:6 mitted themselves to Solo·mon
17 And I well know, O my God, w 1Ch 28:9
that you are an examiner of the x Ps 10:17 the king. 25 And Jehovah con-
Ps 86:11
heart, t and that it is in rectitude 2Th 2:17 tinued to make Solo·mon sur-
that you take pleasure. u I, for my y 1Ki 8:61 passingly great p before the eyes
2Ki 20:3
part, in the uprightness of my Mr 12:30 of all Israel and to put upon him
heart have voluntarily offered all z 1Ki 6:12 such royal dignity as had not
1Ch 28:7
these things, and now your peo- a De 4:45 come to be upon any king before
ple who are on hand here I have De 6:17 him over Israel. q
1Ki 2:3
enjoyed seeing make offerings b De 7:11 26 As for David the son of
De 12:1
voluntarily to you. 18 O Jeho- c 1Ch 29:1 Jesse, he reigned over all Israel; r
vah the God of Abraham, Isaac d 1Ch 22:14 27 and the days that he reigned
e 1Ch 28:8
and Israel our forefathers, v do f 1Ch 16:36 over Israel were forty years. s
keep this to time indefinite as Ps 134:2 In Hebron he reigned for sev-
Ps 145:1
the inclination of the thoughts of Eph 1:3 en years, t and in Jerusalem he
the heart of your people, w and di-
reigned for thirty-three years. u
rect their heart to you. x 19 And Second Col. 28 And gradually he died in a
to Solo·mon my son give a com- a Ge 24:26 good old age, v satisfied with days,
Ex 4:31
plete heart y to keep your com- b 2Ch 7:3
riches w and glory; x and Solo-
mandments, z your testimonies a Re 7:11 mon his son began to reign in
c 2Ch 7:4
and your regulations, b and to do Ezr 6:17 place of him. y 29 As for the af-
everything, and to build the cas- d Le 1:3 fairs of David the king, the first
1Ki 8:64
tle c for which I have made prep- e Le 23:13
aration.” d Nu 15:5 i 1Ki 1:35; j 1Ki 2:35; k 1Ch 28:5; l 1Ch
f 1Ki 8:63 22:11; m 1Ch 22:17; 1Ch 28:21; n 1Ch 28:1; o 2Sa
20 And David went on to say g De 12:7 3:2; 1Ch 3:5; p 1Ki 3:12; 2Ch 1:1; q 2Ch 1:12; Ec
to all the congregation: e “Bless, f 2Ch 7:10 2:9; r 1Ch 18:14; Ps 78:71; s 2Sa 5:4; 1Ki 2:11;
Ne 8:12 t 2Sa 2:11; u 2Sa 5:5; v 1Ki 1:1; Pr 16:31; w 1Ch
now, Jehovah YOUR God.” And all h 1Ch 23:1 29:12; x Pr 29:23; y 1Ki 2:1; 1Ki 2:10; 1Ki 2:12.
1 CHRONICLES 29:30–2 CHRONICLES 1:13 576
ones and the last, there they CHAP. 29 his kingship and his mightiness
are written among the words of a 1Sa 9:9 and the times a that had passed
Samuel the seer a and among the over him and over Israel and over
b 2Sa 7:2
words of Nathan b the prophet 2Sa 12:1
all the kingdoms of the lands. b
and among the words of Gad c the
visionary, 30 together with all c 1Ch 21:9 Second Col. a Da 2:21; b 1Ki 2:11.
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CHRONICLES
1 And Solo·mon the son of Da-
vid continued to get strength
CHAP. 1
a 1Ki 2:12
b 2Sa 7:12
mon said to God: “You are the
One that exercised great loving-
in his kingship, a and Jehovah kindness toward David my fa-
c 1Ki 3:13
his God was with him b and kept 1Ch 29:25 ther a and that have made me
making him surpassingly great. c Ec 2:9
Mt 6:29
king in place of him. b 9 Now,
2 And Solo·mon proceeded to Mt 12:42 O Jehovah God, let your promise
d Ex 18:25 with David my father prove faith-
say the word to all Israel, to the e De 1:15
chiefs of the thousands d and of f 1Ch 23:4 ful, c for you yourself have made
the hundreds e and to the judges f 1Ch 26:29 me king d over a people as numer-
g 1Ch 28:1
and to all the chieftains of all h 1Ch 24:31 ous as the dust particles of the
Israel, g the heads of the pater- 1Ch 27:1 earth. e 10 Give me now wis-
i 1Ki 3:5
nal houses. h 3 Then Solo·mon 1Ch 16:39 dom and knowledgef that I may
and all the congregation with 1Ch 21:29 go out before this people and
j Ex 40:2
him went to the high place that Le 1:1 that I may come in, g for who
was at Gibe·on; i for there was k De 34:5 could judge this great people of
Heb 3:5
where the tent of meeting j of the l 2Sa 6:2 yours?” h
true God, which Moses the ser- m 1Ch 13:5 11 Then God said to Solo-
n 1Ch 15:1
vant k of Jehovah had made in o 1Ch 16:1
mon: “For the reason that this
the wilderness, happened to be. Ps 132:5 has proved to be close to your
p Ex 38:1
4 However, the ark l of the true q Ex 31:2
heart i and you have not asked for
God David had brought up from r 1Ch 2:20 wealth, riches and honor or for
Kiri·ath-jea·rim m to the place s 1Ki 3:4 the soul of those hating you, nei-
t 1Ki 3:5
that David had prepared for it, n
ther is it even many days that you
for he had pitched a tent for it Second Col.
have asked for, j but you ask for
in Jerusalem. o 5 And the cop- a 2Sa 7:8
wisdom and knowledge for your-
per altar p that Bezal·el q the son Ps 89:28 self that you may judge my peo-
b 1Ch 28:5 ple over whom I have made you
of Uri the son of Hur r had made c 2Sa 7:12
had been put before the taber- 1Ch 17:25 king, k 12 the wisdom and the
nacle of Jehovah; and Solo·mon 1Ch 28:6
Ps 132:11
knowledge are being given you; l
and the congregation applied as d 1Sa 2:7 also wealth and riches and honor
usual to it. 6 Solo·mon now 1Ki 3:7 I shall give you such as no kings
e Ge 13:16
made offerings there before Je- f 1Ki 3:9 that were prior to you happened
hovah upon the copper altar that Pr 2:6
Pr 3:13
to have, m and such as no one af-
belonged to the tent of meeting, Jas 1:5 ter you will come to have.” n
g Nu 27:17 13 So Solo·mon came from
and he proceeded to offer upon 2Sa 5:2
it a thousand burnt offerings. s h 1Ki 3:8 the high place that was at Gibe-
Ps 72:2 on, o from before the tent of meet-
7 During that night God ap- i 1Sa 16:7
peared to Solo·mon and then 1Ch 29:17
j 1Ki 3:11
said to him: “Ask! What shall k 1Ki 3:28
l 1Ki 3:12; Ps 34:10; Eph 3:20; 1Jo 5:15; m 1Ch
29:25; 2Ch 9:22; Ec 2:9; n 1Ki 3:13; o 1Ki 3:4; 1Ch
I give you?” t 8 At that Solo- Pr 14:8 16:39; 1Ch 21:29.
577 Solomon enlists Hiram’s help 2 CHRONICLES 1:14–2:13
ing, a to Jerusalem and continued CHAP. 1 Israel. 5 And the house that I
to reign over Israel. b 14 And a Ex 40:2 am building will be great, a for
Solo·mon kept gathering chari- b 1Ki 4:25 our God is greater than all the
c De 17:16
ots and steeds so that he came 1Ki 4:26 other gods. b 6 And who could
to have a thousand four hun- d 2Ch 8:6 retain power to build him a
2Ch 9:25
dred chariots and twelve thou- e 1Ki 10:21 house? c For the heavens and the
f 1Ki 10:27 heaven of the heavens cannot
sand steeds, c and he kept them g 2Ch 9:27
stationed in chariot cities d and 2Ch 26:10 contain him, d and who am I e that
h 2Ch 9:28 I should build him a house ex-
close by the king at Jerusalem. i 1Ki 10:28
15 And the king came to make j 1Ki 10:29 cept for making sacrificial smoke
the silver and the gold in Jerusa-
before him? f 7 And now send
lem like the stones; e and cedar- CHAP. 2 me a skillful man to work in
wood he made like the sycamore k 1Ki 5:5 gold and in silver and in cop-
l De 12:11 per g and in iron and in wool dyed
trees f that are in the She·phe- 1Ch 22:10
lah g for great quantity. 16 And m 1Ki 7:1 reddish purple and crimson and
n 1Ki 5:15 blue thread, and knowing how
there was the export of the o 1Ki 5:16
horses that Solo·mon had from 1Ki 9:22 to cut engravings, along with the
2Ch 2:18
Egypt, h and the company of the p 1Ki 5:1
skillful ones that are with me in
king’s merchants would them- q 2Sa 5:11 Judah and in Jerusalem, whom
1Ch 14:1
selves take the horse drove for a r 1Ki 8:19
David my father has prepared. h
price. i 17 And they customari- s 2Ch 6:33 8 And send me timbers of cedar, i
t 1Ki 8:64
ly brought up and exported from u Ex 30:7
juniper j and algum k from Leba-
Egypt a chariot for six hundred v Ex 25:30 non, l for I myself well know that
Le 24:8
silver pieces and a horse for a Mt 12:4 your servants are experienced at
hundred and fifty; and that was w Nu 28:4 cutting down the trees of Leb-
x Ex 20:10
the way it was for all the kings Nu 28:9 a·non, m (and here my servants
of the Hittites and the kings of y Nu 10:10 are together with your servants,)
Nu 28:11
Syria. j It was by means of them z Le 23:4 9 even for preparing timbers for
that they did the exporting. 1Ch 23:31 me in great number, for the
a Le 23:14
Le 23:41 house that I am building will be
2 toSolo·mon now gave the word
k
build a house to Jeho-
Second Col.
great, yes, in a wonderful way.
10 And, look! to the gatherers of
vah’s name l and a house for his a 1Ch 29:1 wood, the cutters of the trees, I
kingship. m 2 Accordingly Sol- Ps 68:29 do give wheat as food for your
b Ex 15:11
o·mon counted off seventy thou- Ps 86:8 servants, twenty thousand cors, n
sand men as burden bearers and Ps 95:3
and barley twenty thousand
Ps 135:5
eighty thousand men as cutters c Isa 66:1 cors, and wine o twenty thousand
in the mountain, n and as over- d 1Ki 8:27
Ac 17:24 baths, and oil twenty thousand
seers over them three thousand e 2Sa 7:18 baths.”
six hundred. o 3 Further, Solo- 1Ch 29:14
f De 12:6 11 At that Hiram the king of
mon sent to Hiram p the king of g Ex 31:3 Tyre p said the word in writing
Tyre, saying: “Just as you dealt 1Ki 7:14
h 1Ch 22:15 and sent it to Solo·mon: “Be-
with David q my father and you i 1Ki 5:6 cause Jehovah loved q his people
kept sending him cedarwood to j 1Ki 5:8
2Ch 3:5 he has constituted you king over
build himself a house in which to k 1Ki 10:11 them.” r 12 And Hiram went on
dwell,— 4 here I am building r l 1Ki 5:14
m 1Ki 5:9 to say: “Blessed be Jehovah the
a house to the name s of Jeho- n 1Ki 5:11 God of Israel, s who made the
vah my God to sanctify t it to him, o Ezr 7:22
p 1Ki 5:1 heavens and the earth, t because
to burn perfumed incense u be- 1Ki 9:11 he has given to David the king a
1Ch 14:1
fore him, with the constant lay- q De 7:8 wise son, experienced in discre-
er bread v and burnt offerings in De 33:3 tion and understanding, u who
r 1Ki 10:9
the morning and in the evening, w s 1Ki 5:7 will build a house to Jeho-
on the sabbaths x and on the new Ps 72:18 vah and a house for his king-
t Ge 1:1
moons y and at the festival sea- Ps 33:6 ship. v 13 And now I do send
sons z of Jehovah our God. To Ac 17:24
Re 4:11
time indefinitea this will be upon Re 10:6 u 2Ch 1:12; v 2Ch 2:1.
2 CHRONICLES 2:14–3:13 Start building temple. Most Holy 578
a skillful man, experienced in CHAP. 2 God, the length in cubits by the
understanding, belonging to Hi- a 1Ki 7:13 former measurement being six-
ram-abi, a 14 the son of a wom- 1Ki 7:40
2Ch 4:11
ty cubits, and the width twenty
an of the sons of Dan but whose 2Ch 4:16 cubits. a 4 And the porchb that
father was a man of Tyre, experi- Pr 22:29 was in front of the length was
b 1Ki 7:14
enced, to work in gold and in sil- c Ex 31:5
twenty cubits in front of the
ver, in copper, b in iron, in stones c d Ex 39:1 width of the house, and its
and in timbers, in wool dyed red- e Ex 39:2 height was a hundred and twen-
dish purple, d in blue thread e and f Ex 39:5
g 2Ch 3:14
ty; and he proceeded to overlay
in fine f fabric and in crimson g h Ex 39:6 it inside with pure gold. 5 And
and at cutting every sort of en- i Ex 31:4 the great house c he covered with
graving h and at designing every Ex 35:32
j 2Ch 2:10
juniper wood, after which he
sort of device i that may be given k 1Ki 5:6 covered it with good gold, d and
to him along with your own skill- l 1Ki 5:8 then he brought up upon it
ful men and the skillful men of m 1Ki 5:9 palm-tree e figures and chains. f
n Jos 19:46
my lord David your father. Ezr 3:7 6 Further, he overlaid the house
15 And now the wheat and the Ac 9:36 with precious stone for beauty; g
barley, the oil and the wine that o 1Ki 5:13
1Ki 5:14
and the gold h was gold from the
my lord has promised, let him 2Ch 8:8 gold country. 7 And he went on
send to his servants. j 16 As for p 1Ch 22:2 to cover the house, the rafters,
q 1Ki 5:15
ourselves, we shall cut down the thresholds and its walls and
r 1Ki 5:17
trees k from Leba·non according 1Ki 5:18 its doors with gold; i and he en-
to all your need, l and we shall 1Ch 22:15 graved cherubs upon the walls. j
s 1Ki 5:16
bring them to you as rafts by
8 And he proceeded to make
seam to Joppa, n and you, for your CHAP. 3 the house of the Most Holy, k its
part, will take them up to Jeru- length in relation to the width of
t 1Ki 6:14
salem.” 1Ch 29:19 the house being twenty cubits,
17 Then Solo·mon took a u Ge 22:2 and its own width being twen-
Ge 22:14
count of all the men that were v 2Sa 24:25 ty cubits; l and then he covered it
alien residents, who were in the 1Ch 21:18 with good gold to the amount of
land of Israel, o after the census w 2Sa 24:18 six hundred talents. 9 And the
1Ch 21:22
that David his father had taken x 1Ki 6:1 weight for the nails m was fifty
of them; p and there came to be
gold shekels; and the roof cham-
found a hundred and fifty-three Second Col. bers he covered with gold.
thousand six hundred. 18 So a 1Ki 6:2 10 Then he made in the house
he made seventy thousand of b 1Ki 6:3 of the Most Holy two cherubs n in
them burden bearers q and eighty 2Ch 29:7
the workmanship of images, and
c 1Ki 6:15
thousand cutters r in the moun- d 1Ki 6:22 overlaid them with gold. o 11 As
tain and three thousand six hun- 1Ch 29:4 for the wings of the cherubs, p
dred overseers for keeping the e 1Ki 6:29
their length was twenty cu-
f 1Ki 6:21
people in service. s g 1Ch 29:2 bits, the one wing of five cu-
1Ch 29:8 bits reaching to the wall of the
Finally Solo·mon started to
3 build the house of Jehovah t
h 1Ch 29:4
i Ex 26:29 house, and the other wing of
in Jerusalem on Mount Mo·ri- j Ex 26:1 five cubits reaching to the wing
1Ki 6:29 of the other cherub. q 12 And
ah, u where Jehovah had ap- k Ex 26:33
peared to David his father, v in 1Ki 8:6 the wing of the one cherub of
the place that David had pre- Heb 9:3 five cubits was reaching to the
Heb 9:24
pared on the threshing floor l 1Ki 6:20
wall of the house, and the oth-
of Ornan w the Jebu·site. 2 Ac- m 1Ch 22:3 er wing of five cubits was in con-
cordingly he started to build in n 1Ki 6:23 tact with the wing of the other
o 1Ki 6:28
the second month on the sec- p 1Ki 8:6
cherub. r 13 The wings of these
ond day, in the fourth year of 1Ch 28:18 cherubs were spread out twen-
his reign. x 3 And these things 2Ch 5:7 ty cubits; and they were standing
q 1Ki 6:24
Solo·mon laid as a foundation r 1Ki 6:25
upon their feet with their faces
for building the house of the true 1Ki 6:27 inward.
579 Pillars, sea, basins, lampstands 2 CHRONICLES 3:14–4:18
14 Further, he made the cur- CHAP. 3 five to the left, a to wash in them. b
tain a of blue thread b and wool a Mt 27:51 Things having to do with the
dyed reddish purple and crim- Heb 10:20
b Ex 26:31
burnt offering c they would rinse
son and fine fabric, and worked c Ex 36:35 in them. But the sea was for the
in cherubs upon it. c d 1Ki 7:15 priests to wash in it. d
1Ki 7:21
15 Then he made before the 2Ki 25:13 7 He then made lampstands e
house two pillars, d thirty-five cu- 2Ch 4:12
Re 3:12 of gold, ten of them of the same
bits in length, and the capital e e 1Ki 7:16 plan, f and put them in the tem-
2Ki 25:17
that was upon the top of each Jer 52:22 ple, five to the right and five to
one was five cubits. 16 Fur- f 1Ki 7:17 the left. g
ther, he made chains f in neck- g 1Ki 7:20
2Ki 25:17 8 Further, he made ten tables,
lace style and put them upon the 2Ch 4:13 and stationed them in the tem-
tops of the pillars, and made a Jer 52:23
h 1Ki 7:21 ple, five to the right and five to
hundred pomegranates g and put
the left, h and made a hundred
them on the chains. 17 And he CHAP. 4 bowls of gold.
proceeded to set up the pillars i Ex 38:2 9 Then he made the court-
in front of the temple, one to the 1Ki 8:22
2Ki 16:14 yard i of the priests j and the great
right and one to the left, after
which he called the name of the
j Ex 20:26 enclosure k and the doors belong-
k Ex 30:20
right-hand one Jachin and the Ex 38:8 ing to the enclosure, and their
name of the left-hand one Bo-
2Ch 4:6 doors he overlaid with copper.
l 1Ki 7:23
az. h m 1Ki 6:18 10 And the sea he placed at the
n 1Ki 7:24 right side, to the east, toward the
4 Then he made the copper al-
tar, i twenty cubits being its
o Jer 52:20
p 1Ki 7:25
q 1Ki 6:35
south. l
11 Finally Hiram made the
length, and twenty cubits its r Eze 45:14
cans m and the shovels n and the
width, and ten cubits its height. j s 1Ki 7:26
bowls. o
2 And he proceeded to make Second Col. So Hiram finished doing the
the molten seak ten cubits from
a 1Ki 7:39 work that he did for King Sol-
its one brim to its other brim, b Le 9:14 o·mon on the house of the true
circular all around, and its c Le 1:9
d Ex 29:4 God. 12 The two pillars p and
height was five cubits, and it
took a line of thirty cubits
e Ex 37:17 the round capitals q upon the top
2Ch 4:20
to circle all around it. l 3 And Zec 4:2 of the two pillars and the two
there was the likeness of gourd-
f 1Ch 28:12 networks r to cover the two
g Ex 40:24
shaped m ornaments under it h 2Ch 4:19 round capitals that were upon
clear around, surrounding it, ten i Ex 27:9 the top of the pillars 13 and
Le 6:16
in a cubit, enclosing the sea all j 1Ki 6:36 the four hundred pomegranates s
around. n The gourd-shaped or- k 1Ki 7:12 for the two networks, two rows
l 1Ki 7:39
naments were in two rows, be- m Ex 27:3
of pomegranates for each net-
ing cast in its casting. 4 It 1Ki 7:45 work to cover the two round
n Ex 38:3
was standing upon twelve bulls, o 2Ki 25:14
capitals that were upon the pil-
three facing the north and three o 1Ki 7:40 lars, t 14 and the ten carriages u
p 2Ch 3:17 and the ten basins v upon the car-
facing the west and three facing q 1Ki 7:41
the south and three facing the r 1Ki 7:17 riages; 15 the one sea w and the
east; and the sea was above upon s 1Ki 7:20 twelve bulls under it, x 16 and
t 1Ki 7:42
them, and all their hind parts Jer 52:22 the cans and the shovels y and the
were inward. p 5 And its thick- u 1Ki 7:27 forks z and all their utensils a Hi-
2Ki 25:16
ness was a handbreadth; and Jer 52:17 ram-abiv b made for King Solo-
its brim was like the workman- v 1Ki 7:38 mon for the house of Jehovah, of
w 1Ki 7:23
ship of the brim of a cup, a lily x 1Ki 7:25 polished copper. 17 In the Dis-
blossom. q As a receptacle, three y 1Ki 7:40 trict of the Jordan the king cast
z Ex 38:3
thousand bath r measures were a Jer 52:19 them in the thick ground be-
what it could contain. s b 2Ch 2:13 tween Succoth c and Zere·dah. d
c Jos 13:24
6 Further, he made ten ba- Jos 13:27
18 Thus Solo·mon made all
sins, and put five to the right and d 1Ki 7:46 these utensils in very great
2 CHRONICLES 4:19–5:13 Inauguration begins. Ark brought in 580
quantity, for the weight of the CHAP. 4 not be counted or numbered for
copper was not ascertained. a a 1Ki 7:47 multitude. 7 Then the priests
1Ch 22:3 brought the ark of the covenant
19 And Solo·mon proceeded 1Ch 22:14
to make all the utensils b that Jer 52:20 of Jehovah into its place, into the
b 2Ki 24:13
were at the house of the true God Ezr 1:7 innermost a room of the house,
and the golden altar c and the Jer 28:3 into the Most Holy, b to under-
c Ex 37:26
tables d with the showbread upon 1Ki 7:48 neath the wings of the cherubs. c
them, 20 and the lampstands e 2Ch 26:16
Re 8:3
8 Thus the cherubs were contin-
and their lamps f of pure gold, d Ex 25:24 ually spreading out their wings
to light them up before the in- 2Ch 4:8 over the place of the Ark, so that
e Ex 37:17
nermost room g according to the 1Ki 7:49 the cherubs covered over the
rule; 21 and the blossoms and f Ex 25:37 Ark and its poles d from above. e
g 1Ki 6:16
the lamps and the snuffers, h of h Ex 37:23 9 But the poles were long, so
gold, (it was the purest gold,) i 1Ki 7:50 that the tips of the poles were
j 1Ki 6:32
22 and the extinguishers and k 1Ki 6:34 visible at the Holy in front of the
the bowls and the cups and the
innermost room, but they were
fire holders, of pure gold, i and CHAP. 5 not visible outside, and they con-
the entrance of the house, j its in- l 1Ki 6:38 tinue there down to this day. f
ner doors for the Most Holy and 1Ki 7:51 10 There was nothing in the Ark
m 1Ch 22:14
the doors k of the house of the n 1Ch 26:26 but the two tablets g that Moses
temple, of gold. Mt 23:17 had given at Horeb, h when Je-
o 1Ki 8:1
Finally all the work that Sol- p De 1:13 hovah covenanted i with the sons
5 o·mon had to do for the
q 1Ch 24:6
1Ch 24:31
2Ch 1:2
of Israel while they were coming
out from Egypt. j
house of Jehovah was at its com-
pletion, l and Solo·mon began to
r Ex 25:10
Nu 10:33
11 And it came about when
bring in the things made holy by s 2Sa 6:12 the priests came out from the
2Ch 1:4 holy place (for all the priests
David his father; m and the silver t 2Sa 5:7
and the gold and all the uten- 2Sa 5:9 that were to be found had, for
u Ps 2:6 their part, sanctified k themselves
sils he put in the treasures of Isa 35:10
the house of the true God. n 2 It Mt 21:5 —there was no need to observe
v Le 23:34
was then that Solo·mon pro- 1Ki 8:2
the divisions); l 12 and the Le-
ceeded to congregate the older 2Ch 7:8 vites m that were singers belong-
w Jos 23:2
men of Israel o and all the heads x Ex 25:14
ing to all of them, namely, to
of the tribes, p the chieftains of Nu 4:15 Asaph, n to Heman, o to Je·du-
1Ch 15:15
the paternal q houses of the sons y Ex 37:1 thun p and to their sons and
of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring z Ex 40:35 to their brothers clothed in
Nu 4:31
the arkr of the covenant of Jeho- a Nu 4:15 fine fabric with cymbals q and
vah up s from the City of David, t 1Ki 7:48 with stringed instruments r and
b 1Ki 8:4
that is to say, Zion. u 3 So all the c 2Sa 6:13 harps, s were standing to the
men of Israel congregated them- 1Ki 8:5 east of the altar and along with
selves to the king at the festival, them priests to the number of
Second Col. a hundred and twenty sounding
that of the seventh month. v
4 So all the older men of Is-
a 1Ki 6:23 the trumpets; t 13 and it came
b 1Ki 6:20
rael came, w and the Levites be- c 1Ki 8:6 about that as soon as the trum-
gan to carry the Ark. x 5 And
d Ex 25:14 peters and the singers were as
e 1Ki 8:7
they came bringing up the Ark y f 1Ki 8:8
one u in causing one sound to be
and the tent of meeting z and g Ex 34:1 heard in praising and thanking
Ex 40:20
all the holy utensils a that were De 10:2 Jehovah, and as soon as they lift-
in the tent. The priests the Le-
h De 4:15 ed up the sound with the trum-
i Ex 19:5
vites brought them up. b 6 And Ex 24:7 pets and with the cymbals and
King Solo·mon and all the as-
De 29:1 with the instruments of song v
2Ch 6:11
sembly of Israelites that were Jer 31:32
j Ex 19:1 l 1Ch 24:1; 2Ch 35:4; m 1Ch 15:16; 1Ch 16:4; 1Ch
keeping their appointment with k Ex 19:10 23:3; 1Ch 25:1; 2Ch 29:25; Ezr 3:10; n 1Ch 6:39;
him before the Ark were sacrific- Nu 8:21 1Ch 15:19; o 1Ch 6:33; 1Ch 15:17; 1Ch 25:6; p 1Ch
2Ch 29:34 16:41; 1Ch 25:3; q 1Ch 15:16; r 2Sa 6:5; s 2Ch 9:11;
ing c sheep and cattle that could 2Ch 30:24 t 1Ch 15:24; u Isa 52:8; Php 1:27; v Ps 69:30.
