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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And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
2 Chronicles
HistoryGo and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
Matthew
GospelsThe life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
John
GospelsAfter this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahOh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
Acts
History / LukeTherefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Luke
Gospels / LukeJehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
Judges
History / SamuelThe LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
Luke
GospelsWoe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobHowl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: