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.

2 Samuel 7:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
2 Samuel 7:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
2 Samuel 7:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
2 Samuel 8:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
2 Samuel 10:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
2 Samuel 10:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
2 Samuel 10:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
2 Samuel 10:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
2 Samuel 10:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
2 Samuel 11:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 11:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
2 Samuel 12:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
2 Samuel 12:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
2 Samuel 12:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
2 Samuel 13:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
2 Samuel 13:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
2 Samuel 14:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
2 Samuel 15:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
2 Samuel 15:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 15:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
2 Samuel 15:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
2 Samuel 16:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
2 Samuel 16:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
2 Samuel 16:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
2 Samuel 16:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
2 Samuel 16:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
2 Samuel 17:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
2 Samuel 17:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
2 Samuel 17:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
2 Samuel 17:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
2 Samuel 17:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
2 Samuel 17:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 17:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
2 Samuel 18:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
2 Samuel 18:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
2 Samuel 18:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
2 Samuel 18:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
2 Samuel 19:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
2 Samuel 19:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
2 Samuel 19:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
2 Samuel 19:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
2 Samuel 19:40יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.
2 Samuel 19:41יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
2 Samuel 19:42יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
2 Samuel 19:43יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 20:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
2 Samuel 20:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 20:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
2 Samuel 20:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
2 Samuel 20:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
2 Samuel 21:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
2 Samuel 21:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied.
2 Samuel 21:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
2 Samuel 21:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted.
2 Samuel 21:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
2 Samuel 21:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
2 Samuel 23:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
2 Samuel 23:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 23:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
2 Samuel 24:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
2 Samuel 24:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
2 Samuel 24:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
2 Samuel 24:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
2 Samuel 24:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
2 Samuel 24:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
1 Kings 1:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
1 Kings 1:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
1 Kings 1:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
1 Kings 1:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
1 Kings 1:35יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
1 Kings 1:48יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”
1 Kings 2:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
1 Kings 2:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
1 Kings 2:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
1 Kings 2:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
1 Kings 2:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
1 Kings 3:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
1 Kings 4:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
1 Kings 4:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
1 Kings 4:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
1 Kings 4:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
1 Kings 5:1Referred to, not named
Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
1 Kings 5:7Referred to, not named
When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”
1 Kings 5:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
1 Kings 6:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
1 Kings 6:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”
1 Kings 8:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
1 Kings 8:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
1 Kings 8:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,
1 Kings 8:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
1 Kings 8:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 8:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
1 Kings 8:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
1 Kings 8:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
1 Kings 8:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
1 Kings 8:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
1 Kings 8:21Referred to, not named
And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
1 Kings 8:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
1 Kings 8:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.