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Jerusalem

  • The ancient Salem — Ge 14:18; Ps 76:2
  • The ancient Jebusi or Jebus — Jos 15:8; 18:28; Judg 19:10
  • The king of, defeated and slain by Joshua — Jos 10:5-23
  • Allotted to the tribe of Benjamin — Jos 18:28
  • Partly taken and burned by Judah — Judg 1:8
  • The Jebusites
    • Formerly dwelt in - Judg 19:10,11
    • Held possession of, with Judah and Benjamin - Jos 15:63; Judg 1:21
    • Finally dispossessed of, by David - 2Sa 5:6-8
  • Enlarged by David — 2Sa 5:9
  • Made the royal city — 2Sa 5:9; 20:3
  • Specially chosen by God — 2Ch 6:6; Ps 135:21
  • The seat of government under the Romans for a time — Mt 27:2,19
  • Roman government transferred from, to Caesarea — Ac 23:23,24; 25:1-13
  • Called
    • City of God - Ps 46:4; 48:1
    • City of the Lord - Isa 60:14
    • City of Judah - 2Ch 25:28
    • City of the great king - Ps 48:2; Mt 5:5
    • City of solemnities - Isa 33:20
    • City of righteousness - Isa 1:26
    • City of truth - Zec 8:3
    • A city not forsaken - Isa 62:12
    • Faithful city - Isa 1:21,26
    • Holy city - Ne 11:1; Isa 48:2; Mt 4:5
    • Throne of the Lord - Jer 3:17
    • Zion - Ps 48:12; Isa 33:20
    • Zion of the holy one of Israel - Isa 60:14
  • Surrounded by mountains — Ps 125:2
  • Surrounded by a wall — 1Ki 3:1
  • Protected by forts and bulwarks — Ps 48:12,13
  • Entered by gates — Ps 122:2; Jer 17:19-21
  • Hezekiah made an aqueduct for — 2Ki 20:20
  • Spoils of war placed in — 1Sa 17:54; 2Sa 8:7
  • Described as
    • Beautiful for situation - Ps 48:2
    • Compact - Ps 122:3
    • Comely - Song 6:4
    • The perfection of beauty - La 2:15
    • Joy of the whole earth - Ps 48:2; La 2:15
    • Princess among the provinces - La 1:1
    • Great - Jer 22:8
    • Populous - La 1:1
    • Full of business and tumult - Isa 22:3
    • Wealth, & c in the time of Solomon - 1Ki 10:26,27
  • Protected by God — Isa 31:5
  • Instances of God's care and protection of — 2Sa 24:16; 2Ki 19:32-34; 2Ch 12:7
  • The temple built in — 2Ch 3:1; Ps 68:29
  • The Jews
    • Went up to, at the feasts - Lu 2:42; Ps 122:4
    • Loved - Ps 137:5,6
    • Lamented the affliction of - Ne 1:2-4
    • Prayed for the prosperity of - Ps 51:18; 122:6
    • Prayed towards - Da 6:10; 1Ki 8:41
  • Wickedness of — Isa 1:1-4; Jer 5:1-5; Mic 3:10
  • Idolatry of — 2Ch 28:4; Eze 8:7-10
  • Wickedness of, the cause of its calamities — 2Ki 21:12-15; 2Ch 24:18; La 1:8; Eze 5:5-8
  • Was the tomb of the prophets — Lu 13:33,34
  • Christ
    • Preached in - Lu 21:37,38; Joh 18:20
    • Did many miracles in - Joh 4:45
    • Publicly entered, as king - Mt 21:9,10
    • Lamented over - Mt 23:37; Lu 19:41
    • Put to death at - Lu 9:31; Ac 13:27,29
  • Gospel first preached at — Lu 24:47; Ac 2:14
  • Miraculous gift of the Holy Spirit first given at — Ac 1:4; 2:1-5
  • Persecution of the Christian church commenced at — Ac 4:1; 8:1
  • First Christian council held at — Ac 15:4,6
  • Calamities of, mentioned
    • Taken and plundered by Shishak - 1Ki 14:25,26; 2Ch 12:1-4
    • Taken and plundered by Jehoash king of Israel - 2Ki 14:13,14
    • Besieged but not taken by Rezin and Pekah - Isa 7:1; 2Ki 16:5
    • Besieged but not taken by Sennacherib - 2Ki 18:17; 19:1-37
    • Taken and made tributary by Pharaoh-Necho - 2Ki 23:33-35
    • Besieged by Nebuchadnezzar - 2Ki 24:10,11
    • Taken and burned by Nebuchadnezzar - 2Ki 25:1-30; Jer 39:1-8
    • Threatened by Sanballat - Ne 4:7,8
  • Rebuilt after the captivity by order of Cyrus — Ezr 1:1-4
  • Prophecies respecting To be taken by king of Babylon - Jer 20:5
    • To be made a heap of ruins - Jer 9:11; 26:18
    • To be a wilderness - Isa 64:10
    • To be rebuilt by Cyrus - Isa 44:26-28
    • To be a quiet habitation - Isa 33:20
    • To be a terror to her enemies - Zec 12:2,3
    • Christ to enter, as king - Zec 9:9
    • The gospel to go forth from - Isa 2:3; 40:9
    • To be destroyed by the Romans - Lu 19:42-44
    • Its capture accompanied by severe calamities - Mt 24:21,29; Lu 21:23,24
    • Signs preceding its destruction - Mt 24:6-15; Lu 21:7-11,25,28
  • Illustrative
    • Of the church - Ga 4:25,26; Heb 12:22
    • Of the church glorified - Re 3:12; 21:2,10
    • (Its strong position,) of saints under God's protection - Ps 125:2

