LXX Concordance for δύο

God made the two great lights ​— ​the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night ​— ​as well as the stars.

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah.

Jared was 162 years old when he fathered Enoch.

So Jared's life lasted 962 years; then he died.

Methuselah lived 782 years after he fathered Lamech, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

“You are also to bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

“You are to take with you seven pairs, a male and its female, of all the clean animals, and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and its female,

two of each, male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, just as God had commanded him.

Two of every creature that has the breath of life in it came to Noah and entered the ark.

Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.

Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg,[fn] for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

Reu lived 32 years and fathered Serug.

The two angels entered Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in Sodom's gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them. He bowed with his face to the ground

“Look, I've got two daughters who haven't been intimate with a man. I'll bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you want[fn] to them. However, don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the protection of my roof.”

At daybreak the angels urged Lot on: “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment[fn] of the city.”

Lot departed from Zoar and lived in the mountains along with his two daughters, because he was afraid to live in Zoar. Instead, he and his two daughters lived in a cave.

So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.

So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about.

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac. In his hand he took the fire and the knife, and the two of them walked on together.

As the camels finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing ten shekels of gold.

And the LORD said to her:

Two nations are in your womb;

two peoples will come from you and be separated.

One people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.

“Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father ​— ​the kind he loves.

“until your brother's rage turns away from you and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose you both in one day? ”

Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

So Laban went into Jacob's tent, Leah's tent, and the tents of the two concubines,[fn] but he found nothing. When he left Leah's tent, he went into Rachel's tent.

“You've searched all my possessions! Have you found anything of yours?[fn] Put it here before my relatives and yours, and let them decide between the two of us.

“For twenty years in your household I served you ​— ​fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks ​— ​and you have changed my wages ten times!

Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, herds, and camels.

“I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. Indeed, I crossed over the Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.

During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two slave women, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok.

Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two slave women.

On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and killed every male.

At the end of two years Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

Two sons were born to Joseph before the years of famine arrived. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On, bore them to him.

Then Reuben said to his father, “You can kill my two sons if I don't bring him back to you. Put him in my care,[fn] and I will return him to you.”

“Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

Some time after this, Joseph was told, “Your father is weaker.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

“Your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are now mine. Ephraim and Manasseh belong to me just as Reuben and Simeon do.

Then Joseph took them both ​— ​with his right hand Ephraim toward Israel's left, and with his left hand Manasseh toward Israel's right ​— ​and brought them to Israel.

The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your neighbor? ”[fn]

Amram married his father's sister Jochebed,

and she bore him Aaron and Moses.

Amram lived 137 years.

“They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat them.

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, four quarts[fn] apiece, and all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses.

“Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he will give you two days' worth of bread. Each of you stay where you are; no one is to leave his place on the seventh day.”

along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom[fn] (because Moses had said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land”)

He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”

“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or his fist, and the injured man does not die but is confined to bed,

“However, if the slave can stand up after a day or two, the owner should not be punished[fn] because he is his owner's property.[fn]

“They are to make an ark of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.[fn]

“Cast four gold rings for it and place them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

“Make a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.[fn]

“I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony; I will speak with you from there about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

“For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches from it, a bud under the second pair of branches from it, and a bud under the third pair of branches from it.

“Each support will have two tenons for joining. Do the same for all the supports of the tabernacle.

“and make forty silver bases under the twenty supports, two bases under the first support for its two tenons, and two bases under the next support for its two tenons;

“along with their forty silver bases, two bases under the first support and two bases under each support;

“Make two additional supports for the two back corners of the tabernacle.

“There are to be eight supports with their silver bases: sixteen bases; two bases under the first support and two bases under each support.

“It must have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges so that it can be joined together.

“Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of Israel's sons:

“Engrave the two stones with the names of Israel's sons as a gem cutter engraves a seal. Mount them, surrounded with gold filigree settings.

“and two chains of pure gold; you will make them of braided cord work, and attach the cord chains to the settings.

“The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of Israel's sons. Each stone must be engraved like a seal, with one of the names of the twelve tribes.

“Fashion two gold rings for the breastpiece and attach them to its two corners.

