TOPICAL BIBLE
Deception
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Joshua 9:15and Joshua maketh with them peace, and maketh with them a covenant, to keep them alive; and swear to them do the princes of the company.Judges 3:15And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man—shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab;Judges 3:16and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit is its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh;Judges 3:17and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon is a very fat man.Judges 3:18And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present,Judges 3:19and he himself hath turned back from the graven images which are at Gilgal, and saith, ‘A secret word I have unto thee, O king;’ and he saith, ‘Hush!’ and go out from him do all those standing by him.Judges 3:20And Ehud hath come unto him, and he is sitting in the upper chamber of the wall which he hath for himself, and Ehud saith, ‘A word of God I have unto thee;’ and he riseth from off the throne;Judges 3:21and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;Judges 3:22and the haft also goeth in after the blade, and the fat shutteth on the blade, that he hath not drawn the sword out of his belly, and it goeth out at the fundament.Judges 3:23And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted it;Judges 3:24and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, ‘He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.’Judges 3:25And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth—dead.Judges 3:26And Ehud escaped during their tarrying, and hath passed by the images, and is escaped to Seirath.Judges 3:27And it cometh to pass, in his coming in, that he bloweth with a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and go down with him do the sons of Israel from the hill-country, and he before them;Judges 3:28and he saith unto them, ‘Pursue after me, for Jehovah hath given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand;’ and they go down after him, and capture the passages of the Jordan towards Moab, and have not permitted a man to pass over.Judges 3:29And they smite Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, all robust, and every one a man of valour, and not a man hath escaped,Judges 3:30and Moab is humbled in that day under the hand of Israel; and the land resteth eighty years.Judges 16:4And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name is Delilah,Judges 16:5and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, ‘Entice him, and see wherein his great power is, and wherein we are able for him—and we have bound him to afflict him, and we—we give to thee, each one, eleven hundred silverlings.’Judges 16:6And Delilah saith unto Samson, ‘Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power is, and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.’Judges 16:7And Samson saith unto her, ‘If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.’Judges 16:8And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them.Judges 16:9And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith unto him, ‘Philistines are upon thee, Samson;’ and he breaketh the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire, and his power hath not been known.Judges 16:10And Delilah saith unto Samson, ‘Lo, thou hast played upon me, and speakest unto me lies; now, declare, I pray thee, to me, wherewith thou art bound.’Judges 16:11And he saith unto her, ‘If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.’Judges 16:12And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, ‘Philistines are upon thee, Samson;’ and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.Judges 16:13And Delilah saith unto Samson, ‘Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.’ And he saith unto her, ‘If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.’Judges 16:14And she fixeth it with the pin, and saith unto him, ‘Philistines are upon thee, Samson;’ and he awaketh out of his sleep, and journeyeth with the pin of the weaving machine, and with the web.Judges 16:15And she saith unto him, ‘How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power is.’Judges 16:16And it cometh to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and doth urge him, and his soul is grieved to death,Judges 16:17that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, ‘A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I am from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.’Judges 16:18And Delilah seeth that he hath declared to her all his heart, and she sendeth and calleth for the princes of the Philistines, saying, ‘Come up this time, for he hath declared to me all his heart;’ and the princes of the Philistines have come up unto her, and bring up the money in their hand.Judges 16:19and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him;Judges 16:20and she saith, ‘Philistines are upon thee, Samson;’ and he awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, ‘I go out as time by time, and shake myself;’ and he hath not known that Jehovah hath turned aside from off him.1 Samuel 21:10And David riseth and fleeth on that day from the face of Saul, and cometh in unto Achish king of Gath;1 Samuel 21:11and the servants of Achish say unto him, ‘Is not this David king of the land? is it not of this one they sing in dances, saying, ‘Saul smote among his thousands, and David among his myriads?’1 Samuel 21:12And David layeth these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath,1 Samuel 21:13and changeth his behaviour before their eyes, and feigneth himself mad in their hand, and scribbleth on the doors of the gate, and letteth down his spittle unto his beard.1 Samuel 21:14And Achish saith unto his servants, ‘Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me?1 Samuel 21:15A lack of madmen have I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?’2 Samuel 13:6And Amnon lieth down, and feigneth himself sick, and the king cometh in to see him, and Amnon saith unto the king, ‘Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come, and she maketh before mine eyes two cakes, and I eat from her hand.’2 Samuel 13:7And David sendeth unto Tamar, to the house, saying, ‘Go, I pray thee, to the house of Amnon thy brother, and make for him food.’2 Samuel 13:8And Tamar goeth to the house of Amnon her brother, and he is lying down, and she taketh the dough, and kneadeth, and maketh cakes before his eyes, and cooketh the cakes,2 Samuel 13:9and taketh the frying-pan, and poureth out before him, and he refuseth to eat, and Amnon saith, ‘Take ye out every one from me;’ and they go out every one from him.2 Samuel 13:10And Amnon saith unto Tamar, ‘Bring the food into the inner chamber, and I eat from thy hand;’ and Tamar taketh the cakes that she hath made, and bringeth in to Amnon her brother, into the inner chamber,2 Samuel 13:11and she bringeth nigh unto him to eat, and he layeth hold on her, and saith to her, ‘Come, lie with me, my sister.’2 Samuel 13:12And she saith to him, ‘Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Israel; do not this folly.2 Samuel 13:13And I—whither do I cause my reproach to go? and thou—thou art as one of the fools in Israel; and now, speak, I pray thee, unto the king; for he doth not withhold me from thee.’2 Samuel 13:14And he hath not been willing to hearken to her voice, and is stronger than she, and humbleth her, and lieth with her.2 Samuel 13:24And Absalom cometh unto the king, and saith, ‘Lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath shearers, let the king go, I pray thee, and his servants, with thy servant.’2 Samuel 13:25And the king saith unto Absalom, ‘Nay, my son, let us not all go, I pray thee, and we are not too heavy on thee;’ and he presseth on him, and he hath not been willing to go, and he blesseth him.2 Samuel 13:26And Absalom saith, ‘If not—let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us;’ and the king saith to him, ‘Why doth he go with thee?’2 Samuel 13:27and Absalom urgeth on him, and he sendeth with him Amnon, and all the sons of the king.2 Samuel 13:28And Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, ‘See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.’2 Samuel 15:7And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom saith unto the king, ‘Let me go, I pray thee, and I complete my vow, that I vowed to Jehovah in Hebron,2 Samuel 16:15And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him,2 Samuel 16:16and it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, ‘Let the king live! let the king live!’2 Samuel 16:17And Absalom saith unto Hushai, ‘This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?’2 Samuel 16:18And Hushai saith unto Absalom, ‘Nay, for he whom Jehovah hath chosen, and this people, even all the men of Israel, his I am, and with him I abide;2 Samuel 16:19and secondly, for whom do I labour? is it not before his son? as I served before thy father so am I before thee.’