Lexicon :: Strong's G906 - ballō

Balaam said to him, “Look, I have come to you, but can I say anything I want? I must speak only the message God puts in my mouth.”

Benjamin’s descendants by their clans:

the Belaite clan from Bela;

the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel;

the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram;

Bela’s descendants from Ard and Naaman:

the Ardite clan from Ard;

the Naamite clan from Naaman.

There were seven hundred fit young men who were left-handed among all these troops; all could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan,” and Jonathan was selected.

The woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn, and they dispersed from the city, each to his own tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

Solomon began to build the temple for the LORD in the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month.[fn]

Three of Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

Benjamin fathered Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,

Bela’s sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,[fn]

They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

They cast lots for each temple gate according to their ancestral families, young and old alike.

He made skillfully designed devices in Jerusalem to shoot arrows and catapult large stones for use on the towers and on the corners. So his fame spread even to distant places, for he was wondrously helped until he became strong.

We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our ancestral families[fn] at the appointed times each year. They are to bring the wood to our God’s house to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law.

Now the leaders of the people stayed in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots for one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine-tenths remained in their towns.

In the first month, the month of Nisan, in King Ahasuerus’s twelfth year, the pur ​— ​that is, the lot ​— ​was cast before Haman for each day in each month, and it fell on the twelfth month, the month Adar.

I have seen a fool taking root,

but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.

His possessions[fn] will not increase in the land.

his archers[fn] surround me.

He pierces my kidneys without mercy

and pours my bile on the ground.

What supports its foundations?

Or who laid its cornerstone

They divided my garments among themselves,

and they cast lots for my clothing.

The Ephraimite archers turned back

on the day of battle.

he throws his hailstones like crumbs.

Who can withstand his cold?

“Throw in your lot with us,

and we’ll all share the loot”[fn] —

a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;

a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;

Then the fishermen will mourn.

All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,

and those who spread nets on the water will give up.

I will camp in a circle around you;

I will besiege you with earth ramps,

and I will set up my siege towers against you.

“Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:

He will not enter this city,

shoot an arrow here,

come before it with a shield,

or build up a siege ramp against it.

He will be like a tree planted by water:

it sends its roots out toward a stream,

it doesn’t fear when heat comes,

and its foliage remains green.

It will not worry in a year of drought

or cease producing fruit.

“As for me, I am going to live in Mizpah to represent you[fn] before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have captured.”

“The answer marked[fn] Jerusalem appears in his right hand, indicating that he should set up battering rams, give the order to[fn] slaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall.

“They will come against you with an assembly of peoples and with weapons, chariots, and[fn] wagons. They will set themselves against you on every side with large and small shields and helmets. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will judge you by their own standards.

“You will allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens residing among you, who have fathered children among you. You will treat them[fn] like native-born Israelites; along with you, they will be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

“This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to Israel’s tribes, and these will be their portions.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

So these men, in their trousers, robes, head coverings,[fn] and other clothes, were tied up and thrown into the furnace of blazing fire.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in alarm. He said to his advisers, “Didn’t we throw three men, bound, into the fire? ”

“Yes, of course, Your Majesty,” they replied to the king.

I will be like the dew to Israel;

he will blossom like the lily

and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

They cast lots for my people;

they bartered a boy for a prostitute

and sold a girl for wine to drink.

On the day you stood aloof,

on the day strangers captured his wealth,[fn]

while foreigners entered his city gate

and cast lots for Jerusalem,

you were just like one of them.

“Come on! ” the sailors said to each other. “Let’s cast lots. Then we’ll know who is to blame for this trouble we’re in.” So they cast lots, and the lot singled out Jonah.

Therefore, there will be no one

in the assembly of the LORD

to divide the land by casting lots.[fn]

Yet she became an exile;

she went into captivity.

Her children were also dashed to pieces

at the head of every street.

They cast lots for her dignitaries,

and all her nobles were bound in chains.

They mock kings,

and rulers are a joke to them.

They laugh at every fortress

and build siege ramps to capture it.

You come out to save your people,

to save your anointed.[fn]

You crush the leader of the house of the wicked

and strip him from foot[fn] to neck.Selah