Miracles and parables

Miracles of the Old Testament

Blackwood’s Comprehensive Aids to the Study of the Bible · Vol. I, p. 45

Begins on Vol. I, p. 45

The Miracle	The Object or Occasion	The Place	The Text
The Multiplication of Languages	To Defeat Wrong Ambition	Babel	Gen. xi. 7-9.
Certain Sodomites Smitten with Blindness	To Punish them for Murderous Intent	Sodom	xix. 11.
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah	As Punishment for their Great Wickedness	Sodom and Gomorrah	xix. 24, 25.
Lot's Wife Turned into a Pillar of Salt	As Punishment for Disobedience in Looking Back	On the road from Sodom	xix. 26.
The Burning Bush—not Consumed	The Call of Moses	Horeb	Ex. iii. 2.
Moses' Rod Transformed into a Serpent	To Confirm his Faith	Horeb	iv. 2-5.
Moses' Hand made Leprous and Healed	To Confirm his Faith	Horeb	iv. 6, 7.
Aaron's Rod Transformed into a Serpent	To Convince Pharaoh of his and Moses' Divine Mission	Egypt	vii. 10-12.
The Ten Plagues	To Compel Pharaoh to let the Israelites Go Forth	Egypt	vii.-xii.
The Pillar of Cloud by Day and of Fire by Night	To Baffle the Egyptians and Guide the Israelites	Near Egypt	xiii. 20, 21.
The Red Sea Divided, and Returned to its Channel	To make a Road for the Israelites, and Drown the Egyptians	Near Egypt	xiv. 21, 22.
The Waters of Marah made Sweet	To Supply Drinking Water for the Israelites	Marah	xiv. 24, 25.
Quails and Manna Sent	To Supply the Israelites with Food	The Wilderness	xvi. 13-35.
Water brought from the Rock	To Supply the Israelites with Water	Horeb and Meribah	xvii. 5-7; Num. xx. 8-12.
Victory over the Amalekites		Rephidim	xvii. 8-16.
Aaron's Rod Buds, Blossoms and Bears Almonds	To Convince the Israelites of his Authority	Kadesh	Num. xvii. 1-8.
Korah and his party Destroyed	As Punishment for their Rebellion		xvi. 31-35.
Plague Sent and Stayed	To Rebuke their Murmurings		41-50.
Fiery Serpents Sent and some of those Bitten Cured	To Rebuke their Murmurings	Desert of Zin	xxi. 7-9.
Balaam's Ass Speaks	To Rebuke him for Going to Balak	Pethor	xxii. 28-31.
Aaron's Sons Consumed with Fire from Heaven	For Offering Strange Fire	Sinai	Lev. x. 1, 2.
Miriam's Leprosy Cured	In answer to Moses' Prayer	Hazeroth	Num. xii. 10-15.
The Jordan Divided	To Open Passage for Israelites and for Elijah and Elisha	River Jordan	Josh. iii. 14-17; 2 Kings ii. 8, 14.
The Walls of Jericho Fall	To Aid the Israelites in its Capture	Jericho	vi. 6-21.
The Sun and Moon Stand Still	To Lengthen the Day for the Israelites	Gibeon	x. 12, 13.
Samson receives Water from En-hakkore	To Slake his Thirst	Lehi	Judg. xv. 19.
Sacrifices Consumed by Fire from Heaven	To Attest Divine Authority	Several places	Lev. ix. 24; Judg. vi. 21; Judg. xiii. 19, 20; 1 Ki. xviii. 38; 2 Chr. vii. 1.
Dagon and many Philistines Fall before the Ark	To Compel the Philistines to return it to its Rightful Keepers	Ashdod	1 Sam. v.
Beth-Shemeshites Smitten	To Punish Irreverence	Beth-Shemesh	vi. 19.
Thunder and Rain in Harvest-time, in answer to Samuel's Prayer	To Inspire Reverence	Gilgal	xii. 18.
Uzzah Struck Dead	To Punish Presumption	Perez-Uzzah	2 Sam. vi. 7.
Jeroboam's Hand Withered	To Punish his Defiance of God's Messenger	Beth-el	1 Kings xiii. 4, 6.
The Widow's Meal and Oil Multiplied	To Provide her and her Son and the Prophet with Food	Zarephath	1 Kings xvii. 10-16.
Ahaziah's Captains and their Fifties Consumed	To Rebuke Ahaziah's Defiance of God's Prophet	Near Samaria	2 Kings i. 9-12.
The Chariot of Fire takes Elijah to Heaven	To Show God's Especial Regard for him	Near the Jordan	ii. 11.
The Waters of Jericho made fit to Drink	In Answer to the Prayer of the People	Jericho	ii. 19-22.
Water provided for a Large Army		Moab	iii. 16-20.
The Widow's Oil Multiplied	To Afford Means to Pay her Debts		iv. 1-7.
The Shunammite's Son Raised	As a Reward for her Regard for the Prophet	Shunam	iv. 32-36.
Poisonous Pottage Cured	To Supply Food for the Sons of the Prophets	Gilgal	iv. 40, 41.
One Hundred Men fed with Twenty Loaves	The Same Purpose as the last	Gilgal	iv. 42-44.
Naaman's Leprosy Cured	Because of his Faith	River Jordan	v. 10-14.
Gehazi made Leprous	As Punishment	Samaria	v. 24-27.
Axe-head caused to Float		Jordan	vi. 6.
A Syrian Band Smitten with Blindness	To Rescue the Prophet	Dothan	vi. 19.
The Syrian Army put to Flight	To Deliver Samaria from Siege	Samaria	vii. 6, 7.
The Dead Man Revived by Contact with Elisha's Remains			xiii. 20, 21.
Sennacherib's Army Destroyed	To Deliver Jerusalem, in answer to Hezekiah's Prayer	Jerusalem	xix. 35.
The Sun made to Go Back	As a Proof of what the Prophet had Said	Jerusalem	xx. 9-11.
Uzziah made Leprous	To Punish him for Usurping the Priests' Functions	Jerusalem	2 Chron. xxvi. 19-21.
Saved in the Fiery Furnace	To Attest God's Power and Providence	Babylon	Dan. iii. 19-27.
Daniel Saved from Lions	The Same Object	Babylon	vi. 16-23.
Jonah in Whale's Belly	To Punish his Attempt to Escape Duty	Mediterranean	Jon. i. 17.
Jonah Delivered	In Answer to his Repentant Prayer	Mediterranean	ii.