And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts
HistoryAnd Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they laid their hands on him, and took him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Exodus
LawThen Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesNevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTo the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
Exodus
LawWithout the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
Leviticus
LawAnd he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Numbers
LawWherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus
LawAnd thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
Judges
History / SamuelThese are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Genesis
LawThat pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosI the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.