"When you wage war in your land against an enemy who is hostile to you, you are to sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before the face of the LORD your God and you will be delivered from your enemies.

When the lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Go!"

They begged us earnestly for the privilege of participating in this ministry to the saints.

Now as to the person who is clean and isn't traveling, but fails to observe the Passover, that person is to be eliminated from his people, because he didn't bring an offering to the LORD at its appointed time. That person is to bear his sin.

Bring the grain offering that you prepared from these ingredients to the LORD. Present it to the priest, who will bring it to the altar.

Now see that you make them according to the pattern for them which you are being shown on the mountain."

But it was not strong enough, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.

Nicodemus, the man who had first come to Jesus at night, also arrived, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about 100 litra.

And even our livestock must go with us. Not a hoof will be left behind because we will use some of them to serve the LORD our God, and until we get there we won't know what we need to serve the LORD."

May God make room for Japheth; may God live in Shem's tents, and may Canaan serve him."

Then Abram traveled on, continuing into the Negev.

When Saul got up off the ground, he couldn't see anything, even though his eyes were open. So his companions took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

He went through those regions and encouraged the people with everything he had to say. Then he went to Greece

The man answered them, "This is an amazing thing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he healed my eyes.

because just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his disciples.

You see, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "The fasts that occur in the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will be joyful and glad times for the house of Judah, replete with cheerful festivals. Therefore, love truth and peace.'"

I ate no fancy foods neither meat nor wine entered my mouth. Furthermore, I didn't use any ointment until the end of the entire three weeks.

To you, God of my ancestors, I give thanks and praise, because you have given me wisdom and power; you have now revealed to me what we asked of you by making known to us what the king commanded."

So those who were sent went off and found it as Jesus had told them.

The LORD will incite them to terror, because he will cause all the gods of the earth to waste away. They will worship him, every person in his own home, including even the coastlands of the nations."

Everyone who passes by on the road shake their fists at you. They hiss and shake their heads at cherished Jerusalem: "Is this the city men used to call "The Perfection of Beauty,' and "The Joy of the Entire Earth'"?

Therefore, your majesty, may my advice be acceptable to you: Stop your sinning, do what's right, and put a stop to your wickedness by showing kindness to the oppressed. Perhaps your tranquility will continue."

God will stand up and break through in their presence. Then they will pass through the gate, going out by it. Their king will pass in front of them with the LORD at their head."

planning evil with a perverse mind, continually stirring up discord.

"Now as for you, Cush, you will surely be slain by my sword!

""A mighty king will come to power, and he'll rule with awesome energy, doing whatever he pleases.

"How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope;

Pour out your anger on the nations that don't acknowledge you, and on the families that don't call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured and consumed him; they have devastated his habitation.

"They'll pass through the land, while greatly distressed and hungry. When they are hungry, they'll become enraged, and they'll curse their king and their god. They'll turn their faces upwards,

Through the blessing of the righteous a city is built up, but what the wicked say tears it down.

because the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will bring about destruction, as has been decreed, throughout the entire region.

Just as he came naked from his mother's womb, he will leave as naked as he came; he will receive no profit from his efforts he cannot carry away even a handful.

The righteous will never be overthrown, but the wicked will never inhabit the land.

LORD, I have so many persecutors! Many are rising up against me!

So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."

David and the entire assembly of Israel were dancing in the presence of the LORD with all of their strength, accompanied by all sorts of wood instruments, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

I argued with them, "Why are you staying outside the wall? If you do this again, I'll arrest you." From that time on, they didn't come anymore on the Sabbath.

Haman went out that day pleased and happy, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, and that he did not stand up and tremble in his presence, Haman was furious with Mordecai.

then I will make your royal throne secure, just as I agreed to do for your father David when I said, "You are to not lack a man to rule over Israel.'

After Naaman had gone only a short distance, Gehazi, the attendant to Elisha, the man of God, told himself, "Look how my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman! He declined to take from him what he brought. As the LORD lives, I'm going to run after him and get something from him."

all of them from nations that the LORD had ordered the Israelis, "You are not to associate with them and they are not to associate with you, because they will most certainly turn your affections away to follow their gods." Solomon became deeply attached to them by falling in love.

Listen to the requests from your servant and from your people Israel as they pray in this direction, and listen from the place where you reside from heaven! then hear and forgive.

Here's a list of those who came to David at Ziklag when he was unable to travel freely due to Saul son of Kish. They were among the elite soldiers who assisted him in battle.

he told the prophet Nathan, "Look now, I'm living in a cedar palace, but the Ark of God resides behind a tent curtain."

As a result, they reported to the king of Assyria, "Because the nations whom you exiled to live in the cities of Samaria don't know the law of the god of the land, he has sent lions among them. Look how the lions are killing them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land!"

Levi's descendants included Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

So when the LORD your God delivers them to you and you have defeated them, then utterly destroy them. You are not to make any covenant with them nor be gracious to them.

Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab his second born, Shimea his third born,

He rebuilt Israel's coastline from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, in accordance with the message from the LORD God of Israel that he spoke through his servant Jonah the prophet, Amittai's son, who was from Gath-hepher.

"LORD God of Israel, there is no one like you, God in heaven above or on the earth below, who watches over his covenant, showing gracious love to your servants who live their lives in your presence with all their hearts. It is you, LORD God, who have kept your promise to my father, your servant David, that you made to him. Indeed, you made a commitment to my father David and then personally fulfilled what you had promised today.

Later, Ahaz died, as did his ancestors, and was buried alongside his ancestors in the City of David. His son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

But Jonathan had not heard that his father had required the army to swear an oath, so he stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. He brought it back to his mouth and his eyes brightened.

But some troublemakers said, "How can this man deliver us?" They despised him and did not bring him a gift. But Saul remained silent.

"Call her," Elisha ordered. After he called her, she came and stood in the doorway,

"Then they cried out to the LORD: "We have sinned because we have forsaken the LORD and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.'

If a person sins against another, God will mediate for him, but if a person sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?"

So the men told her, "Our life for yours even to death if you don't betray this mission of ours. Then when the LORD gives us this land, we'll treat you graciously and faithfully."

because on that day, atonement will be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins. You are to be clean in the LORD's presence.

The person sitting there looked like jasper and carnelian, and there was a rainbow around the throne that looked like an emerald.

who will not receive many times as much in this world, as well as eternal life in the age to come."

"When the LORD brings you to the land that you are about to enter to inherit, repeat the blessings on Mount Gerizim and the curses on Mount Ebal.

When the dew fell in the camp, the manna came with it.

When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire stopped.

a man has sexual relations with her and she conceals it from her husband, keeping it secret although she has defiled herself with there being no witnesses against her, but she was caught anyway.

the gecko, crocodile, lizard, sand lizard, and chameleon.

Everything that breathed and everything that had lived on dry land died.

So Israel captured all of those cities, occupied all the Amorite cities in Heshbon, and all its towns.

This illustration for today indicates that the gifts and sacrifices being offered could not clear the conscience of a worshiper,

Then the descendants of Kohath, carrying the sanctuary, set out, since the tent was to be set up before they arrive.

Yet God, who comforts those who feel miserable, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives emerged.

Moses said, "You must let us havesacrifices and burnt offerings to offer to the LORD our God.

So we urged Titus to finish this work of kindness among you in the same way that he had started it.

So the tribune went and asked Paul, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.

I am not saying this on human authority, am I? The Law says the same thing, doesn't it?

But not everyone has obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah asks, "Lord, who has believed our message?"

Jesus told her, "Your brother will rise again."

The son disrespects his father, the daughter rebels against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and a man's enemies are the people of his own house.

As he was riding along, people kept spreading their coats on the road.

His disciples answered him, "Where could anyone get enough bread to feed these people out here in the wilderness?"

Now a large herd of pigs was grazing some distance away from them.

(Peter didn't know how to respond, because they were terrified.)

Take silver and gold and fashion crowns to set upon the head of Joshua son of Johozadak, the High Priest.

Your majesty, the Most High God gave your grandfather Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty, as well as greatness, glory, and splendor.

The LORD has acquitted you; turning back your adversaries. Israel's king, the LORD, is among you; you will not fear disaster anymore.

So I say, "My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD."

Then the Spirit told me, "You're about to see even more detestable practices that they're doing!"

They ask their mothers, "Is there anything to eat or drink?" They faint in the streets of the city like wounded men. Their life ebbs away while they lie on their mother's bosom.

"My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the aching of my heart! My heart pounds within me; I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm for war.

Let the prophet who has a dream relate the dream, but let whoever receives my message speak my message truthfully. What does straw have in common with wheat?" declares the LORD.

How dare you crush my people as you grind down the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.

By what he says, the godless person can destroy his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

All of them go to one place: all of them originate from dust, and all of them return to dust.

"The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan. At the neighing of their stallions, the whole earth quakes. They're coming to devour the land and all it contains, the city and all who live in it.

The good person will gain favor from the LORD, but the man who plots evil will be condemned by him.

What the righteous hope for brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked dies.

and from those who abandon the right path to travel along the ways of darkness;

Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity.

My praise in the great congregation is because of you; I will pay my vows before those who fear you.

Deeply shaken, the king went up to the chamber overlooking the city gate, weeping bitterly and crying out as he went along, "My son Absalom! My son! My son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom my son, my son!"

You'll be protected from the accusing tongue; you need not fear destruction when it heads your way.

when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb?

Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, "Don't suppose that because you are in the palace, you will escape any more than the other Jewish people.

Jeroboam never recovered his strength for the rest of Abijah's life. The LORD struck Jeroboam, and he died,

But they persisted until he was frustrated, so he said, "Send them out!" So they sent out the 50 men, and they looked around for three days but did not find Elijah.

When David returned to bless his household, Saul's daughter Michal came out to meet him and called out, "How the king of Israel honored himself today by undressing himself right in front of his women staff members, just like any pervert would dare to expose himself!"

Judah's descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

Saul told David, "You can't go against this Philistine and fight him. You are only a young man, but he has been a warrior since his youth."

Nahshon fathered Salma, Salma fathered Boaz,

Later on, Elisha traveled to Damascus. King Ben-hadad of Aram was ill, but someone informed him, "The man of God has come here!"

so he cried out to the man of God from Judah: "This is what the LORD says: "Because you disobeyed a command from the LORD and haven't done what the LORD your God commanded you to do,

Nahash the Ammonite told them, "I'll make a covenant with you on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel."

