And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBehold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
2 Samuel
HistoryThou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
Numbers
Law / MosesHalhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahGod brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
Numbers
LawNow when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Acts
History / LukeAnd again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAfter these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
Acts
HistoryThis is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
Joshua
HistoryAnd all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMy times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Psalms
PoetryRun now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
2 Kings
HistoryNeither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesCircumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAgain also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.