581 Solomon’s prayer of dedication 2 CHRONICLES 5:14–6:17
and with praising a Jehovah, “for CHAP. 5 proceeded to carry out his word a
he is good, b for to time in- a Ps 84:4 that he had spoken, that I might
definite is his loving-kindness,” c b 1Ch 16:34 rise up in the place of David my
2Ch 7:10
the house itself was filled with c Ex 34:6 father b and sit upon the throne c
a cloud, d the very house of Je- d 1Ki 8:10 of Israel, just as Jehovah had
e Ex 40:34
hovah, e 14 and the priests were 1Ki 8:11 spoken, d and that I might build
not able to stand to minister be- f Ex 40:35 the house to the name of Jeho-
2Ch 7:2
cause of the cloud; f for the gloryg g Ex 16:10 vah the God of Israel, e 11 and
Eze 10:4
of Jehovah filled the house of the Re 21:23 that I might place there the Ark f
true God.
where the covenant of Jehovah is
It was then that Solo·mon CHAP. 6 that he concluded with the sons
6 said: h “Jehovah himself said h 1Ki 8:12
i Ex 20:21
of Israel.” g
12 And he began standing be-
he was to reside in the thick De 4:11
gloom; i 2 and I, for my part, Ps 97:2 fore the altar of Jehovah in front
Heb 12:18
have built a house of lofty abode j 1Ki 8:13
of all the congregation of Isra-
for you j and an established place k 2Ch 2:4 el, h and he now spread out his
Ps 132:14
for you to dwell in to time indef- l 1Ki 8:55
palms. i 13 (For Solo·mon had
inite.” k m Ne 8:5 made a platform j of copper and
n Ps 41:13
3 Then the king turned his Ps 145:10
then put it in the middle of the
face and began to bless l all the
Jas 3:9 enclosure. k Its length was five
o 1Ch 17:12
congregation of Israel, while all p 1Ki 8:15 cubits, and its width five cubits,
the congregation of Israel were
Isa 55:11 and its height three cubits; and
q De 12:5
standing up. m 4 And he went r 1Ki 8:16 he kept standing upon it.) And
on to say: “Blessed be Jehovah
s 2Ch 12:13 he proceeded to kneel l upon his
Ps 48:1
the God of Israel, n who spoke t 2Sa 7:8 knees in front of all the congre-
with his own mouth with Da-
1Ch 28:4 gation of Israel and to spread his
u 2Sa 7:2
vid my father o and by his own 1Ki 5:3 palms out to the heavens. m
hands has given fulfillment, p say-
v 1Ki 8:18 14 And he went on to say: “O Je-
2Co 8:12
w 1Ki 8:19 hovah the God of Israel, n there is
ing, 5 ‘From the day that I
brought my people out from the
x 2Sa 7:12
1Ch 17:4
no God like you o in the heavens
land of Egypt I have not chosen
or on the earth, keeping the cov-
enant p and the loving-kindness
a city out of all the tribes of Second Col.
toward your servants who are
Israel to build a house for my a Jos 21:45
Ne 9:8 walking before you with all their
name q to prove to be there, and b 1Ch 29:23
heart; q 15 you who have kept
I have not chosen a man to be- c 1Ch 28:5
Heb 1:8 toward your servant David my
come leader over my people Is- d 1Ch 17:11
father what you promised him, r
rael. r 6 But I shall choose Je- e 1Ki 8:20
f Ex 40:20 so that you made the promise
rusalem s for my name to prove to 1Ki 8:9
with your mouth, and with your
be there, and I shall choose Da- 2Ch 5:10
g 1Ki 8:21 own hand you have made ful-
vid to come to be over my peo- h 1Ki 8:22
fillment as at this day. s 16 And
ple Israel.’ t 7 And it came to be i Ex 9:33
Ps 28:2 now, O Jehovah the God of Isra-
close to the heart of David my fa- 1Ti 2:8
j Ne 8:4 el, keep toward your servant Da-
ther to build a house to the name k 1Ki 6:36 vid my father what you prom-
of Jehovah the God of Israel. u l 1Ki 8:54
Ps 95:6 ised him, saying, ‘There will not
8 But Jehovah said to David my Ac 20:36 be cut off a man of yours from
father, ‘For the reason that it m Ezr 9:5
n 1Ch 29:10 before me to sit upon the throne
proved to be close to your heart o Ex 15:11 of Israel, t if only your sons u
to build a house to my name, 1Sa 2:2
Ps 86:8 will take care of their way by
you did well because it proved to Mic 7:18 walking in my law, v just as
be close to your heart. v 9 Only p 1Ki 8:23
q De 7:9 you have walked before me.’ w
you yourself will not build the 2Ki 20:3 17 And now, O Jehovah the God
house, w but your son who is com- 2Ch 16:9
Ne 1:5 of Israel, x let your promise y that
ing forth from your loins is the r 1Ki 3:6
one that will build the house 1Ki 6:12
s 2Sa 7:12 t 1Ki 8:24; u 1Ki 6:12; v Ps 132:12; w Ps 26:3;
to my name.’ x 10 And Jehovah 1Ch 22:10 x Ex 24:10; y 2Sa 7:25; Ps 119:49.
2 CHRONICLES 6:18-31 Prayer of dedication continued 582
you have promised to your ser- CHAP. 6 rael and bring them back a to the
vant David prove trustworthy. a a 1Ki 8:26 ground that you gave to them
18 “But will God truly dwell b 1Ki 8:27 and their forefathers. b
Ac 7:48
with mankind upon the earth? b c 2Ch 2:6 26 “When the heavens are
Ne 9:6
Look! Heaven, yes, the heaven Ps 148:13 shut up so that no rain oc-
of the heavens themselves, can- Isa 40:12 curs c because they kept sinning d
Ac 17:24
not contain you; c how much less, d 1Ki 8:27 against you, and they actually
then, this house that I have Isa 66:1 pray toward this place e and laud
e 2Ch 6:33
built! d 19 And you must turn Ps 65:2 your name and from their sin
toward the prayer of your ser- Da 9:18 they turn back because you kept
f 2Ch 33:13
vant e and to his request for fa- Ps 6:9 afflicting them, f 27 then may
vor, f O Jehovah my God, by lis- g Ps 5:2 you yourself hear from the heav-
h 1Ki 8:28
tening to the entreating cry g i 2Ki 19:16 ens, and you must forgive the
and to the prayer with which Ps 33:18
Ps 34:15
sin of your servants, even of your
your servant is praying before j De 26:2 people Israel, because you in-
you, h 20 that your eyes may 2Ch 6:9
Ne 1:9
struct g them regarding the good
prove to be opened i toward this k 1Ki 8:29 way h in which they should walk;
house day and night, toward the l Ps 5:1 and you must give rain i upon
m 2Ch 7:12
place where you said you would Da 6:10 your land that you have given to
put your name, j by listening to n 2Ki 19:20
2Ch 30:27
your people as a hereditary pos-
the prayer with which your ser- o 2Ch 7:14 session. j
vant prays toward this place. k Mic 7:18
p 1Sa 2:25 28 “In case a famine k occurs
21 And you must listen to the q Ne 10:29 in the land, in case a pesti-
entreaties of your servant l and r 1Ki 8:31
lence l occurs, in case scorching m
s 2Ch 30:27
of your people Israel when they Ps 123:1 and mildew, n locusts o and cock-
pray toward this place, m that you t 1Ki 8:32
roaches p occur; in case their en-
u Nu 5:27
yourself may hear from the place 2Ki 9:26 emies q besiege them in the
of your dwelling, from the heav- Job 34:11
Pr 1:31 land of their gates r—any sort of
ens; n and you must hear and for- Isa 3:11 plague and any sort of malady s—
Ga 6:7
give. o v De 25:1 29 whatever prayer, t whatever
22 “If a man sins against his Ps 33:5 request for favor u there may oc-
w Isa 3:10
fellowman p and he actually lays Eze 18:20 cur on the part of any man or
a cursing upon him to bring x Le 26:17 of all your people Israel, v because
De 28:25
him under liability q to the curse, Jos 7:8 they know each one his own
and he actually comes within the y Jos 7:11 plague w and his own pain; when
Jg 2:14
curse before your altar in this z Le 26:40 he actually spreads out his palms
house, r 23 then may you your- Ne 9:2 toward this house, x 30 then
a Da 9:19
self hear from the heavens, s and b Ezr 9:5 may you yourself hear from the
you must act t and judge your ser- c 1Ki 8:33 heavens, the place of your dwell-
Da 9:3
vants so as to pay back the wick- d Isa 57:15 ing, y and you must forgive z and
ed by putting his course upon e 1Ki 8:34 give to each one according to
his own head u and by pronounc- all his ways, a because you know
ing the righteous one righteous v Second Col.
his heart b (for you yourself alone
by giving to him according to his a Ps 106:47
well know the heart of the sons of
b Ge 13:15
own righteousness. w Ex 6:8 mankind); c 31 to the end that
24 “And if your people Isra- c Jas 5:17 they may fear d you by walking in
d Eze 14:13
el are defeated before an en- e 1Ki 8:35 your ways all the days that they
emy x because they kept sinning f Isa 9:13 are alive upon the surface of the
Eze 18:30
against you, y and they indeed g Ps 86:11
return z and laud your name a Ps 119:102
Isa 30:20
k Ru 1:1; 2Ki 6:25; 2Ch 20:9; l Le 26:16; De 28:21;
and pray b and make request for m Am 4:9; Hag 2:17; n De 28:22; Am 4:9; o De
Isa 54:13 28:38; Joe 1:4; Joe 2:25; p Ps 78:46; q Le 26:25;
favor before you in this house, c h Isa 30:21 2Ch 12:2; 2Ch 32:1; r 1Ki 8:37; s Eze 14:21; t 2Ch
Jer 6:16 20:6; Ps 91:15; u 2Ch 33:13; v 1Ki 8:38; w Pr 14:10;
25 then may you yourself hear Jer 42:3 x Da 6:10; y Ps 33:14; Isa 63:15; Mt 23:22; z Ps
i 1Ki 18:1
from the heavens, d and you must Zec 10:1
130:4; a Job 34:11; Ps 18:20; Re 2:23; b 1Ch 28:9;
Jer 11:20; c 1Sa 16:7; 1Ki 8:39; Jer 17:10; d Ex
forgive e the sin of your people Is- j 1Ki 8:36 20:20.
583 Temple filled with Jehovah’s glory 2 CHRONICLES 6:32–7:5
ground that you gave to our fore- CHAP. 6 to their forefathers and the city
fathers. a a Ge 12:7 that you have chosen a and the
Jos 1:2
32 “And also to the foreign- 1Ki 8:40 house that I have built to your
er who is no part of your b Ex 12:48 name; b 39 you must also hear
Ru 1:16
people Israel b and who actual- Isa 56:3 from the heavens, from your es-
ly comes from a distant land c Nu 9:14 tablished place of dwelling, c their
Jos 9:27
by reason of your great name c Isa 56:6 prayer and their requests for fa-
Joh 12:20 vor, d and you must execute judg-
and your strong hand d and your Ac 8:27
stretched-out arm, e and they ac- d De 3:24 ment e for them and forgive f your
Jos 2:11
tually come and pray toward this e 1Ki 8:42
people who have sinned against
house, f 33 then may you your- f Ac 2:10 you.
g 2Ch 30:27
self listen from the heavens, from Ps 11:4 40 “Now, O my God, please,
your established place of dwell- Ps 123:1
Heb 9:24
let your eyes g prove to be opened
ing, g and you must do accord- h 1Ki 8:43 and your ears h attentive to
ing to all for which the foreign- i Ps 22:27
Ps 46:10
the prayer respecting this place.
er calls to you; h in order that j Jer 10:7 41 And now do rise up, i O Jeho-
Re 14:7 vah God, into your rest, j you and
all the peoples of the earth may k 1Ki 8:43
know your name i and may fear j l De 20:1 the Ark of your strength. k Let
2Ch 14:11
you the same as your people Is- m Nu 31:2
your priests themselves, O Jeho-
rael do, and may know that your Jos 8:1 vah God, be clothed with salva-
Jg 1:2
name has been called upon this 1Sa 15:3 tion, and let your loyal ones
house that I have built. k n 2Ch 14:11 themselves rejoice in goodness. l
2Ch 20:6
34 “In case your people go out o 2Ch 3:2 42 O Jehovah God, do not turn
to the war l against their enemies p Ps 3:4 back the face of your anointed
Da 9:17
in the way that you send m them, q Isa 37:36 one. m O do remember the loving-
and they indeed pray n to you in r 1Ki 8:46 kindnesses to David your ser-
s Ps 130:3
the direction of this city that Ec 7:20 vant.” n
Ro 3:23
you have chosen and the house Now as soon as Solo·mon fin-
that I have built to your name, o
35 you must also hear from the
t Le 26:34
Da 9:7
u 1Ki 8:47
7 ished praying, o the fire itself
v Le 26:40 came down from the heavens p
heavens their prayer and their Ne 1:6
and proceeded to consume the
Ps 106:6
request for favor, p and you must w Da 9:5 burnt offering q and the sacri-
execute judgment for them. q x Ezr 9:6
fices, and Jehovah’s glory r it-
Pr 28:13
36 “In case they sin against y De 30:2 self filled the house. 2 And the
1Sa 7:3
you r (for there is no man that Jer 29:13 priests were unable to enter into
does not sin), s and you have to be z Da 9:3 the house of Jehovah s because
incensed at them and abandon
Jehovah’s glory had filled the
them to an enemy, and their cap- Second Col.
house of Jehovah. 3 And all the
tors actually carry them off cap- a 2Ch 33:7 sons of Israel were spectators
Da 6:10
tive to a land distant or nearby; t b 1Ki 8:48 when the fire came down and
37 and they indeed come to their c 2Ch 30:27
the glory of Jehovah was upon
Ps 123:1
senses in the land where they Heb 9:24 the house, and they immediate-
have been carried off captive, and d 1Ki 8:49
e Ge 15:14 ly bowed t low with their faces
they actually return and make Jer 51:36 to the earth upon the pavement
request to you for favor in the f Mic 7:18
g 2Ch 7:15 and prostrated u themselves and
land where they are captives, u 2Ch 16:9 thanked Jehovah, “for he is
Ps 11:4
saying, ‘We have sinned, v we have Ps 34:15 good, v for his loving-kindness is
erred w and we have acted wick- Isa 37:17 to time indefinite.” w
h Ps 17:1
edly’; x 38 and they indeed re- Ps 31:2 4 And the king and all the
turn to you with all their heart y Ps 65:2
i Ps 132:8 people were offering sacrifice
and with all their soul in the land j 1Ch 28:2 before Jehovah. x 5 And King
where they are captives z of those k Jos 3:13
1Sa 5:9
who carried them off captive, and l Ne 9:25 n Ac 13:34; CHAP. 7 o 1Ki 8:54; p 1Ki 18:38;
they indeed pray in the direc- Ps 65:4 q Le 9:24; 1Ch 21:26; r Ex 40:34; 1Ki 8:11; s Ex
m 1Ki 1:34 40:35; t Ex 4:31; u Ps 95:6; v Ps 31:19; Mt 19:17;
tion of their land that you gave Ps 18:50 w Ru 2:20; Jer 31:3; La 3:22; x 1Ki 8:62.
2 CHRONICLES 7:6-20 God appears to Solomon 584
Solo·mon went on offering the CHAP. 7 ful. 12 Jehovah now appeared a
sacrifice of twenty-two thousand a 1Ki 8:63 to Solo·mon during the night
cattle and a hundred and twen- b Nu 7:10 and said to him: “I have heard
2Ch 2:4
ty thousand sheep. a Thus the Ezr 6:16 your prayer, b and I have chosen c
c 2Ch 5:11
king and all the people inaugu- d 1Ch 23:5
this place for myself as a house
rated b the house of the true God. e 1Ch 25:7 of sacrifice. d 13 When I shut up
f 1Ki 10:12 the heavens that no rain may oc-
6 And the priests c were stand- Ps 138:8
ing at their posts of duty, and the g 2Ch 5:13 cur e and when I command the
h 1Ki 8:64 grasshoppers to eat up the land f
Levites d with the instruments of i Le 1:3
song e to Jehovah that David f the j 2Ch 4:1 and if I send a pestilence among
king had made to thank Je- k Le 2:1
l Le 4:8
my people, g 14 and my people h
hovah, “for his loving-kindness m Le 23:34 upon whom my name i has been
is to time indefinite,” when Da- De 16:13
n 1Ki 8:65
called humblej themselves and
vid would render praise by their o 2Ch 30:13 pray k and seek my face l and turn
hand; and the priests were loudly p Nu 34:8
2Ki 14:25
back from their bad ways, m then
sounding the trumpets g in front q Nu 34:5 I myself shall hear from the heav-
2Ki 24:7 ens n and forgive their sin, o and
of them, while all the Israelites Isa 27:12
were standing. r Le 23:36 I shall heal their land. p 15 Now
De 16:8
7 Then Solo·mon sanctified h Ne 8:18 my own eyes q will prove to be
the middle of the courtyard that s De 12:7 opened and my ears r attentive
De 16:15
was before the house of Jeho- Ne 8:10 to prayer at this place. 16 And
vah, because there he rendered t 2Ch 6:41 now I do choose s and sanctify
u 1Ki 8:66
up the burnt offerings i and the v 1Ki 9:1 this house that my name t may
fat pieces of the communion sac- w Ec 2:4 prove to be there to time indef-
inite, u and my eyes and my heart
rifices, for the copper altar j that
Solo·mon had made was itself
Second Col. will certainly prove to be there al-
not able to contain the burnt
a 1Ki 9:2 ways. v
2Ch 1:7
offering and the grain offering k b 2Ki 20:5 17 “And if you yourself will
Ps 66:19 walk before me, just as David w
and the fat pieces. l 8 And Sol- Lu 1:13
o·mon proceeded to hold the fes- Ac 10:31 your father walked, even by do-
1Pe 3:12
tival m at that time for seven days, c De 12:5 ing according to all that I have
and all Israel with him, n a very
Ps 78:68 commanded you, x and you will
d De 12:6
great congregation o from the en- 2Ch 2:6 keep my regulations y and my ju-
tering in of Hamath p down to the
e 2Ch 6:26 dicial decisions, z 18 I will also
f De 28:38
torrent valley of Egypt. q 9 But g Le 26:16 establish the throne of your
Nu 16:46 kingship, a just as I covenanted
on the eighth day they held a sol- Eze 14:19
h Ex 19:5 with David your father, b saying,
emn assembly, r because the in- De 32:9 ‘There will not a man of yours be
auguration of the altar they had i Nu 6:27
Isa 43:10 cut off from ruling over Israel.’ c
held for seven days and the fes- Isa 63:19 19 But if YOU yourselves turn
tival for seven days. 10 And on j Le 26:41
2Ch 33:12 back d and actually leave my stat-
the twenty-third day of the sev- Jas 4:10
utes e and my commandments f
enth month he sent the people k 2Ch 6:37
l Ho 5:15 that I have put before YOU, and
away to their homes, joyful s and m De 30:2 YOU actually go and serve oth-
feeling good at heart over the Pr 28:13
Isa 55:7 er gods g and bow down to them, h
goodness t that Jehovah had per- n 2Ch 30:27
20 I will also uproot them from
formed toward David and toward o 2Ch 6:39
Ps 103:3 off my ground that I have given
Solo·mon and toward Israel his p Ps 60:2
them; i and this house that I have
people. u q 2Ch 16:9
r 2Ch 6:40 sanctified j for my name, I shall
11 Thus Solo·mon finished s De 12:21
throw away from before my face, k
t 1Ki 8:16
the house of Jehovah v and the u 1Ki 9:3 and I shall make it a proverbial
house of the king; w and in every- v 2Ch 6:20 saying l and a taunt among all the
w 1Ki 9:4
thing that had come into Solo- Ps 26:3
mon’s heart to do regarding x De 4:40
b Ps 89:28; c 1Ki 9:5; d Heb 10:38; e Le 26:15; Ps
y De 12:1
the house of Jehovah and his z De 4:5
73:27; f De 28:15; g Jos 23:16; h Ex 20:5; 1Ki 9:6;
i De 4:26; 2Ki 17:20; j 1Ki 9:7; k 2Ki 25:9; l De
own house he proved success- a 2Sa 7:13 28:37; Jer 24:9.
585 Solomon’s works. Temple services 2 CHRONICLES 7:21–8:15
peoples. a 21 As for this house CHAP. 7 of Israel that Solo·mon consti-
that had become heaps of ruins, b a Ps 44:14 tuted slaves for his work; a for
everyone passing by it will stare b 1Ki 9:8 they were warriors b and chiefs of
2Ki 25:9
in amazement c and be certain to Jer 7:4 his adjutants and chiefs of his
c 2Ch 29:8
say, ‘For what reason did Jeho- Jer 19:8 charioteers c and of his horse-
vah do like that to this land and Da 9:12 men. d 10 These were the chiefs
d De 29:24
to this house?’ d 22 And they Jer 22:8 of the deputies e that belonged
will have to say, ‘It was for the e 2Ch 15:2 to King Solo·mon, two hundred
Ps 73:27
reason that they left Jehovahe f Ex 12:51 and fifty, the foremen over the
the God of their forefathers who De 29:25 people. f
g Ps 115:8
had brought them out of the land Isa 2:8 11 And Pharaoh’s daughter g
Jer 2:11
of Egypt, f and they proceeded to Jer 10:14 Solo·mon brought up out of the
take hold of other gods g and bow h 1Ki 9:9 City of David h to the house that
i De 4:26
down to them and serve them. h 2Ch 36:17 he had built for her, i for he said:
That is why he brought upon Jer 22:9 “Although a wife of mine, she
them all this calamity.’ ” i should not dwell in the house of
CHAP. 8
David the king of Israel, for the
8 And it came about at the
end of twenty years, j in which
j 1Ki 9:10
k 1Ki 6:37
1Ki 6:38
places to which the ark of Jeho-
vah has come are something
Solo·mon had built the house l 1Ki 7:1
of Jehovah k and his own house, l m 2Sa 5:11
holy.” j
2 that the cities that Hiram m 1Ki 5:2 12 It was then that Solo·mon
n 1Ki 9:19
had given to Solo·mon—Solo- o 2Sa 8:9
offered up burnt sacrifices k to Je-
mon rebuilt them and then 2Ki 14:28 hovah upon the altar l of Jeho-
p Jos 16:5
caused the sons of Israel to dwell 1Ch 7:24 vah that he had built before
there. 3 Furthermore, Solo- q Jos 16:3 the porch, m 13 even as a daily n
1Ki 9:17
mon went to Hamath-zobah r Nu 32:17 matter of course to make offer-
and prevailed over it. 4 Then
De 28:52 ings according to the command-
2Ki 10:2
he rebuilt Tadmor in the wil- 2Ch 12:4 ment of Moses for the sabbaths o
derness and all the storage n cit-
s De 3:5 and for the new moons p and
t Jos 19:44
ies that he had built in Ha- 1Ki 9:18 for the appointed festivals q three
math. o 5 And he went on to
u 1Ki 4:26 times in the year, r at the festival
v 1Ki 9:19
build Upper Beth-horon p and w Ec 2:10 of unfermented cakes s and at the
Lower Beth-horon, q fortified cit-
x Jg 3:3
1Ki 9:19
festival of the weeks t and at the
ies with walls, r doors and bar, s y Ge 15:20 festival of the booths. u 14 Fur-
De 7:1 ther, he set the divisions v of the
6 and Baal·ath t and all the stor- 1Ki 11:1
2Ki 7:6 priests over their services ac-
age cities that had become Solo- z Ge 15:21
cording to the rule of David his
mon’s and all the chariot cities u a Ex 34:11
b Ex 23:23 father, w and the Levites x at their
and the cities for the horsemen v c Nu 13:29 posts of duty, to praise y and to
and every desirable thing of Sol- d 1Ki 9:20
e Jos 15:63 minister z in front of the priests
o·mon w that he had desired to Jos 17:12
as a daily matter of course, a
build in Jerusalem and in Leba- Ps 106:34
f 1Ki 9:21 and the gatekeepers in their
non x and in all the land of his do- g Jos 16:10
divisions for the different gates, b
minion. 2Ch 2:17
for such was the command-
7 As for all the people that ment of David the man of the
Second Col.
were left over of the Hittites y true God. 15 And they did not
a Ex 19:6
and the Amor·ites z and the Per- Le 25:39 turn aside from the king’s com-
iz·zites a and the Hivites b and the b 1Sa 8:12
mandment to the priests and
c 1Sa 8:11
Jebu·sites, c who were no part of d 1Ki 9:22 the Levites concerning any mat-
Israel, d 8 from their sons that e 1Ki 5:16
ter and concerning the supplies. c
f 1Ki 9:23
had been left behind them in g 1Ki 3:1
the land, whom the sons of Isra- h 1Ki 9:24
n Ex 29:38; Nu 28:3; o Nu 28:9; p Nu 10:10; Nu
i 1Ki 7:8
el had not exterminated, e Solo- j Ex 29:43
28:11; q Ex 23:14; Le 23:4; r De 16:16; s Le 23:6;
t Le 23:16; Ac 2:1; u Le 23:34; v 1Ch 24:1; 2Ch
mon kept levying f men for forced k Le 1:3 5:11; Lu 1:5; w 1Ch 23:3; x 1Ch 15:16; 1Ch
labor until this day. g 9 But l 2Ch 4:1 25:1; y 1Ch 6:31; 1Ch 16:42; z 1Ch 16:4; 1Ch 24:31;
m 1Ki 6:3 a 2Ch 35:10; b 1Ch 9:17; 1Ch 26:1; c 1Ch 9:29; 1Ch
there were none out of the sons Eze 8:16 26:20.
2 CHRONICLES 8:16–9:13 Queen of Sheba visits; her gift 586
16 So Solo·mon’s work was all CHAP. 8 has not been told me the half
in a prepared a state from the day a 1Ki 5:18 of the abundance of your wis-
of the foundation-laying of the b 1Ki 6:1 dom. a You have surpassed the re-
1Ki 6:7
house of Jehovah until it was fin- c 1Ki 7:51 port that I have heard. b 7 Hap-
ished. b So the house of Jehovah d Nu 33:35 py c are your men, and happy are
1Ki 22:48
was complete. c 2Ch 20:36 these servants of yours who are
e De 2:8
17 It was then that Solo·mon 2Ki 14:22 standing before you constantly
went to Ezi·on-geber d and to 2Ki 16:6 and listening to your wisdom. d
f Ge 36:1
Eloth e upon the shore of the sea 1Ki 9:26 8 May Jehovah your God come
in the land of Edom. f 18 And g 2Sa 5:11
h 1Ki 9:27
to be blessed, e who has taken
Hiram g regularly sent to him by i 1Ki 22:48 delight f in you by putting you
means of his servants ships and Ps 45:9
j Ex 38:24
upon his throne g as king for Je-
servants having a knowledge of k 1Ki 10:22 hovah your God; h because your
the sea, h and they would come 2Ch 9:13 God loved i Israel, to make it
l Ec 2:8
with Solo·mon’s servants to
stand to time indefinite, so that
Ophir i and take from there four CHAP. 9 he put you over them as king j
hundred and fifty talents j of m 1Ki 10:1
to execute judicial decision k and
gold k and bring it to King Solo- Isa 60:6 righteousness.” l
Lu 11:31
mon. l n Mt 12:42 9 Then she gave the king a
And the queen of She-
Mt 22:46 hundred and twenty talents of
9 ba m herself heard the report
o Ge 24:10
Isa 60:6
p 2Ki 20:13
gold, m and balsam oil n in very
great quantity, and precious
about Solo·mon, and she pro- q Ps 72:15
ceeded to come to test Solo·mon r 1Ki 10:2 stones; o and there had not come
Pr 17:8 to be the like of that balsam oil
with perplexing questions n at Je- s Mt 12:34
rusalem, along with a very im- t 1Ki 10:3 which the queen of Sheba gave
Pr 1:5 to King Solo·mon. p
pressive train and camels o carry- u 1Ki 3:12
ing balsam oil, p and gold q in v 1Ki 3:28 10 And, besides, the ser-
1Ki 10:4
great quantity, and precious Ec 12:9 vants of Hiram q and the ser-
stones. r At length she came in w 1Ki 6:1 vants of Solo·mon who brought
2Ch 3:1
to Solo·mon and spoke with him 2Ch 4:11 gold r from Ophir brought tim-
about everything that happened x 1Ki 4:22
y 1Ki 10:5
bers of algum trees s and precious
to be close to her heart. s 2 Sol- z Ne 1:11 stones. t 11 And the king pro-
o·mon, in turn, went on to tell a Le 1:3 ceeded to make out of the tim-
b 2Ch 8:13
her all her matters, t and no mat- c 1Ki 10:6 bers of the algum trees stairs u
ter was hidden from Solo·mon Mt 11:19 for the house of Jehovah and for
d Pr 14:15
that he did not tell her. u Lu 11:31 the king’s house v and also harps w
e 1Ki 10:7 and stringed instruments x for
3 When the queen of Sheba Joh 20:25
got to see Solo·mon’s wisdom v
the singers, y and the like of them
and the house that he had built, w Second Col. had never been seen before in
4 and the food of his table x and a Ec 1:16
the land of Judah.
the sitting of his servants and b 1Ki 4:31 12 And King Solo·mon him-
1Ki 4:34
the table service of his waiters 2Ch 1:12 self gave the queen z of Sheba all
and their attire y and his drink- c Pr 3:13
Pr 8:34
her delight for which she had
ing service z and their attire, and d 1Ki 10:8 asked, besides the value of what
e 1Ki 5:7 she brought to the king. So she
his burnt sacrifices a that he reg- Ps 72:18
ularly offered up at the house of f 2Sa 15:25 turned about and went to her
Ps 18:19
Jehovah, b then there proved to g 1Ch 29:23
own land, she together with her
be no more spirit in her. 5 So h 1Ki 10:9 servants. a
i De 7:8
she said to the king: “True was 2Ch 2:11 13 And the weight of the gold
the word that I heard in my j Joh 1:49 that came to Solo·mon in one
k 2Sa 8:15
own land about your matters and 1Ki 3:9
about your wisdom. c 6 And I Isa 9:7 n Ge 43:11; o Pr 20:15; p 1Ki 10:10; q 1Ki 9:27;
l 2Sa 23:3 r 1Ki 10:22; 2Ch 8:18; Ps 72:10; s 1Ki 10:11; t 2Ch
did not put faith d in their words Ps 72:2 3:6; u 1Ki 6:8; v 1Ki 7:1; w 1Ki 10:12; 1Ch 25:1;
until I had come that my own Isa 11:4 Ps 92:3; Ps 150:3; x 2Sa 6:5; 1Ch 23:5; y 1Ch 9:33;
m 1Ki 9:14 2Ch 5:12; z 1Ki 10:1; Pr 11:25; Mt 12:42; Lu 6:38;
eyes might see; e and, look! there Ps 72:10 Lu 11:31; a 1Ki 10:13.
587 Solomon dies. Rehoboam 2 CHRONICLES 9:14–10:2
year amounted to six hundred CHAP. 9 his heart. a 24 And they were
and sixty-six talents of gold, a a 1Ki 10:14 bringing each his gift, b articles
2Ch 1:15
14 aside from the men of trav- Ps 68:29
of silver and articles of gold c and
el and the merchants b who were Ps 72:15 garments, d armor and balsam
b Ge 37:28
bringing in and all the kings of 1Ki 10:15 oil, horses and mules as a year-
the Arabs c and the governors of Isa 23:2
Isa 45:14
ly matter of course. e 25 And
the land who were bringing in c Ps 72:10 Solo·mon came to have four
gold and silver to Solo·mon. Jer 25:24 thousand stalls of horses f and
d 2Ch 12:9
15 And King Solo·mon went e 1Ki 10:16 chariots g and twelve thousand
on to make two hundred large f 1Ki 10:17 steeds, and he kept them sta-
g 1Ki 7:2
shields of alloyed gold d (six hun- h 1Ki 10:18 tioned in the chariot cities h and
dred shekels of alloyed gold he i Ge 49:9
Pr 28:1
close by the king in Jerusalem.
proceeded to lay upon each large Re 5:5 26 And he came to be ruler over
j 1Ki 10:19 all the kings from the River
shield), e 16 and three hundred k Nu 23:24
bucklers of alloyed gold (three l 1Ki 10:20 down to the land of the Phi·lis-
minas of gold he proceeded to m Es 1:7 tines and down to the boundary
n 1Ki 10:21
lay upon each buckler). f Then o 1Ki 7:2 of Egypt. i 27 Furthermore, the
the king put them in the House p 1Ki 10:27 king made the silver in Jerusa-
q 2Ch 20:36
of the Forest of Leba·non. g Ps 72:10 lem like the stones; and cedar-
Isa 23:1 wood he made like the sycamore
17 Further, the king made a Jon 1:3
great ivory throne and overlaid it r 1Ki 9:27 trees j that are in the She·phe-
s 1Ki 7:51 lah k for abundance. l 28 And
with pure gold. h 18 And there t 1Ki 10:18
were six steps to the throne, and Am 3:15 there were those bringing out
u 1Ki 10:22 horses m to Solo·mon from
there was a footstool in gold to v 1Ki 3:13
the throne (they were attached), 1Ki 10:23 Egypt n and from all the other
Ps 89:27
and there were armrests on this Eph 3:8 lands.
side and on that side by the place w 1Ki 3:12 29 As for the rest of the affairs
1Ki 4:29
of sitting, and two lions i were Col 2:3 of Solo·mon, o the first and the
x 1Ki 4:34 last, are they not written among
standing beside the armrests. j y 1Ki 10:24
19 And there were twelve li- Isa 11:10 the words of Nathan p the prophet
Lu 21:15
ons k standing there upon the
and in the prophecy of A·hijahq
six steps on this side and on the Shilo·nite r and in the record
Second Col.
that side. No other kingdom had of visions of Iddo s the vision-
a 1Ki 3:28
any made just like it. l 20 And 2Ch 1:12 ary concerning Jer·o·boam t the
all the drinking vessels m of King Pr 2:6
Da 1:17
son of Nebat? u 30 And Solo-
Solo·mon were of gold, n and all b 2Ch 26:8 mon continued to reign in Je-
Job 42:11 rusalem over all Israel for forty
the vessels of the House of the c 2Sa 8:10
Forest of Leba·non o were of pure d Mt 6:29 years. 31 Finally Solo·mon lay
e 1Ki 10:25 down with his forefathers. So
gold. There was nothing of sil- f De 17:16
ver; it was considered as noth- g 1Ki 4:26 they buried him in the City of Da-
ing at all p in the days of Sol- h 1Ki 10:26 vid his father; v and Re·ho·boam w
i 1Ki 4:21
o·mon. 21 For ships belonging j 2Ch 1:15 his son began to reign in place of
to the king were going to Tar- k 1Ch 27:28 him. x
l 1Ki 10:27
shishq with the servants of Hi- And Re·ho·boam pro- y
10 ceeded
m De 17:16
ram. r Once every three years 2Ch 1:16 z
n 1Ki 10:28 to go to Shechem,
ships of Tarshish would come in, Isa 31:1 for it was to Shechem that all
carrying gold and silver, s ivory, t o 1Ki 11:41
p 2Sa 7:2 the Israelites came to make him
and apes and peacocks. u 2Sa 12:1 king. 2 And it came about that
1Ki 1:8
22 So King Solo·mon was 1Ki 1:11 as soon as Jer·o·boam a the son
greater than all the other kings 1Ki 1:32
1Ch 29:29 of Nebat heard of it while
of the earth in riches v and wis- q 1Ki 11:36 he was yet in Egypt, b (because
dom. w 23 And all the kings of 1Ki 14:2
1Ki 14:10
the earth were seeking x the face r 1Ki 11:29 u 1Ki 11:26; v 2Sa 5:9; 1Ki 2:10; 2Ch 21:20; w 1Ch
s 2Ch 12:15
of Solo·mon to hear his wisdom, y 2Ch 13:22
3:10; 2Ch 13:7; Ec 2:19; Mt 1:7; x 1Ki 14:21;
CHAP. 10 y 1Ki 12:1; z Ge 12:6; Jos 20:7; Jos
which the true God had put in t 2Ch 13:20 24:1; Jg 9:1; a 1Ki 11:28; b 1Ki 11:40.
2 CHRONICLES 10:3-19 Rehoboam’s harshness. Israel rebels 588
he had run away on account CHAP. 10 heavy yoke, but I, for my part,
of Solo·mon the king,) Jer·o·bo- a 1Ki 12:2 shall add to YOUR yoke. a My fa-
am immediately came back from b 1Ki 12:3 ther, for his part, chastised YOU
c Pr 29:2
Egypt. a 3 So they sent and Ec 4:1 with whips, but I, for my part,
called him, and Jer·o·boam and d Ec 5:8
e 1Ki 12:4
with scourges.’ ” b
all Israel came and spoke to Re- f 2Sa 16:20 12 And Jer·o·boam and all the
ho·boam, saying: b 4 “Your fa- Job 12:12
g 1Ki 12:6 people proceeded to come to Re-
ther, for his part, made our yoke h Pr 12:8 ho·boam on the third day, just
hard; c and now make the hard Pr 15:1
Ec 10:4 as the king had spoken, saying:
service of your father and the Zec 1:13 “Return to me on the third day.” c
i 1Ki 12:7
heavy yoke d that he put upon us j Pr 1:25 13 And the king began to answer
lighter, and we shall serve you.” e Pr 19:20
them harshly. d Thus King Re-
Ec 10:3
5 At this he said to them: “Let Isa 30:1 ho·boam left the counsel e of the
there be yet three days. Then re- k Pr 13:20
Isa 3:4 older men, f 14 and he went on
turn to me.” So the people went 2Ti 4:3 to speak to them according to
away. 6 And King Re·ho·boam l 1Ki 12:8
m 1Ki 22:6 the counsel of the young men, g
began to take counself with the Pr 21:30 saying: “I shall make YOUR yoke
older men that were continual- n 1Ki 12:9
o 1Ki 12:10 heavier, and I, for my part, shall
ly attending upon Solo·mon his p Job 31:13 add to it. My father, for his part,
father while he continued alive, Ps 140:11
Pr 10:14 chastised YOU with whips, but I,
saying: “How are YOU advising Pr 18:6
for my part, with scourges.” h
Pr 28:25
to reply to this people?” g 7 Ac- Pr 29:23 15 And the king did not listen
cordingly they spoke to him, say- Mt 23:4
to the people; for it proved to be
ing: “If you would prove yourself a turn of affairs from the true
Second Col.
good to this people and actually God i in order that Jehovah might
be pleasing to them and indeed a 1Sa 8:18
Isa 58:6 carry out his word j that he had
speak good words to them, h they b 1Ki 12:11
spoken by means of A·hijah k the
also will certainly become your c 1Ki 12:12
d 1Sa 20:10 Shilo·nitel to Jer·o·boam the son
servants always.” i Pr 10:11
Pr 12:13 of Nebat. m
8 However, he left the coun- Pr 14:16 16 As for all Israel, because
sel j of the older men with which Pr 15:1
Eph 4:31 the king did not listen to them,
they had advised him, and he Eph 6:9
e Pr 19:27 the people now replied to the
began to take counsel with the
f 1Ki 12:13 king, saying: “What share do we
young men that had grown up Job 12:12
with him, k who were the ones g 2Ch 22:4 have in David? n And there is no
attending upon him. l 9 And he
Pr 12:5 inheritance in the son of Jesse. o
h Pr 11:17
went on to say to them: “What is Ec 7:7 Each one to your gods, p O Isra-
it that YOU are offering in coun-
i De 2:30
Ps 5:10
el! Now see to your own house,
sel m that we may reply to this Pr 21:1 O David.” q With that all Israel
Am 3:6
people who have spoken to me, j 1Sa 15:29
began to go to its tents.
saying, ‘Make the yoke that your 2Sa 17:14 17 As for the sons of Israel
2Ki 10:10
father put upon us lighter’?” n Isa 55:11 that were dwelling in the cities
k 1Ki 11:30 of Judah, Re·ho·boam continued
10 In turn the young men that l 1Ki 11:29
had grown up with him spoke m 1Ki 12:15 to reign over them. r
n 1Ki 11:13 18 Subsequently King Re·ho-
with him, saying: “This is what o 2Sa 20:1
you should say to the people p Ex 20:3 boam sent Ha·doram, s who was
De 13:5
who have spoken to you, saying, 1Ki 12:16 over those conscripted for forced
‘Your father, for his part, made Pr 11:9 labor, but the sons of Israel pelt-
q 1Ki 11:32
our yoke heavy, but, as for you, r 1Ki 11:36 ed him with stones, t so that
make it lighter upon us’; this is 2Ch 11:1 he died. And King Re·ho·boam
s 2Sa 20:24
what you should say to them, o 1Ki 4:6 himself managed to get up into
‘My own little finger will certain- 1Ki 12:18 his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. u
t Nu 14:10
ly be thicker than my father’s 2Ch 24:21 19 And the Israelites kept up
u 1Ki 12:18
hips. p 11 And now my father, v 1Sa 10:19
their revolt v against the house of
for his part, loaded upon YOU a 2Ki 17:21 David down to this day.
589 Rehoboam’s rule. Levites loyal 2 CHRONICLES 11:1–12:1
When Re·ho·boam arrived priests to Jehovah. 15 And he
11 at Jerusalem, a he immedi-
CHAP. 11
a 1Ki 12:21
b Ge 49:27
proceeded to put in office for
ately congregated the house of Jg 20:14
himself priests for the high
Judah and Benjamin, b a hun- 2Ch 14:8 places a and for the goat-shaped
c Ps 33:16
dred and eighty thousand choice d 2Ch 12:15
demons b and for the calves that
men able-bodied for war, c to e 1Ki 12:23 he had made. c 16 And follow-
f 2Sa 2:26
fight against Israel so as to bring Ac 7:26 ing them from all the tribes of Is-
the kingdom back to Re·ho·bo- g 1Ki 11:31 rael those that were giving their
2Ch 10:15
am. 2 Then the word of Jeho- h 1Ki 12:24 heart to seek Jehovah the God
vah came to She·maiah d the man i Ge 35:19 of Israel came themselves to Je-
Mt 2:1
of the true God, saying: 3 “Say j 1Ch 4:3 rusalem d to sacrificee to Jeho-
to Re·ho·boam the son of Sol- k 2Sa 14:2 vah the God of their forefathers.
Am 1:1
o·mon the king of Judah e and to l Jos 15:58 17 And they kept strengthen-
all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, m 2Ch 28:18 ing the kingship of Judah f and
n Jos 12:15
saying, 4 ‘This is what Jehovah 1Sa 22:1 confirming Re·ho·boam the son
has said: “YOU must not go up o 1Ch 18:1
p Jos 15:44
of Solo·mon for three years, for
and fight against YOUR brothers. f q 1Sa 23:14 they walked in the way of David
Return each one to his house, r Jos 10:5
2Ch 32:9
and Solo·mon for three years. g
for it is at my own instance s Jos 10:10 18 Then Re·ho·boam took as
Ne 11:30
that this thing has been brought Jer 34:7 his wife Maha·lath the daugh-
about.” ’ ” g So they obeyed the t Jos 15:33 ter of Jeri·moth the son of Da-
u Jos 19:42
word of Jehovah and returned v Ge 23:2 vid, and of Abi·ha·il the daugh-
from going against Jer·o·boam. h Jos 14:15 ter of E·liab h the son of Jesse.
2Sa 2:1
5 And Re·ho·boam continued w Isa 22:10 19 In time she bore him sons,
to dwell in Jerusalem and pro- x 2Ch 17:19 Jeush and Shem·a·riah and Za-
y 2Ch 32:5
ceeded to build fortified cit- z 2Ch 26:14 ham. 20 And after her he took
ies in Judah. 6 Thus he re- a Nu 35:3 Maa·cah i the granddaughter of
Jos 21:21
built Bethle·hem i and Etam j b Nu 35:2 Absa·lom. j In time she bore him
and Te·koa, k 7 and Beth-zur l c Ex 32:26
De 33:8
A·bijah k and Attai and Ziza and
and Soco m and A·dullam, n d 1Ki 12:31 She·lomith. 21 And Re·ho·bo-
8 and Gath o and Ma·reshah p e De 12:19 am was more in love with Ma-
and Ziph, q 9 and Ad·o·raim a·cah the granddaughter of Ab-
Second Col.
and Lachish r and A·zekah, s sa·lom than all his other wives l
a 1Ki 13:33 and his concubines; for there
10 and Zorah t and Aija·lon u and b Le 17:7
Hebron, v fortified cities, which Isa 13:21 were eighteen wives that he had
c 1Ki 12:28
were in Judah and Benjamin. d 2Ch 15:9
taken, also sixty concubines, so
11 Further, he reinforced the 2Ch 30:11 that he became father to twenty-
e De 12:11
fortified places w and put leaders x 1Ch 22:1 eight sons and sixty daughters.
in them and supplies of food and f 2Ch 12:1 22 Consequently Re·ho·boam
g 2Ch 1:1
oil and wine, 12 and in all the 2Ch 7:17 put A·bijah the son of Maa·cah
different cities large shields y and 2Ch 8:13
Ho 6:4
in office as head, as leader among
lances; z and he went on reinforc- h 1Sa 16:6 his brothers, for he thought of
ing them to a very great degree.
