And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Psalms
PoetryThe height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
Matthew
GospelsNow it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonI will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
Acts
History / LukeAnd thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
2 Kings
HistoryShall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukThe revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
Numbers
Law / MosesA voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd threescore and one thousand asses,
Numbers
LawAnd he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
Luke
GospelsAnd the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
Luke
GospelsAnd he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
Luke
GospelsBut oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Job
Wisdom / JobSimon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
John
GospelsAnd declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: