Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

Bible References

It pleased them

Joshua 22:33
The word pleased the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God; and they did not speak of going up against them in war to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.
Genesis 28:8
So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;
Judges 8:3
God has given the leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb into your hands; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger toward him subsided when he said that.
1 Samuel 25:32
Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me,
1 Samuel 29:6
Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the Lord lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army are pleasing in my sight; for I have not found evil in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the lords.
2 Chronicles 30:4
Thus the thing was right in the sight of the king and all the assembly.
Esther 1:21
This word pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.
Acts 11:18
When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life.”

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