And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
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And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraRemember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
Luke
GospelsNeither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThey that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsWhich thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
Ezra
HistoryAnd he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Esther
HistoryAnd their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
Exodus
LawAnd she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaBut if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
James
General EpistlesHe is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Matthew
GospelsBut they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez.
Numbers
Law / MosesMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
Exodus
LawAnd Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThe earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.