Your very own eyes saw all the great things that the LORD did."

ruling over Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all of Bashan as far as the border of the descendants of Geshur, the descendants of Maacath, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Just as Moses had directed, the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over, dressed in battle regalia, in full view of the other Israelis.

The LORD spoke to you face to face on the mountain from the fire.

So he said, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are given in parables, so that "they might look but not see, and they might listen but not understand.'"

I stood at that time as mediator between the LORD and you to declare his message to you, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. He said:

Now therefore, why should we die? This great fire will consume us. If we continue to listen to the voice of the LORD our God any longer, we'll die.

That is why the descendants of Levi do not have a portion and an inheritance among their relatives. As for the LORD, he is their inheritance, just as the LORD your God told them.

Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

So he said, "A prince went to a distant country to be appointed king and then to return.

no shrubs had yet grown in the meadows of the earth and no vegetation had sprouted, because the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there were no human beings to work the ground.

Get ready and set out for the Wadi Arnon. Look! I've given into your control Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, along with his land. Prepare to take possession by provoking him to war.

The LORD responded, "I've forgiven them based on what you've said.

All of these things will be destroyed as they are used, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

The cattle numbered 36,000, so the LORD's tribute totaled 72.

But when you blow the trumpet to assemble the whole congregation, don't use the same sound as you do for sounding an alarm.

He is to do to this bull what he did to the bull for the sin offering. He is to do it this way so that the priest will make atonement for them and they will be forgiven.

since they've been set apart for me from among the Israelis. I've taken them for myself instead of the first to open the womb every firstborn of the Israelis,

the hangings for the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pegs, all the furnishings for the service of the tent, for the Tent of Meeting,

That's why I sent Timothy to you. He is my dear and dependable son in the Lord and will help you remember how I live for the Messiah Jesus as I teach everywhere in every church.

The priest is to offer the memorial offering in smoke its crushed bits, olive oil, and frankincense as an offering by fire to the LORD."

The leader of the tribe and family of Gershon was Lael's son Eliasaph.

"Whenever you bring a grain offering of first fruits to the LORD, bring fresh barley roasted in fire, young kernels crushed into bits. Bring the grain offering with your first fruits

Some of them were persuaded and began to be associated with Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men.

As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector's desk. Jesus told him, "Follow me!" So Levi got up and followed him.

Noah was 600 years old when water began to flood the earth.

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for them to obey.

There they kept talking about the good news.

The angel replied, "You don't know what these are, do you?" I responded to him, "No, sir."

This will be the punishment for Egypt and all nations who do not come to observe the Festival of Tents."

"I am against you," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I will send your chariots up in smoke. A sword will devour your young lions, I will eliminate your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."

"The land quivers in their presence; even the heavens shake. The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.

Like a loving deer, a beautiful doe, let her breasts satisfy you all the time. Be constantly intoxicated by her love.

The LORD did what he planned. He carried out his threat. Just as he commanded long ago, he has torn down without pity; He let the enemy boast about you and has exalted the power of your enemies.

when the LORD will have washed away the filth of the women of Zion, cleaning up Jerusalem's guilt by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of tempest.

The wicked one arrogantly pursues the afflicted, who are trapped in the schemes he devises.

Then I looked up and saw a flying scroll!

The glory of the LORD went up from the middle of the city and stood on the mountain, east of the city.

by binding them to your heart continuously, fastening them around your neck.

mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and veils.

Many shepherds will destroy my vineyard. They'll trample down my portion. They'll turn my pleasant portion into a desolate desert.

This message from the LORD came to Pethuel's son Joel.

Later, this message came to me from the LORD:

If the clouds are full of rain, they will pour out on the earth; if a tree falls toward the south or the north, wherever it falls, there it will lay.

together with all of the silver and gold that you can raise in the province of Babylon, plus the freewill offerings given by the people and the priests, contributed for the Temple of their God, which is in Jerusalem.

So the Israelis who had returned from captivity ate the Passover with all who had consecrated themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land in order to seek the LORD God of Israel.

Here's another tragedy that I've observed on earth, a kind of error that comes from an overseer:

This was Job's response:

Some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From Judah's Descendants: Uzziah's son Athaiah, who was the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel; From Perez's Descendants

then hear from heaven, the place where you reside, and forgive, repaying each person according to all of his ways, since you know their hearts for you alone know the hearts of human beings

As a result, King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in regards to wealth and wisdom.

Nebat's son Jeroboam heard about it in Egypt, where he had fled to get away from Solomon the king. Jeroboam returned from Egypt

The king had them forged in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah in the Jordan plain.

He was well known among the platoons, but he didn't measure up to the Three Warriors. David placed him in charge of his security detail.

and Jeroham's sons Joelah and Zebadiah from Gedor.

The woman whose child was still alive cried out to the king, because her heart yearned for her son. "Oh no, your majesty!" she said. "Give her the living child. Please don't kill him." But the other woman said, "Cut him in half! That way, he'll belong to neither one of us."

Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath.

Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera (also known as Heglam), who fathered Uzza and Ahihud.

But during the seventh year of her reign, Jehoiada went out and called together the rulers of hundreds, the captains, and the guards, and assembled them together inside the LORD's Temple. He made a covenant with them, making them take an oath in the LORD's Temple, and then he revealed the king's son to them.

