22 verses contain “Abel” (in the KJV: 21, in the BSB: 21) — showing 1–22
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And she again bare his brother
Abel. And
Abel was a keeper of sheep, but
Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Later she gave birth to
Cain’s brother
Abel. Now
Abel was a keeper of sheep, while
Cain was a tiller of the soil.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
while
Abel brought the best portions of the
firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on
Abel and his offering,
And
Cain talked with
Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that
Cain rose up against
Abel his brother, and
slew him.
Then
Cain said to his brother
Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field,
Cain rose up against his brother
Abel and killed him.
And the LORD said unto
Cain, Where is
Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
And the LORD said to
Cain, “Where is your brother
Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name
Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of
Abel, whom
Cain slew.
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him
Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of
Abel, since
Cain killed him.”
And when the inhabitants of the land, the
Canaanites, saw the
mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a
grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called
Abel-
mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto
Abel-
shittim in the plains of Moab.
And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to
Abel-
shittim.
And the three hundred
blew the
trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-
shittah in Zererath, and to the border of
Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.
And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-
shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of
Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
And he
smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of
Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
With a great blow he
devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as
Abel-keramim. So the
Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
And the golden
mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of
fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of
Abel,
whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-
shemite.
The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of
Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to
Abel-beth-
maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
And they came and besieged him in
Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the
trench: and all the people that were with
Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
Then she spake, saying, They were
wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at
Abel: and so they ended the matter.
Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.
Baana the son of Ahilud; to him
pertained Taanach and
Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath
Jezreel, from Beth-shean to
Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in
Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below
Jezreel, from Beth-shean to
Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
So Ben-
hadad hearkened unto king
Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and
smote Ijon, and
Dan, and
Abel-beth-maachah, and all
Cinneroth, with all the land of
Naphtali.
And
Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou
anoint to be king over Israel: and
Elisha the son of Shaphat of
Abel-meholah shalt thou
anoint to be prophet in thy room.
You are also to
anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and
Elisha son of Shaphat from
Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and
Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and
Gilead, and
Galilee, all the land of
Naphtali, and carried them
captive to Assyria.
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon,
Abel-beth-
maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor,
Gilead, and
Galilee, including all the land of
Naphtali, and he took the people as
captives to Assyria.
And Ben-
hadad hearkened unto king
Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they
smote Ijon, and
Dan, and
Abel-
maim, and all the store cities of
Naphtali.
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous
Abel unto the blood of
Zacharias son of
Barachias, whom ye
slew between the temple and the altar.
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous
Abel to the blood of
Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
From the blood of
Abel unto the blood of
Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple:
verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
from the blood of
Abel to the blood of
Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary.
Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.
By faith
Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than
Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God
testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
By faith
Abel offered God a better sacrifice than
Cain did. By faith he was
commended as righteous when God gave
approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
And to Jesus the
mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of
Abel.
to Jesus the
mediator of a new covenant, and to the
sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of
Abel.
