And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
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Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
Exodus
Law / MosesNow 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.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWho maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSeeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Job
WisdomAlexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
Acts
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
Exodus
Law / MosesHave all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers
LawAnd he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus
LawAnd a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke
GospelsAnd the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
Genesis
LawHow can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
John
GospelsAnd he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not your's, but God's.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraMake us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
Psalms
PoetryThere go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Psalms
PoetryThey gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
Joshua
HistoryMoreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.