And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
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Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
Genesis
LawBeing made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Hebrews
General EpistlesHe made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Solomon's Song
PoetryNow the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhich make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Job
WisdomBut that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
Exodus
LawBecause the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Numbers
Law / MosesIn God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalms
PoetryFor they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWhosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
GospelsThey shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiBut he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesSee then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThat thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Job
WisdomFor Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThere was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
Mark
GospelsO give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
Esther
HistoryAnd the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.