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Agriculture or Farming was Promoted Amongst the Jews by Separation from Other Nations Exodus 33:16

For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

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Ahaz: King of Judah, Son and Successor of Jotham: Idolatrous Abominations of 2 Kings 16:3, 4

Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

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Ahaz: King of Judah, Son and Successor of Jotham: Idolatrous Abominations of 2 Chronicles 28:2–4, 22–25

Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals. / Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

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Alliances: Canaanitish Nations Against Israel Joshua 9:1, 2

Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)— / they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

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Ambassadors: Israelites to Various Nations Judges 11:12–28

Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?” / The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.” / Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites

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Armies of Different Nations often Confederated Joshua 9:2

they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

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Armies of Different Nations often Confederated Joshua 10:5

So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

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Armies of Different Nations often Confederated Judges 3:13

After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

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Armies of Different Nations often Confederated 1 Kings 20:1

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.

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Armies: Often Consisted of the Whole Effective Strength of Nations Numbers 21:23

But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

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Armies: Often Consisted of the Whole Effective Strength of Nations 1 Samuel 29:1

Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

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Babylon: As a Power Was: An Instrument of God's Vengeance on Other Nations Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

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Babylon: As a Power Was: An Instrument of God's Vengeance on Other Nations Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

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Babylon: Composed of Many Nations Daniel 3:4

Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:

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Babylon: Composed of Many Nations Daniel 3:29

Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”

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Beasts: People of Different Nations Daniel 4:12, 21, 22

Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed. / whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested— / you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.

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Birds of Hostile Nations Jeremiah 12:9

Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.

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Burial: The Right of all Nations Judges 16:31

Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.

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Burial: The Right of all Nations John 19:38

Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

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Canaanites: Eleven Nations, Descended from Canaan Genesis 10:15–19

And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, / the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, / the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

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Canaanites: Eleven Nations, Descended from Canaan Deuteronomy 7:1

When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

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Canaanites: Eleven Nations, Descended from Canaan 1 Chronicles 1:13–16

And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, / the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, / the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

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Character of the Unrenewed Heart: Full of Evil Imaginations Genesis 6:5

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

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Character of the Unrenewed Heart: Full of Evil Imaginations Genesis 8:21

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

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Character of the Unrenewed Heart: Full of Evil Imaginations Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

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Commerce: Increased the Wealth of Nations and Individuals 2 Chronicles 9:20–22

All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon. / For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. / So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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Commerce: Increased the Wealth of Nations and Individuals Proverbs 31:14–18

She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar. / She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants. / She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.

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Commerce: Increased the Wealth of Nations and Individuals Ezekiel 28:4, 5

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries. / By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

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Covenants: The Jews: Condemned for Making, with Idolatrous Nations Isaiah 30:2–5

They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. / But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace. / For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

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Covenants: The Jews: Condemned for Making, with Idolatrous Nations Hosea 12:1

Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

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Covenants: The Jews: Forbidden to Make, with the Nations of Canaan Exodus 23:32

You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

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Covenants: The Jews: Forbidden to Make, with the Nations of Canaan Deuteronomy 7:2

and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

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Covenants: The Jews: Frequently Made with Other Nations 1 Kings 5:12

And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

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Covenants: The Jews: Frequently Made with Other Nations 2 Kings 17:4

But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.

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Denominations 1 Corinthians 1:10

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.

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Denominations 1 Corinthians 1:12, 13

What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” / Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?

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Denominations Romans 16:17

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.

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Denominations Ephesians 4:4, 5

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; / one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

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Denominations 2 John 1:9

Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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Denominations Titus 2:1

But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine.

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Denominations Matthew 12:25

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

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Denominations Matthew 16:18

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

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Denominations 1 Corinthians 11:19

And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

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Denominations Galatians 3:20

A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.

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Diplomacy by Intermarriage with Other Nations 1 Kings 1:1–5

Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm. / So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.” / Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

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Dreams: Impure Imaginations Jude 1:8

Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

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Ezekiel: Visions of of Jews' Abominations Ezekiel 8:5, 6

“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”

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Feasts: Celebrations by Coronations 1 Kings 1:25

For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

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Feasts: Celebrations by Coronations 1 Chronicles 12:38–40

All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king. / They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them. / And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.

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Galilee: The Northern District of Palestine: Called Galilee of the Nations Isaiah 9:1

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

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Gentiles: Called: Nations Psalm 9:20

Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

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Gentiles: Called: Nations Psalm 22:28

For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

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Gentiles: Called: Nations Isaiah 9:1

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

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Gentiles: Comprehend all Nations Except the Jews Romans 2:9

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

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Gentiles: Comprehend all Nations Except the Jews Romans 3:9

What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.

