And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
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And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
Genesis
LawWherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhen John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts
History / LukeTherefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
Genesis
LawAnd Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
Joshua
History / JoshuaMy soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistorySo Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
1 Chronicles
HistoryThey shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.