Topic
Treaty
19 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 34:12ISBE · Nave With idolatrous nations forbidden
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
- 1 Kings 20:34ISBE · Nave Ceding of the territory by
And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant…
- Exodus 23:32ISBE
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
- Exodus 34:15Nave With idolatrous nations forbidden
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
- Deuteronomy 7:2ISBE
And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
- Joshua 9:3–15Nave Between nations — Israelites and Gibeonites
¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; And old…
- Joshua 9:16–21Nave Sacredness of
¶ And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now…
- Judges 2:2ISBE
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
- 1 Kings 5:1–12Nave Reciprocity
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build…
- 1 Kings 5:15ISBE
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
- 1 Kings 9:10–14Nave Ceding of the territory by
¶ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his…
- 1 Kings 15:19Nave Between nations — Judah and Syria
There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
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- 1 Kings 22:1–53 ISBE
- 2 Kings 17:4 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 16:1 ISBE
- Isaiah 30:1 ISBE
- Isaiah 31:1 ISBE
- Jeremiah 27:3 ISBE
- Hosea 7:11 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 13 references
tre'-ti (berith, karath berith, "make a covenant," "league," "treaty"): Although the Israelites were forbidden to make treaties, or enter into covenant, with the Canaanites because of the risk thereby involved of religious apostasy and moral contamination (Ex 23:32; 34:12; De 7:2; Jud 2:2), they were so situated in the midst of the nations that treaty relations of some sort with their neighbors were from time to time inevitable. After the rise of the monarchy, treaties were common. David and Solomon had friendly relations with Hiram, king of Tyre (1Ki 5:15); Asa, to rid himself of the hostile approaches of Baasha, king of Israel, entered into a league with Ben-hadad of Syria, which the prophet Hanani denounced (2Ch 16:1); Ahab entered into a similar compact with Ben-hadad's son and successor, and set him at liberty when he was his prisoner of war (1Ki 20:34); and at a later time Jehoshaphat joined Ahab in an expedition against Ben-hadad II to Ramoth-gilead in which Ahab lost his life (1Ki 22). Sometimes with Syria and neighboring states against the terrible Assyrian power, and sometimes with Egypt against Assyria or Babylon, the kings of Israel and Judah entered into treaty to resist their advances and to preserve their own independence (2Ki 17:4; Ho 7:11; Isa 30:1). Against such alliances the prophets raised their testimony (Isa 31:1; Jer 27:3).
See also WAR, 9; ROME, V, 1.
T. Nicol
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 9 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Between nations
- Israelites and Gibeonites Jos 9:3-15
- Judah and Syria 1Ki 15:19
- → Ceding of the territory by 1Ki 9:10-14; 20:34
- → Sacredness of Jos 9:16-21; with 2:8-21
- → Reciprocity 1Ki 5:1-12
- → With idolatrous nations forbidden Ex 34:12,15
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.