When he arrived at the stronghold, Gehazi took the bags from their custody and hid them away in the house. Then he sent the men away and they left.

Nun, and Joshua.

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, "O God, I thank you that I'm not like other people thieves, dishonest people, adulterers, or even this tax collector.

Merari's descendants included Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

He did what the LORD considered to be evil by never abandoning the sins of Nebat's son Jeroboam, by which he caused Israel to sin.

When the three companies sounded their trumpets and broke the jars, they held the torches in their left hands and sounded their trumpets with their right hands. Then they cried out, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"

For you, LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, telling him, "I will build a dynasty for you,' so that your servant has found fortitude to pray this prayer to you.

There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam,

and warned him about this so he would not pursue other gods. But he did not obey what the LORD had commanded,

Abner and his army traveled through the Arabah by night, crossed the Jordan, and arrived at Mahanaim after marching all morning.

Saul went on one side of the mountain while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul while Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.

As for the matter about which you and I spoke, remember that the LORD is a witness between us forever."

In the morning Jonathan, accompanied by a servant, went out to the field for the appointment with David.

"You must not act like this with respect to the LORD your God.

Then Samuel told the people, "It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up out of the land of Egypt.

In his burning anger against Israel, the LORD said, "Because the people have transgressed my covenant that I commanded their ancestors to keep, and because they haven't obeyed me,

Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets in the chest that I had made. They are there now, just as the LORD commanded me."

Aijalon with its pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands, for a total of four cities.

As for you, go near and listen to everything that the LORD our God will say to you, then repeat it to us, and we'll listen and obey.'

"After this, the descendants of Levi are to come to serve at the appointed place of meeting, after you have purified them and presented them as wave offerings,

Their sacrifice for a peace offering consisted of two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old lambs. These were the offerings presented by Amminadab's son Nahshon.

Now Abram's wife Sarai had not borne a child for him. She had an Egyptian servant girl whose name was Hagar.

"The LORD heard what you said. He told me: "I've heard what this people said. Everything they said was good.

As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became afraid and said, "For the present you may go. When I get a chance, I will send for you again."

But some men who belonged to the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), as well as some Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and began to debate with Stephen.

This is what he did for the descendants of Esau who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them. So they dispossessed them and settled there in their place, where they live to this day.

You know that we will rule angels, not to mention things in this life, don't you?

Think on these things. Devote your life to them so that everyone can see your progress.

I won't drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate and so that wild animals do not overrun you.

Then the LORD told Moses,

The families of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel were descendants of Kohath. As families of the descendants of Kohath,

and who are saying, "When will the New Moon fade so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath conclude so we may market winnowed wheat? shortchanging the measure, raising the price, falsifying the scales by treachery,

"The presenter is then to present the gift as an offering made by fire to the LORD, that is, the fat that covers the internal organs, all the fat that is inside the internal organs,

The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

"Therefore, I have decided that we should not trouble these gentiles who are turning to God.

He said this, not because he cared about the destitute, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would steal what was put into it.

"Abraham told me, "The LORD, who is with me wherever I go, will send his angel with you to make your journey successful. So you are to choose a wife for my son from my family, from my father's household.

Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then died.

This is the account of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham fathered Isaac.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this high priest had to offer something, too.

Paul looked straight at the Council and said, "Brothers, with a clear conscience I have done my duty before God up to this very day."

So the soldiers, in keeping with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in a place called The Pavement, which in Hebrew is called Gabbatha.

Then Jesus went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

and they will travel from one place to another place and say, "Let's go quickly to pray in the presence of the LORD and to inquire of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.' And I will go, too.

I also asked him a second question: "What are these two olive branches on either side of the two golden feeder channels that carry the golden oil to the seven lights?"

I will overthrow royal thrones. I will annihilate the strength of national governments. I will overthrow chariots along with those who drive them. Both horses and their riders will fall, each one by means of his comrade's weapon.

Hey king of Assyria! Your shepherds are asleep and your nobles are lying down! Your people lie scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them together.

The leaders of Judah will say to themselves, "Those who live in Jerusalem are my strength through the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, their God."

Therefore I will no longer show compassion upon those who live in the land," declares the LORD. "Look! I will deliver every single person into the control of his neighbor and into the control of the king. Even though they assault the land, I will not deliver it from their control."

"Now marshal yourselves as troops. He has laid siege to us. They will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod."

Its national officials are roaring lions; its judges are like wolves of the night that don't leave the bones for the morning.

"Son of Man, you live in a rebellious house that has eyes to see, but they can't see, and ears to hear, but they can't hear, since they're a rebellious house.

A third of you will die by pestilence, starving because of the famine in your midst. Another third will die violently by the violence of war around you. The final third I'll scatter to the wind as I unsheathe my sword to pursue them.

This is what he showed me: Look! The Lord was standing upon a wall that stood straight and true, with a plumb line in his hand.

"Son of Man, what's this proverb you have concerning Israel's land that says, "The days pass slowly and every vision ends in nothing.'?

I'll bring on you everlasting reproach and everlasting humiliation that won't ever be forgotten."

"Son of Man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.

"I'll send famine and wild beasts against you that will rob you of your children. Pestilence and bloodshed will devastate you when I'll declare war on you. I, the LORD, have spoken."

