ISRAEL(ITES)
(See also Hebrews; Jacob [Israel]; Jews; Judah [Southern Kingdom]; Palestine; Promised Land; Ten Lost Tribes)
(Note centered headings below: Northern Kingdom; Republic)
ancestry: ad 851, 855; w62 363; ns 79-83; w59 235, 592; w58 157, 231-232; pa 54; w51 563; el 61; w47 164
angelic oversight: w84 12/15 27-28; ms 12; w63 735-736; w61 284; w60 459; nh 27; w52 264; w30 165
apostasy: w79 12/1 26-27; w78 11/15 26-29; w77 538; w69 393, 581; g69 12/8 8-9; w68 142-143; w66 530-533; im 151; g64 4/22 22; g64 8/8 6; w60 731, 753; w59 167-169; w58 210-213; w57 337-341, 463-465; nh 139-140; w52 726; rm 161-163, 184-185; g48 12/8 3-4; w42 21-22; w39 341; v-2 16-17
assembly at Mount Sinai: po 109-114; w69 650; w63 43, 206; ln 9-10
assembly in Moab: w73 585-589; w72 502-503; fm 133-134; w53 502-503; s 130-131; jh 261-281; w33 163-168
Atonement Day:
Israelites picture “other sheep” on: su 100-101; w59 439; sr55 39-40, 352; w46 186; w42 245; w35 141
Baal worship: w78 2/1 13-14; w74 457-459; w73 587-589; ad 172-173
baptism of: w70 303; km 1/68 5
“baptized into Moses” (1Co 10:2): w82 2/15 25
Bible view of current Middle Eastern events: w75 387-389
blessings: w69 415; w68 690-691
bloodguilt: g77 6/8 4; w73 305-307
bondage to traditions: w78 7/1 19
burial: g77 8/22 11; w65 416
business: w71 765-766
calendar: Rbi8 1587; ad 277-280; g68 9/22 13-14; g67 12/22 16
captivity in Egypt: w72 38-40; w71 381-382; ad 497; w70 585-586; w68 339; g68 12/22 27-28; g67 10/8 22; g66 4/22 12; w64 438-440; w63 41-43, 205-206, 478, 719-720, 743-744; bf 62-70; ln 7-9; g62 7/22 27-28; ns 84-96; w60 315; pa 55-58; yw 352; sr55 122-125, 129; w53 159; w47 73-74; ki 93-98; w43 351-352; g35 3/27 391-395; w34 85-88; jh 69
crossing the Red Sea: g83 7/8 7-9; ad 544-547; w58 672; pa 59; sr55 124-125; nh 310; g49 4/8 25-27; w46 73-75; g34 6/6 570
Exodus: po 108-109; g74 4/8 26; w73 365; w72 40; pm 58-60; ad 325, 541-547; w69 7; yb69 8-9; g69 1/22 28; w68 496-497; w67 436-437; g67 2/22 7; li 111-112; w65 536; w64 439-440; g64 2/22 5-6; w63 478, 743-744; bf 67-70; g63 3/22 27-28; w62 137-138, 285; ns 95-96, 100; g61 12/22 5-6; w58 299, 672; pa 56-61; w55 373-374; sr55 125; bi4 858; nh 120, 365; w51 221; rm 123, 125-126; w49 269-270; g49 4/8 25-26; w47 52; w46 25, 68, 71-75; ep 110; ki 98; tf 198; w41 122-123; g35 3/27 395-396; w34 91; jh 19; w31 189
length: po 108; ad 335, 541-542; g69 7/22 28-29; g62 7/22 27; w60 315; w58 299; w53 159; nh 365
population: ad 542-543; g68 9/22 27-28; w63 478; ns 84, 86; g61 12/22 5; w60 315; yw 352; w44 345
“stripped the Egyptians” (Ex 12:35, 36): ad 208, 544, 1035; w63 744; w52 442-443; w49 269-270; w46 71; w41 122-123; w34 91
cast off: w85 1/15 4-6; w74 127-128; w74 693-694; g74 10/8 19; w71 683-684; ad 1380; w68 649; w67 484; im 396; w64 108; g64 4/22 22; w63 46; ln 17-18; ns 283-284; w59 713; w58 148; pa 154-160; w57 562; nh 140-143; lg 212-213; w51 562, 597; w47 164-165; w45 117-119, 260-261
census: ad 1381-1383; w69 190-191
David’s census of: w77 718
chart of kings: ad 340-347; ep 160-163; ki 172-175; g35 3/27 413
cherubs in Israel’s worship: w80 11/1 28-30
child training: w82 1/15 13-14; w75 759; w71 361-362; ad 312, 488; w52 38-40; w43 279-280
chosen by God: g71 6/8 13-14
not act of partiality: w76 542-543; w74 68; w70 735-736
