'Sky' in the Bible

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

In the two courtyards of the Lord's temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, and the guards to bring out of the Lord's temple all the items that were used in the worship of Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. The king burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

He eliminated the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)

David looked up and saw the Lord's messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the Lord, and the Lord responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all.

Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him.

Huram also said, "Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself.

Solomon had made a bronze platform and had placed it in the middle of the enclosure. It was seven and one-half feet long, seven and one-half feet wide, and four and one-half feet high. He stood on it and then got down on his knees in front of the entire assembly of Israel. He spread out his hands toward the sky,

and yet, will God truly reside on earth with human beings? Look! Neither the sky nor the highest heaven can contain you! How much less this Temple that I have built!

"When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them:

If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on My people,

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

In the two courtyards of the Lord's temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."

When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

He makes the stars: the Bear, Orion,the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.

But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

Though he grow as tall as the sky, or though his head touches the clouds,

Clouds veil Him so that He cannot see,as He walks on the circle of the sky.”

The pillars that hold up the sky tremble,astounded at His rebuke.

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thingand concealed from the birds of the sky.

For he looks as far as the ends of the earth and sees everything under the sky.

who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earthand makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?”

Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.

He lets it loose beneath the entire sky;His lightning to the ends of the earth.

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

"So then, the sun is too bright to gaze at, is it not? The sky is swept clean by the wind that blows, is it not?

Whose womb brings forth the ice? Who gives birth to frost out of an empty sky,

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

the birds of the sky,and the fish of the seathat pass through the currents of the seas.

He bent the sky and descended, and darkness was under his feet.

The Lord thundered in the sky; the sovereign One shouted.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.The heavens declare the glory of God,and the sky proclaims the work of His hands.

Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.

Its circuit is from one end of the sky to the other, and nothing is hidden from its heat.

By the Lord's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.

O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai -- at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! Look! He thunders loudly.

People will fear you as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky, for generation after generation.

During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky.

May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!

He gave a command to the clouds above, and opened the doors in the sky.

He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.

He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.

They gave the corpses of Your servantsto the birds of the sky for food,the flesh of Your godly onesto the beasts of the earth.

Truth sprouts up from the ground, while righteousness looks down from the sky.

For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?

like the moon, established forever,a faithful witness in the sky.”Selah

For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the sky.

Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout!

The sky declares his justice, and all the nations see his splendor.

He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,spreading out the sky like a canopy,

The birds of the sky live beside the springs;they sing among the foliage.

They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky.

Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,their courage melting away in anguish,

For your gracious love extends to the sky, and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

The Lord is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky.

yet stooping low to observe the sky and the earth?

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.

O Lord, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!

who covers the sky with clouds,prepares rain for the earth,and causes grass to grow on the hills.

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the sky! Praise him in the heavens!

Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky!

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty extends over the earth and sky.

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in the sky, which testifies to his strength!

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,for it makes wings for itselfand flies like an eagle to the sky.

the way of an eagle in the sky,the way of a snake on a rock,the way of a ship at sea,and the way of a man with a young woman.

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts,and do not curse a rich person even in your bedroom,for a bird of the sky may carry the message,and a winged creature may report the matter.

Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.

Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellationswill not give their light.The sun will be dark when it rises,and the moon will not shine.

Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations!

You said to yourself, "I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon.

And all the host of heaven will wear away,And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;All their hosts will also wither awayAs a leaf withers from the vine,Or as one withers from the fig tree.

For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.

"O Lord who commands armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.

Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!

Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

He is the one who sits on the earth's horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.

Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.

This is what the true God, the Lord, says -- the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:

Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes; shout out, you subterranean regions of the earth. O mountains, give a joyful shout; you too, O forest and all your trees! For the Lord protects Jacob; he reveals his splendor through Israel.

This is what the Lord, your protector, says, the one who formed you in the womb: "I am the Lord, who made everything, who alone stretched out the sky, who fashioned the earth all by myself,

O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it so salvation may grow, and deliverance may sprout up along with it. I, the Lord, create it.

I made the earth, I created the people who live on it. It was me -- my hands stretched out the sky, I give orders to all the heavenly lights.

For this is what the Lord says, the one who created the sky -- he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited -- "I am the Lord, I have no peer.

You are tired out from listening to so much advice. Let them take their stand -- the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make monthly predictions -- let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you!

Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together.

Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the Lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.