Israel
The name Israel means “who prevails with God”
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Jacob was the younger twin son of Isaac and Rebekah. He struggled with his twin brother Esau in the womb and was born holding Esau’s heel (Genesis 25:21–26). God told Rebekah that the boys symbolized two nations and that the older son would serve the younger (Genesis 25:23).
Isaac favored Esau, who loved the outdoors, while Rebekah preferred Jacob, who enjoyed staying at home. One day, Esau came back very hungry from hunting, and Jacob traded him some red stew for his inheritance rights (Genesis 25:27–34; see Hebrews 12:16). Later, Isaac asked Esau to prepare wild game for him to eat so he could bless him (Genesis 27:1–4; compare 25:28). However, Rebekah sent Jacob to trick Isaac into giving him the blessing instead, and her plan worked (Genesis 27:5–29). Jacob's deception was soon discovered (Genesis 27:30–35). But legally, valid blessings were unchangeable promises (27:33). So Isaac gave Esau a lesser blessing (Genesis 27:36–40). Esau planned to kill Jacob (27:41). Rebekah persuaded Isaac to send Jacob to her brother Laban so Jacob could marry within the family (Genesis 27:42–46).
Isaac gave the covenant promises to Jacob and sent him to Haran (Genesis 28:1–5). On the way, God appeared to Jacob in a dream and confirmed the promises of land and descendants given to Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 28:10–15). Jacob worshiped the Lord and named the place Bethel, meaning "house of God."
In Haran, Jacob worked for his uncle Laban (Genesis 29–31). Jacob loved Laban's daughter Rachel and worked seven years to marry her. However, Laban tricked him by giving him his older daughter Leah on the wedding night. Jacob then worked another seven years for Rachel and six more years to build his own flocks (Genesis 30:25–43; see also 31:38–42). Despite many challenges, he had thirteen children and became very wealthy.
After twenty years, God told Jacob to return to Canaan (Genesis 31:3). Jacob feared Laban and his sons (Genesis 31:1–2). So, he organized his caravan and left while Laban was away (31:4–21). Laban chased after him, but God stopped him from harming Jacob (Genesis 31:22–24, 29). Instead, Laban scolded Jacob for leaving secretly and accused him of stealing his idols (Genesis 31:25–30). Jacob allowed Laban to search his tents, but the idols were not found (Genesis 31:33–35). Jacob then became angry (Genesis 31:36–42). Although their conflict was unresolved, the two men made a peace agreement (Genesis 31:43–54). The location became a lasting boundary between Israel and Aram.
Jacob now faced Esau and God. When Esau came with four hundred men, Jacob asked for God's protection and sent gifts to make peace with his brother, whom he had not seen for many years (Genesis 32:3–21). That night, in an event symbolizing his life, Jacob wrestled with a man who dislocated his hip and gave him the blessing he wanted (Genesis 32:22–32). God also changed his name to Israel, meaning "God fights."
In the morning, Jacob met Esau, and they reconciled (Genesis 33:1–11). Esau was kind and forgiving, and Jacob shared some of his blessings. Esau then returned to Seir, while Jacob continued to Canaan. In Shechem, Jacob bought land and built an altar (Genesis 33:18–20). He then moved to Bethel and removed all foreign idols from his household (Genesis 35:1–8). God reaffirmed Jacob's new name, Israel, and renewed his promises of land and descendants (Genesis 35:9–15).
Jacob favored Rachel and her son Joseph (Genesis 37:1–3). Joseph's brothers grew jealous and hated him. Joseph's dreams made them angrier (Genesis 37:4–11), so they sold him as a slave (Genesis 37:12–28). For over twenty years, Jacob thought Joseph was dead. Jacob only learned Joseph was alive after sending Benjamin to Egypt with Judah. Joseph then helped his family during the famine (Genesis 43:1–14; 45:24–28). Jacob felt renewed and moved to Egypt. He joyfully reunited with Joseph in Goshen (Genesis 46:28–30) and thrived for seventeen more years.
When Jacob was near death at age 147, he planned for his family's future. He made Joseph promise to bury him in Canaan (Genesis 47:29–31; 49:29–32). He gave Joseph’s sons his main blessing and placed Ephraim, the younger son, first (Genesis 48:1–20). He assured the family they would return to Canaan (Genesis 48:21–22). Then he blessed each of his sons and predicted the future of their descendants (Genesis 49:1–28). He died and was buried in the cave of Machpelah, accompanied by his sons and a large Egyptian procession (Genesis 49:33–50:13). His death marked the end of the patriarchal age and the start of Israel’s growth as a nation in Egypt until they returned to live in the promised land (see Exodus—Joshua).
The name "Jacob" became another name for the nation of Israel (see Numbers 23:7, 21; 24:5; Hosea 12:2). God called the nation to serve him as their ancestors did (Hosea 12:3–14). He promised Israel the same love he showed Jacob (Malachi 1:2). He also promised that a powerful leader would come from Jacob's descendants (Genesis 49:8–12; Numbers 24:17–19).
