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I AM THAT I AM, a name of deity, Exod 3:14; Rev 1:4,11,17.
IBHAR, son of David, 2 Sam 5:15; 1 Chron 3:6; 1 Chron 14:5.
IBLEAM, a city of Manasseh, Josh 17:11; Judg 1:27; 2 Kings 9:27.
IBNEIAH, a Benjamite, 1 Chron 9:8.
IBNIJAH, a Benjamite, 1 Chron 9:8.
IBRI, a Levite, 1 Chron 24:27.
IBZAN, a Bethlehemite, and, judge of Israel, Judg 12:8-10.
ICE, Job 6:16; Job 38:29; Ps 147:17; Prov 25:13.
ICHABOD, son of Phinehas, and grandson of Eli, 1 Sam 4:21; 1 Sam 14:3.
ICONIUM. A city of Asia Minor. Paul preaches in, Acts 13:51; Acts 14:21-22; Acts 16:2; is persecuted by the people of, Acts 14:1-6; 2 Tim 3:11.
ICONOCLASM. Idols to be destroyed, Exod 23:24; Exod 34:13; Num 33:52; Deut 7:5,25-26; Deut 12:1-4; Judg 2:2; Jer 50:2. Destroyed by Jacob, Gen 35:2-4; Moses, Exod 32:19-20; Gideon, Judg 6:28-32; David, 2 Sam 5:21; 1 Chron 14:12; Jehu, 2 Kings 10:26-28; Jehoiada, 2 Kings 11:18; Hezekiah, 2 Kings 18:3-6; Josiah, 2 Kings 23:4-20; Asa, 2 Chron 14:3-5; 2 Chron 15:8-16; Jehoshaphat, 2 Chron 17:6; 2 Chron 19:3; Jews, 2 Chron 30:14; Manasseh, 2 Chron 33:15.
See IDOLATRY.
IDALAH, a town of Zebulun, Josh 19:15.
IDBASH, a descendant of Judah, 1 Chron 4:3.
IDDO. 1. Father of Ahinadab, 1 Kings 4:14.
2. A descendant of Gershom, 1 Chron 6:21.
3. A son of Zechariah, 1 Chron 27:21.
4. A prophet, 2 Chron 9:29; 2 Chron 12:15; 2 Chron 13:22.
5. Ancestor of Zechariah, Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Zech 1:1,7.
7. The chief of the Jews Casiphia, Ezra 8:17.
IDLENESS.
Prov 26:13; [Prov 22:13]; Prov 26:14-16
See SLOTHFULNESS; INDUSTRY.
IDOL. Manufacture of, Exod 20:4; Exod 32:4,20; Deut 4:23; Isa 40:19-20; Isa 44:9-12,17; Hab 2:18; Acts 19:24-25. Manufacture of, forbidden, Exod 20:4; Exod 34:17. Made of gold, Exod 32:3-4; Ps 115:4-7; Ps 135:15-47; Isa 2:20; Isa 30:22; Isa 31:7; Hos 8:4; silver, Isa 2:20; Isa 30:22; Isa 31:7; Hos 8:4; wood and stone, Lev 26:1; Deut 4:28; 2 Kings 19:18; Isa 37:19; Isa 41:6; Isa 44:13-19; Ezek 20:32.
Coverings of, Isa 30:22. Prayer to, unanswered, 1 Kings 18:25-29; Isa 16:12. Things offered to, not to be eaten, Exod 34:15.
See ICONOCLASM
IDOLATRY WICKED PRACTICES OF: Human sacrifices, Lev 18:21; Lev 20:2-5; Deut 12:31; Deut 18:10; 2 Kings 3:26-27; 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 17:17-18; 2 Kings 21:6; 2 Kings 23:10; 2 Chron 28:3; 2 Chron 33:6; Ps 106:37-38; Isa 57:5; Jer 7:31; Jer 19:4-7; Jer 32:35; Ezek 16:20-21; Ezek 20:26,31; Ezek 23:37,39; Mic 6:7; practices of, relating to the dead, Deut 14:1; licentiousness of, Exod 32:6,25; Num 25:1-3; 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 15:12; 2 Kings 17:30;[1] 2 Kings 23:7; Ezek 16:17; Ezek 23:1-44; Hos 4:12-14; Amos 2:8; Mic 1:7; Rom 1:24,26-27; 1 Cor 10:7-8; 1 Pet 4:3-4; Rev 2:14,20-22; Rev 9:20-21; Rev 14:8; Rev 17:1-6.
OTHER CUSTOMS OF: Offered burnt offerings, Exod 32:6; 1 Kings 18:26; Acts 14:13; libations, Isa 57:6; Isa 65:11; Jer 7:18; Jer 19:13; Jer 32:29; Jer 44:17,19,25; Ezek 20:28; of wine, Deut 32:38; of blood, Ps 16:4; Zech 9:7; meat offerings, Isa 57:6; Jer 7:18; Jer 44:17; Ezek 16:19; peace offerings, Exod 32:6.
Incense burned on altars, 1 Kings 12:33; 2 Chron 30:14; 2 Chron 34:25; Isa 65:3; Jer 1:16; Jer 11:12,17; Jer 44:3; Jer 48:35; Ezek 16:18; Ezek 23:41; Hos 11:2. Prayers to idols, Judg 10:14; Isa 44:17; Isa 45:20; Isa 46:7; Jon 1:5. Praise, Judg 16:24; Dan 5:4.
Singing and dancing, Exod 32:18-19. Music, Dan 3:5-7. Cutting the flesh, 1 Kings 18:28; Jer 41:5. Kissing, 1 Kings 19:18; Hos 13:2; Job 31:27. Bowing, 1 Kings 19:18; 2 Kings 5:18. Tithes and gifts, 2 Kings 23:11; Dan 11:38; Amos 4:4-5.
ANNUAL FEASTS: 1 Kings 12:32; Ezek 18:6,11-12,15; Ezek 22:9; Dan 3:2,3.
OBJECTS OF: Sun, moon, and stars, Deut 4:19; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 21:3,5; 2 Chron 33:3,5; Job 31:26-28; Jer 7:17-20; Jer 8:2; Ezek 8:15-16; Zeph 1:4-5; Acts 7:42. Images of angels, Col 2:18; animals, Rom 1:23. Gods of Egypt, Exod 12:12. Golden calf, Exod 32:4. Brazen serpent, 2 Kings 18:4. Net and drag, Hab 1:16. Pictures, Num 33:52; Isa 2:16. Pictures on walls, Ezek 8:10. Earrings, Gen 35:4.
See SHRINE.
DENUNCIATIONS AGAINST:
Deut 4:15-16,19; Deut 4:15-23; Deut 4:25-28; Deut 11:16-17,28; Deut 28:15-68; Deut 30:17-18; Deut 31:16-21,29; Deut 32:15-26; 1 Kings 9:6-9.
Deut 27:15; Exod 34:17; Lev 19:4.
Acts 15:29; Acts 15:20; 1 Cor 8:1-13.
1 Cor 10:14,20; 1 Cor 10:21-22.
See ICONOCLASM.
WARNINGS AGAINST, AND PUNISHMENTS OF: Deut 17:2-5; 2 Chron 28:23; Neh 9:27-37; Ps 78:58-64; Ps 106:34-42; Isa 1:29-31; Isa 2:6-22; Isa 30:22; Isa 57:3-13; Isa 65:3-4; Jer 1:15-16; Jer 3:1-11; Jer 5:1-17; Jer 7; Jer 8:1-2,19; Jer 13:9-27; Jer 16; Jer 17:1-6; Jer 18:13-15; Jer 19; Jer 22:9; Jer 32:35; Jer 44; Jer 48:8; Ezek 6; Ezek 7:19; Ezek 8:5-18; Ezek 9; Ezek 14:1-14; Ezek 16; Ezek 20; Ezek 22:4; Ezek 23; Ezek 44:10-12; Hos 1:2; Hos 2:2-5; Hos 4:12-19; Hos 5:1-3; Hos 8:5-14; Hos 9:10; Hos 10; Hos 11:2; Hos 12:11-14; Hos 13:1-4; Hos 14:8; Amos 3:14; Amos 4:4-5; Amos 5:5; Mic 1:1-9; Mic 5:12-14; Mic 6:16; Zeph 1; Mal 2:11-13.
PROPHECIES RELATING TO:
Jer 51:44,47; Jer 51:52; Isa 21:9.
FOLLY OF:
1 Kings 18:27; Judg 6:31; 1 Sam 5:3-4.
2 Chron 25:15; 1 Sam 12:21; 2 Kings 3:13; Isa 16:12; Isa 36:18.
Ps 115:4-5,8; Ps 96:5; Ps 135:15-18; Isa 2:8.
Isa 41:23-24; Isa 41:26-29; Isa 43:9.
Isa 44:19; Isa 44:9-20; Isa 40:19-20.
Isa 47:13-14; Isa 47:12-15; 2 Kings 19:18; Isa 37:19; Zech 10:2.
Jer 2:28; Deut 32:37-38; Judg 10:14.
Jer 10:5; Jer 10:3-16; Jer 48:13; Jer 51:17; Hab 2:18-19.
Hos 8:5-6; Exod 32:20; Ps 106:20.
1 Cor 8:4; 1 Cor 8:5; 1 Cor 10:19.
Rev 9:20; Deut 4:28; Dan 5:23.
IDUMEA. See EDOM.
IFS, OF THE BIBLE. See BLESSINGS, CONTINGENT.
IGAL. 1. One of the spies sent to Canaan, Num 13:7.
2. Called also JOEL. One of David's guards, 2 Sam 23:36; 1 Chron 11:38.
IGDALIAH, father of Hanan, Jer 35:4.
IGEAL, son of Shemaiah, 1 Chron 3:22.
IGNORANCE.
Job 37:5,15-16,19,23; Job 38-39.
See KNOWLEDGE; WISDOM.