“This is what you are to do for them to consecrate them to serve me as priests. Take a young bull and two unblemished rams,

“put them in a basket, and bring them in the basket, along with the bull and two rams.

“Take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.

“Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination[fn]);

“This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar every day: two year-old lambs.

“It must be square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide;[fn] it must be thirty-six inches high.[fn] Its horns must be of one piece with it.

“Make two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.

When he finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God.

Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides ​— ​inscribed front and back.

As he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became enraged and threw the tablets out of his hands, smashing them at the base of the mountain.

The LORD said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

Moses cut two stone tablets like the first ones. He got up early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hand, he climbed Mount Sinai, just as the LORD had commanded him.

As Moses descended from Mount Sinai ​— ​with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands as he descended the mountain ​— ​he did not realize that the skin of his face shone as a result of his speaking with the LORD.[fn]

He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,

He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

They also fashioned two gold filigree settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to its two corners.

They attached the other ends of the two cords to the two filigree settings, and in this way they attached them to the ephod's shoulder pieces in front.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins. He will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys,

“But if he cannot afford an animal from the flock, then he may bring to the LORD two turtledoves or two young pigeons as penalty for guilt for his sin ​— ​one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

“But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring two quarts[fn] of fine flour[fn] as an offering for his sin. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

“Take Aaron, his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin[fn] offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,

He took the fat ​— ​the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat ​— ​as well as the right thigh.

They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram ​— ​the fat tail, the fat surrounding the entrails, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe of the liver ​— ​

Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them to do.

“You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud.

“But if she doesn't have sufficient means[fn] for a sheep, she may take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.”

“the priest will order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one who is to be cleansed.

“On the eighth day he must take two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished year-old ewe lamb, a grain offering of six quarts[fn] of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one-third of a quart[fn] of olive oil.

“and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whatever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

“He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house,

“He must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons on the eighth day, come before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest.

“On the eighth day she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron's sons when they approached the presence of[fn] the LORD and died.

“He is to take from the Israelite community two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

“Next he will take the two goats and place them before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

“You are to keep my statutes. Do not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material.

“Its grain offering is to be four quarts[fn] of fine flour mixed with oil as a food offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, and its drink offering will be one quart[fn] of wine.

“Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four quarts of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to the LORD.

“Take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts.[fn]

those registered for the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

those registered for the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

“His military division numbers 32,200.

“His military division numbers 62,700.

The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron[fn] registered by their clans at the LORD's command was 22,000.

The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273.

“On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart from every two leaders and an ox from each one, and presented them in front of the tabernacle.

He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.[fn]

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ochran.

and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.

When Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim. He spoke to him that way.

“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to summon the community and have the camps set out.

“You will eat, not for one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,

Two men had remained in the camp, one named Eldad and the other Medad; the Spirit rested on them ​— ​they were among those listed, but had not gone out to the tent ​— ​and they prophesied in the camp.

“If you prepare a grain offering with a ram, it is to be four quarts[fn] of fine flour mixed with a third of a gallon[fn] of oil.

But God was incensed that Balaam was going, and the angel of the LORD took his stand on the path to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

These were the Simeonite clans, numbering 22,200 men.

These were Manasseh's clans, numbered by their registered men: 52,700.

These were the Ephraimite clans numbered by their registered men: 32,500.

These were Joseph's descendants by their clans.

“And say to them: This is the food offering you are to present to the LORD:

“Each day present two unblemished year-old male lambs as a regular burnt offering.

“On the Sabbath day present two unblemished year-old male lambs, four quarts[fn] of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering.

“At the beginning of each of your months present a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

“Present a food offering, a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. Your animals are to be unblemished.

“Present a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old,

“with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts[fn] with the bull, four quarts[fn] with the ram,

“Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with the bull, four quarts with the ram,

“Present a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old. They are to be unblemished.

“On the second day present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

“On the third day present eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

“On the fourth day present ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

“On the fifth day present nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

“On the sixth day present eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

“On the seventh day present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

72,000 cattle,

and 32,000 people, all the females who had not gone to bed with a man.

from the 36,000 cattle,

the tribute to the LORD was 72;

and from the 16,000 people,

the tribute to the LORD was 32 people.