cities of refuge: w78 6/15 16; g75 11/22 26-27; w73 303-305; ad 351-352; w67 494-498; w65 173; g65 1/8 28; w63 511; w55 717-720; sr55 233-238; bi4 860-861; ep 96; g36 8/12 733-734; g35 8/28 763-765
clothing:
fringed edges upon the skirts of garments: w83 10/15 20
in wilderness: w58 146; w57 31
matter of dress not to be ignored: g77 9/22 27-28
complaining: ad 1015, 1142, 1166, 1362; w67 464-466, 468; g64 5/8 3
conventions: w71 392-396; ad 375; w67 435-443
conversion to Christianity en masse not prophesied: w85 1/15 5-6
copper mining: w75 112
corruption: w79 8/1 8-21; w79 9/1 18-19, 21; w74 35-36
in Micah’s day: w78 10/1 19
tolerance of: g83 1/22 14-15; w80 11/15 15
courts: w78 4/15 21
dancing: w72 567-571; w62 409-410
dedicated nation: w82 2/15 16-18; w71 555; km 1/68 5
desolation of Judah: w79 9/15 25
Diaspora: w73 582; ad 298-299; w66 152, 530
discussion: ad 851-855
disobedience: w80 2/1 17-28; w80 11/15 15; w79 3/1 9-11; w78 9/15 12; w78 11/15 26-29; w74 63; w73 90-92; w73 586-589; w72 356-358; w71 121; w71 147; w71 556, 558; w71 618; ad 809-811; kj 28-31, 86-88, 115-119, 198-199, 238-252, 288; nc 14-16; w70 473, 489; w68 48-49, 266, 686-687; g68 6/22 28; w67 140, 171; w64 102-103; g64 1/8 6-7; g64 2/22 5-6; g64 4/22 22; w63 44-46, 581-582; ln 13-18; w61 402-403, 650; w60 753; w59 167; w58 210-213; w57 337-341; g50 5/22 27-28; w47 115-116; w45 120-122; w37 334; v-1 30-31
fornication in wilderness: w77 717-718
division into two kingdoms: w78 7/1 13; w78 11/15 26-27; w72 309; pm 291; ad 854, 907, 1383; kj 28, 69, 239-241; w68 495; g65 1/22 28; w64 566; w63 720
dry summer season: cj 211
education: g84 1/8 17-18; w75 101; w52 38-40; w43 279-280
elders: w71 684-685; ad 1248-1249
qualifications: w83 9/1 17; w78 12/1 16-18
entering Promised Land: w84 9/15 27-30; po 120-121; w71 121; w71 393; ad 286-288; kj 115; w69 592-598; w68 634-638, 653-654; w67 653; w64 503-504; g64 4/22 22; w63 45; bf 84-86; ns 121-122; pa 69-75; nh 123-124; ki 111-116; w39 35-44, 51-60, 67-77, 83-92, 99-109, 115-126, 131-141; g35 3/27 399-400
entrusted with God’s word: w85 11/1 27-28
exile in Babylon: w85 10/15 12-14; w72 723-724; ad 540; w68 687-688; w67 260; w66 683; w65 345-346; w64 756; w63 517; bf 135-137, 170-171, 182, 196, 206, 212, 246-247, 272, 287, 297, 504, 557; g61 8/22 28; w60 753; pa 100-111; yw 106-108; sr55 129-144; nh 130-136; lg 211-212; rm 184-190; el 67-69; w49 328-329; w46 212; ep 173-174, 207; w43 311
restoration from: w85 5/15 31; w85 10/15 14-15; w82 7/1 15-18; w79 9/15 18; w78 7/1 18; go 24-26; w76 661-663; po 130-131; ts 158-159; g74 4/8 13-14; w73 219-221; w73 249-251; w72 300-301, 305-307, 724; pm 28-30; g72 3/8 27-28; w71 649; ad 1385; kj 299-300; g70 3/8 27-28; w68 688-689; w66 696-697, 752; w65 281-282, 312, 378, 506-509, 566-569; w64 79-80, 108; w63 45, 517-518, 555; bf 212, 246-249, 258-259, 271-272, 293, 345, 364-375, 557; ln 16; g61 8/22 27-28; w60 754; w58 147, 191; pa 114-117; w55 747; sr55 130-131, 294; nh 132-140; lg 212; rm 187-190; w49 308-309, 350-351; w46 212-213; ep 173-174, 207; w43 311
restoration included members of all 12 tribes: w85 5/15 31
eye cosmetics: g77 9/22 20
failure of human rulers: w78 1/15 13
fasts: w80 11/15 14-15; pm 235-236; w71 536; ad 567; w67 351-352
fatherless boy: w74 82-83
festivals: w80 2/15 8-16, 18-19; w77 541; po 115, 117; ad 573-579; w70 335; w69 274-275; w68 222; w67 425-443; li 158-160, 349-350; w65 214; w64 460; g64 1/8 6; bf 227, 430, 459; w61 377, 651; w60 458; w58 268; pa 79; g52 11/8 24; w50 195-203; w46 70; w44 85-86; ki 102-103; w39 88; w36 115-124
firstborn: ad 830; w70 278-279; w68 339-340; w65 401; w64 439-440; g64 3/22 27; w63 767; bf 67; w62 138, 285; w61 735; ns 81-83; w46 68-69, 85; w36 164; w33 87; w31 188
firstfruits: ad 584-585; w70 278-279
government: w71 681, 684-685; w71 742-746; ad 852-853, 997, 1000-1001, 1038-1039; w70 372-373, 539; w69 399-400; w68 623-626; rl 18-23; li 168; w63 177, 179, 619; wg 15-16; w62 69-71; w60 456-459; w59 183, 233-235; pa 83, 88; yw 90; g58 2/22 5-6; nh 122, 124; g45 9/26 16-17; ki 121-175; w43 163; tf 189
Great Rift Valley: g79 4/8 14-15
hairstyles: ad 704
history of:
what it demonstrates: w78 8/1 7; lp 134-135
hypocrisy: w81 6/15 18; w80 11/15 15
idolatry: w82 11/15 31; w80 12/1 28; w79 8/1 8; w79 12/1 29-30; w78 7/1 13; w74 457-459; po 111-112; w72 42-43, 74, 295, 509, 537-538, 571-572, 752; ad 765-767; kj 145, 147-151, 167-168, 239-240, 249, 288; w67 607-608
abandoned forever after 537 B.C.E.: w78 8/1 7-8
Baal of Peor: w77 717-718
illegitimate child: w74 224
impartiality of Jehovah: w74 68; g74 10/8 18-19; w70 735-736
Jehovah as King: w78 3/1 16
Jehovah’s figurative wife: w85 3/15 12; w85 10/15 31; w79 3/1 9-10; ts 104-105
Jehovah’s mercy: w74 460-462
Jehovah’s witnesses: w77 400; or 132; w71 652; w65 116, 191; w63 46; bf 207; ln 18; w60 589-592; w59 713; nh 123
Jerusalem’s destruction (607 B.C.E.): w83 3/15 18; w80 3/1 14; w79 8/1 12, 16, 20-21; w79 12/1 24; w77 761; w73 60-61; w72 470-471; ad 912, 1687
Jerusalem’s destruction (70 C.E.): w85 10/1 8-9, 12; ce 222-223; g84 8/22 8; w83 3/15 18-19; w82 11/15 3-4; w80 10/1 21-23, 25-26; g80 8/8 16-19; g80 9/8 16-18; go 56-57; w75 138-139; ml 20, 22; w74 680-683, 693-694; ka 294-304; g72 10/8 20-21; ad 854, 914-915
number of survivors: w80 10/1 25
Jeshurun: po 119; ad 917; w50 511; ki 101; w43 245; w33 165-166; w31 154
Jewish sects: w83 9/15 16
judges: w78 2/1 13-16; ad 852, 980; w69 401; w67 476-478; w66 249-252, 411-415, 473-477; im 59-60; w59 182; pa 83-87; yw 87; w57 338; ep 131; ki 106-117; w42 308
period without: w42 309
Kingdom covenant: w79 12/1 16; sl 103-104; w71 302; w65 651-653; w64 232-233; w60 732; w59 126, 182-184; w58 725-726; yw 70-71, 88-91; w46 310-316; pn 39
kingly tribe: po 100-102; ns 81-82; pa 54; w51 639; rm 113, 165-166, 170; ki 91-92
kings: w78 11/15 26-29; po 100-102; w73 59-61; pm 118-120, 214-215; w71 393-395; ad 852-853, 974, 995-996; w70 665; w69 365, 370, 376-377, 401-402; w68 69-70, 624-625; rl 20-22; w67 607-608; g67 11/22 27-28; w66 134; w65 63, 405-406; bf 312-313; w62 70; ns 254
blessings for confidence in Jehovah: w85 9/1 29
command to read Law daily: w85 1/15 30
first king from tribe of Benjamin: w64 512; bf 89; w51 639; rm 165
“funeral burning” for (2Ch 16:14): w76 416
period of: w62 70; w56 436; w55 94-95; ki 155, 171; tf 150-151
regnal years: sr55 105
request human: w80 12/15 13; po 122-123; w71 743-744; ad 1000; w70 586; w68 624; rl 20; g67 2/22 6-7; w63 619-620; bf 88-89; wg 16
three primary snares: w85 9/1 29-30
land division: ad 254-255; bf 85-86; w62 393; ns 82-83; bi4 860-861; ep 96; mk 26; g35 3/27 400
“last days” of Jewish system: w80 10/1 20-23