Jews, The

  • Descended from Abraham — Isa 51:2; Joh 8:39
  • Divided into twelve tribes — Ge 35:22; 49:28
  • Called
    • Hebrews - Ge 14:13; 40:15; 2Co 11:22
    • Israelites - Ex 9:7; Jos 3:17
    • Seed of Abraham - Ps 105:6; Isa 41:8
    • Seed of Jacob - Jer 33:26
    • Seed of Israel - 1Ch 16:13
    • Children of Jacob - 1Ch 16:13
    • Children of Israel - Ge 50:25; Isa 27:12
    • Jeshurun - De 32:15
  • Chosen and loved by God — De 7:6,7
  • Circumcised in token of their covenant relation — Ge 17:10,11; Ac 7:8
  • Separated from all other nations — Ex 33:16; Le 20:24; 1Ki 8:53
  • Described as
    • A peculiar people - De 14:2
    • A peculiar treasure - Ex 19:5; Ps 135:4
    • A holy nation - Ex 19:6
    • A holy people - De 7:6; 14:21
    • A kingdom of priests - Ex 19:6
    • A special people - De 7:6
    • The Lord's portion - De 32:9
  • Sojourned in Egypt — Ex 12:40,41
  • Brought out of Egypt by God — Ex 12:42; De 5:15; 6:12
  • In the desert forty years — Nu 14:33; Jos 5:6
  • Settled in Canaan — Nu 32:18; Jos 14:1-5
  • Under the theocracy until the time of Samuel — Ex 19:4-6; 1Sa 8:7
  • Desired and obtained kings — 1Sa 8:5,22
  • Divided into two kingdoms after Solomon — 1Ki 11:31,32; 12:19,20
  • Often subdued and made tributary — Judg 2:13,14; 4:2; 6:2,6; 2Ki 23:33
  • Taken captive to Assyria and Babylon — 2Ki 17:32; 18:11; 24:16; 25:11
  • Restored to their own land by Cyrus — Ezr 1:1-4
  • Had courts of justice — De 16:18
  • Had an ecclesiastical establishment — Ex 28:1; Nu 18:6; Mal 2:4-7
  • Had a series of prophets to promote national reformation — Jer 7:25; 26:4,5; 35:15; 44:4; Eze 38:17
  • The only people who had knowledge of God — Ps 76:1; 1Th 4:5; Ps 48:3; Ro 1:28
  • The only people who worshipped God — Ex 5:17; Ps 96:5; 115:3,4; Joh 4:22
  • Religion of, according to rites prescribed by God — Le 18:4; De 12:8-11; Heb 9:1
  • Religion of, typical — Heb 9:8-11; 10:1
  • Their national greatness — Ge 12:2; De 33:29
  • Their national privileges — Ro 3:2; 9:4,5
  • Their vast numbers — Ge 22:17; Nu 10:36
  • National character of
    • Pride of descent, & c - Jer 13:9; Joh 8:33,41
    • Love of country - Ps 137:6
    • Fondness for their brethren - Ex 2:11,12; Ro 9:1-3
    • Attachment to Moses - Joh 9:28,29; Ac 6:11
    • Attachment to customs of the law - Ac 6:14; 21:21; 22:3
    • Fondness for traditionary customs - Jer 44:17; Eze 20:18,30,21; Mr 7:3,4
    • Stubborn and stiffnecked - Ex 32:9; Ac 7:51
    • Prone to rebellion - De 9:7,24; Isa 1:2
    • Prone to backsliding - Jer 2:11-13; 8:5
    • Prone to idolatry - Isa 2:8; 57:5
    • Prone to formality in religion - Isa 29:13; Eze 33:31; Mt 15:7-9
    • Self-righteous - Isa 65:5; Ro 10:3
    • Unfaithful to covenant engagements - Jer 3:6-8; 31:32; Eze 16:59
    • Ungrateful to God - De 32:15; Isa 1:2
    • Ignorant of the true sense of Scripture - Ac 13:27; 2Co 3:13-15
    • Distrustful of God - Nu 14:11; Ps 78:22
    • Covetous - Jer 6:13; Eze 33:31; Mic 2:2
    • Cowardly - Ex 14:10; Nu 14:3; Isa 51:12
  • Trusted to their privileges for salvation — Jer 7:4; Mt 3:9
  • Distinction of castes among, noticed — Isa 65:5; Lu 7:39; 15:2; Ac 26:5
  • Degenerated as they increased in national greatness — Am 6:4
  • Often displeased God by their sins — Nu 25:3; De 32:16; 1Ki 16:2; Isa 1:4; 5:24,25
  • A spiritual seed of true believers always among — 1Ki 19:18; Isa 6:13; Ro 9:6,7; 11:1,5
  • Modern, divided into
    • Hebrews or pure Jews - Ac 6:1; Php 3:5
    • Hellenists or Grecians - Ac 6:1; 9:29
    • Many sects and parties - Mt 16:6; Mr 8:15
  • An agricultural people — Ge 46:32
  • A commercial people — Eze 27:17
  • Obliged to unite against enemies — Nu 32:20-22; Judg 19:29; 20:1-48; 1Sa 11:7,8
  • Often distinguished in war — Judg 7:19-23; 1Sa 14:6-13; 17:32,33; Ne 4:16-22
  • Strengthened by God in war — Le 26:7,8; Jos 5:13,14; 8:1,2
  • Under God's special protection — De 32:10,11; 33:27-29; Ps 105:13-15; 121:3-5
  • Enemies of, obliged to acknowledge them as divinely protected — Jos 2:9-11; Es 6:13
  • Prohibited from
    • Associating with others - Ac 10:28
    • Covenanting with others - Ex 23:32; De 7:2
    • Marry with others - De 7:3; Jos 23:12
    • Following practices of others - De 12:29-31; 18:9-14
  • Despised all strangers — 1Sa 17:36; Mt 16:26,27; Eph 2:11
  • Held no intercourse with strangers — Joh 4:9; Ac 11:2,3
  • Condemned for associating with other nations — Judg 2:1-3; Jer 2:18
  • Received proselytes from other nations — Ac 2:10; Ex 12:44,48
  • Gentiles made one with, under the gospel — Ac 10:15,28; 15:8,9; Ga 3:28; Eph 2:14-16
  • All other nations
    • Envied - Ne 4:1; Isa 26:11; Eze 35:11
    • Hated - Ps 44:10; Eze 35:5
    • Oppressed - Ex 3:9; Judg 2:18; 4:3
    • Persecuted - La 1:3; 5:5
    • Rejoiced at calamities of - Ps 44:13,14; 80:5,6; Eze 36:4
  • None hated or oppressed, with impunity — Ps 137:8,9; Eze 25:15,16; 35:6; Ob 1:10-16
  • Christ
    • Promised to - Ge 49:10; Da 9:25
    • Expected by - Ps 14:7; Mt 11:3; Lu 2:25,38; Joh 8:56
    • Regarded as the restorer of national greatness - Mt 20:21; Lu 24:21; Ac 1:6
    • Sprang from - Ro 9:5; Heb 7:14
    • Rejected by - Isa 53:3; Mr 6:3; Joh 1:11
    • Murdered by - Ac 7:52; 1Th 2:15
  • Imprecated the blood of Christ upon themselves and their children — Mt 27:25
  • Many of, believed the gospel — Ac 21:20
  • Unbelieving, persecuted the Christians — Ac 17:5,13; 1Th 2:14-16
  • Cast off for unbelief — Ro 11:17,20
  • Scattered and peeled — Isa 18:2,7; Jas 1:1
  • Shall finally be saved — Ro 11:26,27
  • Punishment of, for rejecting and killing Christ, illustrated — Mt 21:37-43
  • Descendants of Abraham — Ps 105:6; Isa 51:2; Joh 8:33; Ro 9:7
  • The people of God — De 32:9; 2Sa 7:24; Isa 51:16
  • Separated to God — Ex 33:16; Nu 23:9; De 4:34
  • Beloved for their father's sake — De 4:37; 10:15; Ro 11:28
  • Christ descended from — Joh 4:22; Ro 9:5
  • The objects of
    • God's love - De 7:8; 23:5; Jer 31:3
    • God's choice - De 7:6
    • God's protection - Ps 105:15; Zec 2:8
  • The covenant established with — Ex 6:4; 24:6-8; 34:27
  • Promises respecting made to
    • Abraham - Ge 12:1-3; 13:14-17; 15:18; 17:7,8
    • Isaac - Ge 26:2-5,24
    • Jacob - Ge 28:12-15; 35:9-12
    • Themselves - Ex 6:7,8; 19:5,6; De 26:18,19
  • Privileges of — Ps 76:1,2; Ro 3:1,2; 9:4,5
  • Punished for
    • Idolatry - Ps 78:58-64; Isa 65:3-7
    • Unbelief - Ro 11:20
    • Breaking covenant - Isa 24:5; Jer 11:10
    • Transgressing the law - Isa 1:4,7; 24:5,6
    • Changing the ordinances - Isa 24:5
    • Killing the prophets - Mt 23:37,38
    • Imprecating upon themselves the blood of Christ - Mt 27:25
  • Scattered among the nations — De 28:64; Eze 6:8; 36:19
  • Despised by the nations — Eze 36:3
  • Their country trodden under foot by the Gentiles — De 28:49-52; Lu 21:24
  • Their house left desolate — Mt 24:38
  • Deprived of civil and religious privileges — Ho 3:4
  • Denunciations against those who
    • Cursed - Ge 27:29; Nu 24:9
    • Contended with - Isa 41:11; 49:25
    • Oppressed - Isa 49:26; 51:21-23
    • Hated - Ps 129:5; Eze 35:5,6
    • Aggravated the afflictions of - Zec 1:14,15
    • Slaughtered - Ps 79:1-7; Eze 35:5,6
  • God, mindful of — Ps 98:3; Isa 49:15,16
  • Christ was sent to — Mt 15:24; 21:37; Ac 3:20,22,26
  • Compassion of Christ for — Mt 23:37; Lu 19:41
  • The gospel preached to, first — Mt 10:6; Lu 24:47; Ac 1:8
  • Blessedness of blessing — Ge 27:29
  • Blessedness of favouring — Ge 12:3; Ps 122:6
  • Pray importunately for — Ps 122:6; Isa 62:1,6,7; Jer 31:7; Ro 10:1
  • Saints remember — Ps 102:14; 137:5; Jer 51:50
  • Promises respecting
    • The pouring out of the Spirit upon them - Eze 39:29; Zec 12:10
    • The removal of their blindness - Ro 11:25; 2Co 3:14-16
    • Their return and seeking to God - Ho 3:5
    • Their humiliation for the rejection of Christ - Zec 12:10
    • Pardon of sin - Isa 44:22; Ro 11:27
    • Salvation - Isa 59:20; Ro 11:26
    • Sanctification - Jer 33:8; Eze 36:25; Zec 12:1,9
    • Joy occasioned by conversion of - Isa 44:23; 49:13; 52:8,9; 66:10
    • Blessing to the Gentiles by conversion of - Isa 2:1-5; 60:5; 66:19; Ro 11:12,15
    • Reunion of - Jer 3:18; Eze 37:16,17,20-22; Ho 1:11; Mic 2:12
    • Restoration to their own land - Isa 11:15,16; 14:1-3; 27:12,13; Jer 16:14,15; Eze 36:24; 37:21,25; 39:25,28; Lu 21:24
    • Gentiles assisting in their restoration - Isa 49:22,23; 60:10,14; 61:4-6
    • Subjection of Gentiles to - Isa 60:11,12,14
    • Future glory of - Isa 60:19; 62:3,4; Zep 3:19,20; Zec 2:5
    • Future prosperity of - Isa 60:6,7,9,17; 61:4-6; Ho 14:5,6
    • That Christ shall appear amongst - Isa 59:20; Zec 14:4
    • That Christ shall dwell amongst - Eze 43:7,9; Zec 2:11
    • That Christ shall reign over - Eze 34:23,24; 37:24,25
  • Conversion of, illustrated — Eze 37:1-14; Ro 11:24

