Thematic Bible: Oak Trees
Thematic Bible
Oak Trees » The ancients often » Performed idolatrous rites under
Who
Under the clefts of the crags?
And you will be embarrassed at the
And
Because their shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters play the harlot
And your
Then you will know that I am the Lord, when their slain are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree and under every leafy oak—the places where they offered soothing aroma to all their idols.
Oak Trees » The ancients often » Rested » Under
Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites.
Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them.
So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.”
Oak Trees » The ancients often » Buried their dead under
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named Allon-bacuth.
Oak Trees » Absalom in his flight intercepted by, and suspended from
Then Joab said, “I will not waste time here with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
Now Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. For Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. And his head caught fast in the oak, so he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him kept going. When a certain man saw it, he told Joab and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."
Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers
Against all the
Because the glorious trees have been destroyed;
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
For the
Oak Trees » Described as » Thick spreading
Now Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. For Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. And his head caught fast in the oak, so he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him kept going.
Then you will know that I am the Lord, when their slain are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree and under every leafy oak—the places where they offered soothing aroma to all their idols.
Oak Trees » The ancients often » Erected monuments under
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
Oak Trees » Jacob buried his family idols under
So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.
Oak Trees » Idolaters often made idols of
Surely he cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and raises it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain makes it grow.
Oak Trees » The tyrian made oars of
With ivory they have
Oak Trees » Illustrative » (fading,) of the wicked under judgments
Or as a garden that has no water.
Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of the church
And it will again be subject to burning,
Like a terebinth or an
Whose stump remains when it is felled.
The
Oak Trees » Described as » Casting its leaves in winter
And it will again be subject to burning,
Like a terebinth or an
Whose stump remains when it is felled.
The
Oak Trees » The hill of bashan celebrated for
Against all the
Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of strong and powerful men
And he was strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his
Oak Trees » Described as » Strong
And he was strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his