But they didn't listen, nor did they pay attention. They pursued their own plans, stubbornly following their own evil desires. They went backward and not forward.

They have raped women in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah.

The LORD told me, "Conspiracy has been found among the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

"Because this people have rejected the gently-flowing waters of Shiloah, and because they keep rejoicing in Rezin and Remaliah's son,

Before the mountains were shaped, before there were hills, I was bringing them to birth.

You have given to me the shield of your deliverance, and your right hand holds me up; your gentleness made me great.

"Now, you women, hear the message from the LORD; listen to what he has to say! Teach your daughters how to mourn, let every woman teach her friend how to lament.

Then I told myself, "Whatever happens to the fool will happen also to me. Therefore what's the point in being so wise?" And I told myself that this also is pointless.

The former can come out of prison to reign, while the latter, even if born to kingship, may become poor.

The words of the wicked lead to bloodshed, but the speech of the upright delivers them.

Should we listen to you and do all of this terrible evil by transgressing against our God to marry foreign wives?"

That night the king could not sleep, so he gave instructions to bring the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read to the king.

In rebuttal, Job replied:

The leaders of the ancestors of Levi were written in the Book of Annals until the time of Eliashib's son Johanan.

So get up it's your responsibility! We're with you. Be strong, and get to work."

Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, represented the king in all matters concerning the people.

Then they sent word throughout Judah and Jerusalem to everyone who had returned from the exile, to gather together in Jerusalem.

From the Priests:

Zaccai's descendants: 760

And the people blessed all of the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

Descendants of exiles from Bethlehem: 123

Ishmaiah from Gibeon (who was one of the elite among the Thirty and in charge over them), Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad from Gederah,

Some were responsible for the service utensils, and they were required to take an inventory of them when they were brought in and out.

Shaharaim fathered sons in the land of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

Ehud's descendants, who were leaders of their ancestral households in Geba and who were taken into exile to Manahath, included:

Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth,

his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma.

Just as he was telling the king about Elisha's having restored the dead to life, the woman whose son had been restored arrived and appealed to the king for her house and her land! Gehazi told the king, "Your majesty, this is the woman! And here's her son, whom Elisha restored to life!"

So the woman followed the instructions given to her by the man of God, and she went to the territory of the Philistines to live for seven years with her household.

Solomon also inlaid all the inner walls of the Temple both the inner and outer sanctuaries with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers.

The woman conceived, and she sent this message to David: "I'm pregnant."

As soon as he was established as king, he killed everyone in the household of Jeroboam. He left not even one single person alive. He destroyed them completely, just as the LORD had spoken through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

So she saddled a donkey and told her servant, "Forward, driver! Don't slow down on my account, unless I tell you!"

Solomon placed the cherubim in the middle of the inner sanctuary, with their wings spread in such a way that the wing of one was touching the one wall and the opposite wing of the other cherub was touching the opposite wall. Furthermore, their wings in the center of the wall were touching each other wing-to-wing.

but eventually Rehoboam died, as had his ancestors, and he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His mother's name had been Naamah the Ammonite, and his son Abijah became king to replace him.

after being summoned. When Jeroboam and the entire assembly of Israel arrived, they spoke to Rehoboam,

The prophet who had brought the man of God back from the road learned about it. "It's the man of God who disobeyed the message from the LORD," he said. "That's why the LORD gave him to that lion, which mauled him and killed him, just as the message from the LORD told rebuke him."

You are to go down ahead of me to Gilgal, and then I'll come down to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. You are to wait seven days until I come to you to let you know what you are to do."

Saul mustered them at Bezek, and there were 300,000 Israelis and 30,000 men of Judah.

Jehoiada's son Benaiah commanded the army, Zadok and Abiathar served as priests,

So Joab sounded his battle trumpet, his entire army stopped pursuing Israel any longer, and they quit fighting.

The men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you and surrender. Then you can do whatever you want to us."

They got up early in the morning, and about daybreak Samuel called to Saul on the roof, "Get up and I'll send you off." Saul got up and the two of them, he and Samuel, went outside.

When he finally finished bragging, he discarded the jawbone and named that place "Jawbone Heights."

When he arrived there, he sounded a trumpet in the mountainous region of Ephraim. While the Israeli army accompanied Ehud from the mountainous regions,

Do this so that all of the people of the earth may know how strong the power of the LORD is, and so that you may fear the LORD your God every day."

He went through the hill country of Ephraim and through the region of Shalishah, but they did not find them. Then they went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. They also went through the territory of the descendants of Benjamin, but they did not find them.

"When two brothers are living together and one of them dies without leaving a son, his widow must not be married outside the family to a foreigner. Instead, the brother-in-law must go to her, take her as his wife, and by doing so perform the duty of a brother-in-law.

As he finished presenting the tribute, Ehud sent away the people who had been carrying it.

Baalah, Iim, Ezem,

Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelis defeated them. Then Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave it to the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh as their inheritance.

Joshua dealt with them just as the LORD had told him: he hamstrung their horses and incinerated their chariots.

He is to offer the ram, a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. Then the priest is to present his grain and drink offerings.

"You are not to have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife and thereby become ceremonially unclean with her."

