75 passages · Life and end
The angel finds Hagar fleeing and tells her to return and submit. He promises many descendants and says she will bear Ishmael, and she names God 'the God who sees me'.
Two angels arrive at Sodom and Lot insists they stay with him. The men of the city surround the house demanding the visitors, and Lot offers his daughters instead. The angels pull him in and strike the crowd with blindness.
The angels warn Lot to gather his family since the city will be destroyed. His sons-in-law don't take it seriously. The angels lead Lot's family out, and Lot asks to go to nearby Zoar.
Angels meet Jacob and he names the place Mahanaim. He sends messengers to Esau, who return saying Esau is coming with four hundred men, and Jacob in fear divides his company in two.
God says he is sending an angel ahead to guard them and lead them to the promised place. If they obey, God will be an enemy to their enemies, bless their food and water, and remove sickness.
The angel of the LORD blocks Balaam's path three times, seen only by his donkey, who turns aside and is beaten. God opens her mouth to protest, then opens Balaam's eyes. He confesses and is told to go on but to speak only God's words.
Near Jericho, Joshua meets a man with a drawn sword who says he is the Commander of the LORD's army. He tells Joshua to remove his sandals because the ground is holy.
The angel of the LORD reminds Israel of His promise and command not to make covenants with the land's peoples. Because Israel has disobeyed, those peoples will remain as thorns, and the people weep and offer sacrifices.
The angel of the LORD finds Gideon threshing wheat in a winepress and calls him a mighty man of valor. Gideon protests that his clan is weak, asks for a sign, and sees fire consume his offering, then builds an altar called The LORD Is Peace.
Israel is under Philistine rule for forty years when the angel of the LORD tells the childless wife of Manoah of Zorah that she will bear a son. He will be a Nazirite from birth and will begin Israel's deliverance from the Philistines, so she must avoid wine and unclean food.
Manoah prays that the man of God return to teach them how to raise the boy. The angel comes again to the woman in the field, and when Manoah asks, repeats that she must follow the earlier instructions.
Manoah offers to prepare a meal, but the angel tells him to offer a burnt offering instead and says his name is beyond comprehension. As the flame rises the angel ascends in it, Manoah fears they will die, and his wife reasons that the LORD would not have accepted the offering if He meant to kill them.
A plague kills seventy thousand from Dan to Beersheba. When the angel reaches Jerusalem the LORD stops it, and David asks that the punishment fall on him rather than the people.
Solomon makes two large olive-wood cherubim, overlaid with gold, for the inner sanctuary. Their wings span the room, and the walls and floor are carved and gilded.
An angel twice wakes Elijah and gives him bread and water. Strengthened, he travels forty days and nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Micaiah describes seeing the LORD on his throne and a spirit sent to deceive Ahab's prophets. Zedekiah strikes him, and Ahab has him jailed, but Micaiah says Ahab's return will prove him right.
The angel of the LORD sends Elijah to intercept the messengers and ask why they consult Baal-zebub instead of God. Elijah announces that Ahaziah will die, and the king recognizes the messenger as Elijah from their description.
Elijah parts the Jordan with his cloak, and Elisha asks for a double portion of his spirit. A chariot and horses of fire separate them, Elijah goes up in a whirlwind, and Elisha tears his clothes in grief.
Elisha's servant sees the hills full of fiery horses and chariots after Elisha prays. Elisha then has the Arameans struck with blindness, leads them to Samaria, and persuades the king to feed them and send them home, ending the raids.
The angel of the LORD strikes down 185,000 in the Assyrian camp overnight. Sennacherib returns to Nineveh, where his sons kill him while he worships.
A plague kills seventy thousand, and an angel stretches a sword over Jerusalem before the LORD says 'Enough!' David and the elders fall in sackcloth, and David asks that the punishment fall on him rather than on the people.
Two large gold-covered cherubim with outstretched wings are made for the Most Holy Place. Solomon also makes a veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn with cherubim woven into it.
Micaiah describes a vision of God's heavenly court in which a spirit volunteers to be a lying spirit in the prophets' mouths. Zedekiah strikes him, and Ahab has him jailed until he returns safely.
Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah cry out to heaven, and the LORD sends an angel who wipes out the Assyrian commanders and warriors. Sennacherib goes home in disgrace and is killed by his own sons, while many bring gifts to Jerusalem and Hezekiah is honored.
In a scene in heaven, the LORD points to Job as a model of faithfulness. Satan argues that Job serves God only because he is blessed, and the LORD permits him to take Job's possessions but not harm Job himself.
The heavenly court meets again, and the LORD notes that Job has kept his integrity. Satan says Job would curse God if his own body were struck, and the LORD allows this but forbids taking his life.
The psalmist calls on heavenly beings to honor the LORD's glory and strength and worship Him in holy splendor.
He tells how he sought the LORD and was freed from his fears. The poor man called, and the LORD saved him, and God's angel encamps around those who fear Him.
The gods are said to lack understanding, though once called sons of the Most High, and are sentenced to die like mortals. The psalmist then prays for God to judge the earth, since the nations belong to him.
Because the reader has made the Most High their dwelling, no evil will befall them. God commands his angels to guard them, and they will tread safely on lions and serpents.