To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.”
Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to
And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said,
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had
“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah,
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some o
There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will
And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’