Thematic Bible: Abounded with


Thematic Bible




‘Through your messengers you have taunted and defied the Lord,
And have said [boastfully], “With my many chariots
I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
I cut down its tall cedar trees and its choicest cypress trees.
I entered its most distant lodging, its densest forest.
Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConfidenceClimbingChariotsCedarWorldly Ambition ExamplesFalse Confidence, Examples OfFelling Trees

So Solomon assigned 70,000 men to carry loads, 80,000 men to quarry stone in the mountains, and 3,600 to supervise them. Verse ConceptsConscriptionMasonsOverseersSkillStonesThree Thousand And UpFifty To Ninety Thousand

Send me also from Lebanon cedar, cypress, and algum timber, for I know your servants can skillfully cut timber in Lebanon; and my servants will be with your servants, To prepare for me timber in abundance, for the house I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. And I will give to your servants who cut timber 20,000 measures of crushed wheat and also of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and also of oil.

(The Shulammite Bride)
“Hurry, my beloved and come quickly,
Like a gazelle or a young stag [taking me home]
On the mountains of spices.”
Verse ConceptsYoung LoversDeer Etc.Deer


“Until the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
[In my thoughts] I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.
Verse ConceptsFrankincenseThe Cool Of The Day

Courageous men from the Gadites came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains. Verse ConceptsCommandereagernessWarriorsFast RunnersDeer

(The Shulammite Bride)
“Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he comes,
Climbing on the mountains,
Leaping and running on the hills!


“Come away with me from Lebanon, my [promised] bride,
May you come with me from Lebanon.
Journey down from the top of Amana,
From the summit of Senir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.
Verse ConceptsLeopard


“For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you;
The destruction of the animals will terrify you
On account of human bloodshed and the violence done to the land,
To the city and all its inhabitants.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofDestruction Of All CreaturesPursuing ViolenceFear Of Other ThingsReady To Kill

He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, for he had a great deal of livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plain. He also had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields, for he loved the soil. Verse ConceptsFortificationsCisternsVineyardWatchmanAgricultureFarming


“Again you will plant vineyards
On the mountains of Samaria;
The planters will plant
And enjoy the [abundant] fruit [in peace].
Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Material ThingsOccupationsSamaritansSowing And ReapingPlanting VineyardsLiteral PlantingFarming

He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced laborers. Verse ConceptsTens Of ThousandsOne MonthTwo To Four MonthsForced Labour

The king gave orders, and they quarried great stones, valuable stones, to lay the foundation of the house (temple) with cut stones. Verse ConceptsFoundationsBuildingHousesFoundations Of Buildings


“With the best things of the ancient mountains,
And with the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Verse ConceptsHillsEternal World

a land where you will eat bread without shortage, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. Verse ConceptsEarth, Description OfBrass

Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as when one hunts a [defenseless] partridge in the mountains.” Verse ConceptsHuntingInsectsBirds, Types Of BirdsRestraints From KillingFleasPartridges


When the grass is gone, the new growth is seen,
And herbs of the mountain are gathered in,
Verse ConceptsSpringChange And Growth

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfBrooksland


“I will open rivers on the barren heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a reed-pool of water
And the dry land springs of water.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalBarren, LandPoolsRunning Water From GodRivers As Places Of PrayerRiversChristmas TreeChange And Growthlakes


Who inflame yourselves [with lust in pagan rites] among the oaks (terebinth trees),
Under every green and leafy tree,
Who slaughter the children [in sacrifice] in the ravines
Under the clefts of the rocks?
Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeOaksKilling Sons And Daughters


“They must dwell on the slopes of wadis
And in holes in the ground and in rocks.
Verse ConceptsRocksPeople In Caves

“I am the rose [of the plain] of Sharon,
The lily of the valleys [that grows in deep places].”
Verse ConceptsLiliesRoses


The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as plentiful as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland. Verse ConceptsCedarSilverSycamoresTreesCedar WoodThe Shephelah

Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each over his [punishment for] sin. Verse ConceptsdovesEscaping EvilOthers Mourning