“The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

“The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you will provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give forty-two other cities.

“At that time we took the land from the two Amorite kings across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon,

“He declared his covenant to you. He commanded you to follow the Ten Commandments, which he wrote on two stone tablets.

They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings who were across the Jordan to the east,

“The LORD spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and total darkness on the mountain; he added nothing more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

“On the day of the assembly the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by God's finger. The exact words were on them, which the LORD spoke to you from the fire on the mountain.

“So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

“So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands, shattering them before your eyes.

“The LORD said to me at that time, ‘Cut two stone tablets like the first ones and come to me on the mountain and make a wooden ark.

“So I made an ark of acacia wood, cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and climbed the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.

“You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud.[fn]

“One witness cannot establish any iniquity or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

“the two people in the dispute are to stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and judges in authority at that time.

“If a man has two wives, one loved and the other neglected, and both the loved and the neglected bear him sons, and if the neglected wife has the firstborn son,

How could one pursue a thousand,

or two put ten thousand to flight,

unless their Rock had sold them,

unless the LORD had given them up?

Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from the Acacia Grove,[fn] saying, “Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.” So they left, and they came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.

Then the men returned, came down from the hill country, and crossed the Jordan. They went to Joshua son of Nun and reported everything that had happened to them.

For the Israelites wandered in the wilderness forty years until all the nation's men of war who came out of Egypt had died off because they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land he had sworn to their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

So the young men who had scouted went in and brought out Rahab and her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh, the Reubenites and Gadites had received the inheritance Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the LORD's servant had given them:

The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. No portion of the land was given to the Levites except cities to live in, along with pasturelands for their cattle and livestock.

Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah ​— ​two cities, with their settlements.

Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba ​— ​twelve cities, with their settlements;

Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands ​— ​nine cities from these two tribes.

From half the tribe of Manasseh they gave:

Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath-rimmon[fn] with its pasturelands ​— ​two cities.

From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave to the descendants of Gershon, who were one of the Levite clans:

Golan, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands ​— ​two cities.

All twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari's descendants, the remaining Levite clans.

“Now announce to the troops, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.' ” So twenty-two thousand of the troops turned back, but ten thousand remained.

They captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb, while they were pursuing the Midianites. They brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon across the Jordan.

Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued them. He captured these two kings of Midian and routed the entire army.

Then Abimelech and the units that were with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two units rushed against all who were in the countryside and struck them down.

After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”

they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and executed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time forty-two thousand from Ephraim died.

So he went out and caught three hundred foxes. He took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.

“No,” they said,[fn] “we won't kill you, but we will tie you up securely and hand you over to them.” So they tied him up with two new ropes and led him away from the rock.

But Samson stayed in bed only until midnight. Then he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate along with the two gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

When they were in good spirits,[fn] they said, “Bring Samson here to entertain us.” So they brought Samson from prison, and he entertained them. They had him stand between the pillars.

He called out to the LORD, “Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, God, just once more. With one act of vengeance, let me pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and slaughtered twenty-two thousand men of Israel on the field that day.

He had two wives, the first named Hannah and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

The LORD paid attention to Hannah's need, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

“This will be the sign that will come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: both of them will die on the same day.

“Now then, prepare one new cart and two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.

The men did this: They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and confined their calves in the pen.

“Today when you leave me, you'll find two men at Rachel's Grave at Zelzah in the territory of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went looking for have been found, and now your father has stopped being concerned about the donkeys and is worried about you, asking: What should I do about my son? '

“They will ask how you are and give you two loaves[fn] of bread, which you will accept from them.

He took a team of oxen, cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by messengers who said, “This is what will be done to the ox of anyone who doesn't march behind Saul and Samuel.” As a result, the terror of the LORD fell on the people, and they went out united.

The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions. During the morning watch, they invaded the Ammonite camp and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. There were survivors, but they were so scattered that no two of them were left together.

Saul's sons were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. The names of his two daughters were Merab, his firstborn, and Michal, the younger.

