1 Samuel 22:7-9
7And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse agive every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, 8that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me bwhen my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you cis sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, dto lie in wait, as at this day.” 9Then answered eDoeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse fcoming to Nob, to gAhimelech the son of Ahitub,Ezra 4:12-19
12be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are hfinishing the walls and repairing the foundations. 13Now be it known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay itribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired. 14Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king’s dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king, 15in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste. 16We make known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River.”The King Orders the Work to Cease
17The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now 18the letter that you sent to us has been jplainly read before me. 19And I made a decree, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city from of old has risen against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.Nehemiah 6:5-8
5In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand. 6In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Geshem ▼▼Hebrew Gashmu
also says it, that you and lthe Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king. 7And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together.” 8Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind.” Esther 3:8
8Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. mTheir laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king’s laws, so that it is not to the king’s profit to tolerate them.Luke 23:2
2And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man nmisleading our nation and oforbidding us to give tribute to pCaesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, qa king.”Luke 23:5
5But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, rfrom Galilee even to this place.”Luke 23:19
19a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and sfor murder.Luke 23:25
25He released the man who had been thrown into prison tfor insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, ubut he delivered Jesus over to their will.
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