but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness ¹  and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against ²  the inhabitants of the land.

They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes. ¹ 

Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard ¹  warming himself. They said to him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” ²  Peter ³  denied it: “I am not!”

Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey, ¹  while ²  Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.

Now Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree in Migron, on the outskirts of Gibeah. The army that was with him numbered about six hundred men.

Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, ¹  because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord. ² 

Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward ¹  Jezreel.

At that time the Babylonian forces ¹  had temporarily given up their siege against Jerusalem. ²  They had had it under siege, but withdrew when they heard that the army of Pharaoh had set out from Egypt. ³ )

“Now his older son was in the field. As ¹  he came and approached the house, he heard music ²  and dancing.

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees ¹  had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus ²  was should report it, so that they could arrest ³  him.) ⁴ 

Then Shechem’s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah. ¹ 

They traveled from Mount Hor and camped in Zalmonah.

A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash.

Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position.

¹ The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.

If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening. ¹ 

But Judah will reside securely forever, and Jerusalem will be secure ¹  from one generation to the next.

Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread. ¹