Jordan, the River

  • Eastern boundary of Canaan — Nu 34:12
  • Often overflowed — Jos 3:15; 1Ch 12:15
  • Overflowing of, called the swelling of Jordan — Jer 12:5; 49:19
  • Empties itself into the Dead Sea — Nu 34:12
  • The plains of
    • Thickly wooded - 2Ki 6:2
    • Exceeding fertile - Ge 13:10
    • Infested with lions - Jer 49:19; 50:44
    • Afforded clay for moulding brass, & c - 1Ki 7:46; 2Ch 4:17
    • Chosen by Lot for a residence - Ge 13:11
  • Fordable in some places — Jos 2:7; Judg 12:5,6
  • Ferry boats often used on — 2Sa 19:18
  • Remarkable events connected with
    • Division of its waters to let Israel pass over - Jos 3:12-16; 5:1
    • Return of its waters to their place - Jos 4:18
    • Slaughter of Moabites - Judg 3:28,29
    • Slaughter of the Ephraimites - Judg 12:4-6
    • Its division by Elijah - 2Ki 2:8
    • Its division by Elisha - 2Ki 2:14
    • Healing of Naaman the leper - 2Ki 5:10,14
    • Baptism of multitudes by John the Baptist - Mt 3:6; Mr 1:5; Joh 1:28
    • Baptism of our Lord - Mt 3:13,15; Mr 1:9
  • Passage of Israel over
    • Promised - De 4:22; 9:1; 11:31
    • In an appointed order - Jos 3:1-8
    • Preceded by priests with the ark - Jos 3:6,11,14
    • Successfully effected - Jos 3:17; 4:1,10,11
    • Commemorated by a pillar of stones raised in it - Jos 4:9
    • Commemorated by a pillar of stones in Gilgal - Jos 4:2-8,20-24
    • Alluded to - Ps 74:15; 114:3,5
    • A pledge that God would drive the Canaanites, & c out of their land - Jos 3:10
  • The Jews had great pride in — Zec 11:3
  • Despised by foreigners — 2Ki 5:12
  • Moses not allowed to cross — De 3:27; 31:2

