Nave’s Topical Bible
Israel
322 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- A name given to Jacob
- A name of the Messiah in prophecy
- A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation
- Also called ISRAELITES, and HEBREWS
Genesis 43:32; Exodus 1:15; Exodus 9:7; Exodus 10:3; Exodus 21:2; Leviticus 23:42; Joshua 13:6
- Etc
1 Samuel 4:6; 1 Samuel 13:3,19; 1 Samuel 14:11,21; Philippians 3:5
- Also called ISRAELITES, and HEBREWS
(TRIBES OF ISRAEL were named after the sons of Jacob)
- (Usually, in lists, 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 place
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
- Prophecies concerning
Genesis 15:5,13; Genesis 25:23; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 27:28-29,40; Genesis 48:19; Genesis 49; Deuteronomy 33
- Prophecies about the multitude of
Genesis 13:16; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 28:14
- Prophecies of their captivity in Eqypt
- Divided into families, each of which had a chief
Numbers 25:14; Numbers 26; Numbers 36:1; Joshua 7:14; 1 Chronicles 4; 1 Chronicles 5; 1 Chronicles 6; 1 Chronicles 7; 1 Chronicles 8
- Number of, who went into Egypt
- Number of, at the time of the exodus
Exodus 12:37-38; Genesis 47:27; Exodus 1:7-20; Psalms 105:24; Acts 7:17
- Number of, fit for military service when they left Egypt
- Number of, at Sinai, by tribes
- Number of, after the plague
- Number of, when David counted (conducted a census)
- Number of, after the captivity
- Number of, in John's apocalyptic vision
- Lived in Goshen
- Lived in Egypt for four-hundred and thirty years
- Were enslaved and oppressed by the Egyptians
- Their groaning heard by God
- Moses commissioned as the deliverer
The land of Egypt was plagued on their account
See EGYPT
- Exempt from the plagues
Exodus 8:22-23; Exodus 9:4-6,26; Exodus 10:23; Exodus 11:7; Exodus 12:13
- Children were spared when the firstborn of the Egyptians Were killed
- Instituted the Passover
- Borrowed jewels from the Egyptians
- Urged by the Egyptians to depart
- Journey from Rameses to Succoth
- Made the journey by night
- The day of their deliverance to be a memorial
- Led by God
- Providentially cared for
Deuteronomy 8:3-4; Deuteronomy 29:5-6; Deuteronomy 34:7; Nehemiah 9:21; Psalms 105:37
See MANNA
See CLOUD, PILLAR OF
- Journey from Succoth to Etham
- Journey to Pi-hahiroth
- Pursued by the Egyptians
- Pass through the Red Sea
Exodus 14:19-22; Deuteronomy 11:4; Psalms 78; Psalms 105; Psalms 106; Psalms 136
- The order of the march
- Journey to Marah
- Complained on account of the bitter water
- Water of, sweetened
- Journey to Elim
- For the itinerary, see
- Complained for food
- Provided with manna and quail
- Complained for lack of water at Rephidim
- Water miraculously supplied from the rock at Meribah
- Defeat the Amalekites
- Arrive at Sinai
- At the suggestion of Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, they Organize a system of government
- The message of God to them, requiring that they must be obedient to his commandments, and as a reward they would be a holy nation to him, and their reply
- Sanctify themselves for receiving the law
- The law delivered to
Exodus 20; Exodus 21; Exodus 22; Exodus 23; Exodus 24:1-4; Leviticus 25; Leviticus 26; Leviticus 27
- The people receive it and covenant obedience to it
- Idolatry of
- The anger of the Lord in consequence
- Moses' indignation; breaks the tables of stone; enters the camp; commands the Levites; three thousand die
- Punished by a plague
- Obduracy of
- God withdraws his presence
- The mourning of, when God refused to lead them
- Tables renewed
- Pattern for the tabernacle and the appurtenances, and forms of worship to be observed
Exodus 25; Exodus 26; Exodus 27; Exodus 28; Exodus 29; Exodus 30; Exodus 31
- Gifts consecrated for the creation of the tabernacle
- The erection of the tabernacle; the manufacture of the appurtenances including the garments of the priests; and their sanctification
- First sacrifice offered by, under the law
- Second Passover observed
- March out of the wilderness
- For the itinerary, see
- The order of camping sites and the march
- Arrive at the border of Canaan
- Send twelve spies to view the land
- Return with a majority report and a minority report
- Complaining over the report
- The judgment of God upon them in consequence of their unbelief and complaining
- Reaction, and their purpose to enter the land; are defeated by the Amalekites
- Abide at Kadesh
- Return to the wilderness, where they remain for thirty eight years, and all die except Joshua and Caleb
- Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
- Complain against Moses and Aaron, are plagued, fourteen-thousand and seven-hundred people die, plague stopped
- Complain for lack of water in Meribah; the rock is struck
- Are refused passage through the country of Edom
- The death of Aaron
- Defeat the Canaanites
- Are scourged with fiery (poisonous) serpents
- Defeat the Amorites
- Defeat the king of Baasha
- Arrive in the plains of Moab, at the fords of the Jordan River
- Commit idolatry with the people of Moab
- Punished by a plague in consequence, twenty-four thousand people die
- The people numbered for the allotment of the land
- The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance
- Conquest of the Midianites
- Nations dread
- Renew the covenant
- Moses dies, and the people mourn
- Joshua appointed the leader
See JOSHUA
- All who were numbered at Mount Sinai perished in the wilderness except Caleb and Joshua
- Piety of those who entered Canaan
- Men chosen to allot the lands of Canaan among the tribes and families
- Remove from Shittim to the Jordan River
- Cross the Jordan River
- Circumcision observed and the Passover celebrated
- Jericho captured
- Ai captured
- Make a treaty with the Gibeonites
- Defeat the five Amoritish kings
- Conquest of the land
- The land allotted
Joshua 15; Joshua 16; Joshua 17; Joshua 18; Joshua 19; Joshua 20; Joshua 21
- Two and one-half tribes return from the west side of the Jordan River; erect a memorial to signify the unity of the tribes; the memorial misunderstood; the controversy which followed; its amicable resolution
- Joshua's exhortation immediately before his death
- Covenant renewed, death of Joshua
- Religious fidelity during the life of Joshua
- UNDER THE JUDGES
- Public affairs administered four-hundred and fifty years by the judges
