Fondare 48 Risultati per: Bronze serpent
On that day, the king sanctified the middle of the atrium, which was before the house of the Lord. For in that place, he offered holocaust, and sacrifice, and the fat of peace offerings. For the bronze altar, which was before the Lord, was too small and was not able to hold the holocaust, and the sacrifice, and the fat of the peace offerings. (1 Kings 8, 64)
Then king Ahaz took away the engraved bases, and the basin that was upon them. And he took down the sea from the bronze oxen, which were holding it up. And he positioned it upon a layer of pavement stone. (2 Kings 16, 17)
He destroyed the high places, and he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he broke apart the bronze serpent, which Moses had made. For even until that time, the sons of Israel were burning incense to it. And he called its name Nehushtan. (2 Kings 18, 4)
And Solomon ascended to the bronze altar, before the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, and he offered upon it one thousand victims. (2 Chronicles 1, 6)
For indeed, Solomon had made a bronze base, and he had positioned it in the midst of the hall; it held five cubits in length, and five cubits in width, and three cubits in height. And he stood upon it. And next, kneeling down while facing the entire multitude of Israel, and lifting up his palms towards heaven, (2 Chronicles 6, 13)
Also, Solomon sanctified the middle of the atrium in front of the temple of the Lord. For he had offered the holocausts and the fat of peace offerings in that place because the bronze altar, which he had made, had not been able to support the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat. (2 Chronicles 7, 7)
In place of these, the king made bronze ones, and he delivered them to the leaders of the shield bearers, who were guarding the vestibule of the palace. (2 Chronicles 12, 10)
Recall that Moses, the servant of the Lord, overcame Amalek, who trusted in his own strength, and in his power, and in his army, and in his bronze shields, and in his swift chariots, and in his horsemen. He overcame him, not by fighting with iron, but by pleading with holy prayers. (Judith 4, 13)
My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh made of bronze. (Job 6, 12)
His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent. (Job 26, 13)
Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears, (Psalms 57, 5)
You have broken the heads of the serpent. You have given him as food for the people of the Ethiopians. (Psalms 73, 14)