Discovery Box| (0.20) | Gen 24:7 |
| “The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, 1 promised me with a solemn oath, 2 ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel 3 before you so that you may find 4 a wife for my son from there. |
| (0.20) | Gen 37:2 |
| This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, 1 was taking care of 2 the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster 3 working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. 4 Joseph brought back a bad report about them 5 to their father. |
| (0.20) | Gen 46:31 |
| Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, 1 ‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me. |
| (0.20) | Exo 12:48 |
| “When a foreigner lives 1 with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, all his males must be circumcised, 2 and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land 3 – but no uncircumcised person may eat of it. |
| (0.20) | Lev 27:28 |
| “‘Surely anything which a man permanently dedicates to the Lord 1 from all that belongs to him, whether from people, animals, or his landed property, must be neither sold nor redeemed; anything permanently dedicated is most holy to the Lord. |
| (0.20) | Jos 7:1 |
| But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. 1 Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, 2 son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. 3 The Lord was furious with the Israelites. 4 |
| (0.20) | Jdg 11:2 |
| Gilead’s wife also gave 1 him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, “You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth, 2 because you are another woman’s son.” |
| (0.20) | Rut 2:20 |
| Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be rewarded by the Lord because he 1 has shown loyalty to the living on behalf of the dead!” 2 Then Naomi said to her, “This man is a close relative of ours; he is our guardian.” 3 |
| (0.20) | 1Sa 2:35 |
| Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a secure dynasty 1 and he will serve my chosen one for all time. 2 |
| (0.20) | 2Sa 3:8 |
| These words of Ish-bosheth really angered Abner and he said, “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah? This very day I am demonstrating 1 loyalty to the house of Saul your father and to his relatives 2 and his friends! I have not betrayed you into the hand of David. Yet you have accused me of sinning with this woman today! 3 |
| (0.20) | 2Sa 6:12 |
| David was told, 1 “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David. |
| (0.20) | 2Sa 12:11 |
| This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you 1 from inside your own household! 2 Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. 3 He will have sexual relations with 4 your wives in broad daylight! 5 |
| (0.20) | 2Sa 19:41 |
| Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan – and not only him but all of David’s men as well?” |
| (0.20) | 1Ki 12:20 |
| When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 1 |
| (0.20) | 2Ki 4:13 |
| Elisha said to Gehazi, 1 “Tell her, ‘Look, you have treated us with such great respect. 2 What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied, “I’m quite secure.” 3 |
| (0.20) | 1Ch 5:1 |
| The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn – (Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, 1 his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records. 2 |
| (0.20) | 1Ch 26:32 |
| Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders. 1 King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king. 2 |
| (0.20) | 1Ch 27:1 |
| What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,000 men. 1 |
| (0.20) | 2Ch 19:11 |
| You will report to Amariah the chief priest in all matters pertaining to the Lord’s law, and to Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in all matters pertaining to the king. 1 The Levites will serve as officials before you. Confidently carry out your duties! 2 May the Lord be with those who do well!” |
| (0.20) | 2Ch 22:7 |
| God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. 1 When Ahaziah 2 arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned 3 to wipe out Ahab’s family. 4 |