Law covenant: g74 10/8 20; w73 580-581; ad 388, 1036-1045; kj 198-199; w70 372-380; g69 3/8 27-28; w68 524; li 85-86; im 273-278; w63 43-45, 206-207; ln 11-13; ns 101, 108-110, 112; w60 457, 731; pa 77-82; nh 173-174; lg 210-211; el 53-58
accident-prevention laws: g77 11/22 17
capital punishment: w77 538; g77 5/8 12; g75 11/22 26-27; g74 7/22 27-28; im 277
civil rights: lp 144
consideration for handicapped: w78 8/1 31
consideration for poor: lp 145-146, 151; w75 70; ad 656-657
crime and compensation: w77 315; lp 148-149; g77 5/8 11; g72 1/8 14-16
crime and punishment: w76 71; ad 202-203, 395-397; int69 1156; w67 87; w66 63; w65 58, 109, 127; g65 2/8 11; w64 639; g64 11/8 27-28; w63 496, 672; bi8-63 3585; w61 76, 734-735; w56 660; w55 511; g55 9/8 13; w40 73-74
dietary laws: w72 190-191; ad 1043-1044; w70 379; w68 570; g61 9/8 27
execution: w84 7/15 24
forbidden sexual relations: lp 153-154
foreigners and strangers: w61 197-199, 285
giving an unbled carcass to an alien resident: w84 7/15 24
harm to a pregnant woman: w77 478-480
health regulations: ce 204-206; w74 134
images: w64 393; w63 54-56; ns 105-106, 109-110
Jubilee: lp 155-156
juvenile delinquents: lp 150
keeping it perfectly: po 117-118
kidnapping: lp 150
kindness to animals: lp 152
law of “eye for eye” (De 19:16-21): g77 6/8 27-28
loans: ad 434, 838, 1071; w68 223
lost-and-found items: lp 151; w74 204-205
mercy to repentant ones: lp 154-155
murder: g78 12/22 27-28; lp 149-150
oaths: w78 6/1 13-14
polygamy: lp 147-148
prohibition on blood: bq 8-10
protection for women: lp 147-148
release from Law: ts 104-105
respect for family: lp 150, 156
respect for property rights: lp 151
reviling parents: w79 4/15 31
Sabbath year: g79 9/22 9
sanitary provisions: ce 204-205; lp 154
seventh-year Sabbath: g78 3/8 11
slavery: w79 12/1 22-23; w78 9/15 10; lp 146-147; ad 1515; w70 373-374
uncleanness: pm 108-110; ad 356-358; w68 735-736
unifying effect: w85 3/15 18-19
unsolved murders: lp 150; g75 11/22 27
when given: ad 388; w70 372; w69 479-480
when husband suspected wife of adultery: w77 607
witnesses in legal cases: lp 152-153
length of kingdom: w61 357
life in ancient: w71 312
literacy: w82 1/15 13-14; ad 1676
maps: w78 11/1 4
Central Palestine (pre-kingdom): bi5 711
Exodus from Egypt: w73 752; ad 545
holy contributions and the twelve tribes: w62 367; bi6 478
Judah (southern kingdom): bi5 715
land Moses viewed: w68 555
land of Word of Truth: w68 557
Northern Palestine (pre-kingdom): bi5 710
Palestine (time of Christ): bi12-81 1468; bi12-61 1468
pre- and post-exile: bi12-81 1467; bi6 480
Southern Palestine (pre-kingdom): bi5 712
tabernacle: Rbi8 1590; bi12-70 1463
united kingdom of Saul, David, Solomon (11th century B.C.E.): bi5 713-714
marriage: w72 82-83, 86-87; ad 1114-1116; w70 376, 379; w69 671; w68 606; bf 459; w61 46, 402-403, 736; ns 228; g61 9/8 28
foreign wives in Ezra’s day: w79 2/1 30-31; w79 4/15 30
Messiah:
expected in first century C.E.: w84 12/1 9-10; w82 10/1 6; hp 142
failure to accept the: w83 8/15 15-16, 19
Messianic expectations: g83 3/22 4-5, 8-10
Messianic nation: po 98-99
military service: ad 131-132, 1039; w70 378; w67 376, 527
“mixed crowd” (Nu 11:4): w80 6/15 20
moral breakdown: w79 1/15 32
mourning rites: ad 164, 450-451, 1188; w66 525
music: g77 7/8 27; w75 30; w73 746; ad 1191-1193; w70 220-221
name: kc 49
opportunity to become “kingdom of priests” (Ex 19:1-6): w74 688, 694-695
prayer: w78 8/1 14; g74 1/8 9
