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 Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahMake haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThe LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
Psalms
PoetryI intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsDuke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
Genesis
LawAnd he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Mark
GospelsAnd let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
2 Samuel
History(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
Numbers
LawFor in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewO ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAmaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBecause he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
Numbers
LawI have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.