Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
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And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Proverbs
WisdomAfter this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahMan goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
Ezra
History / EzraFor the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
1 Kings
HistoryThe virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
Esther
HistoryAnd the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
Mark
GospelsBut the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHeshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
Esther
HistoryHer adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThen Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
Exodus
Law / MosesThy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
Ruth
HistoryGo and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Ruth
HistorySo the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.