So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
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Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
2 Kings
HistoryThey drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFrom thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
LawAnd he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
Luke
GospelsAnd Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Exodus
LawA poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Proverbs
WisdomFor thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
2 Samuel
HistoryThen David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:
1 Samuel
HistoryThen came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
Acts
HistoryBehold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
Job
Wisdom / JobLet the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
Mark
Gospels / MarkSo they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
Psalms
PoetryAnd the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTheir knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.