So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
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Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhy is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsA fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAfter this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John
Gospels / JohnIf his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Psalms
PoetryWho comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesForasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts
HistoryBy mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonEnter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Matthew
GospelsOr have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Job
Wisdom / JobWhen she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
Luke
GospelsOf the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
Numbers
Law / MosesTo him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetryIn the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Proverbs
WisdomBut when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
Acts
HistoryAnd the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: