'Getting' in the Bible
Now King David was old and getting on in years. Although they covered him with bedclothes, he could not get warm.
And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice,
Now the man Jeroboam was capable, and Solomon noticed the young man because he was getting things done. So he appointed him over the entire labor force of the house of Joseph.
So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?
Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.
They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings who were helping him were getting drunk in the tents.
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