SINS OF:
Ezek 33:6; [Ezek 3:18]; Ezek 33:8
INSTANCES OF PUNISHMENT OF SINS OF: Pharaoh, Gen 12:11-17; Abimelech, Gen 20:1-18.
IIM. 1. An encampment of the Israelites, Num 33:45.
2. A town in the extreme south of Judah, Josh 15:29.
IJEABARIM, one of the later halting places of Israel, Num 21:11; Num 33:44.
IJON, a town of Naphtali, 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Chron 16:4.
IKKESH, father of Ira, 2 Sam 23:26; 1 Chron 11:28; 1 Chron 27:9.
ILAI, an Ahohite, 1 Chron 11:29.
ILLYRICUM, called also DALMATIA. Visited by Paul, Rom 15:19; by Titus, 2 Tim 4:10.
IMAGE. For idols.
See IDOLATRY.
FIGURATIVE: Man created in, of God, Gen 1:26-27; Gen 5:1; Gen 9:6; James 3:9. Regenerated into, Ps 17:15; Rom 8:29; 2 Cor 3:18; Eph 4:24; Col 3:10; 1 John 3:1-3. Christ, of God, Col 1:15; Heb 1:3. Of jealousy, Ezek 8:3,5.
See IDOL; IDOLATRY.
IMAGINATION.
IMLA, called also IMLAH. Father of Michaiah the prophet, 2 Chron 18:7-8.
IMMANUEL. A name of Jesus, Isa 7:14. Called EMMANUEL, Matt 1:23.
See JESUS, NAMES OF.
IMMER. 1. A family of priests, 1 Chron 9:12; Ezra 2:37; Ezra 10:20; Neh 7:40; Neh 11:13.
2. Head of a division of priests, 1 Chron 24:14.
3. Name of a man or town, Ezra 2:59; Neh 7:61.
5. Father of Pashur, Jer 20:1-2.
IMMORTALITY.
John 6:39-40,44,47,50-51,53-54,58
See RESURRECTION; RIGHTEOUS, PROMISES TO; WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF.
IMNA, son of Helem, 1 Chron 7:35.
IMNAH. 1. Firstborn of Asher, 1 Chron 7:30.
IMPENITENCE.
Jer 7:13-14,24,28; Jer 7:13-34; Jer 11:8; Jer 25:4; Jer 26:4-6; Jer 32:33; Jer 35:14-17; Zech 1:4.
Jer 13:17,27; Jer 13:15; Jer 19:15
Ezek 3:5-7,19,26; Ezek 3:1-11; Ezek 2:4; Ezek 33:9.
Matt 11:16-19; [Luke 7:35]; Matt 11:20-21; Matt 11:20-24; Matt 12:42,44; Luke 10:13.
See AFFLICTION, IMPENITENCE IN; BACKSLIDERS; BLINDNESS, SPIRITUAL; INFIDELITY; OBDURACY; UNBELIEF.
INSTANCES OF: Pharaoh, Exod 9:30,34; Exod 10:27; Exod 14:5-9. Israelites, Num 14:22-23; 2 Kings 17:14; 2 Chron 24:19; 2 Chron 36:16-17; Neh 9:16-17,29-30; Jer 36:31. Eli's sons, 1 Sam 2:25. Amaziah, 2 Chron 25:16. Manasseh, 2 Chron 33:10. Amon, 2 Chron 33:23. Zedekiah, 2 Chron 36:12-13; Jer 37:2. Jehoiakim and his servants, Jer 36:22-24. Belshazzar, Dan 5:22-23. The rich young man, Matt 19:22.
IMPORTS. Of Jerusalem: horses, chariots, and linen, 1 Kings 10:28-29; 2 Chron 1:16; gold, ivory, apes, peacocks, 2 Chron 9:21. Of Egypt: spices, Gen 37:25. Of Tyre, Ezek 27:12-25.
See COMMERCE; EXPORTS; TRIBUTE.
IMPORTUNITY. See PRAYER.
IMPOSITION OF HANDS. See HANDS, IMPOSITION OF.
IMPRECATION. INSTANCES OF: Ruth, Ruth 1:17. Samuel, 1 Sam 3:17. David, 2 Sam 1:21; 2 Sam 3:28-29. Shimei, 2 Sam 16:5,13.
See PRAYER, IMPRECATORY.
IMPRISONMENT. Of Joseph, Gen 39:20. Jeremiah, Jer 38:6. John the Baptist, Matt 11:2; Matt 14:3. Apostles, Acts 5:18. Paul and Silas, Acts 16:24. Peter, Acts 12:4.
Of debtors, Matt 5:26; Matt 18:30.
See PRISON; PRISONERS; PUNISHMENTS.
IMRAH, a chief of the tribe of Asher, 1 Chron 7:36.
IMRI. 1. A man of Judah, 1 Chron 9:4.
INCARNATION. See JESUS, INCARNATION OF.
INCENDIARISM. See ARSON.
INCENSE. Formula for compounding, Exod 30:34-35. Uses of, Exod 30:36-38; Lev 16:12; Num 16:17,40,46; Deut 33:10. Compounded by Bezaleel, Exod 37:29; by priests, 1 Chron 9:30. Offered morning and evening, Exod 30:7-8; 2 Chron 13:11; on the golden altar, Exod 30:1-7; Exod 40:5,27; 2 Chron 2:4; 2 Chron 32:12; in making atonement, Lev 16:12-13; Num 16:46-47; Luke 1:10. Unlawfully offered by Nadab and Abihu, Lev 10:1-2; Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Num 16:16-35; by Uzziah, 2 Chron 26:16-21.
Offered in idolatrous worship, 1 Kings 12:33; Jer 41:5; Ezek 8:11. Presented by the wise men to Jesus, Matt 2:11.
See ALTAR OF INCENSE.
FIGURATIVE: Of prayer, Ps 141:2. Of praise, Mal 1:11. Of an acceptable sacrifice, Eph 5:2.
SYMBOLICAL: Of the prayers of saints, Rev 5:8; Rev 8:3-4.
INCEST. DEFINED AND FORBIDDEN:
INSTANCES OF: Lot with his daughters, Gen 19:31-36. Abraham, Gen 20:12-13. Nahor, Gen 11:29. Renton, Gen 35:22; Gen 49:4. Amram, Exod 6:20. Judah, Gen 38:16-18; 1 Chron 2:4. Amnon, 2 Sam 13:14. Absalom, 2 Sam 16:21-22. Herod, Matt 14:3-4; Mark 6:17-18; Luke 3:19. Israel, Amos 2:7.
Instances of marriage of near of kin: Isaac with Rebekah, Gen 24:15,67. Jacob with Leah and Rachel, Gen 29:23,30. Rehoboam, 2 Chron 11:18.
INCINERATION. See CREMATION.
INCONSISTENCY.
See DECEIT; DECEPTION; HYPOCRISY.
INSTANCES OF: Jehu, 2 Kings 10:16-31. The Jews, in oppressing the poor, Neh 5:9; in accusing Jesus of violating the Sabbath, John 7:22-23.
INDECISION.
See DECISION; INSTABILITY; LUKEWARMNESS.
INSTANCES OF: Moses at the Red Sea, Exod 14:15. Joshua at Ai, Josh 7:10. Esther, Esther 5:8. Rulers, who believed in Jesus, John 12:42. Felix, Acts 24:25.
INDIA, probably the eastern limit of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, Esther 1:1; Esther 8:9.
INDICTMENTS. INSTANCES OF: Naboth on charge of blasphemy, 1 Kings 21:13, with 1 Kings 21:1-16. Jeremiah of treasonable prophecy, but of which he was acquitted, Jer 26:1-24; a second indictment, Jer 37:13-15. Three Hebrew captives on the charge of contumacy, Dan 3:12, with Dan 3:1-28. Daniel of contumacy, Dan 6:13 with Dan 6:1-24. Jesus, under two charges, first, of blasphemy, Matt 26:61; Mark 14:58; Matt 26:63-65; Mark 14:61-64; Luke 22:67-71; John 19:7; the second, of treason, Matt 27:11,37; Mark 15:2,26; Luke 23:2-3,38; John 18:30,33; John 19:12,19-22.
Stephen for blasphemy, Acts 6:11,13. Paul, Acts 17:7; Acts 18:13; Acts 24:5; Acts 25:18-19,26-27. Paul and Silas, Acts 16:20-21.
Indictment quashed, Acts 18:14-16.
INDUSTRY.
See FRUGALITY. Also see IDLENESS; SLOTHFULNESS.
INSTANCES OF: Jeroboam, 1 Kings 11:28. Paul, Acts 18:3; Acts 20:33-34; 2 Thess 3:8.
INFANTICIDE, Exod 1:15-16; Matt 2:16-18; Acts 7:19.
INFANTS. See CHILDREN.
INFIDELITY.
Exod 14:11; Exod 14:12; Exod 16:3,7; Num 14:27-34; Num 16:41; Num 21:5.
2 Chron 32:15; 2 Chron 32:16-19.
Ps 78:19; Ps 78:20,22; Ps 107:11-12.
Dan 8:25; Dan 8:10; Dan 7:25; Dan 11:36-37.
Matt 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15; Luke 16:14.
See PRESUMPTION; SKEPTICISM; UNBELIEF.
INFIRMITY. PHYSICAL: Moses exempt from, Deut 34:7; Caleb; Josh 14:11.
See AFFLICTION; BLINDNESS; DEAFNESS; LAMENESS; OLD AGE; TASTE.
INFLUENCE. EVIL:
See EXAMPLE.
INSTANCES OF: Satan over Adam and Eve, Gen 3:1-5. Eve over Adam, Gen 3:3.
GOOD:
See EXAMPLE.
INSTANCES OF: Ezra, Ezra 10:1, with Ezra 9. Nehemiah, Neh 4-5. Hezekiah, 2 Chron 29-31. Josiah, 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chron 34-35. Manasseh, 2 Chron 33:12-19.
POLITICAL:
See POLITICS.
