Verse 2

Now [they of] Beth -{H1004} el{H410} had sent{H7971} Sharezer{H8272} and Regem-melech,{H7278} and their men,{H582} to entreat{H2470} the favor{H6440} of Jehovah,{H3068}

Referenced Verses

  • Zech 8:21 : 21 and the inhabitants{H3427} of one{H259} [city] shall go{H1980} to another,{H259} saying,{H559} Let us go{H3212} speedily{H1980} to entreat{H2470} the favor{H6440} of Jehovah,{H3068} and to seek{H1245} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} I will go{H3212} also.
  • Jer 26:19 : 19 Did Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} and all{H4191} Judah{H3063} put him to death?{H4191} did he not fear{H3373} Jehovah,{H3068} and entreat{H2470} the favor of Jehovah,{H3068} and Jehovah{H3068} repented{H5162} him of the evil{H7451} which he had pronounced{H1696} against them? Thus{H587} should we commit{H6213} great{H1419} evil{H7451} against our own souls.{H5315}
  • 1 Sam 13:12 : 12 therefore said{H559} I, Now will the Philistines{H6430} come down{H3381} upon me to Gilgal,{H1537} and I have not entreated{H2470} the favor of{H6440} Jehovah:{H3068} I forced{H662} myself therefore, and offered{H5927} the burnt-offering.{H5930}
  • 1 Kgs 13:6 : 6 And the king{H4428} answered{H6030} and said{H559} unto the man{H376} of God,{H430} Entreat{H2470} now the favor{H6440} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and pray{H6419} for me, that my hand{H3027} may be restored me again.{H7725} And the man{H376} of God{H430} entreated{H2470} Jehovah,{H3068} and the king's{H4428} hand{H3027} was restored him again,{H7725} and became as it was before.{H7223}
  • Ezra 6:10 : 10 that they may offer{H1934} sacrifices of sweet savor{H5208} unto the God{H426} of heaven,{H8065} and pray{H6739} for the life{H2417} of the king,{H4430} and of his sons.{H1123}
  • Ezra 7:15-23 : 15 and to carry{H2987} the silver{H3702} and gold,{H1722} which the king{H4430} and his counsellors{H3272} have freely offered{H5069} unto the God{H426} of Israel,{H3479} whose{H1768} habitation{H4907} is in Jerusalem,{H3390} 16 and all{H3606} the silver{H3702} and gold{H1722} that thou shalt find{H7912} in all{H3606} the province{H4083} of Babylon,{H895} with{H5974} the freewill-offering{H5069} of the people,{H5972} and of the priests,{H3549} offering willingly{H5069} for the house{H1005} of their God{H426} which is in Jerusalem;{H3390} 17 therefore{H3606} thou shalt with all diligence{H629} buy{H7066} with this{H1836} money{H3702} bullocks,{H8450} rams,{H1798} lambs,{H563} with their meal-offerings{H4504} and their drink-offerings,{H5261} and shalt offer{H7127} them{H1994} upon{H5922} the altar{H4056} of the house{H1005} of your God{H426} which is in Jerusalem.{H3390} 18 And whatsoever{H4101} shall seem good{H3191} to thee and to{H5922} thy brethren{H252} to do{H5648} with the rest{H7606} of the silver{H3702} and the gold,{H1722} that do{H5648} ye after the will{H7470} of your God.{H426} 19 And the vessels{H3984} that are given{H3052} thee for the service{H6402} of the house{H1005} of thy God,{H426} deliver{H8000} thou before{H6925} the God{H426} of Jerusalem.{H3390} 20 And whatsoever more{H7606} shall be needful{H2819} for the house{H1005} of thy God,{H426} which thou shalt have occasion{H5308} to bestow,{H5415} bestow{H5415} it out of{H4481} the king's{H4430} treasure -{H1596} house.{H1005} 21 And I,{H4481} even I{H576} Artaxerxes{H783} the king,{H4430} do make{H7761} a decree{H2942} to all{H3606} the treasurers{H1490} that are beyond{H5675} the River,{H5103} that whatsoever Ezra{H5831} the priest,{H3549} the scribe{H5613} of the law{H1882} of the God{H426} of heaven,{H8065} shall require{H7593} of you, it be done{H5648} with all diligence,{H629} 22 unto{H5705} a hundred{H3969} talents{H3604} of silver,{H3702} and to a hundred{H3969} measures{H3734} of wheat,{H2591} and to a hundred{H3969} baths{H1325} of wine,{H2562} and to a hundred{H3969} baths{H1325} of oil,{H4887} and salt{H4416} without{H3809} prescribing{H3792} how much. 23 Whatsoever{H3606} is commanded by{H2941} the God{H426} of heaven,{H8065} let it be done{H5648} exactly{H149} for the house{H1005} of the God{H426} of heaven;{H8065} for{H1768} why{H4101} should there be{H1934} wrath{H7109} against{H5922} the realm{H4437} of the king{H4430} and his sons?{H1123}
  • Ezra 8:28-30 : 28 And I said{H559} unto them, Ye are holy{H6944} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and the vessels{H3627} are holy;{H6944} and the silver{H3701} and the gold{H2091} are a freewill-offering{H5071} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of your fathers.{H1} 29 Watch{H8245} ye, and keep{H8104} them, until ye weigh{H8254} them before{H6440} the chiefs{H8269} of the priests{H3548} and the Levites,{H3881} and the princes{H8269} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of Israel,{H3478} at Jerusalem,{H3389} in the chambers{H3957} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068} 30 So the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881} received{H6901} the weight{H4948} of the silver{H3701} and the gold,{H2091} and the vessels,{H3627} to bring{H935} them to Jerusalem{H3389} unto the house{H1004} of our God.{H430}
  • Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks{H6629} of Kedar{H6938} shall be gathered together{H6908} unto thee, the rams{H352} of Nebaioth{H5032} shall minister{H8334} unto thee; they shall come up{H5927} with acceptance{H7522} on mine altar;{H4196} and I will glorify{H6286} the house{H1004} of my glory.{H8597}
  • Zech 6:10 : 10 Take{H3947} of them of the captivity,{H1473} even of Heldai,{H2469} of Tobijah,{H2900} and of Jedaiah;{H3048} and come{H935} thou the same day,{H3117} and go{H935} into the house{H1004} of Josiah{H2977} the son{H1121} of Zephaniah,{H6846} whither they are come{H935} from Babylon;{H894}
  • Exod 32:11 : 11 And Moses{H4872} besought{H2470} Jehovah{H3068} his God,{H430} and said,{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} why doth thy wrath{H639} wax hot{H2734} against thy people,{H5971} that thou hast brought forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} with great{H1419} power{H3581} and with a mighty{H2389} hand?{H3027}