“Furthermore, the Eternal One of Israel does not lie or change his mind, for he is not man who changes his mind.”

Abigail hurried, taking two hundred loaves of bread, two clay jars of wine, five butchered sheep, a bushel[fn] of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.

Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes and set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I tell you.”

So the LORD sent Nathan to David. When he arrived, he said to him:

There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my presence so I can eat from her hand.”

“Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

But then, at the end of three years, two of Shimei's slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. Shimei was informed, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

And the king said, “Cut the living boy in two and give half to one and half to the other.”

He sent ten thousand to Lebanon each month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon, two months they were at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim 15 feet[fn] high out of olive wood.

The two doors were made of olive wood. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold, hammering gold over the cherubim and palm trees.

The two doors were made of cypress wood; the first door had two folding sides, and the second door had two folding panels.

He cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet[fn] high and 18 feet[fn] in circumference.[fn]

two pillars; bowls for the capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars;

Nothing was in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Horeb,[fn] where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep and goats. In this manner the king and all the Israelites dedicated the LORD's temple.

At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the two houses, the LORD's temple and the royal palace ​— ​

The throne had six steps; there was a rounded top at the back of the throne, armrests on either side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.

“but one tribe will remain his for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I chose out of all the tribes of Israel.

“I will give one tribe to his son, so that my servant David will always have a lamp[fn] before me in Jerusalem, the city I chose for myself to put my name there.

So the king sought advice.

Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods[fn] who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

Nadab son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Judah's King Asa; he reigned over Israel two years.

In the twenty-sixth year of Judah's King Asa, Elah son of Baasha became king over Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

then he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for 150 pounds[fn] of silver, and he built up the hill. He named the city he built Samaria[fn] based on the name Shemer, the owner of the hill.

Ahab son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Judah's King Asa; Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

But she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I don't have anything baked ​— ​only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”

“Let two bulls be given to us. They are to choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.

and he built an altar with the stones in the name of the LORD. Then he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold about four gallons.[fn][fn]

Now King Ben-hadad of Aram assembled his entire army. Thirty-two kings, along with horses and chariots, were with him. He marched up, besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings who were helping him were getting drunk in their quarters.

The Israelites mobilized, gathered supplies, and went to fight them. The Israelites camped in front of them like two little flocks of goats, while the Arameans filled the landscape.

Then seat two wicked men opposite him and have them testify against him, saying, “You have cursed God and the king! ” Then take him out and stone him to death.

The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king! ” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Ahaziah son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Judah's King Jehoshaphat, and he reigned over Israel two years.

“Already fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains with their companies, but this time let my life be precious to you.”

The rest of the events of Ahaziah's reign, along with his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Israel's Kings.[fn]

As Elisha watched, he kept crying out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel! ”

When he could see him no longer, he took hold of his own clothes, tore them in two,

He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the children.

One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the LORD. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.”

So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

Gehazi said, “It's all right. My master has sent me to say, ‘I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them seventy-five pounds[fn] of silver and two sets of clothing.' ”

Consequently, the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had told him about. The man of God repeatedly[fn] warned the king, so the king would be on his guard.

The messengers took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”

He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah, granddaughter of Israel's King Omri.

He looked up toward the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who? ” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him,

However, they were terrified and reasoned, “Look, two kings couldn't stand against him; how can we? ”

When the messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king's sons,” the king said, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”

Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So they took them alive and then slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked ​— ​forty-two men. He didn't spare any of them.

“Your two divisions that go off duty on the Sabbath are to provide the king protection at the LORD's temple.

He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

In the fiftieth year of Judah's King Azariah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned two years.

They abandoned all the commands of the LORD their God. They made cast images for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole. They bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky and served Baal.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.

As for the two pillars, the one basin, and the water carts that Solomon had made for the LORD's temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.

Ashhur fathered Tekoa and had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

The Merarites were assigned by lot twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.

Tola's sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral families.[fn] During David's reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as valiant warriors in their family records.

Bela's sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri ​— ​five. They were valiant warriors and heads of their ancestral families; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

The total number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their settlements. David and the seer Samuel had appointed them to their trusted positions.