1Sa 17:13
i 1Ki 15:2
making him king. 23 However,
And Judah and Benjamin con- 2Ch 11:21 he acted understandingly m and
j 2Sa 13:1 distributed some out of all his
tinued his. 2Sa 18:33
13 And the priests and the k 1Ki 15:1 sons to all the lands of Judah
2Ch 12:16
Levites themselves that were in Mt 1:7 and of Benjamin, n to all the forti-
all Israel took their stand by l De 17:17 fied cities, o and gave them food in
Jg 8:30
him out of all their territories. 1Ki 11:3 abundance p and procured a mul-
14 For the Levites left their pas-
m Pr 16:20
n Jos 18:11
titude of wives for them. q
ture grounds a and their posses- o 2Ch 11:11
stringed instruments e and with Pr 16:7 and was buried with his forefa-
harps f and with trumpets g to the
l 1Ki 22:41 thers j in the City of David; and
m 1Ki 22:42
house of Jehovah. h 29 And the n 1Ki 15:11 Je·horam k his son began to reign
dread i of God came to be upon all
o 2Ch 17:3 in place of him. 2 And he had
Ps 18:21
the kingdoms of the lands when p 1Ki 15:14 brothers, Je·hosha·phat’s sons,
1Ki 22:43 Az·a·riah and Je·hiel and Zech-
they heard that Jehovah had 2Ch 17:6
fought against the enemies of Is- q 1Ki 18:21 a·riah and Az·a·riah and Micha-
2Ch 12:14
rael. j 30 Thus the royal realm 2Ch 19:3 el and Sheph·a·tiah, all these be-
of Je·hosha·phat had no distur- r 1Ki 16:1 ing the sons of Je·hosha·phat the
2Ch 19:2
bance, and his God continued to s 2Ch 16:7 king of Israel. 3 Consequently
give him rest all around. k t 2Ch 16:11 their father gave them many
31 And Je·hosha·phat l went gifts l in silver and in gold and in
Second Col. choice things along with fortified
on reigning over Judah. Thirty-
five years old he was when he a 1Ki 22:49
1Co 15:33
cities in Judah; m but the king-
began to reign, and for twenty- b 2Ki 1:2 dom he gave to Je·horam, n for he
2Ki 1:16
five years he reigned in Jerusa- 2Ch 19:2
was the firstborn. o
lem. And his mother’s name was c 1Ki 10:22 4 When Je·horam rose up
1Ki 22:48
A·zubah m the daughter of Shil- d Nu 33:35 over the kingdom of his father
hi. 32 And he kept walking in De 2:8
1Ki 9:26
he proceeded to make his posi-
the way of his father Asa, n and e Pr 13:20 tion strong, and so he killed all
he did not turn aside from it, f Ps 127:1 his brothers p with the sword and
g 1Ki 22:48
by doing what was right in Je- h 2Ch 9:21 also some of the princes of Israel.
hovah’s eyes. o 33 Only the high
5 Thirty-two years old was Je-
places p themselves did not disap- CHAP. 21 horam when he began to reign,
pear; and the people themselves i 1Ki 22:50 and for eight years he reigned q in
had not yet prepared their heart j 2Ch 32:33 Jerusalem. 6 And he went on
k 2Ki 8:16
for the God of their forefathers. q l Ge 25:6 walking in the way of the kings
34 As for the rest of the af- m 2Ch 11:23 of Israel, r just as those of the
Pr 13:22
fairs of Je·hosha·phat, the first n 2Ki 8:16 house of Ahab had done; for
and the last, there they are writ- o Ge 43:33 Ahab’s own daughter had be-
p Ge 4:8
ten among the words of Jehu r Jg 9:5 come his wife, s and he contin-
the son of Ha·nani, s which q 2Ki 8:17
r 1Ki 14:9
ued to do what was bad in Jeho-
were inserted in the Bookt of Ho 4:1 vah’s eyes. t 7 And Jehovah did
the Kings of Israel. 35 And af- s 2Ki 8:18
2Ch 22:2
ter this Je·hosha·phat the king Ne 13:26 t 1Sa 2:30; 1Ki 16:25; 2Ch 29:6.
601 Writing from Elijah. Ahaziah king 2 CHRONICLES 21:8–22:3
not want to bring the house of CHAP. 21 testines have come out because
David to ruin, a for the sake of the a 2Sa 7:16 of the sickness day by day.’ ” a
covenant b that he had conclud- b 2Sa 23:5
Ps 89:28 16 Accord ingly Jehovah
ed with David, and just as he had Jer 33:21 aroused against Je·horam the
c 2Sa 7:12
said he would give him c and his d 1Ki 11:36 spirit of the Phi·listines c and
b
sons a lamp always. d 2Ki 8:19 the Arabs d that were by the side
Ps 132:11
8 In his days Edom e revolt- e Ge 27:40 of the E·thi·opi·ans. e 17 So
ed from under the hand of Ju- f 2Ki 8:20 they came up into Judah and
g 1Ki 22:47
dah f and then made a king h Jos 21:13 forced it open and took captive
to reign over them. g 9 So Je- 2Ki 19:8 all the goods that were to be
i Ex 3:6
horam together with his chiefs De 32:21 found in the king’s house f and
passed over and also all the char- 1Ki 11:33
2Ch 15:2 also his sons and his wives, g and
iots with him. And it came about Jer 2:13 there was not left to him a son
j De 12:2
that he rose up by night and k 2Ki 21:11 but Je·hoa·haz, h his youngest
went striking down the Edom- Re 2:20 son. 18 And after all this Je-
l De 4:27
ites that were surrounding him m Joh 3:13 hovah plagued him in his intes-
and also the chiefs of the char- n 2Ki 2:1 tines with a sickness for which
2Ki 2:11
iots. 10 But Edom kept up its o 2Ch 17:3 there was no healing. i 19 And
revolt from under the hand of Ju- p 1Ki 15:11 it came about that in the days to
2Ch 14:5
dah down to this day. It was then q 1Ki 16:25 come, even when the term of two
that Libnah h began to revolt at 1Ki 16:33 full years had expired, his intes-
r Ex 34:15
the same time from under his Jer 3:8 tines j came out during his sick-
hand, because he had left Jeho- s 2Ki 9:22
ness, and he gradually died in
2Ch 21:11
vah the God of his forefathers. i t Ex 20:13 his bad maladies; and his people
11 He himself also had made 2Ch 21:4
u De 28:22 did not make a burning for him
high places j on the mountains of v Le 26:21 like the burning k for his forefa-
Judah, that he might cause the Ho 5:11
Mic 6:16 thers. 20 Thirty-two years old
inhabitants of Jerusalem to have w Ex 20:5 he happened to be when he be-
immoral intercourse, k and that x De 28:61
Ac 12:23 gan to reign, and for eight years
he might drive Judah away. l
he reigned in Jerusalem. Finally
12 Eventually there came a Second Col. he went away without being de-
writing m to him from E·lijah n the a De 28:21 sired. l So they buried him in the
prophet, saying: “This is what b 1Ki 11:14
City of David, m but not in the
2Ch 33:11
Jehovah the God of David your Ezr 1:1 burial places of the kings. n
Isa 10:5
forefather has said, ‘Due to the c Jos 13:2 Then the inhabitants of
fact that you have not walked in
the ways of Je·hosha·phat o your
2Sa 8:1
d 2Ch 9:14
2Ch 17:11
22 o
Jerusalem made A·ha·zi-
father or in the ways of Asap the e 2Ki 19:9
ah his youngest son king in
king of Judah, 13 but you walk 2Ch 12:3 place of him, (for the marauder
2Ch 14:12
in the way of the kings of Israel q f 1Ki 14:26 band that came with the Arabs p
and cause Judah and the inhab- g 1Sa 30:3 to the camp had killed all the
h 2Ch 22:6
itants of Jerusalem to have im- 2Ch 25:23 older ones,) q and A·ha·ziah the
moral intercourse r the same way i De 28:59 son of Je·horam began to reign
2Ch 21:15
that the house of Ahab caused Ec 3:17 as king of Judah. 2 Twenty-
Ac 12:23 two years old was A·ha·ziah
the having of immoral inter- j 2Sa 20:10
course, s and even your own k 2Ch 16:14 when he began to reign, r and for
Jer 34:5
brothers, the household of your l Pr 10:7
one year he reigned in Jerusa-
father, who were better than you, Pr 11:10 lem. And his mother’s name was
Pr 29:2
you have killed; t 14 look! Jeho- Ec 8:10 Ath·a·liahs the granddaughter of
vah is dealing a great blow u to
Jer 22:18 Omri. t
m 1Ki 2:10
your people v and to your sons w n 2Ch 24:25 3 He himself also walked in
2Ch 28:27
and to your wives and to all your
the ways of the house of Ahab, u
goods. 15 And you will be with CHAP. 22
many sicknesses, x with a malady o 2Ki 8:24
p 2Ch 21:16; q 2Ch 21:17; r 2Ki 8:26; s 2Ki 11:1;
2Ki 11:13; t 1Ki 16:28; u 1Ki 16:33; 2Ki 8:27; Mic
of your intestines, until your in- 1Ch 3:11 6:16.
2 CHRONICLES 22:4–23:5 Athaliah usurps. Jehoiada acts 602
for his mother a herself became CHAP. 22 al offspring of the house of Ju-
his counselor in doing wickedly. a 2Ch 22:12 dah. a 11 However, Je·ho·shab-
4 And he went on doing what 2Ch 24:7
b 2Ch 24:18
e·athb the daughter of the king
was bad in Jehovah’s eyes, the Pr 1:10 took Je·hoash c the son of A·ha-
same as the house of Ahab, for Pr 12:5
Pr 13:20
ziah and stole him away from
they themselves became coun- c Ps 1:1 among the sons of the king that
selors b to him after the death of d 2Ki 8:25 were to be put to death, and put
e 2Ki 8:15
his father, to his ruination. 5 It 2Ki 10:32 him and his nursing woman in
was also in their counsel that f 1Ki 22:3 the inner room for the couches.
2Ch 18:14
he walked, c so that he went g 2Ki 8:28
And Je·ho·shabe·ath the daugh-
with Je·horam d the son of Ahab h Jos 19:18 ter of King Je·horam, d the wife
the king of Israel to the war 2Sa 4:4
2Ki 9:15
of Je·hoia·dae the priest, (for she
against Haza·el e the king of Syr- i 2Ki 8:29 herself happened to be the sis-
ia at Ramoth-gile·ad, f at which j 2Ki 9:16 ter of A·ha·ziah,) kept him con-
2Ch 22:1
the shooters got to strike Je·ho- k 2Ki 8:16 cealed because of Ath·a·liah, and
ram. g 6 Hence he returned to l 2Ki 3:1 she did not put him to death. f
get healed at Jezre·el h from the m 1Ki 22:34
n De 32:35
12 And he continued with them
wounds that they had inflicted Jg 14:4 in the house of the true God hid-
upon him at Ramahi when he 2Ch 10:15
Ps 9:16 den for six years, g while Ath·a·li-
fought Haza·el the king of Syria. Am 3:6 ah was ruling as queen h over the
As for Az·a·riahj the son of o 1Sa 2:6
p 2Ki 9:21
land. i
Je·horam k the king of Judah, q 1Ki 19:16
he went down to see Je·ho-
ram l the son of Ahab in Jez-
2Ki 9:20
r 2Ki 9:14 23 And in the seventh year
j
Je·hoia·da showed him-
re·el, for he was sick. m 7 But it
s 2Ki 9:6 self courageous and proceeded
t 2Ki 9:7
was from God n that the down- u 2Ki 10:10 to take the chiefs of hundreds, k
fall o of A·ha·ziah occurred by his
2Ki 10:11 namely, Az·a·riah the son of Je-
v 2Ki 10:13
coming to Je·horam; and when w 2Ki 10:14
roham, and Ishma·el the son of
he came, he went out p with Je- x 2Ki 9:27 Je·ho·hanan and Az·a·riah the
horam to Jehu q the grandson
y 2Ki 10:17 son of Obed and Ma·a·seiah
z 2Ki 9:28
of Nimshi, r whom Jehovah had a 2Ch 17:3 the son of A·daiah and E·li·sha-
anointed s to cut off the house
Pr 10:7 phat the son of Zichri, with him
b 2Ch 17:4
of Ahab. t 8 And it came about c 2Ch 22:2
into the covenant. 2 Afterward
that as soon as Jehu had entered
they went around throughout
into controversy with the house Second Col. Judah and collected together the
of Ahab, u he got to find the a 2Ki 11:1 Levites l from all the cities of Ju-
princes of Judah and the sons of b 2Ki 11:2 dah and the heads m of the pa-
c 2Ki 11:21
the brothers of A·ha·ziah, v min- d 2Ki 8:16
ternal n houses of Israel. So they
isters of A·ha·ziah, and he pro- e 2Ch 23:1 came to Jerusalem. 3 Then all
ceeded to kill them. w 9 Then
f 2Sa 7:13 the congregation concluded a
1Ki 15:4
he went looking for A·ha·ziah, 2Ch 21:7 covenant o with the king in the
and they finally captured him, x
Ps 33:10 house p of the true God, after
g 2Ki 11:3
as he was hiding in Sa·mari·a, y h De 17:15 which he said to them:
and brought him to Jehu. Then i Ps 12:8 “Look! The son q of the king
Pr 29:2
they put him to death and bur- Jer 12:1 himself will reign, r just as Je-
ied him, z for they said: “He is the
hovah promised concerning the
grandson of Je·hosha·phat, a who CHAP. 23 sons of David. s 4 This is the
searched for Jehovah with all his j 2Ki 11:4 thing that YOU will do: one third
k Ex 18:25 of YOU who are coming in on
heart.” b And there was no one of l De 33:8
the house of A·ha·ziah to retain 2Ch 8:14 the sabbath, t of the priests u and
power for the kingdom. m 1Ch 15:12 of the Levites, v will be for door-
n 1Ch 23:11
10 As regards Ath·a·liahc the o 2Sa 5:3
keepers; w 5 and one third will
mother of A·ha·ziah, she saw 2Ki 11:17
p 1Ki 7:51
that her son had died. So she q 2Ki 11:4
s 2Sa 7:12; 1Ki 2:4; 1Ki 9:5; 2Ch 6:16; 2Ch 7:18;
2Ch 21:7; Ps 89:29; t 1Ch 9:25; Lu 1:8; u 1Ch 24:3;
rose up and destroyed all the roy- r 2Ki 11:12 v 1Ch 23:3; w 1Ch 26:1.
603 Jehoash king. Athaliah killed 2 CHRONICLES 23:6-20
be at the house of the king; a CHAP. 23 the princes a and the trumpets b
and one third will be at the a 1Ki 7:1 by the king, and all the people
Gate of the Foundation; b and all b 2Ki 11:6 of the land were rejoicing c and
the people will be in the court- c 1Ki 7:12 blowing d the trumpets, and the
yards c of the house of Jehovah. d 2Ki 11:7 singers e with the instruments of
e 1Ch 23:28
6 And do not let anyone enter song and those giving the signal
f 1Ch 23:32
the house of Jehovah d but the g 2Ki 11:8
for offering praise. Immediately
priests and those of the Levites h 2Ki 11:4
Ath·a·liah ripped her garments
ministering. e These are the ones 2Ch 23:1 apart and said: “Conspiracy!
that will enter, because they are i Ec 9:17 Conspiracy!” f 14 But Je·hoia-
a holy group, f and all the people j 2Ki 11:9 da the priest brought out the
themselves will keep the obliga- k 1Ch 24:1 chiefs of hundreds, the appoint-
1Ch 25:1
tion to Jehovah. 7 And the Le- 1Ch 26:1 ed ones of the military force, and
vites must encircle the king all l 2Ki 11:4 said to them: “Take her out from
around, g each one with his weap- 1Ch 26:26 inside the rows; g and as for any-
ons in his hands; and as for m 2Ki 11:10 one coming after her, he should
anyone coming into the house, n 2Sa 8:7
be put to death with the sword!”
o 1Ch 26:27
he should be put to death. And 2Ch 5:1
For the priest had said: “YOU
continue with the king when he p 2Ki 11:11 must not put her to death at the
comes in and when he goes out.” q 2Ki 11:2 house of Jehovah.” 15 So they
8 And the Levites and all Ju- r 2Sa 1:10 laid their hands upon her. When
dah proceeded to do according 2Sa 12:30 she came to the entry of the
s De 17:18
to all that Je·hoia·dah the priest horse gate of the king’s house,
t 1Sa 10:1
had commanded. i So they took u 1Sa 10:24
they at once put her to death
each one his men that were com- v 2Ki 11:13
there. h
ing in on the sabbath together w 1Ki 7:15 16 Then Je·hoia·da concluded
with those going out on the sab- 2Ki 23:3 a covenant between himself and
bath, j for Je·hoia·da the priest all the people and the king that
had not set the divisions k free Second Col. they would continue as the peo-
from duty. 9 Further, Je·hoia- a 2Ch 23:1 ple i of Jehovah. 17 After that
da the priest gave the chiefs b Nu 10:10 all the people came to the house
1Ch 15:24
of hundreds l the spears and the c 1Ki 1:40
of Baal and pulled it down; j
shields and the circular shields m Pr 11:10 and his altars k and his images
that had belonged to King Da- d 1Ki 1:39 they broke up, l and Mattan m the
vid, n which were in the house of 2Ki 9:13 priest of Baal they killed n before
e 1Ch 25:7
the true God. o 10 And he went the altars. 18 Further, Je·hoi-
f 2Ki 11:14
on to station all the people, p a·da put the offices of the house
g 2Ki 11:15
even each one with his missile in h 2Ki 11:16
of Jehovah in the hand of the
his hand, from the right side of i 2Ki 11:17 priests and the Levites, whom
the house clear to the left side of 2Ch 34:31 David o had put in divisions over
the house, by the altar and by the j 2Ki 10:27 the house of Jehovah to offer up
house, all around near the king. k De 12:3 the burnt sacrifices of Jehovah
2Ch 34:4
11 Then they brought the king’s 2Ch 34:7 according to what is written in
son out q and put upon him the l Ex 32:20 the law of Moses, p with rejoicing
diadem r and the Testimony s and m 2Ki 11:18 and with song by the hands of
made him king, and so Je·hoi- n De 13:5 David. 19 So he stationed the
a·da and his sons anointed t him De 13:9
1Ki 18:40
gatekeepers q by the gates r of the
and said: “Let the king live!” u o 1Ch 23:6
house of Jehovah that no one un-
12 When Ath·a·liah heard the 1Ch 23:30 clean in any respect might en-
sound of the people running and p Ex 29:38 ter. 20 He now took the chiefs
Nu 28:2
praising the king, v she at once of hundreds s and the lordly ones
q 1Ch 26:1
came to the people at the house 1Ch 26:13
and the rulers over the people
of Jehovah. 13 Then she saw, r 1Ch 9:26 and all the people of the land
and there was the king standing s 2Ki 11:9 and brought the king down from
by his pillar w at the entry, and t 2Ki 11:19 the house of Jehovah. t Then
2 CHRONICLES 23:21–24:16 Jehoash collects to repair temple 604
they came right through the up- CHAP. 23 salem to bring to Jehovah the sa-
per gate to the king’s house and a 1Ki 1:13 cred taxa ordered by Moses b the
seated the king upon the throne a 1Ki 7:7 servant of the true God upon Is-
b Pr 11:10
of the kingdom. 21 And all the Pr 29:2 rael in the wilderness. 10 And
people of the land continued to c 2Ki 11:20 all the princes c and all the people
rejoice; b and the city itself had no began to rejoice, d and they kept
CHAP. 24
disturbance, and Ath·a·liah they bringing and casting it into the
had put to death with the sword. c d 2Ki 11:21 chest e until they all had given.
2Co 3:5
Seven years old was Je- e 2Ki 12:1 11 And it came about at the
24 hoash when he began to
f Ge 21:14
2Sa 3:10
proper time he would bring the
chest to the care of the king by
reign, d and for forty years he g 1Ch 3:11
reigned in Jerusalem. e And his h 2Ch 26:4 the hand of the Levites, f and, as
i 2Ki 12:2
mother’s name was Zibi·ah from j Ps 127:3 soon as they saw that there was
Beer-sheba. f 2 And Je·hoash g k 2Ki 22:5 plenty of money, g the secretaryh
2Ch 34:8
kept doing what was right in Je- l 2Ki 12:4
of the king and the commission-
hovah’s eyes h all the days of Je- m 2Ch 29:3 er of the chief priest came and
hoia·da the priest. i 3 And Je- 2Ch 34:9 then emptied the chest and lift-
n 2Ki 12:5
hoia·da proceeded to get two o 2Ki 12:6 ed it up and returned it to its
wives for him, and he came to be Pr 10:4 place. That was the way they did
Ec 10:18
father to sons and daughters. j p 2Ki 12:7 from day to day, so that they
4 Now it occurred afterward q Ex 30:12 gathered money in abundance.
Ex 30:13
that it became close to the Ex 30:14 12 Then the king and Je·hoia-
heart of Je·hoash to renovate the Ex 30:16 da would give it to the doers i of
r Nu 1:50
house of Jehovah. k 5 Accord- Ac 7:44 the work of the service of Jeho-
ingly he collected the priests l s 2Ch 22:3 vah’s house, j and they came to be
t 2Ch 28:24 hirers of the stonecutters k and
and the Levites together and said u 2Ki 12:4
to them: “Go out to the cities 2Ki 14:14 of the craftsmen l for renovating
of Judah and collect money from v De 32:17 Jehovah’s house, m and also of
Eze 16:17
all Israel to repair m the house Ho 2:13 the workers in iron and copper
of YOUR God from year to year; n w 2Ki 12:9 for repairing Jehovah’s house. n
Mr 12:41
and YOU, for YOUR part, should
13 And the doers of the work be-
act quickly in the matter.” And Second Col.
gan operations, o and the repair
the Levites did not act quick- a Ne 10:32
work kept advancing by their
ly. o 6 So the king called Je·hoi- Mt 17:24 hand, and finally they made the
a·da the head and said to him: p b Ex 30:12
Ex 30:13
house of the true God stand as it
“Why is it that you have not re- Ex 30:14 structurally should and made it
quired an account of the Le- Ex 30:16 strong. 14 And as soon as they
c 1Ch 28:1
vites for bringing in from Judah d 1Ch 29:9 had finished they brought before
and Jerusalem the sacred tax or- Isa 64:5 the king and Je·hoia·da the rest
Ac 2:46
dered by Moses q the servant of e 2Ki 22:9 of the money, and they proceed-
Jehovah, even that of the con- f 2Ch 34:9 ed to make utensils for the house
g 2Ki 22:9
gregation of Israel, for the h 2Ki 12:10
of Jehovah, utensils for the min-
tent of the Testimony? r 7 For i 1Ti 5:18 istry p and for making offerings
as regards Ath·a·liah the wick- j 2Ki 12:11 and cups q and utensils of gold r
k 1Ki 5:17
ed woman, her sons s themselves l 2Ch 34:11 and of silver; and they came to be
had broken into the house of m 2Ki 12:12 offerers of burnt sacrifices s in the
n 2Ch 34:8 house of Jehovah constantly all
the true God, t and even all the o 2Ch 34:12
holy u things of the house of Je- p 1Ki 7:50 the days of Je·hoia·da.
hovah they had rendered up to q Ex 37:16 15 And Je·hoia·da got to be
Nu 7:84
the Baals.” v 8 Then the king r 2Ch 4:21 old and satisfied with years t and
said the word, and so they made 2Ch 4:22 gradually died, being a hundred
s Ex 29:28
a chest w and put it outside at Nu 28:3 and thirty years old at his death.
the gate of the house of Jeho- t Ps 91:16 16 So they buried him in the City
u 1Ki 2:10
vah. 9 After that they issued a 2Ch 24:25
of David along with the kings, u
call throughout Judah and Jeru- Ac 2:29 because he had done good in Is-
605 Jehoash apostatizes. Amaziah 2 CHRONICLES 24:17–25:4
rael a and with the true God and CHAP. 24 into their hand a military force of
His house. a 2Ch 23:1 very great number, a because they
Pr 10:7
17 And after Je·hoia·da’s Heb 6:10 had left Jehovah the God of their
death the princes b of Judah came b 1Ch 28:1 forefathers; and upon Je·hoash
c Pr 11:9
in and proceeded to bow down Pr 29:12 they executed acts of judgment. b
to the king. At that time the d 1Ki 14:23 25 And when they went away
e 1Ki 14:9
king listened to them. c 18 And f Ne 9:26 from him (for they left him with
gradually they left the house of Ps 102:10
g 2Ki 17:13
many diseases), c his own ser-
Jehovah the God of their forefa- Jer 7:25 vants conspired d against him be-
thers and began serving the sa- h 2Ch 36:16 cause of the blood e of the sons
i Nu 11:25
cred poles d and the idols, e so that 2Ch 15:1 of Je·hoia·daf the priest; and they
2Ch 20:14
there came to be indignation 2Pe 1:21 got to kill him upon his own
against Judah and Jerusalem be- j Jg 6:34 couch, so that he died. g Then
1Ch 12:18
cause of this guilt of theirs. f k Lu 11:51 they buried him in the City of Da-
19 And he kept sending proph- l 2Ch 23:11 vid, h but they did not bury him
m Nu 14:41
ets g among them to bring them 1Sa 13:13 in the burial places of the kings. i
back to Jehovah; and they kept Zec 7:11
n De 29:25 26 And these were the con-
bearing witness against them, 1Ch 28:9 spirators against him: Zabad j
2Ch 15:2
but they did not give ear. h Jer 2:19 the son of Shime·ath the Am-
20 And God’s spirit i itself en- o Jer 11:19
Jer 18:18
mon·it·ess and Je·hoza·bad the
veloped j Zech·a·riahk the son of p Mt 23:35 son of Shimrith the Moab·i·tess.
