'Family' in the Bible
"Who am I, Lord GOD, and what is my family, that you have brought me to this? And this is still a small thing to you, Lord GOD you also have spoken about the future of your servant's house, and this is the charter for mankind, O Lord GOD!
At this, the king called for Saul's servant Ziba and told him, "I'm restoring to your master's grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family.
Now please pay attention closely! My whole family is attacking your humble servant! They're saying, "Turn over the one who attacked his brother and we'll put him to death in retribution for his brother, whose life he took. That way, we'll kill the heir also!' They're going to extinguish the only light left in my family, leaving my late husband neither an ongoing name nor a survivor on the face of the earth!"
Later on, as King David approached Bahurim, Gera's son Shimei, who was related to the family of Saul's household, went out to meet David, cursing continually as he approached.
While Absalom had been living, he had erected a pillar as a monument to himself in King's Valley because he had been telling himself, "I don't have a son to carry on my family name." So he named the pillar after himself it's called Absalom's Monument even today.
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Brotherhood (11 instances)
- Category (1 instance)
- Class (20 instances)
- Family (608 instances)
- Fellowship (147 instances)
- Folk (8 instances)
- Fraternity (1 instance)
- Home (454 instances)
- Horde (14 instances)
- House (2166 instances)
- Household (360 instances)
- Kin (16 instances)
- Kind (424 instances)
- Kinsfolk (8 instances)
- Mob (15 instances)
- Posterity (55 instances)
- Related (94 instances)
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Related Topics
- Abraham, Family And Descendants
- Authority Within The Family, Kinds Of
- Being A Part Of The Family Of God
- Christ's Earthly Family
- Christ's True Family
- Death Of A Family Member
- Family
- Family And Friends