INGATHERING, FEAST OF: See TABERNACLES, FEAST OF.
INGRAFTING. See GRAFTING.
INGRATITUDE. OF MAN TO GOD:
Judg 10:11,13-14; Neh 9:25,35; Ps 106:7,21; Jer 2:6-7.
OF MAN TO MAN: Prov 17:13; 2 Tim 3:2.
INSTANCES OF: Laban to Jacob, Gen 31. Pharaoh's butler to Joseph, Gen 40:23. Israelites to Moses, Exod 16:3; Exod 17:2-4; Num 16:12-14; to Gideon, Judg 8:35. Shechemites, Judg 9:17-18. Men of Keilah to David, 1 Sam 23:5-12. Saul to David, 1 Sam 24. Nabal, 1 Sam 25:21. David to Joab, 1 Kings 2:5-6; with the history of Joab's services to David, see JOAB. David to Uriah, 2 Sam 11:6-17. David's companions to David, Ps 35:11-16; Ps 38:20; Ps 41:9; Ps 109:4-5. Citizens, Eccles 9:14-16. Joash, 2 Chron 24:22. Jeremiah's enemies, Jer 18:20.
INHERITANCE. Provisions for inheritance under Levirate marriages, Gen 38:7-11; Num 36:6-9; Deut 25:5-10; Ruth 3:1-8; Ruth 4:7-17.
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO:
See WILL; HEIR.
FIGURATIVE:
See FIRSTBORN; HEIR; WILL.
INHOSPITABLENESS. INSTANCES OF: Toward the Israelites: Edom, Num 20:18-21; Sihon, Num 21:22-23; Ammonites and Moabites, Deut 23:3-6. Men of Gibeah toward a Levite, Judg 19:15. Nabal toward David, 1 Sam 25:10-17. Samaritans toward Jesus, Luke 9:53.
See HOSPITALITY.
INJUSTICE.
Deut 24:17; [Deut 27:19]; Deut 24:18
See COURTS; DISHONESTY; FRAUD; JUSTICE.
INK, Jer 36:18; 2 Cor 3:3; 2 John 12; 3 John 13.
INN, Gen 42:27; Gen 43:21; Exod 4:24; Luke 2:7; Luke 10:34.
INNOCENCY. Signified by washing the hands, Deut 21:6; Ps 26:6; Matt 27:24. Found in Daniel, Dan 6:22; Jeremiah, Jer 2:35. Professed by Pilate, Matt 27:24.
Contrasted with guilt, compare Gen 2:25; Gen 3:7-11.
INNUENDO, Ps 35:19; Prov 6:13; Prov 10:10.
See ACCUSATION, FALSE.
INSANITY. Prov 26:18. Feigned by David, 1 Sam 21:13-15. Sent as a judgment from God, Deut 28:28; Zech 12:4. Nebuchadnezzar's, Dan 4:32-34. Jesus accused of, Mark 3:21; John 10:20. Paul, Acts 26:24-25. Cured by Jesus, Matt 4:24; Matt 17:15. Demoniacal: Saul, 1 Sam 16:14; 1 Sam 18:10.
See DEMONS, POSSESSION BY.
INSCRIPTIONS. On gravestones, 2 Kings 23:17. Over Jesus at the crucifixion, Matt 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38; John 19:19.
INSECTS, clean and unclean, Lev 11:21-25; Deut 14:19.
See ANT; BEE; BEETLE; CANKERWORM; CATERPILLAR; FLEA; FLIES; GNAT; GRASS. HOPPER; HORNET; HORSELEECH; LICE; LOCUST; MOTH; PALMERWORM; SCORPION; SNAIL; SPIDER; WORM.
INSINCERITY. See HYPOCRISY.
INSINUATION. See INNUENDO.
INSOMNIA. INSTANCES OF: Ahasuerus, Esther 6:1. Nebuchadnezzar, Dan 6:18.
INSPIRATION.
See PROPHECY; PROPHET REVELATION.
INSTABILITY.
Exod 9:34; Exod 10:8-11,16-20; Exod 14:5.
Exod 32:8-10, Exod 19:8; Exod 24:3,7.
Mark 4:14-19; Matt 13:20-21; Luke 8:13-14.
See BACKSLIDING; HYPOCRISY; INDECISION.
INSTANCES OF: Reuben, Gen 49:4. Saul, in his feelings toward David, 1 Sam 18:19. David, in yielding to lust, 2 Sam 11:2-9. Solomon, in yielding to his idolatrous wives, 1 Kings 11:1-8. Ephraim and Judah, Hos 6:4. Lot's wife, Luke 17:32. Disciples of Jesus, John 6:66; Mark, Acts 15:38.
INSTINCT. Of animals, Prov 1:17; Isa 1:3. Of birds, Jer 8:7.
See ANIMALS; BIRDS.
INSTRUCTION. From nature, Prov 24:30-34; Eccles 1:13-18; Eccles 3; Eccles 4:1; Matt 6:25-30. See PARABLES. From the study of human nature, Eccles 3-12.
By Object Lessons: The pot of manna, Exod 16:32. The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the Jordan, Josh 4:19-24. Fringes on the borders of garments, Num 15:38-39. Symbolically wearing sackcloth and going barefoot, Isa 20:2,3. The linen girdle, Jer 13:1-11. Potter's vessel, Jer 19:1-12. Basket of figs, Jer 24. Bonds and yokes, Jer 27:2-11; Jer 28. Illustrations on a tile, Ezek 4:1-3. Lying on one side in public view for a long period, Ezek 4:4-8. Eating bread mixed with dung, Ezek 4:9-17. Shaving the head, Ezek 5. Moving household goods, Ezek 12:3-16. Eating and drinking sparingly, Ezek 12:18-20. Sighing, Ezek 21:6-7. The boiling pot, Ezek 24:1-14. Widowhood, Ezek 24:16-27. Two sticks joined together, Ezek 37:16-22. By symbols and parables. See SYMBOLS; PARABLES.
See PURIFICATIONS; FIRSTBORN; BEASTS, CLEAN and UNCLEAN; PASSOVER; PILLAR. See also Prov 24:30-34.
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO:
OF CHILDREN:
See CHILDREN.
IN RELIGION:
Deut 27:1-3; [Josh 4:1-11]; Deut 27:4-26
Matt 5:1-2; Matt 5:3-48; Matt 6-7.
John 7:14; Mark 12:35; Luke 19:47; Luke 20:1-18; John 8:2
IN MUSIC: See Music. See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF; TEACHER; SCHOOL.
INSTRUMENTALITY. See AGENCY.
INSTRUMENTS, MUSICAL: See Music.
INSURGENTS, army of, David's, 1 Sam 22:1-2.
INSURRECTION, Ps 64:2. Described by David in Ps 55. Led by Bichri, 2 Sam 20; Absalom, see ABSALOM; Barabbas, Mark 15:7.
INTEGRITY.
See CHARACTER; DISHONESTY; FRAUD; HONESTY; JUSTICE; RIGHTEOUSNESS.
INSTANCES OF: Pharaoh, when he learned that Sarah was Abraham's wife, Gen 12:18. Abimelech, when warned of God that the woman he had taken into his household was Abraham's wife, Gen 26:9-11. Jacob, in the care of Laban's property, Gen 31:39. Joseph, in resisting Potiphar's wife, Gen 39:8-12; innocent of the charge on which he was cast into the dungeon, Gen 40:15. Jacob's sons, when accused by Joseph of robbery, Gen 43:15-22; Gen 44:7-16. The Egyptian midwives, when commanded to destroy the newborn babes of the Israelites, Exod 1:17-21. Moses, in taking nothing from the Israelites in consideration of his services, Num 16:15. Samuel, in exacting nothing from the people on account of services, 1 Sam 12:4. David, in self-reproach for the cutting of Saul's skirt, 1 Sam 24:5; in preventing foraging by his insurgent forces, 1 Sam 25:15; in his conduct while in refuge with the Philistines, 1 Sam 29:6,9, with 1 Sam 29:1-11. Workmen, who repaired the temple, 2 Kings 12:15; 2 Kings 22:7. Joab, when ordered by David to number the military forces of Israel, 1 Chron 21:6. Priests, who received the offerings of gold and other gifts for the renewing of the temple under Ezra, Ezra 8:24-30. Nehemiah, reforming the civil service, and receiving no compensation for his own services, Neh 5:14-19. The Rechabites, in keeping the Nazarite vows, Jer 35:12-17. Daniel, in his abstemiousness, Dan 1:8-20; in maintaining uprightness of character and consistent devoutness, Dan 6:4. Joseph, the husband of Mary, in not jealously accusing her of immorality, Matt 1:19. Zacchaeus, in the administration of his wealth, Luke 19:8. Nathanael, in whom was no guile, John 1:47. Joseph, a counselor, Luke 23:50-51. Peter, when offered money by Simon Magus, Acts 8:18-23. Paul and Barnabas, when the people of Lystra desired to deify them, Acts 14:12-15.
INTEMPERANCE. See DRUNKARDS; DRUNKENNESS; WINE; ABSTINENCE; TEMPERANCE.
INTERCESSION. OF MAN WITH MAN:
INSTANCES OF: Reuben for Joseph, Gen 37:21-22. Judah for Joseph, Gen 37:26-27. Pharaoh's chief baker for Joseph, Gen 41:9-13, with Gen 40:14. Jonathan for David, 1 Sam 19:1-7. Abigail for Nabal, 1 Sam 25:23-35. Joab for Absalom, 2 Sam 14:1-24. Bathsheba for Solomon, 1 Kings 1:15-31; for Adonijah, 1 Kings 2:13-25. Ebedmelech for Jeremiah, Jer 38:7-13. Elisha offers to see the king for the Shunammite, 2 Kings 4:13. The king of Syria for Naaman, 2 Kings 5:6-8. Paul for Onesimus, Philem 10-21.
OF MAN WITH GOD:
EXEMPLIFIED:
1 Thess 3:10,12-13; 2 Tim 1:3.
See PRAYER, INTERCESSORY.
