28 occurrences

'Father' in the Bible

And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfDuplicating WordsSpiritual FathersHeavenly ChariotsThose Who Tore ClothesStruggles In Relationship

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

Verse ConceptsStonesObelisks

And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay; for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

Verse ConceptsThree MenWhat Have We In Common?Given Into One's HandsGod Will Cause DefeatProphets Of Other Gods

And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

Verse ConceptsReapers

And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.

Verse ConceptsDuplicating WordsPeople Carrying Live PeopleDeath Of A Motherhurting

And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodNamed Prophets Of The LordExamples Of Good Servants

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

Verse ConceptsVindictivenessDuplicating WordsApproval To Kill

Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, Jehovah laid this burden upon him:

look ye out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

Verse ConceptsThroneChoosing PeopleFighting One Another

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!

Verse ConceptsHorsesVisitingWeepingDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfVisiting Of The SickVisitationDuplicating WordsHeavenly ChariotsHow Death Is InevitableSick IndividualsMourning In RegretList Of Kings Of IsraelIllnesscancer

And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash smite him, and recovered the cities of Israel.

Verse ConceptsActing Three TimesCapturing Cities

And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

Verse ConceptsKingship, HumanNot Imitating GoodPeople Who Did Right

And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father:

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

Verse ConceptsAge When CrownedMaking KingsKings Of All Israel Or Judah

And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

Verse ConceptsGood Kings Examples OfImitating Good KingsPeople Who Did Right

And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

Verse ConceptsGood Kings Examples OfImitating Good KingsPeople Who Did Right

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

Verse ConceptsBuried In The City Of DavidKings Of All Israel Or Judah

Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father.

Verse ConceptsNot Imitating Good15 To 20 YearsAge When Crowned

And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

Verse ConceptsBehaviourGood Kings Examples OfImitating Good KingsPeople Who Did Right

Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The WeekGod HealsGod Answered PrayerGod Paid Attention To MeRecovery

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsFalse ReligionBowingAltars, PaganBuilding AltarsList Of Kings Of IsraelServing Asherah

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father.

And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfGood Kings Examples OfSteadfastness, Examples OfImitating Good KingsNot Turning AsidePeople Who Did Right

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtAnointing KingsCorpses Of Other PeopleKings Of All Israel Or Judah

And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.

Verse ConceptsKings ExiledPeople Renaming PeopleKings Of All Israel Or Judah

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father had done.

Verse ConceptsInexperience

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's brother, king is his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming PeopleKings Of All Israel Or Judah

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