Joy

  • God gives — Ec 2:26; Ps 4:7
  • Christ appointed to give — Isa 61:3
  • Is a fruit of the Spirit — Ga 5:22
  • The gospel, good tidings of — Lu 2:10,11
  • God's word affords — Ne 8:12; Jer 15:16
  • The gospel to be received with — 1Th 1:6
  • Promised to saints — Ps 132:16; Isa 35:10; 55:12; 56:7
  • Prepared for saints — Ps 97:11
  • Enjoined to saints — Ps 32:11; Php 3:1
  • Fulness of, in God's presence — Ps 16:11
  • Vanity of seeking, from earthly things — Ec 2:10,11; 11:8
  • Experienced by
    • Believers - Lu 24:52; Ac 16:34
    • Peace-makers - Pr 12:20
    • The just - Pr 21:15
    • The wise, and discreet - Pr 15:23
    • Parents of good children - Pr 23:24
  • Increased to the meek — Isa 29:19
  • Of saints is
    • In God - Ps 89:16; 149:2; Hab 3:18; Ro 5:11
    • In Christ - Lu 1:47; Php 3:3
    • In the Holy Spirit - Ro 14:17
    • For election - Lu 10:20
    • For salvation - Ps 21:1; Isa 61:10
    • For deliverance from bondage - Ps 105:43; Jer 31:10-13
    • For manifestation of goodness - 2Ch 7:10
    • For temporal blessings - Joe 2:23,24
    • For supplies of grace - Isa 12:3
    • For divine protection - Ps 5:11; 16:8,9
    • For divine support - Ps 28:7; 63:7
    • For the victory of Christ - Joh 16:33
    • For the hope of glory - Ro 5:2
    • For the success of the gospel - Ac 15:3
  • Of saints should be
    • Great - Zec 9:9; Ac 8:8
    • Abundant - 2Co 8:2
    • Exceeding - Ps 21:6; 68:3
    • Animated - Ps 32:11; Lu 6:23
    • Unspeakable - 1Pe 1:8
    • Full of glory - 1Pe 1:8
    • Constant - 2Co 6:10; Php 4:4
    • For evermore - 1Th 5:16
    • With awe - Ps 2:11
    • In hope - Ro 12:12
    • In sorrow - 2Co 6:10
    • Under trials - Jas 1:2; 1Pe 1:6
    • Under persecutions - Mt 5:11,12; Lu 6:22,23; Heb 10:34
    • Under calamities - Hab 3:17,18
    • Expressed in hymns - Eph 5:19; Jas 5:13
  • Afflictions of saints succeeded by — Ps 30:5; 126:5; Isa 35:10; Joh 16:20
  • Pray for restoration of — Ps 51:8,12; 85:6
  • Promote, in the afflicted — Job 29:13
  • Of saints, made full by
    • The favour of God - Ac 2:28
    • Faith in Christ - Ro 15:13
    • Abiding in Christ - Joh 15:10,11
    • The word of Christ - Joh 17:13
    • Answers to prayer - Joh 16:24
    • Communion of saints - 2Ti 1:4; 1Jo 1:3,4; 2Jo 1:12
  • Saints should afford, to their minsters — Php 2:2; Phm 1:20
  • Ministers should
    • Esteem their people as their - Php 4:1; 1Th 2:20
    • Promote, in their people - 2Co 1:24; Php 1:25
    • Pray for, for their people - Ro 15:13
    • Have, in the faith and holiness of their people - 2Co 7:4; 1Th 3:9; 3Jo 1:4
    • Come to their people with - Ro 15:32
    • Finish their course with - Ac 20:24
    • Desire to render an account with - Php 2:16; Heb 13:17
  • Serve God with — Ps 100:2
  • Liberality in God's service should cause — 1Ch 29:9,17
  • Is strengthening to saints — Ne 8:10
  • Saints should engage in all religious services with — Ezr 6:22; Ps 42:4
  • Saints should have, in all their undertakings — De 12:18
  • Saints shall be presented to God with exceeding — 1Pe 4:13; Jude 1:24
  • The coming of Christ will afford to saints, exceeding — 1Pe 4:13
  • Shall be the final reward of saints at the judgment day — Mt 25:21
  • Of the wicked
    • Is derived from earthly pleasures - Ec 2:10; 11:9
    • Is derived from folly - Pr 15:21
    • Is delusive - Pr 14:13
    • Is short-lived - Job 20:5; Ec 7:6
    • Should be turned into mourning - Jas 4:9
    • Shall be taken away - Isa 16:10
  • Holy — Illustrated — Isa 9:3; Mt 13:44
  • Holy — Exemplified
    • Hannah - 1Sa 2:1
    • David - 1Ch 29:9
    • Wise men - Mt 2:10
    • The Virgin Mary - Lu 1:47
    • Zacchaeus - Lu 19:6
    • Converts - Ac 2:46; 13:52
    • Peter, & c - Ac 5:41
    • Samaritans - Ac 8:8
    • Jailor - Ac 16:34

Joy of God Over His People, The

  • Greatness of, described — Zep 3:17
  • On account of their
    • Repentance - Lu 15:7,10
    • Faith - Heb 11:5,6
    • Fear of him - Ps 147:11
    • Praying to him - Pr 15:8
    • Hope in his mercy - Ps 147:11
    • Meekness - Ps 149:4
    • Uprightness - 1Ch 29:17; Pr 11:20
  • Leads to him
    • Prosper them - De 30:9
    • Do them good - De 28:63; Jer 32:41
    • Deliver them - 2Sa 22:20
    • Comfort them - Isa 65:19
    • Give them the inheritance - Nu 14:8
  • Illustrated — Isa 62:5; Lu 15:23,24
  • Exemplified
    • Solomon - 1Ki 10:9

