And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
Genesis
LawAnd there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
Acts
HistoryAnd thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
Psalms
PoetryAnd for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhere their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark
GospelsThe sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
1 Chronicles
HistoryCan one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
Joshua
History / JoshuaMy lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahThen understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Matthew
GospelsI am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
1 Chronicles
HistoryEven so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThen Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Acts
HistoryWhoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Proverbs
WisdomLet another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs
WisdomEphraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?