Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
The only Scripture reference to Planets:
2 Kings 23:5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
The Romans bestowed the names of gods and goddesses on the five planets that could be seen in the night sky with the naked eye.
1 Mercury, is named after the fast-moving messenger of the gods.
2 Venus, is named for their goddess of love and beauty
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4 Mars after their god of war.
5 Jupiter was named for the king of the Roman gods
6 Saturn, is named for the god of agriculture.
7 Uranus, was discovered after the telescope was invented in the early 1600s. The name is Latinized version of the Greek god of the sky,
8 Neptune, was first seen by telescope in 1846, got its name from the Roman god of the sea.
** Earth was named by God. Genesis 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
The only Scripture references to Planets:
Mercury (Mercurius) Acts 14:12
Mars Acts 17:22 (16-34)
Jupiter Acts 14:12-13, 19:35
The SKY is mentioned 7 times in the Scripture: Once in Deuteronomy, Job, Hebrews, twice in Matthew and twice in Luke:
Deuteronomy 33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Job 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Hebrews 11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
Matthew 16:2-3 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering.
Luke 12:56O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
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