And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
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And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
1 Kings
HistoryBe merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsThat sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
Nehemiah
HistoryUpon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms
PoetryWhich executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
Luke
GospelsSo also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesThen he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Genesis
Law / MosesA time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBut meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWhile the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesI poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
Psalms
PoetryBoth to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;