'Men' in the Bible

and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. When the men of Judah raised the battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 choice men of Israel were killed.

Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of one million men and 300 chariots. They came as far as Mareshah.

and carried out great works in the towns of Judah. He had fighting men, brave warriors, in Jerusalem.

So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, 400 men, and asked them, “Should we go to Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain?”They replied, “March up, and God will hand it over to the king.”

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem turned back with Jehoshaphat their leader, returning joyfully to Jerusalem, for the Lord enabled them to rejoice over their enemies.

So the commanders of hundreds did everything Jehoiada the priest commanded. They each brought their men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty on the Sabbath—for Jehoiada the priest did not release the divisions.

Although the Aramean army came with only a few men, the Lord handed over a vast army to them because the people of Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment on Joash.

Then Amaziah gathered Judah and assembled them according to ancestral house, according to commanders of thousands, and according to commanders of hundreds. He numbered those 20 years old or more for all Judah and Benjamin. He found there to be 300,000 choice men who could serve in the army, bearing spear and shield.

As for the men of the division that Amaziah sent back so they would not go with him into battle, they raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, struck down 3,000 of their people, and took a great deal of plunder.

From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. However, men were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there.

Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day—all brave men—because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors.

So some men who were leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those coming from the war.

Then the men who were designated by name took charge of the captives and provided clothes for their naked ones from the plunder. They clothed them, gave them sandals, food and drink, dressed their wounds, and provided donkeys for all the feeble. The Israelites brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, among their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

and to the descendants of Aaron, the priests, in the common fields of their cities, in each and every city. There were men who were registered by name to distribute a portion to every male among the priests and to every Levite recorded by genealogy.

The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments.

The king went up to the Lord’s temple with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people from great to small. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the Lord’s temple.

Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women still speak of Josiah in their dirges to this very day. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.

So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their choice young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; He handed them all over to him.

Let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.”

They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.The number of the Israelite men included:

Netophah’s men56

Anathoth’s men128

Michmas’s men122

Bethel’s and Ai’s men223

This is the text of the letter they sent to him:To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men from the region west of the Euphrates River:

Therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until a further decree has been pronounced by me.

But God was watching over the Jewish elders. These men wouldn’t stop them until a report was sent to Darius, so that they could receive written instructions about this matter.

I hereby issue a decree concerning what you must do, so that the elders of the Jews can rebuild the house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men out of the royal revenues from the taxes of the region west of the Euphrates River, so that the work will not stop.

who was of Shecaniah’s descendants;Zechariah, from Parosh’s descendants,and 150 men with him who were registered by genealogy;

Eliehoenai son of Zerahiahfrom Pahath-moab’s descendants,and 200 men with him;

Shecaniah son of Jahazielfrom Zattu’s descendants,and 300 men with him;

Ebed son of Jonathanfrom Adin’s descendants,and 50 men with him;

Jeshaiah son of Athaliahfrom Elam’s descendants,and 70 men with him;

Zebadiah son of Michaelfrom Shephatiah’s descendants,and 80 men with him;

Obadiah son of Jehielfrom Joab’s descendants,and 218 men with him;

Shelomith son of Josiphiahfrom Bani’s descendants,and 160 men with him;

Zechariah son of Bebaifrom Bebai’s descendants,and 28 men with him;

Johanan son of Hakkatanfrom Azgad’s descendants,and 110 men with him;

these are the last ones, from Adonikam’s descendants,and their names are:Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah,and 60 men with them;

Uthai and Zaccurfrom Bigvai’s descendants,and 70 men with them.

Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Levi son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men,

plus Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.

While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly.

So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.

The exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family leaders, all identified by name, to represent their ancestral houses. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter,

and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.

Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah, and I questioned them about Jerusalem and the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile.

I got up at night and took a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal I took was the one I was riding.

The men of Jericho built next to Eliashib, and next to them Zaccur son of Imri built.

Next to them the repairs were done by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates River.

before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria, and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

From that day on, half of my men did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers supported all the people of Judah,

So we continued the work, while half of the men were holding spears from daybreak until the stars came out.

And I, my brothers, my men, and the guards with me never took off our clothes. Each carried his weapon, even when washing.

They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.The number of the Israelite men included:

Bethlehem’s and Netophah’s men188

Anathoth’s men128

Beth-azmaveth’s men42

Kiriath-jearim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s men743

Ramah’s and Geba’s men621

Michmas’s men122

Bethel’s and Ai’s men123

the other Nebo’s men52

On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding.

While he was facing the square in front of the Water Gate, he read out of it from daybreak until noon before the men, the women, and those who could understand. All the people listened attentively to the book of the law.

The people praised all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

The total number of Perez’s descendants, who settled in Jerusalem, was 468 capable men.

and their relatives, capable men: 128. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim, was their chief.

On that same day men were placed in charge of the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tenths. The legally required portions for the priests and Levites were gathered from the village fields, because Judah was grateful to the priests and Levites who were serving.

When shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem just before the Sabbath, I gave orders that the gates be closed and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my men at the gates, so that no goods could enter during the Sabbath day.

I rebuked them, cursed them, beat some of their men, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to take an oath before God and said: “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or yourselves!

The king consulted the wise men who understood the times, for it was his normal procedure to confer with experts in law and justice.

When the report was investigated and verified, both men were hanged on the gallows. This event was recorded in the Historical Record in the king’s presence.

In the fortress of Susa the Jews killed and destroyed 500 men,

The king said to Queen Esther, “In the fortress of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed 500 men, including Haman’s 10 sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Whatever you ask will be given to you. Whatever you seek will also be done.”

The Jews in Susa assembled again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed 300 men in Susa, but they did not seize any plunder.

Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,when deep sleep descends on men,

They grope around in darkness without light;He makes them stagger like drunken men. >

Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us,men older than your father.

what was declared by wise menand was not suppressed by their ancestors,

God hands me over to unjust men;He throws me into the hands of the wicked.

Will you continue on the ancient paththat wicked men have walked?

From the city, men groan;the mortally wounded cry for help,yet God pays no attention to this crime.

the young men saw me and withdrew,while older men stood to their feet.

Men listened to me with expectation,waiting silently for my advice.

But now they mock me,men younger than I am,whose fathers I would have refused to putwith my sheep dogs.

Foolish men, without even a name.They were forced to leave the land.

let my own wife grind grain for another man,and let other men sleep with her.

So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

But when he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he became angry.

He will look at men and say,“I have sinned and perverted what was right;yet I did not get what I deserved.

Hear my words, you wise men,and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.

He keeps company with evildoersand walks with wicked men.

Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.It is impossible for God to do wrong,and for the Almighty to act unjustly.

who says to a king, “Worthless man!”and to nobles, “Wicked men!”?

so that godless men should not ruleor ensnare the people.

Reasonable men will say to me,along with the wise men who hear me,

If only Job were tested to the limit,because his answers are like those of wicked men.

There they cry out, but He does not answer,because of the pride of evil men.