ADDITIONAL INSTANCES OF: Abraham, in behalf of Sodom, Gen 18:23-32; in behalf of Abimelech, Gen 20:17-18. Abraham's servant, in behalf of his master, Gen 24:12. Jacob, in behalf of his children, Gen 49. Moses, in behalf of Pharaoh, Exod 8:12-13,30-31; Exod 9:33; Exod 10:18-19. Moses, for Israel, Num 16:20-22; Num 21:7; Deut 33:6-17; Ps 106:23; for Miriam, Num 12:13-15. David, for Israel, 2 Sam 24:17. Solomon, for Israel, 1 Kings 8:29-53. Ezra, for Israel, Ezra 9:5-15. Nehemiah, in behalf of Judah and Jerusalem, Neh 1:4-9. Asaph, for the church, Ps 80; Ps 83. Korah, for the church, Ps 85:1-7. Jeremiah, for Israel, Jer 14:7-22. Amos, for Israel, Amos 7:2-6. Syrophenician woman, for her daughter, Matt 15:22. Disciples, in behalf of Peter's wife's mother, Luke 4:38-39. Parents, for lunatic son, Matt 17:15; Mark 9:17-27. Others, who sought Jesus in behalf of the afflicted, Matt 12:22; Matt 15:22,30; Matt 17:14-18; Mark 1:32; Mark 2:3; Luke 5:18-20; John 4:47,49. Paul, for the church, Acts 20:32. Onesiphorus, 2 Tim 1:16,18. For Paul, by the churches, Acts 14:26; Acts 15:40.
SOLICITED: INSTANCES OF: By Pharaoh, of Moses, Exod 8:8,28; Exod 9:28; Exod 10:17; Exod 12:32; and by the Israelites, Num 21:7. By Israel, of Samuel, 1 Sam 12:19. By Jeroboam, of a prophet, 1 Kings 13:6. By Hezekiah, of Isaiah, 2 Kings 19:1-4. By Zedekiah, of Jeremiah, Jer 37:3; and by Johanan, Jer 42:1-6. By Daniel, of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, Dan 2:17-18. By Darius, of the Jews, Ezra 6:10. By Simon Magus, of Peter, Acts 8:24. By Paul, of the churches, Rom 15:30-32; 2 Cor 1:11; Eph 6:19-20; 1 Thess 5:25; 2 Thess 3:1; Heb 13:18.
ANSWERED: INSTANCES OF: Of Moses, in behalf of Pharaoh, for the plague of frogs to be abated, Exod 8:12,15; the plague of flies, Exod 8:30-32; the plague of rain, thunder, and hail, Exod 9:27-35; plague of locusts, Exod 10:16-20; plague of darkness, Exod 10:21-23. Of Moses, for the Israelites, during the battle with the Amalekites, Exod 17:11-14; after the Israelites had made the golden calf, Exod 32:11-14,31-34; Deut 9:18-29; Deut 10:10; Ps 106:23; after the murmuring of the people, Exod 33:15-17; when the fire of the Lord consumed the people, Num 11:1-2; when the people murmured on account of the report of the spies, Num 14:11-20; that the fiery serpents might be abated, Num 21:4-9; that Miriam's leprosy might be healed, Num 12:13; in behalf of Aaron, on account of his sin in making the golden calf, Deut 9:20. Of Samuel, for deliverance from the oppressions of the Philistines, 1 Sam 7:5-14. The prophet of Israel, for the restoration of Jeroboam's withered hand, 1 Kings 13:1-6. Of Elijah, for the raising from the dead the son of the hospitable widow, 1 Kings 17:20-23. Of Elisha, for the raising from the dead the son of the Shunammite woman, 2 Kings 4:33-36.
Of Isaiah, in behalf of Hezekiah and the people, to be delivered from Sennacherib, 2 Kings 19.
INTERCESSIONAL INFLUENCE OF THE RIGHTEOUS:
Ezek 14:14; [Ezek 14:18,20]; Ezek 14:16
See CHILDREN, OF THE RIGHTEOUS, BLESSED OF GOD; JESUS, MEDIATOR.
INTEREST. Income from loaning money, usually called usury in the scriptures, but not generally signifying unlawful or unjust rates.
See BORROWING; DEBT; DEBTORS; LENDING; MONEY.
INTERPRETATION. Of dreams, see DREAMS. Of foreign tongues, 1 Cor 14:9-19, see TONGUES.
INTERPRETER. Of dreams, Gen 40:8; Gen 41:16; Dan 2:18-30. Of languages, Gen 42:23; 2 Chron 32:31; Neh 8:8; Job 33:23. In Christian churches, 1 Cor 12:10,30; 1 Cor 14:5,13,26-28.
INTOLERANCE, religious. Exemplified by Cain, Gen 4:8; Joshua, Num 11:24-28; James and John, Mark 9:38-39; Luke 9:49; the Jews, in persecuting Jesus, see JESUS, HISTORY OF; and in persecuting the disciples, Acts 4:1-3,15-21; Acts 17:13; and Stephen, Acts 6:9-15; Acts 7:57-59; Acts 8:1-3; and Paul, Acts 13:50; Acts 17:5; Acts 18:13; Acts 21:28-31; Acts 22:22-23; Acts 23:2.
Of idolatrous religions, taught by Moses, Exod 22:20; Deut 13; Deut 17:1-7. Exemplified by Elijah, 1 Kings 18:40; Jehu, 2 Kings 10:18-31; by the Jews, at the time of the religious revival under the leadership of Azariah, 2 Chron 15:12-13.
See PERSECUTION.
INTOXICANTS. See WINE.
INTOXICATION. See DRUNKENNESS; ABSTINENCE.
INTRIGUE. See CONSPIRACY.
INVECTIVE. See SATIRE.
INVENTION, Prov 8:12. Of musical instruments: By Jubal, Gen 4:21; by David, 1 Chron 23:5; 2 Chron 7:6; 2 Chron 29:26; Amos 6:5. The use of metals, Gen 4:22. Engines of war, 2 Chron 26:15.
INVESTIGATION, Eccles 1:13-18; Eccles 2:1-12; Eccles 12:9-14.
IPHEDEIAH, a Benjamite, 1 Chron 8:25.
IR, a Benjamite, 1 Chron 7:12.
IRA. 1. A priest, 2 Sam 20:26.
2. The Ithrite, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam 23:38; 1 Chron 11:40.
3. A Tekoite, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam 23:26; 1 Chron 11:28; 1 Chron 27:9.
IRAM, a duke of Edom, Gen 36:43; 1 Chron 1:54.
IRI, a son of Bela, 1 Chron 7:7.
IRIJAH, a captain of the guard who imprisoned the prophet Jeremiah, Jer 37:13-14.
IRNAHASH, whether a man or a town is not clear, 1 Chron 4:12.
IRON. 1. First recorded use of, Gen 4:22. Ore of, Deut 8:9; Job 28:2. Melted, Ezek 22:20. Used in the temple, 1 Chron 22:3; 1 Chron 29:2,7. Articles made of: Ax, 2 Kings 6:6; 2 Chron 18:10; Eccles 10:10; Isa 10:34; bedstead, Deut 3:11; breastplate, Rev 9:9; chariot, Josh 17:16,18; Judg 1:19; Judg 4:3; fetters, Ps 105:18; Ps 107:10,16; Ps 149:8; file, Prov 27:17; furnace, Deut 4:20; 1 Kings 8:51; Jer 11:4; gate, Acts 12:10; harrow, 2 Sam 12:31; horn, 1 Kings 22:11; 2 Chron 18:10; Mic 4:13;
idols, Dan 2:33; Dan 5:4,23; pans, Ezek 4:3; Ezek 27:19; pen, Job 19:24; Jer 17:1; pillars, Jer 1:18; rods for scourging, Ps 2:9; Rev 2:27; Rev 12:5; Rev 19:15; threshing instruments, Amos 1:3; tools, 1 Kings 6:7; vessels, Josh 6:24; weapons, Num 35:16; 1 Sam 17:7; Job 20:24; Job 41:7; yokes, Deut 28:48; Jer 28:13-14.
Stones of, Deut 8:9; Job 28:2; Isa 60:17.
See STEEL.
FIGURATIVE: 2 Sam 23:7; Jer 15:12; 1 Tim 4:2.
2. A city of Naphtali, Josh 19:38.
IRONY. INSTANCES OF: Michal to David, 2 Sam 6:20. Elijah to the priests of Baal, 1 Kings 18:27. Job to his accusers, Job 12:2. Ezekiel to the prince of Tyre, Ezek 28:3-5. Micaiah, 1 Kings 22:15. Amos to the Samaritans, Amos 4:4. Jesus to Pharisees, Mark 2:17. Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus, Matt 22:16. Roman soldiers to Jesus, Matt 27:29; Mark 15:17-19; Luke 23:11; John 19:2,3. Pilate, calling Jesus king, Mark 15:19; John 19:15. Superscription of Pilate over Jesus, Matt 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38; John 19:19. Agrippa to Paul, Acts 26:28.
See SARCASM; SATIRE.
IRPEEL, a city of Benjamin, Josh 18:27.
IRRIGATION, Deut 11:10; Prov 21:1; Eccles 2:6; Isa 58:11.
IRSHEMESH, a city of Dan, Josh 19:41.
IRU, eldest son of Caleb, 1 Chron 4:15.