Passages for Further Study
Genesis 25:19–34; 27:1–35:29; 37:1–35; 42:1–4, 29–38; 43:1–13; 45:25–50:14; Exodus 1:1–5; Numbers 23:7–10, 20–23; 24:5–9, 17–19; Deuteronomy 26:5; Joshua 24:4, 32; Hosea 12:2–14; Malachi 1:2; John 4:5–6, 12; Acts 7:8–16; Romans 9:10–13; Hebrews 11:8–9, 20–21
Events
- Creation of all things
- Creation of Adam and Eve
- The Fall
- God curses Cain
- God decides to destroy every living thing
- God instructs Noah to build the ark
- God makes a covenant with Noah
- Abrahamic Covenant
- Sodom Destroyed
- Birth of Jacob and Esau
- Lifetime of Jacob
- Birth of Reuben
- Birth of Simeon
- Birth of Levi
- Birth of Judah
- Birth of Dan
- Birth of Naphtali
- Birth of Gad
- Birth of Asher
- Birth of Issachar
- Birth of Zebulon
- Birth of Dinah
- Birth of Joseph
- Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin
- Joseph sold to Egypt
- Joseph imprisoned
- 7 years of famine
- Joseph's brothers return to Egypt
- Death of Jacob
- Ten Commandments Given
- The Holy Spirit is promised
- Jesus ascends to Heaven
- The Holy Spirit comes
- Believers pray for boldnessc. AD 30
- Ananias and Sapphira lie to Godc. AD 30
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Alternative names
- ἸακώβJacobmeans “that supplants, undermines; the heel”
- ἸσραήλIsrael
- ἸσραηλίτηςIsrael
- יַעֲקֹבJacobmeans “that supplants, undermines; the heel”
- יִשְׂרָאֵלGod
- יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael
- יִשְׂרְאֵלִיIsrael
- יִשְׂרְאֵלִיתIsrael
- יְשֻׁרוּןJeshurun
Mentions
Includes 926 verses that refer to Israel without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.
- Judges 20:35יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThe LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
- Judges 20:36יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
- Judges 20:38יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThe men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
- Judges 20:39יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel…the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
- Judges 20:41יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.
- Judges 20:42יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
- Judges 20:48יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
- Judges 21:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelNow the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
- Judges 21:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
- Judges 21:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThe Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
- Judges 21:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
- Judges 21:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
- Judges 21:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThe people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
- Judges 21:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThey added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
- Judges 21:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelBut we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
- Judges 21:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
- Judges 21:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelIn those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
- Ruth 2:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelMay the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
- Ruth 4:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelNow in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.
- Ruth 4:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
- Ruth 4:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 1:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
- 1 Samuel 2:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel…and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
- 1 Samuel 2:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelNow Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- 1 Samuel 2:23Referred to, not named“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
- 1 Samuel 2:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.
- 1 Samuel 2:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelWhy then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
- 1 Samuel 2:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelTherefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- 1 Samuel 2:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelYou will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
- 1 Samuel 3:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
- 1 Samuel 3:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 4:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
- 1 Samuel 4:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThe Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
- 1 Samuel 4:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelWhen the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
- 1 Samuel 4:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelWhen the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.
- 1 Samuel 4:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
- 1 Samuel 4:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThe messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
- 1 Samuel 4:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAs soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
- 1 Samuel 4:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
- 1 Samuel 4:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
- 1 Samuel 5:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
- 1 Samuel 5:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 5:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
- 1 Samuel 5:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
- 1 Samuel 6:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThey replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
- 1 Samuel 6:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelMake images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
- 1 Samuel 6:6Referred to, not namedWhy harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?
- 1 Samuel 7:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 7:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
- 1 Samuel 7:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelWhen they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 7:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelWhen the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
- 1 Samuel 7:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel…and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 7:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
- 1 Samuel 7:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAs the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
- 1 Samuel 7:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
- 1 Samuel 7:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 7:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThe cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
- 1 Samuel 7:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
- 1 Samuel 7:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelEvery year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
- 1 Samuel 7:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 8:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelWhen Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 8:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 8:5Referred to, not named“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
- 1 Samuel 8:6Referred to, not namedBut when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 8:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
- 1 Samuel 9:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
- 1 Samuel 9:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
- 1 Samuel 9:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
- 1 Samuel 9:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAs for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
- 1 Samuel 9:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSaul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
- 1 Samuel 10:1Ἰσραήλ · IsraelThen Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
- 1 Samuel 10:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel…and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
- 1 Samuel 10:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
- 1 Samuel 11:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelBut Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 11:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
- 1 Samuel 11:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelHe took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
- 1 Samuel 11:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 11:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelBut Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 11:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
- 1 Samuel 12:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
- 1 Samuel 12:2Referred to, not namedNow here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.
- 1 Samuel 12:3Referred to, not namedHere I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
- 1 Samuel 12:4Referred to, not named“You have not cheated us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”
- 1 Samuel 12:5Referred to, not namedSamuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.
- 1 Samuel 12:8יַעֲקֹב · JacobWhen Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
- 1 Samuel 13:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSaul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
- 1 Samuel 13:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelHe chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
- 1 Samuel 13:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 13:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelNow the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
- 1 Samuel 13:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSeeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
- 1 Samuel 13:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
- 1 Samuel 13:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
- 1 Samuel 13:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelInstead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
- 1 Samuel 14:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 14:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelThen Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)
- 1 Samuel 14:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelAnd the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps to join the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
- 1 Samuel 14:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelWhen all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in close pursuit.
- 1 Samuel 14:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · IsraelSo the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.