Thematic Bible
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Burial » Places of » Held in high veneration
I said to the king: May the king live a very long time. My face should look sad for the town where my fathers are buried is devastated. It has been destroyed by fire.
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I said to the king: If it is the king's will, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.
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Burying places » Attachment to the burial places of the fathers
Jacob told his sons: Soon I will die. I want you to bury me in Machpelah Cave.
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Promise me that you will take my body with you when God leads you to that land.
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I said to the king: May the king live a very long time. My face should look sad for the town where my fathers are buried is devastated. It has been destroyed by fire.
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Countenance » Sad
They looked better when the ten days ended! They were fairer in appearance and fatter in flesh than the young people who ate the king's special food.
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Then the king's countenance (appearance) changed in him. His thoughts troubled him. The joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against the other.
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Let your maidservant find favor in your sight, she replied. Then she went away, ate some food, and was no longer sad (self-concerned).
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The king said to me: Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear. I said to the king: May the king live a very long time. My face should look sad for the town where my fathers are buried is devastated. It has been destroyed by fire.
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness the appearance of the heart is made better.
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All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you. Their kings are horribly afraid. They are troubled in countenance.
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The Dead » Places of burial of » Attachment to the burial places of the fathers
Jacob told his sons: Soon I will die. I want you to bury me in Machpelah Cave.
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Promise me that you will take my body with you when God leads you to that land.
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I said to the king: May the king live a very long time. My face should look sad for the town where my fathers are buried is devastated. It has been destroyed by fire.
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Love » For Christ » For native land
After I heard these words I sat down on the ground and cried for days. I ate no food and offered prayer to the God of heaven.
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By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.
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I said to the king: May the king live a very long time. My face should look sad for the town where my fathers are buried is devastated. It has been destroyed by fire.
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All who love Jerusalem, be happy and rejoice with her. All who mourn for her be glad with her.
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Be brave and fight hard to protect our people and the cities of our God. I pray that Jehovah will do whatever pleases him.
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When the news reached Hadad in Egypt that David had died and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to the king: Let me go back to my own country.
Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. Jehovah will do what is good in his sight.
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Nation » Loyalty to
After I heard these words I sat down on the ground and cried for days. I ate no food and offered prayer to the God of heaven.
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By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.
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I said to the king: May the king live a very long time. My face should look sad for the town where my fathers are buried is devastated. It has been destroyed by fire.
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All who love Jerusalem, be happy and rejoice with her. All who mourn for her be glad with her.
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Be brave and fight hard to protect our people and the cities of our God. I pray that Jehovah will do whatever pleases him.
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When the news reached Hadad in Egypt that David had died and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to the king: Let me go back to my own country.
Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. Jehovah will do what is good in his sight.
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Nehemiah » Son of hachaliah » Is sent by the king to rebuild jerusalem
In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him. I served the wine to the king. Never before had I been sad when the king was present. The king said to me: Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear. I said to the king: May the king live a very long time. My face should look sad for the town where my fathers are buried is devastated. It has been destroyed by fire. read more.
The king asked: What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven. I said to the king: If it is the king's will, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it. The queen sat by him when the king said: How long will your journey take? When will you come back? So the king was pleased to send me, and I gave him a fixed time. Further, I said to the king: If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers across the river so that they may let me go through till I come to Judah. I need a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. The king gave me this, for the hand of my God was on me.
The king asked: What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven. I said to the king: If it is the king's will, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it. The queen sat by him when the king said: How long will your journey take? When will you come back? So the king was pleased to send me, and I gave him a fixed time. Further, I said to the king: If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers across the river so that they may let me go through till I come to Judah. I need a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. The king gave me this, for the hand of my God was on me.
Patriotism » Examples of
After I heard these words I sat down on the ground and cried for days. I ate no food and offered prayer to the God of heaven.
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By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.
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I said to the king: May the king live a very long time. My face should look sad for the town where my fathers are buried is devastated. It has been destroyed by fire.
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All who love Jerusalem, be happy and rejoice with her. All who mourn for her be glad with her.
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Be brave and fight hard to protect our people and the cities of our God. I pray that Jehovah will do whatever pleases him.
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When the news reached Hadad in Egypt that David had died and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to the king: Let me go back to my own country.
Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. Jehovah will do what is good in his sight.
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Patriotism » Instances of » Nehemiah
I said to the king: May the king live a very long time. My face should look sad for the town where my fathers are buried is devastated. It has been destroyed by fire.
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Hanani, one of my brothers, came with men from Judah. This was in answer to my request for news about the Jews who had been prisoners and escaped from captivity and about Jerusalem.
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After I heard these words I sat down on the ground and cried for days. I ate no food and offered prayer to the God of heaven. I said: O Jehovah (YHWH), the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be respected, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws: Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open. Please give ear to the prayer of your servant. At this time, day and night I pray for the children of Israel, your servants. I put before you the sins of the children of Israel that we have done against you: truly, my father's people and I are sinners. read more.
We have done great wrong against you. We have not obeyed the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses. Keep in mind, O Jehovah, the order you gave your servant Moses, saying: 'If you do wrong I will send you wandering among the peoples: If you come back to me and obey my orders, even if you have been forced out and are living in the farthest horizons, I will gather you from there, and bring you to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my name.' These are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand. O Jehovah, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant. Of the prayers of all your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Jehovah, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. Now I was the king's wine-servant.
We have done great wrong against you. We have not obeyed the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses. Keep in mind, O Jehovah, the order you gave your servant Moses, saying: 'If you do wrong I will send you wandering among the peoples: If you come back to me and obey my orders, even if you have been forced out and are living in the farthest horizons, I will gather you from there, and bring you to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my name.' These are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand. O Jehovah, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant. Of the prayers of all your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Jehovah, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. Now I was the king's wine-servant.
The Nation » Ps 137; ro 13 miscellaneous topics relating to, government, kings, rulers, etc » Patriotism, examples of
After I heard these words I sat down on the ground and cried for days. I ate no food and offered prayer to the God of heaven.
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By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.
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I said to the king: May the king live a very long time. My face should look sad for the town where my fathers are buried is devastated. It has been destroyed by fire.
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All who love Jerusalem, be happy and rejoice with her. All who mourn for her be glad with her.
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Be brave and fight hard to protect our people and the cities of our God. I pray that Jehovah will do whatever pleases him.
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When the news reached Hadad in Egypt that David had died and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to the king: Let me go back to my own country.
Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. Jehovah will do what is good in his sight.
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