Löydetty 2570 Tulokset: Power In Israel
he followed the example of the Israelite kings, even consecrating his son by passage through the fire, after the idolatrous wont of those nations which the Lord drove out to make room for Israel. (2 Kings 16, 3)
Thereupon Achaz sent a message to the Assyrian king, Theglath-Phalasar; Bring aid, master, to thy servant, father, to thy son; rescue me from the assault of Syria and Israel; (2 Kings 16, 7)
He too defied the Lord’s will, yet not so wantonly as the other kings of Israel before him. (2 Kings 17, 2)
Such was their doom, who had no sooner escaped from Egypt and from the power of Pharao, than they wronged the God who had rescued them by worshipping alien gods instead. (2 Kings 17, 7)
So it was that the Lord, in anger, banished Israel from his presence, and the tribe of Juda stood alone (2 Kings 17, 18)
(not that even these kept the commandments of the Lord their God; these too strayed into false paths, of Israel’s making). (2 Kings 17, 19)
All Israel’s race, then, the Lord cast off; humbled them, and left them at the spoiler’s mercy; was ready, at last, to banish them from his presence altogether. (2 Kings 17, 20)
To his evil example the men of Israel clung, and would never forgo it, (2 Kings 17, 22)
And so it is to this day; the old habits still cling. This is not to fear the Lord, this is not to keep observance and decree, law and command, as the sons of Jacob should; Jacob, to whom the Lord gave his name of Israel. (2 Kings 17, 34)
To the Lord your God, he told them, the God who rescued you from Egypt with such signal proofs of his constraining power, all fear, all worship, all sacrifice belongs; (2 Kings 17, 36)
give to him only; then he will deliver you from the power of your enemies. (2 Kings 17, 39)
In the Lord God of Israel he put all his trust; never was a king of Juda to rival him before or after; (2 Kings 18, 5)