He was more honored than the Three and became their commander even though he did not become one of the Three.

and Zadok, a young valiant warrior, with 22 commanders from his ancestral family.[fn]

from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives.

When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.

They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and the king of Maacah with his army, who came and camped near Medeba. The Ammonites also came together from their cities for the battle.

All of these were among the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and relatives; they were capable men with strength for the work ​— ​sixty-two from Obed-edom.

There were six Levites each day[fn] on the east, four each day on the north, four each day on the south, and two pair at the storehouses.

He made two cherubim of sculptured work, for the most holy place, and he overlaid them with gold.

In front of the temple he made two pillars, each 27 feet[fn] high. The capital on top of each was 7½ feet high.

The likeness of oxen[fn] was below it, completely encircling it, ten every half yard,[fn] completely surrounding the basin. The oxen were cast in two rows when the basin was cast.

two pillars; the bowls and the capitals on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars;

Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had put in it at Horeb,[fn] where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.

King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep and goats. In this manner the king and all the people dedicated God's temple.

The throne had six steps; there was a footstool covered in gold for the throne, armrests on either side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.

However, Abijah grew strong, acquired fourteen wives, and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

This continued day after day until two full years passed. Then his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died from severe[fn] illnesses. But his people did not hold a fire in his honor like the fire in honor of his predecessors.

Jehoiada acquired two wives for him, and he was the father of sons and daughters.

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

The wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul.

and his relatives, the heads of families: 242. Amashsai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,

The gatekeepers:

Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who guarded the city gates: 172.

During the year before each young woman's turn to go to King Ahasuerus, the harem regulation required her to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

During those days while Mordecai was sitting at the King's Gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who guarded the entrance, became infuriated and planned to assassinate[fn] King Ahasuerus.

When the report was investigated and verified, both men were hanged on the gallows. This event was recorded in the Historical Record in the king's presence.

On the third day, Esther dressed in her royal clothing and stood in the inner courtyard of the palace facing it. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom,[fn] facing its entrance.

They found the written report of how Mordecai had informed on Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who guarded the entrance, when they planned to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

After the LORD had finished speaking[fn] to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.

God has spoken once;

I have heard this twice:

strength belongs to God,

But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.

Better one handful with rest

than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.

Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts.

Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm?

In the morning sow your seed,

and at evening do not let your hand rest,

because you don't know which will succeed,

whether one or the other,

or if both of them will be equally good.

Your breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.

Your breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle.

“Say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Don't be afraid or cowardly because of these two smoldering sticks, the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and the son of Remaliah.

“For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.

On that day

a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,

Only gleanings will be left in Israel,

as if an olive tree had been beaten —

two or three olives at the very top of the tree,

four or five on its fruitful branches.

This is the declaration of the LORD,

the God of Israel.

“When he sees riders —

pairs of horsemen,

riders on donkeys,

riders on camels —

he must pay close attention.”

You made a reservoir between the walls for the water of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the one who made it, or consider the one who created it long ago.

“These two things will happen to you

suddenly, in one day:

loss of children and widowhood.

They will happen to you in their entirety,

in spite of your many sorceries

and the potency of your spells.

These two things have happened to you:

devastation and destruction,

famine and sword.

Who will grieve for you?

How can I[fn] comfort you?

For my people have committed a double evil:

They have abandoned me,

the fountain of living water,

and dug cisterns for themselves ​— ​

cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

“ ‘Return, you faithless children ​— ​this is the LORD's declaration ​— ​for I am your master,[fn] and I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported Jeconiah[fn] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.

“Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the LORD's temple that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took from here and transported to Babylon.

As for the two pillars, the one basin, with the twelve bronze oxen under it, and the water carts[fn] that King Solomon had made for the LORD's temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.

That is what their faces were like. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching that of another and two wings covering its body.

and under the expanse their wings extended one toward another. They each also had two wings covering their bodies.

“For I have assigned you the years of their iniquity according to the number of days you lie down, 390 days; so you will bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads that the sword of Babylon's king can take. Both of them should originate from the same land. And make a signpost at the fork in the road to each city.