Judah, the Tribe Of

  • Descended from Jacob's fourth son — Ge 29:35
  • Predictions respecting — Ge 49:8-12; De 33:7
  • Persons selected from
    • To number the people - Nu 1:7
    • To spy out the land - Nu 13:6
    • To divide the land - Nu 34:19
  • Strength of, on leaving Egypt — Nu 1:26,27; 2:4
  • Encamped with its standard east of the tabernacle — Nu 2:3
  • Led the first division of Israel in their journeys — Nu 10:14
  • Offering of, at dedication — Nu 7:12-17
  • Families of — Nu 26:19-21
  • Strength of on entering Canaan — Nu 26:22
  • On Gerizim said amen to the blessings — De 27:12
  • Bounds of inheritance — Jos 15:1-12
  • First and most vigorous in driving out the Canaanites — Judg 1:3-20
  • Went first against Gibeah — Judg 20:18
  • Furnished to Israel the first judge — Judg 3:9
  • Aided Saul in his wars — 1Sa 11:8; 15:4
  • After Saul's rebellion appointed to furnish kings to Israel — 1Sa 13:14; 15:28; 16:6,13; 2Sa 2:4; 7:16,17
  • The first to submit to David — 2Sa 2:10
  • Reigned over alone by David seven years and a half — 2Sa 2:11; 5:5
  • Officer placed over by David — 1Ch 27:18
  • Reproved for tardiness in bringing back David after Absalom's rebellion — 2Sa 19:11-15
  • Other tribes jealous of, on account of David — 2Sa 19:41-42; 20:1,2
  • With Benjamin alone, adhered to the house of David — 1Ki 12:21
  • The last tribe carried into captivity — 2Ki 17:18,20; 25:21
  • Out Lord sprang from — Mt 1:3-16; Lu 3:23-33; Heb 7:14
  • Remarkable persons of
    • Achan - Jos 7:18
    • Elimelech - Ru 1:1,2
    • Boaz - Ru 2:1
    • Obed - Ru 4:21
    • Jesse - Ru 4:22; 1Sa 16:1
    • David - 1Sa 16:1,13
    • Solomon - 1Ki 1:32-39
    • Elihu - 1Ch 27:18
    • Pethahiah - Ne 11:24
    • Bezaleel - Ex 31:2; 35:30
    • Nahshon - Nu 7:12
    • Caleb - Nu 14:24
    • Absalom - 2Sa 15:1
    • Elhanan - 2Sa 21:19; 23:24
    • Adonijah - 1Ki 1:5,6
    • Jonathan - 2Sa 21:21
    • Kings of Judah - (See 1st and 2nd Books of Kings)

Judea, Modern

  • One of the divisions of the Holy Land under the Romans — Lu 3:1
  • Comprised the whole of the ancient kingdom of Judah — 1Ki 12:21-24
  • Called
    • The land of Judah - Mt 2:6
    • Jewry - Da 5:13; Joh 7:1
  • A mountainous district — Lu 1:39,65
  • Parts of, desert — Mt 3:1; Ac 8:26
  • Jerusalem the capital of — Mt 4:25
  • Towns of
    • Arimathea - Mt 27:57; Joh 19:38
    • Azotus or Ashdod - Ac 8:40
    • Bethany - Joh 11:1,18
    • Bethlehem - Mt 2:1,6,16
    • Bethphage - Mt 21:1
    • Emmaus - Lu 24:13
    • Ephraim - Joh 11:54
    • Gaza - Ac 8:26
    • Jericho - Lu 10:30; 19:1
    • Joppa - Ac 9:36; 10:5,8
    • Lydda - Ac 9:32,35,38
  • John the Baptist preached in — Mt 3:1
  • Our Lord
    • Born in - Mt 2:1,5,6
    • Tempted in the wilderness of - Mt 4:1
    • Frequently visited - Joh 11:7
    • Often left, to escape persecution - Joh 4:1-3
  • Several Christian churches in — Ac 9:31; 1Th 2:14

Judges, Extraordinary

  • Raised up to deliver Israel — Judg 2:16
  • Upheld and strengthened by God — Judg 2:18
  • Remarkable for their faith — Heb 11:32
  • Names of
    • Othniel - Judg 3:9,10
    • Ehud - Judg 3:15
    • Shamgar - Judg 3:31
    • Deborah - Judg 4:4
    • Gideon - Judg 6:11
    • Abimelech - Judg 9:6
    • Tola - Judg 10:1
    • Jair - Judg 10:3
    • Jephthah - Judg 11:1
    • Ibzan - Judg 12:8
    • Elon - Judg 12:11
    • Abdon - Judg 12:13
    • Samson - Judg 13:24,25; 16:31
    • Eli - 1Sa 4:18
    • Samuel - 1Sa 7:6,15-17
  • During four hundred and fifty years — Ac 13:20
  • Not without intermission — Judg 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25
  • The office of, not always for life, or hereditary — Judg 8:23,29
  • Israel not permanently or spiritually benefitted by — Judg 2:17-19