Je·hoia·dal the priest, so that he Lu 11:51
Ac 7:58 27 As for his sons and the abun-
stood up above the people and q Job 6:14 dance of the pronouncement
Pr 17:13
said to them: “This is what the r Ge 9:5 against him k and the founding l
true God has said, ‘Why are Ps 94:1 of the house of the true God,
Jer 11:20
YOU overstepping the command- Heb 10:30 there they are written in the ex-
ments of Jehovah, so that YOU Jude 9
s 1Ki 20:22 position of the Book m of the
cannot prove successful? m Be- t 2Ki 12:17 Kings. And Am·a·ziah n his son
cause YOU have left Jeho- u De 32:35
v 2Ch 24:17 began to reign in place of him.
vah, he will, in turn, leave w Ge 14:15
YOU.’ ” n 21 Finally they con-
spired against him o and pelted
1Ch 18:5
x Le 26:37
De 32:30
25 At the age of twenty-five
years Am·a·ziah became o
him with stones p at the king’s
king, and for twenty-nine years
commandment in the courtyard Second Col. he reigned in Jerusalem. And
of Jehovah’s house. 22 And Je- a Le 26:25 his mother’s name was Je·ho-
hoash the king did not remem-
De 28:25
b 2Ch 22:8
addan p of Jerusalem. 2 And he
ber the loving-kindness that Je- Isa 10:5 continued to do what was right
Hab 1:12
hoia·da his father had exercised c De 28:22
in Jehovah’s eyes, q only not
toward him, q so that he killed 2Ch 21:18 with a complete r heart. 3 And
d 2Ki 14:19
his son, who, when he was at the e Ge 9:5 it came about that as soon as
point of dying, said: “Let Jehovah 2Ch 24:21
Lu 11:51
the kingdom had become strong
see to it and ask it back.” r Re 16:6 upon him, he promptly killed s
f 2Ch 24:20 his servants t who had struck
23 And it came about at the g 2Sa 4:7
turn s of the year a military force 2Ki 12:20 down the king his father. u
h 2Sa 5:9
of Syria t came up against him, u 1Ki 2:10 4 And their sons he did not
and they began to invade Ju- i 2Ch 21:20 put to death, but did accord-
2Ch 28:27
dah and Jerusalem. Then they Ps 69:28 ing to what is written in the law,
brought all the princes v of the j 2Ki 12:21
k 2Ch 24:20
in the book of Moses, v that Je-
people to ruin from among the l 2Ch 24:13 hovah commanded, saying: “Fa-
people, and all their spoil they m 2Ki 12:19
2Ch 20:34
thers should not die for sons, w
sent to the king of Damascus. w n 2Ki 12:21 neither should sons themselves
1Ch 3:12
24 For it was with a small num-
die for fathers; x but it is each one
ber of men that the military force CHAP. 25
of the Syrians made an inva- o 2Ki 14:1
q De 12:32; r 1Ki 8:61; 1Ki 11:4; 2Ki 14:3; Ps
78:37; s Ge 9:6; Ex 21:14; Nu 35:31; t 2Ch 24:26;
sion, x and Jehovah himself gave p 2Ki 14:2 u 2Ch 24:25; v De 24:16; w Eze 18:20; x Eze 18:4.
2 CHRONICLES 25:5-18 Proud Amaziah challenges Israel 606
for his own sin that they should CHAP. 25 the top of the crag, and proceed-
die.” a a 2Ki 14:6 ed to throw them from the top
5 And Am·a·ziah proceeded b 1Ch 27:1 of the crag; and they, one and
c Ex 18:25
to collect Judah together and to 1Sa 8:12
all, burst apart. a 13 As for the
have them stand according to the 1Ch 13:1 members of the troop whom Am-
house of the forefathers, b by the d De 1:15 a·ziah had sent back from going
chiefs of thousands c and by the e Nu 1:3 with him to the war, b they be-
f 1Ch 12:24
chiefs of hundreds d for all Ju- 2Ch 11:12
gan making raids upon the cities
dah and Benjamin; and he went g 2Ch 32:5 of Judah, from Sa·mari·a c clear
on to register them from twen- h 1Ki 13:1 to Beth-horon, d and went strik-
ty e years of age upward, and i 2Ch 13:16 ing down three thousand of them
2Ch 19:2
finally he found them to be three j Pr 24:10
and taking a great plunder.
hundred thousand choice men k 2Ch 14:11 14 But it occurred after Am-
going out to the army, handling 2Ch 20:6 a·ziah came from striking down
Ps 33:20
lance f and large shield. g 6 Fur- l Jer 18:23
the Edom·ites that he now
ther, he hired from Israel a hun- m 2Ki 14:1 brought the gods e of the sons of
dred thousand valiant, mighty n 2Ch 25:6 Seir and set them up for him-
men for a hundred silver tal- o 1Sa 2:7 self as gods, f and before them
Pr 10:22
ents. 7 And a certain man of Hag 2:8
he began to bow down, g and to
the true God h came to him, say- p 2Sa 19:43 them he began to make sacri-
ing: “O king, do not let the army Pr 29:22 ficial smoke. h 15 Consequent-
q 2Sa 8:13
of Israel come with you, for Je- Ps 60:Sup
ly Jehovah’s anger became hot
hovah is not with Israel, i that is, r 2Ch 20:10 against Am·a·ziah, and so he
all the sons of Ephra·im. 8 But s 2Ki 14:7 sent a prophet to him and said
come you yourself, act, be cou-
to him: “Why have you searched i
rageous for the war. j The true Second Col. for the people’s gods j that did
God could cause you to stumble a Ob 3 not deliver their own people out
Ac 1:18
before an enemy; for there ex- of your hand?” k 16 And it came
b 2Ch 25:9
ists power with God to help k and c 1Ki 16:24
about when he spoke to him
to cause stumbling.” l 9 At this 1Ki 16:29 that the king immediately said to
Am·a·ziah m said to the man of d 1Ki 9:17 him: “Was it a counselor of the
2Ch 8:5
the true God: “But what is there e 2Ch 28:23
king that we constituted you? l
to do about the hundred talents f Ex 20:3 Quit for your own sake. m Why
that I have given to the troops of De 7:5 should they strike you down?”
De 7:25
Israel?” n To this the man of the Accordingly the prophet quit,
g Ex 20:5
true God said: “There exists with h 2Ch 28:25 but he said: “I certainly know
Jehovah the means to give you 2Ch 34:25 that God has resolved to bring
much more than this.” o 10 Ac- i 2Ch 24:20 you to ruin, n because you have
Jer 2:5
cordingly Am·a·ziah separated j Ps 96:5
done this o and you have not lis-
them, namely, the troops that k Ps 115:8 tened to my counsel.” p
had come to him from Ephra- Isa 46:2 17 Then Am·a·ziah the king
Jer 10:5
im, to go to their own place. How- 1Co 8:4
of Judah took counsel and sent
ever, their anger got very hot 1Co 10:20 to Je·hoash the son of Je·ho-
against Judah, so that they re- l 2Ch 16:10 a·haz the son of Jehu the king
2Ch 18:25
turned to their own place in the of Israel, q saying: “Come! Let us
m Pr 9:7
heat of anger. p Pr 15:10 look each other in the face.” r
11 And Am·a·ziah, for his Isa 30:10 18 At that Je·hoash the king of
2Ti 4:3
part, took courage and proceed- Israel sent to Am·a·ziah the king
n Eze 18:26
ed to lead his own people and o 1Sa 2:25 of Judah, saying: s “The thorny
go to the Valley of Salt; q and p Pr 29:1 weed itself that was in Leba-
he went striking down the sons q 2Ki 14:8 non sent to the cedar that was in
of Seir, r ten thousand of them. s r Pr 20:3 Leba·non, t saying, ‘Do give your
s 2Ki 14:9
12 And there were ten thousand t 1Ki 4:33
daughter to my son as a wife.’ u
that the sons of Judah captured u Jg 9:8 However, a wild beast v of the field
alive. So they brought them to v Ps 80:13 that was in Leba·non passed
607 Amaziah defeated. Uzziah’s power 2 CHRONICLES 25:19–26:9
by and trampled the thorny CHAP. 25 spiracy a against him in Jerusa-
weed down. 19 You have said to a 2Ch 25:11 lem. At length he fled to La-
yourself, Here you have struck b De 8:14 chish; b but they sent after him
2Ch 26:16
down Edom. a And your heart b 2Ch 32:25 to Lachish and put him to death
Pr 16:18
has lifted you up to be glorified. c Pr 28:25 there. c 28 So they carried him
Now do keep dwelling in your Da 5:20
Hab 2:4
upon horses d and buried him
own house. d Why should you en- c Pr 29:23 with his forefathers in the city of
Jer 9:23
gage in strife in a bad position e d Pr 12:15
Judah. e
and have to fall, you and Judah e 2Ki 14:10
Then all the people of Ju- f
with you?” f
20 But Am·a·ziah did not lis-
f 2Ch 35:21
g 1Ki 12:15
2Ch 22:7
26 dah took Uz·ziah, he be- g
ccc dccc
EZRA
of Jehovah, a which was in Jeru-
1 And in the first year of Cy-
a
rus the king of Persia, that
CHAP. 1
a 2Ch 36:22
Isa 45:1
salem. 6 As for all those round
Jehovah’s word from the mouth Da 10:1
about them, they strengthened b
of Jeremiah b might be accom- b Jer 25:12 their hands with utensils of sil-
Jer 29:14
plished, Jehovah roused c the Jer 33:11 ver, with gold, with goods and
spirit of Cyrus the king of Persia c Pr 21:1 with domestic animals and with
d 2Ch 24:9
so that he caused a cry d to pass 2Ch 30:5 choice things, besides all that
through all his realm, and also in e Es 3:12 which was voluntarily offered. c
Es 8:10
writing, e saying: Da 6:8 7 Also, King Cyrus himself
2 “This is what Cyrus the king f 2Ch 36:23 brought forth the utensils of the
g 1Ki 8:27
of Persia has said, f ‘All the king- 1Ki 8:43 house of Jehovah, d which Neb-
doms of the earth Jehovah the Ps 96:5
Isa 37:16
u·chad·nezzar had brought out
God of the heavens g has given h Ps 75:7 from Jerusalem e and then put
me, h and he himself has commis- Jer 27:5
Da 2:21
in the house of his god. f 8 And
sioned me to build him a house Da 4:35 Cyrus the king of Persia pro-
Da 5:21
in Jerusalem, i which is in Judah. i Isa 44:28
ceeded to bring them forth un-
3 Whoever there is among YOU of j 1Ch 28:20 der the control of Mithre·dath
Ps 145:18
all his people, may his God prove Isa 45:13 the treasurer and to number
to be with him. j So let him go up k De 3:24 them out to Shesh·bazzar g the
2Sa 22:32
to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, Ps 86:10 chieftain of Judah. h
and rebuild the house of Jehovah Jer 10:10
1Co 8:4
9 Now these are the num-
the God of Israel—he is the true l 1Ki 6:1 bers of them: thirty basket-
God k—which was in Jerusalem. l m 2Ki 17:6
Jer 9:16
shaped vessels of gold, a thou-
4 As for anyone that is left from n Ex 35:21 sand basket-shaped vessels of
all the places where he is resid- 1Ch 29:9 silver, twenty-nine replacement
Ezr 7:16
ing as an alien, m let the men of o 2Ch 19:8 vessels, 10 thirty small bowls i
Eze 20:1
his place assist him with silver p Ne 2:12
of gold, four hundred and ten
and with gold and with goods Php 2:13 small secondary bowls of silver, a
and with domestic animals along
thousand other utensils. 11 All
with the voluntary offering n for Second Col. the utensils of gold and of sil-
the house of the true God, which a 2Ch 36:19 ver were five thousand four
b Ne 2:18
was in Jerusalem.’ ” Isa 41:10 hundred. Everything Shesh·baz-
5 Then the heads o of the fa- c Pr 3:9 zar j brought up, along with the
2Co 9:7
thers of Judah and of Benjamin d Ezr 5:14 bringing up of the exiled k people
and the priests and the Levites Ezr 6:5 out of Babylon to Jerusalem.
e 2Ki 24:13
rose up, even everyone whose 2Ch 36:7
2Ch 36:18
spirit p the true God had roused, Da 5:2
g Ezr 5:14; Ezr 5:16; Hag 1:1; Hag 2:21; h Hag
1:14; Zec 4:7; i 2Ch 4:8; j Hag 2:23; k 2Ki 24:15;
to go up and rebuild the house f Da 1:2 2Ch 36:20.
EZRA 2:1-44 Exiles returning from Babylon 626
And these were the sons of Kiri·ath-jea·rim, a Che·phirah
2 of the jurisdictional district a
CHAP. 2
a Ne 7:6 and Be·eroth, seven hundred
that went up out of the captivi- b 2Ki 24:15
2Ki 25:11
and forty-three; 26 the sons of
ty of the exiled b people whom c 2Ki 24:16 Ramah b and Geba, c six hun-
2Ch 36:20
Neb·u·chad·nezzar the king of La 1:3 dred and twenty-one; 27 the
Babylon had taken into ex- d De 30:3 men of Michmas, d a hundred
Ps 147:2
ile c at Babylon and who later Jer 32:37 and twenty-two; 28 the men of
returned d to Jerusalem and Ju- Eze 34:13 Bethel e and Ai, f two hundred
e Ezr 1:3
dah, e each one to his own city; f Ezr 1:11 and twenty-three; 29 the sons
2 those who came with Ze- Ne 7:7
Hag 1:1
of Nebo, g fifty-two; 30 the
rubba·bel, f Jeshu·a, g Ne·he·mi- Hag 1:14 sons of Magbish, a hundred and
Hag 2:21
ah, Se·raiah, h Re·el·aiah, Mor- Mt 1:12 fifty-six; 31 the sons of the oth-
de·cai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, g Ezr 3:8 er Elam, h a thousand two hun-
Ezr 5:2
Rehum, Baa·nah. Hag 1:12 dred and fifty-four; 32 the sons
The number of the men of the Hag 2:4
Zec 3:1
of Harim, i three hundred and
people of Israel: 3 The sons of h Ne 7:7 twenty; 33 the sons of Lod, j
Parosh, i two thousand one hun- i Ezr 8:3
Ne 7:8
Hadid k and Ono, l seven hun-
dred and seventy-two; 4 the Ne 10:14 dred and twenty-five; 34 the
j Ezr 8:8 sons of Jeri·cho, m three hun-
sons of Sheph·a·tiah, j three hun- Ne 7:9
dred and seventy-two; 5 the k Ne 6:18 dred and forty-five; 35 the sons
Ne 7:10
sons of Arah, k seven hundred l Ezr 8:4
of Se·naah, n three thousand six
and seventy-five; 6 the sons of Ezr 10:30 hundred and thirty.
Ne 3:11
Pahath-moab, l of the sons of Ne 7:11 36 The priests: o The sons of
Jeshu·a and Joab, m two thou- Ne 10:14
m Ezr 8:9
Je·daiah p of the house of Jesh-
sand eight hundred and twelve; Ne 7:11 u·a q nine hundred and seventy-
7 the sons of Elam, n a thou- n Ezr 8:7
Ezr 10:26
three; 37 the sons of Immer, r a
sand two hundred and fifty-four; Ne 7:12 thousand and fifty-two; 38 the
o Ezr 10:27
8 the sons of Zattu, o nine hun- Ne 7:13 sons of Pashhur, s a thousand
dred and forty-five; 9 the sons p Ne 7:14 two hundred and forty-seven;
q Ezr 10:34
of Zaccai, p seven hundred and r Ezr 8:11 39 the sons of Harim, t a thou-
sixty; 10 the sons of Bani, q six Ne 7:16 sand and seventeen.
s Ezr 8:12
hundred and forty-two; 11 the Ne 7:17 40 The Levites: u The sons of
sons of Bebai, r six hundred and t Ne 7:18 Jeshu·a v and Kadmi·el, w of the
u Ezr 8:14
twenty-three; 12 the sons of Ne 7:19 sons of Hod·a·viah, x seventy-
Azgad, s a thousand two hundred v Ezr 8:6 four. 41 The singers, the sons
Ne 7:20
and twenty-two; 13 the sons of w Ne 7:21 of Asaph, y a hundred and
Ad·o·nikam, t six hundred and x Ne 7:23 twenty-eight. 42 The sons of
y Ezr 10:33
sixty-six; 14 the sons of Big- Ne 7:22 the gatekeepers, the sons of
vai, u two thousand and fifty-six; z Ne 7:25 Shallum, z the sons of Ater, a
a 1Sa 17:12
15 the sons of Adin, v four hun- 1Ch 4:4 the sons of Talmon, b the sons
dred and fifty-four; 16 the sons Ne 7:26
of Akkub, c the sons of Ha·tita, d
b 1Ch 2:54
of Ater, w of Hez·e·kiah, ninety- Ne 7:26 the sons of Shobai, all together,
eight; 17 the sons of Bezai, x c Jos 21:18
Ne 7:27 a hundred and thirty-nine.
three hundred and twenty- Jer 1:1 43 The Nethi·nim: e The sons
Jer 32:8
three; 18 the sons of Jorah, a d Ne 7:28 of Ziha, the sons of Ha·supha,
hundred and twelve; 19 the Ne 12:29 the sons of Tab·baoth, f 44 the
sons of Hashum, y two hun-
sons of Keros, the sons of Sia-
dred and twenty-three; 20 the Second Col.
sons of Gibbar, z ninety-five; a Jos 9:17
f Ge 12:8; Jos 7:2; Jos 8:17; g Ezr 10:43; Ne 7:33;
Ne 7:29
21 the sons of Bethle·hem, a a b Jos 18:25
h Ne 7:34; i Ezr 10:31; Ne 7:35; Ne 10:27;
j 1Ch 8:12; Ne 11:35; k Ne 7:37; Ne 11:34;
hundred and twenty-three; 1Ki 15:17 l Ne 6:2; m 1Ki 16:34; Ne 7:36; n Ne 7:38; o Nu
Ne 7:30
22 the men of Ne·tophah, b Ne 11:33
3:3; p 1Ch 9:10; 1Ch 24:7; Ne 11:10; q 1Ch 24:11;
Ne 7:39; r 1Ch 24:14; Ezr 10:20; Ne 7:40; s 1Ch
fifty-six; 23 the men of Ana- c Jos 18:24
Zec 14:10
9:12; Ezr 10:22; Ne 7:41; t 1Ch 24:8; Ezr 10:21; Ne
7:42; u Nu 3:6; v Ne 10:9; Ne 12:8; Ne 12:24; w Ezr
thoth, c a hundred and twenty- d 1Sa 13:5 3:9; x Ne 7:43; y 1Ch 6:39; 1Ch 15:17; 1Ch 25:1; Ne
eight; 24 the sons of Azma- Ne 7:31 7:44; Ne 11:17; z Jer 35:4; a Ne 7:45; b 1Ch 9:17;
e Ne 7:32 Ne 11:19; c Ne 12:25; d Ne 7:45; e Jos 9:21; Jos
veth, d forty-two; 25 the sons Ne 11:31 9:27; 1Ch 9:2; Ezr 2:58; Ne 3:26; f Ne 7:46.
627 Exiles returning. Altar built EZRA 2:45–3:2
ha, the sons of Padon, a 45 the CHAP. 2 that they were barred as polluted
sons of Le·banah, the sons of a Ne 7:47 from the priesthood. a 63 Con-
Haga·bah, the sons of Akkub, b Ne 7:48 sequently the Tir·shatha b said
c Ne 7:49
46 the sons of Hagab, the sons d Ne 7:50 to them that they could not eat c
of Salmai, b the sons of Hanan, e Ne 7:51 from the most holy things until
f Ne 7:52
47 the sons of Giddel, the sons g Ne 7:53 a priest stood up with Urim d and
of Gahar, c the sons of Re·aiah, h Ne 7:54 Thummim.
i Ne 7:55
48 the sons of Rezin, d the sons j Ne 7:56 64 The entire congregation as
of Ne·koda, the sons of Gaz- k 1Ki 9:21 one groupe was forty-two thou-
l Ne 7:57
zam, 49 the sons of Uzza, the m Ne 7:58
sand three hundred and sixty, f
sons of Pa·seah, e the sons of Be- n Ne 7:59 65 apart from their men slaves
sai, 50 the sons of Asnah, the o
p
Ezr 2:43
Ne 7:60
and their slave girls, these be-
sons of Me·unim, the sons of Ne- q Ne 7:61 ing seven thousand three hun-
phusim; f 51 the sons of Bak- r Ne 7:62 dred and thirty-seven; and they
s 1Ch 24:1
buk, the sons of Ha·kupha, the t 1Ch 24:10 had two hundred male singers g
sons of Harhur, g 52 the sons Ne 3:21 and female singers. 66 Their
u Ne 7:63
of Bazluth, the sons of Me·hi- v 2Sa 17:27 horses were seven hundred and
da, the sons of Harsha, h 53 the 2Sa 19:31 thirty-six, their mules two hun-
1Ki 2:7
sons of Barkos, the sons of Sise-
dred and forty-five, h 67 their
ra, the sons of Temah, i 54 the Second Col.
camels four hundred and thirty-
sons of Ne·ziah, the sons of Ha- a Nu 3:10
five, their asses six thousand sev-
tipha. j Nu 16:40 en hundred and twenty. i
Nu 18:7
55 The sons of the servants Ne 7:64 68 And certain ones of the
of Solo·mon: k The sons of Sotai, b Ne 7:65 heads j of the paternal k houses,
c Le 2:3
the sons of So·phereth, the sons Le 6:26 on coming to the house of Jeho-
of Pe·ruda, l 56 the sons of Ja- Nu 18:11 vah, l which was in Jerusalem, m
d Ex 28:30
a·lah, the sons of Darkon, the Le 8:8 made voluntaryn offerings to the
sons of Giddel, m 57 the sons Nu 27:21
De 33:8
house of the true God, to cause
of Sheph·a·tiah, the sons of 1Sa 28:6 it to stand on its own site. o
Hattil, the sons of Poche·reth- e Ezr 9:8
Ne 1:2
69 According to their power they
haz·ze·baim, the sons of Ami. n Isa 10:21 gave gold p for the working sup-
f Ne 7:66 plies, sixty-one thousand drach-
58 All the Nethi·nim o and the Jer 23:3
sons of the servants of Solo·mon g 2Ch 35:25 mas, and silver, q five thousand
Ne 7:67
were three hundred and ninety- Ps 68:25 minas, and a hundred robes r of
two. p h Ne 7:68 priests. 70 And the priests and
i Ne 7:69
59 And these were the ones j Ezr 1:5
the Levites and some of the peo-
going up from Tel-melah, Tel- k 1Ch 23:11 ple, s and the singers and the
l Ezr 1:3 gatekeepers and the Nethi·nim
harsha, Cherub, Addon and m Ezr 1:4
Immer, and they proved unable n Ex 35:5 took up dwelling in their cities,
to tell the house of their fa- 1Ch 29:5
Ne 7:70
and all Israel in their cities. t
thers and their origin, q whether 2Co 9:7
When the seventh u month ar-
they were of Israel: 60 the sons
of De·laiah, the sons of To·biah,
o 1Ch 21:18
2Ch 3:1
p Ne 7:71
3 rived the sons of Israel were
q Ezr 8:25
in their cities. And the people be-
the sons of Ne·koda, r six hun- r Ne 7:72 gan to gather themselves as one v
dred and fifty-two. 61 And of s Ezr 6:16 man to Jerusalem. w 2 And
Ezr 6:17
the sons of the priests: s the sons t Ne 7:73 Jeshu·ax the son of Je·hoza·dak
of Ha·baiah, the sons of Hak- Ne 11:3 and his brothers the priests and
koz, t the sons of Bar·zillai, u who Ze·rubba·bel y the son of She·al-
CHAP. 3
took a wife from the daughters ti·el z and his brothers proceed-
of Bar·zillai v the Gile·ad·ite and u Le 16:29
1Ki 8:2 ed to rise up and build the al-
came to be called by their name. Ne 8:14 tar of the God of Israel, to offer
v Ac 4:32
62 These were the ones that w Isa 33:20
up burnt sacrifices upon it, ac-
looked for their register to estab- x Hag 1:1 cording to what is written a in the
lish their genealogy publicly, and y Ezr 1:8
Hag 2:21
they did not find themselves, so Lu 3:27 z 1Ch 3:17; Mt 1:12; a Ex 20:24; Ex 40:29.
EZRA 3:3–4:2 Temple rebuilding begun. Rejoicing. Adversaries 628
law of Moses the man of the true CHAP. 3 sors over the doers of the work in
God. a 1Ch 21:18 the house of the true God, also
b Ezr 4:4 the sons of Hena·dad, a their sons
3 So they established the al- Ps 56:3
tar firmly upon its own site, a for Pr 29:25 and their brothers, the Levites.
c Nu 28:4
fright came upon them because Nu 28:23 10 When the builders laid the
of the peoples of the lands, b and d Ne 8:14 foundation b of the temple of Je-
Joh 7:2
they began offering up burnt sac- e Ex 23:16 hovah, then the priests in of-
rifices to Jehovah upon it, the Le 23:24 ficial clothing, c with the trum-
Le 23:34
burnt sacrifices of the morn- Nu 29:1 pets, d and the Levites the sons of
Nu 29:12 Asaph, e with the cymbals, f stood
ing and of the evening. c 4 Then f Ex 29:38
they held the festival of booths d Le 23:37 up to praise Jehovah according
Nu 29:13
according to what is written, e g Ex 29:42
to the direction g of David the
with the burnt sacrifices day by Nu 28:3 king of Israel. 11 And they be-
h Nu 10:10
day in number according to the 2Ch 2:4 gan to respond by praising h and
rule of what was due each day. f Ps 81:3 giving thanks to Jehovah, “for he
Col 2:16
5 And afterward there was the i Le 23:4 is good, i for his loving-kindness
constant burnt offering g and 2Ch 8:13 toward Israel is to time indef-
j Le 1:3
that for the new moons h and for Nu 29:39 inite.” j As for all the people, they
De 12:6 shouted with a loud shout k in
all the sanctified festival i seasons 2Ch 29:31
of Jehovah and for everyone that k Nu 29:1 praising Jehovah over the laying
l 2Ki 12:11
willingly offered a voluntaryj of- 2Ki 22:4
of the foundation of the house
fering to Jehovah. 6 From the m 1Ki 5:17 of Jehovah. 12 And many of the
2Ch 24:12
first day of the seventh month k n 2Ch 34:11
priests l and the Levites and the
on they started to offer up burnt Ezr 5:8 heads of the paternal m houses,
o 1Ki 5:11
sacrifices to Jehovah, when the p 2Ch 2:10
the old men that had seen the
foundation of Jehovah’s temple q Ge 10:15 former house, n were weeping o
Jg 1:31
itself had not yet been laid. 1Ki 5:6 with a loud voice at the laying of
7 And they proceeded to give r 1Ch 22:4 the foundation p of this house be-
s 1Ki 5:9
money l to the cutters m and to the t Jos 19:46 fore their eyes, while many oth-
craftsmen, n and eatables o and 2Ch 2:16 ers were raising the voice in
u Ezr 1:3
drink and oil p to the Si·doni- Ezr 6:3 shouting for joy. q 13 Hence the
ans q and the Tyri·ans, r to bring v 1Ki 6:1 people were not distinguishing
w 1Ch 3:19
cedar timbers from Leba·non s Ezr 2:2 the sound of the shout of rejoic-
to the sea at Joppa, t according
x 1Ch 3:17 ing r from the sound of the weep-
Mt 1:12
to the permission granted by Cy- y Hag 1:1 ing of the people, for the people
rus u the king of Persia to them.
z De 30:3 were shouting with a loud shout,
Ne 7:6
Zep 2:7 and the sound itself was heard
8 And in the second year a 1Ch 23:27 even to a great distance.
of their coming to the house of b 1Ch 23:24
When the adversaries s of Ju-
4
c Ne 7:43
the true God at Jerusalem, in
the second month, v Ze·rubba- dah and Benjamin heard that
Second Col.
bel w the son of She·alti·el x and the sons of the Exile t were build-
a Ne 3:18 ing a temple to Jehovah the God
Jeshu·ay the son of Je·hoza·dak Ne 10:9
and the rest of their brothers, b Zec 4:9 of Israel, 2 they immediately
c Ex 28:40 approached Ze·rubba·bel u and
the priests and the Levites, and 1Sa 22:18
all those who had come out of d Nu 10:8 the heads v of the paternal hous-
1Ch 16:6
the captivity z to Jerusalem start- 2Ch 29:26 es and said to them: “Let us build
ed; and they now put in posi- e 1Ch 6:39 along with YOU; w for, just like YOU,
1Ch 25:1
tions the Levites a from twenty 2Ch 35:15 we search for YOUR God x and to
years of age upward to act as f 1Ch 13:8 him we are sacrificing since the
2Ch 5:12
supervisors over the work of the g 1Ch 6:31
1Ch 23:5
house of Jehovah. b 9 Accord- 2Ch 29:25
j Ps 103:17; Lu 1:50; k Ps 47:1; Isa 12:6; l Ezr 1:5;
Ezr 2:36; m 1Ch 23:11; 1Ch 24:4; n 1Ki 6:22; Hag
ingly Jeshu·a, c his sons and his h Ex 15:21 2:3; o Ps 126:6; p Zec 4:9; q Ne 12:43; Ps 32:11;
Ne 12:24 Ps 126:1; Isa 35:10; r Ps 5:11; Zec 4:7; CHAP. 4
brothers, and Kadmi·el and his i 1Ch 16:34 s Ezr 4:7; Ezr 4:23; Ne 4:7; Ne 4:11; t De 30:3; 2Ki
sons, the sons of Judah, stood up 2Ch 7:3
Ps 73:1
24:15; Ezr 2:64; u Ezr 1:11; Ezr 2:2; v Ezr 2:68;
w Ps 55:21; Pr 26:23; Pr 26:25; x 2Ki 17:33; 2Ki
as one group to act as supervi- Ps 135:3 17:34.
629 Opposers send letter to Artaxerxes EZRA 4:3-20
days of Esar-haddon a the king CHAP. 4 “To Ar·ta·xerxes a the king
of As·syri·a, who brought us up a 2Ki 19:37 your servants, the men beyond
here.” b 3 However, Ze·rubba- b 2Ki 17:24 the River: And now 12 let it be-
c Zec 3:1
bel and Jeshu·a c and the rest of d Ezr 1:5
come known to the king that
the heads d of the paternal houses e Ne 2:20 the Jews who came up here from
of Israel said to them: “YOU have Joh 4:9 you to us have come to Jerusa-
Joh 4:22
nothing to do with us in building f 2Ch 36:23
lem. They are building the rebel-
a house to our God, e for we our- Ezr 1:1 lious and bad city, and they pro-
selves shall together build to Je- Ezr 6:3 ceed to finish the walls b and to
Isa 44:28
hovah the God of Israel, just as g Ezr 3:3 repair the foundations. 13 Now
King Cyrus f the king of Persia Ne 6:9 let it become known to the king
h Hag 1:2
has commanded us.” that, if this city should be rebuilt
i Ne 6:12
4 At that the people of the j Ezr 4:24 and its walls be finished, nei-
land were continually weaken- Ezr 5:5 ther tax c nor tribute d nor toll will
Ezr 6:1
ing g the hands of the people of Da 11:2
they give, and it will cause loss
Judah and disheartening them k Ps 52:2 to the treasuries e of the kings.
from building, h 5 and hiring i Ps 119:69 14 Now inasmuch as we do eat
Re 12:10
counselors against them to frus- l 2Ki 18:26 the salt of the palace, and it is
trate their counsel all the days Da 2:4 not proper for us to see the de-
of Cyrus the king of Persia down m Ezr 4:17 nuding of the king, on this ac-
Ezr 4:23
till the reign of Da·rius j the king n Ge 15:18 count we have sent and made it
of Persia. 6 And in the reign of De 11:24 known to the king, 15 that
o 2Sa 8:17 there may be an investigation of
A·has·u·erus, at the start of his 2Ch 24:11
reign, they wrote an accusation k p Ge 10:10 the book of records f of your an-
against the inhabitants of Ju- q Eze 23:15 cestors. Then you will find in the
r Ne 1:1 book of records and learn that
dah and Jerusalem. 7 Also, in Es 1:2
the days of Ar·ta·xerxes, Bish- Da 8:2 that city is a city rebellious and
lam, Mithre·dath, Tabe·el and s Ge 10:22 causing loss to kings and juris-
Isa 11:11
the rest of his colleagues wrote to Jer 49:36
dictional districts, and within it
Ar·ta·xerxes the king of Persia, t 2Ki 17:24 there were movers of revolt from
and the writing of the letter was u 2Ki 17:27 the days of old. For this reason
v 2Ki 17:26
written in Ar·a·maic characters
that city has been laid waste. g
and translated into the Ar·a·ma- 16 We are making known to the
Second Col.
ic l language. king that, if that city should be
a Ezr 4:8
8 Rehum the chief govern- b Ne 1:3
rebuilt and its walls be finished,
ment official and Shimshai the c 2Ki 23:35 you also will certainly have no
scribe wrote a letter against Je- d Ne 5:4 share beyond the River.” h
Ro 13:7
rusalem to Ar·ta·xerxes the e Ezr 5:17
17 The king sent word to Re-
king, as follows: 9 Then Re- Ezr 7:21 hum i the chief government of-
hum m the chief government of- f Es 2:23 ficial and Shimshai the scribe
Es 6:1
ficial and Shimshai the scribe g Jer 52:3 and the rest of their colleagues j
and the rest of their colleagues, h De 11:24 who were dwelling in Sa·mari·a
2Sa 8:3 and the rest beyond the River:
the judges and the lesser gover- i Ezr 4:8
nors across the River, n the secre- j Ezr 4:7 “Greetings! k And now 18 the
taries, o the people of Erech, p the Ezr 5:3 official document that YOU have
Ezr 6:6
Babylonians, q the inhabitants of k Ezr 5:7
sent us has been distinct-
Susa, r that is, the Elam·ites, s Ac 23:26 ly read before me. 19 So an
10 and the rest of the nations t l Ezr 4:15 order has been put through by
Ezr 5:17
whom the great and honor- Ezr 6:1 me, and they have investigat-
able Ase·nap·par u took into ex- Pr 25:2 ed l and found that that city
ile and settled in the cities of Sa- m 2Ki 18:7 has from the days of old been
2Ki 24:20
mari·a, v and the rest beyond the Eze 17:15 one rising up against kings and
River, ——; and now 11 this is n 2Sa 8:6 one in which rebellion and revolt
1Ki 4:21
a copy of the letter that they sent 1Ch 18:3
have been carried on. m 20 And
concerning it: 2Ch 26:15 there proved to be strong kings n
EZRA 4:21–5:13 Halt ordered. Governor writes Darius I 630
over Jerusalem and governing all CHAP. 4 Da·rius and then an official doc-
beyond the River, a and tax, trib- a Ge 15:18 ument concerning this could be
ute and toll were being given b 2Sa 8:2 sent back.
1Ch 18:6
to them. b 21 Now PUT an order 2Ch 9:14 6 Here is a copya of the let-
2Ch 17:11
through for these able-bodied 2Ch 26:8 ter that Tatte·nai b the governor
men to stop, that that city may c Ezr 4:13 beyond the River c and Shethar-
d Ezr 4:8
not be rebuilt until the order is Ezr 4:17 boze·nai d and his colleagues, e
put through by me. 22 So be e Ezr 4:9 the lesser governors that were
careful that there be no negli- f Ezr 4:7
g Mic 2:1 beyond the River, sent to Da·rius
gence about acting in this re- h Ezr 5:5 the king; 7 they sent the word
gard, that the harm may not in- Ezr 6:1
Hag 1:15 to him, and the writing in it was
crease to the injury of kings.” c
in this manner:
23 Now after the copy of the CHAP. 5 “To Da·rius the king:
official document of Ar·ta·xerx- i Hag 1:1 “All peace! f 8 Let it become
es the king had been read be- j Zec 1:1
known to the king that we went
k Ne 12:4
fore Rehum d and Shimshai e Ne 12:16 to the jurisdictional district g of
the scribe and their colleagues, f l Jer 15:16
Judah to the house of the great
Mic 5:4
they went in a hurry to Jeru- Hag 1:2 God, h and it is being built with
salem to the Jews and stopped Hag 1:13
stones rolled into place, and tim-
Zec 1:3
them by force of arms. g 24 It Zec 8:1 bers are being laid in the walls;
was then that the work on the m Hag 2:4
Zec 4:6 and that work is being eagerly
house of God, which was in Jeru- n Ezr 1:11 done and is making progress in
salem, stopped; and it continued Ezr 3:2
o Mt 1:12 their hands. 9 Then we asked
stopped until the second year of p Ezr 3:8 these older men. This is what we
the reign of Da·rius h the king of Zec 6:11
q Ezr 6:14 said to them: ‘Who put an or-
Persia. Hag 2:4
Hag 2:21 der through to YOU to build this
And Haggai i the prophet and
5 Zech·a·riah j the grandson of
Zec 4:7
r Ezr 6:6
Ezr 6:13
house and to finish this beam
structure?’ i 10 And we also
Iddo k the prophet prophesied to s De 11:24 asked them their names, so as to
the Jews who were in Judah and t Ezr 1:3
Ezr 5:9 let you know, that we might write
in Jerusalem, in the name l of u 2Ch 16:9 the names of the able-bodied
the God of Israel who was over Ps 32:8
Ps 33:18 men that are at their head. j
them. m 2 It was then that Ze- Ps 34:15
11 “And this is the word that
1Pe 3:12
rubba·bel n the son of She·alti- v Ezr 7:6 they gave back to us, saying: ‘We
el o and Jeshu·ap the son of Je- Ezr 7:28
are the servants of the God of
Ezr 8:22
hoza·dak got up and started to
the heavens and the earth, k and
rebuild the house of God, which Second Col. we are rebuilding the house that
was in Jerusalem; and with them had been built many years before
a Ezr 4:11
there were God’s prophets q giv- b Ezr 5:3 this, which a great king of Isra-
ing them aid. 3 At that time Ezr 6:6
el built and finished. l 12 How-
c Jos 1:4
Tatte·nai r the governor beyond d Ezr 6:13 ever, because our fathers irritat-
the River s and Shethar-boze·nai e Ezr 4:7
ed m the God of the heavens, he
f Ezr 4:17
and their colleagues came to Da 4:1 gave n them into the hand of Neb-
them, and this is what they were g Ne 11:3
u·chad·nezzar o the king of Bab-
Es 1:1
saying to them: “Who put an or- h Ge 1:1 ylon, the Chal·dean, p and he de-
der through to YOU to build De 10:17
De 32:31 molished this house q and took
this house and to finish this Ezr 1:3
the people into exile at Bab-
beam structure?” t 4 Then they Ps 145:3
Da 2:47 ylon. r 13 Nevertheless, in the
said to them this: “What are the Da 4:34
Da 6:26 first year of Cyrus s the king of
names of the able-bodied men i Ezr 5:3 Babylon, Cyrus the king put an
that are building this building?” j Ezr 5:4
5 And the eye u of their God k Ps 124:8
Isa 45:18 m 2Ki 21:15; 2Ch 34:25; Ne 9:26; Isa 59:2; Jer
proved to be upon v the older men Jon 1:9 5:31; Da 9:5; n De 28:49; De 29:24; De 31:17; De
Re 4:11
of the Jews, and they did not stop l 1Ki 7:51
32:30; 1Ki 9:7; o 2Ki 24:1; 2Ki 25:1; 2Ki 25:8; Jer
39:1; p 2Ch 36:17; q 2Ki 25:9; r 2Ki 25:11; s Ezr
them until the report could go to 2Ch 5:1 1:1.
631 Darius I investigates; find orders to rebuild EZRA 5:14–6:12
order through to rebuild this CHAP. 5 be given from the king’s house. a
house of God. a 14 And also the a Ezr 1:3 5 And also let the gold and silver
gold and silver vessels b of the b 2Ki 25:14 vessels b of the house of God that
2Ki 25:15
house of God that Neb·u·chad- 2Ch 36:18 Neb·u·chad·nezzar c took out of
Jer 52:19
nezzar had taken out of the tem- c 2Ch 36:7 the temple that was in Jerusalem
ple, which was in Jerusalem, and d Pr 21:1 and brought to Babylon be re-
e Ezr 1:11
brought to the temple of Bab- Hag 1:1 turned, that they may reach the
ylon, c these Cyrus the king d took f Hag 1:14 temple that is in Jerusalem at
Hag 2:2
out of the temple of Babylon, and g Ezr 1:7 its place and be deposited in the
they were given to Shesh·baz- Ezr 6:5
h Ezr 1:2
house of God. d
zar, e the name of the one whom Ezr 6:3 6 “Now Tatte·nai e the gover-
he made governor. f 15 And he i Ezr 3:10
Hag 2:18 nor beyond the River, f Shethar-
said to him: “Take these vessels. g Zec 4:9 boze·nai g and their colleagues,
j Ezr 4:24
Go, deposit them in the temple k Ezr 4:15 the lesser governors h that are be-
that is in Jerusalem, and let the Pr 25:2 yond the River, keep YOUR dis-
l 2Ch 36:22
house of God be rebuilt upon its Ezr 1:3 tance from there. i 7 Let the
place.” h 16 When that Shesh- Ezr 6:3
work on that house of God
bazzar came he laid the founda- alone. j The governor of the Jews
CHAP. 6
tions of the house of God, i which and the older men of the Jews
is in Jerusalem; and from then m Es 10:2
n Es 1:1 will rebuild that house of God
until now it is being rebuilt but Da 5:28 upon its place. 8 And by me an
o 2Ch 36:22
it has not been completed.’ j Ezr 1:1 order k has been put through as
17 “And now if to the king it Ezr 5:13 to what YOU will do with these
p De 12:5
seems good, let there be an in- De 12:6 older men of the Jews, for re-
vestigation k in the king’s house De 12:11
2Ch 2:6 building that house of God; and
of treasures that is there in Bab- q 1Ki 6:2 from the royal treasuryl of the
ylon, whether it is so that from r Ezr 5:8
s Ezr 3:7 tax beyond the River the expense
Cyrus the king an order l was put
will promptly be given m to these
through to rebuild that house of Second Col. able-bodied men without cessa-
God in Jerusalem; and the deci- a Ezr 7:20 tion. n 9 And what is needed,
sion of the king concerning this Ps 68:29 young bulls o as well as rams p and
Isa 49:23
let him send to us.” b Ezr 1:11 lambs q for the burnt offerings
Ezr 5:14
It was then that Da·rius the to the God of heaven, wheat, r
6 king put an order through,
Da 1:2
Da 5:2
c 2Ki 25:15
salt, s wine t and oil, u just as the
priests that are in Jerusalem say,
and they made an investigation 2Ch 36:7
2Ch 36:18 let there be given them con-
in the house of the records m of Jer 52:19
the treasures deposited there in d Ezr 5:15 tinually day by day without fail;
e Ezr 5:3
Babylon. 2 And at Ec·bata·na, f 2Sa 8:3
10 that they may continually v be
in the fortified place that was in g Ezr 5:6 presenting soothing offerings w to
Ezr 6:13
the jurisdictional district of Me- h Ezr 4:9
the God of the heavens and pray-
di·a, n there was found a scroll, i Ac 5:39 ing for the life of the king and his
Ro 8:31
and the memorandum to this ef- j Ac 5:38 sons. x 11 And by me an order
fect was written within it: k Ezr 4:21 has been put through that, as for
l Ezr 7:20
3 “In the first year of Cy- m Ps 68:29 anybody that violates y this de-
rus the king, o Cyrus the king Hag 2:7 cree, a timber z will be pulled out
n Ezr 5:5
put an order through concerning o Le 1:5 of his house and he will be im-
the house of God in Jerusalem: p Le 1:10 paled a upon it, and his house will
Le 9:2
Let the house be rebuilt as the q Nu 28:3 be turned into a public privy on
place where they are to offer sac- Nu 29:2
r Ex 29:2
this account. b 12 And may the
rifices, p and its foundations are Le 2:1 God who has caused his namec to
s Le 2:13 reside there overthrow any king
to be fixed, its height being six- t Nu 15:5
ty cubits, its width sixty cubits, q Nu 15:7 and people that thrusts his hand
u Ex 27:20
4 with three layers of stones Le 2:4
rolled r into place and one layer 1Ch 9:29 w Le 1:9; x Ezr 7:23; Jer 29:7; 1Ti 2:2; y Ezr 7:26;
v Ex 29:38 z Es 7:10; a Ge 40:19; De 21:22; b Da 2:5; c Ex
of timbers; s and let the expense Nu 28:3 20:24; De 12:5; 2Ch 7:16; Ps 132:14.
