Four

Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

…against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.

Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.

Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.

And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.

Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.

The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.

Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.

He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.

And he cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

And he cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

He cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners at its four legs.

He cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners at its four legs.

He cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners at its four legs.

And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.

At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.

…with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.

…with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.

And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.

All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.

He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,

…and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

Each silver platter weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each silver bowl seventy shekels. The total weight of the silver articles was two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,

Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

Jarmuth, and En-gannim—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

Helkath, and Rehob—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

Dimnah, and Nahalal—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.

So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.

…that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,

But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.

So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.

And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.

…because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”

After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.

So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.

He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.

And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.

In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.

Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.

There were four wheels under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand; each wheel was a cubit and a half in diameter.

Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.

He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.

…the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.

…and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.

So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.

So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

…and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.

The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.

Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.

Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.