Quotes about Israel

Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel;

They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.

The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

All of them were reckoned in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.

But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,