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Look! It is Solomon's portable couch! It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel's mightiest warriors. All of them are skilled with a sword, well-trained in the art of warfare. Each has his sword at his side, to guard against the terrors of the night.

Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites. (It is noteworthy that his sarcophagus was made of iron. Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath of the Ammonites? It is thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide according to standard measure.) Verse ConceptsBreadthBedsIronMetalsGiantsIron ObjectsSole SurvivorsDimensions Of Other Things

The furnishings included linen and purple curtains hung by cords of the finest linen and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone. Verse ConceptsBedsTapestriesCordsWhite ClothsPurple ClothPavementsStone Items

They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen. Verse ConceptsBedsArtIvoryLambs

When you come, bring with you the cloak I left in Troas with Carpas and the scrolls, especially the parchments. Verse ConceptsCloaksClothing, Need OfBooksLeisure, And PastimesPaul, Life OfDressOuter GarmentsSimplicityPapyrus

along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away. Verse ConceptsBooks

and bread made without yeast, and perforated cakes without yeast mixed with oil, and wafers without yeast spread with oil -- you are to make them using fine wheat flour. Verse ConceptsFlourFoodOilOlive OilWafersOil On SacrificesRegulations For Cereal Offerings

"I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs." Verse ConceptsHoneyProvision From Rocks


When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had. The man said, "Look! I had a dream. I saw a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed." Verse ConceptsGrainTentsCakesTurning Upside DownDreams Involving Unusual Imagesgideon

And the people went about and gathered it, and ground it with mills or pounded it in mortars; they baked it in pans and made cakes of it. It tasted like fresh olive oil. Verse ConceptsCrushingGrindingOilCakesBricksGrinding Foodcooking

"As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, put them in a single container, and make food from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side -- 390 days -- you will eat it. Verse ConceptsGrainVegetablesBeansOne YearBreadNutrition

So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers presented by those who had been burned up, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar. Verse ConceptsCensers

the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple. Verse ConceptsSpoonsBowlsCensersGold Items For The TabernaclProvision Of Temple Utensils

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars. Verse ConceptsGatesBrassBronze GatesBreaking Chainscutting

"I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through. Verse ConceptsBattlesIronCrookednessBrassStraighteningSmoothnessGod Going BeforeIron ObjectsBronze GatesSolar EclipseBreaking Chains

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him. Verse ConceptsGatesIronLengthPrisonsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesCity GatesLeavingIron ObjectsFirst OnesSecond Being

and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest. Verse ConceptsThe Golden LampstandJesus As Son Of ManChestsFine ClothesGold OrnamentsLike Men

and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, dressed in clean bright linen, wearing wide golden belts around their chests. Verse ConceptsCleanliness, Metaphorical UseLinenSevenSeven SpiritsSeven ThingsWhite And Bright ClothesGold OrnamentsAngels Doing God's WorkThe Temple In Heavenlukewarm

(Yod) The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. Jerusalem's young women stare down at the ground. Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent

A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner's brand will replace beauty. Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

Now John wore clothing made from camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree

They replied, "He was a hairy man and had a leather belt tied around his waist." The king said, "He is Elijah the Tishbite." Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsHairsAnimal SkinsHairy PeopleHairclothHair Garments

I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. Verse ConceptsBarefeetCoveringBadgersClothembroideryLinenSandalsShoesAnimal SkinsGod Clothing PeopleThe Brides Wedding Dressroyalty

The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsembroideryRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

"'You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the Lord your God. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritMaking Idolsethics, personalClaimsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinUnfaithfulness, To GodIdolsPolytheismObelisksBowing To False GodsIdol WorshipNot Like IdolsThe Lord Is GodIdolatryAvoiding IdolatrySelf Imageadorationstatuesimage


They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. Verse ConceptsCreativityStonesWoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWood And Stone

They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. Verse ConceptsMonotheismStonesWoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWood And Stonestatues


A carpenter takes measurements; he marks out an outline of its form; he scrapes it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine. He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow. A man uses it to make a fire; he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. read more.
Half of it he burns in the fire -- over that half he cooks meat; he roasts a meal and fills himself. Yes, he warms himself and says, 'Ah! I am warm as I look at the fire.' With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying, 'Rescue me, for you are my god!' They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern. No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves: 'I burned half of it in the fire -- yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?'

"'What you plan will never happen. You say, "We will be like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone." Verse ConceptsWoodNeverLike The NationsUnfulfilled WordWood And Stone

At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live, Verse ConceptsGoldThrowing AwayAnimals, Types OfBatsMolesAbandoning Idols

So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron. He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."

Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell, read more.
hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.

The nations' idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them, "Get out!" Verse ConceptsGoldMenstruationOverlaid With SilverAbandoning IdolsUnclean Things

For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made. Verse ConceptsGoldThrowing AwayAbandoning Idols

They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed! Verse ConceptsGold

At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live, Verse ConceptsGoldThrowing AwayAnimals, Types OfBatsMolesAbandoning Idols

You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them, "Get out!" Verse ConceptsGoldMenstruationOverlaid With SilverAbandoning IdolsUnclean Things

For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made. Verse ConceptsGoldThrowing AwayAbandoning Idols

They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed! Verse ConceptsGold

Its posts were made of silver; its back was made of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple wool; its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of Jerusalem.

With the timber the king made supports for the Lord's temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.) Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreSingingMusical Instruments, Made OfLyres

I, the Lord, hereby promise to make you as strong as a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall. You will be able to stand up against all who live in the land, including the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and all the people of the land. Verse ConceptsBronzeCityIronPillarsWallsBrassMetaphorical PillarsFigurative WallsThings Like BronzeThings Like IronKings of judahFamily Conflictpriests

He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference. Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveDimensions Of PillarsHollownessTwo Parts Of ConstructionsHollowBronze Items For The Tabernacle

The furnishings included linen and purple curtains hung by cords of the finest linen and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone. Verse ConceptsBedsTapestriesCordsWhite ClothsPurple ClothPavementsStone Items

"Make two trumpets of silver; you are to make them from a single hammered piece. You will use them for assembling the community and for directing the traveling of the camps. Verse ConceptsSilverMusical Instruments, Made OfTwo Other Things

Have seven priests carry seven rams' horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalHornsPriests, Function In Ot TimesRamsSevenSeven PeopleSeven ThingsSeven TimesThe Ark Moved AroundTrumpets For BattleSeven TrumpetsFalling

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