Early the following morning he went off to find Saul. He heard that Saul had gone to the town of Carmel, where he had built a monument to himself, and then had gone on to Gilgal.

When Abram came back from his victory over Chedorlaomer and the other kings, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in Shaveh Valley (also called King's Valley).

Absalom had three sons and one daughter named Tamar, a very beautiful woman.

Their roots and branches are withered and dry.

Their fame is ended at home and abroad; no one remembers them any more.

May all his descendants die, and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.

"This man is condemned to lose his children, to be a man who will never succeed. He will have no descendants who will rule in Judah as David's successors. I, the LORD, have spoken."

They said, "Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."

Early the following morning he went off to find Saul. He heard that Saul had gone to the town of Carmel, where he had built a monument to himself, and then had gone on to Gilgal.

Their graves are their homes forever; there they stay for all time, though they once had lands of their own.

he said, "Look how great Babylon is! I built it as my capital city to display my power and might, my glory and majesty."

The city was called Babylon, because there the LORD mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.

(With the money that Judas got for his evil act he bought a field, where he fell to his death; he burst open and all his insides spilled out.

All the people living in Jerusalem heard about it, and so in their own language they call that field Akeldama, which means "Field of Blood.")