Then he asked her, "Please talk to King Solomon for me, since he won't refuse you. Ask him to give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife."

So Absalom told his servants, "Observe that Joab's grain field lies next to mine. He has barley planted there. Go set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

A little while later, the men crawled up out of the well and went off to talk to King David. They told David, "Get up! Cross the water quickly, because this is what Ahithophel advised about you""

It seems only yesterday that you arrived, so should I make you wander around with us while I go wherever I can? Go back, and take your brothers with you. May gracious love and truth accompany you!"

The men of Beth-shemesh asked themselves, "Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? And to whom will the Ark go from here?"

For the land that you are about to enter to inherit isn't like the land of Egypt that you just left, where you plant a seed and irrigate it with your feet like a vegetable garden.

But now we can't stand it anymore, because there's nothing in front of us except this manna."

As Saul continued to observe, he realized that the LORD was with David and that Saul's daughter Michal loved him.

as a continuing reminder to them. Whoever sprinkles the water of impurity is to wash his clothes, and whoever comes in contact with the water of impurity is to remain unclean until evening.

So Ruth continued to stay close to the young women who worked for Boaz, gathering grain until both the barley and wheat harvests were complete, all the while living with her mother-in-law.

Anyone who violates the Law of Moses dies without mercy "on the testimony of two or three witnesses."

His 30 sons rode on 30 donkeys, controlling 30 cities in the territory of Gilead named Havvoth-jair to this day.

The descendants of Levi are then to lay their hands on the head of the bulls, offering one for a sin offering and the other one for a burnt offering to the LORD to atone for the descendants of Levi.

Then he is to change his clothes, dressing himself with a different set of clothes, and take the ashes to a clean place outside the camp.

A second horse went out. It was fiery red, and its rider was given permission to take peace away from the earth and to make people slaughter one another. So he was given a large sword.

Pedazzur's son Gamaliel was in charge of the tribe of Manasseh.

The priest is to examine the infected flesh and declare him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it's an infectious skin disease.

Then God told Moses, "Reach out and grab its tail." So he reached out, grabbed it, and it became a staff in his hand.

Then the priest will dedicate some of the grain offering as a memorial offering and offer it in smoke on the altar, an offering by fire that will be a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

At this, Isaac began to tremble violently. "Who then," he asked, "hunted some game and brought it to me to eat before you arrived, so that I've blessed him? Indeed, he is blessed."

The spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets,

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately.

The flood waters continued to surge, increasing throughout the earth, while the ark floated on the surface of the flood water.

But his father Isaac asked him, "Who are you?" "I'm Esau, your firstborn son," he answered.

For if Cain is being avenged seven times, then Lamech will be avenged 77 times."

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

But I replied, "Absolutely not, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

chanting to the sound of stringed instruments as if they were David, composing songs to themselves as if they were musicians,

We have the right to earn our food, don't we?

as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD. I will find my joy in the God who delivers me.

When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "Listen! He's calling for Elijah!"

Therefore that ruler will abandon them until the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his countrymen will return to the Israelis."

David fathered Solomon by the wife of Uriah, Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asaph,

Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

""At that time, I will search out and destroy all of the nations who have come against Jerusalem.

Then these administrators and regional authorities went as a group to the king and said this, "Your majesty, live forever!

"How terrible it will be for those who are wise in their own opinion, and clever in their own reckoning!

For every boot of the tramping soldier in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be used for burning as fuel for a fire.

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress.

After a number of years, they'll become allies and the daughter of the southern king will go to the northern king in order to craft alliances. But she won't remain in power, nor will he retain his power. Instead, she'll be surrendered, along with her entourage, the one who fathered her, and the one who supported her at that time.

However, after he has come to power, his kingdom will be broken and parceled out in all directions. It won't go to his succeeding descendants, nor will its power match how he ruled, because his sovereignty will be uprooted and given to successors besides them.

The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked and those who love violence, he hates.

King Nebuchadnezzar replied by saying to Daniel (whose Babylonian name is Belteshazzar), "Are you able to tell me about the dream and its meaning?"

"The time has come!

or they'll look toward the earth, but they'll see only distress and darkness, the gloom that comes from anguish, and then they'll be thrown into total darkness."

The wise use their eyes, but the fool walks in darkness. I also perceived that the same outcome affects them all.

Do not bring a lawsuit against a person for no reason, when he has done you no harm.

Come quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

Furthermore, it isn't good to fine the righteous, or to beat an official because of his uprightness.

honey, cheeses, sheep, and cheese made from cow's milk for David and his entourage because they had been reasoning, "The people are hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the wilderness."

"It will come about that, when he has filled himself to the full, God will vent his burning anger on him; he will pour it out on him and on his body.

Even now, behold! I have a witness in heaven, my Advocate is on high.

He will live in devastated towns, in abandoned houses that are about to become heaps of rubble.

These are the foundations that Solomon set in place for God's Temple. The length in terms of the former standard measurements: 60 cubits; its width: 20 cubits.

That's how he designed the pillars at the portico of the sanctuary. When he set up the right pillar, he named it Jachin. When he set up the left pillar, he named it Boaz.

In this one area may the LORD pardon your servant: Whenever my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship there, he will lean on my hand while I bow down in the temple of Rimmon. So may the LORD pardon your servant in this one area."

"If your people Israel are defeated in a battle with their enemy because they have sinned against you, when they return to you and confess to you, pray, and in this Temple they ask you to show grace to them,

"After that you will come to Gibeath-elohim where the Philistine garrison is. As you arrive there at the town, you'll meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre being played in front of them, and they'll be prophesying.

Shemida's sons included Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

practicing evil in the LORD's presence, only not to the extent that his mother and father had done he forced abolition of the sacred pillar to Baal that his father had crafted.

So when Joab approached the king and told him what Absalom had said, he summoned Absalom, who then came to the king and fell to the ground on his face in front of him. Then the king kissed Absalom.

(Previously in Israel, a person would say when he went to inquire of God, "Come on! Let's go to the seer!" because the person known as a prophet today was formerly called a seer.)

They told him, "Look, you're old, and your sons don't follow your example. So appoint a king to govern us like all the other nations."

so Abner told Asahel again, "Stop following me. Why should I strike you down? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?"

Abner told him, "Go off to your right or left after one of the young men and grab some war spoils." But Asahel would not stop following him,

Then the servant fell down and bowed low before him, saying, "Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything!'

At that time Eli, whose vision was growing dim, was lying down in his bedroom.

And please don't leave here until I've come back to you, brought my offering, and set it down in front of you." The LORD replied, "I'll stay until you return."

On the eighth day, the flesh of the baby's foreskin is to be circumcised.

Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul, and the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

Then you and your household will eat in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with all the works of your hand with which he blessed you.

which had the gold altar for incense and the Ark of the Covenant completely covered with gold. In it were the gold jar holding the manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the Tablets of the Covenant.

After this, Joshua struck those kings down, executing them, and hanged them on five gallows until sunset.

No, my sons, I'm not hearing good news being circulated by the LORD's people.

Naomi replied, "Be patient, my daughter, until you learn how this works out, because the man won't rest until he finishes everything today."

"I solemnly swear to heaven I say "As certainly as I'm alive and living forever,

So you, brothers, are children of the promise, like Isaac.

Jesus told him, "A man gave a large banquet and invited many people.

Like the Anakim, they were thought of as Rephaim, but the Moabites called them Emites.

The sons of Aaron were Nadab the first-born, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar

But anyone who is completely devoted from among human beings is not to be ransomed. He is certainly to be put to death.

Everyone was encouraged and had something to eat.

"If someone sins because he has failed to testify after receiving notice to testify as a witness regarding what he has observed or learned, he is to be held responsible."

Then the voice from heaven answered a second time, "You must stop calling common what God has made clean!'

Two women will be grinding grain together. The one will be taken, and the other will be left behind."

When John's disciples heard about this, they came and carried off his body and laid it in a tomb.

So Judas took the piece of bread, immediately went outside"and it was night.

After he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

"For this is what the Lord GOD says: "The city that is sending out a thousand will have a hundred left; The city that is sending out a hundred will have ten left of the house of Israel.'"

Nineveh is devastated, deserted, and desolate. Her heart melts, her knees knock. Every stomach is upset, every face grows pale.

I made them unclean because of their offerings, so they made all their firstborn to pass through the fire, so that I could make them astonished. Then they'll know that I am the LORD."

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was resting in my home and prospering in my palace.

When a wicked person quits his wicked behavior and does what's just and right, he'll be enabled to live.

The LORD accuses Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him for what he does.

He broke my teeth on gravel, covering me with dust.

Instead, like an unfaithful wife leaves her husband, so you have been unfaithful to me, house of Israel," declares the LORD.

This message came to me from the LORD:

When a wicked person dies, his hope vanishes; and what he expected from his scheming comes to nothing.

"Son of Man," the LORD said, "get up on your feet. I want to talk to you."

"As for the prophet, the priest, or the people who say, "I have an oracle of the LORD,' I'll judge that person and his household.

At that time, mankind will throw their silver and gold idols that their fingers have made as objects of worship to the moles and to the bats.

I'll scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I'll pursue them with the sword until I've finished them off."

"Give thanks to the LORD; call on his name. Make known his actions among the nations. Proclaim that his name is exalted.

I take refuge in the LORD. So how can you say to me, "Flee like a bird to the mountains."?

All of Israel were bringing up the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, accompanied by shouting, sounding of horns, trumpets, and cymbals, along with loud music on harps and lyres.

You who sit in the gardens, companions are listening for your voice, but let me hear it.

"He is like a vine that drops its unripe grapes; like an olive tree that loses its blossoms.

As for all my enemies, they will be put to shame; they will be greatly frightened and suddenly turn away ashamed. A Davidic psalm, which he sang to the LORD, because of the words of Cush the descendant of Benjamin.

The young woman pleased him and gained his favor. He quickly provided her beauty treatments and gave her portions of food to her. He also assigned her seven suitable young women from the palace and transferred her and her young women to the best place in the harem.

Will your irrational babble silence people, and when you mock them, will you escape without being shamed?