Three days later, the officers went throughout the camp,

Later, the two men returned from the hill country, crossed over the Jordan River, approached Nun's son Joshua, and told him everything that had happened to them.

for you haven't arrived yet to your allotted place that the LORD your God is about to give you.

"I sent messengers from the desert of Kedemoth to King Sihon of Heshbon with this message of peace:

a great people, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. But the LORD destroyed the Rephaim, so that the Ammonites dispossessed them and settled there instead.

When one trumpet is blown, the elders and the heads of the thousands of the Israelis are to gather to you.

"The presenter is then to bring a gift from the peace offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD. He is to remove the fat that covers the internal organs, all of the fat that is inside the internal organs,

Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the district of Libya near Cyrene, Jewish and proselyte visitors from Rome,

When you come to the Ammonites, don't harass or provoke them to war, for I won't give any part of Ammonite land to you, since I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their property.

The same day that Moses finished setting up, anointing, and consecrating the tent and its utensils, he also anointed and consecrated the altar and its utensils.

So why do you test God by putting on the disciples' neck a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we could carry?

"You are not to blaspheme God or curse a ruler of your people.

I'll harden Pharaoh's heart and I'll add more and more of my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

There will be a great cry throughout the land of Egypt, like there has never been and never will be again.

I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as resident aliens for a time.

was snatched away to Paradise and heard things that cannot be expressed in words, things that no human being has a right even to mention.

Whoever feared the message from the LORD among Pharaoh's officials made his servants and livestock flee into shelters.

and stay there with him a few days until your brother's fury subsides.

You said by the Holy Spirit through the voice of our ancestor, your servant David, "Why do the unbelievers rage, and the people devise useless plots?

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, offer sacrifices to your God in the land."

He immediately started to preach about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "This is the Son of God."

For it seems to me absurd to send a prisoner without specifying the charges against him."

Therefore, you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and said, "Take this and share it among yourselves,

"In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

Nathaniel asked him, "From Nazareth? Can anything good come from there?" Philip told him, "Come and see!"

since he was the reason why so many of the Jews were leaving to believe in Jesus.

While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is David's son?

The faithful have died off, and there is not one upright human being in the land. They all stalk one another with lethal intent, a man will even hunt his own brother with a net.

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "There will yet be old men and old women sitting in the parks of Jerusalem, each one of them holding canes in their hands due to their old age!

and the pots in the Temple of the LORD will be like the bowls in front of the altar every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be consecrated to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. Everyone who offers sacrifices will come, will take them, and will cook in them. Furthermore, at that time, there will no longer be a Canaanite in the Temple of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies."

Each of you will go out through the breaches of the walls straight to Mt. Hermon," declares the LORD.

I'll bring you into the wilderness of the nations. I'll judge you right there, face to face.

Samaria's king will float away like driftwood on the surface of water.

A wind storm will carry them away in its embrace, and their sacrifices will bring them shame."

Even while he was speaking to me, the Spirit entered me, set me on my feet, and I listened to the voice that had been speaking to me.

the commander of fifty and the man of rank, and the counselor, the expert magician, and the medium.

Look, LORD, and take note: To whom have you done this? Should women eat their offspring, the children they have cuddled? Should priests and prophets be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

"Your lifestyles and your actions have brought these things on you. This is your calamity it is indeed bitter, for it has reached your heart!"

He has led me brought me into darkness, not into light.

Even if a person lives many years, let him enjoy them all, recalling that there will be many days of darkness to come all of which are pointless.

When I was a son to my father, not yet strong and an only son to my mother,

I'll forsake my house, I'll abandon my inheritance. I'll give the beloved of my heart into the hand of her enemies.

Sorrow is better than laughter, because the heart is made better through trouble.

The poor person is shunned by his neighbor, but many are the friends of the wealthy.

When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish before you.

Remember that my life is a breath; my eyes won't go back to seeing good things.

They responded, "We will restore these things, and will assess no interest charges against them. We will do what you are requesting!"

Some of the priests' sons were trumpeters, including Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

including Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

from Beth-gilgal, and from the area of Geba and Azmaveth, because the singers had built villages for themselves in the vicinity of Jerusalem.

Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

As soon as a copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, to Shimshai the scribe, and to their colleagues, they traveled quickly to Jerusalem and compelled the Jews to cease by force of arms.

David occupied the fortress, so it was named the City of David after him.

"If a famine comes to the land, or if there comes plant diseases, mildew, locusts, or grasshoppers, or if their enemies attack them in their settlements of the land, no matter what the epidemic or illness is,

We also asked them their names so that we could certify the identities of their leaders to you.

Rehoboam was wise to distribute some of his children throughout all of the territories of Judah and Benjamin, placing them in all of the fortified cities. He allotted them abundant supplies of food and sought many wives for them.

That's how Israel came to be in rebellion against David's dynasty to this day.

Meanwhile, Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice in his upper room in Samaria and lay injured. He sent messengers to Ekron with these orders: "Go and consult with Ekron's god Baal-zebub to find out if I'm going to recover from this injury."

Then the king asked her, "What's bothering you?"

Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

Mishma's descendants were his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei.

Nevertheless, the LORD told Jehu, "Because you have done well in carrying out what I saw as the right thing to do by completing everything I had in mind regarding Ahab's dynasty, your sons will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation."

