And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
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I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
Leviticus
LawAnd Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
Judges
HistoryBehold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Job
WisdomAnd the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesJesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
John
GospelsHe went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryThat Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
Deuteronomy
LawNow the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
1 Kings
HistoryThen the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
1 Kings
HistoryWherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Exodus
Law / MosesTo whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.