In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.”— Abimelech (Gen 20:2), Genesis 26:16
“And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you; That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.”— Abimelech (Gen 20:2), Genesis 26:28-29
“Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me? Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?”— Achish, 1 Samuel 21:14-15
“And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.”— Achish, 1 Samuel 27:10
“And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.”— Achish, 1 Samuel 27:12
“Then the rulers of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me for a year or two, and I have never seen any wrong in him from the time when he came to me till now?”— Achish, 1 Samuel 29:3
“Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you. So now go back, and go in peace, so that you do not make the lords of the Philistines angry.”— Achish, 1 Samuel 29:6-7
“And Achish in answer said, It is true that in my eyes you are good, like an angel of God: but still, the rulers of the Philistines have said, He is not to go up with us to the fight. So get up early in the morning, with the servants of your lord who are with you, and go to the place I have given you, and have no evil design in your heart, for you are good in my eyes; but when there is light enough in the morning, go away.”— Achish, 1 Samuel 29:9-10
“And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.”— Achsah (Jos 15:16), Judges 1:15
“And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.”— Adoni-bezek, Judges 1:7
“Come up to me and give me help, and let us make an attack on Gibeon: for they have made peace with Joshua and the children of Israel.”— Adoni-zedek, Joshua 10:4
“For Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he said, I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.”— Ahab (1Ki 16:28), 2 Chronicles 18:3
“So the king of Israel got together all the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for God will give it into the hands of the king.”— Ahab (1Ki 16:28), 2 Chronicles 18:5
“And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, but I have no love for him, because he has never been a prophet of good to me, but only of evil: he is Micaiah, the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.”— Ahab (1Ki 16:28), 2 Chronicles 18:7
“Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imla.”— Ahab (1Ki 16:28), 2 Chronicles 18:8
“When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and they will be given up into your hands.”— Ahab (1Ki 16:28), 2 Chronicles 18:14
“And the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?”— Ahab (1Ki 16:28), 2 Chronicles 18:15
“And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?”— Ahab (1Ki 16:28), 2 Chronicles 18:17
“And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son; And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.”— Ahab (1Ki 16:28), 2 Chronicles 18:25-26
“And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress, and they went to the fight.”— Ahab (1Ki 16:28), 2 Chronicles 18:29
“And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.”— Ahab (1Ki 16:28), 2 Chronicles 18:33
“For he made offerings to the gods of Damascus, who were attacking him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram are giving them help, I will make offerings to them so that they may give me help. But they were the cause of his downfall, and of that of all Israel.”— Ahaz (2Ki 15:38), 2 Chronicles 28:23
“Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.”— Amasai (1Ch 15:24), 1 Chronicles 12:18
“Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this.”— Amaziah (2Ki 12:21), 2 Chronicles 25:9
“But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.”— Amaziah (2Ki 12:21), 2 Chronicles 25:16
“Then Amaziah, king of Judah, acting on the suggestion of his servants, sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.”— Amaziah (2Ki 12:21), 2 Chronicles 25:17
“Then Amaziah, the priest of Beth-el, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos has made designs against you among the people of Israel: the land is troubled by his words. For Amos has said, Jeroboam will be put to the sword, and Israel will certainly be taken away as a prisoner out of his land. And Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go in flight into the land of Judah, and there get your living by working as a prophet: But be a prophet no longer at Beth-el: for it is the holy place of the king, and the king's house.”— Amaziah (Amo 7:10), Amos 7:10-13
“And now the sense of the letter which you sent to us has been made clear to me, And I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there. Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem, ruling over all the country across the river, to whom they gave taxes and payments in goods and forced payments. Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order. Be certain to do this with all care: do not…”— Artaxerxes, Ezra 4:18-22
“Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, all peace; And now it is my order that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and Levites in my kingdom, who are ready and have a desire to go to Jerusalem, are to go with you. Because you are sent by the king and his seven wise men, to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem, as you are ordered by the law of your God which is in your hand; And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem, As well as all the…”— Artaxerxes, Ezra 7:12-26
“And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;”— Artaxerxes, Nehemiah 2:2
“Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.”— Artaxerxes, Nehemiah 2:4
“And the king said to me (the queen being seated by his side), How long will your journey take, and when will you come back? So the king was pleased to send me, and I gave him a fixed time.”— Artaxerxes, Nehemiah 2:6
“He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.”— Asa (1Ki 15:8), 2 Chronicles 14:7
“And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.”— Asa (1Ki 15:8), 2 Chronicles 14:11
“Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.”— Asa (1Ki 15:8), 2 Chronicles 16:3
“That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.”— Asaph (Neh 2:8), Matthew 13:35
“Now the king of Aram had given orders to the captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.”— Ben-hadad (1Ki 15:18), 2 Chronicles 18:30
“So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper.”— Ben-hadad (2Ki 6:24), 2 Kings 5:5-6
“At that time the king of Aram was making war against Israel; and he had a meeting with the chiefs of his army and said, I will be waiting in secret in some named place.”— Ben-hadad (2Ki 6:24), 2 Kings 6:8
“And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel?”— Ben-hadad (2Ki 6:24), 2 Kings 6:11
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