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

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Rebekah

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Bilhah Leah Rachel Zilpah

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Esau

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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 Chronicles 21:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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.
  2. 2 Chronicles 21:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.
  3. 2 Chronicles 22:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram.
  4. 2 Chronicles 23:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,
  5. 2 Chronicles 24:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.
  6. 2 Chronicles 24:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
  7. 2 Chronicles 24:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
  8. 2 Chronicles 24:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
  9. 2 Chronicles 25:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He also hired 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
  10. 2 Chronicles 25:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.
  11. 2 Chronicles 25:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
  12. 2 Chronicles 25:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
  13. 2 Chronicles 25:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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.
  14. 2 Chronicles 25:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
  15. 2 Chronicles 25:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home.
  16. 2 Chronicles 25:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
  17. 2 Chronicles 25:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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.
  18. 2 Chronicles 25:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?
  19. 2 Chronicles 27:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
  20. 2 Chronicles 28:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.
  21. 2 Chronicles 28:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  22. 2 Chronicles 28:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.
  23. 2 Chronicles 28:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.
  24. 2 Chronicles 28:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”
  25. 2 Chronicles 28:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.
  26. 2 Chronicles 28:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, and he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
  27. 2 Chronicles 28:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
  28. 2 Chronicles 28:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
  29. 2 Chronicles 29:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.
  30. 2 Chronicles 29:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
  31. 2 Chronicles 29:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
  32. 2 Chronicles 29:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
  33. 2 Chronicles 30:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  34. 2 Chronicles 30:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.
  35. 2 Chronicles 30:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
  36. 2 Chronicles 30:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.
  37. 2 Chronicles 30:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.
  38. 2 Chronicles 30:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.
  39. 2 Chronicles 31:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
  40. 2 Chronicles 31:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.
  41. 2 Chronicles 31:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.
  42. 2 Chronicles 31:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    When Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.
  43. 2 Chronicles 32:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”
  44. 2 Chronicles 32:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
  45. 2 Chronicles 33:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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.
  46. 2 Chronicles 33:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God 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.
  47. 2 Chronicles 33:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
  48. 2 Chronicles 33:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
  49. 2 Chronicles 33:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
  50. 2 Chronicles 33:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  51. 2 Chronicles 34:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
  52. 2 Chronicles 34:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
  53. 2 Chronicles 34:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
  54. 2 Chronicles 34:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
  55. 2 Chronicles 34:24Referred to, not named
    …that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
  56. 2 Chronicles 34:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · 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,
  57. 2 Chronicles 34:33יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  58. 2 Chronicles 35:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
  59. 2 Chronicles 35:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.
  60. 2 Chronicles 35:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
  61. 2 Chronicles 35:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
  62. 2 Chronicles 35:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
  63. 2 Chronicles 35:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …his acts from beginning to end—they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
  64. 2 Chronicles 36:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
  65. 2 Chronicles 36:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
  66. Ezra 1:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
  67. Ezra 2:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
  68. Ezra 2:59יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
  69. Ezra 2:70יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.
  70. Ezra 3:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
  71. Ezra 3:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
  72. Ezra 3:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
  73. Ezra 3:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
  74. Ezra 4:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
  75. Ezra 4:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
  76. Ezra 5:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.
  77. Ezra 5:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.
  78. Ezra 6:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
  79. Ezra 6:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
  80. Ezra 6:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
  81. Ezra 6:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
  82. Ezra 6:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
  83. Ezra 7:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
  84. Ezra 7:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
  85. Ezra 7:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
  86. Ezra 7:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
  87. Ezra 7:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up with you to Jerusalem.
  88. Ezra 7:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,
  89. Ezra 7:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
  90. Ezra 8:1Referred to, not named
    These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
  91. Ezra 8:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;
  92. Ezra 8:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.
  93. Ezra 8:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”
  94. Ezra 8:35יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.
  95. Ezra 9:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
  96. Ezra 9:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
  97. Ezra 9:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
  98. Ezra 10:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
  99. Ezra 10:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
  100. Ezra 10:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.