EZRA 6:13–7:9 Temple completed, then inaugurated 632
out to commit a violation and de- CHAP. 6 had separated himself to them
stroy a that house of God, which a Ps 5:10 from the uncleanness a of the na-
is in Jerusalem. I, Da·rius, do b 2Ki 23:29 tions of the land, to search
c Ezr 5:6
put through an order. Let it be d Ezr 3:8 for Jehovah the God of Israel. b
done promptly.” Ezr 4:3 22 And they went on to hold the
e Ezr 5:2
13 Then Tatte·nai the gover- f Ezr 5:1 festival of unfermented cakes c
Hag 1:12 seven days with rejoicing; for Je-
nor beyond the River, b Shethar- g Zec 1:1
boze·nai c and their colleagues, Zec 6:15 hovah caused them to rejoice,
h Zec 1:7 and he had turned d the heart of
just as Da·rius the king had i Isa 44:28
sent word, so they did promptly. Hag 1:8 the king of As·syri·a around to-
j 2Ch 36:23 ward them to strengthen their
14 And the older men d of the Ezr 1:3
Jews were building e and making Ezr 5:13 hands in the work of the house of
k Ezr 6:12
progress under the prophesying l Ezr 7:13
the true God, the God of Israel.
of Haggai f the prophet and Zech- m Es 9:1
a·riah g the grandson of Iddo, h
and they built and finished it due
n 1Ch 9:2
Ne 7:73
o 2Ki 24:15
7 And after these things in
the reign of Ar·ta·xerxes e the
Ezr 4:1 king of Persia, Ezraf the son of
to the order of the God of Isra- Ne 1:2 Se·raiahg the son of Az·a·riah
el i and due to the order of Cyrus j p 1Ki 8:63
the son of Hil·kiah h 2 the son
q 2Ch 7:5
and Da·rius k and Ar·ta·xerxes l r 1Ch 23:6 of Shallum i the son of Zadok
the king of Persia. 15 And they s Nu 3:6
the son of A·hitub j 3 the son
t Ex 12:14
completed this house by the u Ex 12:2 of Am·a·riahk the son of Az·a·ri-
third day of the lunar month Le 23:5
ah l the son of Me·raioth m 4 the
De 16:1
Adar, m that is, in the sixth year Es 3:7 son of Zer·a·hiahn the son of Uz-
of the reign of Da·rius the king. v Ex 30:20
Le 21:8 zi o the son of Bukki p 5 the son
16 And the sons of Israel, the Le 22:3 of Ab·i·shuaq the son of Phine-
w Ex 12:5
priests and the Levites n and the x Ex 12:48 has r the son of El·e·azar s the
rest of the former exiles o held
son of Aaron t the chief priest u—
the inauguration p of this house Second Col. 6 the said Ezra himself went
of God with joy. 17 And they a Nu 9:14 up from Babylon; and he was a
presented for the inauguration 2Co 6:17
skilled copyist v in the law of Mo-
2Co 7:1
of this house of God a hundred b 2Ch 15:12 ses, w which Jehovah the God of
bulls, two hundred rams, four c Ex 12:17
Israel had given, so that the king
Le 23:6
hundred lambs, and as a sin of- d Ezr 7:27 granted him, according to the
fering for all Israel twelve male Pr 16:7
Pr 21:1 hand of Jehovah his God upon
goats, according to the number
him, all his request. x
of the tribes of Israel. q 18 And CHAP. 7 7 Consequently some of the
they appointed the priests in e Ezr 6:14 sons of Israel and of the priests y
their classes and the Levites in Ne 2:1
and the Levites z and the singers a
f Ezr 7:6
their divisions, r for the service of Ne 8:2 and the gatekeepers b and the
God which is in Jerusalem, ac- Ne 12:26
Nethi·nimc went up to Jerusa-
g 1Ch 6:14
cording to the prescription of the h 2Ki 22:8 lem in the seventh year of Ar·ta-
book of Moses. s i 1Ch 6:12
xerxes d the king. 8 At length
j Ne 11:11
19 And the former exiles pro- k 1Ch 6:11 he came to Jerusalem in the
ceeded to hold the passover t on l 1Ch 6:10
fifth month, that is, in the sev-
2Ch 31:10
the fourteenth day of the first m 1Ch 6:7 enth year of the king. 9 For on
month. u 20 As the priests and n 1Ch 6:6
the first day of the first month
o 1Ch 6:51
the Levites had cleansed v them- p 1Ch 6:5 he himself appointed the going
selves as one group, they were all q 1Ch 6:4 up from Babylon, and on the
r Ex 6:25
of them clean, and so they Nu 25:11 first day of the fifth month he
slaughtered the passover victim w Jg 20:28
came to Jerusalem, according to
s Ex 6:23
for all the former exiles and for Nu 3:32 the good hand of his God upon
their brothers the priests and for De 10:6
Jos 14:1
themselves. 21 Then the sons 1Ch 24:1 v Ne 8:1; Ne 8:4; w De 4:5; De 5:1; De 28:1; x Ne
t Ex 7:1
of Israel that had returned from Ex 28:1
1:11; Ne 2:8; y Ezr 8:15; z Ezr 8:18; a 1Ch 6:32;
b 1Ch 9:22; 1Ch 9:26; c 1Ch 9:2; Ezr 7:24; Ezr
the Exile ate, x and everyone that u Heb 5:4 8:20; d Ezr 6:14.
633 Letter of Artaxerxes authorizes Ezra EZRA 7:10-27
him. a 10 For Ezra himself had CHAP. 7 20 And the rest of the necessi-
prepared b his heart to consult a Ezr 8:22 ties of the house of your God that
the law of Jehovah c and to do it d b De 30:6 it devolves upon you to give, you
2Ch 19:3
and to teach e in Israel regula- Ps 78:8 will give out of the king’s house
c Ps 1:2
tion f and justice. g Ps 19:7 of treasures. a
11 And this is a copy of d De 5:1 21 “And by me myself, Ar·ta-
De 17:10
the letter that King Ar·ta·xerx- e De 33:10 xerxes the king, an order b has
es gave Ezra the priest the copy- Mal 2:7 been put through to all the trea-
f De 12:1
ist, h a copyist of the words of the g Pr 29:4 surers c that are beyond the Riv-
commandments of Jehovah and Isa 1:17
Zec 7:9
er, d that everything that Ezrae
of his regulations toward Israel: h Ezr 7:6 the priest, the copyist of the law
12 “Ar·ta·xerxes, i the king of i Ezr 6:14
Ne 2:1
of the God of the heavens, re-
kings, j to Ezra the priest, the j Da 2:37 quests of YOU men it will be done
copyist of the law of the God of k Ezr 5:11 promptly, 22 even to a hundred
l Ezr 5:7
the heavens: k Peace be perfect- m Ezr 5:17 talents f of silver and a hundred
ed. l And now 13 by me an or- n Es 9:30 cor g measures of wheat and a
o De 30:3
der m has been put through that Ezr 1:3 hundred bath h measures of wine i
everyone in my realm n of the
p Es 1:14 and a hundred bath measures
q Ezr 6:1
people of Israel and their priests r De 17:18 of oil, j and salt k without limit.
and Levites that is willing to
2Ki 22:8 23 Let all that is by the order l of
s Ezr 5:8
go to Jerusalem with you should Da 2:47 the God of the heavens be done
go. o 14 Inasmuch as from be-
t Ezr 6:4
Ps 68:29
with zeal m for the house of the
fore the king and his seven coun- u Ps 9:11 God of the heavens, n that there
Ps 76:2 may occur no wrath against
selors p an order was sent to in- Ps 135:21
vestigate q concerning Judah and v Ezr 8:25 the king’s realm and his sons. o
w Ezr 1:6 24 And to YOU men it is being
Jerusalem in the lawr of your x Le 1:5
God s that is in your hand, y Le 1:10 made known that, as respects
z Nu 28:3 any of the priests p and the Le-
15 and to bring the silver and the a Nu 15:4
b Le 23:13 vites, q the musicians, r the door-
gold that the king and his coun- c De 12:6 keepers, s the Nethi·nim, t and
selors have voluntarily given t to d 1Ki 11:36
e 2Ki 22:7 the workers of this house of God,
the God of Israel, whose resi- f Eph 5:17 no tax, tribute u or toll v is allowed
dence is in Jerusalem, u 16 with g Ezr 7:26
h Ezr 1:7 to be imposed upon them.
all the silver and the gold that Ezr 8:30 25 “And you, Ezra, according
you find in all the jurisdiction- i Jer 3:17
to the wisdom w of your God that
al district of Babylon along with
is in your hand appoint magis-
the gift of the people v and the Second Col.
trates and judges that they may
priests who are voluntarily giving a Ezr 6:4
Ezr 6:8 continually judge x all the people
to the house of their God, w which b Ezr 6:12 that are beyond the River, even
is in Jerusalem; 17 accordingly Ec 8:4
all those knowing the laws of
c Ezr 6:8
you will promptly buy with this d Jos 1:4 your God; and anyone that has
money bulls, x rams, y lambs z and 1Ki 4:24
Ezr 4:20 not known them YOU men will
their grain offerings a and their e Ezr 7:6
instruct. y 26 And as for every-
Ne 8:2
drink offerings b and you will pre- f 1Ki 16:24 one that does not become a doer
sent them upon the altar of the g 1Ki 4:22
of the law of your God z and the
Eze 45:14
house of YOUR God, c which is in h Eze 45:11 law of the king, let judgment
Jerusalem. d i Nu 15:5
be promptly executed upon him,
j Ex 27:20
18 “And whatever it seems Le 2:1 whether for death a or for banish-
good to you and to your brothers k Le 2:13
ment, b or for money fine c or for
l Ps 119:4
to do with the rest of the silver m Eph 6:6 imprisonment.”
and gold, e according to the will f Col 3:23
27 Blessed be Jehovah the
n Ezr 1:2
of YOUR God, YOU men will do. g Isa 40:22 God of our forefathers, d who has
19 And the vessels h that are be- o Ge 12:3
Ezr 6:10
ing given to you for the service Isa 60:12
s Ezr 2:42; t 1Ch 9:2; Ezr 2:58; u Ne 5:4; v Ezr
p Ezr 2:36
of the house of your God deliver q Ezr 2:40
4:20; w Pr 2:6; Jas 1:5; x Ex 18:22; De 16:18; 2Ch
19:8; y 2Ch 17:9; Ne 8:3; Mal 2:7; Mt 13:52; z De
in full before God at Jerusalem. i r 1Ch 15:16 4:8; a Ezr 6:11; b Ge 4:11; c Ex 22:6; d De 1:11.
EZRA 7:28–8:22 Ezra collects those to return. Fast held 634
put such a thing into the heart a CHAP. 7 ten males; 13 and of the sons of
of the king, to beautify b the a Ezr 6:22 Ad·o·nikam, a those who were the
house of Jehovah, which is in Je- Pr 21:1 last, and these were their names:
b Isa 60:13
rusalem! 28 And toward me he E·liphe·let, Je·iel and She·mai-
c Ezr 9:9
has extended loving-kindness c Ne 1:11 ah, and with them sixty males;
before the king and his counsel- d Ezr 7:14 14 and of the sons of Bigvai, b
ors d and as respects all the Es 1:14 Uthai and Zabbud, and with
e Ezr 8:18
mighty princes of the king. And Ne 2:8
them seventy males.
I, for my part, strengthened my-
15 And I proceeded to collect
self according to the hand e of Je- CHAP. 8 them at the river c that comes to
hovah my God upon me, and I f 1Ch 24:31 A·hava; d and we kept encamped
proceeded to collect out of Israel g 1Ch 4:33 there three days, that I might
the head ones to go up with me. 1Ch 9:1 scrutinize the people e and the
h Ezr 7:7
priests, f but none of the sons of
Now these were the heads
8 of their paternal f hous-
i 1Ch 6:4
j Ex 6:23
k Ne 10:6
Levi g did I find there. 16 Ac-
cordingly I sent for E·li·ezer,
es and the genealogical g enroll- Ari·el, She·maiah and El·na-
l 1Ch 3:1
ment of those going up with m Ne 10:14 than and Jarib and El·nathan
me during the reign of Ar·ta- n Ezr 2:6
and Nathan and Zech·a·riah and
xerxes h the king out of Bab- Ne 10:14
Me·shullam, head ones, and for
o Ezr 2:8
ylon: 2 Of the sons of Phin- Ezr 10:27 Joia·rib and El·nathan, instruc-
e·has, i Gershom; of the sons of p Ezr 2:15 tors. h 17 Then I gave them a
Itha·mar, j Daniel; k of the sons of Ne 10:16
command concerning Iddo the
David, l Hattush; 3 of the sons q Ezr 2:7
head one in the place Ca·si·phia,
r Ezr 2:4
of Shec·a·niah, of the sons of Ne 7:9 and I put in their mouth words i
Parosh, m Zech·a·riah, and with s Ne 7:15 to speak to Iddo and his broth-
him there was an enrollment of t Ezr 2:11
ers the Nethi·nim j in the place
a hundred and fifty males; 4 of Ezr 10:28
u Ezr 2:12 Ca·si·phia, to bring to us minis-
the sons of Pahath-moab, n El- Ne 10:15 ters k for the house of our God.
ie·ho-enai the son of Zer·a·hi-
18 So they brought to us, ac-
ah, and with him two hundred Second Col. cording to the good hand l of our
males; 5 of the sons of Zat- a Ne 7:18 God upon us, a man of discre-
tu, o Shec·a·niah the son of Ja- b Ezr 2:14 tion m from the sons of Mahli n
ha·ziel, and with him three hun- c Ps 137:1
the grandson of Levi o the son of
d Ezr 8:21
dred males; 6 and of the sons Ezr 8:31 Israel, namely, She·re·biah p and
of Adin, p Ebed the son of Jon- e Pr 27:23 his sons and his brothers, eigh-
a·than, and with him fifty males; f Ezr 7:7 teen; 19 and Hash·a·biah and
7 and of the sons of Elam, q g Nu 3:6
with him Je·shaiah from the
h 2Ch 17:9
Je·shaiah the son of Ath·a·li- i 2Sa 14:19 sons of Me·rari, q his brothers,
ah, and with him seventy males; Jer 1:9 and their sons, twenty. 20 And
8 and of the sons of Sheph·a·ti- j Ezr 2:43 from the Nethi·nim, whom Da-
ah, r Zeb·a·diah the son of Mi- k Nu 8:26 vid and the princes gave to the
Nu 18:6
cha·el, and with him eighty 1Ch 23:32 service of the Levites, two hun-
males; 9 of the sons of Joab, l Ezr 7:28 dred and twenty Nethi·nim, all
O·ba·diah the son of Je·hiel, and Pr 3:6 of whom had been designated by
m Pr 12:8
with him two hundred and eigh- Jer 3:15
their names.
teen males; 10 and of the sons n Nu 3:20 21 Then I proclaimed a fast
of Bani, s She·lomith the son of o 1Ch 6:16 there at the river A·hava, to
Jo·si·phiah, and with him a hun- p Ezr 8:24 humble r ourselves before our
dred and sixty males; 11 and q 1Ch 6:16
r Da 10:12
God, to seek from him the
of the sons of Bebai, Zech·a- Jas 4:10 right way s for us and for our lit-
riah the son of Bebai, t and s Ps 27:11 tle ones t and for all our goods.
with him twenty-eight males; Isa 30:21 22 For I felt ashamed to ask
t Nu 14:3
12 and of the sons of Azgad, u a military force u and horsemen v
u Ps 33:16
Jo·hanan the son of Hakka·tan, v Ps 33:17 from the king to help us against
and with him a hundred and Ho 1:7 the enemy in the way, because we
635 Remnant leave Babylon for Jerusalem EZRA 8:23–9:2
had said to the king: “The CHAP. 8 way. 32 So we came to Jerusa-
hand a of our God is over all a 2Ch 16:9 lem a and dwelt there three days.
Ezr 7:6
those seeking him for good, b but Ezr 7:28 33 And on the fourth day we
his strength and his anger c are Zec 4:6 proceeded to weigh out the sil-
b Ro 8:28
against all those leaving him.” d c Jos 23:16 ver and the gold b and the uten-
23 Therefore we fasted e and Ps 21:9 sils c in the house of our God into
Ps 90:11
made request f of our God con- d 2Ch 15:2 the hand of Mere·mothd the son
cerning this, so that he let him- Ps 73:27
of U·rijah the priest and with
e Ne 9:1
self be entreated g by us. Es 4:16 him El·e·azar the son of Phine-
Lu 2:37
24 I now separated from the f Jer 29:12 has and with them Joza·bad e the
chiefs of the priests twelve, Jer 50:4 son of Jeshu·a and No·a·diah
g De 4:29
namely, She·re·biah, h Hash·a·bi- 1Ch 5:20 the son of Binnu·i f the Levites,
ah, i and with them ten of their 2Ch 7:14 34 by number and by weight for
Mt 7:7
brothers. 25 And I proceeded h Ezr 8:18 everything, after which all the
to weigh out to them the silver i Ezr 8:19
weight was written down at that
Ne 12:21
and the gold and the utensils, j j Ezr 7:19 time. 35 Those coming out of
the contribution to the house of k Ezr 7:15
the captivity, the former exiles, g
l Ezr 7:14
our God that the king k and m Ezr 7:16 themselves presented burnt sac-
his counselors l and his princes n 1Ki 16:24
rifices h to the God of Israel,
o Le 21:6
and all the Israelites m who Le 21:8 twelve bulls i for all Israel, ninety-
were to be found had contribut- Isa 52:11
six rams, j seventy-seven male
p Nu 4:16
ed. 26 Thus I weighed out into 2Ch 24:14 lambs, twelve he-goats k as a sin
their hand six hundred and fifty q Ezr 7:19
Ezr 8:33 offering, everything as a burnt
talents of silver n and a hundred r 1Ch 23:28 offering to Jehovah.
silver utensils worth two tal- 1Ch 28:12
s Ps 122:9 36 Then we gave the laws l of
ents, and gold a hundred talents, t Ezr 8:15
the king to the satraps m of the
Ezr 8:21
27 and twenty small gold bowls u Ex 12:2 king and the governors n beyond
worth a thousand darics and two Es 3:7
v Ps 34:19 the River, o and they assisted the
utensils of good copper, gleam-
people p and the house of the true
ing red, as desirable as gold.
Second Col. God.
28 Then I said to them: “YOU
a Ezr 7:8
And as soon as these things
are something holy o to Jehovah,
and the utensils p are something
b Ezr 8:29
c 2Ch 36:18
Ezr 7:19
9 were finished, the princes q
holy, and the silver and the gold d Ne 3:4
approached me, saying: “The
are a voluntary offering to Jeho- Ne 3:21 people of Israel and the priests
e Ne 8:7
vah the God of YOUR forefathers. f Ne 12:8 and the Levites have not separat-
29 Keep awake and be on guard g De 30:3 ed r themselves from the peoples
2Ch 36:20
until YOU weighq them out be- h Le 1:3 of the lands as regards their de-
fore the chiefs of the priests and 2Ch 29:31 testable things, s namely, the Ca-
i Le 1:5
the Levites and the princes of Ezr 7:17 naan·ites, t the Hittites, u the
the fathers of Israel in Jerusa- j Le 1:10 Periz·zites, v the Jebu·sites, w the
k Le 22:19
lem, in the dining halls r of the Ezr 6:17 Ammon·ites, x the Moab·ites, y
house of Jehovah.” 30 And the l Ezr 7:21
m Da 6:1
the Egyptians z and the Amor-
priests and the Levites received n Ne 2:7 ites. a 2 For they have accept-
the weight of the silver and the Ne 3:7
o Ge 15:18
ed some of their daughters for
gold and the utensils, to bring p Ezr 6:13 themselves and for their sons; b
them to Jerusalem to the house
and they, the holy seed, c have
of our God. s CHAP. 9 become mingled d with the peo-
31 Finally we pulled away q Ezr 10:8 ples of the lands, and the hand of
Ezr 10:14
from the river A·hava t on the r Ex 33:16 the princes and the deputy rul-
twelfth day of the first month u Ezr 6:21 ers has proved to be foremost e in
Ne 9:2
to go to Jerusalem, and the s Le 20:23 this unfaithfulness.”
very hand of our God proved to De 12:30
De 18:9
be over us, so that he delivered v t Ge 10:19 v Jos 11:3; Jos 17:15; w Jos 18:16; x Ge 19:38; De
us out of the palm of the en- Nu 13:29 23:3; y Ge 19:37; z Le 18:3; a Ge 15:16; Jg 11:22;
u Ge 10:15 b Ex 34:16; Ezr 10:44; c Ex 19:6; Ex 22:31; De 7:6;
emy and the ambush by the Jos 1:4 d Ne 13:3; 2Co 6:14; e 1Pe 5:3.
EZRA 9:3–10:1 Ezra stunned. Prayer confessing guilt 636
3 Now as soon as I heard of CHAP. 9 10 “And now what shall we
this thing I ripped apart my gar- a Jos 7:6 say, O our God, after this? For we
2Ki 22:19
ment a and my sleeveless coat, b Ne 13:25
have left your commandments, a
and I began to pull out some c Ps 143:4 11 which you commanded by
of the hair of my head b and d Ezr 10:3 means of your servants the
e Ex 29:41
of my beard, and I kept sit- Da 9:21 prophets, saying, ‘The land that
ting stunned. c 4 Also to me f Nu 28:5 YOU people are going in to take
g Ps 95:6
they came gathering themselves, Lu 22:41 possession of is an impure land
Ac 21:5
everyone trembling d because of Eph 3:14
because of the impurity of the
the words of the God of Israel h Ex 9:29 peoples of the lands, b because of
Ps 143:6
against the unfaithfulness of the i Jas 5:16 their detestable things c with
exiled people, while I was sitting j Job 40:4 which they have filled it from
k Da 9:7
stunned until the grain offering l Ezr 9:2
end to end d by their unclean-
of the evening. e Ps 38:4 ness. e 12 And now YOUR daugh-
Ps 106:6
5 And at the grain offering f Isa 1:18 ters do not YOU people give to
of the evening I stood up from Isa 59:12 their sons, f neither their daugh-
m Lu 15:21
my humiliation, with my gar- Re 18:5 ters do YOU accept for YOUR sons;
ment and my sleeveless coat torn n Nu 32:14 and to time indefinite YOU must
2Ch 29:6
apart, and I proceeded to kneel Ac 7:51 not work for their peace g and
o La 5:7 their prosperity, in order that
upon my knees g and spread out p Da 9:8
my palms to Jehovah my God. h q Ne 9:32 YOU may grow strong h and cer-
6 And I went on to say: i “O my r 2Ki 10:32 tainly eat the good of the land
1Ch 5:22
God, I do feel ashamed j and em- 2Ch 36:17 and indeed take possession of
s 2Ki 17:23 it for YOUR sons to time indef-
barrassed k to raise my face to 2Ki 25:6
you, O my God, for our er- t 2Ki 17:20 inite.’ i 13 And after all that has
rors l themselves have multiplied u Da 9:7 come upon us for our bad deeds j
v Ne 9:31
over our head and our guilti- w Isa 1:9 and our great guiltiness—for you
ness has grown great even to the x Ps 13:3 yourself, O our God, have un-
y Ps 138:7
heavens. m 7 From the days of z Ne 9:36 derestimated our error, k and you
our forefathers n we have been in a De 30:1 have given us those who have es-
b Ezr 1:1
great guiltiness until this day; o c Ezr 6:14
caped such as these l— 14 shall
and because of our errors we Zec 4:9 we go breaking your command-
d 2Ch 36:19
have been given, we ourselves, e Isa 5:2
ments again and forming mar-
our kings, p our priests, q into the Isa 5:5 riage alliances m with the peoples
hand of the kings of the lands of these detestable things? n Will
Second Col. you not get incensed at us to the
with the sword, r with the cap-
tivity s and with the plunder t and a Le 27:34
Nu 36:13
limit o so that there will be none
with shame of face, u just as this b Le 18:24 remaining p and none escaping?
day. 8 And now for a little mo- De 12:31
c Le 18:3
15 O Jehovah the God of Israel,
ment favor v from Jehovah our De 18:9 you are righteous, q because we
d 2Ki 21:16 have been left over as an escaped
God has come by leaving over for e Eze 36:25
us those who escape w and by giv- 2Co 7:1 people as at this day. Here we are
f Ex 23:32 before you in our guiltiness, r for
ing us a peg in his holy place, Ex 34:16
to make our eyes shine, x O our De 7:3 it is impossible to stand before
Jos 23:12
God, and to give us a little re- g De 23:6
you on account of this.” s
viving in our servitude. y 9 For 2Ch 19:2
ccc dccc
NEHEMIAH
a about the Jews, a those who had
1 The words of Ne·he·miah
the son of Hac·a·liah: Now it
CHAP. 1
a Ne 1:11 escaped, b who had been left over
came about in the month Chis- Ne 5:14 of the captivity, c and also about
Ne 10:1
lev, b in the twentiethc year, that I Jerusalem. 3 Accordingly they
myself happened to be in Shu- said to me: “Those left over, who
shan d the castle. 2 Then Ha- b Ezr 10:9 have been left over from the cap-
Jer 36:22
nani, e one of my brothers, came
in, he and other men from Judah, d Ezr 4:9; Es 1:2; Es 3:15; Da 8:2; e Ne 7:2; f Ps
137:5; Second Col. a Ezr 4:12; Ezr 6:7; b Ezr
and I proceeded to ask f them c Ne 2:1 9:8; Eze 6:9; c Ezr 8:35; Jer 52:30.
