King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have already given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he took hostile action ¹  against the Jews.

I then said, “I will not shepherd you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be eradicated, let it be eradicated. As for those who survive, let them eat each other’s flesh!”

Jesus replied, ¹  “A man was going down ²  from Jerusalem ³  to Jericho, ⁴  and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat ⁵  him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. ⁶ 

These last five kings ¹  joined forces ²  in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). ³ 

From there he attacked the people of Debir. ¹  (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

From there they attacked the people of Debir. ¹  (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them ¹  – the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong! ² 

He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies. ¹ 

But a messenger came to Saul saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

So Joab and his men ¹  marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.

King Solomon then sent ¹  Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah. ² 

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower to the city fortress. ¹ 

At that time the generals ¹  of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city. ² 

So Joab and his men ¹  marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.

You bring new witnesses ¹  against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops ²  come against me.

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

¹ They ²  attacked ³  Aiath, moved through Migron, depositing their supplies at Micmash.

Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies. ¹ 

In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled ¹  with God.