Löydetty 2637 Tulokset: Chosen People
'Blessed be Yahweh,' he said, 'who has granted rest to his people Israel, keeping all his promises. Of all the promises of good that he made through his servant Moses, not one has failed. (1 Kings 8, 56)
May these words of mine, of my entreaty before Yahweh, be present with Yahweh our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of Israel his people, as each day requires, (1 Kings 8, 59)
On the eighth day he dismissed the people, who bade farewell to the king and went home joyful and happy of heart over all the goodness which Yahweh had shown to his servant and his people Israel. (1 Kings 8, 66)
There were five hundred and fifty officials in charge of the foremen over Solomon's work, who supervised the people employed on the work. (1 Kings 9, 23)
Even so, I shall not tear the whole kingdom from him. For the sake of my servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen, I shall leave your son one tribe.' (1 Kings 11, 13)
He will keep one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel; (1 Kings 11, 32)
I shall give one tribe to his son, so that my servant David may always have a lamp in my presence in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen as a dwelling-place for my name. (1 Kings 11, 36)
He said to them, 'Go away for three days and then come back to me.' And the people went away. (1 Kings 12, 5)
King Rehoboam then consulted the elders who had been in attendance on his father Solomon while he was alive, and said, 'How do you advise me to answer this people?' (1 Kings 12, 6)
They replied, 'If you become the servant of this people today, and submit to them and give them a fair reply, then they will remain your servants for ever.' (1 Kings 12, 7)
He said, 'How do you advise us to answer these people who have been saying, "Lighten the yoke which your father imposed on us!"? ' (1 Kings 12, 9)
The young men who had grown up with him replied, 'This is the way to answer these people who have been saying, "Your father made our yoke heavy, you must lighten it for us!" This is the right thing to say to them, "My little finger is thicker than my father's loins. (1 Kings 12, 10)