And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
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I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraYea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
2 Chronicles
History(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanYet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesHowbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
John
GospelsSuch as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Psalms
PoetryThe children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Judges
HistoryAnd the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
Deuteronomy
LawShall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraA merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThis is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.