priesthood: w74 156-157; po 114-116, 118; w72 489; ad 1339-1343; is 110; w68 241-242; w67 598; li 375; ns 115-116
not a nation of priests: w78 7/1 23-24; po 114, 157-158
princes: w60 459; w52 588; w51 720-721
prisons: lp 148
Promised Land not promised eternally: w85 1/15 6
prophetic significance: w80 2/15 21; w79 9/15 16-20; g74 4/8 9-10, 12-13; kj 85, 216-217; fm 92; w66 274; w64 256; w62 408; w60 557; qm55 351; w53 455-456; nh 160; w52 228; w51 677; w50 335, 408; w46 70, 215; w43 250, 291; w42 131; w40 62, 279; rg 135-136; w39 36-37, 56-60, 67-77, 83-92, 99-109, 196; w37 148; w34 117, 285; jh 39; w33 100
prophets: w74 35-36; ad 1347-1349
prosperity: g71 11/22 27-28; w55 746-748
rabbis’ lofty view of Israel: w78 7/1 32
reason for Jehovah’s favor: lp 134-137; w70 735-736; w60 465-466; pa 60-61; w53 405; w47 169-170; w39 9; ch 60
rejected as God’s “congregation”: po 159
relationship to Tyre: w59 309
relation to Jehovah: w79 3/1 12-14; w77 754-755; w74 68; w74 597-598; w74 687; po 109-110, 112-114, 117-119; g74 10/8 18-19; w73 752; tp73 63-65; ad 825, 893-894, 1528; kj 118-119, 240-242; w70 735-736; li 70; w64 328; bf 270-271; w61 736; ns 114, 123; w60 456-457; w58 146, 176-177; pa 60-61; w53 246; w34 121; jh 184
religion: w72 74; ad 97-98, 809-811; g67 10/8 8-13
religious bondage: w72 560-561; w66 681-682; w64 73-75
Sabbath observance: g78 6/8 27-28; g74 4/8 9-10; ad 1425-1427; w70 374-375; w68 376, 603-604; w67 479-480; li 19-23; g66 9/22 29; w61 376-379, 679
Sanhedrin:
number of judges: w78 4/15 22
separateness from other peoples: w74 325; ad 1442; w68 47, 285; w61 395-397; g61 9/8 27-28
slavery in: w79 12/1 22-23; w78 9/15 10; lp 146-147; ad 1515; w70 373-374
spiritual Israel: w83 8/1 22-27; w83 8/15 15-20; w77 755; go 111-117; hs 117, 158-159, 166, 173-174; sl 32-35, 108-110, 114-118, 126-129, 139-143; w74 126-128; w74 600; w74 695-697; po 159-165, 171-172, 180-181; w73 747-749; pm 44-46, 101, 144-146, 251-258; w71 430-431; ad 855, 1206, 1614-1615; kj 306-311, 313, 315, 318-320, 342-343, 346-348, 352-361, 380-381; w69 497-498; w68 649-650, 692-698; li 141-142, 162; w64 86, 108; g64 3/8 28; w63 201-207; bf 435; g63 4/8 4; w62 363-365; g61 8/22 28; w60 245; w58 81; pa 146-153; hn 20-23; w56 87; sr55 174; w53 184, 336-337; nh 170; lg 215; w51 562-567; w49 245-251; w46 215; w45 116; w43 39, 213, 250; w38 302-303; w34 120, 285; jh 171-173, 181
12 tribes of: cj 12-13
Christendom’s attitude: w77 756-757
Christendom’s hatred: w76 661; sl 226-227
commission: w78 7/1 21
disciplinary experiences: sl 144-145
“farmers” and “vinedressers” for (Isa 61:5): su 190; w78 7/1 23, 28-30; sr55 297-298
foundation: w78 12/15 20
fruit bearing required by: yb79 260-261; w78 12/15 18-24, 26-27
Gog’s attack: sl 257-263; kj 357-362, 368-372, 382
holy nation (consecrated nation): w82 2/15 18
Jehovah husband of: w85 10/15 31; w76 543-544
lamed by Babylon the Great: sl 150-151
liberation from Babylon the Great: su 85-88; w80 5/15 18-19; w78 7/1 22-23, 29-30; w76 662-663; sl 158; bf 606-607, 664
outpouring of spirit in 1919: w76 662-663
pictured by Israelites in Sinaitic wilderness: w78 9/1 26
priesthood: w78 7/1 23-26
“priests of Jehovah” (Isa 61:6): w78 7/1 23-26
replaced natural Israel: w85 1/15 5
restoration work: w85 10/15 10-11, 15-20; w78 7/1 16-17, 21-27, 29-31
resurrection: w78 9/1 21, 26; go 115-118
