Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersKnowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Esther
HistoryO God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms
PoetrySo likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahThese are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
Numbers
LawAnd his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
2 Kings
HistoryOf a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
Exodus
LawWoe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsShall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThe inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSeest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2 Chronicles
HistoryYea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
John
GospelsWho hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
Job
WisdomHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.