~ because the children of ~ 04_NUM_20_13  This [is] the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. #, 11_1KI_19_14  And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts, because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [even] I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. #,