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'Sky' in the Bible

God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear." It was so.

ContinentsDry LandCreation Of The EarthGod SpeakingThe OceanGod's Creationcrusades

and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." It was so.

Light In The WorldExpanse [The Firmament]Sun Moon And Stars Before God

God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

The ExpansePutting In OrderLight In The WorldExpanse [The Firmament]

and also seven of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the earth.

Seven AnimalsAnimal OffspringKept Alive By MenMale And Female Animals

The waters completely inundated the earth so that even all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered.

Covering The Earth

So the Lord destroyed every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.

Flood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahRemnantDeath Of CreaturesGod KillingSole SurvivorsDeath Of Other GroupsGod Killing All People

The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

Flood, TheSkyDivine RestraintsWindows Of HeavenSealing ThingsThe Sea StilledFloods

Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.

AnimalsAnimal LifeFearResponsibility, For God's WorldBirds, Features OfMan's DominionMan's FunctionFear And AnimalsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodRelation Of Animals To ManThe RainbowRainbow

Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord.

BrimstoneFireMineralsRetributionSexual Sin, Nature OfAnger Of God, Examples OfBurning CitiesSulphur

I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

MultiplyingAbrahamFruitfulness, NaturalAn Innumerable NumberSkyStarsProsperity PromisedSeashoresCapturing GatesPeople OvercomingGod Multipling PeoplePeople MultiplyingGod Will BlessGod's Promise To AbrahamOvercoming EnemiesSand And GravelPromises concerningEnemiesDescendants of

I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.

MultiplyingConsistencyevangelists, identity ofBlessings, To AbrahamMission, Of IsraelBlessing Through God's People

May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

Alcoholdrought, physicaldrinkingdewWineFertile LandPlenty Of WinePlenty Through God

So his father Isaac said to him, "Indeed, your home will be away from the richness of the earth, and away from the dew of the sky above.

dewLack Of Rain

because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.

Blessings, To IsraelWombGod Will BlessGod HelpsBlessings From GodThe Environmentbreasts

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand toward the sky that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on people and on animals, and on everything that grows in the field in the land of Egypt."

Stretching OutBoth Men And Animals Affected

When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the Lord caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt.

Famine, Causes OfThunderMiracles Of Moses And AaronHailFire From Heaven

and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself.

FeetSkyTheophanyColors, BluePrecious StonesThose Who Saw GodPavementsClean ObjectsSky, Figurative UseJewellery And GodPurityThe Rainbow

The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

Clouds, God's PresenceBlackFire Emanating From God

any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,

Pets

When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars -- the whole heavenly creation -- you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the Lord your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.

AstrologyPlanetsMoonSkyStarsThe SunIdolatry Consists OfDo Not Have Other godsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonWorship Of The SunSunWorshiping TogetherSunshineThe Moonadoration

When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

StarsSeventies

Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the Lord is about to give you.

drought, physicalRainUnfruitfulnessWeather, As God's JudgmentElements, Control OfDispleasureDivine Power Over Nature

The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Dust, Figurative Usedust

There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, because you will have disobeyed the Lord your God.

Few People

Of Joseph he said: May the Lord bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;

dew

There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the sky to help you, on the clouds in majesty.

God, Uniqueness OfSecurityTheocracyGod RidingNo One Is Like GodExcellenceclouds

When the men of Ai turned around, they saw the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers.

FugitivesConflagrations

As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died -- in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.

HailSkyWeather, As God's JudgmentGod KillingIsrael FleeingGod Killed The Peoples

The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day.

BooksBooks, Not PreservedSkyOne DayHistorical BooksSunSunshineThe Moonmovement

From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera.

As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the Lord's messenger went up in it while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown to the ground.

ProstrationCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going Up

But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky.

Looking Back

The Philistine said to David, "Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!"

BoastersAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesWild Animals DevouringBirds

This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God

Knowing God, Nature OfBirds, Types Of BirdsBeheadingAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesSkullsWild Animals DevouringMammalsTo Be Given Into One's Hands

The earth heaved and shook; the foundations of the sky trembled. They heaved because he was angry.

earthquakesEarth's FoundationGod Has AngerThe Universe Affected

He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

God, Human Descriptions OfGod Going Down

Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.

AssemblyAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities OfThe Altar Of The LordLifting Hands

When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.

KneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfThe Altar Of The LordLifting Hands

Dogs will eat the members of your family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country."' Indeed, the Lord has announced it!

dogsAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesBirds Eating

Dogs will eat the members of Baasha's family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country."

dogsBirds, Types Of BirdsAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesBirds Eating

Then fire from the Lord fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.

FireAnswers By FireFire From HeavenBurning Sacrifices

Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.

BlackSkyGod Sending RainDarkness During Daytime

As for Ahab's family, dogs will eat the ones who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country."

Animals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesBirds Eating

Elijah replied to the captain, "If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!" Fire then came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.

FiftiesDeath Due To God's PresenceFire From HeavenMan Of God

Elijah replied to them, "If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!" Fire from God came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.

FiftiesDeath Due To God's PresenceFire From HeavenMan Of Godhumor

Indeed, fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. So now, please have respect for my life."

Kept Alive By MenDeath Due To God's PresenceFire From Heaven

An officer who was the king's right-hand man responded to the prophet, "Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?" Elisha said, "Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!"

Elisha, Prophecies OfArmsUnbelief, As Response To GodUnbelief, Shown ByUnbelief, Examples OfSkepticismWindows Of HeavenImpossible For GodOther SupportingLooking At God's WorksQuestioning Godtomorrowroyalty

But the officer replied to the prophet, "Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?" Elisha said, "Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!"

Windows Of HeavenImpossible For GodLooking At God's Works

They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal.

Pagan GodsAstrologyBowingCalvesHost Of HeavenSculptureStarsGolden CalvesForsaking God's ThingsTwo AnimalsServing Asherah

Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: "Lord God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubs! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.

Earth, Creation OfHeaven And EarthJudgment SeatKingdomsUniverseNo Other Is GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

False GodsFalse ReligionBowingAltars, PaganBuilding AltarsList Of Kings Of IsraelServing Asherah

In the two courtyards of the Lord's temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

Building AltarsCourts Of The Temple

The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, and the guards to bring out of the Lord's temple all the items that were used in the worship of Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. The king burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

AstrologyBurning Idolatrous ThingsAshes Of HumiliationServing Asherah

He eliminated the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)

ConstellationsHigh PlacesMoonPriests, Institution In Ot TimesShrinesIncense Offered AmissIdolatrous Worship Of The Moon

David looked up and saw the Lord's messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

Heaven And EarthProstrationSackcloth And AshesStanding

David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the Lord, and the Lord responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

MediationAnswers By FireAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsFire From HeavenBurning SacrificesGod Answered

David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

StarsTwenty

O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all.

God, Greatness OfGod, Glory OfEarth, Belonging To GodGod, Majesty OfGod, Sovereignty OfGod, Uniqueness OfHeadshipProvidenceGod's Glory RevealedPowergreatnessbelongingadorationdominion

Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him.

God, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereGod Is TranscendentGod, InfiniteGod's DwellingThe Vastness Of Nature

Huram also said, "Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself.

equipping, spiritualDiscernment Of GovernorsHeaven And EarthIntelligenceCreation Of The Physical Heavens

Solomon had made a bronze platform and had placed it in the middle of the enclosure. It was seven and one-half feet long, seven and one-half feet wide, and four and one-half feet high. He stood on it and then got down on his knees in front of the entire assembly of Israel. He spread out his hands toward the sky,

KneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfBronze Items For The Tabernacle

"God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

God, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereHeaven, God's HabitationGod, InfiniteGod's Dwelling

When I close up the sky so that it doesn't rain, or command locusts to devour the land's vegetation, or send a plague among my people,

Commands, in OTClosing Up

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

Building Altars

In the two courtyards of the Lord's temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

False ReligionStarsTemples, HeathenBuilding Altars

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

Blessings, To AbrahamStars

he makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky;

AstrologyFate, And FatalismConstellationsNatureSouthBearsOrionSun Moon And Stars Before God

"But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

AnimalsCaring For AnimalsMammalsRelation Of Animals To ManBirdsPets

For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.

God's Things Concealed

who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

BeastsGod Teaching

From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,

FrostCold Weather

the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.

SeaThe OceanBirdsFishThe SeaPaths

He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

God, Human Descriptions OfGod Going Downclouds

Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.

Faith, Necessity OfThe SunTentsGod's Call, EveryoneSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Gospel WorldwideGoing Through the MotionsThe End Of The World

It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat.

HeatCirclesHot WeatherThings ManifestThe End Of The WorldSunGoing To HeavenSunshineThe Moonenergyhiding

For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

God's Truthcloudsdevotion

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

Glory, Revelation OfLordship, Human And Divine

People will fear you as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky, for generation after generation.

GenerationsMoonEternal LoyaltyFear Of ChristSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Moon

During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky.

Abundant PeaceSun Moon And Stars Before GodWealth And Prosperity

May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!

ConsistencyMission, Of IsraelBlessing Through God's People

He gave a command to the clouds above, and opened the doors in the sky.

Sky

He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.

Weather, God's Sovereignty OverWindFacing SouthOut Of The EastThe East Wind

They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.

The DeadUnburied BodiesAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesBirds

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Shachaq 
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Ouranos 
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