He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, obey you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you.

So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, “You will not marry off your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

The women added, “We did indeed sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven. But it was with the full knowledge and approval of our husbands that we made cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her.”

“Then the king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every deity and he will utter presumptuous things against the God of gods. He will succeed until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must occur.

and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”

Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “This is the Lord’s doing. Our wishes are of no concern.

Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

You must not have sexual intercourse with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.

Moreover, he said to me, “I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn lot!

Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him through God.

But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it!

Gad went to David and told him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Pick one of these:

He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. Amon was guilty of great sin.

Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, “Take me out of this chariot, for I am seriously wounded.”

He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.

It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair.

You terrified the nations with your battle cry; you destroyed the wicked; you permanently wiped out all memory of them.