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Thematic Bible



But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, who served in the war. Verse ConceptsMilitary ServiceCommanderNamed People Angry With Others

Then the king sent to Elijah a captain of fifty with his fifty [fighting men to seize the prophet]. And he went up to him, and behold, he was sitting on the top of a hill. And the captain said to him, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’” Verse ConceptsFiftiesMan Going DownMan Of Godorganization

So King Ahaziah again sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty [fighting men]. And he said to him, “Man of God, thus says the king, ‘Come down quickly.’” Verse ConceptsFiftiesMan Going DownHurrying Others OnMan Of God

David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader.

This is the list of the sons (descendants) of Israel, the heads of fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000: Verse ConceptsRankCalendarsTwenty Thousand And UpFamily Conflict

The next morning Saul put the men into three companies; and they entered the [Ammonites’] camp during the [darkness of the early] morning watch and killed the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and the survivors were scattered, and no two of them were left together. Verse ConceptsAmmonitesdefeatHeatNoonScattering The PeoplesThree GroupsSurvivors ThreatenedTwo People

He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalLampsWarfare, Strategies InThree To Four HundredTrumpets For BattleDividing Into Three GroupsThree Hundred And Above

The armed men went in front of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while the priests continued to blow the trumpets.


“The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
And over our doors are all [kinds of] choice fruits,
Both new and old,
Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.

(The Shulammite Bride)
“Awake, O north wind,
And come, south wind [blow softly upon my garden];
Make my garden breathe out fragrance, [for the one in whom my soul delights],
Let its spices flow forth.
Let my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choicest fruits.” Cross references: Song of Solomon 4:7 : John 14:18; Eph 5:27 Song of Solomon 4:8 : 2 Cor 11:2, 3 Song of Solomon 4:10 : John 15:9; Rom 8:35 Song of Solomon 4:13 : John 15:5; Eph 5:9 Song of Solomon 4:15 : John 4:10; 7:37, 38 end of crossrefs
Verse ConceptsHoly Spirit, Types OfSexual DesireawakeningThe North Wind


With the precious fruits of the sun,
And with the precious produce of the months.
Verse ConceptsThe SunFertile LandSunChange And GrowthSunshineThe MoonSeasons Changing


The Lord [acknowledged you once as worthy and] called your name,
“A green olive tree, fair and beautiful in fruit and form”;
But with the roar of a great tempest
He has set fire to it,
And its branches are worthless.
Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualStormsColors, GreenOaksBurning PlantsBeauty Of ThingsOlive TreesGod Controls Storms

When David was a little past the summit [of the Mount of Olives], behold, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, met him with a team of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine. Verse ConceptsFruitFoodFig treeRaisinsStewardshipWaitingOne HundredThe Number Two HundredSummer Fruit



And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the rich valley,
Will be like the early fig before the summer,
Which one sees,
And as soon as it is in his hand
He [greedily] swallows it [and so will the Assyrians rapidly devour Samaria, Israel’s capital].
Verse ConceptsFig treeHarvestNo BeautyWorse

But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and give it to you: ten tribes. Verse ConceptsTen Peoplerehabilitation

So Israel has rebelled against the house of David to this day. When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. None followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah only.

Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who secured provisions for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in a year. These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; read more.
Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher); Ben-abinadab, in Naphoth-dor (he had Taphath, Solomon's daughter, as wife); Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as beyond Jokmeam; Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him belonged the villages of Jair son of Manasseh which are in Gilead, also the region of Argob which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath, Solomon's daughter, as his wife); Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar; Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin; Geber son of Uri, in Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; only one officer was over all the country [at one time, each serving for one month].

Now in the fifteenth year of [Emperor] Tiberius Caesar’s reign—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod [Antipas] was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene— Verse ConceptsCaesarGovernorsLeaders, PoliticalRankTetrarchRoman EmperorsRulers Of A FourthNamed Gentile Rulers

But all other winged insects which have four feet shall be detestable to you. And by [contact with] these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening,

Yet of all winged insects that go upon all fours you may eat those which have legs above their feet with which to leap on the ground. Of these you may eat: the whole species of locust, of bald locust, of cricket, and of grasshopper.

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you actually sit to judge me according to the Law, and yet in violation of the Law order me to be struck?” Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtInjustice, Nature And Source OfJudgment SeatSittingWallsWhiteDenunciationsFigurative WallsGod Beating PeopleWhitewashingBreaking God's Law

And you shall come to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall consult them and they shall make clear to you the decision. And you shall do according to the decision which they declare to you from that place which the Lord chooses; and you shall be watchful to do according to all that they tell you; According to the decision of the law which they shall teach you and the judgment which they shall announce to you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the verdict they give you, either to the right hand or the left.

He even tried to desecrate the temple, but we took him into custody [and we intended to judge him by our Law, Verse ConceptsTaking The Law To HeartLack Of Holiness

“Now it shall be, if you diligently listen to and obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all of His commandments which I am commanding you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtCommitment, to GodWarfare, Examples OfOvertakingGod Lifting PeopleObedienceObeying God

“But it shall come about, if you do not listen to and obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: Verse ConceptsAtonementethics, incentives towardsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityReward, DivineSowing And ReapingVictory, As An Act Of GodWarfare, Examples OfDisobedience, To GodJewish PersecutionIf You Do Not Keep CommandsObedienceObeying Goddisobedienceconsequencescursesobeying

The Lord wrote on the tablets, like the first writing, the Ten Commandments which the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly; then the Lord gave them to me. Verse ConceptsLaw, Ten CommandmentsTen ThingsGod Appearing In FireThe Law Given By God

“The Lord spoke these words with a great voice to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, and He added no more. He wrote these commandments on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. Verse ConceptsCongregationStonesTabletsVoicesAdding To GodGod Appearing In FireTwo Stone Tablets

This is the law of the burnt offering, the cereal offering, the sin offering, the guilt or trespass offering, the consecration offering, and the sacrifice of peace offerings, Which the Lord ordered Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to offer their sacrifices to the Lord, in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared [beside him] and a light shone in the cell. The angel struck Peter’s side and awakened him, saying, “Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off his hands. Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordExamples Of EscapingDeliverance, Means OfArmsLight, NaturalHeaven And AngelsShiningIron ChainsGod Beating PeopleLight In The WorldGet Up!God Freeing CaptivesSide Of PeopleSleeping PeacefullyBreaking Chainsjail

So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. It was a cloud along with darkness [even by day to the Egyptians], but it gave light by night [to the Israelites]; so one [army] did not come near the other all night. Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalDivine Protection, Examples OfStanding At A DistanceComing BetweenLight In The WorldCamping During The Exodus


As he traveled he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him [displaying the glory and majesty of Christ]; Verse ConceptsJourneyLight, NaturalVisions And Dreams In ScriptureShiningSudden EventsLight In The Worlddamascus

Then the jailer called for torches and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfTremblingConviction Of SinIndividuals Trembling

Moreover, I will take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones [grinding meal] and the light of the lamp [to light the night]. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesBanishmentMillstonesVoicesCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing


“The murderer rises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he becomes a thief.
Verse ConceptsMurderNightRising EarlySecret SinsNot Helping The Poor


And in that day they will roar against them (Judah) like the roaring of the sea.
And if one looks to the land, in fact, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light will be darkened by its clouds.
Verse ConceptsDarkness, And God's JudgmentBlackSeaColors, BlackRoar Of NationsOvertaken By DarknessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesEclipse


I am this day eighty years old. Can I [be useful to advise you to] discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or drink? Can I still hear the voices of singing men and women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king? Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesKnowledge Of Good And EvilVoicesNatural DeafnessSingers

Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no music or entertainment was brought before him, and he remained unable to sleep. Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Nature OfInsomnia, Causes OfLonelinessMonotonyRest, PhysicalSleeplessnessWakefulnessFastingRelationship Troubles

With pestilence and with bloodshed I will enter into judgment with Gog; and I will rain on him torrents of rain with [great] hailstones, fire and brimstone on his hordes and on the many nations that are with him. Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBrimstoneGod KillingFire From HeavenFire Of JudgementSulphurGod Will Kill The PeoplesEzekiel Invasion


A poor man who oppresses and exploits the lowly
Is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Verse ConceptsRich, ThePitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedNot Helping The Poor


So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the twentieth [day] of the ninth month, and all the people sat in the open square in front of the house of God, trembling because of [the seriousness of] this matter and because of the heavy rain. Verse ConceptsRainWeather, God's Sovereignty OverMonth 9Groups TremblingWeather Causing Sufferings


“For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
And [He speaks] to the showers and to the downpour [of His mighty rains], ‘Be strong.’
Verse ConceptsRainSnowElements, Control OfDivine Power Over NatureGod Sending RainCold WeatherHurricane HarveyWeather In The Last DaysweatherspringtimeGod Controlling The Rain