- The original inhabitants not fully expelled
- Reproved by an angel for not casting out the original inhabitants
- People turn to idolatry
- Delivered for their idolatry to the king of Mesopotamia during eight years, their repentance and deliverance
- 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
- Shamgar resists a foray of the Philistines and delivers Israel
- People again do evil and are put under bonds to the king of Syria for twenty years
- Delivered by Deborah, a prophetess, and judged
- Seven years of bondage to the Midianites; delivered by Gideon
See GIDEON
- Return to idolatry
- Abimelech foments an inter-tribal war
- Led by Tola for twenty-three years
- Led by Jair for twenty-two years
- The people backslide, and are given over to the Philistines for chastisement for eighteen years; they repent and turn to the Lord; they are delivered by Jephthah
- The Ephraimites go to war against other tribes; they are defeated by Jephthah
- Led by Ibzan for seven years
- Led by Elon for ten years
- Led by Abdon for eight years
- The people backslide again are chastened by the Philistines for forty years
- Led by Samson for twenty years
- Scandal of the Bethlehemite's concubine, and the consequent war between the Benjamites and the other tribes
- Led by Eli for forty years
1 Samuel 4:18; 1 Samuel 1; 1 Samuel 2; 1 Samuel 3; 1 Samuel 4
- Struck down by the Philistines at Eben-ezer
- They demand a king
- UNDER THE KINGS BEFORE THE SEPARATION INTO TWO KINGDOMS
- Saul anointed as king
- Ammonites invade Israel, are defeated
- Philistines struck down
- Amalekites defeated
- David anointed as king
- Goliath killed
- Israel defeated by the Philistines, and Saul and his sons are killed
See SAUL
- David defeats the Amalekites
- David made king
- Ish-bosheth made king
- The conflict between the two political factions
- David made king over all Israel
- Conquests of David
- Absalom's rebellion
See DAVID
- Solomon anointed as king
- The Temple built
- Solomon's palace built
- Solomon's death
See SOLOMON
THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES
- (Foreshadowing circumstances indicating the separation)
- Disagreement after Saul's death
- Lukewarmness of the ten tribes, and zeal of Judah for David in Absolom's rebellion
- The rebellion of Sheba
- The two factions are distinguished as Israel and Judah during David's reign
- Providential
- Revolt consummated under Rehoboam, son and successor of Solomon
- The name of the ten tribes that revolted from the house (kingdom) of David
- Also called JACOB
(The 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)
Jeroboam, twenty-two years
Nadab, about two years
Baasha, twenty-four years
Elah, two years
Zimri, seven days
Omri, twelve years
Ahab, twenty-two years
Ahaziah, two years
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 were carried away captive to Assyria)
- HISTORY OF
- War continued between the two kingdoms all the days of Rehoboam and Jeroboam
- War continued between Jeroboam and Abijam
- War continued between Baasha and Asa
- Famine prevails during the reign of Ahab
- Israel, also called SAMARIA, invaded by, but defeats, Ben-hadad, king of Syria
- Moab rebels
- Army of Syria invades Israel, but peacefully withdraws through the tact of the prophet Elisha
- The city of Samaria besieged
- The city of Samaria captured, and the people carried to Assyria
- The land repopulated
- The remnant that remained after the able-bodied persons were Carried into captivity affiliated with the kingdom of Judah
2 Chronicles 30:18-26; 2 Chronicles 34:6; 2 Chronicles 35:18
Bible verses about “Israel”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 32:24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
- Genesis 32:25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
- Genesis 32:26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
- Genesis 32:27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
- Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
- Genesis 32:29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
- Genesis 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
- Genesis 32:31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
- Genesis 32:32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
- 2 Kings 17:34Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
- Hosea 12:3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
- Hosea 12:4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;
- Isaiah 49:3And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
- Genesis 43:32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
- Exodus 1:15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
- Exodus 9:7And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
- Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 21:2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
- Leviticus 23:42Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
- Joshua 13:6All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth–maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
- 1 Samuel 4:6And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.
- 1 Samuel 13:3And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
- 1 Samuel 13:19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
- 1 Samuel 14:11And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
- 1 Samuel 14:21Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
- Philippians 3:5Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
- Genesis 48:5And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
- Joshua 14:4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
- Revelation 21:12And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
- Genesis 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
- Genesis 15:13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
- Genesis 25:23And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
- Genesis 26:4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
- Genesis 27:28Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
- Genesis 27:29Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
- Genesis 27:40And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
- Genesis 48:19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
- Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
- Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
- Genesis 28:14And 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.