ISAAC. 1. Miraculous son of Abraham, Gen 17:15-19; Gen 18:1-15; Gen 21:1-8; Josh 24:3; 1 Chron 1:28; Gal 4:28; Heb 11:11. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt 1:2. Offered in sacrifice by his father, Gen 22:1-19; Heb 11:17; James 2:21. Is provided a wife from among his kindred, Gen 24; Gen 25:20. Abrahamic covenant confirmed in, Gen 26:2-5; 1 Chron 16:15-19. Dwells in the south country at the well Lahairoi, Gen 24:62; Gen 25:11. With Ishmael, buries his father in the cave of Machpelah, Gen 25:9. Esau and Jacob born to, Gen 25:19-26; 1 Chron 1:34; Josh 24:4. Dwells in Gerar, Gen 26:7-11. Prospers, Gen 26:12-14. Possesses large flocks and herds, Gen 26:14. Digs wells, and is defrauded of them by the herdsmen of Abimelech, Gen 26:15,21. Removes to the valley of Gerar, afterward called Beersheba, Gen 26:22-33. His old age, last blessing upon his sons, Gen 27:18-40. Death and burial of, Gen 35:27-29; Gen 49:31. His filial obedience, Gen 22:9. His peaceableness, Gen 26:14-22. Was a prophet, Gen 27:28-29,38,40; Heb 11:20. His devoutness, Gen 24:63; Gen 25:21; Gen 26:25; Matt 8:11; Luke 13:28. Prophecies concerning, Gen 17:16-21; Gen 18:10-14; Gen 21:12; Gen 26:2-5,24; Exod 32:13; 1 Chron 16:16; Rom 9:7.
2. A designation of the ten tribes, Amos 7:9.
ISAIAH, called also ESAIAS. Son of Amos, Isa 1:1. Prophesies in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings
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of Judah, Isa 1:1; Isa 6:1; Isa 7:1,3; Isa 14:27; Isa 20:1; Isa 36:1; Isa 38:1; Isa 39:1; at the time of the invasion by Tartan, of Assyria, Isa 20:1. Symbolically wears sackcloth, and walks barefoot, as a sign to Israel, Isa 20:2,3. Comforts and encourages Hezekiah and the people in the siege of Jerusalem by Rabshakeh, 2 Kings 19; Isa 37:6-7. Comforts Hezekiah in his affliction. 2 Kings 20:1-11; Isa 38. Performs the miracle of the returning shadow to confirm Hezekiah's faith, 2 Kings 20:8-11. Reproves Hezekiah's folly in exhibiting his resources to the commissioners from Babylon, 2 Kings 20:12-19; Isa 39. Is chronicler of the times of Uzziah and Hezekiah, 2 Chron 26:22; 2 Chron 32:32.
PROPHECIES, REPROOFS, AND EXHORTATIONS OF: Foretells punishment of the Jews for idolatry, and reproves self-confidence and distrust of God, Isa 2:6-20. Foretells the destruction of the Jews, Isa 3. Promises to the remnant restoration of divine favour, Isa 4:2-6; Isa 6. Delineates in the parable of the vineyard the ingratitude of the Jews, and reproves it, Isa 5:1-10. Denounces existing corruptions, Isa 5:8-30. Foretells the ill success of the plot of the Israelites and Syrians against Judah, Isa 7:1-16. Denounces calamities against Israel and Judah, Isa 7:16-25; Isa 9:2-6. Foretells prosperity under Hezekiah, and the manifestation of the Messiah, Isa 9:1-7. Denounces vengeance upon the enemies of Israel, Isa 9:8-12. Denounces the wickedness of Israel, and foretells the judgments of God, Isa 9:13-21. Denounces judgments against false prophets, Isa 10:1-4. Foretells the destruction of Sennacherib's armies, Isa 10:5-34; the restoration of Israel and the triumph of the Messiah's kingdom, Isa 11. The burden of Babylon, Isa 13; Isa 14:1-28. Denunciation against the Philistines, Isa 14:9-32. Burden of Moab, Isa 15-16. Burden of Damascus, Isa 17. Obscure prophecy, supposed by some authorities to be directed against the Assyrians, by others against the Egyptians, and by others against the Ethiopians, Isa 18. The burden of Egypt, Isa 20. Denunciations against Babylon, Isa 21:1-10. Prophecy concerning Seir, Isa 21:11-12; Arabia, Isa 21:13-17; concerning the conquest of Jerusalem, the captivity of Shebna, and the promotion of Eliakim, Isa 22:1-22; the overthrow of Tyre, Isa 23; the judgments upon the land, but that a remnant of the Jews would be saved, Isa 25-27. Reproves Ephraim for his wickedness, and foretells the destruction by Shalmaneser, Isa 28:1-5. Declares the glory of God upon the remnant who are saved, Isa 28:5-6. Exposes the corruptions in Jerusalem and exhorts to repentance, Isa 28:7-29. Foretells the invasion of Sennacherib, the distress of the Jews, and the destruction of the Assyrian army, Isa 29:1-8. Denounces the hypocrisy of the Jews, Isa 29:9-17. Promises a reformation, Isa 29:18-24. Reproves the people for their confidence in
Egypt, and their contempt of God, Isa 30:1-17; Isa 31:1-6. Declares the goodness and longsuffering of God toward them, Isa 30:18-26; Isa 32-35. Reproves the Jews for their spiritual blindness and infidelity, Isa 42:18-25. Promises ultimate restoration of the Jews, Isa 43:1-13. Foretells the ultimate destruction of Babylon, Isa 43:14-17; Isa 47. Exhorts the people to repent, Isa 43:22-28. Comforts the church with promises, exposes the folly of idolatry, and their future deliverance from captivity by Cyrus, Isa 44; Isa 45:1-5; Isa 48:20. Foretells the conversion of the Gentiles, and triumph of the gospel, Isa 45:5-25. Denounces the evils of idolatry, Isa 46. Reproves the Jews for their idolatries and other wickedness, Isa 48. Exhorts to sanctification, Isa 56:1-8. Foretells calamities to Judah, Isa 59:9-12, with Isa 57-59.
Foreshadows the person and the kingdom of the Messiah, Isa 32-35; Isa 42; Isa 45; Isa 49-56; Isa 59; Isa 59:15-21, and Isa 60-66.
ISCAH, daughter of Haran and sister of Lot, Gen 11:29.
ISCARIOT. See JUDAS.
ISHBAH, father of Eshtemoa, 1 Chron 4:17.
ISHBAK, son of Abraham and Keturah, Gen 25:2; 1 Chron 1:32.
ISHBIBENOB, a giant warrior slain by Abishai, 2 Sam 21:16.
ISHBOSHETH. Son of Saul. Called ESHBAAL in 1 Chron 8:33; 1 Chron 9:39. Made king by Abner, 2 Sam 2:8-10. Deserted by Abner, 2 Sam 3:6-12. Restores Michal, David's wife, to David, 2 Sam 3:14-16. Assassinated, 2 Sam 4:5-8. Avenged by David, 2 Sam 4:9-12.
ISHI. 1. A name of Deity, Hos 2:16.
2. A son of Appaim, 1 Chron 2:31.
3. A descendant of Judah, 1 Chron 4:20.
5. One of the heads of Manasseh, 1 Chron 5:24.
ISHIAH, one of the heads of Issachar, 1 Chron 7:3; 1 Chron 24:21,25.
ISHIJAH, one of the sons of Harim, Ezra 10:31.
ISHMA, a descendant of Judah, 1 Chron 4:3.
ISHMAEL. 1. Son of Abraham, Gen 16:11,15-16; 1 Chron 1:28. Prayer of Abraham for, Gen 17:18,20. Circumcised, Gen 17:23-26. Promised to be the father of a nation, Gen 16:11-12; Gen 17:20; Gen 21:12-13,18. Sent away by Abraham, Gen 21:6-21. With Isaac buries his father, Gen 25:9. Children of, Gen 25:12-18; 1 Chron 1:29-31. Daughter of, marries Esau, Gen 28:9; Gen 36:2,3. Death of, Gen 25:17-18.
2. Father of Zebadiah, 2 Chron 19:11.
3. A son of Azel, 1 Chron 8:38; 1 Chron 9:44.
4. One of the captains of hundreds, 2 Chron 23:1.
5. A priest of the exile, Ezra 10:22.
6. A son of Nethaniah. Assassinated Gedaliah, governor of Judah under king of Babylon, and takes captive many Jews, Jer 40:8-16; Jer 41:1-11; 2 Kings 25:23-25.
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Defeated by Johanan, and put to flight, Jer 41:12-15.
ISHMAELITES. Region occupied by, Gen 25:18. Merchants of, buy Joseph, Gen 37:25-36; Gen 39:1. Called MIDIANITES, Gen 37:28,36; Judg 8:24,26. Enemies to Israel, Ps 83:6.
See ISHMAEL.
ISHMAIAH, a prince of Zebulun, 1 Chron 27:19.
ISHMERAI, a chief Benjamite, 1 Chron 8:18.
ISHOD, one of the tribe of Manasseh, 1 Chron 7:18.
ISHPAN, a chief Benjamite, 1 Chron 8:22.
ISHTOB, a small state of Aram, 2 Sam 10:6,8.
See Toe.
ISHUAH, called also ISUAH. Son of Asher, Gen 46:17; 1 Chron 7:30.
ISHUI, called also ISHUAI, ISUI, and JESUI. Son of Asher, Gen 46:17; Num 26:44; 1 Chron 7:30.
ISLAND, prophecies concerning, Ps 97:1; Isa 11:11; Isa 41:1,5; Isa 49:1; Zeph 2:11; Rev 16:20.
ISMACHIAH, a Levite, 2 Chron 31:13.
ISMAIAH, a Gibeonite who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chron 12:4.
ISPAH, a chief Benjamite, 1 Chron 8:16.
ISRAEL. 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen 32:24-32; 2 Kings 17:34; Hos 12:3-4.
2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa 49:3.
3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also ISRAELITES, and HEBREWS, Gen 43:32; Exod 1:15; Exod 9:7; Exod 10:3; Exod 21:2; Lev 23:42; Josh 13:6, etc.; 1 Sam 4:6; 1 Sam 13:3,19; 1 Sam 14:11,21; Phil 3:5.
