8 occurrences

'Order' in the Bible

Then King Solomon gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.

Verse ConceptsMurder

The king said to him, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father’s house the blood that Joab shed without just cause.

Verse ConceptsInnocent BloodSheddingKilling Named Individuals

At that time Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the tribal heads and the ancestral leaders of the Israelites before him at Jerusalem in order to bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David, that is Zion.

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

“‘After that, if you obey all I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and My commands as My servant David did, I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give you Israel.

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceCommands, in OTBuildingKingsGod Will Be With YouKeep The Commandments!The Dynasty Of David

You behaved more wickedly than all who were before you. In order to provoke Me, you have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and cast images, but you have flung Me behind your back.

Verse ConceptsProvoking GodDifferent Gods

Israel’s King Baasha went to war against Judah. He built Ramah in order to deny anyone access to Judah’s King Asa.

Verse ConceptsFortressesSealing ThingsPeople Attacking Their Own

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I don’t have anything baked—only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”

Verse ConceptsFlourLonelinessOlive OilSmall Things God UsesBarrelsResigned To DeathFirewoodDyingcooking

They divided the land between them in order to cover it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

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