100 Bible Verses About Ancient Israel
Bible verses about Ancient Israel
Exploring Ancient Israel through scripture is like unearthing the roots of our spiritual heritage. Within these verses, we discover God's enduring covenant, His unwavering faithfulness, and the unfolding of His redemptive plan for humanity. Understanding Ancient Israel provides invaluable context for grasping the teachings of Jesus and the New Testament. By delving into their history, laws, and interactions with God, we gain profound insights into the nature of faith, obedience, and the profound love that binds us to the Divine. Let these verses illuminate your path and deepen your connection to the story of salvation.
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1 Kings 2:22 (KJV)
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Ancient Israel: History, Prophecy & Key Bible Verses
But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon:
The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
And the border went up to Beth–hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth–arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord:
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty.
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath–jearim.
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.
And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En–hazor,
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,
And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
And Remeth, and En–gannim, and En–haddah, and Beth–pazzez;
And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
The sons of Salma; Beth–lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs:
And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor–libnath;
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:
The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Exploring these verses offers a powerful glimpse into the narrative of Ancient Israel, a foundational story shaping religious and cultural landscapes for millennia. From promises of land and nationhood to cycles of covenant, transgression, and redemption, these scriptures reveal a complex relationship between God and His chosen people. Reflecting on these passages encourages us to grapple with themes of faith, obedience, justice, and the enduring power of hope amidst hardship. Ultimately, the story of Ancient Israel, preserved in these verses, serves not only as a historical account but also as a timeless mirror reflecting our own human condition and our continuous search for meaning, purpose, and connection with the divine. May these verses inspire contemplation on our own journeys of faith and our responsibilities within communities and the wider world.