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2 Samuel 5:3
So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

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Genesis 14:13
And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.

Genesis 18:1
Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

Genesis 35:27
And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

Joshua 14:12
So now, give me this hill-country named by the Lord at that time; for you had an account of it then, how the Anakim were there, and great walled towns: it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I will be able to take their land, as the Lord said.

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Genesis 27:29
Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

Genesis 37:7
We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.

Genesis 37:8
And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.

Genesis 37:9
Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.

Genesis 37:10
And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

Genesis 42:6
Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

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Genesis 32:2
And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.

Joshua 1:6
Take heart and be strong; for you will give to this people for their heritage the land which I gave by an oath to their fathers.

2 Samuel 2:8
Now Abner, the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth over to Mahanaim,

2 Samuel 2:10
(Saul's son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was ruler for two years.) But Judah was on the side of David.

2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was a long war between Saul's people and David's people; and David became stronger and stronger, but those on Saul's side became more and more feeble.

Psalms 18:43
You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

Psalms 60:6
God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.

Acts 5:31
Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.

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Exodus 12:21
Then Moses sent for the chiefs of Israel, and said to them, See that lambs are marked out for yourselves and your families, and let the Passover lamb be put to death.

Deuteronomy 27:1
Then Moses and the responsible men of Israel gave the people these orders: Keep all the orders which I have given you this day;

Deuteronomy 31:9
Then Moses put all this law in writing, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, and to all the responsible men of Israel.

Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.

1 Kings 20:6
But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, to make a search through your house and the houses of your people, and everything which is pleasing in your eyes they will take away in their hands.

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Exodus 23:32
Make no agreement with them or with their gods.

Exodus 34:12
But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you.

Exodus 34:15
So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

Deuteronomy 7:2
And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:

Joshua 9:6
And they came to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: so now make an agreement with us.

Joshua 9:7
And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be that you are living among us; how then may we make an agreement with you?

Joshua 9:11
So the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us.

Joshua 9:15
So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them.

Joshua 9:16
Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them.

Joshua 24:25
So Joshua made an agreement with the people that day, and gave them a rule and a law in Shechem.

Judges 2:2
And you are to make no agreement with the people of this land; you are to see that their altars are broken down: but you have not given ear to my voice: what have you done?

1 Samuel 9:1
Now there was a man of Benjamin named Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a man of wealth.

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Joshua 10:3
So Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, sent to Hoham, king of Hebron, and to Piram, king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia, king of Lachish, and to Debir, king of Eglon, saying,

Joshua 10:5
So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, were banded together, and went up with all their armies and took up their position before Gibeon and made war against it.

Joshua 15:54
And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine towns with their unwalled places.

Joshua 15:63
And as for the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, the children of Judah were unable to make them go out; but the Jebusites are living with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, to this day.

Joshua 20:7
So they made selection of Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.

Joshua 21:13
And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;

2 Samuel 15:9
And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he got up and went to Hebron.

1 Chronicles 6:57
And to the sons of Aaron they gave Hebron, the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, and Libnah with its outskirts, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its outskirts,

1 Chronicles 12:28
And Zadok, a young man, great and strong in war, with twenty-two captains from his father's people.

Luke 1:39
Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

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Joshua 10:39
And he took it, with its king and all its towns: and he put them to the sword, giving every person in it to the curse; all were put to death: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king.

1 Samuel 13:14
But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.

1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you.

1 Samuel 20:31
For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.

1 Samuel 28:17
And the Lord himself has done what I said: the Lord has taken the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbour David;

2 Samuel 3:9
May God's punishment be on Abner, if I do not for David as the Lord in his oath has said,

2 Samuel 3:10
And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

2 Samuel 3:17
Then Abner had a talk with the chief men of Israel, saying, In the past it was your desire to make David your king: so now, do it:

1 Chronicles 10:14
And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.

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1 Samuel 9:2
He had a son named Saul, a specially good-looking young man; there was no one better-looking among the children of Israel: he was taller by a head than any other of the people.

2 Kings 11:4
Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carians, and the armed men, and taking them into the house of the Lord, made an agreement with them, and made them take an oath in the house of the Lord, and let them see the king's son.

1 Chronicles 11:13
He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines had come together for the fight, near a bit of land full of barley; and the people went in flight before the Philistines.

2 Chronicles 7:18
Then I will make strong the seat of your kingdom, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be ruler in Israel.

Nehemiah 9:38
And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.

Job 31:1
I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

Isaiah 61:8
For I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them.

Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.

Ezekiel 34:25
And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods.

Ezekiel 37:26
And I will make an agreement of peace with them: it will be an eternal agreement with them: and I will have mercy on them and make their numbers great, and will put my holy place among them for ever.

Hosea 2:20
I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord.

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Judges 20:1
Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 8:4
Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,

1 Samuel 10:17
Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;

1 Samuel 10:19
But today you are turned away from your God, who himself has been your saviour from all your troubles and sorrows; and you have said to him, Put a king over us. So now, take your places before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.

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1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.

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1 Samuel 30:31
And in Hebron, and to all the places where David and his men had been living.

1 Kings 2:11
David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 29:7
And they gave for the use of the house of the Lord, five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.

1 Chronicles 29:26
Now David, the son of Jesse, was king over all Israel.

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2 Samuel 2:5
And David sent to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, May the Lord give you his blessing, because you have done this kind act to Saul your lord, and have put his body to rest!

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2 Samuel 2:6
May the Lord be good and true to you: and I myself will see that your kind act is rewarded, because you have done this thing.

Psalms 141:6
When destruction comes to their judges by the side of the rock, they will give ear to my words, for they are sweet.

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2 Samuel 4:7
And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.

