28 occurrences

'Servants' in the Bible

His servants said to him, "Let them search for a young virgin for my lord the king, and let her stand before the king. Let her be of use for him, and let her lie in your lap that my lord the king may be warm."

Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestWarmingThose Looking For Peopleteenager

And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened animals near the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel. He invited all of his brothers, the sons of the king, and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king.

Verse ConceptsSheep

If it was from my lord the king that this thing has happened, [then all is well,] but if not, you must let your servants know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him."

Verse ConceptsThose Who Did Not Tell

The king said to them, "Take with you all the servants of your lord, and let them make Solomon my son ride on my mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

Verse ConceptsMulesBackRiding Mules

The servants of the king also came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, 'Your God has made the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!' So the king worshiped on the bed.

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before GodThe Kingdom Of Solomon

Then Solomon awoke, and look, [it was] a dream, and he came [to] Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of [the] Lord, and he offered burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings, and he held a feast for all of his servants.

Verse ConceptsFeastingBanquets, Examples OfLeisure, And PastimesThe Ark In The TempleArk Of The Covenant

Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him as king in place of his father, for Hiram had always been a friend for David.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsenvoyFriendship, Examples OfAnointing Kings

So then, command that they may cut cedars for me from Lebanon, and let my servants be with your servants. The wage of your servants I will give to you according to all that you say, for you know that there is no one among us who knows [how] to cut timber like the Sidonians."

Verse ConceptsNegotiationServants, Working Conditions OfSkillWagesCommerceFelling TreesCedar Wood

My servants will bring [them] down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them [into] rafts in the sea [to float to] the place which you indicated to me. Then I shall break them up there, and you may carry [them further], and {you shall meet my needs} by giving food for my house."

Verse ConceptsRafts

and he said, "O Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no god like you in the heavens above or on the earth beneath, keeping the covenant and the loyal love for your servants who are walking before you with all their heart.

Verse ConceptsGod, Uniqueness OfGod's WaysLoyaltyMonotheismNo One Is Like GodGod Keeps Covenant

then you shall hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and your people Israel, for you will teach them the good way in which they should go, and you will give rain upon your land which you have given to your people as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsGod Sending RainGod TeachingGod Acts From HeavenGod Forgive!Forgiving Yourself

Hiram sent his servants with the fleet of ships, {sailors} who knew the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

Verse ConceptsMarinersSkillShips For Trading

the food of his table, the seat of his servants, the {manner} of his servants and their clothing, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he offered in the house of Yahweh, {she was breathless}.

Verse ConceptsStepsorganizationoverwhelmed

Happy [are] your men and happy [are] these your servants who stand before you continually hearing your wisdom.

Verse ConceptsHappinessStandingRejoicing In God's Works

King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all of her desire that she asked, besides that which {King Solomon freely offered her}. Then she turned and went to her land with her servants.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanQueensSolomon, Character OfPresentsIndividuals going homePeople Giving Other Things

But Hadad himself had fled, and some Edomite men from the servants of his father with him, to go to Egypt, when Hadad [was] a young boy.

They said to him, "If you will be a servant today to this people, then you will serve them; and if you answer them and speak good words to them, they will always be your servants."

Verse ConceptsWise CouncelServants Of People

Asa took all of the silver and gold remaining in the storerooms of the house of Yahweh and in the treasury rooms of the house of the king, and he gave them into the hand of his servants; so King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,

Verse ConceptsMoney For The TempleTaking Mixed Metals

So [at this] time tomorrow, I will send my servants to you that they might search your house and the houses of your servants. All the desire of your eyes {they will lay hands on} and take it away.'"

Verse ConceptsMan's Action TomorrowTaking Possessions

It happened at the moment he heard this word, he and the kings [were] drinking in the {tents}. He said to his servants, "Get ready [to attack]." So they got ready [to attack] the city.

Verse ConceptsReadinessDrunk Individuals

Ahab said, "By whom?" And he said, "Thus says Yahweh: 'By the servants of the commanders of the provinces.'" He asked, "Who will begin the battle?" And he said, "You."

Verse ConceptsCommanderOfficersWho Is The Doer?First To Fight

So he mustered the servants of the commanders of the provinces, and there were two hundred and thirty-two. After them he mustered all of the army, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThousandTwo Hundred And Some

Then the servants of the commanders of the provinces went out first, and Ben-Hadad sent, and they reported to him, saying, "Men have come out from Samaria."

Verse ConceptsFirst To Fight

But these had come out from the city, the servants of the commanders of the provinces, and the army that [was] after them.

The servants of the king of Aram said to him, "Their gods [are] gods of the mountains, therefore they were stronger than we. Let us fight with them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they.

Verse ConceptsReligionSuperstitionServing One's Own Godssyria

Then his servants said to him, "Please now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are kings of mercy. Let us now put sackcloth on around our waists and ropes on our heads. Then let us go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps {he will let you live}."

Verse ConceptsRopesSackcloth And AshesPeople Showing Mercyhumor

and the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know Ramoth-Gilead belongs to us, and we [are] doing nothing about taking it from the hand of the king of Aram?"

Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships," but Jehoshaphat was not willing.

Verse ConceptsMarinersGoing Together

Bible Theasaurus

Handmaiden (3 instances)
Servant (845 instances)