And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
John
GospelsHearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
James
General Epistles / JamesThe heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
John
GospelsAnd I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Amos
Minor ProphetsSaying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Acts
History / LukeThe hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
1 Chronicles
HistoryTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBehold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
Nehemiah
HistoryThe heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Psalms
PoetryWhen they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Job
WisdomAvoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonO LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMachnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Ezra
History / EzraAnd Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
Joshua
History / JoshuaHear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Job
WisdomThey that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.