Quotes About Israel

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then Davidís men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”

and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Davidís brother Shimei killed him.

These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”

Nevertheless, the kingís word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel.

And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.

So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.

And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.

Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ramís horn and declare, ëLong live King Solomon!í

Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”

“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.

saying, ëBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.í”

and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ëIf your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.í

The length of Davidís reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.

When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

So King Solomon ruled over Israel,

and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;

Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,

Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;