Topic
Letters
12 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Samuel 11:14Nave Written by David to Joab
¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- 2 Kings 5:5Nave King of Syria to king of Israel
And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
- 2 Kings 5:6Nave King of Syria to king of Israel
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
- 2 Kings 19:14Nave Sennacherib to Hezekiah
¶ And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
- Nehemiah 2:7–9Nave Of Artaxerxes to Nehemiah
Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah; And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to…
- Nehemiah 6:5Nave Open letter from Sanballat to Nehemiah
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
- Isaiah 37:9–14Nave Rabshakeh to Hezekiah
And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest,…
- Isaiah 39:1Nave King of Babylon to Hezekiah
At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
- Acts 1:1Nave Luke to Theophilus (the books of Luke and Acts)
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
- Acts 23:25–30Nave Claudius Lysias to Felix
And he wrote a letter after this manner: Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was…
- 2 Corinthians 3:1Nave Of recommendation
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
- Philemon 1:1Nave Letters of intercession by Paul and Philemon on behalf of Onesimus
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
In the reference works
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 12 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Written by David to Joab 2Sa 11:14
- → King of Syria to king of Israel 2Ki 5:5,6
- → Rabshakeh to Hezekiah Isa 37:9-14
- → King of Babylon to Hezekiah Isa 39:1
- → Sennacherib to Hezekiah 2Ki 19:14
- → Of Artaxerxes to Nehemiah Ne 2:7-9
- → Open letter from Sanballat to Nehemiah Ne 6:5
- → Luke to Theophilus (the books of Luke and Acts) Ac 1:1
- → Claudius Lysias to Felix Ac 23:25-30
- → Letters of intercession by Paul and Philemon on behalf of Onesimus Phm 1:1
- → Of recommendation 2Co 3:1
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.