The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
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My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Solomon's Song
PoetryOf the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanCome now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Luke
GospelsAnd he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
2 Kings
HistoryHe wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
Matthew
GospelsAnd as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
John
GospelsFor they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
Judges
HistoryThus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
Joshua
HistoryOf the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
Mark
GospelsBut the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
Exodus
LawAnd it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.