And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
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Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsI clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBehold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
Acts
HistoryAnd this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John
General EpistlesBut they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsEvery sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
2 Chronicles
HistoryI have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Exodus
LawAlso that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Acts
History / LukeBe not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThese were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Acts
HistorySimon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelOnly thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
Deuteronomy
LawThe legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSurely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.