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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So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Job
WisdomThen shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
John
Gospels / JohnFor though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
Exodus
LawFor I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Psalms
PoetryAnd at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaI will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAn ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielShemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
Mark
Gospels / MarkUntil thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
Genesis
LawAnd over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.