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Example sentences for "reign over"

  • But Josaphat, the son of Asa, began to reign over Juda, in the fourth year of Acbab, king of Israel.

  • Isboseth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years; and only the house of Juda followed David.

  • Blessed be the Lord, who hath exalted it, and may he reign over it for ever and ever, Amen.

  • But many of the citizens hated Him and would protest His investiture, saying they would not have Him to reign over them.

  • But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

  • We Will Not Have this Man to Reign Over Us.

  • Among the leaders who could be called upon to reign over Jerusalem, we must place in the first rank Godfrey, Raymond, the duke of Normandy, and Tancred.

  • Bohemond, who had come to the siege, was desirous of keeping a portion of the city, whilst Raymond pretended to reign over Maarah as its sovereign.

  • Godfrey thus acknowledged himself the vassal of the sovereign pontiff, and received from the pope and his legate permission to reign over a country conquered by his arms.

  • And if even the posterity break them, the Lord will make them that hate them to reign over them, and he will bring a sword upon them to avenge the quarrel of his covenant, Levit.

  • The Queen Regent of Etruria, Maria Louisa of Bourbon, declared to her subjects, in the name of her son, that she was called upon to reign over a new kingdom.

  • In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

  • Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

  • In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] seventeen years.

  • In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] sixteen years.

  • Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

  • Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years.

  • In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

  • A little girl who is destined to reign over one of the greatest nations in the world must prepare herself conscientiously to fill her station worthily.

  • Sire, I have never yet seen the man who was destined to reign over my heart.

  • There shall be but one Gregory to reign over my court and my heart, and he shall be Gregory Potemkin!

  • The mind shudders at contemplating the awful fate of those who dare to lift their puny arms in rebellion against Zion's King, and the language of whose hearts till death is, "we will not have this man to reign over us.

  • Kings 22] Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

  • And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

  • And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

  • Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years.

  • In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah" (2 Kings ix, 29).

  • In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel" (1 Kings xvi, 23).

  • And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel" (1 Kings xxii, 41).

  • In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel" (2 Kings xiii, 1).

  • In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

  • And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

  • Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

  • In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.

  • Do we want to reign over it, as the Spaniards over Peru, depopulated?


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    beloved daughter; come under; common source; cotton fabrics; dollar figure; eighteen months; further information; good reader; home with; hundred and fifty pounds; large mound; love towards; more primitive; natural enemies; preserve peace; proposed marriage; reign over; reigned eleven; reigned over; reigned sixteen; reigning prince; single consonant; then bishop; when called; will grow; young squire