And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
Acts
HistoryAnd the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWith arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsJesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
Luke
GospelsAnd the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryEven by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
Genesis
LawAfterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Mark
GospelsYe daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
2 Samuel
HistoryWhich say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
Genesis
Law / MosesThese are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
Exodus
LawRedeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Psalms
PoetryAnd certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
Mark
GospelsAnd Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Ruth
HistoryAnd he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.