34 occurrences

'Servants' in the Bible

So his servants said to him, Let search be made for a young virgin for my lord the king, to take care of him and be waiting on him; and you may take her in your arms, and so my lord the king will be warm.

Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestWarmingThose Looking For Peopleteenager

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

Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

Verse ConceptsThose Who Did Not Tell

And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and put Solomon my son on my beast, yes, mine, and take him down to Gihon;

Verse ConceptsMulesBackRiding Mules

And the king's servants came to our lord King David, blessing him and saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and the seat of his authority greater than your seat; and the king was bent low in worship on his bed.

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before GodThe Kingdom Of Solomon

But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesServants, BadThree YearsOthers Who FledTwo Other MenExamples Of Bad Servants

Then Shimei got up, and making ready his ass, he went to Gath, to Achish, in search of his servants; and he sent and got them from Gath.

Verse ConceptsPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysThose Looking For People

And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.

Verse ConceptsFeastingBanquets, Examples OfLeisure, And PastimesThe Ark In The TempleArk Of The Covenant

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

Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsenvoyFriendship, Examples OfAnointing Kings

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

Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts.

Verse ConceptsGod, Uniqueness OfGod's WaysLoyaltyMonotheismNo One Is Like GodGod Keeps Covenant

Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving your decision against the wrongdoer, so that punishment for his sins may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.

Verse ConceptsHeadsInnocence, Teaching OnLet Evil ReboundAcquitting The Just

Then give ear in heaven, so that the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.

Verse ConceptsGod Sending RainGod TeachingGod Acts From HeavenGod Forgive!Forgiving Yourself

But if you are turned from my ways, you or your children, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods and give them worship:

Verse ConceptsDifferent GodsIf You Do Not Keep Commands

And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord their God, who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt; they took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why the Lord has sent all this evil on them.

Verse ConceptsDifferent GodsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

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 the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

Verse ConceptsStepsorganizationoverwhelmed

Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.

Verse ConceptsHappinessStandingRejoicing In God's Works

And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanQueensSolomon, Character OfPresentsIndividuals going homePeople Giving Other Things

Hadad, being still a young boy, went in flight to Egypt, with certain Edomites, servants of his father;

Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, PoliticalMastersWork, And The FallYokesRemoving BurdensLight YokeEasy Burdens

And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

Verse ConceptsWise CouncelServants Of People

Then Asa took all the silver and gold which was still stored in the Lord's house, and in the king's house, and sent them, in the care of his servants, to Ben-hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Rezon, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,

Verse ConceptsMoney For The TempleTaking Mixed Metals

But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, to make a search through your house and the houses of your people, and everything which is pleasing in your eyes they will take away in their hands.

Verse ConceptsMan's Action TomorrowTaking Possessions

And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, The Lord says, By the servants of the chiefs who are over the divisions of the land. Then he said, By whom is the fighting to be started? And he made answer, By you.

Verse ConceptsCommanderOfficersWho Is The Doer?First To Fight

Then he got together the servants of all the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land, two hundred and thirty-two of them; and after them, he got together all the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThousandTwo Hundred And Some

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

So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.

Then the king of Aram's servants said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; that is why they were stronger than we: but if we make an attack on them in the lowlands, we will certainly be stronger than they.

Verse ConceptsReligionSuperstitionServing One's Own Godssyria

Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life.

Verse ConceptsRopesSackcloth And AshesPeople Showing Mercyhumor

And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do you not see that Ramoth-gilead is ours? and we are doing nothing to get it back from the hands of the king of Aram.

Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

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