They sat in utter darkness, ¹  bound in painful iron chains, ² 

Boaz chose ten of the village leaders ¹  and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat down.

Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority ¹  was firmly solidified.

In those days, as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa ¹  the citadel, ² 

Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot ¹  away; for she thought, ²  “I refuse to watch the child die.” ³  So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably. ⁴ 

Now Boaz went up ¹  to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian ²  whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! ³  Boaz said, “Come ⁴  here and sit down, ‘John Doe’!” ⁵  So he came ⁶  and sat down.

Jonah left the city and sat down east ¹  of it. ²  He made a shelter for himself there and sat down under it in the shade to see what would happen to the city. ³ 

On the next day ¹  Moses sat to judge ²  the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.

So the people came to Bethel ¹  and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. ² 

So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat his meal.

The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. ¹ 

The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. ¹ 

Then some men from Israel’s elders came to me and sat down in front of me.

They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. ¹  The men looked at each other in astonishment. ² 

When Jacob was told, ¹  “Your son Joseph has just ²  come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

The king sat down in his usual place by the wall, with Jonathan opposite him ¹  and Abner at his side. ²  But David’s place was vacant.

So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap ¹  until noon and then died.

Solomon sat on the Lord’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him. ¹ 

When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, ¹  crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Then Mordecai again sat at the king’s gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.