And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
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This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
1 Samuel
HistoryShallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
Acts
History / LukeAnd Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHe hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Job
WisdomAnd immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
Mark
GospelsAnd he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
1 Chronicles
HistoryMake haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Job
WisdomAnd give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThey have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Ezra
HistoryAnd they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
Numbers
Law / MosesI know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraGather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.