Quotes About Israel

this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ëBehold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.

And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.

And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ëTell the man who sent you

But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ëAs for the words that you heard,

Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.

No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.

For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ëMy Name shall be there.í”

As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.

And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

Solomonís son was Rehoboam: Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

Amon his son, and Josiah his son.

The successors of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah.

These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his fatherís bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.

The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

All of them were reckoned in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,