Matthew 14:8
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8 At her mother’s urging, the girl said, “I want the head of John the Baptist on a tray!”
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2 Chronicles 22:2-3
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2 Ahaziah was twenty-two[a] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri. 3 Ahaziah also followed the evil example of King Ahab’s family, for his mother encouraged him in doing wrong.
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- 22:2 As in some Greek manuscripts and Syriac version (see also 2 Kgs 8:26); Hebrew reads forty-two.
Mark 6:24
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24 She went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?”
Her mother told her, “Ask for the head of John the Baptist!”
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Proverbs 29:10
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10 The bloodthirsty hate blameless people,
but the upright seek to help them.[a]
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- 29:10 Or The bloodthirsty hate blameless people, / and they seek to kill the upright; Hebrew reads The bloodthirsty hate blameless people; / as for the upright, they seek their life.
Proverbs 1:16
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16 They rush to commit evil deeds.
They hurry to commit murder.
2 Kings 11:1
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Queen Athaliah Rules in Judah
11 When Athaliah, the mother of King Ahaziah of Judah, learned that her son was dead, she began to destroy the rest of the royal family.
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1 Kings 19:2
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2 So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if by this time tomorrow I have not killed you just as you killed them.”
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1 Kings 18:13
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13 Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the Lord’s prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.
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1 Kings 18:4
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4 Once when Jezebel had tried to kill all the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had hidden 100 of them in two caves. He put fifty prophets in each cave and supplied them with food and water.)
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Numbers 7:84-85
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84 So this was the dedication offering brought by the leaders of Israel at the time the altar was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold incense containers. 85 Each silver platter weighed 3 1⁄4 pounds, and each silver basin weighed 1 3⁄4 pounds. The total weight of the silver was 60 pounds[a] (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel).
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- 7:85 Hebrew 2,400 [shekels] [27.6 kilograms].
Numbers 7:19
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19 His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1⁄4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3⁄4 pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
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Numbers 7:13
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13 His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1⁄4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3⁄4 pounds[a] (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
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Ezra 1:9
New Living Translation
9 This is a list of the items that were returned:
gold basins | 30 |
silver basins | 1,000 |
silver incense burners[a] | 29 |
Footnotes
- 1:9 The meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain.
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