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 Chronicles 2:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.
2 Chronicles 2:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
2 Chronicles 2:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
2 Chronicles 5:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
At that time Solomon assembled 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.
2 Chronicles 5:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 5:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,
2 Chronicles 5:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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.
2 Chronicles 5:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
There was nothing in the ark except the two 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 Egypt.
2 Chronicles 6:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
2 Chronicles 6:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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,
2 Chronicles 6:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land 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, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
2 Chronicles 6:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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.
2 Chronicles 6:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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.
2 Chronicles 6:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And there I have placed the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
2 Chronicles 6:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
2 Chronicles 6:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
2 Chronicles 6:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
2 Chronicles 6:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
2 Chronicles 6:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.
2 Chronicles 6:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
2 Chronicles 6:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,
2 Chronicles 6:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.
2 Chronicles 6:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
2 Chronicles 6:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
2 Chronicles 6:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
2 Chronicles 6:33יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
2 Chronicles 7:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
2 Chronicles 7:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
2 Chronicles 7:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
2 Chronicles 7:9Referred to, not named
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.
2 Chronicles 7:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.
2 Chronicles 7:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’
2 Chronicles 8:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.
2 Chronicles 8:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)—
2 Chronicles 8:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
2 Chronicles 8:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
2 Chronicles 8:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”
2 Chronicles 9:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
2 Chronicles 9:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
2 Chronicles 10:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
2 Chronicles 10:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
2 Chronicles 10:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,
2 Chronicles 10:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
2 Chronicles 10:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 10:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
2 Chronicles 11:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
2 Chronicles 11:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
2 Chronicles 11:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.
2 Chronicles 11:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 12:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 12:2Referred to, not named
In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem
2 Chronicles 12:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
2 Chronicles 12:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
2 Chronicles 13:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
2 Chronicles 13:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
2 Chronicles 13:8Referred to, not named
And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
2 Chronicles 13:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
2 Chronicles 13:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
2 Chronicles 13:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
2 Chronicles 13:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 15:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.
2 Chronicles 15:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
2 Chronicles 15:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
2 Chronicles 15:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
2 Chronicles 15:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
2 Chronicles 16:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
2 Chronicles 16:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Let there be a treaty between me and you as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
2 Chronicles 16:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
2 Chronicles 16:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
2 Chronicles 17:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
2 Chronicles 17:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.
2 Chronicles 18:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am as you are, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
2 Chronicles 18:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
2 Chronicles 18:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
2 Chronicles 18:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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.
2 Chronicles 18:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
2 Chronicles 18:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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.
2 Chronicles 18:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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.’”
2 Chronicles 18:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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?”
2 Chronicles 18:18Referred to, not named
Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.
2 Chronicles 18:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
2 Chronicles 18:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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,
2 Chronicles 18:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
2 Chronicles 18:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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.
2 Chronicles 18:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
2 Chronicles 18:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.
2 Chronicles 18:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
2 Chronicles 18:33יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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!”
2 Chronicles 18:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. And at sunset he died.
2 Chronicles 19:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 20:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
2 Chronicles 20:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
2 Chronicles 20:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And the Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, shouting in a very loud voice.
2 Chronicles 20:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.
2 Chronicles 20:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
2 Chronicles 20:35יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
2 Chronicles 21:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
2 Chronicles 21:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.