For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
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And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Esther
HistoryAnd the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
Esther
History / MordecaiI will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
Psalms
PoetryNow the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
1 Kings
HistoryBut straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewMoreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
Job
Wisdom / JobIn the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
Esther
HistoryAnd there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
Ezra
History / EzraThen Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
Matthew
GospelsNow Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
Acts
History / LukeBehold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNeither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Genesis
LawBut none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Genesis
Law / MosesFor I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Matthew
GospelsThen Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Job
WisdomThen spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanCursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.