2 Kings 14:21
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

2 Kings 21:24
But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.

2 Chronicles 22:1
And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.

2 Chronicles 26:1
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

2 Chronicles 33:25
But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.

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2 Samuel 5:11
And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

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2 Samuel 6:1
And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;

2 Samuel 6:18
And after David had made the burned offerings and the peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord of armies.

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1 Samuel 16:11
Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.

2 Samuel 8:15
And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

2 Samuel 23:1
Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on high, the man on whom the God of Jacob put the holy oil, the loved one of Israel's songs, says:

2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,

2 Samuel 23:4
It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.

Psalms 18:50
Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

Psalms 20:7
Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.

Psalms 78:68
But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

Psalms 78:70
He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;

Psalms 78:71
From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

Psalms 78:72
So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.

Psalms 101:2
I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart.

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2 Samuel 15:11
And with Absalom, at his request, went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were completely unconscious of his designs.

Psalms 89:38
But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.

Isaiah 4:3
And it will come about that the rest of the living in Zion, and of those who have been kept from destruction in Jerusalem, will be named holy, even everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem:

Lamentations 4:20
Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.

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2 Samuel 16:18
And Hushai said to Absalom, Not so; I am for that man whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have taken as king, and I will take my place with him.

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2 Samuel 3:12
And Abner sent men to David at Hebron, saying, Make an agreement with me, and I will give you my support in getting all Israel on your side.

2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

2 Samuel 19:11
And King David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, Say to the responsible men of Judah, Why are you the last to take steps to get the king back to his house?

2 Samuel 19:14
And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Come back, with all your servants.

2 Samuel 19:41
Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in secret and come over Jordan with the king and all his family, because all his people are David's men?

2 Samuel 19:42
And all the men of Judah gave this answer to the men of Israel, Because the king is our near relation: why then are you angry about this? have we taken any of the king's food, or has he given us any offering?

2 Samuel 19:43
And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the words of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 20:1
Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he, sounding the horn, said, We have no part in David, or any interest in the son of Jesse: let every man go to his tent, O Israel.

2 Samuel 20:2
So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

1 Kings 1:35
Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

1 Chronicles 12:39
For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.

1 Chronicles 12:40
And those who were near, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came with food on asses and camels and mules and oxen, with meal for food and cakes of figs and masses of grapes, and wine and oil and oxen and sheep in great numbers, for there was joy in Israel.

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1 Kings 8:2
And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, the seventh month.

1 Kings 8:4
They took up the ark of the Lord, and the Tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests and the Levites took up.

1 Kings 8:5
And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there, were with him before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.

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1 Kings 21:8
So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.

2 Kings 10:1
Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,

2 Kings 19:2
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

Revelation 4:4
And round about the high seat were four and twenty seats: and on them I saw four and twenty rulers seated, clothed in white robes; and on their heads crowns of gold.

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2 Kings 23:2
And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and all the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 23:3
And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.

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1 Chronicles 14:8
And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

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Job 41:11
Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven!

Psalms 18:18
They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.

Psalms 21:3
For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.

Romans 11:35
Or who has first given to him, and it will be given back to him again?

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2 Samuel 19:22
And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

2 Samuel 22:51
Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

2 Kings 9:6
And he got up and went into the house; then he put the holy oil on his head and said to him, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, I have made you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.

Psalms 45:7
You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

Psalms 75:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. A Psalm. Of Asaph. A Song. To you, O God, we give praise, to you we give praise: and those who give honour to your name make clear your works of power.

Psalms 75:2
When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.

Isaiah 45:1
The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;

Habakkuk 3:13
You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. Selah.

Acts 10:38
About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

2 Corinthians 1:22
And it is he who has put his stamp on us, even the Spirit, as the sign in our hearts of the coming glory.

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Numbers 11:16
And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you.

Deuteronomy 1:15
So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

Deuteronomy 1:16
And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

Psalms 58:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?

Psalms 82:2
How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)

Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Matthew 27:1
Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.

Luke 23:50
Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man

Luke 23:51
(He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:

Acts 4:26
The kings of the earth were lifted up, the rulers came together, against the Lord, and against his Christ:

Acts 5:21
And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

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2 Samuel 14:32
And Absalom's answer was, See, I sent to you saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come back from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: let me now see the king's face, and if there is any sin in me, let him put me to death.

2 Samuel 14:33
So Joab went to the king and said these words to him: and when the king had sent for him, Absalom came, and went down on his face on the earth before the king: and the king gave him a kiss.

2 Samuel 15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, one of David's helpers, from Giloh his town, while he was making the offerings. And the design against David became strong, for more and more people were joined to Absalom.

Psalms 55:20
He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

Psalms 89:4
I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)

Psalms 89:28
I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.

Psalms 89:34
I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

Psalms 89:36
His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.

Ezekiel 17:16
By my life, says the Lord, truly in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he put on one side and let his agreement with him be broken, even in Babylon he will come to his death.

Ezekiel 17:17
And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives:

Ezekiel 17:18
For he put his oath on one side in letting the agreement be broken; and though he had given his hand to it, he did all these things; he will not get away safe.

Ezekiel 17:19
And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head.

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2 Samuel 19:10
And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about getting the king back? And word of what all Israel was saying came to the king.

2 Kings 6:32
But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?

1 Chronicles 12:1
Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.

Psalms 133:1
A Song of the going up. Of David. See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!

Matthew 21:8
And all the people put their clothing down in the way; and others got branches from the trees, and put them down in the way.

Matthew 21:9
And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.

Matthew 21:10
And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?

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Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

Romans 13:1
Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.

Romans 13:2
For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.

Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;

Romans 13:4
For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

Romans 13:5
So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.

Romans 13:6
For the same reason, make payment of taxes; because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.

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