"Let's make a treaty between you and me," he said, "just like the one between my father and your father. Notice that I've sent you silver and gold to break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he'll retreat from his attack on me."

Solomon practiced what the LORD considered to be evil by not fully following the LORD, as had his father David.

These were the descendants of the ancestor of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and their sister's name was Hazzelelponi.

"Not so," claimed the other woman. "The living child is my son, and the dead one is yours." But the first woman said, "Not so! The dead child is your son and the living one is my son." This is what they testified before the king.

So out she went and eventually she arrived at Mount Carmel to visit the man of God.

"Pay attention! I'm going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon's control and give you ten tribes. I'll leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and one tribe for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I chose from all of the tribes of Israel.

"Tell Solomon's son Rehoboam, king of Judah, all the dynasty of Judah, Benjamin, and the rest of the people,

Saul told the young man, "Look, we could go, but what could we bring the man? The bread is gone from our bags, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have with us?"

You know Ner's son Abner came to mislead you, to learn your troop movements, and to learn everything you're doing!"

The Ammonites crossed the Jordan River to fight against the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. As a result, Israel was deeply distressed.

After Jacob went to Egypt, and your ancestors cried out to the LORD, he sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

They surrounded the army of Benjamin, pursuing them ceaselessly until they defeated them near the east-facing border of Gibeah.

The soldiers in ambush rushed out to attack Gibeah, deploying in force and executing the entire city with swords.

During the entire time of his dedication, he is not to allow a razor to pass over his head until the days of his holy consecration to the LORD have been fulfilled. He is to let the locks on his head grow long.

The angel of the LORD answered Manoah, "If you detain me, I won't be eating your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, you'll be making a sacrifice to the LORD." The angel of the LORD said this because Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of the LORD.

The stars fought from heaven; they fought against Sisera from their orbits.

So his mother's relatives spoke all of this on his behalf in the presence of all the "lords" of Shechem. Since they were inclined to follow Abimelech, they said, "He's our relative!"

"Kings came to fight, then battled the kings of Canaan at Taanach near the waters of Megiddo. They took no silver as the spoils of war.

Because Israel was deeply impoverished due to the Midianites, they cried out to the LORD.

The hilt also penetrated along with the sword blade, and Eglon's fat closed in over the blade. Because he did not withdraw the sword from Eglon's abdomen, the sword point exited from Eglon's entrails.

So they went out, they and all of their armies with them a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore accompanied by many horses and chariots.

"LORD God, you've begun to show your greatness and your strong power to your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can equal your works and mighty deeds?

They also buried the bones of Joseph, which the Israelis brought up from Egypt, in the parcel of ground at Shechem that Jacob had purchased from the descendants of Shechem's father Hamor, for 100 pieces of silver. It became part of the inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

The king of Eglon: 1 The king of Gezer: 1

from Shephupham, the family of the descendants of Shephupham; and from Hupham, the family of the descendants of Hupham.

When you sound the alarm the second time, those encamped on the south are to begin to travel. Alarms are to be sounded for their travels.

You and your household may eat it anywhere, because it's a reward to you in return for your services at the Tent of Meeting.

Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?

Also, you are not to leave the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Otherwise, you'll die, since the LORD's anointing oil remains on you." So they followed Moses' instructions.

The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand over Egypt to bring the Israelis out from among them."

Moses told the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you may fear him in order that you don't sin."

and then pour olive oil and frankincense over it as a grain offering.

Agrippa asked Paul, "Can you so quickly persuade me to become a Christian?"

The families of the descendants of Gershon encamped behind the tent toward the west.

So they approached to carry them in their tunics outside the camp, just as Moses had commanded.

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us!"

By supper time, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him.

May I reveal it as clearly as I should!

But the Pharisees and the scribes kept complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

When they take you away and hand you over for trial, don't worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you at that time, because it won't be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

He was in the wilderness for 40 days being tempted by Satan. He was among wild animals, and angels were ministering to him.

and all the brothers who are with me. To: The churches in Galatia.

buying the poor for cash, and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling chaff mixed in with the wheat.'

So he told them this parable:

When these men came to Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.

They kept saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon!"

How is it that he went into the house of God and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him and his companions to eat but was reserved for the priests?

The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea noticed that only one boat had been there, and no other, and that Jesus had not gotten into that boat with his disciples. Instead, his disciples had gone away by themselves.

He appointed the Twelve: Simon (whom he named Peter),

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

Your imperial guards are like the swarming grasshopper; your marshals are like hordes of grasshoppers, settling in the stone walls on a chilly day. The sun rises, and they flee away; no one knows where they went.

They will be like mighty soldiers who trample mud in the streets during battle. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and the opposing horsemen will be confused.

Then Belshazzar gave orders to clothe Daniel in purple, to place a chain of gold around his neck, and to proclaim him the third highest ruler of the kingdom.

"Then I will restore to you the years that the locust swarm devoured, as did the young locust, the other locusts, and the ravaging locust, that great army of mine that I sent among you.

Then the cherubim arose, with their wheels alongside, and the glory of Israel's God remained above and over them.

"They'll devour your harvest and your food. They'll devour your sons and your daughters. They'll devour your vines and your fig trees. With their swords they'll batter down your fortified cities in which you trust.

"They've sounded the alarm, and everyone is prepared, but no one is marching for battle, since I'm angry at the entire multitude.

This is what you should say to the prophet, "What has the LORD answered?' or "What has the LORD said?'

They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors of old who refused to listen to my words. They followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke my covenant which I made with their ancestors."

You are to say to them, "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Cursed is the person who does not listen to the words of this covenant

On all the barren heights in the desert destroyers will come. Indeed, a sword of the LORD will devour from one end of the land to the other. There will be no peace for any person.

What more could I do in my vineyard, that I haven't already done? When I expected it to produce good grapes, why did it yield wild ones?

The prophets prophesy falsely, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?"

Wail, you gate! Cry out, you city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For smoke comes from the north, and there's no one to take measure in its festivals.

Since our youth the false gods have consumed the products of our ancestors' hard work, their sheep and their cattle, their sons and their daughters.

But this is not what he intends, and this is not what he thinks in his mind; but it is in his mind to destroy, and to cut down many nations.

because a prostitute is a deep pit, and the adulterous woman a narrow well.

"Senseless," said I concerning laughter and pleasure, "How practical is this?"

He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.

who makes my feet swift as the deer; who makes me stand on high places;

So we fasted and asked our God about this, and he listened to us.

"I myself saw a fool becoming established, but I suddenly cursed where he lived.

Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 cavalry. The Lubim, Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians who invaded from Egypt with Shishak were innumerable.

Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

and next to him Hallohesh's son Shallum, ruling official for the other half of the Jerusalem district, did repairs, as did his daughters.

Zichri's son Joel was their overseer, and Hassenuah's son Judah was in command of the second district of the city.

Furthermore, you are to deliver to the God of Jerusalem the vessels for the service of the Temple of your God that have been given to you.

Powerful kings have reigned over Jerusalem, including ruling over all lands beyond the Euphrates River. Furthermore, taxes, tribute, and tolls have been paid to them.

The king replied: To: Governor Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues living in Samaria, and the remainder living beyond the Euphrates River. Greetings:

Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem and built defensive fortification cities throughout Judah,

then hear from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and return them to the soil that you gave to them and to their ancestors.

Then the king turned to face the entire congregation of Israel while the congregation of Israel remained standing.

David became more and more prestigious because the LORD of the Heavenly Armies was with him.

Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, Jashobeam, the descendants of Korah,

Jehu and Rechab's son Jehonadab entered Baal's temple, and Jehu told the Baal worshipers, "Look around and be sure that no servant of the LORD is here among you, but only worshipers of Baal."

Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a vast quantity of spices, and precious stones. No spices ever came again that were comparable to those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

From the descendants of Benjamin there was Meshullam's son Sallu, who was also the grandson of Hodaviah and great-grandson of Hassenuah,

Shashak's descendants included Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

Joel's descendants were his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei,

Joram reined his horse around to flee and cried out to Ahaziah, "Ahaziah! Treachery!"

The work on the pillars was finished with a lily design on top of the pillars.

Meanwhile, when Ahithophel observed that his counsel was not being acted upon, he saddled his donkey, got up, and left for his hometown. Leaving behind a set of orders for his household, he hanged himself. After his death he was buried in his father's tomb.

Baasha killed him during the third year of the reign of King Asa of Judah and took Nadab's place as king.

And so it happened to him, because the people trampled him in the city gate and he died.

There were 45 pillars paneled with cedar above the side chambers, with rows of fifteen pillars,

The Israelis cried out to the LORD, because of his 900 iron chariots. Jabin oppressed the Israelis forcefully for twenty years.

to his father's house in Ophrah. There he murdered his own brothers, Jerubbaal's sons all 70 of them in one place. But Jerubbaal's youngest son Jotham survived by hiding himself.

Nathan replied to the king, "Go do everything you have in mind, because the LORD is with you."

Ruth's mother-in-law Naomi, told her, "My daughter, should I not make inquiries about your financial security, so you'll be better off in life?

because they will turn your children from me to serve other gods so that the LORD's anger blazes against you and swiftly destroys you by fire.

There you'll serve gods made by human hands, serving trees and stones that cannot see, hear, eat, nor smell.

When I saw that you wouldn't be delivering me, I took my own life in my hands, crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into my control. So why have you come here today to fight me?"

The tribe of Zebulun did not worry about their lives at the price of death; neither did the tribe of Naphtali also on high places of the field.

Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

She replied, "Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also some springs of water." So he gave her the upper and lower springs.

As a result, Moab was subdued under the control of Israel, and the land remained quiet for 80 years.

Meanwhile, Ehud escaped while they were delayed, passed by the idols, and escaped in the direction of Seirah.

So Joshua went up from Gilgal, along with his entire fighting force of mighty warriors with him.

"Two men went up to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.

You are not to do any work that same day. It's the Day of Atonement, because your atonement is made in the presence of the LORD your God.

When he has had her drink the water, if she was defiled and had acted unfaithfully toward her husband, then the contaminated water that brings a curse will enter her and infect her, causing her abdomen to swell and her thigh to waste away. Then she is to be a cursed woman among her people.

Now the LORD had told Joshua,

They reported to Joshua, "The LORD really has given the entire land into our control. The inhabitants of the land have melted away right in front of us!"

Then the LORD told Moses,

The woman is to drink the bitter water that brings a curse and the water that brings a curse is to be considered contaminated.

