Israel

Israel, also named Jacob, was the son of Isaac, the father of the twelve tribes of Israel, and a key patriarch of the Jewish people.

The name Israel means “who prevails with God”

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Summary

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Genesis 25:26; referred to as Israel (Aramiac יִשְׂרָאֵל), Jacob (יַעֲקֹב), Jeshurun (יְשֻׁרוּן), Israelite (יִשְׂרְאֵלִי), Israelitess (יִשְׂרְאֵלִית), Israelite (Ἰσραήλ), Jacob (Ἰακώβ), or Israel (Ἰσραηλίτης); son of Isaac and Rebekah; a brother of Esau; husband of Rachel and Leah, with concubines Zilpah and Bilhah; father of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, Joseph and Benjamin.

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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

Glossary entries

Jacob Jeshurun Israel (Person) Israelite Jesurun

Family members

Father: Isaac
Mother: Rebekah
Spouse: Bilhah Leah Rachel Zilpah
Siblings: Esau
Children: Asher Benjamin Dan Dinah Gad Issachar Joseph Judah Levi Naphtali Reuben Simeon Zebulun

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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

3,504 verses

Includes 926 verses that refer to Israel without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1 Samuel 14:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
1 Samuel 14:37יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
1 Samuel 14:39יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
1 Samuel 14:40יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.
1 Samuel 14:41יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; Ἰσραήλ · Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.
1 Samuel 14:45יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
1 Samuel 14:47יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
1 Samuel 14:48יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
1 Samuel 15:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
1 Samuel 15:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
1 Samuel 15:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
1 Samuel 15:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
1 Samuel 15:18Referred to, not named
…and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
1 Samuel 15:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
1 Samuel 15:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
1 Samuel 15:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
1 Samuel 15:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
1 Samuel 15:35יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
1 Samuel 16:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
1 Samuel 17:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
1 Samuel 17:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
1 Samuel 17:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
1 Samuel 17:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
1 Samuel 17:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
1 Samuel 17:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 17:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
1 Samuel 17:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
1 Samuel 17:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
1 Samuel 17:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
1 Samuel 17:45יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
1 Samuel 17:46יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
1 Samuel 17:47Referred to, not named
And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
1 Samuel 17:52יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
1 Samuel 17:53יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
1 Samuel 18:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
1 Samuel 18:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
1 Samuel 18:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
1 Samuel 19:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
1 Samuel 20:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
1 Samuel 23:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
1 Samuel 23:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
1 Samuel 23:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
1 Samuel 24:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
1 Samuel 24:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
1 Samuel 24:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
1 Samuel 25:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
1 Samuel 25:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
1 Samuel 25:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
1 Samuel 25:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
1 Samuel 26:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
1 Samuel 26:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
1 Samuel 26:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
1 Samuel 27:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
1 Samuel 27:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
1 Samuel 28:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
1 Samuel 28:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
1 Samuel 28:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
1 Samuel 28:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 29:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
1 Samuel 29:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
1 Samuel 30:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute and ordinance for Israel to this very day.
1 Samuel 31:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel 31:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
2 Samuel 1:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
2 Samuel 1:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 1:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
2 Samuel 1:20Referred to, not named
Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
2 Samuel 1:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
2 Samuel 1:25Referred to, not named
How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
2 Samuel 2:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
2 Samuel 2:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
2 Samuel 2:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
2 Samuel 2:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
2 Samuel 3:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
2 Samuel 3:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”
2 Samuel 3:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
2 Samuel 3:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
2 Samuel 3:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Abner also spoke to the Benjamites. Then he went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
2 Samuel 3:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
2 Samuel 3:37יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.
2 Samuel 3:38יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
2 Samuel 4:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
2 Samuel 5:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
2 Samuel 5:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
2 Samuel 5:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
2 Samuel 5:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
2 Samuel 5:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
2 Samuel 5:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.
2 Samuel 6:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.
2 Samuel 6:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
2 Samuel 6:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.
2 Samuel 6:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home.
2 Samuel 6:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
2 Samuel 6:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
2 Samuel 7:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
2 Samuel 7:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
2 Samuel 7:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
2 Samuel 7:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
2 Samuel 7:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
2 Samuel 7:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.