Biblical Place • Mareshah • 31.604°N, 34.902°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Mic 1:14 (identified with Mareshah ).
Biblical Place • Mareshah • 31.604°N, 34.902°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 26:18 , Mic 1:1 (identified with Mareshah ).
Biblical Place • Ibleam • 32.450°N, 35.283°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 21:25 (identified with Ibleam ).
Old Testament • 7 Chapters
Micah (Old Testament, 7 chapters). Key figures: Micah, Jotham , Ahaz , Hezekiah , Judah , Jacob/Israel . Key places: Samaria , Jerusalem , Gath , Zaanan , Maroth , Lachish . Opens with: "The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah , which he saw concerning Sa..."
Micah • Chapter 1 (16 verses)
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah , which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem . Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord f... Mentions: Micah , Jotham , Ahaz , Hezekiah , Judah , Samaria , Jerusalem , Gath , Zaanan , Maroth .
Biblical Place • Gath • 31.694°N, 34.844°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 8:1 (identified with Gath ).
a bringing together, a gathering in, a collection
Primary meaning: a bringing together, a gathering in, a collection, a collecting, assembling. Strong's: an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place); by analogy, a Christian church. Lexical nuances: prop., a bringing together ;
Derivation: from (the reduplicated form of) G4863 (συνάγω);
to gather or bring together, having sold off all, to be gathered
Primary meaning: to gather or bring together, having sold off all, to be gathered, come together. Strong's: to lead together, i.e. collect or convene; specially, to entertain (hospitably). Lexical nuances: to gather or bring together : of things, Jo 6:12, 13 ; seq. εἰς , Mt 3:12 , al.; ἐκεῖ , Lk 12:18 ; ποῦ , Lk 12:17 ; συναγαγὼν πάντα (sc. εἰς ἀργύριον ; v. Field, Notes , 68, MM, xxiv), having sold off all : Lk 15:13 ; of persons, Jo 11:52 ; esp. of assemblies, Mt 2:4 , Jo 11:47 , Ac 14:27 , al. Pass., to be gathered or come together : Mt 22:41 , Mk 2:2 , Lk 22:66 , al.; seq. ἐπί Mk 5:21 , Ac 4:...
Derivation: from G4862 (σύν) and G71 (ἄγω);
goodness
Primary meaning: goodness. Strong's: goodness, i.e. virtue or beneficence. Lexical nuances: goodness (representing "the kindlier, as δικαιοσύνη , the sterner element in the ideal character," AR, Eph., 5:9 ; on its relation to χρηστότης , v. Tr., Syn ., §lxiii): Ro 15:14 , Ga 5:22 , II Th 1:11 .†
Derivation: from G18 (ἀγαθός);
Matthew • Chapter 13 (58 verses)
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , James ( Jacob ), Joses , Simon .
to wait eagerly, hope in, gather
To bind together, wait eagerly with stretched-out neck; 'Those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength' (Isaiah 40:31).
Derivation: Primitive root.
1 Corinthians • Chapter 16 (24 verses)
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia , even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. And when I come, whomsoever ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Galatia , Jerusalem , Macedonia , Ephesus , Achaia .
to assemble, gather together, convoke
To convoke the covenant community for worship, covenant renewal, or war (Exodus 35:1, 1 Kings 8:1).
Derivation: Primitive root.
1 Chronicles • Chapter 22 (19 verses)
Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel . And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel ; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. And David prepared ... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel, Solomon , Moses , Tyre .
Mark • Chapter 2 (28 verses)
And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. And they come unto... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Levi , David , Capernaum .
good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness
Primary meaning: good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness. Strong's: "good" (in any sense, often as noun). Lexical nuances: in general, good , in physical and in moral sense, used of persons, things, acts, conditions, etc., applied to that which is regarded as "perfect in its kind, so as to produce pleasure and satisfaction, . . . that which, in itself good, is also at once for the good and the advantage of him who comes in contact with it" (Cremer, 3): γῆ , Lk 8:8 ; δένδρον , Mt 7:18 ; καρδία , Lk 8:15 ; δόσις , Ja...
Derivation: a primary word;
Amos • Chapter 6 (14 verses)
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion , and trust in the mountain of Samaria , which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! Pass ye unto Calneh , and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better tha... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , David , Joseph , Zion , Samaria , Calneh , Hamath , Gath .
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 1 Chapters
Bel and the Dragon ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 1 chapters). Key figures: Daniel . Key places: Babylon . Opens with: "AND king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom...."
Mark • Chapter 4 (41 verses)
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, ...
1 Samuel • Chapter 22 (23 verses)
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam : and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves... Mentions: David , Moab , Gad , Judah , Saul , Adullam , Mizpeh 1 , Gibeah 1 , Ramah 1 .
1 Samuel • Chapter 27 (12 verses)
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul : there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel : so shall I escape out of his ... Mentions: David , Saul, Jacob/Israel , Abigail , Judah , Gath , Ziklag , Shur , Egypt .
Daniel • Chapter 3 (30 verses)
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura , in the province of Babylon . Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains,... Mentions: Dura , Babylon .
2 Thessalonians • Chapter 2 (17 verses)
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ , and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.
1 Samuel • Chapter 17 (58 verses)
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Soco , which belongeth to Judah , and pitched between Soco and Azekah , in Ephes–dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the ... Mentions: Judah , Saul , Jacob/Israel , David , Jesse , Soco, Azekah , Gath , Ekron , Shaaraim 1 .
1 Samuel • Chapter 6 (21 verses)
And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. And they said, If ye send away the ark of the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Abel , Ekron , Ashdod , Gaza , Ashkelon , Gath .
1 Samuel • Chapter 5 (12 verses)
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben–ezer unto Ashdod . When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ashdod, Gath , Ekron .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 18 (17 verses)
Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites became David 's servants, and brought gifts. And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath ,... Mentions: David, Moab , Moabites , Solomon , Esau ( Edom ), Gath , Zobah , Hamath , Euphrates .
Acts • Chapter 28 (31 verses)
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. And when Paul had gathered a bundle of st... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Alexandria , Syracuse , Rhegium , Puteoli , Rome .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 26 (23 verses)
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah , who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah . He built Eloth , and restored it to Judah , after that the king slept with his fathers. Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fift... Mentions: Judah, Azariah (or Uzziah), Amaziah , Zechariah , Ammonites , Eloth , Jerusalem , Gath , Jabneh , Ashdod .
2 Kings • Chapter 12 (21 verses)
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer–sheba. And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. But the high places ... Mentions: Judah , Jehoshaphat , Ahaziah , Joash , David , Jerusalem , Syria , Gath , Millo , Silla .
Old Testament • 24 Chapters
2 Samuel (Old Testament, 24 chapters). Key figures: Saul , David , Amalekites , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Judah . Key places: Ziklag , Gilboa , Gath , Ashkelon , Hebron , Jabesh . Opens with: "Now it came to pass after the death of Saul , when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites , and David had abode two days in Z..."