TRIBES OF ISRAEL: were named after the sons of Jacob. In lists usually the names of Levi and Joseph, two sons of Jacob, do not appear. The descendants of Levi were consecrated to the rites of religion, and the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, were adopted by Jacob in Joseph's stead, Gen 48:5; Josh 14:4, and their names appear in the catalogues of tribes instead of those of Levi and Joseph, as follows: ASHER, BENJAMIN, DAN, EPHRAIM, GAD, ISSACHAR, JUDAH, MANASSEH, NAPHTALI, REUBEN, SIMEON, ZEBULUN.
Names of, seen in John's vision, on the gates of the New Jerusalem, Rev 21:12.
Prophecies concerning, Gen 15:5,13; Gen 25:23; Gen 26:4; Gen 27:28-29,40; Gen 48:19; Gen 49; Deut 33; of the multitude of, Gen 13:16; Gen 15:5; Gen 22:17; Gen 26:4; Gen 28:14; of their captivity in Egypt, Gen 15:13-14; Acts 7:6-7.
Divided into families, each of which had a chief, Num 25:14; Num 26; Num 36:1; Josh 7:14; 1 Chron 4-8.
Number of, who went into Egypt, Gen 46:8-27; Exod 1:5; Deut 10:22; Acts 7:14. Number of, at the time of the exodus, Exod 12:37-38, with Gen 47:27; Exod 1:7-20; Ps 105:24; Acts 7:17. Number of, fit for military service
when they left Egypt, Exod 12:37; at Sinai, by tribes, Num 1:1-50; after the plague, Num 26; when David numbered, 2 Sam 24:1-9; 1 Chron 21:5-6; 1 Chron 27:23-24; after the captivity, Ezra 2:64; Neh 7:66-67; in John's apocalyptic vision, Rev 7:1-8.
Dwelt in Goshen, Gen 46:28-34; Gen 47:4-10,27-28. Dwelt in Egypt four hundred and thirty years, Exod 12:40-41, with Gen 15:13; Acts 7:6; Gal 3:17. Were enslaved and oppressed by the Egyptians, Exod 1-2; Exod 5; Acts 7:18-21. Their groaning heard of God, Exod 2:23-25. Moses commissioned as deliverer, Exod 3:2-22; Exod 4:1-17. The land of Egypt plagued on their account, see EGYPT. Exempt from the plagues, Exod 8:22-23; Exod 9:4-6,26; Exod 10:23; Exod 11:7; Exod 12:13. Children were spared when the firstborn of the Egyptians were slain, Exod 12:13,23. Instituted the passover, Exod 12:1-28. Borrowed jewels from the Egyptians, Exod 11:2-3; Exod 12:35-36; Ps 105:37. Urged by the Egyptians to depart, Exod 12:31-39. Journey from Rameses to Succoth, Exod 12:37-39. Made the journey by night, Exod 12:42. The day of their deliverance to be a memorial, Exod 12:42; Exod 13:3-16. Led of God, Exod 13:18,21-22. Providentially cared for, Deut 8:3-4; Deut 29:5-6; Deut 34:7; Neh 9:21; Ps 105:37. See MANNA; CLOUD, PILLAR OF.
Journey from Succoth to Etham, Exod 13:20; to Pihahiroth, Exod 14:2; Num 33:5-7. Pursued by the Egyptians, Exod 14:5-31. Pass through the Red Sea, Exod 14:19-22; Deut 11:4; Ps 78; Ps 105-107; Ps 136. Order of march, Num 2. Journey to Marah, Exod 15:23; Num 33:8. Murmur on account of the bitter water, Exod 15:23-25; water of, sweetened, Exod 15:25. Journey to Elfin, Exod 15:27; Num 33:9. For the itinerary, see Num 33.
Murmured for food, Exod 16:2,3. Provided with manna and quails, Exod 16:4-36. Murmured for want of water at Rephidim, Exod 17:2-7; water miraculously supplied from the rock at Meribah. Exod 17:5-7. Defeat the Amalekites, Exod 17:13; Deut 25:17-18. Arrive at Sinai, Exod 19:1; Num 33:15. At the suggestion of Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, they organize a system of government, Exod 18:25; Deut 1:9-17. The message of God to them, requiring that they shall be obedient to his commandments, and as a reward they would be to him a holy nation, and their reply, Exod 19:3-8. Sanctify themselves for receiving the law, Exod 19:10-15. The law delivered to, Exod 20-23; Exod 24:1-4; Exod 25-31; Lev 1-25; Lev 27; Deut 5; Deut 15-16. The people receive it and covenant obedience to it, Exod 24:3,7. Idolatry of, Exod 32; Deut 9:17-21. The anger of the Lord in consequence, Exod 32:9-14. Moses's indignation; breaks the tables of stone; enters the camp; commands the Levites; three thousand slain, Exod 32:19-35. Visited by a plague, Exod 32:35. Obduracy of, Exod 33:3; Exod 34:9; Deut 9:12-29. God withdraws his presence, Exod 33:1-3. The mourning of, when God refused to lead them, Exod 33:4-10. Tables renewed, Exod 34. Pattern for the
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tabernacle and the appurtenances, and forms of worship to be observed, Exod 25-31. Gifts consecrated for the creation of the tabernacle, Exod 35; Exod 36:1-7; Num 7. The erection of the tabernacle; the manufacture of the appurtenances, including the garments of the priests; and their sanctification, Exod 36:8-38; Exod 37-40. First sacrifice offered by, under the law, Lev 8:14-36; Lev 9:8-24. Second passover observed, Num 9:1-5.
March out of the wilderness, Num 10:11-36. For itinerary, see Num 33. Order of camp and march, Num 2. Arrive at the border of Canaan, Num 12:16. Send twelve spies to view the land, Num 13; Num 32:8; Deut 1:22,25; Josh 14:7. Return with a majority and minority report, Num 13:26-33; Num 14:6-10. Murmuring over the report, Num 14:1-5. The judgment of God upon them it consequence of their unbelief and murmuring, Num 14:13-39. Reaction, and their purpose to enter the land; are defeated by the Amalekites, Num 14:40-45; Deut 1:41-45. Abide at Kadesh, Deut 1:46. Return to the wilderness, where they remain thirty-eight years, and all die except Joshua and Caleb, Num 14:20-39. Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Num 16:1-40; Deut 11:6. Murmur against Moses and Aaron; are plagued; fourteen thousand seven hundred die; plague stayed, Num 16:41-50. Murmur for want of water in Meribah; the rock is smitten, Num 20:1-13. Are refused passage through the country of Edom, Num 20:14-21. The death of Aaron, Num 20:22,29; Num 33:38-39; Deut 10:6. Defeat the Canaanites, Num 21:1-3. Are scourged with serpents, Num 21:4-9. Defeat the Amorites, Num 21:21-32: Deut 2:24-35, and the king of Baasha, Num 21:33-35; Deut 3:1-17. Arrive in the plains of Moab, at the fords of the Jordan, Num 22:1; Num 33:48-49. Commit idolatry with the people of Moab, Num 25:1-5. Visited by a plague in consequence; twenty-four thousand die, Num 25:6-15; Num 26:1. The people numbered for the allotment of the land, Num 26. The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance, Num 27:1-11; Josh 17:3-6. Conquest of the Midianites, Num 31. Nations dread, Deut 2:25. Renew the covenant, Deut 29. Moses dies, and people mourn, Deut 34. Joshua appointed leader, Num 27:18-23. Deut 31:23. See JOSHUA.
All who were numbered at Sinai perished in the wilderness except Caleb and Joshua, Num 26:63,65; Deut 2:14-16. Piety of those who entered Canaan, Josh 23:8; Judg 2:7-10; Jer 2:2,3. Men chosen to allot the lands of Canaan among the tribes and families, Num 34:17-29. Remove from Shittim to Jordan, Josh 3:1. Cross Jordan, Josh 4. Circumcision observed and passover celebrated, Josh 5. Jericho taken, Josh 6. Ai taken, Josh 7 and 8. Make a league with the Gibeonites, Josh 9. Defeat the five Amoritish kings, Josh 10. Conquest of the land, Josh 21:43-45, with Judg 1. The land allotted, Josh 15-21.
Two and one-half tribes return from the west side of the Jordan; erect a memorial to signify the unity of the tribes; the memorial misunderstood; the controversy which followed; its amicable adjustment, Josh 22. Joshua's exhortation immediately before his death, Josh 23. Covenant renewed, death of Joshua, Josh 24; Judg 2:8-9. Religious fidelity during the life of Joshua, Josh 24:31; Judg 2:7.
UNDER THE JUDGES: Public affairs administered four hundred and fifty years by the judges, Judg 2:16-19; Acts 13:20. The original inhabitants not fully expelled, Judg 1:27-36; Judg 3:1-7. Reproved by an angel for not casting out the original inhabitants, Judg 2:1-5. People turn to idolatry, Judg 2:10-23. Delivered for their idolatry to the king of Mesopotamia during eight years; their repentance and deliverance, Judg 3:8-11. Renew their idolatry, and are put under tribute to the king of Moab during eighteen years; repent and are delivered by Ehud; eighty years of peace follow, Judg 3:12-30. Shamgar resists a foray of the Philistines and delivers Israel, Judg 3:31. People again do evil and are put under bonds for twenty years to the king of Syria, Judg 4:1-3. Delivered by Deborah, a prophetess, and judged, Judg 4-5. Seven years of bondage to the Midianite; delivered by Gideon, Judg 6-7; Judg 8:1-28; see GIDEON. Return to idolatry, Judg 8:33-34. Abimelech foments an intertribal war, Judg 9. Judged by Tola twenty-three years, Judg 10:1-2; by Jair twenty-two years, Judg 10:3-4. People backslide, and are given over to the Philistines for chastisement eighteen years; repent and turn to the Lord; delivered by Jephthah, Judg 10:6-18; Judg 11. Ephraimites go to war against other tribes; defeated by Jephthah, Judg 12:1-7. Judged by Ibzan seven years, Judg 12:8-10; by Elon ten years, Judg 12:11-12; by Abdon eight years, Judg 12:13-15. Backslide again and are chastised by the Philistines forty years, Judg 13:1. Judged by Samson twenty years, Judg 15:20, with Judg 13-16. Scandal of the Bethlehemite's concubine, and the consequent war between the Benjamites and the other tribes, Judg 19-21. Judged by Eli forty years, 1 Sam 4:18, with 1 Sam 1-4. Smitten by the Philistines at Ebenezer, 1 Sam 4:1-2,10-11. Demand a king, 1 Sam 8:5-20; Hos 13:10.
