And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
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But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
1 Chronicles
HistorySurely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Job
WisdomAnd, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
Acts
HistoryAnd Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
Genesis
Law / MosesThe word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
Exodus
LawAnd Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
Exodus
LawAnd it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Genesis
Law / MosesBeloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
3 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
Ezra
HistoryBy number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
Ezra
HistoryAnd now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNamely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
Judges
HistoryAnd they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
Mark
GospelsThat thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.