9 occurrences

'Taken' in the Bible

And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.

Verse ConceptsSuicideAnguish, CauseDesire For DeathAs Long As Life LastsApproval To Kill Oneself

Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

Verse ConceptsRank

Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

Verse ConceptsForgettingevil, believers' responses toSanctity Of LifeSuffering, Causes OfWord Of GodKilling Named IndividualsTransferring Wives

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

Verse ConceptsRetributionKilling Will HappenTransferring Wives

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent Out

Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.

Verse ConceptsGod Makes Evil ReboundKings Of All Israel Or Judah

And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

Verse ConceptsMulesBackCovering HeadsRiding MulesHairdreadlocks

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, unto this day.

Verse ConceptsPillarsWorldly Ambition ExamplesMonumentsPeople Naming Things

But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;

Verse ConceptsThornsEvil AssociationsThe Wicked Will Perish

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