Genesis 32:24
24And Jacob was left alone. And aa man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.Genesis 32:26
26Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, b“I will not let you go unless you bless me.”Genesis 32:28
28Then he said, c“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, ▼▼ Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
for eyou have striven with God and fwith men, and have prevailed.” 1 Kings 18:24
24And you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the Lord, and the God who ganswers by fire, he is God.” And all the people answered, “It is well spoken.”1 Kings 18:29
29And as midday passed, they raved on until the time of hthe offering of the oblation, but there was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention.1 Kings 18:36
36And at the time of ithe offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, jGod of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that kyou are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that lI have done all these things at your word.2 Chronicles 14:11
11And Asa mcried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, nfor we rely on you, oand in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.”2 Chronicles 32:19-20
19And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.The Lord Delivers Jerusalem
20Then Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven.Isaiah 37:17-20
17 pIncline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear qall the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 18Truly, O Lord, rthe kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, 19and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. 20So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”
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