Behold Israel

And one told Jacob, and said, behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

And israel said unto Joseph, behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

And he said unto his people, behold, the people of the children of israel are more and mightier than we:

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

• Borrowing
• Gold
• Government

And Moses said unto God, behold, when I come unto the children of israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

• Moses
• Despondency

And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, behold, the children of israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of israel cried out unto the LORD.

And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.

• Water

behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of israel.

And when Aaron and all the children of israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.

And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

And the children of israel spake unto Moses, saying, behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

• Sceptre
• Star
• Stars

I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

And, behold, one of the children of israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

behold, these caused the children of israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

• Reproof

And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward israel.

And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in israel:

Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of israel for a possession:

And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of israel to search out the country.

And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

And the children of israel heard say, behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of israel.

And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

behold, ye are all children of israel; give here your advice and counsel.

And they said, What one is there of the tribes of israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.

And the LORD said to Samuel, behold, I will do a thing in israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

And Samuel said unto all israel, behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;

And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of israel shall be established in thine hand.

And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all israel unto thee.

Then came all the tribes of israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

• Slander

And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for israel had fled every man to his tent.

And, behold, all the men of israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?

And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of israel, behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of israel.

• Ben-hadad
• Bribery
• Treaty

There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of israel, that he may depart from me.

And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

• Cord

And his servants said unto him, behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in israel,

And he brought the letter to the king of israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

• NAAMAN
• Decision

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of israel.

And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of israel.

And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of israel.

And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of israel.

Therefore thus saith the LORD God of israel, behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

So all israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

Then all israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

• Peace

behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto israel in his days.

• Offerings
• Priest
• Temple

behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to israel.

• Priest

And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

• Alliances

There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of israel, that he may depart from me.

And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and israel.

And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of israel.

Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and israel?

Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and israel.

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and israel.

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of israel.

And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of israel and Judah.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

O LORD God of israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

behold, he that keepeth israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of israel.

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

• Call

behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of israel; for he hath glorified thee.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of israel; behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people israel to inherit; behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of israel; behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of israel out of the land of Egypt;

O house of israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of israel.

And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of israel; behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of israel; behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

Thus saith the LORD God of israel; behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

Therefore thus saith the LORD God of israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of israel out of the land of Egypt;

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of israel, and with the house of Judah:

behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of israel and to the house of Judah.

Thus saith the LORD, the God of israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of israel; behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

Thus saith the LORD, the God of israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of israel; behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.

And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of israel; behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of israel; behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

The LORD of hosts, the God of israel, saith; behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:

But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of israel; behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

And say, Ye mountains of israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

And, behold, the glory of the God of israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

• Painted
• House
• Idolatry

So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

Son of man, behold, they of the house of israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.

And say to the land of israel, Thus saith the LORD; behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

behold, the princes of israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

Speak unto the house of israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

Prophesy therefore concerning the land of israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of israel.

Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; behold, I will take the children of israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of israel.

And, behold, the glory of the God of israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.

But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

• Just
• Character
• Simeon

And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

• Benedictions

And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

behold israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

For finding fault with them, he saith, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of israel and with the house of Judah: