Thematic Bible: Governed by kings


Thematic Bible



Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have listened to the voice of Yahweh, and I have gone on the way that Yahweh sent me! I brought Agag the king of Amalek, and the Amalekites I have utterly destroyed. Verse ConceptsAnnihilationExterminationWe Obey

Then Samuel said, "Bring Agag the king of Amalek out to me!" Agag came to him confidently, for Agag thought, "Surely the bitterness of death {is over}." Verse ConceptsOptimismNot DyingDeath AvertedBitterness

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser the king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-Beth-Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, the Gilead, the Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali; then he deported them to Assyria. Verse ConceptsExile, in assyriaArmies, Against IsraelExile Of Israel To AssyriaCapturing CitiesList Of Kings Of Israel

Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, so Menahem gave a thousand talents of silver to Pul so that his hand would be with him {to strengthen his hold on the kingdom}. Verse ConceptsCoinageenemies, of Israel and Judah

At that time, Berodak-Baladan the son of Baladan king of {Babylon} sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been ill. Verse ConceptsGiftsLeaders, Political

Belshazzar the king made a great festival for thousand [of] his lords, and {in the presence of} the thousand [lords] he was drinking wine. Verse ConceptsBanquets, ReasonsGluttonyFeastingAlcoholCelebrationsDinnerA Thousand PeopleDrinking Winethe anniversary Feasts

Now the Lord had caused the camp of [the] Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, the sound of horses, and the sound of a great army. So they said {to one another}, "Look, the king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us!" Verse ConceptsDeliverance, Means OfHiringHorsesWheelsAttacking With ChariotsSoundHearing ThingsEnemy Attackssyriafootstepsrumorsfootprintsreinforcementarmy

A chariot went up and went out from Egypt at six hundred silver [shekels] and a horse at a hundred and fifty. So it was for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Aram; by their hand they were exported. Verse ConceptsCommerce

and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the other people who dwell in the desert; Verse ConceptsLiving In The Wilderness

He said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who [are] {following me}, for they [are] weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian." Verse ConceptsFeeding Groups

They killed the kings of Midian in addition to the ones they had slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed Balaam son of Beor by the sword. Verse ConceptsFive PeopleKilling KingsKilling ProphetsNamed Gentile Rulers

And he lifted up his oracle and said, "From Aram Balak lead me, from the mountains of the east the king of Moab, 'Go for me, curse Jacob, and go, denounce Israel.' Verse ConceptsInvitationsJacob, The PatriarchCrude LanguageCursing IsraelWise Proverbs

Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, set out and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam son of Beor to curse you, Verse ConceptsCursing Israel

and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the {Ammonites}, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon in [the] hand of [the] envoys who have come [to] Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, the king of Judah. Verse ConceptsenvoyVisitingMessengers Sent Out

and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland that [is] across the sea; Verse ConceptsGentile Rulers

Now Naaman was the commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man before his master and {highly regarded}, for by him Yahweh had given victory to Aram. Now the man was a mighty warrior, [but he was] afflicted with a skin disease. Verse ConceptsCommanderKingdomsLeprosyOccupationsSoldierssyriaarmy

The king of Aram commanded his thirty-two chariot commanders, saying, "You shall not fight with small or great, but only against the king of Israel, him alone!" Verse ConceptsThirty SomeSmallnesssyria

Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him as king in place of his father, for Hiram had always been a friend for David. Verse ConceptsGood FriendsenvoyFriendship, Examples OfAnointing Kings

and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland that [is] across the sea; Verse ConceptsGentile Rulers