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Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, You shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clung unto these in love.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinCausing People To TurnEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsIntermarriageMen And Women Who LovedNo DealingsLove Marriagerehabilitation

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Verse ConceptsNot Whole HearteddisrespectReceptivenessTrust, Lack OfYokesYielding To TemptationLimitations Of Old PeopleCausing People To TurnDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsBeing Devoted to Godrehabilitation

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsServing Asherah

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

Verse ConceptsNot Whole HeartedKingship, Humanrehabilitation

And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.

Verse ConceptsDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other godsThey Do Not Keep Commands

For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom;

Verse ConceptsThe DeadExterminationDeath Of All Males

And spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfYokesWhippingHeavy BurdensScorpionsAdding Evil

And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am.

Verse ConceptsOaksIs It Really?

And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

Verse ConceptsPreparing To TravelSaddling Donkeys

And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulcher in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheBonesAnother's Burial PlaceBurying places

After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesSuperstitionConsecration

Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidFor The Sake Of God's Peoplegrandfathers

And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

Verse ConceptsBuildingCoinage

And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

Verse Conceptsdrynessdrought, physicalRivers And StreamsWaters Drying UpBrooks

And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make me from it a little loaf first, and bring it unto me, and after that make some for you and for your son.

Verse ConceptsSmallnessSacrificial GivingBreadcooking

And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeHaving No BreathSick Individualsmistress

And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsRainDivine DirectionGod Sending RainPeople Made KnownGod Controlling The Rain

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.

Verse ConceptsCustomKnivesMutilationSuperstitionDisfigurementCovered With BloodGroups ShoutingGashing Bodiescutting

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:

Verse ConceptsPassing ByWindHoly Spirit, Types OfStormsNo Winds

And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

Verse ConceptsGentlenessFireSpeech, DivineAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceStillnessGod Appearing In FireGod's VoiceHurricanes

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to you?

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingLove, And The WorldRespect, For Human BeingsUnquestioning ServiceParting From ParentsIndividuals Runninggoodbyes

And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalYokesFeeding GroupsFirewoodPeople Following PeopleFarmingbridges

Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThousandTwo Hundred And Some

And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, near by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

Verse ConceptsPalacesSamaritansList Of Kings Of Israel

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving from his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfIndividuals RunningExemptGreedservanthood

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

Verse ConceptsChariotsIndividuals RunningPeople Following People

And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

Verse ConceptsSiegesNations Attacking Israelsyria

They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

Verse ConceptsTwo Other ThingsLooking And Seeing

And they went after them unto the Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

Verse ConceptsAbandoning ThingsHasty Action

And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

Verse ConceptsSeven YearsMan Of God

Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take him up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Shoot him also in the chariot. And they did so at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

Verse ConceptsShoutingMegiddo

However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, that is, from the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.

Verse ConceptsGolden Calves

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

Verse Concepts15 To 20 YearsList Of Kings Of Israel

Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesPlottingKilling KingsConspiracy

He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionConformityPrayerlessnessRejection Of GodImitating Wicked PeopleForsaking God's ThingsUseless EndeavourBreaking The Covenant

They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from there.

Verse ConceptsFalse WorshipLoyaltyParticipation, In SinServanthood, And Worship Of Goddouble mindednessServing One's Own Gods

Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they follow their statutes, or their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

Verse ConceptsOrdinancesGod Renaming PeopleFalse Religion To This DayBreaking God's LawImmigrants

He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Growth InTrusting In GodUnique IndividualsBelieving In GodOthers Believing In GodKings of judahTrusting Others

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the nations, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in to the covenant.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodGuaranteeHeart, And Holy SpiritPledgesReformationReligionConsecration, Examples OfPillars For Solomon's TempleWhole HeartednessLater Covenants With God

And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodConsecration, Examples OfWhole HeartednessUnique IndividualsTaking The Law To HeartGuidance And Strength

And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army was scattered from him.

Verse ConceptsSoldiersOvertaking

And after Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bore him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark had rest.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, PoliticalThe Ark In The Temple

And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.

And their brethren, who were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

Verse ConceptsWeeksWeekly

And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.

Verse ConceptsThree Men

And there deserted some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines after counsel sent him away, saying, He will desert to his master Saul to the peril of our heads.

Verse ConceptsRulers

Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them opposite the balsam trees.

Verse Conceptsenquiring of God

And it shall come to pass, when your days are ended that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

Now after this it came to pass, that David defeated the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

And it came to pass, that after the year was ended, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the strength of the army, and ravaged the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab defeated Rabbah, and destroyed it.

Verse ConceptsRuinsSpringArchaeology

And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahGiants

Of which, twenty and four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

Verse ConceptsSix ThousandTwenty Thousand And Up

The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And Up

And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.

Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you forever.

Wisdom and knowledge are granted unto you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall there any after you have the like.

Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsPresent, TheRiches, Nature OfGifts From God, TemporalRiches

But of their descendants, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon put to forced labor until this day.

And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.

And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Nature And Source OfOppression, Nature OfYokes

And after that, out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritSeeking GodRenewed Heart

And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; who bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

Verse ConceptsThirtyThree Hundred And Above

Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made yourselves priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesConsecration

And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages, and Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.

But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.

Verse ConceptsVisiting

And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them others besides the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

Verse ConceptsAliancesAttackingInvasions

And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

Verse Conceptspartnershipalignment

And after all this the LORD struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease.

Verse ConceptsDiseaseSicknessIllnessmovement

And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his intestines fell out because of his sickness: so he died in great pain. And his people made no fire in his honor, like the fires made for his fathers.

Verse ConceptsFuneralsBodyTwo Yearspoop

Therefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.

And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

And it came to pass after this, that Joash had a mind to repair the house of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsRestorationTwenty Some

Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and bowed before the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

Verse ConceptsBowingTwelve Beings

Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, who could not deliver their own people out of your hand?

Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

Verse Concepts15 To 20 YearsTwelve BeingsKings of judah

Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forTwelve Beings

He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

Verse ConceptsSports

And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:

Verse ConceptsEighties

Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the nations which the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeValleysInfanticide

After these things, and the establishment of them, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples Of

After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his forces with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

Now after this he built a wall outside the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the fish gate, and enclosed Ophel, and raised it up to a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Judah.

Verse ConceptsCityBuilding Jerusalem's WallNamed Gatesreinforcement

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the idol poles, and the carved images, and the molten images.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPurgingYouthful Devotionteenager

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

Verse ConceptsReligion

After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

Verse ConceptsempiresRivers And StreamsRiver Euphrates

And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai; who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming PeopleTaking A Wife

Then said we unto them after this manner, These are the names of the men that make this building.

Verse Conceptsstructure

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToDestruction Of The TempleExile Of Judah To Babylon

Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

Verse ConceptsArtaxerxes The KingTimes Of People