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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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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

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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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3,504 verses

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

  1. 1 Kings 20:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
  2. 1 Kings 20:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
  3. 1 Kings 20:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
  4. 1 Kings 20:23Referred to, not named
    Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
  5. 1 Kings 20:25Referred to, not named
    And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.
  6. 1 Kings 20:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
  7. 1 Kings 20:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.
  8. 1 Kings 20:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  9. 1 Kings 20:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
  10. 1 Kings 20:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
  11. 1 Kings 20:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
  12. 1 Kings 20:40יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have pronounced it on yourself.”
  13. 1 Kings 20:41יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
  14. 1 Kings 20:43יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.
  15. 1 Kings 21:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
  16. 1 Kings 21:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it.
  17. 1 Kings 21:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
  18. 1 Kings 21:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’
  19. 1 Kings 21:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
  20. 1 Kings 22:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.
  21. 1 Kings 22:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,
  22. 1 Kings 22:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
  23. 1 Kings 22:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
  24. 1 Kings 22:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
  25. 1 Kings 22:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
  26. 1 Kings 22:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
  27. 1 Kings 22:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
  28. 1 Kings 22:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
  29. 1 Kings 22:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
  30. 1 Kings 22:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
  31. 1 Kings 22:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
  32. 1 Kings 22:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
  33. 1 Kings 22:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
  34. 1 Kings 22:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
  35. 1 Kings 22:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
  36. 1 Kings 22:33יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
  37. 1 Kings 22:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
  38. 1 Kings 22:39יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  39. 1 Kings 22:41יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
  40. 1 Kings 22:44יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
  41. 1 Kings 22:51יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
  42. 1 Kings 22:52יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
  43. 1 Kings 22:53יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
  44. 2 Kings 1:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
  45. 2 Kings 1:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
  46. 2 Kings 1:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
  47. 2 Kings 1:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
  48. 2 Kings 1:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  49. 2 Kings 2:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
  50. 2 Kings 3:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
  51. 2 Kings 3:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
  52. 2 Kings 3:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
  53. 2 Kings 3:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
  54. 2 Kings 3:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
  55. 2 Kings 3:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
  56. 2 Kings 3:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
  57. 2 Kings 3:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
  58. 2 Kings 3:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
  59. 2 Kings 3:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
  60. 2 Kings 3:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
  61. 2 Kings 3:25Referred to, not named
    They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
  62. 2 Kings 3:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.
  63. 2 Kings 5:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.
  64. 2 Kings 5:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.
  65. 2 Kings 5:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
  66. 2 Kings 5:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
  67. 2 Kings 5:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
  68. 2 Kings 5:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
  69. 2 Kings 5:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
  70. 2 Kings 5:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
  71. 2 Kings 6:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
  72. 2 Kings 6:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
  73. 2 Kings 6:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
  74. 2 Kings 6:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
  75. 2 Kings 6:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
  76. 2 Kings 6:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
  77. 2 Kings 6:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
  78. 2 Kings 6:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
  79. 2 Kings 7:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
  80. 2 Kings 7:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”
  81. 2 Kings 8:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
  82. 2 Kings 8:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
  83. 2 Kings 8:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  84. 2 Kings 8:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
  85. 2 Kings 8:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
  86. 2 Kings 9:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”
  87. 2 Kings 9:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
  88. 2 Kings 9:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
  89. 2 Kings 9:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
  90. 2 Kings 9:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
  91. 2 Kings 9:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
  92. 2 Kings 10:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
  93. 2 Kings 10:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel,
  94. 2 Kings 10:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
  95. 2 Kings 10:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
  96. 2 Kings 10:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
  97. 2 Kings 10:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
  98. 2 Kings 10:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehu, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  99. 2 Kings 10:36יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
  100. 2 Kings 13:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah over Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria seventeen years.