But if you have become unfaithful to your husband and have become defiled because a man who isn't your husband has had sexual relations with you"'

You saw with your own eyes what he did in Baal Peor. The LORD your God exterminated from among you every man who followed Baal of Peor.

"Teach Aaron and his sons to bless the Israelis:

He is to offer it in the LORD's presence and make atonement for her so that she becomes clean from her blood loss. This is the law concerning the bearing of a male or female child.

"Then I commanded you at that time, "The Lord your God gave you this land as a possession. Those equipped for battle every man a warrior will cross before your fellow Israelis.

Their duties pertained to the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, and all the curtains in use.

So God created every kind of magnificent marine creature, every kind of living marine crawler with which the waters swarmed, and every kind of flying creature. And God saw how good it was.

washed the internal organs and the thigh with water, and then burned the entire ram on the altar as a whole burnt offering, a pleasing aroma of an offering made by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

The priest will make atonement for him, on account of the sin that he had committed in any of these things and it will be forgiven him. As far as the priest is concerned, it will be a meal offering."

The LORD told Moses,

"But before all these things take place, people will arrest you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

"You are to make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue.

"If his offering is a goat, then he is to bring it to the LORD,

So send for your livestock and everything that belongs to you that's out in the field, because every person and animal found in the field that has not been brought inside to shelters will die when the hail comes down on them."'"

Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83 when they spoke to Pharaoh.

so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and so that he may send you Jesus, whom he appointed long ago to be the Messiah.

The young woman then ran ahead and informed her mother's household what had happened.

Aaron's son Eleazar married one of Putiel's daughters, and she bore him Phineas. These are the heads of the ancestors of the descendants of Levi, according to their families.

It is beyond dispute that the less important person is blessed by the more important person.

Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

However, the Most High does not live in buildings made by human hands. As the prophet says,

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor.

His mother and his brothers came to him, but they couldn't get near him because of the crowd.

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar as he was saying, "Strike the doorposts so that the thresholds tremble, bringing them down on the heads of all of them. Those who survive I will kill with the sword. Those who flee will not escape. There will be no deliverance for the fugitives.

"From the power of Sheol I will rescue them, from death I will redeem them. Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? My eyes will remain closed to your pleas for compassion.

"Draw water, because a siege is coming! Strengthen your fortresses! Make the clay good and strong! Mix the mortar! Go get your brick molds!

I will scatter them among the nations, and so they will remember me in distant countries. They will rear their children, and they will return.

These are the meanings of the words: MENE: God has audited your kingdom and has ended it.

Our skin blisters as from an oven, due to ravaging blasts of the famine.

Sheep and cattle all of them, wild creatures of the field,

You are to measure one sixth of one hin of water each time you drink it.

Their mouth is full of curses, lies, and oppression, their tongues spread trouble and iniquity.

When I'm ready, I will chasten them; and the people will gather against them, to imprison them for their two unrighteous acts."

But they would not listen or turn their ear, and each of them stubbornly followed his own evil desires. So I brought on them all the consequences of this covenant that I commanded them to fulfill, but they did not.'"

so you won't have to crouch among those in chains or fall among the slain? "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike."

watch out! The LORD God is about to bring the flood waters of the Euphrates River against them, mighty and strong.

The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,

And if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink it, say to them, "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "You will surely drink it!

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.

Furthermore, for every person to whom God has given wealth, riches, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept this allotment, and to rejoice in his work this is a gift from God.

But the wicked one travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies.

Its roots weave around a pile of stones, seeking to entrench itself among the rocks.

"Instruct me, and I'll remain silent. Help me understand where I've gone astray.

A fear fell upon me, along with trembling that caused all my bones to shake in terror.

If you seek God, if you ask the Almighty for mercy,

When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.

Baruch's son Maaseiah, who was the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.

These are the leaders of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem. Some lived in the towns of Judah each on their property in their respective towns that is, the Israelis, the priests, the descendants of Levi, the Temple Servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants.

Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

"Don't touch my chosen ones, and don't hurt my prophets!"

Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

From Bebai's descendants: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

Then Solomon prayed: "Blessed is the LORD God of Israel, who made a commitment to my father David and then personally fulfilled what he had promised when he said:

He built up the walls surrounding the city in a complete circle from the terrace ramparts, and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

He began construction on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,

While the king of Israel was walking along the city wall, a woman cried out to him. "Help me, your majesty!" she said.

Jeroham's son Ibneiah, Uzzi's son Elah, who was also Michri's grandson, and Shephatiah's son Meshullam, who was the grandson of Reuel and great-grandson of Ibnijah,

In Jerusalem there lived some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh including

Jehoash spoke to the priests about all of the proceeds of the consecrated gifts that were being brought into the LORD's Temple, cash from every man who was traveling through the area, cash obtained by personal assessment, and all the cash that came through voluntary gifts into the LORD's Temple:

Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,

Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

Even so, Jehu never abandoned the sins of Nebat's son Jeroboam, who caused Israel to sin, regarding the golden calves that were at Bethel and Dan.

Rephah was also his descendant, as were Resheph, Telah, Tahan,

Ahaziah fled to Megiddo, where he died. Ahaziah's servants transported the king's body by chariot to Jerusalem and buried it in his own sepulcher near his ancestors in the City of David.

while King Rehoboam conferred with his advisors who had worked for his father Solomon during his administration. He asked them, "What is your advice as to how I should respond to these people?"

