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 they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSaying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
Job
WisdomAnd the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Genesis
LawGive ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
Ezra
HistoryThe mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahOn the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
Acts
HistoryHepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
Psalms
PoetryAnd some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
Luke
Gospels / LukeIf any man have an ear, let him hear.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
1 Kings
HistoryThe blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Matthew
GospelsThen all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
John
GospelsAnd said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.