Israel

Type Place

The land inhabited by the Israelites.

About Israel

See Palestine; Canaan, Canaanite.

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The history of Israel is the story of: God's special plan for a group of people. God called these people out of pagan religions and made them witnesses of the true faith among...
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Key References

1 Chronicles 13:1

Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds.

Ezekiel 11:17

Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’

Ezekiel 20:38

And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 20:42

Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give your fathers.

Ezekiel 37:12

Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

Matthew 2:19

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.