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339 articles found for “house of Jacob”

• Eliakim

  [People]

  Eliakim was the official in charge of the royal household under Hezekiah, king of Judah. The son of Hilkiah, he met and negotiated with the Assyrian envoy Rabshakeh and was sent by the king to the prophet Isaiah.

• Rahab

  [People]

  Rahab is a woman of Jericho in the Old Testament book of Joshua (chapters 2 and 6) who hid the Israelite spies and was saved together with her family. The New Testament names her in the genealogy of Jesus and presents her as an example of both faith and works.

• Jotham

  [People]

  Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was a king of Judah who reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem in the mid-eighth century BC. Scripture assesses him as a king who did what was right in the sight of the LORD.

• Sharezer

  [People]

  Sharezer is a son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib mentioned in the Old Testament. With his brother Adrammelech, he killed his father with the sword in a temple and then fled to the land of Ararat.

• Leviticus 14

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  Leviticus 14 sets out the ritual for cleansing a person healed of leprosy (a serious skin disease) and restoring that person to the community, along with the regulations for inspecting and dealing with a plague that appears in a house.

• Judges 17

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  Judges 17 tells how Micah, a man living in the hill country of Ephraim, had an idol made from his mother's silver, set up a shrine in his house, and installed a wandering young Levite as his household priest.

• Psalm 127

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  Psalm 127 is one of the Songs of Ascents, a five-verse psalm whose superscription bears the name of Solomon. It declares that building a house, guarding a city, the toil of earning a living, and the gift of children all depend on the LORD.

• Jeremiah 13

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  In this chapter Jeremiah hides a linen girdle by the Euphrates and later recovers it ruined, a symbolic act showing that Judah's pride will be marred. Together with the parable of the wine bottles, the chapter warns that the royal house and Jerusalem will be carried into captivity.

• Ezekiel 3

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  Ezekiel 3 concludes the call narrative of the prophet Ezekiel. In it he eats the scroll given to him by God, is appointed a "watchman" over the captive people of Israel, and is confined to his house and made unable to speak.

• 1 Timothy 3:2

  [Bible Verses]

  This verse lists "the husband of one wife" among the qualifications of a bishop (church leader). Interpreters disagree over whether the phrase prohibits polygamy, prohibits remarriage, or means that only married men may serve. The question also bears on divorced officeholders and on women in church office.

• Proverbs 9:10

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  Proverbs 9:10 declares that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom and that the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. As a key verse that brings Proverbs 1–9 to a close, it is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between faith and knowledge.

• Davidic Covenant

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  The Davidic covenant is God's promise, delivered to David through the prophet Nathan, to establish his house (dynasty) and throne forever. It forms an important foundation for Old Testament messianic expectation and for the New Testament understanding of Jesus.

• Judges 18

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  Judges 18 tells how the tribe of Dan, still seeking territory, seized the idols and the Levite priest from Micah's house, conquered the northern city of Laish, renamed it Dan, and set up the graven image there.

• 1 Kings 8

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  1 Kings 8 recounts Solomon's dedication of the completed temple in Jerusalem. He brings in the ark of the covenant and dedicates the house with a prayer of dedication, blessings, peace offerings, and a fourteen-day feast.

• 2 Chronicles 26

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  2 Chronicles 26 recounts the fifty-two-year reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. He strengthened the nation through warfare and building, but he grew proud and attempted to burn incense in the temple himself. He was struck with leprosy and lived alone in a separate house until his death.

• Ezekiel 17

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  Ezekiel 17 uses the parable of two eagles and a vine to rebuke the king of Judah for breaking his covenant with Babylon and relying on Egypt. The chapter closes with God's promise of restoration: He will plant a tender twig from the top of a cedar on a high mountain.

• Mark 2

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  The second chapter of the Gospel of Mark, in which Jesus forgives and heals a paralytic in Capernaum, calls Levi the tax collector, and disputes with the scribes and Pharisees over fasting and the Sabbath.

• Acts 28

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  Acts 28 is the closing chapter of the book of Acts. After the shipwreck, Paul comes ashore on the island of Melita and stays there three months. He then reaches Rome, proclaims the gospel to the Jewish leaders, and for two years boldly preaches the kingdom of God from a rented house.

• Philemon and Onesimus

  [People]

  Philemon, the recipient of Paul's Epistle to Philemon, was a Christian in whose house a church met. Onesimus, his slave, became a Christian through Paul.

• 1 Peter 2:5

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse stating that believers, as "lively stones," are built up into a spiritual house and become a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ. Together with 1 Peter 2:9, it is frequently cited as a principal basis for the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers.