100 Bible Verses About Ancient Near East

The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth–jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.

Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

And from Heshbon unto Ramath–mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

Wherefore Adoni–zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth–aven.

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth–jesimoth even unto Abel–shittim in the plains of Moab.

And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai–roi; for he dwelt in the south country.

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:

Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs:

And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,

And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite.

Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,

Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

And Iron, and Migdal–el, Horem, and Beth–anath, and Beth–shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

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.

At that time Merodach–baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

And Beth–arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth–el,

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan–aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.

From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

And Ziklag, and Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susah,

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 his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.