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Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 1 Kings 20:28

Trivia: Who told Benaiah to kill Adonijah?

The Bhagavad
Gita

(In the Bible it is always the women who are barren, never the men.)

Sarah, Abraham's first wife

But Sarai was barren; she had no child. Genesis 11:30, 16:1-2

Rebekah, Isaac's wife

Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. Genesis 25:21

Rachel, one of Jacob's wives

Rachel was barren. Genesis 29:31

Manoah's nameless wife, Samson's mother

There was a certain man ... whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren. Judges 13:2

Samuel's mother, Hannah

Elkannah ...had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah.... The Lord had shut up her womb. 1 Samuel 1:1-5

Elisabeth, John the Baptist's mother

They had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren. Luke 1:7

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