Quotes About Unity

The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.

And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!

Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.

After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

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 the Israelites went home,

And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

that this is what the LORD says: ëYou are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.í” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.

And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”

Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.

So Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.

Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,

The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.

However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,

So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”