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Definition of a true Jew

Romans 2:29 (NLT)
No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by God’s Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.

Levite and priest duties

1 Chronicles 23:27-32 (NLT)
In accordance with David’s final instructions, all the Levites twenty years old or older were registered for service.

Levite duties

1 Chronicles 23:4-5 (NLT)
Then David said, “From all the Levites, 24,000 will supervise the work at the Temple of the LORD. Another 6,000 will serve as officials and judges.

Priest duties

1 Chronicles 15:24 (NLT)
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—all of whom were priests—were chosen to blow the trumpets as they marched in front of the Ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were chosen to guard the Ark.

Levite duties

1 Chronicles 15:16 (NLT)
David also ordered the Levite leaders to appoint a choir of Levites who were singers and musicians to sing joyful songs to the accompaniment of harps, lyres, and cymbals.

Levite duties

1 Chronicles 15:1 (NLT)
David now built several buildings for himself in the City of David. He also prepared a place for the Ark of God and set up a special tent for it.

1 Chronicles 15:12 (NLT)
He said to them, “You are the leaders of the Levite families. You must purify yourselves and all your fellow Levites, so you can bring the Ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

Remember: Trust in God, not in man

2 Chronicles 16:7 (NLT)
At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him, “Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the LORD your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of Aram.

Seek God in all you do

2 Chronicles 17:4 (NLT)
He sought his father’s God and obeyed his commands instead of following the evil practices of the kingdom of Israel.

Don't help the wicked act against God's Will

2 Chronicles 19:2 (NLT)
Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. “Why should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD?” he asked the king. “Because of what you have done, the LORD is very angry with you.

Chosen before time of the world

Ephesians 1:4-5 (NLT)
Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

The Lord exacts punishment

2 Kings 24:1 (NLT)
During Jehoiakim’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the land of Judah. Jehoiakim surrendered and paid him tribute for three years but then rebelled.

2 Kings 24:4 (NLT)
who had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. The LORD would not forgive this.

The Lord sometimes does not forgive

2 Kings 24:4 (NLT)
who had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. The LORD would not forgive this.

horse statues associated with asherah

2 Kings 23:11 (NLT)
He removed from the entrance of the LORD’s Temple the horse statues that the former kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were near the quarters of Nathan-melech the eunuch, an officer of the court. The king also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.

child sacrifice associated with asherah

2 Kings 23:10 (NLT)
Then the king defiled the altar of Topheth in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, so no one could ever again use it to sacrifice a son or daughter in the fire as an offering to Molech.

horses associated with Asherah

2 Kings 23:11 (NLT)
He removed from the entrance of the LORD’s Temple the horse statues that the former kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were near the quarters of Nathan-melech the eunuch, an officer of the court. The king also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.

prostitution associated with Asherah

2 Kings 23:7 (NLT)
He also tore down the living quarters of the male and female shrine prostitutes that were inside the Temple of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah pole.

Asherah

2 Kings 23:4-5 (NLT)
Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the LORD’s Temple all the articles that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the powers of the heavens. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.

Ashera

2 Kings 23:4 (NLT)
Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the LORD’s Temple all the articles that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the powers of the heavens. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.

Female Phophet

2 Kings 22:14 (NLT)
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the New Quarter of Jerusalem to consult with the prophet Huldah. She was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, the keeper of the Temple wardrobe.

God brings up

1 Chronicles 29:11-15 (NLT)
Yours, OLORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, OLORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.

To dwell on high

Isaiah 33:15 (NLT)
Those who are honest and fair, who refuse to profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—

Romans 16:1

Romans 16:1 (KJV)
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

Romans 16:1

Romans 16:1 (KJV)
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

1 Corinthians 16:19

1 Corinthians 16:19 (KJV)
The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

Acts 16:14

Acts 16:14 (NLT)
One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who worshiped God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying.