2 Samuel 1:2
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2 On the third day, a man came from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground and did obeisance.(A)
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1 Samuel 4:12
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Death of Eli
12 A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with earth upon his head.(A)
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2 Samuel 4:10
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10 when the one who told me, ‘See, Saul is dead,’ thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag—this was the reward I gave him for his news.(A)
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1 Samuel 25:23
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23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from the donkey and fell before David on her face, bowing to the ground.(A)
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Joshua 7:6
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6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust on their heads.(A)
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Revelation 3:9
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9 I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.(A)
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Matthew 16:21
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Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
21 From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised.(A)
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Matthew 12:40
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40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.(A)
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Joel 2:13
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13 rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love,
and relenting from punishment.(A)
Hosea 6:2
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2 After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
Psalm 66:3
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3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.(A)
Esther 5:1
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Esther’s Banquet
5 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, opposite the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne inside the palace opposite the entrance to the palace.(A)
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Esther 4:16
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16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. After that I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”(A)
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2 Samuel 15:32
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Hushai Becomes David’s Spy
32 When David came to the summit, where God was worshiped, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and earth on his head.(A)
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2 Samuel 14:4
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4 When the woman of Tekoa came[a] to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance and said, “Help, O king!”(A)
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1 Samuel 20:41
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41 As soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap[a] and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He bowed three times, and they kissed each other and wept with each other; David wept the more.[b]
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1 Samuel 4:16
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16 The man said to Eli, “I have just come from the battle; I fled from the battle today.” He said, “How did it go, my son?”(A)
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Genesis 43:28
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28 They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and did obeisance.(A)
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Genesis 37:34
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34 Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.(A)
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Genesis 37:29
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29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes.(A)
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Genesis 37:7-10
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7 There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright; then your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”(A) 8 His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Are you indeed to have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more because of his dreams and his words.(B)
9 He had another dream and told it to his brothers, saying, “Look, I have had another dream: the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 10 But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, “What kind of dream is this that you have had? Shall we indeed come, I and your mother and your brothers, and bow to the ground before you?”(C)
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Genesis 22:4
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4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place far away.
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