31 occurrences

'Two' in the Bible

"Furthermore, you're aware of what Zeruiah's son Joab did to me and to those two commanders of the armies of Israel, Ner's son Abner and Jether's son Amasa, whom he killed, and how he shed the blood of wartime during times of peace, staining the very belt he wears around his waist and the sandals he wears on his feet.

Verse ConceptsBeltsSandalsShedding

The LORD will repay him for his bloodshed because, without my father David's consent he attacked and murdered two men more righteous and better than he, Ner's son Abner, the commander of Israel's army and Jether's son Amasa, commander of Judah's army.

Verse ConceptsGod Makes Evil ReboundGod Will RequiteIgnorant Of Facts

But three years later, two of Shimei's servants escaped to Maacah's son Achish, the king of Gath.

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

Right about then, two prostitutes approached the king and requested an audience with him.

Verse ConceptsProstitutionTwo Women

Three days later, this woman also gave birth. We lived alone there. There was nobody else with us in the house. It was just the two of us.

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The Week

He sent 10,000 men to Lebanon in shifts lasting one month. They worked one month in Lebanon for every two months they worked at home. Adoniram was placed in charge of the conscripted labor.

Verse ConceptsTens Of ThousandsOne MonthTwo To Four MonthsForced Labour

Inside the inner sanctuary Solomon placed two cherubim crafted from olive wood, each ten cubits high.

Verse ConceptsWoodDimensions Of Temple FurnitureTwo AngelsCherubim Depicted

He installed two doors made of olive wood, inlaying them with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers, and overlaying them with gold. Then he added more gold to cover the cherubim and palm trees.

Verse ConceptsSculptureCherubim, As DecorationsOverlaid With GoldCherubim Depicted

along with two doors of cypress wood, one door of which had two leaves that turned on hinges, as did the other door, which also had two leaves that turned on hinges.

He fashioned two bronze pillars, each one eighteen cubits high, with a circumference of twelve cubits.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveDimensions Of PillarsHollownessTwo Parts Of ConstructionsHollowBronze Items For The Tabernacle

He also crafted two capitals of cast bronze and set them on top of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of PillarsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

The pillars contained two rows of ornaments shaped like pomegranates around the latticework covering the top of each pillar.

Verse ConceptsPomegranates

with the capitals on the two pillars covered by 200 pomegranates in rows around both the capitals above and adjoining the rounded latticework.

Verse ConceptsPomegranatesThe Number Two Hundred

Under the brim, completely encircling it, were two rows of gourds inlaid as part of the original casting, ten to a cubit.

Verse ConceptsSculptureThings SurroundingTwo Plant Products

including the two pillars and the bowls for the capitals that stood on top of the two pillars, along with the two lattices that covered the two bowls of the capitals that stood on top of the pillars,

Verse ConceptsPillars For Solomon's TempleTwo Parts Of ConstructionsTop Of Things

plus the 400 pomegranates for the two lattices (that is, the two rows of pomegranates for each lattice to cover the two bowls of the capitals that stood on top of the pillars),

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredPomegranatesFour And Five Hundred

The ark was empty except for the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Horeb when the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelis after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ContentsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionStonesTabletsEmpty ThingsStone ItemsTwo Stone TabletsCovenant Made At SinaiArk Of The Covenant

It took 20 years for Solomon to finish working on the two houses the LORD's Temple and the royal palace

Verse Concepts20 To 30 Years

Six steps led up to the throne, which had a round canopy fastened to the rear of the throne and armrests on each side of the seat and two lions standing on either side of each armrest.

Verse ConceptsSix ThingsStepsTwo Animals

So the king sought some advice and then built two golden calves and announced, "It's too difficult for you to travel to Jerusalem. So here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!"

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Bad Human AdviceGolden CalvesWhat Is Not GodTwo AnimalsBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptMan's Counsel

Jeroboam's son Nadab became king over Israel during the second year of the reign of King Asa over Judah. He reigned over Israel for two years,

Verse ConceptsTwo YearsList Of Kings Of Israel

During the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Baasha's son Elah became king over Israel and reigned at Tirzah for two years.

Verse ConceptsTwo YearsList Of Kings Of Israel

The army of Israel was divided into two parties: half of the army were loyal to Ginath's son Tibni and wanted to make him king, and half were loyal to Omri.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One HalfTwo GroupsMaking KingsHalf Of GroupsList Of Kings Of Israel

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, fortified the hill, and named the city Samaria after Shemer, the former owner of the hill.

Verse ConceptsBuildingCoinage

So let them provide two oxen. They can choose one ox for themselves. Cut it up, lay it on top of some wood, but don't set fire to it. I will prepare the other ox and lay it on top of some wood, and I won't set fire to it.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Cut In PiecesFirewoodChoosing ThingsTwo Animals

So Elijah used the stones to build an altar to the name of the LORD. But then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two measures of seed.

Verse ConceptsFurrowsWeights And Measures, DryOther Volume Measures

The Israelis were mustered, equipped with provisions, and sent out to fight. The Israeli encampment looked like two little flocks of goats compared to how the Aramean encampments filled the countryside!

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsSmallnessTwo GroupsFew People

Seat two wicked men in front of him, and make them testify against him. Tell them to claim "You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."

Verse Conceptsethics, socialPersecution, Forms OfSatan, As The Enemy Of GodTwo WitnessesTwo WitnessesCursing GodKilling Named Individuals

Two wicked men came in, sat down in front of them, and testified against Naboth in public, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsTwo WitnessesTwo WitnessesCursing GodKilling Named Individuals

Ahab's son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. He reigned for two years over Israel.

Verse ConceptsTwo YearsList Of Kings Of Israel

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