'Four' in the Bible

A river went out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the source of four rivers.

against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

The four kings took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and went on.

At harvest, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and as food for yourselves, your households, and your dependents.”

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, four quarts apiece, and all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses.

“When a man steals an ox or a sheep and butchers it or sells it, he must repay five cattle for the ox or four sheep for the sheep.

Cast four gold rings for it and place them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

There are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its calyxes and petals.

Hang it on four gold-plated posts of acacia wood that have gold hooks and that stand on four silver bases.

“You are to construct the altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, 7½ feet long, and 7½ feet wide; it must be 4½ feet high.

Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece. Overlay it with bronze.

Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners.

The gate of the courtyard is to have a thirty-foot screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts including their four bases.

Place a setting of gemstones on it, four rows of stones:The first row should bea row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;

He made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the posts.

He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

On the lampstand shaft there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with its calyxes and petals.

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, 7½ feet long and 7½ feet wide, and was 4½ feet high.

He made horns for it on its four corners; the horns were of one piece. Then he overlaid it with bronze.

At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.

It had four posts, including their four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, and the bands as well as the plating of their tops were silver.

They mounted four rows of gemstones on it. The first row was a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;

All other winged insects that have four feet are to be detestable to you.

Its grain offering is to be four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a fire offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma, and its drink offering will be one quart of wine.

Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four quarts of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to the Lord.

“Take fine flour and bake it into 12 loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts.

He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,

and gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen corresponding to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

The 12 gold bowls full of incense each weighed four ounces measured by the standard sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold bowls was three pounds.

“If you prepare a grain offering with a ram, it must be four quarts of fine flour mixed with a third of a gallon of oil.

“On the Sabbath day present two unblemished year-old male lambs, four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering.

with six quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each bull, four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for the ram,

The grain offering with them is to be of fine flour mixed with oil; offer six quarts with each bull and four quarts with the ram.

with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with each bull, four quarts with the ram,

with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with the bull, four quarts with the ram,

Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with the bull, four quarts with the ram,

Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with each of the 13 bulls, four quarts with each of the two rams,

Make tassels on the four corners of the outer garment you wear.

Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, with their villages;

Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities.

Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands—four cities.

Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities.

Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En-gannim with its pasturelands—four cities.

Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities.

Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities.

Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities.

Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.

So Abimelech and all the people with him got up at night and waited in ambush for Shechem in four units.

that four days each year the young women of Israel would commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

Micah replied, “Stay with me and be my father and priest, and I will give you four ounces of silver a year, along with your clothing and provisions.” So the Levite went in

But she was unfaithful to him and left him for her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She was there for a period of four months.

But 600 men escaped into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon and stayed there four months.

The time that David stayed in the Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.

Because he has done this thing and shown no pity, he must pay four lambs for that lamb.”

When four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I made to the Lord.

These four were descended from the giant in Gath and were killed by David and his soldiers.

Solomon began to build the temple for the Lord in the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the second month, in the month of Ziv.

In the same way, he made four-sided olive wood doorposts for the sanctuary entrance.

He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars.

Then he made 10 bronze water carts. Each water cart was six feet long, six feet wide, and 4½ feet high.

Each cart had four bronze wheels with bronze axles. Underneath the four corners of the basin were cast supports, each next to a wreath.

There were four wheels under the frames, and the wheel axles were part of the water cart; each wheel was 27 inches tall.

Four supports were at the four corners of each water cart; each support was one piece with the water cart.

Then she gave the king four and a half tons of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again did such a quantity of spices arrive as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

He made 300 small shields of hammered gold; about four pounds of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

A chariot was imported from Egypt for 15 pounds of silver, and a horse for about four pounds. In the same way, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram through their agents.

and he built an altar with the stones in the name of Yahweh. Then he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold about four gallons.

Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. He said, “Fill four water pots with water and pour it on the offering to be burned and on the wood.”

Four men with a skin disease were at the entrance to the gate. They said to each other, “Why just sit here until we die?

Nevertheless, the Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

The word of the Lord that He spoke to Jehu was, “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel,” and it was so.

These sons were born to him in Jerusalem:Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bath-shua daughter of Ammiel.

Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four.

The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God’s temple.

Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel. His four sons, who were with him, hid themselves.

Shimei’s sons: Jahath, Zizah, Jeush, and Beriah. Those were Shimei’s sons—four.

Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four.

There were six Levites each day on the east, four each day on the north, four each day on the south, and two pair at the storehouses.

As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.

A chariot could be imported from Egypt for 15 pounds of silver and a horse for about four pounds. In the same way, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram through their agents.

For Solomon had made a bronze platform 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high and put it in the court. He stood on it, knelt down in front of the entire congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

Then she gave the king four and a half tons of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There never were such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

Four times they sent me the same proposal, and I gave them the same reply.

Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”Three things are never satisfied;four never say, “Enough!”: