Men Of Israel

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the Men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were Men, beside children.

And Moses chose able Men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

And he sent young Men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

Thrice in the year shall all your Men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

• Government

These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve Men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that Men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;

And those Men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy Men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

Send thou Men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those Men were heads of the children of Israel.

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are Men of a great stature.

• Government

And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, Men of renown:

And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his Men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the Men that warred,

• Reproof

And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful Men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

• Punishment

And all the Men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

• Punishment

Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the Men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

• Priest

And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the Men of Israel with a loud voice,

Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the Men of Israel,

And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came Men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

Now therefore take you twelve Men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

Then Joshua called the twelve Men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were Men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

And the young Men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the Men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the Men of Ai.

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the Men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

And the Men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the Men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the Men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred Men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand Men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred Men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

And the Men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.

Then the Men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

And when the Men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.

And we will take ten Men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

So all the Men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

And the tribes of Israel sent Men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

Now therefore deliver us the Men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:

And the Men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand Men that drew sword: all these were Men of war.

And the Men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the Men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.

And the people the Men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand Men; all these drew the sword.

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty Men of Israel.

And all the Men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen Men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

• Rape

And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred Men: all these drew the sword.

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the Men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

Now there was an appointed sign between the Men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.

And when the Men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the Men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

And when the Men of Israel turned again, the Men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

Therefore they turned their backs before the Men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

And the Men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the Men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

Now the Men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand Men.

And when the Men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

And the Men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.

And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the Men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the Men of Judah thirty thousand.

And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the Men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

• Armies

Saul chose him three thousand Men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

When the Men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

And the Men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

Likewise all the Men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.

And the Men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

And Saul and the Men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

Now Saul, and they, and all the Men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

• Cowardice

And all the Men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

• Armies

And the Men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

And David spake to the Men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

• Armies

And the Men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

Will the Men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.

Then Saul took three thousand chosen Men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his Men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen Men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the Men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

And when the Men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the Men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the Men of Israel, before the servants of David.

Again, David gathered together all the chosen Men of Israel, thirty thousand.

• Cakes
• Bread
• Meat

And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as Men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.

When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice Men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:

And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the Men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the Men of Israel.

• Absalom
• Popularity

And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the Men of Israel are after Absalom.

And Absalom, and all the people the Men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the Men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant Men.

And Absalom and all the Men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the Men of Israel with him.

Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand Men.

And, behold, all the Men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the Men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's Men with him, over Jordan?

And all the Men of Judah answered the Men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

And the Men of Israel answered the Men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the Men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the Men of Israel.

So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the Men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

• Israelites
• Citizens
• Israelites

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the Men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over Men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty Men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the Men of Israel were gone away:

And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant Men that drew the sword; and the Men of Judah were five hundred thousand Men.

So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand Men.

And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two Men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand Men.

And all the Men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

• Officer

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were Men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen Men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

Then he numbered the young Men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred Men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

• Captive
• Rulers

And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young Men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty Men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.

And the king of Assyria brought Men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the Men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

And when all the Men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

These also are the chief of the mighty Men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

And of the children of Issachar, which were Men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

• Israelites
• Citizens
• Israelites

All these Men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand Men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand Men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand Men that drew sword.

So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand Men.

And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, Men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.

And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty Men, and with all the valiant Men, unto Jerusalem.

Wherefore all the Men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were Men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen Men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

Then the Men of Judah gave a shout: and as the Men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen Men.

• Prophets

Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred Men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.

He hired also an hundred thousand mighty Men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing Men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the Men of the people of Israel:

And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellers, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief Men to go up with me.

• Prayer

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of Men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the Men of the people of Israel was this;

The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen Men of Israel.

Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant Men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the Men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty Men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

• Meek
• Character

The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among Men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye Men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other Men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;

Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the Men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the Men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.

Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the Men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

And there stood before them seventy Men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the Men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.

And I will multiply Men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:

Yea, I will cause Men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of Men.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with Men like a flock.

O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the Men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young Men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

• Bozrah
• Sheep

I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of Men.

Ye Men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye Men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

And said unto them, Ye Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these Men.

• Catholicity

Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

• Uncharitableness

Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all Men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.