If thy father miss me, then say, 'David asked leave of me, that he might go to Bethlehem to his own city, for there is holden a yearly feast for all his kin.'

And in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.

And this Passover was holden in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.

His foot shall be holden in the gilder, and the thirsty shall catch him.

My foot doth keep his path; his highway have I holden, and will not go out of it.

It is a great abomination when kings are wicked; for a king's seat should be holden up with righteousness.

Mercy and faithfulness preserve the king, and with loving-kindness his seat is holden up.

Who hath climbed up into heaven? Who hath come down from thence? Who hath holden the wind fast in his hand? Who hath comprehended the waters in a garment? Who hath set all the ends of the world? What is his name, or his son's name? Canst thou tell?

"Who hath holden the waters in his fist? Who hath measured heaven with his span, and hath comprehended all the earth of the world in three measures? Who hath weighed the mountains and hills in a balance?

I have long time holden my peace, sayeth the LORD, should I therefore be still, and keep silence for ever? I will cry like a travailing woman, and at once will I destroy, and devour.

For thus long have I ever holden out my hands to an unfaithful people, that go not the right way, but after their own imaginations:

Flee, get you soon away, creep into caves, that ye may dwell there, O ye inhabiters of Hazor, sayeth the LORD. For Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon hath holden a counsel concerning you, and concluded his device against you.

The weak have ye not holden up, the sick have ye not healed: the broken have ye not bound together, the outcasts have ye not brought again. The lost have ye not sought, but churlishly and cruelly have ye ruled them.

"In his stead there shall arise a vile person, not holden worthy of a king's dignity: this shall come in craftily, and obtain the kingdom with fair words.