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'Took' in the Bible

So I put my foot on him and gave him his death-blow, because I was certain that he would not go on living after his fall: and I took the crown from his head and the band from his arm, and I have them here for my lord.

Verse ConceptsBraceletsHeadsHead coveringOrnamentsKilling Kings

And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfEveningLossWeepingAction Until EveningFasting In MourningMourning The Death Of Others

And David took all his men with him, every man with his family: and they were living in the towns round Hebron.

And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and came face to face with them by the pool of Gibeon; and they took up their position, facing one another on opposite sides of the pool.

Verse ConceptsPoolsOpposite Sides

And the men of Benjamin came together after Abner in one band, and took their places on the top of a hill.

And they took Asahel's body and put it in the last resting-place of his father in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men, travelling all night, came to Hebron at dawn.

Verse ConceptsDawnTombsWalking All NightAnother's Burial Place

And the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David's wife Eglah. These were the sons of David, whose birth took place in Hebron.

Verse ConceptsDavid's Wives

So Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband Paltiel, the son of Laish.

Verse ConceptsTransferring Wives

And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

Verse ConceptsGesturesAssassinations, CompletedConfidence BetrayedBetrayalAvenger of bloodLength Of LifeMurderPrivacyRevenge, Examples OfStomachsTreacheryUnfaithfulness, To PeopleAmbushBetrayal, Example OfBusiness At The GatewayStriking To DeathInformation In SecretWhy People Did ThingsKilling Named Individuals

And all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.

Verse ConceptsPopularity

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as quickly as she was able, he had a fall and his feet were damaged. His name was Mephibosheth.

Verse ConceptsCripplesAccidentsFeetdisabilitiesLamenessNursesSuffering, Causes OfPeople TumblingHurt And Betrayalsaul

And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsBeheadingWalking All NightBeds

And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his seed today.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific People

When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:

Verse ConceptsNewsGood News

And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.

Verse ConceptsGallowsHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMutilationPoolsDisfigurementSkullsCutting Off Hands And FeetAnother's Burial PlacePeople Hung To DeathKilling Named Individuals

But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

Verse ConceptsCityZion, As A Placezion

So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.

Verse ConceptsFortressesCity Of DavidStrongholdsZion, As A PlaceFortsPeople Naming ThingsRebuilding Jerusalem

And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesPolygamyDavid's Wives

These are the names of those whose birth took place in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon

And the Philistines, when they went in flight, did not take their images with them, and David and his men took them away.

Verse ConceptsAbandoning ThingsAbandoning Idols

And they put the ark of God on a new cart and took it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were the drivers of the cart.

Verse ConceptsCartsUnused

And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.

Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemExcitementBlessed By God

So David and all the men of Israel took up the ark of the Lord with cries of joy and sounding of horns.

Verse ConceptsShoutingShouting For JoyGroups ShoutingTrumpets For Celebration

And they took in the ark of the Lord, and put it in its place inside the tent which David had put up for it: and David made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, EventsTents

For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptMoving OnMoving To A New Place

Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

Verse ConceptsHumilityServanthood, In Life Of BelieversPromotionNo More Tending The FlockSaul And DavidServant Leadership

But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

Verse ConceptsWarnings Against ApostasyApostasy, Ot ExamplesDeposingGod Showed His Lovingkindnesssaul

Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

Verse ConceptsHumilityModestyPrayer, Advice For EffectivePrayer, Practicalities OfSittingPeople Sitting DownI Am UnimportantFamily LoveLove And Familymindfulness

But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordUnity, Of God's PeopleEternally With GodYou Are Our God

And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them; and David took the authority of the mother-town from the hands of the Philistines.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahThose Subjected To People

And David took from him one thousand, seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and David had the leg-muscles of the horses cut, only keeping enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesSoldiersAnimals, Cruelty TowardsCavalryAnimal RightsOne HundredThousandsTwenty Thousand And UpDestroying ChariotsTaking Possessions

And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsBeauty, In ArtefactsGoldOfficersShields

And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.

Verse ConceptsBrassAmassing Bronze

He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:

So Mephibosheth went on living in Jerusalem; for he took all his meals at the king's table; and he had not the use of his feet.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History Of

So Hanun took David's servants, and after cutting off half the hair on their chins, and cutting off the skirts of their robes up to the middle, he sent them away.

Verse ConceptsHairsShavingFractions, One HalfCutting HairPeople Stripping PeopleTrimming Facial HairHalf Of Things

Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

Verse ConceptsFront And BackSpiritual Warfarereinforcement

Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfSpringSiegesNature Of KingsReady For WarThe Nations Attackedspringtime

But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

Verse ConceptsNot going home directly

And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholDrunkenness, Examples OfPeople Making Drunk

And he gave orders to the man who took the news, saying, After you have given the king all the news about the war,

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent Out

And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.

Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterDavid's Wives

But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.

Verse ConceptsCups, Literal UseNoting What Animals EatPossessing SheepPets

Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalLambsUnkindnessHerdsTravellersPeople UnwillingTaking AnimalsThose Who Provided A Meal

So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.

Verse ConceptsGesturesParents Prayer For Their ChildrenFasting, Examples OfLove, And The WorldSonsParents Duty To ChildrenParental LoveAll Night PrayersFastingFasting And Prayer

And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?

