2 Chronicles 26:10
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10 And he built towers in the wilderness and (A)cut out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.
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Isaiah 29:17
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17 Is it not yet a very little while
(A)until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?
Genesis 26:18-21
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18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And (A)he gave them the names that his father had given them. 19 But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water, 20 the herdsmen of Gerar (B)quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek,[a] because they contended with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so he called its name Sitnah.[b]
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- Genesis 26:20 Esek means contention
- Genesis 26:21 Sitnah means enmity
1 Chronicles 27:26-31
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26 and over those who did the work of the field for tilling the soil was Ezri the son of Chelub; 27 and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite. 28 Over the olive and (A)sycamore trees in the Shephelah was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash. 29 Over the herds that pastured in (B)Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; over the herds in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai. 30 Over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. Over the flocks was Jaziz the (C)Hagrite. 31 All these were stewards of King David's property.
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2 Kings 19:23
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23 (A)By your messengers you have mocked the Lord,
and you have said, (B)‘With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of (C)Lebanon;
I felled its tallest cedars,
its choicest cypresses;
I entered its farthest lodging place,
its most (D)fruitful forest.
2 Kings 3:4
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4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, (A)and he had to deliver to the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
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