UNDER THE KINGS BEFORE THE SEPARATION INTO TWO KINGDOMS: Saul anointed king, 1 Sam 10; 1 Sam 11:12-15; 1 Sam 12:13. Ammonites invade Israel, are defeated, 1 Sam 11. Philistines smitten, 1 Sam 14. Amalekites defeated, 1 Sam 15. David anointed king, 1 Sam 16:11-13. Goliath slain, 1 Sam 17. Israel defeated by the Philistines, and Saul and his sons slain, 1 Sam 31. See SAUL.
David defeats the Amalekites, 1 Sam 30; 2 Sam 1:1; made king, 2 Sam 2:4,11. Ishbosheth made king, 2 Sam 2:8-10.
The conflict between the two political factions, 2 Sam 2:12-32; 2 Sam 3:1.
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David made king over all Israel, 2 Sam 5:1-5. Conquests of David, 2 Sam 8; Absalom's rebellion, 2 Sam 15-18. See DAVID.
Solomon anointed king, 1 Kings 1:32-40. Temple built, 1 Kings 6. Solomon's palace built, 1 Kings 7. Solomon's death, 1 Kings 11:41-43. See SOLOMON.
THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES: Foreshadowing circumstances indicating the separation: Disagreement after Saul's death, 2 Sam 2; 1 Chron 12:23-40; 1 Chron 13. Lukewarmness of the ten tribes, and zeal of Judah for David in Absalom's rebellion, 2 Sam 19:41-43. The rebellion of Sheba, 2 Sam 20. The two factions are distinguished as Israel and Judah during David's reign, 2 Sam 21:2. Providential, Zech 11:14.
Revolt consummated under Rehoboam, son and successor of Solomon, 1 Kings 12.
4. The name of the ten tribes that revolted from the house of David. Called also JACOB, Hos 12:2.
List of the kings of Israel, and the period of time in which they reigned. For the facts of their reigns see under each name:
1. Jeroboam, twenty-two years.
2. Nadab, about two years.
3. Baasha, twenty-four years.
4. Elah, two years.
5. Zimri, seven days.
6. Omri, twelve years.
7. Ahab, twenty-two years.
8. Ahaziah, two years.
9. Jehoram, twelve years.
10. Jehu, twenty-eight years.
11. Jehoahaz, seventeen years.
12. Jehoash, sixteen years.
13. Jeroboam II. forty-one years.
14. Zachariah, six months.
15. Shallum, one month.
16. Menahem, ten years.
17. Pekahiah, two years.
18. Pekah, twenty years.
19. Hoshea, nine years.
The ten tribes carried captive to Assyria.
HISTORY OF: War continued between the two kingdoms all the days of Rehoboam and Jeroboam, 1 Kings 14:30; and between Jeroboam and Abijam, 1 Kings 15:7, and between Baasha and Asa, 1 Kings 15:16,32. Famine prevails in the reign of Ahab, 1 Kings 18:1-6. Israel, called also SAMARIA, invaded by, but defeats, Benhadad, king of Syria, 1 Kings 20. Moab rebels, 2 Kings 1:1; 2 Kings 3. Army of Syria invades Israel, but peacefully withdraws through the tact of the prophet Elisha, 2 Kings 6:8-23. Samaria besieged, 2 Kings 6:24-33; 2 Kings 7; city of, taken, and the people carried to Assyria, 2 Kings 17. The land re-peopled, 2 Kings 17:24.
The remnant that remained after the able-bodied were carried into captivity affiliated with the kingdom of Judah, 2 Chron 30:18-26; 2 Chron 34:6; 2 Chron 35:18.
PROPHECIES CONCERNING: Of captivity, famine, and judgments, 1 Kings 14:15-16; 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 20:13-28; 2 Kings 7:1-2,17; 2 Kings 8:1; Isa 7:8; Isa 8:4-7; Isa 9:8-21; Isa 17:3-11; Isa 28:1-8; Hos 1:1-9; Hos 2:1-13; Hos 4; Hos 8-10; Hos 11:5-6; Hos 12:7-14; Hos 13; Amos 2:6-16; Amos 3-9.
Of restoration, Hos 2:14-23; Hos 13-14; Hos 14:8.
Of the reunion of the ten tribes and Judah, Jer 3:18; Ezek 37:16-22.
See the following:
5. JUDAH. The nation composed of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, called JUDAH, Isa 11:12-13; Jer 4:3, and JEWS, [see JEWS] ruled by the descendants of David.
In the historical books of the Kings and the Chronicles the nation is called JUDAH, but in the prophecies it is frequently referred to as ISRAEL, as in Isa 8:14; Isa 49:7.
List of rulers and the periods of time over which they reigned:
1. Rehoboam, seventeen years.
2. Abijah, or Abijam, three years.
3. Asa, forty-one years.
4. Jehoshaphat, twenty-five years.
5. Jehoram, eight years.
6. Ahaziah, one year.
Athaliah's usurpation, six years,
7. Joash, or Jehoash, forty years.
8. Amaziah, twenty-nine years.
9. Uzziah, or Azariah, fifty-two years.
10. Jotham, sixteen years.
11. Ahaz, sixteen years.
12. Hezekiah; twenty-nine years.
13. Manasseh, fifty-five years.
14. Amon, two years.
15. Josiah, thirty-one years.
16. Jehoahaz, Josiah's son, three months.
17. Jehoiakim, Josiah's son, eleven years.
18. Jehoiachin, or Jeconiah, Jehoiakim's son, three months.
19. Zedekiah, or Mattaniah, Josiah's son, eleven years.
For the history of the above kings see under each name.
Rehoboam succeeds Solomon. In consequence of his arbitrary policy ten tribes rebel, 1 Kings 12. Other circumstances of his reign, 1 Kings 14:21-31; 2 Chron 10-12. Death of Rehoboam, 1 Kings 14:31. Abijam's wicked reign, 1 Kings 15:1-8; 2 Chron 13; Asa's good reign, 1 Kings 15:9-24; 2 Chron 14-16. Asa makes a league with Benhadad, king of Syria, to make war against Israel, 1 Kings 15:16-24. Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa, 1 Kings 15:24; 2 Chron 17-20; 2 Chron 21:1; joins Ahab against the king of Syria, 1 Kings 22. See JEHOSHAPHAT. Jehoram, called also JORAM, reigns in the stead of his father, Jehoshaphat, 2 Kings 8:16-24; 2 Chron 21. Edom revolts, 2 Kings 8:20-22. Ahaziah, called also AZARIAH, 2 Chron 22:6, and JEHOAHAZ, 2 Chron 21:17; 2 Chron 25:23, succeeds Jehoram, 2 Kings 8:24-29; 2 Chron 22; slain by Jehu, 2 Kings 9:27-29; 2 Chron 22:8-9, Athaliah, his mother, succeeds him, 2 Kings 11:1-16; 2 Chron 22:10-12; 2 Chron 23:1-15. Jehoash, called also JOASH, succeeds Athaliah, 2 Kings 11:21; 2 Kings 12:1-21; 2 Chron 24. The temple repaired, 2 Kings 12. Amaziah reigns, and Judah is invaded by the king of Israel; Jerusalem is taken and the sacred things of the temple carried away, 2 Kings 14:1-20; 2 Chron 25.
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Azariah, called also UZZIAH, succeeds him, 2 Kings 14:21-22; 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chron 26. Jotham succeeds Uzziah, 2 Kings 15:7,32-38; 2 Chron 27. Rezin, king of Syria, invades Judah, 2 Kings 15:37. Jotham is succeeded by Ahaz, 2 Kings 16:1; 2 Chron 28. Judah is invaded by kings of Samaria and Syria; Ahaz hires the king of Assyria to make war on the king of Syria, 2 Kings 16:5-9. Ahaz changes the fashion of the altar in the temple, 2 Kings 16:10-18. Hezekiah succeeds Ahaz, 2 Kings 16:19-20; 2 Chron 29-32. His good reign, 2 Kings 18:1-8. He revolts from the sovereignty of the king of Assyria, 2 Kings 18:7. King of Assyria invades Judah, and blasphemes the God of Judah; his army overthrown, 2 Kings 18:9-37; 2 Kings 19. Hezekiah's sickness and miraculous restoration, 2 Kings 20. Succeeded by Manasseh, 2 Kings 20:21; 2 Chron 33:1-20. Manasseh's wicked reign, 2 Kings 21:1-18. Amon succeeds Manasseh on the throne, 2 Kings 21:18-26; 2 Chron 33:20-25. Josiah succeeds Amon; the temple is repaired; the book of the law recovered; religious revival follows; and the king dies, 2 Kings 22; 2 Kings 23:1-30; 2 Chron 34-35. Josiah is succeeded by Jehoahaz, who reigned three months, was dethroned by the king of Egypt, and the land put under tribute, 2 Kings 23:30-35; 2 Chron 36:1-3. Jehoiakim is elevated to the throne; becomes tributary to Nebuchadnezzar for three years; rebels; is conquered and carried to Babylon, 2 Kings 24:1-6; 2 Chron 36:4-8. Jehoiachin is made king; suffers invasion and is carried to Babylon, 2 Kings 24:8-16; 2 Chron 36:9-10. Zedekiah is made king by Nebuchadnezzar; rebels; Nebuchadnezzar invades Judah, takes Jerusalem, and carries the people to Babylon, despoiling the temple, 2 Kings 24:17-20; 2 Kings 25; 2 Chron 36:11-21. The poorest of the people were left to occupy the country, and were joined by fragments of the army of Judah, the dispersed Israelites in other lands, and the king's daughters, 2 Kings 25:12,22-23; Jer 39:10; Jer 40:7-12; Jer 52:16. Gedaliah appointed governor over, 2 Kings 25:22. His administration favorable to the people, 2 Kings 25:23-24; Jer 40:7-12. Conspired against and slain by Ishmael, 2 Kings 25:25; Jer 40:13-16; Jer 41:1-3. Ishmael seeks to betray the people to the Ammonites, Jer 41:1-18. The people, in fear, take refuge in Egypt, 2 Kings 25:26; Jer 41:14-18; Jer 42:13-18.