“For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.

“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,

“And I saw that she had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.

“ ‘Because you said, “These two nations and two lands will be mine, and we will possess them” ​— ​though the LORD was there ​— ​

“I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. They will no longer be two nations and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.

it[fn] was 14 feet,[fn] and its jambs were 3½ feet.[fn] The gate's portico was on the temple side.

Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate's portico.

There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each 31½ inches[fn] long, 31½ inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them.

Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers:[fn] one[fn] beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south[fn] gate, facing north.

He went inside the next room and measured the jambs at the entrance; they were 3½ feet[fn] wide. The entrance was 10½ feet wide, and the width of the entrance's side walls on each side[fn] was 12¼ feet.[fn]

carved with cherubim and palm trees. There was a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:

The altar was[fn] made of wood, 5¼ feet[fn] high and 3½ feet long.[fn] It had corners, and its length[fn] and sides were of wood. The man told me, “This is the table that stands before the LORD.”

“The distance from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge is 3½ feet,[fn] and the width of the ledge is 21 inches. There are 7 feet[fn] from the small ledge to the large ledge, whose width is also 21 inches.

“On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they did with the bull.

and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

“Know and understand this:

From the issuing of the decree

to restore and rebuild Jerusalem

until an Anointed One, the ruler,[fn]

will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks.

It will be rebuilt with a plaza and a moat,

but in difficult times.

Then I, Daniel, looked, and two others were standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the other.

He will revive us after two days,

and on the third day he will raise us up

so we can live in his presence.

The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders[fn] from Tekoa ​— ​what he saw regarding Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Can two walk together

without agreeing to meet?

The LORD says:

As the shepherd snatches two legs

or a piece of an ear

from the lion's mouth,

so the Israelites who live in Samaria

will be rescued

with only the corner of a bed

or the[fn] cushion[fn] of a couch.[fn]

Two or three cities staggered

to another city to drink water

but were not satisfied,

yet you did not return to me.

This is the LORD's declaration.

LORD, I have heard the report about you;

LORD, I stand in awe of your deeds.

Revive your work in these years;

make it known in these years.

In your wrath remember mercy!

I looked out in the night and saw a man riding on a chestnut[fn] horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the valley.[fn] Behind him were chestnut, brown, and white horses.

“There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

I asked him, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand? ”

“These are the two anointed ones,”[fn] he said, “who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

Then I looked up and saw two women approaching with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and sky.

Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two mountains. The mountains were made of bronze.

So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the oppressed of the flock.[fn] I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

“In the whole land —

this is the LORD's declaration —

two-thirds[fn] will be cut off and die,

but a third will be left in it.

Naomi's husband, Elimelech, died, and she was left with her two sons.

Saul's son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties: one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the Benjaminites. Beeroth is also considered part of Benjamin,

Absalom resided in Jerusalem two years but never saw the king.

The king also said to the priest Zadok, “Look,[fn] return to the city in peace and your two sons with you: your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan.

“Take note: their two sons are there with them ​— ​Zadok's son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan. Send them to tell me everything you hear.”

However, a young man did see them and informed Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.

two pillars; the bowls and the capitals on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars;

“But there are many people, and it is the rainy season. We don't have the stamina to stay out in the open. This isn't something that can be done in a day or two, for we have rebelled terribly in this matter.

Some of the family heads gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver minas to the treasury for the project.

Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large processions that gave thanks. One went to the right on the wall, toward the Dung Gate.

The two thanksgiving processions stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials accompanying me,

Two things I ask of you;

don't deny them to me before I die:

She and her daughters-in-law set out to return from the territory of Moab, because she had heard in Moab that the LORD had paid attention to his people's need by providing them food.

After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed at Ziklag two days.

Saul's son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel; he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David's subjects and brought tribute.

When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.

But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, who were the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, and the five sons whom Merab[fn] daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons[fn] of Ariel[fn] of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was left without her two children and without her husband.

He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David's subjects and brought tribute.

David was sitting between the city gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the city gate and over to the wall. The watchman looked out and saw a man running alone.