And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
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Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
1 Kings
HistoryIniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
Psalms
PoetryWhen Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
Matthew
GospelsAnd we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
Luke
GospelsAnd he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHowbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
Esther
History / MordecaiEdom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Job
WisdomNow mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
2 Chronicles
HistorySo that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
Luke
GospelsAnd Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
Genesis
LawFor when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.