So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
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And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
Esther
HistoryAnd there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTheir feet are swift to shed blood:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesLest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
Judges
History / SamuelBut ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
Numbers
LawThou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWill I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
Judges
History / SamuelHe is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Exodus
Law / MosesLet mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
Daniel
Major ProphetsIn that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAs it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Matthew
GospelsNow therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.