Lamentations 4:20
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20 The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,
was taken in their pits—
the one of whom we said, “Under his shadow
we shall live among the nations.”(A)
Ezekiel 12:13
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13 I will spread my net over him, and he shall be caught in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there.(A)
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Jeremiah 39:5
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5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and when they had taken him, they brought him up to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him.(A)
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2 Samuel 19:21
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21 Abishai son of Zeruiah answered, “Shall not Shimei be put to death for this because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?”(A)
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Genesis 2:7
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7 then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground[a] and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.(A)
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- 2.7 In Heb the word for ground resembles the word for man
Lamentations 2:9
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9 Her gates have sunk into the ground;
he has ruined and broken her bars;
her king and princes are among the nations;
guidance is no more,
and her prophets obtain
no vision from the Lord.(A)
2 Samuel 1:14
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14 David said to him, “Were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”(A)
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Ezekiel 19:4-8
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4 The nations heard about him;
he was caught in their pit,
and they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.(A)
5 When she saw that she was thwarted,
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.(B)
6 He prowled among the lions;
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured people.(C)
7 And he ravaged their strongholds[a]
and laid waste their towns;
the land was appalled, and all in it,
at the sound of his roaring.(D)
8 The nations set upon him
from the provinces all around;
they spread their net over him;
he was caught in their pit.(E)
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- 19.7 Tg: Heb his widows
Ezekiel 17:18
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18 Because he despised the oath and broke the covenant, because he gave his hand and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.(A)
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Jeremiah 52:8
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8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered, deserting him.(A)
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Psalm 89:20-21
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20 I have found my servant David;
with my holy oil I have anointed him;(A)
21 my hand shall always remain with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
2 Samuel 18:3
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3 But the men said, “You shall not go out. For if we flee, they will not care about us. If half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us;[a] therefore it is better that you send us help from the city.”(A)
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- 18.3 Gk Vg Symmachus: Heb for now there are ten thousand such as we
2 Samuel 1:21
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21 You mountains of Gilboa,
let there be no dew or rain upon you
nor bounteous fields![a]
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
the shield of Saul, anointed with oil no more.(A)
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- 1.21 Meaning of Heb uncertain
1 Samuel 26:16
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16 This thing that you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, you deserve to die because you have not kept watch over your lord, the Lord’s anointed. See now, where is the king’s spear or the water jar that was at his head?”
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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 24:10
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10 This very day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you into my hand in the cave, and some urged me to kill you, but I spared[a] you. I said, ‘I will not raise my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’
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- 24.10 Gk Syr Tg: Heb it (my eye) spared
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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1 Samuel 16:6
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6 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely his anointed is now before the Lord.”(A)
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1 Samuel 12:5
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5 He said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”(A)
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1 Samuel 12:3
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3 Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me,[a] and I will restore it to you.”(A)
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- 12.3 Gk: Heb lacks Testify against me
Genesis 44:30
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30 Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life,
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