Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, ¹  and the demonic spirits ²  begged Jesus ³  to let them go into them. He gave them permission. ⁴ 

Because Lydda ¹  was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Come to us without delay.” ² 

He called that place Bethel, ¹  although the former name of the town was Luz.

Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops ¹  and fought against it.

Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, ¹  but they ²  gave him the same answer as before.

(But the city’s land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)

Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; ¹  call to him while he is nearby!

Do you people think ¹  that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?” ²  the Lord asks. ³ 

(A city by the name of Hamonah ¹  will also be there.) They will cleanse the land.’

Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”

Now ¹  there were shepherds ²  nearby ³  living out in the field, keeping guard ⁴  over their flock at night.

So Joshua fought against Amalek just as Moses had instructed him; ¹ and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth ¹  to the other).

The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. ¹  So how can we make a treaty with you?”

Then the Lord came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied, “Speak, for your servant is listening!”

a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen up! Listen up! Tell Joab, ‘Come near so that I may speak to you.’”

Zanoah, Adullam and their settlements, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its villages. So they were encamped from Beer Sheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

and a messenger came to Job, saying, “The oxen were plowing ¹  and the donkeys were grazing beside them,

I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. ¹  Complete prosperity ²  is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the Lord, “and I will heal them.

He broke down ¹  their strongholds ²  and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.