7/24/11

Miracles in the Old Testament of the Bible

Preceding the Exodus:

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:24)
Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26)
The birth of Isaac (Genesis 21:1-3)
The burning bush not consumed (Exodus 3:2)

In Egypt:

Aaron's rod turned into a snake (Exodus 7:10-12)
The ten plagues: 1. Water made blood (Exodus 7:20-25), 2. Frogs (Exodus 8:5-14), 3. Gnats (Exodus 8:16-18), 4. Flies (Exodus 8:20-24), 5. Death to herds and flocks (Exodus 9:3-6), 6. Boils and sores (Exodus 9:8-11), 7. Thunder and hail (Exodus 9:22-26), 8. Locusts (Exodus 10:12-19), 9. Darkness (Exodus 10:21, 23), 10. The firstborn slain (Exodus 12:29-30)
Parting of the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21-31)

In the Wilderness:

The sweetening of the waters at Marah (Exodus 15:23-25)
Feeding with manna (Exodus 16:14-35)
Water from the rock at Rephidim (Exodus 17:5-7)
Death of Nadab ad Abihu for offering unholy fire (Leviticus 10:1-2)
Burning of the camp at Tabernah (Numbers 11:1-3)
Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:31-35)
Aaron's rod bears buds, blossom and almonds (Numbers 17:8)
Water from the rock at Meribah (Numbers 20:7-11)
The healing powers of the bronze serpent (Numbers 21:8-9)
Stopping of the River Jordan (Joshua 3:14-17)

In Canaan - under Joshua:

Fall of the walls of Jericho (Joshua 6:6-25)
Staying of the sun and moon (Joshua 10:12-14)
Strength of Samson (Judges 14:1-16:30)
The water flows from the hollow place at Lehi (Judges 15:19)
Men of Bethshemesh slain for looking into the ark (1 Samuel 6:19)
Thunderstorm causes panic in Philistine army (1 Samuel 7:10-12)
Thunder and rain in harvest (1 Samuel 12:17-18)
Sound of marching in balsam trees (2 Samuel 5:23-25)

Under the Kings:

Death of Uzzah for touching the ark of God (2 Samuel 6:7)
Withering of Jeroboam's hand and destruction of the altar (1 Kings 13:4-5)

By Elijah:

Drought, fire from Heaven and rain at Elijah's prayer; Elijah wondrously fed (1 Kings 17:1-19:18)
The increase of the oil and mean at Zarephath (1 Kings 17:14-16)
The raising of the widow's son at Zarephath (1 Kings 17:17-24)
Wall of Aphek falls upon thousands of Syrians (1 Kings 20:30)
Burning of the captains and their companies (2 Kings 1:10-12)
Dividing of the River Jordan (2 Kings 2:8)
Elijah taken by a whirlwind into Heaven (2 Kings 2:11)

By Elisha:

Dividing of the River Jordan (2 Kings 2:14)
The waters of Jericho made wholesome (2 Kings 2:21-22)
Bears destroy forty-two mocking boys at Bethel (2 Kings 2:24)
Water supplied to the allied armies in Moab (2 Kings 3:16-20)
Increase of the widow's oil (2 Kings 4:2-7)
Raising of the Shunammite's son (2 Kings 4:32-37)
The deadly stew purified with flour (2 Kings 4:38-41)
Feeding one hundred men with twenty loaves (2 Kings 4:42-44)
Naaman's leprosy cured; the leprosy transferred to Gehazi (2 Kings 5:10-14,27)
An iron ax head floats on the water (2 Kings 6:5-7)
The Syrian army struck with blindness (2 Kings 6:18-20)
Elisha's bones revive a dead man (2 Kings 13:21)

Recorded by Isaiah:

Destruction of Sennacherib's army (2 Kings 19:35)
The shadow goes back on the sundial of Ahaz (2 Kings 20:9-11)

During Captivity:

Deliverance of Shadrach, Messhach and Abednego from the furnace (Daniel 3:19-27)
Daniel is saved from the den of lions (Daniel 6:16-23)

Miscellaneous:

Dagon falls twice before the ark of God; Philistines afflicted by tumors (1 Samuel 5:1-12)
Uzziah is smitten with leprosy (2 Chronicles 26:16-21)
Deliverance of Jonah from the great fish (Jonah 2:1-10)


Footnotes:
Graded Press, ed. "Miracles in the Old Testament." Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version. Nashville; Burlingame: Thomas Nelson for Cokesbury, 1990. Print.

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