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'Against' in the Bible

And it came to pass when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

Verse ConceptsFighting TogetherPeople Are The SameAcquiring Horses

And all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, and they were called together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood by the border.

And he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him up for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeWallsIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfSacrificing The FirstbornSacrifice

And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me.

Verse ConceptsLiteracyGod Giving LifeGod KillingThose Who Tore ClothesGod In Relation To ManGod KillsMan's Relation To God

And the king of Syria warred against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahOfficersMan's Counsel

For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, a noise of a great host; and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

Verse ConceptsDeliverance, Means OfHiringHorsesWheelsAttacking With ChariotsSoundHearing ThingsEnemy Attackssyriafootstepsrumorsfootprintsreinforcementarmy

And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael the king of Syria at Ramoth-Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

Verse ConceptsFighting Together

And Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram kept Ramoth-Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesMurder

and king Joram had returned to be healed in Jizreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your will, let not a fugitive escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jizreel.

Verse ConceptsNo EscapeDo Not Tell

And it came to pass in the morning that he went out; and he stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous! behold, I conspired against my master and killed him; but who smote all these?

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesInnocence, Examples Of

Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it. And Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFacesAttackingWhole HeartednessCapturing Cities

And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael, all those days.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanAnger Of God, Consequencessyria

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Examples OfFighting One AnotherHistorical Books

And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesPlottingKilling KingsConspiracy

And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesKilling KingsKings Of The Northern KingdomList Of Kings Of Israel

Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to establish the kingdom in his hand.

Verse ConceptsCoinageenemies, of Israel and Judah

And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites; and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsConspiraciesOfficersPalacesFiftiesKilling KingsKings Of The Northern KingdomList Of Kings Of IsraelReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him and slew him; and he reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesKilling KingsKings Of The Northern KingdomList Of Kings Of Israel

In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

Verse ConceptsActivity BegunActual Attacks On Jerusalem

And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who have risen up against me.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutAliancesInvitationsServanthood, In SocietyAllegiances

And the king of Assyria hearkened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried it captive to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

Verse ConceptsExiled ForeignersKilling KingsCapturing Cities

And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; thus Urijah the priest made it, against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

Verse ConceptsBuilding Altars

Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and tendered him presents.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyTaxationThose Subjected To People

And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.

Verse ConceptsThree YearsNations Attacking Israel

And so it was, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods;

Verse ConceptsDifferent GodsGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptWhy It Happened

And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.

Verse ConceptsSecrecySecret SinsConcealment, Of SinActing In Secret

And Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceProphets, Role OfRepentance, Nature OfSeersSin, God's Remedy ForInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Purpose OfGod Spoke By The ProphetsKeep The Commandments!Old Testament Claims Inspirationprophets

And Jehovah was with him; he prospered whithersoever he went forth. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against Human AuthorityGod With Specific PeopleThe Righteous Prosperprospering

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.

Verse ConceptsList Of Kings Of IsraelNations Attacking Israel

And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsenemies, of Israel and JudahRemnantCapturing CitiesNations Attacking IsraelKings of judah

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish, with a strong force, against king Hezekiah, to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller's field.

Verse ConceptsCommanderLargenessOccupationsSiegesActual Attacks On JerusalemWater ChannelLarge Armies

Thou sayest but it is a word of the lips There is counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?

Verse Conceptsemptiness

Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CountriesGod's Orders

And Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.

This is the word that Jehovah has spoken against him: The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersVirgin

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy one of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfPride, Results OfVoicesAudacity

But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against me.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGoing Out And Coming In

Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, And I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodHorsesHumiliationNosesRestraintAnger Of God, Examples OfWicked Described AsDivine RestraintsProud People

Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor cast a bank against it.

Verse ConceptsShieldsArchers, In ArmiesAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesKilling KingsConspiracy

But the people of the land smote all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

Verse ConceptsTrapKings Of All Israel Or Judah

Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book which is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written there for us.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness Of

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my fury is kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

Verse ConceptsProvoking GodRenunciationQuenchingIncense Offered AmissDifferent Gods

Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsHumilityRepentance, Examples OfRenewed HeartPenitentConviction Of SinAfflicted Saints, Examples OfHumbling OneselfHumble YourselfChanging Yourself

Then he said, What tombstone is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.

Verse ConceptsBurial Of Unnamed People

But Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.

Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofHeatPropitiationGod Will Be Angry

In his days Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and king Josiah went against him; but Nechoh slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

Verse ConceptsKingsRivers And StreamsKilling KingsRiver Euphrates

And Jehovah sent against him the bands of the Chaldeans, and the bands of the Syrians, and the bands of the Moabites, and the bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke through his servants the prophets.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtWord Of GodGod Spoke By The Prophets

Verily, at the commandment of Jehovah it came to pass against Judah, that they should be removed out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done;

Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfDriven From God's Presence

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, while his servants were besieging it.

For, because the anger of Jehovah was against Jerusalem and against Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Verse ConceptsRevoltsDriven From God's Presence

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built turrets against it round about.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingInvasionsKingsSiegesTravelWarfare, Examples OfArmies, Against IsraelFortsMonth 10Years Of Zedekiah

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