2 Samuel 20:21
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21 That is not true. But a man of (A)the hill country of Ephraim, called Sheba the son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against King David. Give up him alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” And the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.”
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Jeremiah 4:15
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2 Kings 10:7
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7 And as soon as the letter came to them, they took the king's sons (A)and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.
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2 Kings 5:22
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22 And he said, “All is well. My master has sent me to say, ‘There have just now come to me from (A)the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and (B)two changes of clothing.’”
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2 Samuel 23:18
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18 Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty.[a] And he wielded his spear against three hundred men[b] and killed them and won a name beside the three.
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- 2 Samuel 23:18 Two Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts three
- 2 Samuel 23:18 Or slain ones
2 Samuel 20:1
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The Rebellion of Sheba
20 Now there happened to be there (A)a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said,
(B)“We have no portion in David,
and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
(C)every man to his tents, O Israel!”
2 Samuel 17:2-3
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2 I will come upon him while he is (A)weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. (B)I will strike down only the king, 3 and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man,[a] and all the people will be at peace.”
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- 2 Samuel 17:3 Septuagint; Hebrew back to you. Like the return of the whole is the man whom you seek
1 Samuel 26:9
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9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand (A)against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?”
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1 Samuel 24:6
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6 He said to his men, (A)“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is (B)the Lord's anointed.”
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Judges 18:4-8
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4 And he said to them, “This is how Micah dealt with me: (A)he has hired me, and I have become his priest.” 5 And they said to him, (B)“Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.” 6 And the priest said to them, (C)“Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the Lord.”
7 Then the five men departed and came to (D)Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, (E)quiet and unsuspecting, lacking[a] nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how (F)they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. 8 And when they came to their brothers at (G)Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, “What do you report?”
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- Judges 18:7 Compare 18:10; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Judges 7:24
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24 (A)Gideon sent messengers throughout (B)all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and capture the waters against them, as far as (C)Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.
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Judges 2:9
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9 And they buried him within the boundaries of (A)his inheritance in Timnath-heres, (B)in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.
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Joshua 24:33
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33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of (A)Phinehas his son, which had been given him in (B)the hill country of Ephraim.
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