CAPTIVITY OF: Great wickedness the cause of their adversity, Ezek 5-7; Ezek 16; Ezek 23:22-44. Dwell in Babylon, Dan 5:13; Dan 6:13; Jer 52:28-30; by the river Chebar, Ezek 1:1; Ezek 10:15. Patriotism of, Ps 137. Plotted against, by Haman, Esther 3. Are saved by Esther, Esther 4-9. Cyrus decrees their restoration, 2 Chron 36:22-23; Ezra 1:1-4. Cyrus directs the rebuilding of the temple, and the restoration of the vessels which had been carried to Babylon, 2 Chron 36:23; Ezra 1:3-11. Proclamation renewed by Darius and Artaxerxes, Ezra 6:1-14. Ezra returns with seventeen hundred and fifty-four of
the captivity to Jerusalem, Ezra 2. Temple rebuilt and dedicated, Ezra 3-6. Artaxerxes issues proclamation to restore the temple service, Ezra 7. Priests and Levites authorized to return, Ezra 8. Corruptions among the returned captives; their reform, Ezra 9-10.
Nehemiah is commissioned to lead the remainder of the captivity, forty-nine thousand nine hundred and forty-two, back to Canaan, Neh 2; Neh 7:5-67; Ps 85; Ps 87; Ps 107; Ps 126. Wall of Jerusalem rebuilt and dedicated, Neh 2-6; Neh 12. The law read and expounded, Neh 8. Solemn feast is kept; priests are purified; and the covenant sealed, Neh 8-10. One-tenth of the people, to be determined by lot, volunteer to dwell in Jerusalem, and the remaining nine parts dwell in other cities, Neh 11. Catalogue of the priests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel, Neh 12. Nehemiah reforms various abuses, Neh 13. Expect a Messiah, Luke 3:15. Many accept Jesus as the Christ, John 2:23; John 10:42; John 11:45; John 12:11; Acts 21:20. Reject Jesus, see JESUS, REJECTED.
Rejected of God, Matt 21:43; Luke 20:16.
PROPHECIES CONCERNING: Of their rejection of the Messiah, Isa 8:14-15; Isa 49:5,7; Isa 52:14; Isa 53:1-3; Zech 11; Zech 13; Matt 21:33; Matt 22:1.
Of war and other judgments: Deut 28:49-57; 2 Kings 20:17-18; 2 Kings 21:12-15; 2 Kings 22:16-17; 2 Kings 23:26-27; Isa 1:1-24; Isa 3; Isa 4:1; Isa 5; Isa 6:9-13; Isa 7:17-25; Isa 8:14-22; Isa 9; Isa 10:12; Isa 22:1-14; Isa 28:14-22; Isa 29:1-10; Isa 30:1-17; Isa 31:1-3; Isa 32:9-14; Jer 1:11-16; Jer 4:5-31; Jer 6; Jer 7:8-34; Jer 8; Jer 9:9-26; Jer 10:17-22; Jer 11:9-23; Jer 13:9-27; Jer 14:14-18; Jer 15:1-14; Jer 16; Jer 17:1-4; Jer 18:15-17; Jer 19; Jer 20:5; Jer 21:4-7; Jer 22:24-30; Jer 25:8-38; Jer 28; Jer 34; Jer 37; Jer 38:1-3; Jer 42:13-22; Jer 43-45; Lam 5:6; Ezek 4-5; Ezek 11:7-12; Ezek 12; Ezek 15-17; Ezek 19; Ezek 22:13-22; Ezek 23:22-35; Ezek 24; Ezek 33:21-29; Dan 9:26-27; Joel 2:1-17; Amos 2:4-5; Mic 2:10; Mic 3; Mic 4:8-10; Hab 1:6-11; Zeph 1; Zech 11; Zech 14:1-3; Mal 4:1; Matt 21:33-34; Matt 23:35-38; Matt 24:2,14-42; Mark 13:1-13; Luke 13:34-35; Luke 19:43-44; Luke 21:5-25; Luke 23:28-31; Rev 1:7.
Dispersion of: Isa 24:1; Jer 9:16; Hos 9:17; Joel 3:6,20; Amos 9:9; Ezek 4:13; Ezek 5:10,12; Ezek 20:23; Ezek 36:19; Dan 9:7; John 7:35; Acts 2:5.
Of blessing and restoration: Isa 1:25-27; Isa 2:1-5; Isa 4:2-6; Isa 11:11-13; Isa 25; Isa 26:1-2,12-19; Isa 27:13; Isa 29:18-24; Isa 30:18-26; Isa 32:15-20; Isa 33:13-24; Isa 35; Isa 37:31-32; Isa 40:2,9; Isa 41:27; Isa 44; Isa 49:13-23; Isa 51; Isa 52:1-12; Isa 60; Isa 61:4-9; Isa 62; Isa 66:5-22; Jer 3:14-18; Jer 4:3-18; Jer 12:14-16; Jer 23:3; Jer 24:1-7; Jer 29:1-14; Jer 30:3-22; Jer 32:36-44; Jer 33; Ezek 44:28; Ezek 14:22-23; Ezek 16:60-63; Ezek 20:40-41; Ezek 36:1-38; Ezek 37:12,21; Dan 11:30-45; Dan 12:1; Joel 3; Amos 9:9-15; Obad 17-21; Mic 2:12-13; Mic 5:3; Zeph 2:7; Zech 1:14-21; Zech 2; Zech 8; Zech 10:5-12; Zech 12:1-14; Zech 13; Zech 14:3-21; Mal 3:4; Rom 11; 2 Cor 3:16; Rev 7:5.
ISRAELITES. See ISRAEL.
ISSACHAR. 1. Son of Jacob, Gen 30:18; Exod 1:3; 1 Chron 2:1. Jacob's prophetic benedictions upon, Gen 49:14-15. In the time of David, 1 Chron 7:2,5. See TRIBE OF, below.
2. TRIBE OF: Military forces of, taken at Sinai, Num 1:28-29; Num 2:6; on the plains of
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Moab, Num 26:25. Moses's blessing upon, Deut 33:18-19. Place in march and camp, Num 2:3,5; Num 10:14-15. Parts of Canaan allotted to, Josh 19:17-23, with Josh 17:10-11.
Join Deborah and Barak in war against Sisera, Judg 5:15. Insurgents from, joined David, 1 Chron 12:32,40. Join with the kingdom of Judah after the conquest of the land by, 2 Chron 30:18. For things common to all the tribes, see ISRAELITES, TRIBES OF.
ISSUE OF BLOOD, Matt 9:20; Mark 5:25; Luke 8:43.
See HEMORRHAGE.
ITALY, Acts 27:2; Heb 13:24. Aquila and Priscilla expelled from, Acts 18:2.
ITHAI, called also ITTAI. One of David's valiant men, 2 Sam 23:29; 1 Chron 11:31.
ITHAMAR. Son of Aaron, Exod 6:23; Exod 28:1; 1 Chron 6:3. Intrusted with moneys of the tabernacle, Exod 38:21. Charged with duties of the tabernacle, Num 4:28; Num 7:8. Forbidden to lament the death of his brothers, Nadab and Abihu, Lev 10:6-7. Descendants of, 1 Chron 24:1-19.
ITHIEL. 1. A Benjamite, Neh 11:7.
2. An unidentified person mentioned in Prov 30:1.
ITHMAH, a Moabite, 1 Chron 11:46.
ITHNAN, a town in the extreme south of Judah, Josh 15:23.
ITHRA, called also JETHER. Father of Amasa, 2 Sam 17:25; 1 Chron 2:17.
ITHRAN. 1. Son of Dishon, Gen 36:26; 1 Chron 1:41.
2. Son of Zophah, 1 Chron 7:37.
ITHREAM, son of David, 2 Sam 3:5; 1 Chron 3:3.
ITHRITES, patronymic of the family of Jether, 2 Sam 23:38; 1 Chron 2:53. ITINERARY, of the Israelites, Num 33; Deut 10:6-7.
See ISRAEL.
ITTAHKAZIN, a landmark in the boundary line of Zebulun, Josh 19:13.
ITTAI. A chief of David, 2 Sam 18:2; 1 Chron 11:31. Supports David against Absalom, 2 Sam 15:19-22; 2 Sam 18:2,5.
ITURAEA, small province in the NW of Palestine, Luke 3:1. See also 1 Chron 1:31; 1 Chron 5:19.
IVAH. A district in Babylon conquered by the Assyrians, 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 19:13; Isa 37:13.
IVORY. Song 5:14; Song 7:4; Ezek 27:15. Exported from Tarshish, 1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chron 9:21; Chittim, Ezek 27:6. Ahab's palace made of, 1 Kings 22:39. Other houses made of, Ps 45:8; Amos 3:15. Other articles made of: Stringed instruments, Ps 45:8 [RV]; thrones, 1 Kings 10:18; 2 Chron 9:17; benches, Ezek 27:6; beds, Amos 6:4; vessels, Rev 18:12.
IZHAR, son of Kohath, Exod 6:18,21; 1 Chron 6:2,18,38; 1 Chron 23:12,18.
IZRAHIAH, grandson of Tola, 1 Chron 7:3.
IZRI, perhaps the same as ZERI. Leader of the fourth division of Levitical singers, 1 Chron 25:11.