May the king be further advised that if this city is rebuilt and its walls erected, its citizens will refuse to pay tributes, taxes, and tariffs, thereby restricting royal revenues.

Solomon took a census of all the non-Israeli men who lived in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had taken, and 153,600 were counted.

After this, the priests brought the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD to the place prepared for it, into the inner sanctuary of the Temple, under the wings of the cherubim in the Most Holy Place.

From the descendants of Hebron, Jerijah was assigned chief of the descendants of Hebron. During the fortieth year of David's administration, a search was made by genealogical record, family by family, to find men of great ability, including those found at Jazer in Gilead.

A network of latticework on top of the pillars was inlaid with ornamental wreaths and chains, the top of each pillar containing seven groups of ornamental structures.

This God! His way is perfect! What the LORD declares proves true. He shields everyone who flees for protection to him!

This is what the king says:

and Boaz addressed the related redeemer directly: "A portion of a field belonging to our relative Elimelech is up for sale by Naomi, who recently returned from the country of Moab.

The descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh produced 44,700 valiant soldiers expert in shield, sword, and bow. Trained in warfare, they were equipped to serve at a moment's notice.

During his reign, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, marched out toward the Euphrates River to meet the king of Assyria. King Josiah went out to engage him in battle, but Pharaoh Neco killed him at Megiddo as soon as he saw him.

his son Joram, his son Ahaziah, his son Joash,

And Saul's daughter Michal bore no children from that day on until the day she died.

They stood up, each soldier in his assigned place surrounding the encampment, and the entire army ran away, sounding the alarm to retreat.

Hushai's son Baana served in Asher and Bealoth;

Later that day, Deborah and Abinoam's son Barak celebrated by singing this song:

Then Saul was even more afraid of David, and Saul was David's enemy from that time on.

They asked, "Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Hasn't he also spoken through us?" But the LORD heard it.

ran him outside of the city, and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

At the beginning of the month, during your time of rejoicing at the appointed place, sound the trumpet over your burnt offering, then sacrifice your peace offering, since they are to be your memorial before the LORD your God. I am the LORD your God."

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

"Command the Israelis to send outside the encampment every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is ritually defiled by contact with a corpse.

The king of Tappuach: 1 The king of Hepher: 1

Don't tremble before them, because the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

"Of the land that we captured at that time, I've given its towns to the descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad from Aroer near the Wadi Arnon to half of the hill country of Gilead.

I can testify that by their own free will they have given to the utmost of their ability, yes, even beyond their ability.

"Any grain offering that you bring to the LORD is not to be prepared with yeast, because anything with leaven and honey may not be offered in smoke as an offering by fire to the LORD.

He said, "The Son of Man must suffer a great deal and be rejected by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he must be killed, but on the third day he will be raised."

Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood;

the two kidneys with the fat on them by the loins, and the fatty mass surrounding the liver and kidneys

The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Now none of this happened without an oath. Others became priests without any oath,

If an interpreter is not present, the speaker should remain silent in the church and speak to himself and God.

Just look at how great this man was! Even Abraham the patriarch himself gave him a tenth of what he had captured!

I have become a fool. You forced me to be one. Really, I should have been commended by you, for I am not in any way inferior to your "super-apostles," even if I am nothing.

Now, go! Get to work! And straw won't be given to you, but you are to deliver the same number of bricks!"

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Whoever harvests during summer acts wisely, but the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.

He said this to indicate the kind of death he was about to die.

The disciples asked him, "Where in the wilderness are we to get enough bread to feed such a crowd?"

For the Lord will carry out his plan decisively, bringing it to completion on the earth."

when he crafted the heavens, I was there when he marked out a circle on the face of the deep,

You know where I am going, and you know the way."

All of your enemies insult you with gaping mouths. They hiss and grind their teeth while saying, "We have devoured her completely. Yes, this is the day that we anticipated! We found it at last; we have seen it!"

"Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah. Tell him, "I'm going to shake the heavens and the earth.

Be angry, yet do not sin. Think about this when upon your beds, and be silent. Interlude

Those who die by the sword are better off than those who die from starvation, who slowly waste away like those pierced through for lack of food from the fields.

it's you, your majesty! You've become great and strong, your greatness has grown to the heavens, and your dominion reaches to the distant parts of the earth.

who delight in doing evil, and rejoice in the perverseness of evil;

Who among all of these doesn't know that the LORD's hand made them,

"Shouldn't a multitude of words be answered, or a person who talks too much be vindicated?

I'll say to God, "Don't condemn me! Let me know why you are fighting me.

I'll give an account for every step I've taken; I'll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief."

So what if I sin? What have I done against you, you observer of humankind? Why have you made me your target? Why burden yourself with me?

I will not be at ease; I will not be quiet; I will not rest; because trouble has arrived."

This is what Job said:

Then I commanded the descendants of Levi to purify themselves and to come as gate keepers to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember me, my God, and show mercy to me according to the greatness of your gracious love.

She got up in the middle of the night, took my son from me while your servant was asleep, and laid him to her breast after laying her dead son next to me.

But they would not follow the advice of their father; for the LORD wanted to put them to death. But the boy Samuel continued to grow both physically and in favor with the LORD and the people.

who bore him these sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

So David commanded his personal guards, and they killed Rechab and Baanah, cut off their hands and feet, and hung up their bodies beside the pool at Hebron. They took Ish-bosheth's head and buried it in Abner's tomb at Hebron.

Boaz selected ten of the town elders and spoke to them, "Sit down here." So they sat down

"Now therefore, LORD God of Israel, may your promise that you made to your servant David be fulfilled"

Eleazar's son Phinehas used to be Commander-in-Chief over them the LORD was with him.

When the king of Moab realized that the battle was going strongly against him, he took 700 expert swordsmen to attempt to break through to the king of Edom, but was unable to do so.

Joram's son Ahaziah began to reign as king of Judah during the twelfth year of the reign of Ahab's son Joram, king of Israel.

but when the cloud ascended from the tent, Miriam had become leprous, as white as snow! Aaron turned toward Miriam, and she had leprosy!

The king asked the Ethiopian, "Is the young man safe?" The Ethiopian answered, "May the enemies of your majesty the king including everyone who rebels and tries to harm you become like that young man"."

The people were sacrificing at various high places because the Temple had not yet been built and dedicated to the LORD.

"Pay attention now! You have with you Gera's son Shimei the descendant of Benjamin from Bahurim. He cursed me violently that day when I had to leave for Mahanaim. When he visited me at the Jordan River, I made an oath to the LORD and told him, "I won't execute you with a sword.'

Then Samuel told all the people, "Do you see the man whom the LORD has chosen? For there is no one like him among all the people." Then all the people shouted, "Long live the king!"

So she let them down by a rope through the window, since her house was built into the town wall where she lived.

or a curse if you don't obey the commands of the LORD your God, by turning from the way that I'm commanding you today and following other gods whom you have not known."

Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand, placed it on Joseph's hand, had him clothed in fine linen garments, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

So they were terrified, since Gibeon was a large city, comparable to one of the royal cities, was larger than Ai, and all of its men had been warriors.

If someone brings it to demonstrate thanksgiving, then he is to present along with the thanksgiving offering unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers spread with olive oil, and cakes of mixed fine flour with olive oil.

any animal on earth, any winged bird that flies in the sky,

You must offer your burnt offerings, both the meat and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God. You must offer the blood by pouring it on the altar of the LORD your God while you consume the meat.

except you are not to eat the following animals that have divided hooves or ruminate their cud: the camel (because it chews the cud but doesn't have divided hooves, it is to be unclean for you),

When you heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was blazing, all the leaders and elders of your tribes came to me and said:

But as for us, he brought us out from there to bring us into the land and give it to us, as he promised our ancestors.

So Aaron placed it before the Testimony to be kept, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

WhenPharaoh won't listen to you, I'll let loose my power upon Egypt. I'll bring out my tribal divisions my people the Israelis from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.

When the seven thunders spoke, I was going to write, but I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and don't write it down."

Gideoni's son Abidan was in charge of the army of the tribe of Benjamin.

So let no one boast about human beings, since everything belongs to you,

But God raised him from the dead,

But to the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we've rebelled against him

Then some of the scribes told themselves, "This fellow is blaspheming!"

Suddenly, two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah.

Demetrius has received a good report from everyone, including the truth itself. We, too, can testify to this report, and you know that our testimony is true.

Then they took Jesus to the high priest. All the high priests, elders, and scribes had gathered together.

When the brothers found out about the plot, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

Then Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes again, and he saw clearly. His sight was restored, and he saw everything perfectly, even from a distance.

With haughty arrogance, the wicked thinks, "God will not seek justice." He always presumes "There is no God."

When John's disciples came, they carried off the body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.

Poor me! I feel like those who harvest summer fruit, or like those who pick grapes there are no clusters to eat or any fresh fruit that I want.

Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah!" Jesus sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.

They will go after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; and when he roars, the children will come trembling from the west.

Surely the land will tremble because of this, won't it? And all who live in it will mourn, won't they? The entire land will swell up like a flooded river. It will be stirred up and then will sink like the river of Egypt.

Nevertheless, the court will convene, and his authority will be removed, annulled, and destroyed forever.

The regional authorities, viceroys, governors, and royal advisors gazed at those men and saw that the fire had no effect on their bodies not a hair on their head was singed, their clothes were not burned, and they did not smell of fire.

Eventually it will bite like a snake and sting like a serpent.

headdresses, armlets, sashes, perfume boxes, charms,

There were four tables carved from stone for the burnt offering, each one and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one cubit high, on which the instruments are laid for slaughtering burnt offerings and sacrifices.

someone who abandoned the companion of her youth and forgot the covenant of her God.

"At that time, the LORD will take away the finery of the ankle bracelets, headbands, crescents,

even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were among them, as I live" says the Lord GOD, "they couldn't save their own sons or daughters. They would only save their own souls due to their own righteousness."

In the year that King Ahaz died this message came:

If you've foolishly exalted yourself or if you've plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

The unimportant and the important are both there, and the servant is free from his master.

He defiantly ran against him carrying his thick, reinforced shield.

When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon's reputation, she traveled to Jerusalem and tested him with difficult questions. She brought along a large retinue, camels laden with spices, and lots of gold and precious stones. Upon her arrival, she spoke with Solomon about everything that was on her mind.