"You know that my father David was unable to build a temple dedicated to the LORD his God because he was busy fighting wars all around him until the LORD defeated his enemies.

Right about then, a man of God approached and told the king of Israel, "This is what the LORD says: "Because the Arameans keep saying "The LORD is a mountain god, but isn't a valley god," I'm going to deliver this entire vast army right into your control, so you'll learn that I really am the LORD.'"

Hiram also made ten bronze water carts. Each one was four cubits wide, four cubits long, and three cubits high.

The lower structures were five cubits wide, the middle structures were six cubits wide and the third structures were seven cubits wide. Offsets were placed all around the Temple so that beams would not protrude through the walls of the Temple.

But don't let him off unpunished, since you're a wise man and you'll know what you need to do to him. Find a way that he dies in his old age by shedding his blood."

When David was told that Uriah hadn't gone home the previous night, he quizzed him, "You just arrived from a long journey, so why didn't you go down to your own house?"

May your name be made great forever with the result that it is said that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is God over Israel, and that the household of your servant David may be established before you.

He told them, "Today the LORD is testifying, along with his anointed, that you haven't found any bribes in my possession." They said, "He's a witness."

But," he said, "You cannot see my face, because a man cannot see me and live."

David responded to the messenger, "Here's what you're to tell Joab: "Don't be troubled by this incident, because the battle sword consumes one or another from time to time. Consolidate your attack against the city and conquer it.' Be sure to encourage him."

Then Samuel told the cook, "Bring the portion that I gave you, the one I told you to set aside."

The young man answered Saul again, "Look here! I have in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I'll give it to the man of God, and he will tell us about our journey."

Then they are to take all the utensils for service with which they minister at the sanctuary, set them on the blue cloth, cover them with the leather-dyed skin covering, and then set them on the beams for transport.

The LORD told Gideon, "You have too many soldiers with you for me to drop Midian into their hands, because Israel would become arrogant and say, "It was my own abilities that delivered me.'

he told them, "Attack them, because the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your control." So the Israeli army followed after him, seized the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross.

"Speak to the Israelis and tell them that if a person inadvertently sins with respect to any of the LORD's commands that should not be violated, but nevertheless he disobeys one of them,

Jesus told him, "Feed my sheep. "Truly, I tell you emphatically, when you were young, you would fasten your belt and go wherever you liked. But when you get old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten your belt and take you where you don't want to go."

They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, then rested in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant and farm a vineyard.

Furthermore, the Amorites continued to inhabit Mount Heres in Aijalon and Shaalbim. Eventually, however, after the tribe of Joseph had become strong, the Amorites were subjected to conscripted labor.

Instead, appoint the descendants of Levi over the Tent of Meeting, all the vessels, and everything in it. They are to carry the tent and all the vessels in it. They are to attend to it and camp around it.

The leader of the tribe and family of Kohath was Uzziel's son Elizaphan.

All these officials of yours will come down to me, prostrate themselves to me, and say, "Get out, you and all the people following you!' After that I'll go out." Then Moses angrily left Pharaoh.

The LORD came to Sarah, just as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised.

Our ancestor Abraham was justified by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar, wasn't he?

In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man of woman.

They answered him, "Sir, he already has ten coins!'

Joseph collected the surplus food throughout the land of Egypt, storing food in cities; that is, he gathered the food from fields that surrounded every city and stored it there.

all the males a month old and above numbered 7,500.

Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests, the scribes, and the elders.

But he said, "Instead, how blessed are those who hear God's word and obey it!"

12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,

The crack of whips and the clamor of wheels! The galloping horses and the bounding chariots!

Now when John heard in prison about the activities of the Messiah, he sent a message by his disciples

because he was teaching his disciples, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into human hands. They will kill him, but after being dead for three days he will be raised."

So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.

"The people of Ephraim will become like mighty soldiers; they will be glad, like those who have wine. Their children will see this and rejoice; their hearts will find joy in the Lord.

So I said, "I will no longer be your shepherd. Let those who are about to die perish, and let what is about to be destroyed be destroyed. As for the survivors, let them devour each other."

During the fourth year of the reign of King Darius, a message from the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month Kislev.

He will judge the world righteously and make just decisions for the people.

My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.

"Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us, because both we and our ancestors have sinned against the LORD our God from our youth until this present time. We haven't obeyed the LORD our God."

trapped by your own words, and caught by your own words,

Then I will call Uriah the priest and Jeberechiah's son Zechariah as reliable witnesses to testify on my behalf."

But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol.

Filled with waters made cold by ice, they are where the snow goes to hide.

Therefore you are to tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says, "I'm about to put an end to use of this proverb in Israel. It will never be used again as a proverb in Israel. Instead, tell them that the days are drawing near when every vision will be fulfilled.

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel replied, "You have no part in our plans for building a temple to our God, because we alone will build to the LORD, the God of Israel, in accordance with the decree issued by King Cyrus, king of Persia."

Joiada fathered Jonathan and Jonathan fathered Jaddua.

The Fish Gate was repaired by Hassenaah's sons. They built its framework and installed its doors, including locks and security bars,