So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
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And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
Luke
GospelsWho can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNeither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThat I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
1 Kings
HistoryLet the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
Leviticus
LawNow Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
1 Chronicles
HistoryNow therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Ezra
HistoryThen they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
Matthew
GospelsThe king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
Exodus
LawSo the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
Deuteronomy
LawIn the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
Genesis
Law / MosesSo they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.