2 Samuel 20:21
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21 That is not the case! But a man of the hill country of Ephraim called Sheba son of Bichri has lifted up his hand against King David; give him up alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “His head shall be thrown over the wall to you.”(A)
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Jeremiah 50:19
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19 I will restore Israel to its pasture, and it shall feed on Carmel and in Bashan, and on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead its hunger shall be satisfied.(A)
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Jeremiah 4:15
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15 For a voice declares from Dan
and proclaims disaster from Mount Ephraim.
2 Kings 10:7
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7 When the letter reached them, they took the king’s sons and killed them, seventy persons; they put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.(A)
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2 Kings 5:22
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22 He replied, “Yes, but my master has sent me to say, ‘Two members of a company of prophets have just come to me from the hill country of Ephraim; please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.’ ”(A)
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2 Samuel 23:18
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18 Now Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Thirty.[a] With his spear he fought against three hundred men and killed them and won a name beside the Three.(A)
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- 23.18 Heb mss Syr: MT Three
2 Samuel 20:1
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The Rebellion of Sheba
20 Now a scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and cried out,
“We have no portion in David,
no share in the son of Jesse!
Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”(A)
2 Samuel 17:2-3
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2 I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,(A) 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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- 17.3 Gk: Heb 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 raise his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?”(A)
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1 Samuel 24:6
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6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to raise my hand against him, for he is the Lord’s anointed.”(A)
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Judges 18:4-8
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4 He said to them, “Micah did such and such for me, and he hired me, and I have become his priest.”(A) 5 Then they said to him, “Inquire of God that we may know whether the mission we are undertaking will succeed.”(B) 6 The priest replied, “Go in peace. The mission you are on is under the eye of the Lord.”(C)
7 The five men went on, and when they came to Laish, they observed the people who were there living securely, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking[a] nothing on earth, and possessing wealth.[b] Furthermore, they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with Aram.[c](D) 8 When they came to their kinsfolk at Zorah and Eshtaol, they said to them, “What do you report?”(E)
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Judges 7:24
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24 Then Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters against them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they seized the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.(A)
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Judges 2:9
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9 So they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
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Joshua 24:33
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33 Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of his son Phinehas, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.(A)
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