Thematic Bible: Used for confining
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Prisons » Used for confining » Persons under the king's displeasure
Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time.
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and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this guy in prison and feed him only bread and water until I come back safely.’”
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For Herod himself had given orders to arrest John and to chain him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married.
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Prisons » Used for confining » Enemies taken captive
But the king of Assyria discovered Hoshea’s conspiracy. He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt and had not paid tribute money to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.
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The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.
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Then he blinded Zedekiah and bound him with bronze chains. The king of Babylon brought Zedekiah to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.
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Prisons » Used for confining » Persons accused of heresy
Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.
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So they seized them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.
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So they arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.
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Prisons » Used for confining » Condemned criminals till executed
After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover. So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was being made earnestly to God for him by the church.
They put him in custody until the Lord’s decision could be made clear to them.
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Prisons » Used for confining » Debtors till they paid
Prisons » Used for confining » Suspected persons
If you are honest, let one of you be confined to the guardhouse, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
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Prisons » Used for confining » Persons accused of crimes
(He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)
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