Quotes About Family

Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.

And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

Jehoramís brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

When Jehoram had established himself over his fatherís kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of 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 fatherís family, who were better than you.

So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the kingís palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His motherís name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.

But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziahís sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.

The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.

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.

For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.

The genealogy included all the little ones, wives, sons, and daughters in the whole assembly. For they had faithfully consecrated themselves as holy.

And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.

the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;

the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;

The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

from the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;

from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;