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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. 2 Kings 13:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
  2. 2 Kings 13:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.
  3. 2 Kings 13:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
  4. 2 Kings 13:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.
  5. 2 Kings 13:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.
  6. 2 Kings 13:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, along with all his accomplishments and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  7. 2 Kings 13:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the thirty-seventh year of the reign of Joash over Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years.
  8. 2 Kings 13:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.
  9. 2 Kings 13:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with all his accomplishments and his might, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  10. 2 Kings 13:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Jehoash rested with his fathers, and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
  11. 2 Kings 13:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
  12. 2 Kings 13:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on the bow, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.
  13. 2 Kings 13:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows!” So he took them, and Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” So he struck the ground three times and stopped.
  14. 2 Kings 13:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
  15. 2 Kings 13:23יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
  16. 2 Kings 13:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities of Israel.
  17. 2 Kings 14:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.
  18. 2 Kings 14:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
  19. 2 Kings 14:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
  20. 2 Kings 14:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But Amaziah would not listen, so Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
  21. 2 Kings 14:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
  22. 2 Kings 14:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
  23. 2 Kings 14:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with his accomplishments, his might, and how he waged war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  24. 2 Kings 14:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.
  25. 2 Kings 14:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
  26. 2 Kings 14:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash over Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years.
  27. 2 Kings 14:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  28. 2 Kings 14:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
  29. 2 Kings 14:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
  30. 2 Kings 14:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
  31. 2 Kings 14:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  32. 2 Kings 14:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.
  33. 2 Kings 15:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
  34. 2 Kings 15:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months.
  35. 2 Kings 15:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  36. 2 Kings 15:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Zechariah, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  37. 2 Kings 15:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
  38. 2 Kings 15:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Shallum, along with the conspiracy he led, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  39. 2 Kings 15:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.
  40. 2 Kings 15:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  41. 2 Kings 15:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
  42. 2 Kings 15:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Menahem, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  43. 2 Kings 15:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.
  44. 2 Kings 15:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  45. 2 Kings 15:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  46. 2 Kings 15:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.
  47. 2 Kings 15:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  48. 2 Kings 15:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
  49. 2 Kings 15:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Pekah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  50. 2 Kings 15:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
  51. 2 Kings 16:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  52. 2 Kings 16:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
  53. 2 Kings 16:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
  54. 2 Kings 17:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
  55. 2 Kings 17:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
  56. 2 Kings 17:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
  57. 2 Kings 17:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
  58. 2 Kings 17:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
  59. 2 Kings 17:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
  60. 2 Kings 17:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
  61. 2 Kings 17:14Referred to, not named
    But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
  62. 2 Kings 17:15Referred to, not named
    They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
  63. 2 Kings 17:16Referred to, not named
    They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
  64. 2 Kings 17:17Referred to, not named
    They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  65. 2 Kings 17:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
  66. 2 Kings 17:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
  67. 2 Kings 17:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
  68. 2 Kings 17:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
  69. 2 Kings 17:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
  70. 2 Kings 17:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
  71. 2 Kings 17:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
  72. 2 Kings 17:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
  73. 2 Kings 18:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
  74. 2 Kings 18:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
  75. 2 Kings 18:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
  76. 2 Kings 18:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
  77. 2 Kings 18:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
  78. 2 Kings 18:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
  79. 2 Kings 18:12Referred to, not named
    This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.
  80. 2 Kings 19:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
  81. 2 Kings 19:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
  82. 2 Kings 19:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
  83. 2 Kings 21:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  84. 2 Kings 21:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
  85. 2 Kings 21:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
  86. 2 Kings 21:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
  87. 2 Kings 21:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
  88. 2 Kings 21:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
  89. 2 Kings 22:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
  90. 2 Kings 22:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
  91. 2 Kings 23:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  92. 2 Kings 23:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
  93. 2 Kings 23:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
  94. 2 Kings 23:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
  95. 2 Kings 23:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
  96. 2 Kings 24:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
  97. 1 Chronicles 1:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
  98. 1 Chronicles 1:43יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.
  99. 1 Chronicles 2:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
  100. 1 Chronicles 2:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.