And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
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Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
Acts
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
1 Kings
HistorySave, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
Psalms
PoetryThey are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
Psalms
PoetryA wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
Genesis
LawBe silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThat they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTo declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraLest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
Leviticus
LawFor we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Joshua
HistoryAnd when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThey on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Luke
GospelsTake ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Mark
GospelsAnd I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.