And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsBeerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsVerily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
Luke
GospelsAnd it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
2 Kings
HistoryYet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
Deuteronomy
LawGive none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
Genesis
Law / MosesWhat time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Job
WisdomThen Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
1 Samuel
HistoryCome near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThen they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Numbers
Law / MosesIf her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Exodus
Law / MosesThey were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
Psalms
PoetrySaying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsFor an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.