'Themselves' in the Bible

and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record for themselves.

But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They prostituted themselves with the gods of the nations God had destroyed before them.

So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.

When the Ammonites realized they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 38 tons of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.

The Ammonites marched out and lined up in battle formation at the entrance of the city while the kings who had come were in the field by themselves.

Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel. His four sons, who were with him, hid themselves.