spiritual kingdom over: w78 3/1 17-20
symbolic garments: w78 7/1 29-30
when “born” into its “land” (Isa 66:8): w82 7/1 13, 18, 20-24
sustained on Jehovah’s ‘expressions’ (De 8:3): w85 6/15 15-17
“symbolic drama” regarding Hagar and Ishmael (Ga 4:22-25): w85 3/15 12-14; w80 7/15 25; w70 28; w55 222-223; rm 242, 263; w49 72; w47 187; w45 261; w43 207; w34 167; jh 249-250
tabernacle: ad 1569-1571; w59 125-126, 437-440; pa 78; yw 68-70; w56 685-687; w55 689-690; sr55 44, 73; bi4 863; w42 245-246; w34 254-256, 318-320
taxation: ad 1577; w55 750; g55 2/8 26; g55 7/22 5-7; g50 11/8 3-4; g30 12/24 222
tax collectors: w74 139-140; ad 1577-1578
temptations: w74 63
territorial boundaries: w65 616, 640; gv 10; w64 541, 543; bf 99-100
in David’s time: sr55 204; ki 141; w42 107
theocratic organization: w79 3/1 12-14
tribes: ad 1614
trust misplaced: g67 2/8 3-4
unfaithful, picture Christendom: w83 3/15 19; w82 9/15 19; w82 10/1 27; w80 11/15 13; w79 8/1 9-21; w58 697; sr55 52-59, 155-158; w51 646; rw 10-12; w43 54; w42 6, 23; g42 1/21 16; w37 351; ch 80; w35 85, 324; wn 43; w34 163; jh 12; bg 34-35; w33 259
viewed as God’s sons: uw 185-186
‘walked by sight’ (2Co 5:7): w85 6/1 11
application to Christians today: w85 6/1 11-13
wars: ad 286-288, 1643-1645; w70 378; li 268; w63 533-534; ns 220; w60 241; g59 5/22 27-28; pa 71-74; w55 519; sr55 252; w54 197-198, 688-695; w53 655-656; nh 123-124; lg 238; rm 155-158; w49 102-103; ki 113-114; w42 340; g40 2/7 17-18; w39 100-107, 327-329; ne 15-19; w36 277; bg 49-52
against Canaanites: g82 2/22 7
righteous: g78 12/22 28
war against tribe of Benjamin: w78 2/1 15-16
weddings: w84 4/15 12, 16-22; w74 430-431
wilderness journey: w84 4/15 27-29; w73 751-752; w72 73-74; w71 147; ad 544-547, 985, 1657; kj 23-24; w69 5, 7-8, 105-106; fm 133-134, 136; yb69 5, 9-10; w68 639-640; w67 607; w63 534; ns 117-119; w58 542, 639; w55 181-182, 243; w53 47, 50; g36 7/29 700-701; g35 3/27 396-400; w34 180; g32 4/27 474-478
clothing: w84 7/15 24
Israelites in wilderness pictured spiritual Israelites now: w78 9/1 26
number of moves during: w77 399
‘put Jehovah to the test’: w77 396-399
work: w72 490
writing: ad 1675-1676; qm 132; qm55 132
Zealots: g84 8/22 7-8
Northern Kingdom
390 years of error: kj 97-99; w68 495-496; w37 350-352; v-1 48-49, 51-55
Assyria’s domination of: w76 42-45; w76 153-154; w72 74; w71 672; ad 540, 1479; kj 340; w64 567; w63 45; bf 109-110; ln 15; g63 1/8 5-7; w62 70; w60 753; pa 96; rm 181; ep 157; ki 162
did not lose tribal identities: w85 5/15 31
tribes accounted for in restoration 537 B.C.E.: w85 5/15 31
Baal worship: w78 7/1 14; ad 172; w68 357-358; w67 490; w64 567; bf 108; ns 135-136, 334, 356-357
calf worship: w78 7/1 13, 15; w72 295; ad 281; kj 240; w68 142; w67 489-490; g65 5/8 28-29; w64 567; bf 107-108; ns 133-136, 182, 197
called Ephraim: ad 526; g63 1/8 5-6; g63 1/22 7; w59 134; w46 216, 228
capital: ad 1435-1436; w64 567; w63 45; bf 108, 253-254; ln 15; ns 134-135; w59 134; w58 697; pa 96; w46 228
charts:
contemporary kings and prophets: ad 340-345; ep 160-163
of kings: ki 172-175
conspiracy against Judah: w77 158; ad 1282; w58 688-689; w46 308-314; pn 5-10, 15-16, 39-40
discussion: ad 854; kj 238-243
doom foretold by Amos: w84 7/1 8-13
false worship: w80 2/15 31
Jehu’s dynasty: ad 896; ns 360
Jehu the only anointed king: w45 76; w32 199, 211-212; v-3 27, 41-42
