Guidance & Direction Verses
Let God's word be a lamp to your feet. Verses on divine direction, purpose, and life's calling.
Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away {captive}: he {was} prince of the Reubenites. {Tilgathpilneser: also called, Tiglathpileser}
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. {took...: Heb. led captive} {men: Heb. souls of men}
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
And Jehozadak went {into captivity}, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath {that were} born in {that} land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
And Shaharaim begat {children} in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara {were} his wives.
Beriah also, and Shema, who {were} heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they {were} written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, {who} were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
And there fell {some} of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to {the jeopardy of} our heads. {to the...: Heb. on our heads}
Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word {which} he commanded to a thousand generations;