Descendants of Ater through Hezekiah: 98

Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

In answer they responded, "We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are rebuilding the Temple that was built many years ago by a great king of Israel.

As soon as he had completed the burnt offering, Jehu ordered the guards and the officers, "Go in and execute them. Don't let even one man escape." So they executed them with swords, and the guards and the officers threw the bodies out and proceeded into the inner room of Baal's temple,

Then Absalom instructed his young men, "Please keep watching Amnon until he's drunk. Then I'll tell you, "Attack Amnon!' As soon as I do, kill him and don't be afraid! You have your orders, so be strong and brave!"

Solomon also dedicated the middle of the court in front of the LORD's Temple by offering there burnt offerings and fat from peace offerings because the bronze altar that Solomon had made could not contain the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and fat portion offerings.

Let your eyes always look toward this Temple day and night, toward the location where you have said you would place your name. Listen to the prayer that your servant prays in this direction.

because the four senior gatekeepers (who were descendants of Levi) had been placed in charge of the chambers and the treasury of the Temple of God.

So his father ordered his servant, "Carry him over to his mother!" So the servant carried him over to his mother, where he rested on her lap until mid-day, and then he died.

The Temple for the LORD that Solomon was building was 60 cubits long and 20 cubits wide.

All of Israel was enumerated by genealogy and recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel as Judah was being taken captive into exile to Babylon due to their disobedience.

"If a man should sin against his neighbor and he is required to take an oath, and he then comes to take an oath in front of your altar in this Temple,

Kenaz's descendants were Othniel and Seraiah.

When Saul heard these words, the Spirit of God came on him, and he was very angry.

When all the kings who were allied with Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sought terms of peace with the Israelis and became subservient to them. Furthermore, the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.

The officials of Issachar were with Deborah, as was the tribe of Issachar and Barak. They rushed out into the valley at his heels along with divisions from Reuben's army. Great was their resolve of heart!

Then Joshua made everyone take the following oath at that time. He said: "Cursed in the presence of the LORD is the man who restores and rebuilds this city of Jericho! He will lay its foundation at the cost of his firstborn, and at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates."

"Why are you doing these things that I'm hearing about?" he asked his sons, "These reports about your evil deeds are coming from all these people!

Tear down their altars, cut down their sacred poles, and burn them. Cut down the carved images of their gods to erase their memory from that place."

He told them, "This is my blood of the covenant that is being poured out for many people.

The man's name was Elimelech, his wife's name was Naomi, and their two sons were named Mahlon and Chilion Ephrathites from Bethlehem of Judah. They journeyed to the country of Moab and lived there for some time.

"Get going!" Deborah told Barak. "Because today's the day when the LORD has dropped Sisera into your hands! Look! The LORD has already gone out ahead of you!" So Barak left Mount Tabor, followed by 10,000 men,

So Joshua got up early that morning, brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

The priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan River, while all Israel crossed on dry ground until the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan River.

Furthermore, Sisera had been informed that Abinoam's son Barak had marched on Mount Tabor.

Also included were Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

any creeping thing on the ground, or any fish in the sea.

As soon as the entire nation had completed its crossing of the Jordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua. He said,

so you may tellyour children and your grandchildren how I toyed with the Egyptians and about my miraculous signs that I performed among them, so all of youmay know that I am the LORD.

God heard their groaning and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

"Make two trumpets, crafting them from beaten silver, for use in calling the congregation together and for notifying the camps to set out for travel.

Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, "They will respect my son.'

Then the standard of the camp of Dan set out, functioning as the rear guard for all the encampments, accompanied by its army with Ammishaddai's son Ahiezer.

Then some Jews who went around trying to drive out demons attempted to use the name of the Lord Jesus on those who had evil spirits, saying, "I command you by that Jesus whom Paul preaches!"

He then named that place Taberah, because the LORD's fire had incinerated some of them.

So Moses announced to Pharaoh, "This is what the LORD says: "About midnight I'm going throughout Egypt,

The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming ashore and escaping,

The king was deeply saddened, yet because of his oaths and his guests he was reluctant to refuse her.

The magicians tried to do the same thing with their secret arts, but they were unable to bring out the gnats. The gnats were on the people and the animals.

His disciples asked him, "You see the crowd jostling you, and yet you ask, "Who touched me?'"

When the crowds saw this, they became frightened and glorified God for giving such authority to humans.

This greeting is written with my own signature "Paul." Remember that I remain imprisoned. May grace be with you! Amen.

"Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you."

For this is the language of the promise: "At this time I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

Under the influence of wine, Belshazzar ordered that the gold and silver vessels his grandfather Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem be brought in so the king, his officials, his wives, and his mistresses could drink from them.

but I did give them this command: "Obey me and I'll be your God, and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways that I command you so it will go well for you.'

So you, return to your God; guard grace and justice, and look to your God always.

So I asked the angel who was talking to me, "Where are they taking the basket?"

This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Think about what I'm saying! Indeed, call out the professional mourners! Send for the best of them to come.

