7,165 verses contain “will” (in the KJV: 3,373, in the BSB: 6,210) — showing 7,101–7,165
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Now therefore let us cry unto heaven, if peradventure the Lord will have mercy upon us, and remember the covenant of our fathers, and destroy this host before our face this day:
We have been willing to serve thy father, and to do as he would have us, and to obey his commandments;
Wherefore if thou dost not prevent them quickly, they will do the greater things than these, neither shalt thou be able to rule them.
For said they, One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come with this army, and he will do us no wrong.
Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see you in peace.
If therefore they complain any more against thee, we will do them justice, and fight with thee by sea and by land.
Else he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brethren and his people.
He said, Shall we find such another man? now therefore we will make him our friend and confederate.
I also will write unto them words of encouragement, and promise them dignities and gifts, that I may have their aid.
Wherefore now continue ye still to be faithful unto us, and we will well recompense you for the things ye do in our behalf,
And will grant you many immunities, and give you rewards.
Furthermore I will that all the feasts, and sabbaths, and new moons, and solemn days, and the three days before the feast, and the three days after the feast shall be all of immunity and freedom for all the Jews in my realm.
I will further, that there be enrolled among the king’s forces about thirty thousand men of the Jews, unto whom pay shall be given, as belongeth to all king’s forces.
And of them some shall be placed in the king’s strong holds, of whom also some shall be set over the affairs of the kingdom, which are of trust: and I will that their overseers and governors be of themselves, and that they live after their own laws, even as the king hath commanded in the land of Judea.
Now therefore let us make a league of amity together, and give me now thy daughter to wife: and I will be thy son in law, and will give both thee and her as according to thy dignity.
And now will I do to thee, as thou hast written: meet me therefore at Ptolemais, that we may see one another; for I will marry my daughter to thee according to thy desire.
We are determined to do good to the people of the Jews, who are our friends, and keep covenants with us, because of their good will toward us.
Therefore send them now home again, and choose a few men to wait on thee, and come thou with me to Ptolemais, for I will give it thee, and the rest of the strong holds and forces, and all that have any charge: as for me, I will return and depart: for this is the cause of my coming.
Fight thou our battles, and whatsoever, thou commandest us, that will we do.
Wherefore now send an hundred talents of silver, and two of his sons for hostages, that when he is at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will let him go.
Furthermore, when we have obtained our kingdom, we will honour thee, and thy nation, and thy temple, with great honour, so that your honour shall be known throughout the world.
Or else give me for them five hundred talents of silver; and for the harm that ye have done, and the tributes of the cities, other five hundred talents: if not, we will come and fight against you
And give you all an heart to serve him, and to do his will, with a good courage and a willing mind;
As he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and gather us together out of every land under heaven into the holy place: for he hath delivered us out of great troubles, and hath purified the place.
We have been careful, that they that will read may have delight, and that they that are desirous to commit to memory might have ease, and that all into whose hands it comes might have profit.
But to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.
But let this that we at spoken be for a warning unto us. And now will we come to the declaring of the matter in a few words.
But he began to consider discreetly, and as became his age, and the excellency of his ancient years, and the honour of his gray head, whereon was come, and his most honest education from a child, or rather the holy law made and given by God: therefore he answered accordingly, and willed them straightways to send him to the grave.
And leave a notable example to such as be young to die willingly and courageously for the honourable and holy laws. And when he had said these words, immediately he went to the torment:
Whiles she was yet speaking these words, the young man said, Whom wait ye for? I will not obey the king’s commandment: but I will obey the commandment of the law that was given unto our fathers by Moses.
As for me, I was weak, or else I would have remembered kindly your honour and good will returning out of Persia, and being taken with a grievous disease, I thought it necessary to care for the common safety of all:
Therefore I pray and request you to remember the benefits that I have done unto you generally, and in special, and that every man will be still faithful to me and my son.
For I am persuaded that he understanding my mind will favourably and graciously yield to your desires.
Now will we declare the acts of Antiochus Eupator, who was the son of this wicked man, gathering briefly the calamities of the wars.
And if then ye will keep yourselves loyal to the state, hereafter also will I endeavour to be a means of your good.
Since our father is translated unto the gods, our will is, that they that are in our realm live quietly, that every one may attend upon his own affairs.
Wherefore they that will depart shall have safe conduct till the thirtieth day of Xanthicus with security.
And he would not willingly have Judas out of his sight: for he love the man from his heart
So Nicanor, willing to declare the hate that he bare unto the Jews, sent above five hundred men of war to take him:
Then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king’s business. Yet he obtained not to have his wicked will done.
Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power. And here will I make an end.