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And now, tell me, have you acted rightly and truthfully in choosing Abimelech king? Have you treated Jerubaal and his family well and given him what he deserves according to his merits? (Judges 9, 16)
After we part today, you will meet two men by Rachel's tomb at Zelzah, in the territory of Benjamin. They will say to you: 'The asses you were looking for have been found. But your father is now worried about you, and what may have happened to you.' (1 Samuel 10, 2)
When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent part of the booty to the elders of Judah, to each of his friends, saying, "This is a gift to you from the booty of Yahweh's enemies: (1 Samuel 30, 26)
This day they realized, as did all the people of Israel, that the king had no part in the murder of Abner, son of Ner. (2 Samuel 3, 37)
Saul's son had two men, captains of raiding bands: one was Baanah, the other Rechab, both sons of Rimmon, a Benjaminite from Beeroth. For Beeroth was still considered part of Benjamin; (2 Samuel 4, 2)
Absalom, for his part, no longer spoke to Amnon. He hated him for having raped his sister Tamar. (2 Samuel 13, 22)
I, your handmaid, had two sons who quarreled with one another in the field. Since there was no one to part them, one struck the other and killed him. (2 Samuel 14, 6)
My servants shall have it sent down to the sea from Lebanon. I will make it into rafts and deliver them by sea to the place you choose. I will have the rafts broken up there and you can take the timber away. You, for your part, will provide food for my household." (1 Kings 5, 9)
The inner sanctuary in the innermost part of the building had been destined to house the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. (1 Kings 6, 19)
When the cherubim were put in the innermost part of the House their wings were so spread out that a wing of one touched one wall, while a wing of the other touched the other wall. Their other wings touched each other at the center of the House. (1 Kings 6, 27)
Solomon had doors made of olive wood for the entrance to the inner sanctuary of which the lintel and doorposts formed the fifth part. (1 Kings 6, 31)
He did the same for the olive wood doorposts at the entrance to the sanctuary, which formed the fourth part of the door. (1 Kings 6, 33)