Afterward, King Darius wrote to all nations, nations, and languages who lived throughout his realm: "May great prosperity be yours!

making your ear attentive to wisdom, and turning your heart to understanding

"How can you say, "I'm not defiled. I haven't gone after the Baals.'? Look at what you've done in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift young camel galloping aimlessly;

Why are we sitting here? Join together! Let's go to the fortified cities and perish there! For the LORD our God has condemned us to perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against him.

until there was a great famine throughout Samaria. The siege lasted until a donkey's head cost 80 silver coins and one quarter of a unit of dove's dung cost five silver coins.

Wisdom is at rest in the mind of the discerning even fools know this.

they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families with this message: "Let's build along with you, because, like you, we seek your God, as do you, and we've been making sacrifices to him since the reign of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who brought us here."

He is the son of a mother from the tribe of Dan, and his father is from Tyre. He's skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and timber, as well as in purple, blue, linen, and crimson materials. He is skilled in engravings, and can craft any design to which he may be assigned. He will work with your skilled artisans and with all of your craftsmen who have been assigned by my lord David, your father.

Let us go early to the vineyards, let us see whether the vine has budded, whether the blossom has opened, whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I'll give you my love.

Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble or who would prosecute a dry straw?

The king told Haman, "The silver is given to you, along with the people, to do with them as you see fit."

The leaders of the people who lived in Jerusalem, along with the rest of the people, decided to choose one out of ten of them by lot to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, leaving the other nine of them in their towns.

Now, because we are royal employees and are committed to preserving the reputation of the king, we have written to the king and have declared its contents to be true,

Solomon also constructed a bronze altar 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

He crafted two cherubim from wood, overlaid them with gold, and placed them in the Most Holy Place in the Temple.

his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir,

They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its villages, and in all the surrounding suburbs of Sharon as far as their borders.

Meanwhile, the king of Aram had issued these orders to 32 of his chariot commanders: "Don't attack unimportant soldiers or ranking officers. Go after only the king of Israel."

Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, who fathered Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

Lotan's descendants were Hori and Homam. Lotan's sister was Timna.

so the LORD told Solomon, "Because you have done this and haven't kept my covenant and statutes that I commanded you, I'm going to tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant.

The rest of the main nave in the front was 40 cubits long.

As Samuel turned to go Saul seized him by the corner of his robe, and it tore.

The army grabbed the spoil, took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground, and then the army ate them with the blood.

At this, Joshua tore his clothes, fell down to the ground on his face before the ark of the LORD until evening he and the leaders of Israel and they covered their heads with dust.

The king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Jehoiada's son Benaiah, the special forces and mercenaries, along with Solomon, who is riding the king's personal mule.

he had a son named Saul, who was a choice and handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelis as handsome as he, and he was a head taller than any of the other people.

Barzillai the Gileadite also had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan River with the king and to see him on his way from there.

Samuel explained to the people the regulations concerning kingship. He wrote them in a scroll and placed it in the LORD's presence. Then Samuel sent all the people to their own houses.

She had named the boy Ichabod,saying, "Glory has departed from Israel," because the Ark of God had been captured and because her father-in-law and husband were dead.

they would order him, "Pronounce the word "Shibboleth' right now." If he said "Sibboleth," not being able to pronounce it correctly, they would seize him and slaughter him there at the fords of the Jordan River. During those days 42,000 descendants of Ephraim died that way.

She picked up her grain and went back to town.

The LORD threw the Amorites into a panic right in front of the army of Israel, which then slaughtered many of them at Gibeon. The Israeli army chased them along the road that goes up to Beth-horon, striking them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

The city along with everything in it is to be turned over to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and everyone who is with her in her house may live, because she hid the scouts we sent.

If she cannot afford a goat, then two turtledoves or two young doves one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering will serve for him to make atonement for her, so that she becomes clean."

Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "May the LORD give you descendants from this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD." Then they would return to their home.

When the days of her purification have been completed, whether for her son or daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a one year old lamb for a whole burnt offering or a young dove for a sin offering.

Hezron fathered Ram, and Ram fathered Amminadab.

the rock badger (because it chews its cud but its hooves aren't divided, it is to be unclean for you),

Then Moses told Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "You are not to loosen the hair of your head and you are not to rend your clothes. That way, you won't die and wrath won't come on the entire congregation. Your brothers and the assembly of Israel will mourn because of the fire that the LORD kindled.

He brought near the tribes of Judah, and the Zerahite tribe was selected. Then he brought near the Zerahite tribe family by family, and the household of Zabdi was selected.

It is not to be poured out on a person's body, nor are you to make anything like it with similar formulations. It is holy, and it is to be holy to you.

The fish in the Nile River will die and the river will stink. The Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile River."'"

But Lot's wife looked back as she lingered behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Also at that time I will pour out my Spirit upon men and women servants.

When he went back, he found his disciples asleep. "Simon, are you asleep?" he asked Peter. "You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you?

So Jesus returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Meanwhile, in Capernaum there was a government official whose son was ill.

The LORD told Moses, "Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he's going down to the water. You are to say to him, "This is what the LORD says: "Let my people go so they can serve me.

Then the tribune replied, "I paid a lot of money for this citizenship of mine."

When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were transferred to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the emperor's division.

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they all were afraid of him because they wouldn't believe he was a disciple.

don't plot evil in your heart against a neighbor, and don't tolerate false testimonies, because I hate all these things,' declares the LORD."