Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
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Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Psalms
PoetryFor I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawAnd Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
Joshua
HistoryBut the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
Esther
History / MordecaiRise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
Exodus
LawAnd it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
2 Samuel
HistoryHe casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTheir young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaIf ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
2 Kings
HistoryThe children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages,