Of The South

And Abram went up out Of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.

And Isaac came from the way Of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the South country.

And thy seed shall be as the dust Of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the South: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families Of the earth be blessed.

• Candlestick

And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side Of the tabernacle toward the South: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

And thou shalt make the court Of the tabernacle: for the South side southward there shall be hangings for the court Of fine twined linen Of an hundred cubits long for one side:

And he made the court: on the South side southward the hangings Of the court were Of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

• Standards
• Armies

On the South side shall be the standard Of the camp Of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain Of the children Of Reuben shall be Elizur the son Of Shedeur.

And they ascended by the South, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children Of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

the Amalekites dwell in the land Of the South: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast Of Jordan.

And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way Of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some Of them prisoners.

And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the South in the land Of Canaan, heard Of the coming Of the children Of Israel.

Then your South quarter shall be from the wilderness Of Zin along by the coast Of Edom, and your South border shall be the outmost coast Of the salt sea eastward:

And your border shall turn from the South to the ascent Of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the South to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:

And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the South side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs Of the cities.

Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount Of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the South, and by the sea side, to the land Of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

And Of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing Of the LORD: possess thou the west and the South.

And the South, and the plain Of the valley Of Jericho, the city Of palm trees, unto Zoar.

• Joshua
• Obedience

So Joshua smote all the country Of the hills, and Of the South, and Of the vale, and Of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God Of Israel commanded.

And to the kings that were on the north Of the mountains, and Of the plains South Of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders Of Dor on the west,

So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the South country, and all the land Of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain Of Israel, and the valley Of the same;

And from the plain to the sea Of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea Of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the South, under Ashdothpisgah:

From the South, all the land Of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders Of the Amorites:

This then was the lot Of the tribe Of the children Of Judah by their families; even to the border Of Edom the wilderness Of Zin southward was the uttermost part Of the South coast.

And their South border was from the shore Of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river Of Egypt; and the goings out Of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your South coast.

And the border went up toward Debir from the valley Of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the South side Of the river: and the border passed toward the waters Of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:

And the border went up by the valley Of the son Of Hinnom unto the South side Of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top Of the mountain that lieth before the valley Of Hinnom westward, which is at the end Of the valley Of the giants northward:

Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a South land; give me also springs Of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the South, and the house Of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.

And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side Of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the South side Of the nether Bethhoron.

And the South quarter was from the end Of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well Of waters Of Nephtoah:

And the border came down to the end Of the mountain that lieth before the valley Of the son Of Hinnom, and which is in the valley Of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley Of Hinnom, to the side Of Jebusi on the South, and descended to Enrogel,

And the border passed along to the side Of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings Of the border were at the north bay Of the salt sea at the South end Of Jordan: this was the South coast.

And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath Of the South. This is the inheritance Of the tribe Of the children Of Simeon according to their families.

And afterward the children Of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the South, and in the valley.

And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a South land; give me also springs Of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

And the children Of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out Of the city Of palm trees with the children Of Judah into the wilderness Of Judah, which lieth in the South Of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

• Tabernacle

Then they said, Behold, there is a feast Of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side Of Bethel, on the east side Of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the South Of Lebonah.

• Weeping

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out Of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill Of Hachilah, which is on the South Of Jeshimon?

And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness Of Maon, in the plain on the South Of Jeshimon.

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the South Of Judah, and against the South Of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South Of the Kenites.

We made an invasion upon the South Of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South Of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

And came to the strong hold Of Tyre, and to all the cities Of the Hivites, and Of the Canaanites: and they went out to the South Of Judah, even to Beersheba.

And he put five bases on the right side Of the house, and five on the left side Of the house: and he set the sea on the right side Of the house eastward over against the South.

• Temple

And he set the sea on the right side Of the east end, over against the South.

• Ahaz
• Alliances
• Confederated

the Philistines also had invaded the cities Of the low country, and Of the South Of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. For the LORD brought Judah low because Of Ahaz king Of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. And Tilgathpilneser king Of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. For Ahaz took away a portion out Of the house Of the LORD, and out Of the house Of the king, and Of the princes, and gave it unto the king Of Assyria: but he helped him not. read more And in the time Of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. For he sacrificed unto the gods Of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods Of the kings Of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin Of him, and Of all Israel. And Ahaz gathered together the vessels Of the house Of God, and cut in pieces the vessels Of the house Of God, and shut up the doors Of the house Of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner Of Jerusalem. And in every several city Of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God Of his fathers. Now the rest Of his acts and Of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book Of the kings Of Judah and Israel. And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres Of the kings Of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. show less

Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers Of the South.

• Glory
• Purifying
• Wind

Out Of the South cometh the whirlwind: and cold out Of the north. By the breath Of God frost is given: and the breadth Of the waters is straitened.

And gathered them out Of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the South.

If the clouds be full Of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the South, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

the burden Of the desert Of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

• Camel

the burden Of the beasts Of the South: into the land Of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders Of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches Of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the South, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends Of the earth;

the cities Of the South shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all Of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

And they shall come from the cities Of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land Of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices Of praise, unto the house Of the LORD.

Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land Of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities Of Judah, and in the cities Of the mountains, and in the cities Of the valley, and in the cities Of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.

In the cities Of the mountains, in the cities Of the vale, and in the cities Of the South, and in the land Of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities Of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands Of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.

Son Of man, set thy face toward the South, and drop thy word toward the South, and prophesy against the forest Of the South field;

And say to the forest Of the South, Hear the word Of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the South to the north shall be burned therein.

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out Of his sheath against all flesh from the South to the north:

In the visions Of God brought he me into the land Of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame Of a city on the South.

And without the inner gate were the chambers Of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side Of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the South: one at the side Of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the South, is for the priests, the keepers Of the charge Of the house.

And the doors Of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the South: and the breadth Of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

And according to the doors Of the chambers that were toward the South was a door in the head Of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

• Temple

But when the people Of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way Of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way Of the South gate; and he that entereth by the way Of the South gate shall go forth by the way Of the north gate: he shall not return by the way Of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

Afterward he brought me again unto the door Of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold Of the house eastward: for the forefront Of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side Of the house, at the South side Of the altar.

And the South side southward, from Tamar even to the waters Of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the South side southward.

And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the South five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary Of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.

And the suburbs Of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the South two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

And by the border Of Gad, at the South side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters Of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.

And at the South side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate Of Simeon, one gate Of Issachar, one gate Of Zebulun.

And out Of one Of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the South, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.

And the king Of the South shall be strong, and one Of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.

And in the end Of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter Of the South shall come to the king Of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power Of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

So the king Of the South shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.

And the king Of the South shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king Of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

And in those times there shall many stand up against the king Of the South: also the robbers Of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

• Fortifications
• Armies

So the king Of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms Of the South shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king Of the South with a great army; and the king Of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

And at the time Of the end shall the king Of the South push at him: and the king Of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

And they Of the South shall possess the mount Of Esau; and they Of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields Of Ephraim, and the fields Of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

And the captivity Of this host Of the children Of Israel shall possess that Of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity Of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities Of the South.

And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds Of the South.

And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount Of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount Of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half Of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half Of it toward the South.

All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon South Of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place Of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower Of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

the queen Of the South shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts Of the earth to hear the wisdom Of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

the queen Of the South shall rise up in the judgment with the men Of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts Of the earth to hear the wisdom Of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the South, and shall sit down in the kingdom Of God.

• Angel
• Angel
• Angel

And the angel Of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the South unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven Of Crete, and lieth toward the South west and north west.