'Name of the Lord' in the Bible

A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of Yahweh.

Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

Whoever blasphemes the name of Yahweh is to be put to death; the whole community must stone him. If he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death, whether the foreign resident or the native.

Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

he may serve in the name of Yahweh his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of the Lord.

David said to the Philistine: “You come against me with a dagger, spear, and sword, but I come against you in the name of Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel’s armies—you have defied Him.

Jonathan then said to David, “Go in the assurance the two of us pledged in the name of the Lord when we said: The Lord will be a witness between you and me and between my offspring and your offspring forever.” Then David left, and Jonathan went into the city.

He and all his troops set out to bring the ark of God from Baale-judah. The ark is called by the Name, the name of Yahweh of Hosts who dwells between the cherubim.

When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Hosts.

“You know my father David was not able to build a temple for the name of Yahweh his God. This was because of the warfare all around him until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.

So I plan to build a temple for the name of Yahweh my God, according to what the Lord promised my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the temple for My name.’

It was in the desire of my father Davidto build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

The Lord has fulfilled what He promised.I have taken the place of my father David,and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised.I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame connected with the name of Yahweh and came to test him with difficult questions.

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of Yahweh?”

He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of the children.

David and all Israel went to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah) to take the ark of God from there, which is called by the name of the Lord who dwells between the cherubim.

When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.

David went up at Gad’s command spoken in the name of the Lord.

“My son,” David said to Solomon, “It was in my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God,

Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Get started building the Lord God’s sanctuary so that you may bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy articles of God to the temple that is to be built for the name of Yahweh.”

Solomon decided to build a temple for the name of Yahweh and a royal palace for himself,

Now I am building a temple for the name of Yahweh my God in order to dedicate it to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the rows of the bread of the Presence continuously, and for sacrificing burnt offerings for the morning and the evening, the Sabbaths and the New Moons, and the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.

Now it was in the heart of my father Davidto build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

So Yahweh has fulfilled what He promised.I have taken the place of my father Davidand I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised.I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of Yahweh?”

The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, are written in the Records of Israel’s Kings.

saying:Naked I came from my mother’s womb,and naked I will leave this life.The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.Praise the name of Yahweh.

I will thank the Lord for His righteousness;I will sing about the name of Yahweh the Most High.

Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses,but we take pride in the name of Yahweh our God.

Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh,and all the kings of the earth Your glory,

so that they might declarethe name of Yahweh in Zionand His praise in Jerusalem,

Hallelujah!Give praise, servants of Yahweh;praise the name of Yahweh.

Let the name of Yahweh be praisedboth now and forever.

From the rising of the sun to its setting,let the name of Yahweh be praised.

Then I called on the name of Yahweh:“Yahweh, save me!”

All the nations surrounded me;in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

They surrounded me like bees;they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

He who comes in the nameof the Lord is blessed.From the house of the Lord we bless you.

where the tribes, Yahweh’s tribes, go upto give thanks to the name of Yahweh.(This is an ordinance for Israel.)

Our help is in the name of Yahweh,the Maker of heaven and earth.

Then none who pass by will say,“May the Lord’s blessing be on you.”We bless you in the name of Yahweh.

Hallelujah!Praise the name of Yahweh.Give praise, you servants of Yahweh

Let them praise the name of Yahweh,for He commanded, and they were created.

Let them praise the name of Yahweh,for His name alone is exalted.His majesty covers heaven and earth.

The name of Yahweh is a strong tower;the righteous run to it and are protected.

At that time a gift will be brought to Yahweh of Hosts from a people tall and smooth-skinned, a people feared far and near, a powerful nation with a strange language, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the name of Yahweh of Hosts.

Therefore, in the east honor the Lord!In the islands of the westhonor the name of Yahweh,the God of Israel.

“Listen to this, house of Jacob—those who are called by the name Israeland have descended from Judah,who swear by the name of Yahwehand declare the God of Israel,but not in truth or righteousness.

Who among you fears the Lord,listening to the voice of His Servant?Who among you walks in darkness,and has no light?Let him trust in the name of Yahweh;let him lean on his God.

They will fear the name of Yahweh in the westand His glory in the east;for He will come like a rushing streamdriven by the wind of the Lord.

At that time Jerusalem will be called, Yahweh’s Throne, and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh in Jerusalem. They will cease to follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

Therefore, here is what the Lord says concerning the people of Anathoth who want to take your life. They warn, “You must not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, or you will certainly die at our hand.”

How dare you prophesy in the name of Yahweh, ‘This temple will become like Shiloh and this city will become an uninhabited ruin’!” Then all the people assembled against Jeremiah at the Lord’s temple.

Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man doesn’t deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God!”

Another man was also prophesying in the name of Yahweh—Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like all those of Jeremiah.

“As for the word you spoke to us in the name of Yahweh, we are not going to listen to you!

If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken falsely in the name of Yahweh. When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.