27 occurrences

'Overtook' in the Bible

And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysOvertaking

Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

Verse ConceptsNomadsCamp, Of IsraelOvertaking

So he overtook them and said these words to them.

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

And as for me, when I came from Paddan, death overtook Rachel on the way, when we were still some distance from Ephrath; and I put her to rest there on the road to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfUnhappiness

But the Egyptians went after them, all the horses and carriages of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them in their tents by the sea, by Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahHorsesCavalryOvertakingComing To The Red Sea

And the Lord said to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they took in strange fire before the Lord and death overtook them;

Verse ConceptsDeath As Punishment

And they went down into the open mouth of the earth, together with Korah, when death overtook him and all his band; at the time when two hundred and fifty men were burned in the fire, and they became a sign.

Verse ConceptsSwallowingTwo Hundred And SomeOther References To Mouths

Death overtook Nadab and Abihu when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsDeath As PunishmentBurning Sacrifices

Death overtook our father in the waste land; he was not among those who were banded together with Korah against the Lord; but death came to him in his sin; and he had no sons.

Verse ConceptsDying In The WildernessSinners Grasped By DeathDeath Of A Father

But Adoni-zedek went in flight; and they went after him and overtook him, and had his thumbs and his great toes cut off.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofInjuryKnivesCaptivesMutilationThumbsToesCutting Off Hands And Feet

And in time death overtook all that generation; and another generation came after them, having no knowledge of the Lord or of the things which he had done for Israel.

Verse ConceptsBecoming An AdultGenerationsGod, Revelation OfSpiritual IgnoranceGathered To One's PeopleDeath Of A FatherRosesKnowing God

When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

Verse ConceptsTurning One's Back

And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsBackwardsPeople Tumblinglosing a loved oneDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A FatherLeadership QualitiesFalling Backwards

And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

Verse ConceptsKilling Named Individuals

So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.

Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, Examples OfFamily Death

And the young man said, I came by chance to Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul supporting himself on his spear; and the war-carriages and horsemen overtook him.

Verse ConceptsChariotsChanceAttacking With ChariotsOther Supporting

And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutIgnorant Of Facts

Whatever may come of it, he said, I will go. Then he said to him, Go. So Ahimaaz went running by the lowland road and overtook the Cushite.

Verse ConceptsOutrunning

But the Chaldaean army went after the king, and overtook him in the lowlands of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.

Verse ConceptsSoldiersOvertaking

So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.

Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenDeath Of A Family MemberFamily Death

If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfDuties To EnemiesPeople Without Mercy

The keepers who go about the town overtook me; they gave me blows and wounds; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping People

But the Chaldaean army went after them and overtook Zedekiah in the lowlands of Jericho: and they made him a prisoner and took him up to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, to be judged by him.

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

And the Chaldaean army went after King Zedekiah and overtook him on the other side of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

When the words of my law came from Ephraim, he was lifted up in Israel; but when he did evil through the Baal, death overtook him.

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryTremblingSpiritually DeadFollowers Of Baal

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