639 Nehemiah asks to rebuild walls NEHEMIAH 1:4–2:6
tivity, there in the jurisdictional CHAP. 1 deemed by your great power a and
district, a are in a very bad plight b a Ezr 5:8 by your strong hand. b 11 Ah,
and in reproach; c and the wall d b Ne 9:37 Jehovah, please, let your ear be-
c 1Ki 9:7
of Jerusalem is broken down, and Ps 79:4 come attentive to the prayer of
d 2Ki 25:10 your servant and to the prayer c
its very gates e have been burned Ne 2:17
with fire.” Isa 5:5 of your servants who take de-
e Jer 14:2
4 And it came about that, as La 1:4 light in fearing your name; d and,
soon as I heard these words, I f 2Ch 20:3 please, do grant success to your
Ezr 8:21
sat down and began to weep Ps 69:10 servant today e and make him an
g Ezr 5:11 object of pity before this man.” f
and mourn for days, and I was Ne 2:4
continually fasting f and pray- Ps 115:16 Now I myself happened to be
h De 10:17
ing before the God of the Ps 47:2 cupbearer g to the king.
Da 9:4
heavens. g 5 And I went on to
say: “Ah, Jehovah the God of the
heavens, the God great and fear-
i De 7:9
j Ex 20:6
k 1Jo 5:3
2 And it came about in the
month Nisan, in the twen- h
ccc dccc
JOB
sanctify them; a and he got up
1 There happened to be a man
in the land of Uz whosea
CHAP. 1
a Jer 25:20
La 4:21
early in the morning and offered
b
name was Job; and that man b Eze 14:14
up burnt sacrifices b according to
proved to be blameless c and up- Eze 14:20 the number of all of them; for,
Jas 5:11
right, d and fearing God e and c Job 2:3 said Job, “maybe my sons have
turning aside from bad. f 2 And d Ge 6:9 sinned and have cursed c God in
2Ki 20:3
seven sons and three daughters e Ne 5:15 their heart.” d That is the way Job
came to be born to him. g 3 And Pr 8:13
Pr 16:6
would do always. e
his livestock h got to be seven f 1Th 5:22 6 Now it came to be the day
1Pe 3:11
thousand sheep and three thou- g Ps 127:3 when the sons of the true God f
sand camels and five hundred Ps 128:3 entered to take their station be-
h 2Ch 32:29
spans of cattle and five hundred i Ge 29:1 fore Jehovah, g and even Satan h
she-asses, along with a very large 1Ki 4:30 proceeded to enter right among
j Ps 133:1
body of servants; and that man
them. i
came to be the greatest of all the Second Col. 7 Then Jehovah said to Sa-
Orientals. i a Ex 19:10
tan: “Where do you come from?”
4 And his sons went and held 1Sa 16:5 At that Satan answered Jehovah
b Ge 8:20
a banquet j at the house of each Ge 12:8 and said: “From roving about
one on his own day; and they
c Pr 30:9 in the earth j and from walk-
d Mt 15:19
sent and invited their three sis- e Ge 18:19 ing about in it.” k 8 And Jeho-
f Ge 6:2 vah went on to say to Satan:
ters to eat and drink with them. De 33:2
Job 38:7 “Have you set your heart upon
5 And it would occur that when Da 3:25
the banquet days had gone round g Ps 103:20
Da 7:13 h Zec 3:1; Mt 4:3; Lu 22:31; Joh 13:2; Re 12:9;
the circuit, Job would send and Mt 18:10 i 1Ki 22:19; j Job 2:2; k Mt 12:43; 1Pe 5:8.
JOB 1:9–2:3 Satan questions Job’s integrity. Test. Job faithful 670
my servant Job, that there is no CHAP. 1 dants they struck down with the
one like him in the earth, a a man a Nu 12:3 edge of the sword; and I got to
blameless b and upright, c fear- Pr 14:35
b Ge 6:9
escape, only I by myself, to tell
ing God d and turning aside from Ps 37:37 you.”
bad?” e 9 At that Satan an- Joh 1:47
c Ps 84:11
18 While this other one was
swered Jehovah and said: “Is it Heb 4:13 yet speaking, still another one
for nothing that Job has feared d Ne 5:15 came and proceeded to say:
Ps 19:9
God? f 10 Have not you your- Ec 12:13 “Your sons and your daughters
self put up a hedge about e Ps 34:14 were eating and drinking wine a
Pr 3:7
him g and about his house and Pr 16:17 in the house of their broth-
about everything that he has all f Re 12:10 er the firstborn. 19 And, look!
g Ge 15:1
around? The work of his hands Ge 31:7 there came a great wind b from
you have blessed, h and his live- De 33:27 the region of the wilderness, and
Ps 34:7
stock itself has spread abroad in Ps 105:14 it went striking the four corners
the earth. 11 But, for a change, 1Pe 1:5 of the house, so that it fell upon
h Ge 26:12
thrust out your hand, please, and De 28:2 the young people and they died.
touch everything he has and see Ps 5:12 And I got to escape, only I by my-
Ps 84:11
whether he will not curse you to Ps 128:2 self, to tell you.”
your very face.” i 12 According- Pr 10:22
20 And Job proceeded to get
i Isa 8:21
ly Jehovah said to Satan: “Look! j Job 2:7 up and rip c his sleeveless coat
Everything that he has is in your k Job 1:4 apart and cut the hair d off his
hand. Only against him himself l 1Sa 4:17
head and fall to the earth e and
m 1Ki 19:19
do not thrust out your hand!” So n Job 6:19 bow down f 21 and say:
Satan went out away from the o 1Sa 22:20
p Eph 2:2 “Naked I came out of my
person of Jehovah. j q Ge 11:28 mother’s belly, g
13 Now it came to be the day 2Ki 24:2
And naked shall I return
when his sons and his daughters
there. h
were eating and drinking wine Second Col.
Jehovah himself has given, i
in the house of their brother the a Ps 104:15
and Jehovah himself has
Ec 9:7
firstborn. k 14 And there came Ec 10:19 taken away. j
a messenger l to Job, and he pro- b Eph 2:2
Let the name of Jehovah
c Ge 37:34
ceeded to say: “The cattle them- 1Sa 4:12 continue to be blessed.” k
selves happened to be plowing m d Ezr 9:3
and the she-asses were grazing Mic 1:16 22 In all this Job did not sin
at the side of them 15 when the
e 2Sa 12:16 or ascribe anything improper to
Isa 3:26
Sa·beans n came making a raid Mt 26:39 God. l
f Ge 24:26
and taking them, and the atten-
dants they struck down with the
Ex 34:8
Ne 9:3
g Job 31:15
2 Afterward it came to be the
day when the sons of the true
edge of the sword; and I got to Ps 127:3 God entered to take their station
escape, only I by myself, to tell Ec 5:15 before Jehovah, and Satan also
1Ti 6:7
you.” o h Ge 3:19 proceeded to enter right among
16 While this one was yet Ps 49:17 them to take his station before
Ec 12:7
speaking that one came and pro- i Ec 5:19 Jehovah. m
ceeded to say: “The very fire of Jas 1:17 2 Then Jehovah said to Satan:
j 1Sa 2:6
God fell from the heavens p and Pr 23:5 “Just where do you come from?”
went blazing among the sheep k Ps 34:1 At that Satan answered Jehovah
Da 2:20
and the attendants and eating l De 32:4 and said: “From roving about
them up; and I got to escape, only Ro 9:20 in the earth and from walking
I by myself, to tell you.” about in it.” n 3 And Jehovah
CHAP. 2 went on to say to Satan: “Have
17 While that one was yet
speaking another one came and m Job 1:6 you set your heart upon my ser-
n Job 1:7
proceeded to say: “The Chal·de- o Job 1:8 vant Job, o that there is no one
ans q made up three bands and p Ge 6:9 like him in the earth, a man
q Ne 5:15 blameless and upright, p fearing
went dashing against the camels Pr 8:13
and taking them, and the atten- Pr 16:6 God q and turning aside from
671 2nd challenge. False companions. Job’s 1st speech JOB 2:4–3:11
bad? a Even yet he is holding fast CHAP. 2 there was no one speaking a word
his integrity, b although you in- a Ps 34:14 to him, for they saw that the
cite c me against him to swallow 1Th 5:22 pain a was very great.
him up without cause.” d 4 But b Job 27:5
Satan e answered Jehovah and
said: “Skin in behalf of skin, and
c Job 1:11
d Job 9:17
3 Itopened
was after this that Job
his mouth and began
to call down evil upon his day. b
everything that a man has he e Job 1:6
2 Job now answered and said:
will give in behalf of his soul. f f Jer 41:8
5 For a change, thrust out your g Le 24:15
3 “Let the day perish on which
hand, please, and touch as far Job 1:11 I came to be born, c
as his bone and his flesh and see Re 12:10 Also the night that some-
whether he will not curse you to h Job 1:12 one said, ‘An able-
your very face.” g i Ex 9:9 bodied man has been
Le 13:18 conceived!’
6 Accordingly Jehovah said to Job 30:30
Satan: “There he is in your hand! 4 As for that day, let it become
j Jer 6:26
Only watch out for his soul it- Eze 27:30
darkness.
self!” 7 So Satan went out away Jon 3:6 Let not God look for it
from the person of Jehovah h and
Jon 3:8 from above,
struck Job with a malignant boil i
k Mal 3:14 Nor let daylight beam
from the sole of his foot to the
l Job 1:11 upon it.
crown of his head. 8 And he m Job 1:21 5 Let darkness and deep shad-
Jas 5:10 ow reclaim it.
proceeded to take for himself n Ps 39:1 Let a rain cloud reside
a fragment of earthenware with Pr 12:13
over it.
which to scrape himself; and he Jas 5:11
Let the things that darken
was sitting in among the ashes. j o Ge 36:34
Jer 49:7 a day terrorize it. d
9 Finally his wife said to him: 6 That night—let gloom take
p Ge 25:2
“Are you yet holding fast your 1Ch 1:32 it; e
integrity? k Curse God and die!” q Job 42:9 Let it not feel glad among
10 But he said to her: “As one the days of a year;
r Am 3:3
of the senseless l women speaks, Among the number of the
s Ge 37:35
you speak also. Shall we accept lunar months let it not
t Job 1:20
merely what is good from the enter.
u Ne 9:1
true God and not accept also La 2:10 7 Look! That night—let it be-
what is bad?” m In all this Job did Eze 27:30 come sterile;
not sin with his lips. n v Ezr 9:3 Let no joyful cry come in
11 And three companions of Isa 3:26
it. f
Job got to hear of all this calam- 8 Let cursers of the day exe-
Second Col.
ity that had come upon him, and crate it,
they proceeded to come, each a Job 16:6
Those ready to awaken Le-
one from his own place, Eli·phaz via·than. g
CHAP. 3
the Teman·ite o and Bildad the 9 Let the stars of its twilight
b Jer 20:14
Shuhite p and Zophar the Na- grow dark;
a·ma·thite. q So they met togeth- c Job 10:18
Jer 15:10
Let it wait for the light and
er by appointment r to come and Jer 20:15 there be none;
sympathize with him and com- d Am 8:10 And let it not see the
fort him. s 12 When they raised e Job 10:19 beams of dawn.
their eyes from far off they did f Isa 24:8 10 For it did not close the doors
not then recognize him. And g Job 41:1
of my mother’s belly, h
they proceeded to raise their Job 41:10 And so conceal trouble
voice and weep and rip t each one Ps 74:14 from my eyes.
Ps 104:26
his sleeveless coat apart and toss 11 Why from the womb did I not
dust toward the heavens upon h Ge 29:31
1Sa 1:5
proceed to die? i
their heads. u 13 And they kept Job 10:18 Why did I not come forth
sitting v with him on the earth i Jer 15:10 from the belly itself and
seven days and seven nights, and Jer 20:17 then expire?
JOB 3:12–4:10 Job asks why afflicted. Eliphaz’ 1st speech 672
12 Why was it that knees con- CHAP. 3 And like waters my roaring
fronted me, a Ps 22:9 cries pour forth; a
And why breasts a that I Lu 23:29 25 Because a dreadful thing
should take suck? b Ec 9:5 I have dreaded, and it
Ec 9:10
13 For by now I should have lain comes upon me;
down that I might be c Job 30:23 And what I have been
Joh 11:11
undisturbed; b scared of comes to me. b
d 1Ki 2:10
I should have slept then; I 2Ch 16:14
26 I have not been carefree,
should be at rest c nor have I been undis-
e Ge 50:26
14 With kings and counselors of Isa 22:16 turbed,
the earth, d Eze 26:20 Nor been at rest, and yet
Those building desolate f Ps 58:8 agitation comes.”
places for themselves, e Ec 6:3
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PSALMS
BOOK ONE
(Psalms 1 – 41)
a
1 Happynotiswalked
the man that has
in the coun-
b
CHAP. 1
a Ps 112:1
And high officials them-
selves have massed to-
sel of the wicked ones, Mt 5:3 gether as one a
b 2Ch 22:3
And in the way of sinners Job 21:16 Against Jehovah b and
has not stood, c Ps 64:2 against his anointed
Mt 26:4
And in the seat of ridicul- Ac 9:23 one, c
ers has not sat. d c Pr 4:14 3 Saying: “Let us tear their
2 But his delight is in the law of d Ps 26:4
Ps 69:12 bands apart d
Jehovah, e Pr 22:10 And cast their cords away
And in his law he reads in 2Pe 3:3
from us!” e
e Ps 19:7
an undertone day and Ps 40:8 4 The very One sitting in the
night. f Ro 7:22
heavens f will laugh;
Jas 1:25
3 And he will certainly become f Jos 1:8 Jehovah himself will hold
like a tree planted by Ps 35:28 them in derision. g
Ps 119:97
streams of water, g 1Ti 4:15 5 At that time he will speak to
That gives its own fruit in g Isa 44:4 them in his anger h
its season h Isa 61:3
Jer 17:8 And in his hot displeasure
And the foliage of which does h Mt 21:43 he will disturb them, i
not wither, i Php 4:17
6 Saying: “I, even I, have in-
Re 22:2
And everything he does i Isa 27:11 stalled my king j
will succeed. j j Ge 39:3
Upon Zion, k my holy
1Ch 22:13
4 The wicked are not like that, k Job 21:18 mountain.” l
But are like the chaff that Ps 35:5 7 Let me refer to the decree of
the wind drives away. k Isa 17:13
Mt 3:12 Jehovah;
5 That is why the wicked ones l Ps 5:5 He has said to me: “You are
will not stand up in the Jude 15
my son; m
m Mal 3:18
judgment, l Mt 13:49 I, today, I have become
Nor sinners in the assem- Mt 25:41
your father. n
bly of righteous ones. m n Job 23:10
Ps 37:18 8 Ask of me, o that I may give
6 For Jehovah is taking knowl- Jer 12:3
nations as your inheri-
edge of the way of righ- 2Ti 2:19
teous ones, n
1Pe 3:12 tance p
o Pr 14:12
But the very way of wicked
And the ends of the earth
ones will perish. o as your own possession. q
CHAP. 2
You do hate all those prac- Col 3:9 And do not in your rage
1Ti 3:11
ticing what is hurtful; j Re 21:8 correct me. j
6 You will destroy those speak- Re 22:15 2 Show me favor, O Jehovah,
l Ge 4:10
ing a lie. k Ge 9:6 for I am fading away. k
A man of bloodshed l and Ps 55:23
Isa 26:21
Heal me, l O Jehovah, for
deception m Jehovah de- m Ps 119:163 my bones have been dis-
tests. Pr 6:17
Pr 12:19
turbed.
7 As for me, in the abundance Ho 4:2 3 Yes, my own soul has been
1Pe 3:10 very much disturbed; m
of your loving-kindness n n Ps 51:1
I shall come into your Ps 69:13 And you, O Jehovah—how
Jon 4:2
house, o o 1Sa 3:3
long? n
I shall bow down toward 1Ch 16:1 4 Do return, o O Jehovah, do
Ps 84:10
your holy temple in fear p 1Ki 8:29
rescue my soul; p
of you. p Ps 28:2 Save me for the sake of
Ps 138:2
8 O Jehovah, lead me in your q Ps 23:3 your loving-kindness. q
righteousness q by rea-
Ps 25:5 5 For in death there is no men-
r 1Sa 18:14
son of my foes; r Ps 27:11 tion of you; r
Make your way smooth be-
Ps 59:10 In Sheol who will laud
s Ps 25:4
fore me. s t Ps 12:2 you? s
9 For in their mouth there is
Ps 52:2 6 I have grown weary with my
u Ps 58:2
Mic 6:12 sighing; t
nothing trustworthy; t v Ps 140:3 All night long I make my
Their inward part is adver- Ro 3:13
w Pr 29:5 couch swim; u
sity indeed. u 1Th 2:5 With my tears I make my
Their throat is an opened Jas 3:5
own divan overflow. v
x Ro 3:19
burial place; v y 2Sa 17:23 7 From vexation my eye has be-
A smooth tongue they Ps 7:15
come weak, w
z 2Sa 15:31
use. w 2Th 1:6
10 God will certainly hold them
d Ps 34:3; Ps 69:36; e Ps 115:13; Pr 10:6; f Ge 15:1;
guilty; x Second Col. Ps 3:3; Ps 84:11; g Ps 32:10; CHAP. 6 h 1Ch
15:21; Ps 12:Sup; i Ps 38:1; j Jer 10:24; Jer 46:28;
They will fall due to their a 1Sa 12:15 k Ps 38:7; Ps 41:4; 1Pe 1:24; l Ps 103:3; Jer 17:14;
own counsels. y 1Sa 15:23
Isa 1:20
Ho 6:1; m Ps 31:9; Mt 26:38; n Ps 13:1; o Ps 90:13;
p Ps 17:13; Ps 50:15; q Ps 119:88; La 3:22; r Ge
In the multitude of their Isa 63:10 3:19; Ps 30:9; Ps 88:10; Ps 115:17; Ec 9:5; s Ec
Eze 20:21
transgressions let there b Ps 40:16
9:10; Isa 38:18; Joh 11:13; t Ps 69:3; u 2Sa 13:36;
La 1:16; Ac 21:13; 2Co 2:7; v Ps 39:12; w Job 17:7;
be a dispersing of them, z c Ps 35:27 Ps 31:9.
PSALMS 6:8–7:16 God a refuge from enemies; righteous Judge 718
It has grown old because of CHAP. 6 command for judgment
all those showing hostil- a Ps 88:9 itself. a
ity to me. a b Ps 119:115
Mt 7:23
7 And let the very assembly
8 Get away from me, all YOU c Ps 3:4 of national groups sur-
practicers of what is Ps 145:18
Isa 30:19
round you,
hurtful, b Heb 5:7 And against it do you re-
For Jehovah will certainly d Ps 31:22
Ps 40:1
turn on high.
hear the sound of my Jon 2:2 8 Jehovah himself will pass
weeping. c e Ps 116:1 sentence on the peo-
f Ps 40:14
9 Jehovah will indeed hear my Ps 109:29 ples. b
request for favor; d Jer 20:11 Judge me, O Jehovah, ac-
g Pr 29:1
Jehovah himself will ac-
cording to my righ-
cept my own prayer. e CHAP. 7
teousness c
10 All my enemies will be very And according to my in-
h Ps 3:7
much ashamed f and dis- Ps 35:23 tegrity d in me.
turbed; i Ps 18:2 9 Please, may the badness of
Pr 18:10
They will turn back, they j Ps 31:15 wicked ones come to an
will be ashamed in- Jer 15:15 end, e
Ro 8:37
stantly. g 2Co 4:9 And may you establish the
2Pe 2:9 righteous one; f
A dirge of David that he sang k Ps 10:9
And God as righteous g is
to Jehovah concerning the words of Ps 17:12
Cush the Benja·min·ite.
1Pe 5:8 testing out heart h and
l Jg 18:28
Ps 50:22 kidneys. i
7 O Jehovah my God, in you Ih
i
m Jos 22:22 10 The shield for me is upon
have taken refuge. 2Sa 16:8
God, j a Savior of those
n 1Sa 24:11
Save me from all those per- o 1Sa 24:17 upright in heart. k
secuting me and deliver Pr 17:13
11 God is a righteous Judge, l
p 1Sa 19:4
me, j 1Sa 24:7 And God is hurling denun-
2 That no one may tear my soul 1Sa 26:9
ciations every day.
q Ac 25:11
to pieces as a lion does, k r Ps 3:7 12 If anyone will not return, m His
Snatching me away when Ps 68:1 sword he will sharpen, n
Ps 90:11
there is no deliverer. l s Ps 35:1 His bow he will certainly
3 O Jehovah my God, if I have Ps 94:2 bend, and he will make
Isa 33:10
done this, m t Ps 44:23 it ready for shooting. o
If there exists any injustice Ps 73:20 13 And for himself he must pre-
Isa 51:9
in my hands, n
pare the instruments of
4 If I have repaid the one re- Second Col. death; p
warding me with what is His arrows he will make
a Ps 76:9
bad, o Ps 103:6 flaming ones. q
Or if I have despoiled any- b Ge 18:25 14 Look! There is one that is
Ps 9:8
one showing hostility to c Ps 18:20 pregnant with what is
me without success, p Ps 35:24 hurtful, r
d Job 27:5
5 Let an enemy pursue my Ps 26:11 And he has conceived
soul q Ps 41:12
Ps 78:72
trouble and is bound to
And let him overtake and Pr 19:1 give birth to falsehood. s
trample my life down to e Ps 9:5
Pr 11:19
15 A pit he has excavated, and he
the very earth Jer 11:20 proceeded to dig it; t
And cause my own glory to f Ps 37:25
Pr 2:21
But he will fall into the
reside in the dust itself. g De 32:4 hole that he went mak-
Selah. 1Ch 28:9
Joh 17:25
ing. u
6 Do arise, O Jehovah, in your Re 15:3 16 His trouble will return upon
anger; r h 1Sa 16:7 his own head, v
i Jer 11:20
Lift yourself up at the out- Jer 17:10
Jer 20:12
bursts of fury of those Re 2:23
l Ge 18:25; Ps 9:4; Ps 33:5; Ps 98:9; m Ps 85:4; Isa
55:7; Mal 4:6; Lu 1:16; n De 32:41; Eze 21:9; o De
showing hostility to me, s j Ge 15:1 32:23; p Hab 3:5; q De 32:42; Ps 45:5; Ps 64:7;
Pr 30:5
And do awake for me, t k Ps 125:4
r Isa 33:11; s Isa 59:4; Jas 1:15; t Ps 35:7; Ps 40:2;
Ps 57:6; Jer 18:20; u Es 7:10; Ps 10:2; Pr 26:27;
since you have given Pr 2:21 v 1Ki 2:32; Es 9:25; Ga 6:7.
719 Man’s glory. Declare God’s wonderful works PSALMS 7:17–9:9
And upon the crown of his CHAP. 7 To the director upon
head his own violence Muth-labben. A melody of David.
1 [Aleph]
a Mt 26:52
will descend. a b Ps 35:28
Ps 51:14
17 I shall laud Jehovah accord-
ing to his righteous-
Ps 71:15
Ps 98:2
Ps 145:7
9 I willwith
laud you, O Jehovah,
all my heart; a