1 Chronicles 27:28
King James Version
28 And over the olive trees
and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains
was Baalhanan* the Gederite:
and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
What does the Bible say about the "olive" tree?
It seems there's quite a lot of info on it.
Practical, precious, and prophetic stuff, mind you.
We shall see how important it is to GOD, and Israel.
Truly a "witness" to the times, commands, and personalities.
So, let's have a look where SPIRIT, and Scripture, take us.
Olive trees were used by king Solomon for the "house of the LORD".
1 Kings 6:2
King James Version
2 And the house
which king Solomon built for the Lord,
the length thereof was threescore cubits,
and the breadth thereof twenty cubits,
and the height thereof thirty cubits.
1 Kings 6:23
King James Version
23 And within the oracle
he made two cherubims of olive tree,
each ten cubits high.
1 Kings 6:31-33
King James Version
31 And for the entering of the oracle
he made doors of olive tree:
the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
32 The two doors also were of olive tree;
and he carved upon them carvings
of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers,
and overlaid them with gold,
and spread gold upon the cherubims,
and upon the palm trees.
33 So also made he for the door
of the temple posts of olive tree,
a fourth part of the wall.
GOD's command, through Moses.
Deuteronomy 28:40
King James Version
40 Thou shalt have olive trees
throughout all thy coasts,
but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil;
for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
Use of olive oil.
Exodus 27:20
King James Version
20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel,
that they bring thee pure oil olive
beaten for the light,
to cause the lamp to burn always.
The dove, and olive leaf, in Noah's time.
Genesis 8:8-12
King James Version
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him,
to see if the waters were abated
from off the face of the ground;
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot,
and she returned unto him into the ark,
for the waters were on the face of the whole earth:
then he put forth his hand, and took her,
and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days;
and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening;
and, lo, in her mouth
was an olive leaf pluckt off:
so Noah knew that the waters
were abated from off the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days;
and sent forth the dove;
which returned not again
unto him any more.
GOD's love for Israel, and the beauty of the olive tree.
Hosea 14:4-6
King James Version
4 I will heal their backsliding,
I will love them freely:
for mine anger is turned away from him.
5 I will be as the dew unto Israel:
he shall grow as the lily,
and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 His branches shall spread,
and his beauty shall be as the olive tree,
and his smell as Lebanon.
The future of the earth.
Isaiah 24:10-13
King James Version
10 The city of confusion is broken down:
every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
11 There is a crying for wine in the streets;
all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
12 In the city is left desolation,
and the gate is smitten with destruction.
13 When thus it shall be
in the midst of the land among the people,
there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree,
and as the gleaning grapes
when the vintage is done.
GOD's anger at Israel, and Judah, as told to prophet Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 11:15-18
King James Version
15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house,
seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many,
and the holy flesh is passed from thee?
when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
16 The Lord called thy name,
A green olive tree,
fair, and of goodly fruit:
with the noise of a great tumult
he hath kindled fire upon it,
and the branches of it are broken.
17 For the Lord of hosts, that planted thee,
hath pronounced evil against thee,
for the evil of the house of Israel
and of the house of Judah,
which they have done against themselves
to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
18 And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it,
and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.
An invitation to reign.
Judges 9:7-9
King James Version
7 And when they told it to Jotham,
he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim,
and lifted up his voice, and cried,
and said unto them,
Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem,
that God may hearken unto you.
8 The trees went forth on a time
to anoint a king over them;
and they said unto the olive tree,
Reign thou over us.
9 But the olive tree said unto them,
Should I leave my fatness,
wherewith by me they honour God and man,
and go to be promoted over the trees?
Children as "olive plants".
Psalm 128:1-3
King James Version
128 Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord;
that walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:
happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine
by the sides of thine house:
thy children like olive plants
round about thy table.
Being like a "green olive tree".
Psalm 52:8
King James Version
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God:
I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
The two witnesses as two "olive trees".
Revelation 11:3-4
King James Version
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses,
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred
and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees,
and the two candlesticks
standing before the God of the earth.
The Gentile as a "wild olive tree".
Romans 11:16-19
King James Version
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy:
and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches be broken off,
and thou, being a wild olive tree,
wert grafted in among them,
and with them partakest
of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against the branches.
But if thou boast,
thou bearest not the root,
but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then,
The branches were broken off,
that I might be grafted in.
The two olive trees as the two "anointed" ones.
Zechariah 4:11-14
King James Version
11 Then answered I, and said unto him,
What are these two olive trees
upon the right side of the candlestick
and upon the left side thereof?
12 And I answered again, and said unto him,
What be these two olive branches
which through the two golden pipes
empty the golden oil out of themselves?
13 And he answered me and said,
Knowest thou not what these be?
And I said, No, my lord.
14 Then said he,
These are the two anointed ones,
that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
The two olive trees upon two "sides of the bowl".
Zechariah 4:1-4
King James Version
4 And the angel that talked with me
came again, and waked me,
as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
2 And said unto me, What seest thou?
And I said, I have looked,
and behold a candlestick all of gold,
with a bowl upon the top of it,
and his seven lamps thereon,
and seven pipes to the seven lamps,
which are upon the top thereof:
3 And two olive trees by it,
one upon the right side of the bowl,
and the other upon the left side thereof.
4 So I answered and spake to the angel
that talked with me, saying,
What are these, my lord?
*From the TOPMOST verse --
Who is Baalhanan?
Why does he matter?
Note his "heritage":
Genesis 36:1-3
King James Version
36 Now these are the generations of Esau,
who is Edom.
2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan;
Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah
the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter,
sister of Nebajoth.
Genesis 36:4-5
King James Version
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz;
and Bashemath bare Reuel;
5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush,
and Jaalam, and Korah:
these are the sons of Esau,
which were born unto him
in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 36:6-9
King James Version
6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons,
and his daughters, and all the persons of his house,
and his cattle, and all his beasts,
and all his substance,
which he had got in the land of Canaan;
and went into the country
from the face of his brother Jacob.
7 For their riches were more
than that they might dwell together;
and the land wherein they were strangers
could not bear them because of their cattle.
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir:
9 And these are the generations of Esau
the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
Genesis 36:10
King James Version
10 These are the names of Esau's sons;
Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau,
Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
Genesis 36:37-39
King James Version
37 And Samlah died,
and Saul of Rehoboth by the river
reigned in his stead.
38 And Saul died,
and Baalhanan the son of Achbor
reigned in his stead.
39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died,
and Hadar reigned in his stead:
and the name of his city was Pau;
and his wife's name was Mehetabel,
the daughter of Matred,
the daughter of Mezahab.
We shall look into these sets of verses for another post, in another blog.
For we discovered many important things here, regarding Israel, and those sworn to destroy her.
Yes, even -- and ESPECIALLY -- in these times.
More tree articles here.
Related material:
How GENTILES are to Regard JEWS
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