Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

General references

Bible References

Rest

Joshua 14:15
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; Arba had been a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
Judges 3:11
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, died.
2 Samuel 7:1
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

Bowed

Psalm 81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were delivered from working with clay.
Ezekiel 29:18
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: and yet neither he nor his army had wages of Tyre, for the service that he had served against her.
Matthew 23:4
For they bind burdens that are heavy and grievous to bear and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

General references

Numbers 1:28
Of the sons of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
Deuteronomy 33:18
And to Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and thou, Issachar, in thy tents.