The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and [expecting the worst] they said, “It is because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time [we came] that we are being brought in, so that he may find a reason to accuse us and assail us, and take us as slaves, and seize our donkeys.” Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyLoss Of DonkeysWhy People Did ThingsFear Of Individuals

You may even bequeath them as an inheritance to your children after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your fellow countrymen, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with harshness (severity, oppression). Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtPropertyslavery

I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants; and I have sent [this message] to tell my lord, so that I may find grace and kindness in your sight.”’” Verse ConceptsGoatsCowsOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant. Verse ConceptsThis Is Me

I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants; and I have sent [this message] to tell my lord, so that I may find grace and kindness in your sight.”’” Verse ConceptsGoatsCowsOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

But Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your maid is entirely in your hands and subject to your authority; do as you please with her.” So Sarai treated her harshly and humiliated her, and Hagar fled from her. Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfMastersOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Causes OfEmployers, Bad ExamplesGiven Into One's HandsLeaving People Alonemistress

Immediately Jesus called to them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers, and went away to follow Him [becoming His disciples, believing and trusting in Him and following His example]. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus Christdiscipleship, nature ofdelay, humanHiringBoatsServants Of PeopleChrist Summoning

But when he [finally] came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough food, while I am dying here of hunger! Verse ConceptsSelf KnowledgeRegaining SanitySoliloquyNo FoodDeath Of A Fatherhomecoming

You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Holy of Holies. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ConstructionMercy SeatTestimoniesCovering The ArkPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]

but into the second [inner tabernacle, the Holy of Holies], only the high priest enters [and then only] once a year, and never without [bringing a sacrifice of] blood, which he offers [as a substitutionary atonement] for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance. Verse ConceptsExpiationBlood Of SacrificesAtonement, Types OfAtonement, in OTDay Of AtonementMost Holy PlaceSin, God's Remedy ForSin OfferingTypesAaron, As High PriestTypes Of ChristEvery YearSecond ThingAtoning By SacrificesRiversignorancepriests

Behind the second veil there was another tabernacle [the inner one or second section] known as the Holy of Holies, Verse ConceptsSecond Thing

You shall hang the veil from the hooks [that connect the curtains together], and you shall bring the ark of the Testimony there within the veil. The veil shall separate for you the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceSeparationHooks

For a tabernacle (tent) was erected, in the outer division or compartment of which were the lampstand and the table with [its loaves of] the showbread set forth. [This portion] is called the Holy Place. But [inside] beyond the second curtain or veil, [there stood another] tabernacle [division] known as the Holy of Holies. It had the golden altar of incense and the ark (chest) of the covenant, covered over with wrought gold. This [ark] contained a golden jar which held the manna and the rod of Aaron that sprouted and the [two stone] slabs of the covenant [bearing the Ten Commandments]. read more.
Above [the ark] and overshadowing the mercy seat were the representations of the cherubim [winged creatures which were the symbols] of glory. We cannot now go into detail about these things. These arrangements having thus been made, the priests enter [habitually] into the outer division of the tabernacle in performance of their ritual acts of worship.

He overlaid the main room [the Holy Place] with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and decorated it with palm trees and chains. Verse ConceptsChainsOverlaid With Wood

The porch in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it inside with pure gold. Verse ConceptsPorchesDimensions Of Chambers

Then he prepared the Holy of Holies within the house in order to put the ark of the covenant of the Lord there. Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceSanctuaryThe Ark In The Temple

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened. Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodGeologyThe DelugeCalendarsSudden DestructionMonth 2The Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenWindows Of HeavenThe Sea Stirred UpFloods

This is the list of the sons (descendants) of Israel, the heads of fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000: Verse ConceptsRankCalendarsTwenty Thousand And UpFamily Conflict

The days of Abraham’s life were a hundred and seventy-five years. Verse ConceptsAge, Lived Over 100Age, Span Of LifeAge At DeathDeath Of A FatherAge

the Jews established and made it a custom for themselves and for their descendants and for all who joined them, so that they would not fail to celebrate these two days as it was written and at the appointed time annually. Verse ConceptsPurim

And he will enter into a binding and irrevocable covenant with the many for one week (seven years), but in the middle of the week he will stop the sacrifice and grain offering [for the remaining three and one-half years]; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until the complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who causes the horror.” Verse ConceptsAbominationsTribulation PeriodAbomination Of DesolationThree And A Half YearsSeven YearsThe DestroyerIsrael In TribulationPeace And SafetyThe World Ruler