Lexicon :: Strong's H4496 - mᵊnûḥâ

“He saw that his resting place was good

and that the land was pleasant,

so he leaned his shoulder to bear a load

and became a forced laborer.

They set out from the mountain of the LORD on a three-day journey with the ark of the LORD’s covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

“Indeed, you have not yet come into the resting place and the inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.

They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and easily overtook them near Gibeah toward the east.

“May the LORD grant each of you rest in the house of a new husband.” She kissed them, and they wept loudly.

“Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.”

“Blessed be the LORD! He has given rest to his people Israel according to all he has said. Not one of all the good promises he made through his servant Moses has failed.

“But a son will be born to you; he will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies, for his name will be Solomon,[fn] and I will give peace and quiet to Israel during his reign.

Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the LORD’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build,

He lets me lie down in green pastures;

he leads me beside quiet waters.

So I swore in my anger,

“They will not enter my rest.”

Return to your rest, my soul,

for the LORD has been good to you.

Rise up, LORD, come to your resting place,

you and your powerful ark.

“This is my resting place forever;

I will make my home here

because I have desired it.

On that day the root of Jesse

will stand as a banner for the peoples.

The nations will look to him for guidance,

and his resting place will be glorious.

He had said to them,

“This is the place of rest;

let the weary rest;

this is the place of repose.”

But they would not listen.

Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,

in safe and secure dwellings.

This is what the LORD says:

Heaven is my throne,

and earth is my footstool.

Where could you possibly build a house for me?

And where would my resting place be?

“‘You have said, “Woe is me, because the LORD has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with[fn] groaning and have found no rest.” ’

This is what the prophet Jeremiah commanded Seraiah son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, the quartermaster, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.

Get up and leave,

for this is not your place of rest

because defilement brings destruction —

a grievous destruction!

A pronouncement:

The word of the LORD

is against the land of Hadrach,

and Damascus is its resting place —

for the eyes of humanity

and all the tribes of Israel

are on the LORD[fn] —