27 occurrences

'Father' in the Bible

And Elisha is seeing, and he is crying, 'My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen;' and he hath not seen him again; and he taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them into two pieces.

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

and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like his father, and like his mother, and he turneth aside the standing-pillar of Baal that his father made;

Verse ConceptsStonesObelisks

And Elisha saith unto the king of Israel, 'What -- to me and to thee? go unto the prophets of thy father, and unto the prophets of thy mother;' and the king of Israel saith to him, 'Nay, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings to give 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 the lad groweth, and the day cometh that he goeth out unto his father, unto the reapers,

Verse ConceptsReapers

and he saith unto his father, 'My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, 'Bear him unto his mother;'

Verse ConceptsDuplicating WordsPeople Carrying Live PeopleDeath Of A Motherhurting

And his servants come nigh, and speak unto him, and say, 'My father, a great thing had the prophet spoken unto thee -- dost thou not do it? and surely, when he hath said unto thee, Wash, and be clean.'

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodNamed Prophets Of The LordExamples Of Good Servants

And the king of Israel saith unto Elisha, at his seeing them, 'Do I smite -- do I smite -- my father?'

Verse ConceptsVindictivenessDuplicating WordsApproval To Kill

And Jehu saith unto Bidkar his captain, 'Lift up, cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite -- for, remember, I and thou were riding together after Ahab his father, and Jehovah lifted upon him this burden:

and ye have seen the best and the uprightest of the sons of your lord, and have set him on the throne of his father, and fight ye for the house of your lord.'

Verse ConceptsThroneChoosing PeopleFighting One Another

And Elisha hath been sick with his sickness in which he dieth, and come down unto him doth Joash king of Israel, and weepeth on his face, and saith, 'My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen.'

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

and Jehoash son of Jehoahaz turneth and taketh the cities out of the hand of Ben-Hadad son of Hazael that he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father in war; three times hath Joash smitten him, and he bringeth back the cities of Israel.

Verse ConceptsActing Three TimesCapturing Cities

and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like David his father, according to all that Joash his father did he hath done,

Verse ConceptsKingship, HumanNot Imitating GoodPeople Who Did Right

And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong in his hand, that he smiteth his servants, those smiting the king his father,

And all the people of Judah take Azariah, and he is a son of sixteen years, and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah;

Verse ConceptsAge When CrownedMaking KingsKings Of All Israel Or Judah

and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Amaziah his father did,

Verse ConceptsGood Kings Examples OfImitating Good KingsPeople Who Did Right

and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did he hath done.

Verse ConceptsGood Kings Examples OfImitating Good KingsPeople Who Did Right

And Jotham lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David his father, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.

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

A son of twenty years is Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father,

Verse ConceptsNot Imitating Good15 To 20 YearsAge When Crowned

And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did,

Verse ConceptsBehaviourGood Kings Examples OfImitating Good KingsPeople Who Did Right

'Turn back, and thou hast said unto Hezekiah, leader of My people: Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I give healing to thee, on the third day thou dost go up to the house of Jehovah;

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

Lo, days are coming, and borne hath been all that is in thy house, and that thy father have treasured up till this day, to Babylon; there is not left a thing, said Jehovah;

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To BabylonTaking Possessions

and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.

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

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father,

and walketh in all the way that his father walked in, and serveth the idols that his father served, and boweth himself to them,

and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in all the way of David his father, and hath not turned aside -- right or left.

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

And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him in to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father.

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

And Pharaoh-Nechoh causeth Eliakim son of Josiah to reign instead of Josiah his father, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim, and Jehoahaz he hath taken away, and he cometh in to Egypt, and dieth there.

Verse ConceptsKings ExiledPeople Renaming PeopleKings Of All Israel Or Judah

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