Verse ConceptsRashnessServants, GoodThe Seventh Day Of The WeekHarming OneselfDay 7Death Of Unnamed IndividualsTelling Of People's SituationsFear Of IndividualsThe Death Of Babieslosing a loved oneDeath Of A ChildLosing SomeoneExamples Of Good Servants

Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsCapturing Cities

Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.

Verse ConceptsCapturing Cities

And he took the crown of Milcom from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were stones of great price; and it was put on David's head. And he took a great store of goods from the town.

Verse ConceptsCrowns, Worn ByGoldJewelsJewelleryWeights Of GoldTalentsweight

And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsAxesIronToolsCaptivesClay, UsesHorrors Of WarSawsFurnacesIron ObjectsForced Labour

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was in bed. And she took paste and made cakes before his eyes, cooking them over the fire.

Verse ConceptsDoughBaking BreadKneading Dough

And she took the cooking-pot, and put the cakes before him, but he would not take them. And Amnon said, Let everyone go away from me. So they all went out.

Verse ConceptsMourningPlatesGroups Sent Away

Then Amnon said to Tamar, Take the food and come into my bedroom, so that I may take it from your hand. So Tamar took the cakes she had made and went with them into her brother Amnon's bedroom.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsPrivate Rooms

And when she took them to give them to him, he put his arms round her and said, Come to bed, my sister.

Verse ConceptsGraspingSexual Union Intended

But he would not give attention to what she said: but being stronger than she, he took her by force, and had connection with her.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofRape

And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, Let not my lord have the idea that all the sons of the king have been put to death; for only Amnon is dead: this has been purposed by Absalom from the day when he took his sister Tamar by force.

Verse ConceptsPrincesNamed SistersKilling Named IndividualsHalf brothers

And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

Verse ConceptsCoal, Metaphorical UseNo SurvivorsHanding Over PeopleExtinguishingNames Blotted OutDeath Penalty For Killing

And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGatesRoadsStanding In The GatewayThose Who Rose EarlyWhere From?

And if any man came near to give him honour, he took him by the hand and gave him a kiss.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingBowingKisses

And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.

So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and did not go away from there.

Verse ConceptsThe Ark In Jerusalem

And the king and his people came tired to Jordan, and took their rest there.

Verse ConceptsTirednessPeople RefreshedTired In Flight

And the king said to them, I will do whatever seems best to you. So the king took his place by the door of the town, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

Verse ConceptsStanding In The Gateway

So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the fight took place in the woods of Ephraim.

Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.

Verse ConceptsAssassinations, CompletedHeart, HumanSpearsPiercingsThree Other Things

And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.

Verse ConceptsPitsRetributionIsrael FleeingCairnsHoles In The Ground

Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, Let me go and give the king news of how the Lord has done right in his cause against those who took up arms against him.

Verse ConceptsHeraldRunningGod Saving From EnemiesTelling Of People's Situations

And Ahimaaz, crying out to the king, said, It is well. And falling down before the king, with his face to the earth, he said, May the Lord your God be praised, who has given up the men who took up arms against my lord the king!

Verse ConceptsBowingSalutationsGod Handing OverBowing Before David

And the king said, Get back and take your place here. So turning to one side, he took his place there.

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessComing To Rest

And then the Cushite came and said, I have news for my lord the king: today the Lord has done right in your cause against all those who took up arms against you.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, nature ofGod Saving From Enemies

Then the king got up and took his seat near the town-door. And word was given to all the people that the king was in the public place: and all the people came before the king. Now all the men of Israel had gone back in flight to their tents.

Verse ConceptsSittingAssembling IsraelSitting In The GatewayPeople Sitting DownIsrael Fleeing

So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him: and all the people of Judah, as well as half the people of Israel, took the king on his way.

Verse ConceptsCompanionshipHalf Of Groups

And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.

Verse ConceptsHousesWidowsAbsence Of SexTen PeopleIndividuals going homeActual Widows

So Amasa went to get all the men of Judah together, but he took longer than the time David had given him.

Verse ConceptsPeople Who Delayed

And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingConfidence BetrayedBeardsHealthKissesSalutationsFacial Hair

And Amasa was stretched out in a pool of blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people were stopping, he took Amasa out of the highway and put him in a field, with a cloth over him, when he saw that everyone who went by came to a stop.

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessComing To RestCovered With BloodTragedy On The StreetsCorpses Of Other People

But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Saul to whom Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth; and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab, whose father was Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took haircloth, placing it on the rock as a bed for herself, from the start of the grain-cutting till rain came down on them from heaven; and she did not let the birds of the air come near them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.

Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveLove, And The WorldRainProtection Day And NightWild Beasts SubduedBirds EatingBirdsTragedy

And David went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had taken them away secretly from the public place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had put them, hanging up the bodies there on the day when they put Saul to death in Gilboa:

Verse ConceptsSecrecyBonesPeople Hung To Death

And he took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from that place; and they got together the bones of those who had been put to death by hanging.

Verse ConceptsBones

But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.

Verse ConceptsNot Extinguishing

He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

Verse ConceptsGod Saving From EnemiesSpacious Place

And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConsecrationDrawing WaterPouring WaterBreaking Forthrisk

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