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 the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThough I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaIf thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
Job
WisdomHe shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWe heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulNor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHelp us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWho is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersCursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThese are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
Numbers
Law / MosesLet the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
Leviticus
Law / MosesExcept the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
Genesis
LawThe children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,