Discovery Box| (0.40) | 2Ki 17:24 |
| The king of Assyria brought foreigners 1 from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria 2 in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities. |
| (0.40) | 1Ch 21:22 |
| David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor 1 so I can build 2 on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price 3 – so that the plague may be removed 4 from the people.” |
| (0.40) | 2Ch 7:20 |
| then I will remove you 1 from my land I have given you, 2 I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, 3 and I will make you 4 an object of mockery and ridicule 5 among all the nations. |
| (0.40) | 2Ch 23:6 |
| No one must enter the Lord’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the Lord. |
| (0.40) | 2Ch 32:4 |
| A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. 1 They reasoned, 2 “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” |
| (0.40) | 2Ch 32:8 |
| He has with him mere human strength, 1 but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army 2 was encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah. |
| (0.40) | Ezr 2:1 |
| 1 These are the people 2 of the province who were going up, 3 from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem 4 and Judah, each to his own city. |
| (0.40) | Neh 7:6 |
| These are the people 1 of the province who returned 2 from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. 3 They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city. |
| (0.40) | Neh 9:30 |
| You prolonged your kindness 1 with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, 2 so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. 3 |
| (0.40) | Est 1:5 |
| When those days 1 were completed, the king then provided a seven-day 2 banquet for all the people who were present 3 in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly. 4 It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace. |
| (0.40) | Est 9:2 |
| The Jews assembled themselves in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike out against those who were seeking their harm. No one was able to stand before them, for dread of them fell on all the peoples. |
| (0.40) | Isa 8:9 |
| You will be broken, 1 O nations; you will be shattered! 2 Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! 3 |
| (0.40) | Isa 23:13 |
| Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! 1 The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, 2 demolished 3 its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins. 4 |
| (0.40) | Isa 24:2 |
| Everyone will suffer – the priest as well as the people, 1 the master as well as the servant, 2 the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, 3 the seller as well as the buyer, 4 the borrower as well as the lender, 5 the creditor as well as the debtor. 6 |
| (0.40) | Isa 25:6 |
| The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. 1 At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine – tender meat and choicest wine. 2 |
| (0.40) | Isa 49:1 |
| Listen to me, you coastlands! 1 Pay attention, you people who live far away! The Lord summoned me from birth; 2 he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world. 3 |
| (0.40) | Isa 51:22 |
| This is what your sovereign master, 1 the Lord your God, says: “Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, 2 the goblet full of my anger. 3 You will no longer have to drink it. |
| (0.40) | Isa 56:3 |
| No foreigner who becomes a follower of 1 the Lord should say, ‘The Lord will certainly 2 exclude me from his people.’ The eunuch should not say, ‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’” |
| (0.40) | Jer 10:25 |
| Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. 1 Vent it on the peoples 2 who do not worship you. 3 For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. 4 They have completely destroyed them 5 and left their homeland in utter ruin. |
| (0.40) | Jer 15:20 |
| I will make you as strong as a wall to these people, a fortified wall of bronze. They will attack you, but they will not be able to overcome you. For I will be with you to rescue you and deliver you,” 1 says the Lord. |
