And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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Amon his son, Josiah his son.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
1 Kings
HistoryHe may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
Exodus
Law / MosesFrom the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBecause all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Numbers
LawBut the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
2 Samuel
HistoryThus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahShe is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
Luke
GospelsSyria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsYe do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
John
Gospels / JohnThe sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Numbers
LawHe cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAs therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
Luke
GospelsAnd David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWho hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.