Jezreel: w76 150-152, 155-156; ad 935-936
kings: ad 338-347; im 63-64; w62 70; ns 133-135
line of prophets: ns 163; w52 242
maps: ns 137; bi-isa 406; bi5 716
misplaced trust: g63 1/8 5-6
oppressed by Syria: ns 199, 349-351, 365-366
priests: ns 134
prophetic significance: w76 42-43; w76 150-152, 156; w76 184; kj 238-246; ns 295, 297; g61 10/8 23; w58 697; rw 10-12; v-1 304-305
purged by Josiah: w49 30-31; w40 101, 108
separation from Judah: w78 11/15 26-27; ad 854; im 63; bf 107; w62 70; ns 132; w60 753; w58 725-726; pa 94-95; w46 308; pn 39
ten “lost” tribes: w85 5/15 31; w72 440-444; kj 340, 345; w56 485-488; ms53 373; w46 228-229; g34 11/7 90-94
unfaithfulness: w79 10/15 30
Republic
abortion: g78 8/8 30
agriculture: g63 6/8 10-11; w58 133; g52 3/8 26
animal life: g76 3/22 29
Arab opposition: g72 11/8 9; g69 1/22 5-6; g67 1/8 29; g67 2/22 31; w64 652; g64 3/8 29
archaeology:
evidence of Babylonian siege of Jerusalem: g76 1/22 30
Timna: g79 10/22 30-31
Archbishop Capucci released from prison: g78 3/8 30
area and population: w63 478
armaments:
cost per person: g75 10/22 30
Ashdod: w78 11/1 7
Ashkelon: w78 11/1 7
attitude of Christendom’s churches toward: w83 5/15 15
attitude toward—
divine name: yb80 254-255
flying over the city of Jerusalem: g84 6/22 30
Jesus: g74 12/22 17
walking upon the soil of the temple mount: g84 6/22 30
auto accidents: g76 3/22 30
autopsies: w67 724-725
bagel sales: g77 6/8 30
Beer-sheba: w78 11/1 7-8
Bethlehem: w78 11/1 5
Beth-shean: w78 11/1 10
Bible view of restoration: w74 14; w73 747; w68 691; w67 483-484; w60 244, 754-755; w58 133-135, 145-151, 191; lg 207-218; g52 3/8 26; w50 277; w49 243-253; v-2 267
breakwater built following pattern of that built by King Herod at Caesarea: g84 6/8 31
Cana: w78 12/1 30
Canaanite fortress discovered in Jerusalem: g83 12/8 29-30
computer for finding answers in rabbinical literature: g78 1/8 31
crime: w75 263; g75 4/22 29; g73 4/22 6
Dead Sea (Salt Sea): g80 8/22 29; g79 9/8 31
defense costs: g82 9/22 29
deputy in parliament learned Hebrew under hypnosis: g78 1/22 29
description: g72 1/8 27-28; g70 4/8 24; g68 4/8 21-24
desert farming: g71 9/22 30
divine name: na 12-13
inscription of found in Jerusalem: g83 5/8 29
establishment: go 91-92; kj 352
Ethiopian Falasha sect: g75 7/8 30
example of longevity:
Arab man from the Jordan’s West Bank: g79 7/8 30
Falwell’s (Jerry) comment on Israeli bombing of an Iraqi nuclear reactor: g81 11/22 29
Galilee: w78 11/1 9-10
Gaza: w78 11/1 7
government: w71 682; w67 483; w60 244; w57 563; hn 15; w51 566-567; g49 3/8 16
Hadrian’s statue discovered: g75 9/22 30-31
Hebrew language: g83 11/22 30
Hebron: w78 11/1 5-6
highest tax rate: g76 2/8 31
history: yb80 210-212; w58 133-136; nh 221; lg 214-217; w49 244-245; g49 11/22 21-24; g48 3/22 12-16
hotels:
kosher status: g79 2/8 29
hypnosis ban: g75 11/8 29
immigration law: g63 4/8 3-4
inflation: g83 3/8 29-30; g82 9/22 29; g80 5/22 30; g80 12/8 29
Jehovah’s Witnesses: yb86 36-37; yb85 16-17, 26-27; yb84 26-27; yb83 26-27; g83 3/22 23-24; yb82 26-27; yb81 26-27; yb80 26-27; yb79 26-27; yb78 26-27; yb77 26-27; yb76 17-18, 26-27; yb75 26-27; yb74 22, 26-27; yb73 26-27; g73 1/22 16; yb72 36-37; yb71 172-174; g71 11/8 12-15; yb70 186-187; w69 571; yb69 161-162; yb68 163-164; yb67 181-182; yb66 162-164; yb65 142-143; w64 340; yb64 179-181; yb63 118-119; mg63 2, 102; yb62 121; yb61 118-119
Abdennour, Joseph: yb80 246-247
Bethel family: yb80 253
branch office: yb86 17-18; yb80 240-241
circuit assemblies: yb80 250-251
cities given witness: yb80 247-248
congregations: yb80 214, 225-226, 234-235, 243-244, 246-247, 255-256
conventions: yb80 235, 239-240, 245-246; km 3/80 4; w63 639
Cyprus branch oversight: yb80 235
Erez, Dalia: yb80 242-243
Erez, Moshe: yb80 242-243
Givati, Shoshana: yb80 241
growth: yb80 225-226, 241, 244, 256
Hebrew Watchtower: yb80 240-241
informal witnessing: yb80 241-242, 248
Khoury, Hanna and Nehai: yb80 250
Kingdom Halls: yb80 238, 241, 255-256
Kobrossi, Khalil: yb80 221-225
language problem: yb80 235-236, 238-239
Memorial: yb80 251
Mintzer, Fanny: yb80 231-233, 256
missionaries: yb80 231, 233-234, 236; g54 2/8 27-28; w52 397-398
modern history: yb80 210-212, 214-226, 230-256
Namer, David: yb80 239
neutrality: yb80 253-254
Pearce, Eric: yb80 240
persecution: yb86 17-18; yb80 253-255
pioneers: yb80 241-242
rabbi opposition: yb80 239-240, 249
Seclenov, Anita: yb80 236-237, 249-250
service experiences: yb80 236-237, 249-250; g54 2/8 27
Shehadi, Atallah: yb80 217-220, 234, 256
Shehadi, Ibrahim: yb80 217-222, 234, 256
special pioneers: yb80 233, 236-237, 244-245
Susser, Frieda: yb80 231-233, 256
tours of Bible land: yb80 251-253; w78 11/1 3-11; w78 12/1 26-31
Wayne, Thomas: yb80 233-234
Wiens, Ben: yb80 233-234
Jericho: w78 11/1 10
Jerusalem: w78 11/1 10-11; g67 8/8 29
jojoba plants: g80 8/22 16
Jordan River: g77 2/8 31
Judaism:
new prayer book: g78 1/8 31
Orthodox: yb80 212
juvenile delinquency: g79 4/22 30
land recuperation: g79 9/22 9-10
languages: yb80 236; g65 11/22 16-18
laws against sodomy opposed: g64 10/8 31
map: yb80 213; w78 11/1 4
Megiddo: w85 1/1 4-5; w85 1/15 3-4, 6-7; w78 11/1 9; w74 230, 232
mercy killing: g78 3/8 6-7
money: g80 5/22 30
Mount Gerizim: w78 11/1 8
nation formed: yb80 211
Nazareth: w78 12/1 26-31
Negeb Desert: g80 3/8 24
trees grown: g77 7/22 29
not Jehovah’s means for blessing all mankind: w84 9/15 10-15
nuclear bomb: g61 2/8 29
objections to women’s singing: g76 2/8 29
peace talks with Egypt: w78 12/15 15
photographs: w74 78-79
pollution: g77 2/8 31; g73 2/22 31; g71 9/8 30-31
population: yb86 36
pork: g80 1/8 29
question of who is a Jew: g70 5/22 27-28
relations with Germany: g65 7/8 30
religion: g72 2/22 30; w58 191; w56 552; g54 12/22 24; w51 567; w49 247-248
ostracism: g75 10/8 31
Sabbath: g77 2/8 29
Orthodox and secular Jews clash over Sabbath: g77 10/8 31
problems regarding: g82 8/8 29
stone throwing by youths justified: g79 3/22 30
Samaria: w78 11/1 8
Sea of Galilee: w78 11/1 10
Shiloh: w78 11/1 8
solar energy from ponds: g80 5/22 29
Tel Aviv-Jaffa: w78 11/1 6-7
touring: w78 11/1 3-11; w74 77-80
United Nations: im 201; g54 7/8 11; lg 217
view of Christendom’s missionaries: yb80 231
visits by—
Franz, F. W.: yb80 245-246
Henschel, M. G.: yb80 233-234; w52 397-398
Knorr, N. H.: yb80 233-234; w52 397-398
Wailing Wall: w77 604; w75 248
war with Arabs: yb80 211; g74 10/22 16-17; g74 11/8 5; w68 553-554; w67 483-484; g67 7/8 29; g67 7/22 29; g67 12/8 29
1967: yb80 225-226, 243-244
1973: yb80 253-254
West Bank: w78 11/1 6
map: w78 11/1 4
woman in coma gives birth: g80 12/22 30
Zionism: g76 5/22 20-23; w58 133-136; g56 7/8 21-24; g56 8/8 21-23; lg 214-215; g49 7/22 7-8; g47 4/22 6-7