Judgments

  • Are from God — De 32:39; Job 12:23; Am 3:6; Mic 6:9
  • Different kinds of
    • Blotting out the name - De 29:20
    • Abandonment by God - Ho 4:17
    • Cursing men's blessings - Mal 2:2
    • Pestilence - De 28:21,22; Am 4:10
    • Enemies - 2Sa 24:13
    • Famine - De 28:38-40; Am 4:7-9
    • Famine of hearing the word - Am 8:11
    • The sword - Ex 22:24; Jer 19:7
    • Captivity - De 28:41; Eze 39:23
    • Continued sorrows - Ps 32:10; 78:32,33; Eze 24:23
    • Desolation - Eze 33:29; Joe 3:19
    • Destruction - Job 31:3; Ps 34:16; Pr 2:22; Isa 11:4
  • Inflicted upon
    • Nations - Ge 15:14; Jer 51:20,21
    • Individuals - De 29:20; Jer 23:34
    • False gods - Ex 12:12; Nu 33:4
    • Posterity of sinners - Ex 20:5; Ps 37:28; La 5:7
    • All enemies of saints - Jer 30:16
  • Sent for correction — Job 37:13; Jer 30:11
  • Sent for the deliverance of saints — Ex 6:6
  • Are sent, as punishment for
    • Disobedience to God - Le 26:14-16; 2Ch 7:19,20
    • Despising the warnings of God - 2Ch 36:16; Pr 1:24-31; Jer 44:4-6
    • Murmuring against God - Nu 14:29
    • Idolatry - 2Ki 22:17; Jer 16:18
    • Iniquity - Isa 26:21; Eze 24:13,14
    • Persecuting saints - De 32:43
    • Sins of rulers - 1Ch 21:2,12
  • Manifest the righteous character of God — Ex 9:14-16; Eze 39:21; Da 9:14
  • Are in all the earth — 1Ch 16:14
  • Are frequently tempered with mercy — Jer 4:27; 5:10,15-18; Am 9:8
  • Should lead to
    • Humiliation - Jos 7:6; 2Ch 12:6; La 3:1-20; Joe 1:13; Jon 3:5,6
    • Prayer - 2Ch 20:9
    • Contrition - Ne 1:4; Es 4:3; Isa 22:12
    • Learning righteousness - Isa 26:9
  • Should be a warning to others — Lu 13:3,5
  • May be averted by
    • Humiliation - Ex 33:3,4,14; 2Ch 7:14
    • Prayer - Judg 3:9-11; 2Ch 7:13,14
    • Forsaking iniquity - Jer 18:7,8
    • Turning to God - De 30:1-3
  • Saints
    • Preserved during - Job 5:19,20; Ps 91:7; Isa 26:20; Eze 9:6; Re 7:3
    • Provided for, during - Ge 47:12; Ps 33:19; 37:19
    • Pray for those under - Ex 32:11-13; Nu 11:2; Da 9:3
    • Sympathise with those under - Jer 9:1; 13:17; La 3:48
    • Acknowledge the justice of - 2Sa 24:17; Ezr 9:13; Ne 9:33; Jer 14:17
  • Upon nations - Exemplified
    • The old world - Ge 6:7,17
    • Sodom, & c - Ge 19:24
    • Egypt - Ex 9:14
    • Israel - Nu 14:29,35; 21:6
    • People of Ashdod - 1Sa 5:6
    • People of Bethshemesh - 1Sa 6:19
    • Amalekites - 1Sa 15:3
  • Upon individuals - Exemplified
    • Cain - Ge 4:11,12
    • Canaan - Ge 9:25
    • Korah, & c - Nu 16:33-35
    • Achan - Jos 7:25
    • Hophni, & c - 1Sa 2:34
    • Saul - 1Sa 15:23
    • Uzzah - 2Sa 6:7
    • Jeroboam - 1Ki 13:4
    • Ahab - 1Ki 22:38
    • Gehazi - 2Ki 5:27
    • Jezebel - 2Ki 9:35
    • Nebuchadnezzar - Da 4:31
    • Belshazzar - Da 5:30
    • Zacharias - Lu 1:20
    • Ananias, & c - Ac 5:1-10
    • Herod - Ac 12:23
    • Elymas - Ac 13:11
  • Preservation during - Exemplified
    • Noah - Ge 7:1,16
    • Lot - Ge 19:15-17
    • Joseph, & c - Ge 45:7
    • Elijah - 1Ki 17:9
    • Elisha & c - 2Ki 4:38-41
    • Shunammite - 2Ki 8:1,2

Judgment, The

  • Predicted in the Old Testament — 1Ch 16:33; Ps 9:7; 96:13; Ec 3:17
  • A first principle of the gospel — Heb 6:2
  • A day appointed for — Ac 17:31; Ro 2:16
  • Time of, unknown to us — Mr 13:32
  • Called the
    • Day of wrath - Ro 2:5; Re 6:17
    • Revelation of the righteous judgment of God - Ro 2:5
    • Day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men - 2Pe 3:7
    • Day of destruction - Job 21:30
    • Judgment of the great day - Jude 1:6
  • Shall be administered by Christ — Joh 5:22,27; Ac 10:42; Ro 14:10; 2Co 5:10
  • Saints shall sit with Christ in — 1Co 6:2; Re 20:4
  • Shall take place at the coming of Christ — Mt 25:31; 2Ti 4:1
  • Of Heathen, by the law of conscience — Ro 2:12,14,15
  • Of Jews, by the law of Moses — Ro 2:12
  • Of Christians, by the gospel — Jas 2:12
  • Shall be held upon
    • All nations - Mt 25:32
    • All men - Heb 9:27; 12:23
    • Small and great - Re 20:12
    • The righteous and wicked - Ec 3:17
    • Quick and dead - 2Ti 4:1; 1Pe 4:5
  • Shall be in righteousness — Ps 98:9; Ac 17:31
  • The books shall be opened at — Da 7:10
  • Shall be of all
    • Actions - Ec 11:9; 12:14; Re 20:13
    • Words - Mt 12:36,37; Jude 1:15
    • Thoughts - Ec 12:14; 1Co 4:5
  • None, by nature can stand in — Ps 130:3; 143:2; Ro 3:19
  • Saints shall, through Christ, be enabled to stand in — Ro 8:33,34
  • Christ will acknowledge saints at — Mt 25:34-40; Re 3:5
  • Perfect love will give boldness in — 1Jo 4:17
  • Saints shall be rewarded at — 2Ti 4:8; Re 11:18
  • The wicked shall be condemned in — Mt 7:22,23; 25:41
  • Final punishment of the wicked will succeed — Mt 13:40-42; 25:46
  • The word of Christ shall be a witness against the wicked in — Joh 12:48
  • The certainty of, a motive to
    • Repentance - Ac 17:30,31
    • Faith - Isa 28:16,17
    • Holiness - 2Co 5:9,10; 2Pe 3:11,14
    • Prayer and watchfulness - Mr 13:33
  • Warn the wicked of — Ac 24:25; 2Co 5:11
  • The wicked dread — Ac 24:25; Heb 10:27
  • Neglected advantages increase condemnation at — Mt 11:20-24; Lu 11:31,32
  • Devils shall be condemned at — 2Pe 2:4; Jude 1:6

