Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	king_n	lord_n	saul_n	1,310	5	9.7482	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17140	Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ. Or, the trauels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, iudges, kings, our sauiour Christ, and his Apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments. With a description of the townes and places to which they trauelled, and how many English miles they stood from Ierusalem. Also a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantitie, and weight. Collected out of the workes of Henry Bunting, and done into English by R.B.; Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ. English	Bünting, Heinrich, 1545-1606.; R. B., fl. 1619.	1636 (1636)	STC 4020; ESTC S106784	396,681	582

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rote_n roba_fw-la four_o square_n it_o be_v first_o build_v by_o heth_n the_o son_n of_o that_o curse_a canaan_n who_o posterity_n the_o hittite_n inhabit_v in_o it_o and_o such_o be_v their_o hospitality_n that_o they_o entertain_v abraham_n be_v a_o stranger_n and_o traveller_n these_o people_n dwell_v anak_n dwell_v here_o also_o dwell_v sisai_n abiman_n and_o thalmas_n the_o son_n of_o anak_n there_o until_o joshuahs_n time_n and_o then_o one_o hoham_n be_v king_n thereof_o who_o with_o other_o king_n oppose_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v by_o they_o slay_v and_o have_v their_o country_n waste_v and_o destroy_v this_o town_n be_v after_o make_v a_o town_n of_o refuge_n and_o belong_v to_o the_o inheritance_n of_o caleb_n and_o be_v together_o with_o mamre_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o juda_n jos_n 20._o here_o david_n be_v first_o anoint_v king_n and_o reign_v therein_o for_o the_o space_n of_o 7_o year_n 2_o sam._n 5._o but_o this_o town_n by_o the_o injury_n of_o time_n and_o oppression_n of_o the_o enemy_n be_v now_o become_v desolate_a only_o some_o few_o old_a relic_n be_v to_o be_v see_v to_o show_v there_o have_v be_v a_o town_n there_o nevertheless_o there_o be_v a_o town_n not_o far_o from_o it_o which_o retain_v the_o name_n place_v in_o a_o very_a fruitful_a valley_n call_v mamre_o to_o this_o day_n here_o while_o it_o be_v under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o christian_n stand_v a_o cathedral_n church_n and_o a_o bishop_n see_v but_o the_o turk_n have_v turn_v it_o into_o a_o mosko_n or_o one_o of_o their_o church_n into_o this_o place_n they_o will_v not_o suffer_v any_o christian_n to_o enter_v the_o inhabitant_n take_v upon_o they_o to_o show_v unto_o stranger_n many_o thing_n as_o the_o vault_n or_o cave_n wherein_o

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