26 occurrences

'Upon' in the Bible

And before they had lain down, she went up to them upon the roof;

Verse ConceptsRoofRooftop

And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

Verse ConceptsCityRopesWallsLowered From WindowsLowering People

and it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be innocent; but every one who shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be upon our head, if any hand be upon him.

Verse ConceptsHeadsRoadsStreetsGoing OutsideResponsibility

and Joshua said to them, Pass before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and lift up each of you a stone and put it upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,

Verse ConceptsThe MiddleStones As MonumentsTwelve TribesTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

And he said, No; for as captain of the army of Jehovah am I now come. Then Joshua fell upon his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

Verse ConceptsGesturesAttitudes, in prayerProstrationGod As A WarriorDivinityServant LeadershipResolving Conflictarmyreverence

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and threw dust upon their heads.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesArk Of The Covenant, FunctionEveningClothing, Tearing OfHeadsProstrationSprinklingHumility, Examples OfDust On The HeadThose Who Tore Clothes

And Jehovah said to Joshua, Rise up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

Verse ConceptsIndecisionGet Up!

And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned upon the pursuers.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesConflagrations

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcase down from the tree, and threw it down at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised upon it a great heap of stones, which remains to this day.

Verse ConceptsGallowsGatesHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSunsetsCairnsPeople Hung To DeathPlaces To This Day

then they also acted with craft, and they went prepared as on a journey, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-flasks, old and rent and tied up;

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitBottle, UsesenvoyCraftinessWineskins And Vatsimprovement

and old and patched sandals upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

Verse ConceptsShoesRepulsive FoodRepairingFood Decaying

This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath come upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsUnfaithfulness, To PeopleKept Alive By Men

And Joshua came upon them suddenly; he went up from Gilgal all night.

Verse ConceptsSuddenlyWalking All Nightsurprises

And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them up to Azekah, and they died. They were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel had slain with the sword.

Verse ConceptsHailSkyWeather, As God's JudgmentGod KillingIsrael FleeingGod Killed The Peoples

Then spoke Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah gave up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand still upon Gibeon; And thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon!

Verse ConceptsThe SunEclipseSolar EclipseSunshine

And the sun stood still, and the moon remained where it was, until the nation had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? And the sun remained standing in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a full day.

Verse ConceptsBooksBooks, Not PreservedSkyOne DayHistorical BooksSunSunshineThe Moonmovement

And afterwards Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

Verse ConceptsGallowsHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfFive ThingsKilling KingsAction Until EveningPeople Hung To Death

And Joshua, and all the people of war with him, came upon them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.

Verse ConceptsSuddenly

Only, all the cities that stood still upon their hills Israel did not burn, save Hazor alone, which Joshua burned.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyConflagrationsBurning Cities

Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the ravine, and over half Gilead, as far as the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsHalf Of DistrictsArnon

and went down from Janohah to Ataroth and Naarath, and touched upon Jericho, and went out to the Jordan.

Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border. And they touched upon Asher on the north, and upon Issachar on the east.

and the border turned westwards to Aznoth-Tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok, and reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah upon Jordan towards the sun-rising.

But it shall come to pass, that as every good word hath been fulfilled to you, that Jehovah your God spoke to you, so will Jehovah bring upon you every evil word, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you;

Verse ConceptsReliabilityThreateningsGod Will Kill His People

Then they cried to Jehovah, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long time.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsGod Led Them Through The WildernessStaying A Long TimeLooking At God's Works

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