2 Samuel 20:21
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21 That is not so. But a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.”
So the woman said to Joab, “Watch, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
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Jeremiah 50:19
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19 (A)But I will bring back Israel to his home,
And he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan;
His soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.
Jeremiah 4:15
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- Jeremiah 4:15 Or wickedness
2 Kings 10:7
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7 So it was, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons and (A)slaughtered seventy persons, 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 (A)well. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Indeed, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the mountains of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of garments.’ ”
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2 Samuel 23:18
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18 Now (A)Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of [a]another three. He lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.
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- 2 Samuel 23:18 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; some Heb. mss., Syr. thirty; Tg. the mighty men
2 Samuel 20:1
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The Rebellion of Sheba
20 And there happened to be there a [a]rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said:
(A)“We have no share in David,
Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse;
(B)Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
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- 2 Samuel 20:1 Lit. man of Belial
2 Samuel 17:2-3
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2 I will come upon him while he is (A)weary and weak, and make him [a]afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will (B)strike only the king. 3 Then I will bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people will be at peace.”
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- 2 Samuel 17:2 tremble with fear
1 Samuel 26:9
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9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; (A)for who can stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?”
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1 Samuel 24:6
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6 And he said to his men, (A)“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.”
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Judges 18:4-8
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4 He said to them, “Thus and so Micah did for me. He has (A)hired me, and I have become his priest.”
5 So they said to him, “Please (B)inquire (C)of God, that we may know whether the journey on which we go will be prosperous.”
6 And the priest said to them, (D)“Go in peace. [a]The presence of the Lord be with you on your way.”
7 So the five men departed and went to (E)Laish. They saw the people who were there, (F)how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the (G)Sidonians, and they had no ties [b]with anyone.
8 Then the spies came back to their brethren at (H)Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren said to them, “What is your report?”
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- Judges 18:6 Lit. The Lord is before the way in which you go
- Judges 18:7 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX with Syria
Judges 7:24
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24 Then Gideon sent messengers throughout all the (A)mountains of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the watering places as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan.” Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together and (B)seized the watering places as far as (C)Beth Barah and the Jordan.
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Judges 2:9
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9 (A)And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at (B)Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.
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Joshua 24:33
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33 And (A)Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to (B)Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.
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