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Gentiles: Comprehend all Nations Except the Jews Romans 9:24

including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?

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God: Preserver in Giving Peace with Other Nations 2 Chronicles 17:1

Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.

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Government: God In in the Destruction of Nations Amos 9:8

Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

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Harlot (Prostitute): Machinations of Proverbs 7:10

Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

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Harlot (Prostitute): Machinations of Proverbs 9:14–17

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, / calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. / “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

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Harlot (Prostitute): Machinations of Isaiah 23:15, 16

At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot: / “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

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Harlot (Prostitute): Machinations of Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

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Hittites: One of the Seven Nations of Canaan Deuteronomy 7:1

When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

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Hivites: One of the Seven Nations of Canaan Deuteronomy 7:1

When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

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Idolatry: All Heathen Nations Given up To Psalm 96:5

For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

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Idolatry: All Heathen Nations Given up To Romans 1:23, 25

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

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Idolatry: All Heathen Nations Given up To 1 Corinthians 12:2

You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

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Idolatry: Objects of Described as Abominations Isaiah 44:19

And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”

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Idolatry: Objects of Described as Abominations Jeremiah 32:34

They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

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Idolatry: They Who Practise are Vain in Their Imaginations Romans 1:21

For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

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Israel: Nations Dread Deuteronomy 2:25

This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

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Jerusalem: Catalogue of Abominations In Ezekiel 22:3–12, 25–30

and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself, / you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. / Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.

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Jerusalem: Catalogue of Abominations In Ezekiel 23:1

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Jerusalem: Catalogue of Abominations In Ezekiel 33:25, 26

Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land? / You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’

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Jesus, the Christ: Names, Appellations, and Titles of: Desire of all Nations Haggai 2:7

I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.

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Joshua: The Kings of the Six Nations of the Canaanites Band Together Against Him Joshua 9:1, 2

Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)— / they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

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Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Obstructed by the Surrounding Nations Exodus 17:8

After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

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Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Obstructed by the Surrounding Nations Numbers 20:21

So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.

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Judgments: Inflicted Upon: Nations Genesis 15:14

But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

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Judgments: Inflicted Upon: Nations Jeremiah 51:20, 21

“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. / With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.

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Judgments: Upon Nations - Exemplified: Amalekites 1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

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Judgments: Upon Nations - Exemplified: Egypt Exodus 9:14

Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

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Judgments: Upon Nations - Exemplified: Israel Numbers 14:29, 35

Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me. / I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”

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Judgments: Upon Nations - Exemplified: Israel Numbers 21:6

So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.

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Judgments: Upon Nations - Exemplified: People of Ashdod 1 Samuel 5:6

Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.

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Judgments: Upon Nations - Exemplified: People of Bethshemesh 1 Samuel 6:19

But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.

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Judgments: Upon Nations - Exemplified: Sodom Genesis 19:24

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

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Judgments: Upon Nations - Exemplified: The Old World Genesis 6:7, 17

So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.” / And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

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Kings: Israel Asked For, That They Might be Like the Nations 1 Samuel 8:5, 19, 20

“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.” / Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us. / Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”

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Kings: Supreme Judges of Nations 1 Samuel 8:5

“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

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Kings: Their Revenues Derived From: Tribute from Foreign Nations 1 Kings 4:21, 24, 25

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. / For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides. / Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

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Kings: Their Revenues Derived From: Tribute from Foreign Nations 2 Chronicles 8:8

their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

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Kings: Their Revenues Derived From: Tribute from Foreign Nations 2 Chronicles 17:11

Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.

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Language of some Nations Difficult Ezekiel 3:5, 6

For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel— / not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

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Language: Ancient Kingdoms often Comprehended Nations of Different Esther 1:22

He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.

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Language: Ancient Kingdoms often Comprehended Nations of Different Daniel 3:4

Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:

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Language: Ancient Kingdoms often Comprehended Nations of Different Daniel 6:25

Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.

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Language: Confusion of Divided Men Into Separated Nations Genesis 10:5, 20, 31

From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations. / These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations. / These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

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Military Arms of Conquered Nations Taken Away to Prevent Rebellion Judges 5:8

When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

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Military Arms of Conquered Nations Taken Away to Prevent Rebellion 1 Samuel 13:19–22

And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.” / Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles. / The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.

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