ALLIANCES

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• Genesis 14:13

  One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and they were allies of Abram.

• Genesis 21:22

  At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.

• Genesis 21:23

  Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.”

• Genesis 21:24

  Abraham said, “I will swear.”

• Genesis 21:25

  Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

• Genesis 21:26

  Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear of it until today.”

• Genesis 21:27

  Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

• Genesis 21:28

  Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

• Genesis 21:29

  Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?”

• Genesis 21:30

  He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”

• Genesis 21:31

  Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.

• Genesis 21:32

  So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

• Genesis 26:26

  Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.

• Genesis 26:27

  Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”

• Genesis 26:28

  They said, “We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

• Genesis 26:29

  that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.’ You are now the blessed of Yahweh.”

• Genesis 26:30

  He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

• Genesis 26:31

  They rose up some time in the morning, and swore to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

• Exodus 23:32

  You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

• Exodus 23:33

  They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

• Exodus 34:12

  Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the middle of you:

• Exodus 34:13

  but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;

• Exodus 34:14

  for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

• Exodus 34:15

  “Don’t make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;

• Deuteronomy 7:2

  and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them;

• Joshua 9:1

  When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it

• Joshua 9:2

  they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

• Joshua 9:15

  Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.

• Joshua 9:16

  At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.

• Joshua 9:17

  The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

• Joshua 9:18

  The children of Israel didn’t strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.

• Joshua 9:19

  But all the princes said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. Now therefore we may not touch them.

• Joshua 9:20

  We will do this to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”

• Judges 2:2

  You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice. Why have you done this?

• Judges 3:12

  The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and Yahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.

• Judges 3:13

  He gathered the children of Ammon and Amalek to himself; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.

• 1 Samuel 20:16

  So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “Yahweh will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”

• 1 Samuel 20:17

  Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

• 1 Kings 5:12

  Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.

• 1 Kings 15:18

  Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

• 1 Kings 15:19

  “There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”

• 2 Kings 16:5

  Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war. They besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

• 2 Kings 16:7

  So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.”

• 2 Kings 16:8

  Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

• 2 Chronicles 16:3

  “Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”

• 2 Chronicles 18:1

  Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab.

• 2 Chronicles 19:2

  Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh.

• 2 Chronicles 20:35

  After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly.

• 2 Chronicles 20:37

  Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

• 2 Chronicles 28:16

  At that time king Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.

• 2 Chronicles 28:21

  For Ahaz took away a portion out of Yahweh’s house, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it didn’t help him.

• Isaiah 8:11

  For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

• Isaiah 8:12

  “Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.

• Isaiah 30:2

  who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!

• Isaiah 31:1

  Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!

• Jeremiah 37:1

  Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

• Jeremiah 37:2

  But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to Yahweh’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

• Jeremiah 37:3

  Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.”

• Jeremiah 37:4

  Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.

• Jeremiah 37:5

  Pharaoh’s army had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they broke up from Jerusalem.

• Jeremiah 37:6

  Then came Yahweh’s word to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

• Jeremiah 37:7

  “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

• Jeremiah 37:8

  The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.”’

• Lamentations 5:6

  We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

• Ezekiel 17:15

  But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?

• Ezekiel 17:16

  “‘As I live,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.

• Ezekiel 17:17

  Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

• Hosea 4:17

  Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!

• Hosea 12:1

  Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

• Amos 1:9

  Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;