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'Men' in the Bible

But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.

Verse ConceptsGuardsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Then Adonijah put to death sheep and oxen and fat beasts by the stone of Zoheleth, by En-rogel; and he sent for all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants, to come to him:

Verse ConceptsSheep

But he did not send for Nathan the prophet and Benaiah and the other men of war and Solomon his brother.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

Verse ConceptsGod Makes Evil ReboundGod Will RequiteIgnorant Of Facts

And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;

And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesGrain OfferingKingdomsRivers And StreamsSolomon, Character OfTaxationTributesThose Subjected To PeopleAs Far As The Euphrates

For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.

Verse ConceptsFame

So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

Verse ConceptsNegotiationServants, Working Conditions OfSkillWagesCommerceFelling TreesCedar Wood

My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people.

Verse ConceptsRafts

Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And UpForced Labour

In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

Verse ConceptsOverseersThree Thousand And Up

Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to him in Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersJerusalem, History OfRankAssembling LeadersThe Ark In The TempleThe Elders Gathered

And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, the seventh month.

Verse ConceptsMonthNew Year, TheAutumnMonth 7

And all the responsible men of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

Verse ConceptsThe Ark In The TemplePriests In ActionThe Elders Gathered

And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there, were with him before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.

Verse ConceptsSheepUncountableMany CreaturesSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;

Verse ConceptsGod's Dwelling

Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

Verse ConceptsPeople Who Blessed Others

Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven,

Verse ConceptsAssemblyAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities OfThe Altar Of The LordLifting Hands

Give ear in heaven your living-place, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men:

Verse ConceptsHousesImagination, Inward DesiresOutward AppearanceGod, Omniscience OfHeart, Known To GodGod, All knowingGod Acts From HeavenGod Forgive!God Knowing the Human Heart

And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice,

Verse ConceptsVoicesIndividuals ShoutingPeople Who Blessed Others

But Solomon did not put the children of Israel to forced work; they were the men of war, his servants, his captains, and his chiefs, captains of his war-carriages and of his horsemen.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRank

Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

Verse ConceptsMarinersSkillShips For Trading

And they went on from Midian and came to Paran; and, taking men from Paran with them, they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who gave him a house and gave orders for his food and gave him land.

He got some men together and made himself captain of a band of outlaws; and went to Damascus and became king there.

Verse ConceptsMaking Kingsdamascus

And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

Verse ConceptsOthers Summoning

Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

Verse ConceptsThe Elders GatheredThe Elderly

But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceImmaturityThe Elders GatheredMan's CounselRejectionBad Counsel

And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

Verse ConceptsFingersBroadnessRemoving BurdensLight YokeFingers Of PeopleEasy Burdens

And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

Verse ConceptsDiscourtesyThe Elders GatheredMan's Counsel

But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfYokesWhippingHeavy BurdensScorpionsAdding Evil

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he got together all the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Examples OfAssembling IsraelOne Hundred Thousand And MoreReinstating PeopleCivil War

Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the men of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people:

And some men, going by, saw the body stretched out in the road with the lion by its side; and they came and gave news of it in the town where the old prophet was living.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Happenings

So in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass, and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

Verse ConceptsShields

And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

Verse ConceptsEntering The Temple

Then the king of Israel sent for all the responsible men of the land, and said, Now will you take note and see the evil purpose of this man: he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I did not keep them back.

Verse ConceptsThe Elders Gathered

And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he says.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsDo Not Listen!

Now when this answer was given to Ben-hadad, he was drinking with the kings in the tents, and he said to his men, Take up your positions. So they put themselves in position for attacking the town.

Verse ConceptsReadinessDrunk Individuals

And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.

Verse ConceptsFirst To Fight

Now the men took it as a sign, and quickly took up his words; and they said, Ben-hadad is your brother. Then he said, Go and get him. So Ben-hadad came out to him and he made him get up into his carriage.

Verse ConceptsChariots

So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.

Verse ConceptsLettersNoblesSealsjezebel

So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.

Verse Conceptsjezebel

So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

Verse ConceptsSchool Of ProphetsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredTo Be Given Into One's HandsWarBattleFake Friendsisraelprophetsgathering

Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, Let my men go with yours in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not let them.

Verse ConceptsMarinersGoing Together

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