Talált 119 Eredmények: Meaning Of The Tower Of Babel
And he said to the Israelites, It will not be long before sons are asking their fathers the question, What is the meaning of these stones? (Joshua 4, 21)
And he had a threat for these too: When I come back, safe and a conqueror, I will throw this tower of yours to the ground. (Judges 8, 9)
Then he threw the tower of Phanuel to the ground, and killed all who dwelt in it. (Judges 8, 17)
When this news reached the men who dwelt in Sichem Watch-tower, they took refuge in the temple of their god, whom they called Berith because they had made a covenant with him there. It gave its name to the ground on which it stood, which was strongly fortified. (Judges 9, 46)
And Abimelech, when he was told that all the inhabitants of Sichem Watch-tower were so cooped up together, (Judges 9, 47)
So, eagerly enough, they followed their leader’s example, and when they reached the stronghold they surrounded it and set fire to it. Thus smoke and fire brought death to a thousand souls, all the men and women that dwelt in Sichem Watch-tower. (Judges 9, 49)
There was a high tower in the middle of the city, in which men and women alike had taken refuge, all the chief magistrates of the city among them. Its doors were stoutly barred, and there were battlements on its roof behind which the defenders stood. (Judges 9, 51)
So the elders of Galaad told him what was the meaning of their errand; if he would go with them and fight against the Ammonites, he should become ruler of all that dwelt in Galaad. (Judges 11, 8)
And you have come here, answered Jephte, meaning in all honesty to make me your ruler, if I fight against Ammon for you and the Lord grants me victory? (Judges 11, 9)
(In those days, the Israelites used to speak of going to consult the seer, meaning by the seer what we now call a prophet.) (1 Samuel 9, 9)
When the king and his army marched on Jerusalem, to attack the Jebusites, that were native to the soil, they met him with the taunt, Thou must rid thyself of blind men and lame, before thou canst make thy way in here, meaning that David would never make his way in; (2 Samuel 5, 6)
And when his servants asked what his meaning was, that he should fast and lament over the child still living, rise up and take food once the child was dead, (2 Samuel 12, 21)
