1 Chronicles – 4:9 – A man in the line of Hur of the tribe of Judah. His mother called him, Jabez, which means sorrow, because she bore him with sorrow. 4:10 – Jabez called on the God of Israel, to keep him from evil and bless him. And God answered his prayer. 6:65 – The cities given to the children of the tribes of Simeon and Benjamin were called by their names. 7:16 – Manasseh had two sons. One was Zelophehad, the other Maachah. Maachah’s wife bore a son that she called Per

2 Kings - 3:10 – The king of Israel has joined with the kings of Judah and Edom to fight Moab (God has called them). And he is despairing. The king of Judah asks for a man of God. 3:13 – Elisha does not care for the king of Israel, but for the sake of the king of Judah, he seeks God’s wisdom, for the three kings that God called against Moab. 4:12 – Elisha calls for a woman that convinced her husband to provide shelter and food for Elisha and his servant. 4:15 – Elisha asked h

1 Kings – 1:9 – One of David’s sons, Adonijah, calls the people to him, to crown him as the next king after David. David is old at this point and not fully aware of what has happened. 1:10 – Adonijah does not call the generals and prophets that are loyal to David to his celebration. 1:19 – Bathsheba is telling King David what is going on with Adonijah. And recounting that those loyal to David were not invited. 1:25 – Nathan the prophet is recounting the same event to David. 1

2 Samuel – 1:7 – A young Amalekite tells David a story about how Saul called to him, and asked the Amalekite to kill him, and he did. 1:15 – David mourns the death of Saul, then calls to one of his own men to kill the Amalekite. 2:16 – A painful civil war takes place. The place is called, Helkathhazzurim which means, “field of swords”. 2:26 – Civil war continues. One leader calls to another about the pain and bitterness that is present in this battle, and the pursuit is stop

1 Samuel – 1:20 – Hannah names her son, Samuel, which means “his name is El”, because she had asked him of the Lord. 3:4 – The Lord calls to Samuel as he is sleeping and Samuel responses with, “Here am I”. 3:5 – Smauel thinks the Eli the prophet he was serving under was the one to call him. And Eli tells him to go back to bed. 3:6 – God calls Samuel again, and Samuel, again, goes to Eli. And Eli tells him that he didn’t call him and to go back to bed. 3:8 – The same thing hap

Ruth – 1:20 – Naomi tries to change her name, her identity. But God does not allow it. The Bible continues to call her Naomi. – Even when we think our lives are over and everything is gone. God is not done. 1:21 – Naomi continues, that God has testified against her and afflicted her. She is dealing with a lot of pain. 4:17 – The naming of Obed, the son of Ruth and Boaz. They call him the son of Naomi, as he is a redemption of her husbands line. Obed is the father of Jesse, th

Judges – 1:17 – Judah conquers a town in the area that he was given, and calls the name of the town Hormah, which means “devotion”. 1:26 – The tribe of Joseph went to take over a town named Luz, that they would change to Bethel. The spies sent before hand caught a man that was coming out of the town, and told him that if he showed them the entrance to the city, they would spare him and his family. He did so and they let him and his family go. The man went into the land of the

A note before this book: I always want any reader of this to remember that this is always my summary of the Word. The book of Joshua in particular stands out to me, because of it's name, and there are many parts of this that I had additional thoughts, or things of note that popped out to me. I have included those, as I felt I needed to, but please, always remember Acts 17:11. "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness

Deuteronomy – 2:11 – A race of giants that the Moabites called the Emims. Similar to the Anakims. Emim means “terror”. Anakim means “long-necked”. 2:20 – Another race of giants called the Zamzummims, which means “plotters”. 3:9 – Two different names for Mount Hermon. Sirion, which means “breastplate” and Shenir which means “snow mountain”. 3:13 – The land given to the tribe of Manasseh was also called the land of the giants. 3:14 – A son of Manasseh called his section Bashanh

Leviticus – 1:1 – The Lord calls to Moses and talks to him out of the tabernacle. 9:1 – Moses calls Aaron and his sons and tells them to make a sin offering to the Lord. Sin can only be atoned for by a sacrifice without blemish. 10:4 – Moses calls the sons of Aaron’s uncle to drag Aaron’s sons out of the temple of God. They tried to offer a strange (loathsome) fire to the Lord, against God’s commands, and God killed them. Numbers – 11:3 – The people started complaining to God

Exodus – 1:18 – Pharaoh summons the midwives to him. The king had commanded the midwives to kill all the Hebrew boys born. But the midwives feared God and did not do that. God blesses the midwives for this. 2:7 – Moses’ sister offers to fetch a nurse for Moses when he is found by the Pharaoh’s daughter. 2:8 – The daughter tells her to go, and Moses’ sister gets his mother to be his nurse. 2:10 – Pharaoh’s daughter names him Moses, because she drew him out of the water. Moses

Genesis – 41:8 – Pharaoh has a dream and he calls for all the occult people in Egypt to interpret his dream. Only God can tell the future, for only God truly knows. 41:14 – Pharaoh calls Joseph at the witness of the butler. Joseph comes out the dungeon, shaves and changes his clothes. *Note: When God calls us, He would have us leave the trappings of our old selves behind. We are new creations in Him. 41:45 – Pharaoh calls Joseph by a new name. He establishes Joseph in Egypt w

Genesis – 27:1 – Issac has grown old and can’t see very well. He calls for his son Esau. 27:42 – After Rebekah and Jacob try to “help” God, Esau promises to kill Jacob for taking his blessing. Rebekah learns of this and tells Jacob he needs to leave. 28:1 – Rebekah convinces Issac that Jacob needs to go find a wife that is not of the people of Canaan. And Issac calls Jacob, blesses him and sends him go find a wife. 28:19 – Jacob renames a place Bethel. 29:32 – Leah bears a so

Genesis – 17:5 – God changes Abram’s name to Abraham. Identity comes from God. He speaks it into being. 17:15 – God renames Sarai to Sarah. Changing her identity. 17:19 – God declares that Sarah and Abraham will have a son named Issac. God issues His purpose to establish a covenant with Issac and his seed after him. 19:5 – The men of Sodom are after the angels that bringing Lot out. They call out to Lot. 19:22 – The name of the city that Lot and his daughters escape to is dec

Genesis – 1:5 – God calls the light, Day. And the darkness, Night. Creation has begun and God is naming Day and Night and establishing boundaries for them. 1:8 – God names the firmament, Heaven. Identity and boundary. 1:10 – God names the dry land, Earth and the waters, Seas. 2:19 – God creates animals and creatures and brings them to Adam. Adam names them. 2:23 – Adam names Woman. God allows Adam to name His creations. 3:9 – God calls to Adam after the fruit of the knowled

The next study that I am working on is going to be on the word, "called". (Strong's H7121) My initial observation is that God calls by identities. He declares and refines all things by the identity that He has set. What does it mean to be “called” in the Bible? How is that word used? He has Called us by our names (Isaiah 43:1). Our identities are fixed in God. What does that mean?