on the third day, behold, it happened that (A)a man came from Saul’s camp (B)with his clothes [a]torn and dust on his head. So it was, when he came to David, that he (C)fell to the ground and prostrated himself.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:2 To show grief

Death of Eli

12 Then a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the same day, and (A)came to Shiloh with his clothes torn and (B)dirt on his head.

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10 when (A)someone told me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag—the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news.

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23 Now when Abigail saw David, she (A)dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground.

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Then Joshua (A)tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they (B)put dust on their heads.

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Indeed I will make (A)those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed (B)I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

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Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection(A)

21 From that time Jesus began (B)to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.

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40 (A)For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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13 So (A)rend your heart, and not (B)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (C)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.

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(A)After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.

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Say to God,
“How (A)awesome are Your works!
(B)Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.

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Esther’s Banquet

Now it happened (A)on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in (B)the inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the [a]house.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 5:1 LXX adds many extra details in vv. 1, 2

16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in [a]Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for (A)three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; (B)and if I perish, I perish!”

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 4:16 Or Susa

32 Now it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he worshiped God—there was Hushai the (A)Archite coming to meet him (B)with his robe torn and dust on his head.

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And when the woman of Tekoa [a]spoke to the king, she (A)fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, (B)“Help, O king!”

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  1. 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. came

41 As soon as the lad had gone, David arose from a place toward the south, fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times. And they kissed one another; and they wept together, but David more so.

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16 Then the man said to Eli, “I am he who came from the battle. And I fled today from the battle line.”

And he said, (A)“What happened, my son?”

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28 And they answered, “Your servant our father is in good health; he is still alive.” (A)And they bowed their heads down and prostrated themselves.

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34 Then Jacob (A)tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and (B)mourned for his son many days.

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29 Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he (A)tore his clothes.

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(A)There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”

And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, (B)the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”

10 So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and (C)your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?”

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Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.

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