14 occurrences

'Far' in the Bible

And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

Verse ConceptsSaul And David

And her husband went with her as far as Bahurim, weeping while he went. Then Abner said to him, Go back. And he went back.

Verse ConceptsWeeping

And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

Verse ConceptsFutureRevelation Of The FutureMan's Relation To God

And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.)

Verse ConceptsReinstating PeopleFound Guilty

And the king went out, and all his servants went after him, and made a stop at the Far House.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesCessationStopping Still

Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you coming with us? go back and keep with the king: for you are a man of another country, you are far from the land of your birth.

But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.

Verse ConceptsSandAssembling IsraelActing For OneselfMany In Israel

So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went on as far as Jordan with the king to take him across Jordan.

So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsPeople Following People

And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;

Verse ConceptsFar Be It!

And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

Verse ConceptsPeople Consuming BloodRiskingrisk

And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.

Verse ConceptsCensus

So David made selection of the disease; and the time was the days of the grain-cutting, when the disease came among the people, causing the death of seventy thousand men from Dan as far as Beer-sheba.

Verse ConceptsPestilenceFifty To Ninety ThousandDeath As Punishment

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