Justice

  • Commanded — De 16:20; Isa 56:1
  • Christ, an example of — Ps 98:9; Isa 11:4; Jer 23:5
  • Specially required in rulers — 2Sa 23:3; Eze 45:9
  • To be done
    • In executing judgment - De 16:18; Jer 21:12
    • In buying and selling - Le 19:36; De 25:15
    • To the poor - Pr 29:14; 31:9
    • To the fatherless and widows - Isa 1:17
    • To servants - Col 4:1
  • Gifts impede — Ex 23:8
  • God
    • Requires - Mic 6:8
    • Sets the highest value on - Pr 2:13
    • Delights in - Pr 11:1
    • Gives wisdom to execute - 1Ki 3:11,12; Pr 2:6,9
    • Displeased with the want of - Ec 5:8
  • Brings its own reward — Jer 22:15
  • Saints should
    • Study the principles of - Php 4:8
    • Receive instruction in - Pr 1:3
    • Pray for wisdom to execute - 1Ki 3:9
    • Always do - Ps 119:121; Eze 18:8,9
    • Take pleasure in doing - Pr 21:15
    • Teach others to do - Ge 18:19
  • Promises to — Isa 33:15,16; Jer 7:5,7
  • The wicked
    • Scorn - Pr 19:28
    • Abhor - Mic 3:9
    • Call not for - Isa 59:4
    • Banish - Isa 59:14
    • Pass over - Lu 11:42
    • Afflict those who act with - Job 12:4; Am 5:12
  • Exemplified
    • Moses - Nu 16:15
    • Samuel - 1Sa 12:4
    • David - 2Sa 8:15
    • Solomon - 1Ki 3:16-27
    • Josiah - Jer 22:15
    • Joseph - Lu 23:50,51
    • Apostles - 1Th 2:10

Justice of God, The

  • Is a part of his character — De 32:4; Isa 45:21
  • Declared to be Plenteous - Job 37:23
    • Incomparable - Job 4:1
    • Incorruptible - De 10:17; 2Ch 19:7
    • Impartial - 2Ch 19:7; Jer 32:19
    • Unfailing - Zep 3:5
    • Undeviating - Job 8:3; 34:12
    • Without respect of persons - Ro 2:11; Col 3:25; 1Pe 1:17
    • The habitation of his throne - Ps 89:14
  • Not to be sinned against — Jer 50:7
  • Denied by the ungodly — Eze 33:17,20
  • Exhibited in
    • Forgiving sins - 1Jo 1:9
    • Redemption - Ro 3:26
    • His government - Ps 9:4; Jer 9:24
    • His judgments - Ge 18:25; Re 19:2
    • All his ways - Eze 18:25,29
    • The final judgment - Ac 17:31
  • Acknowledge — Ps 51:4; Ro 3:4
  • Magnify — Ps 98:9; 99:3,4

Justification Before God

  • Promised in Christ — Isa 45:25; 53:11
  • Is the act of God — Isa 50:8; Ro 8:33
  • Under law
    • Requires perfect obedience - Le 18:5; Ro 10:5; 2:13; Jas 2:10
    • Man cannot attain to - Job 9:2,3,20; 25:4; Ps 130:3; 143:2; Ro 3:20; 9:31,32
  • Under the gospel
    • Is not of works - Ac 13:39; Ro 8:3; Ga 2:16; 3:11
    • Is not of faith and works united - Ac 15:1-29; Ro 3:28; 11:6; Ga 2:14-21; 5:4
    • Is by faith alone - Joh 5:24; Ac 13:39; Ro 3:30; 5:1; Ga 2:16
    • Is of grace - Ro 3:24; 4:16; 5:17-21
    • In the name of Christ - 1Co 6:11
    • By imputation of Christ's righteousness - Isa 61:10; Jer 23:6; Ro 3:22; 5:18; 1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:21
    • By the blood of Christ - Ro 5:9
    • By the resurrection of Christ - Ro 4:25; 1Co 15:17
    • Blessedness of - Ps 32:1,2; Ro 4:6-8
    • Frees from condemnation - Isa 50:8,9; 54:17; Ro 8:33,34
    • Entitles to an inheritance - Tit 3:7
    • Ensures glorification - Ro 8:30
  • The wicked shall not attain to — Ex 23:7
  • By faith
    • Revealed under the Old Testament age - Hab 2:4; Ro 1:17
    • Excludes boasting - Ro 3:27; 4:2; 1Co 1:29,31
    • Does not make void the law - Ro 3:30,31; 1Co 9:21
  • Typified — Zec 3:4,5
  • Illustrated — Lu 18:14
  • Exemplified
    • Abraham - Ge 15:6
    • Paul - Php 3:8,9
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