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How Nave’s arranged it

• Right of, recognized by PharaohExodus 5:15–18
• IsraelNumbers 27:1–5Numbers 32:1–5Numbers 36:1–5Joshua 17:4Joshua 17:14Joshua 17:16Joshua 21:1Joshua 21:2
• David1 Kings 1:15–21
• Rehoboam1 Kings 12:1–172 Chronicles 10
• Jehoram2 Kings 8:32 Kings 8:6

The passages, in Bible order (14)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 14 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 5:15–18

   So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

   ›Commentary on Exodus 5:15–181 voice

   “Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh,.... Made their complaints to him, perhaps with tears in their eyes, being used so very ill. They little thought it was by Pharaoh's orders; they supposed he knew nothing of it, and therefore hoped to have their grievances redressed by him, but were mistaken: saying, wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? so they call themselves, they living in his country, and being under his jurisdiction, though not properly his subjects; however, he had made them his slaves, and so indeed even bondservants.

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2. Numbers 27:1–5

   Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached

   ›Commentary on Numbers 27:1–52 voices

   “Then came the daughters of Zelophehad,....

   “Women in Israel had not, up to the present time, enjoyed any distinct right of inheritance. Yet a father, whether sons had been born to him or not, had the power, either before or at his death, to cause part of his estate to pass to a daughter; in which case her husband married into her family rather than she into his, and the children were regarded as of the family from which the estate had come.

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3. Numbers 32:1–5

   Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 32:1–52 voices

   “Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle,....

   “Jazer - Compare the marginal reference. This district, although included in the land of Gilead, seems to have had special attractions for the Israelite settlers. All travelers in Gilead, the modern Belka, bear witness to its richness as compared with the country to the west of the Jordan. Its general character is that of an upland pasture, undulating and thickly timbered.

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4. Numbers 36:1–5

   Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,

   ›Commentary on Numbers 36:1–52 voices

   “And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead,....

   “The daughters of Zelophehad had obtained an ordinance Num 28:6-11 which permitted the daughters of an Israelite dying without male issue to inherit their father’s property. The chiefs of the Machirites, of whom Zelophehad had been one, now obtain a supplemental enactment, directing that heiresses should marry within their own tribe. Num 36:4 Be taken away - i. e. be permanently taken away. The jubilee year, by not restoring the estate to the tribe to which it originally belonged, would in effect confirm the alienation.

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5. Joshua 17:4

   They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.

   ›Commentary on Joshua 17:41 voice

   “And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes,....

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6. Joshua 17:14

   Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”

   ›Commentary on Joshua 17:142 voices

   “And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua,....

   “Seeing I am a great people - The assertion can hardly have been warranted by facts, for at the census Num. 26 the two tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim together were not greatly more numerous than the single tribe of Judah; and now that half the Manassites were provided for on the eastern side of Jordan, the remaining children of Joseph could hardly be stronger than the Danites or the Issacharites. The children of Joseph seem therefore to exhibit here that arrogant and jealous spirit which elsewhere characterises their conduct (Jdg 8:1; Jdg 12:1; 2Sa 19:41; 2Ch 28:7 etc.).

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7. Joshua 17:16

   “The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”

   ›Commentary on Joshua 17:161 voice

   “And the children of Joseph said, the hill is not enough for us,....

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8. Joshua 21:1

   Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel

   ›Commentary on Joshua 21:12 voices

   “It was fitting that there be a drawing of lots even regarding the suburbs and cities so that perhaps the renowned division among the Levites might not seem perhaps indiscriminate and accidental. Therefore, the distribution by lot that took place among the sons of Israel was characterized by reason, by which someone was considered worthy of the first lot, and someone else the second, as we have already previously examined to the extent we were able.

   “Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites,....

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9. Joshua 21:2

   at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”

   ›Commentary on Joshua 21:22 voices

   “And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan,.... Where the tabernacle was fixed, at or near which the above persons met to cast lots for the division of the land to the seven tribes that had not received their inheritance: saying, the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle; this command is extant in Num 35:2.

   “It was fitting that there be a drawing of lots even regarding the suburbs and cities so that perhaps the renowned division among the Levites might not seem perhaps indiscriminate and accidental. Therefore, the distribution by lot that took place among the sons of Israel was characterized by reason, by which someone was considered worthy of the first lot, and someone else the second, as we have already previously examined to the extent we were able.

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10. 1 Kings 1:15–21

    So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 1:15–212 voices

    “And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber,.... Where he lay, being bedridden; she took Nathan's advice, and directly went to the king's apartment: and the king was very old: and decrepit, borne down with the infirmities of old age, though but seventy years of age: and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king; she was then waiting upon the king, and serving him with what was necessary and proper for him; and perhaps there was no other in the chamber at that time.

    “Into the chamber - The “bed-chamber” or “inner chamber.” Abishag was a disinterested witness present, who heard all that Bath-sheba said to David.

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11. 1 Kings 12:1–17

    Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 12:1–171 voice

    “And Rehoboam went to Shechem,....

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12. 2 Kings 8:3

    At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.

    ›Commentary on 2 Kings 8:31 voice

    “And it came to pass, at the seven years end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines,....

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13. 2 Kings 8:6

    When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”

    ›Commentary on 2 Kings 8:62 voices

    “And when the king asked the woman, she told him,....

    “A certain officer - literally, “a certain eunuch” (margin). Eunuchs were now in common use at the Samaritan court (compare 2Ki 9:32). They are ascribed to the court of David in Chronicles 1Ch 28:1; and we may conjecture that they were maintained by Solomon. But otherwise we do not find them in the kingdom of Judah until the time of Hezekiah Isa 56:3-4.

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14. 2 Chronicles 10:1

    Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

    ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 10:11 voice

    “Rehoboam went to Shechem - This chapter is almost word for word the same as 1 Kings 12:1-19, to the notes on which the reader is referred.

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