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'Back' in the Bible

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan turned not back, And the sword of Saul returned not empty.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArchers, MenPeople OvercomingKilling Many People

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they spoke to David, saying, Thou shalt not come in hither, but the blind and the lame will drive thee back; as much as to say, David will not come in hither.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesZion, As A PlaceEntering Cities

And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against God's people? and the king in saying this thing, is as one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.

Verse ConceptsReinstating PeopleFound Guilty

And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: so go, bring back the young man Absalom.

Verse ConceptsReinstating People

Thou didst come yesterday, and should I this day make thee go up and down with us, seeing I go whither I can? Return and take back thy brethren. Mercy and truth be with thee!

Verse ConceptsWanderers

And the king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city. If I shall find favour in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and shew me it, and its habitation.

Verse ConceptsThe Ark In JerusalemReinstating People

and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

Verse ConceptsReinstating People

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back the people.

Verse ConceptsTrumpets To Stop Fighting

And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle; and now why are ye silent as to bringing the king back?

Verse ConceptsAnointing KingsReinstating People

And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, to his house.

Verse ConceptsPeople Who DelayedPeople Of Judah

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?

Verse ConceptsPeople Who DelayedSame Bone And Flesh

Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham: let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what seems good to thee.

Verse ConceptsHomeLove, And The WorldTombsResigned To DeathAnother's Burial Place

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, I have ten parts in the king and I have also more right in David than thou; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

Verse ConceptsClaimsResponseTen Things

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