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Elijah raises widow's son at Zarephath

1 Kings 17:19-24 (NIV)
"Give me your son," Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.

Mephibosheth despised himself

2 Samuel 9:8 (NIV)
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?"

sauls body and son's cremated and then buried

1 Samuel 31:12-13 (NIV)
all their valiant men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them.

Saul commits suicide

1 Samuel 31:4-6 (NIV)
Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me." But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

Death of Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.

1 Samuel 31:2 (NIV)
The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.

The Lord was with David and not Saul

1 Samuel 18:12 (NIV)
Saul was afraid of David, because the lord was with David but had departed from Saul.

God looks at heart

1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)
But the lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the lord looks at the heart."

Obeying is better than a sacrifice

1 Samuel 15:22 (NIV)
But Samuel replied: "Does the lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

Samuel compared to Jesus

1 Samuel 2:26 (NIV)
And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the lord and with people.

Hannah had 6 children

1 Samuel 2:21 (NIV)
And the lord was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the lord.

God who lifts and blesses

1 Samuel 2:8 (NIV)
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. "For the foundations of the earth are the lord's; on them he has set the world.

Ruth determined to go with Naomi

Ruth 1:16-17 (NIV)
But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.

Samson dies

Judges 16:30 (NIV)
Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.

Samson riddle

Judges 14:14 (NIV)
He replied, "Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet." For three days they could not give the answer.

samson kills a lion

Judges 14:5-6 (NIV)
Samson went down to Timnah together with his father and mother. As they approached the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him.

Death of Gideon

Judges 8:28 (NIV)
Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During Gideon's lifetime, the land had peace forty years.

In-family marriage

Judges 1:12-13 (NIV)
And Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher."

Eleazar dies

Joshua 24:33 (NIV)
And Eleazar son of Aaron died and was buried at Gibeah, which had been allotted to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

Joshua dies at 110

Joshua 24:29-30 (NIV)
After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten.

Israelites flashback

Joshua 24:1-13 (NIV)
Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

Conditions for living

Joshua 22:5 (NIV)
But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the lord gave you: to love the lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

Israelites flashback

Joshua 24:1-13 (NIV)
Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

Conditions for living

Joshua 22:5 (NIV)
But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the lord gave you: to love the lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

Levites given towns

Joshua 21:3 (NIV)
So, as the lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

Joshua 21:6 (NIV)
The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

Joshua 21:11 (NIV)
They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

Joshua's sun miracle

Joshua 10:12-14 (NIV)
On the day the lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the lord in the presence of Israel: "Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon."