The darkness around him was his canopies amassed water was his overhanging clouds!

Any person who touches his bed is to wash his garments and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.

and from then on he began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

So watch out! I'm going to devour Baasha and his household. I'm going to make your household just like the household of Jeroboam, Nebat's son.

Just as the king was about to ford the Jordan River, Gera's son Shimei fell down in front of the king and addressed him, "May your majesty not hold me guilty. Don't remember how your servant did wrong the day your majesty the king left Jerusalem. May the king not let it burden his heart,

For 40 days the Philistine would come forward, morning and evening, to take his position.

David was successful in all that he did, for the LORD was with him.

"Now as for the unclean, they are to take ashes from the burning sin offering, and pour running water on it inside a vessel.

Those who were at the table with them began to say among themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?"

"Then all the people of the earth will observe that the name of the LORDis proclaimed among you, and they will fear you.

"If a person consecrates his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest is to set a value for it as to its worth, whether good or bad. As the priest sets value on it, so it will stand.

All those numbered by division in the camp Ephraim total 108,100. They are to be the third to travel."

In response, Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. He also pitched his tents there and his servants dug a well.

The territories of Judah and Israel were your clients, too. They traded wheat from their distribution centers, baked goods, honey, oil, and ointments for your merchandise.

who frustrates the omens of idle talkers, and drives diviners mad, who turns back the wise, and makes their knowledge foolish;

But if the infection has spread in the skin, then the priest is to declare him unclean. It's a skin rash.

Zoan's princes are nothing but fools; the wisest advisors of Pharaoh give stupid advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I'm a descendant of wise men, a descendant of ancient kings"?

So news about him spread to every place in the surrounding region.

If I say, "Darkness will surely conceal me, and the light around me will become night,"

"Look, Hanamel, your cousin, is coming to you and will say, "Buy my field in Anathoth for yourself, because the right of redemption to buy it belongs to you."'

"Tell the elders of Israel, "This is what the Lord GOD asks, "Did you come to inquire of me? As long as I live, I won't let myself be sought by you," declares the Lord GOD.'

This message came to me from the LORD:

Smoke billows from his nostrils; like a boiling pot or burning reeds.

If he's working in the north, I can't observe him; If he turns south, I can't see him.

"Get up and go down to meet King Ahab of Israel. He's in Samaria. Look! He's in Naboth's vineyard, where he's gone to confiscate it.

As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!

"LORD God, do not turn your face away from your anointed one. Remember your gracious love to your servant David."

"The LORD will make your enemies, who rise against you and attack from one direction, to flee from you in seven directions.

Therefore, I'm certainly going to be giving him my covenant of peace,

For Shuppim and Hosah the lot indicated the west at the gate of Shallecheth on the ascending road.

They have been quick to turn aside from the way I commanded them, and they have made for themselves a molten calf. They have bowed down to it in worship, they have offered sacrifices to it, and they have said, "This, Israel, is your god who brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"

Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way.

The women, children, all the livestock in the city, and all of the spoil and plunder will belong to you. Appropriate the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God will give you.

He told them, "You go into the vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.'

Meanwhile, other soldiers of David had killed 360 of Abner's men from the tribe of Benjamin.

for her whose menstruation causes her to become ill, for anyone who has a discharge (whether male or female), and for the man who has sexual relations with one who is unclean."

If they want to learn anything, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is inappropriate for a woman to speak out in church.

Therefore, the one who swears an oath by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

He keeps satisfying you with good things, and he keeps renewing your youth like the eagle's.

but they couldn't find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.

How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say this must happen?"

He will also provide rain for your seed that you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the ground will be rich and abundant. At that time, your cattle will graze in broad meadows,

"Now, Son of Man, will you truly judge that blood-stained city? Then make her aware of all of her detestable practices.

They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they'll writhe like a woman in labor. They'll look aghast at one another; and their faces will be ablaze with fear.

I'll make their leaders, their wise men, their governors, their deputies, and their warriors drunk so that they sleep forever and don't wake up," declares the King whose name is the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

"Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast, you merchants of Sidon, whose messengers crossed over the sea,

This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "They'll again speak this message in the land of Judah and its towns when I restore their fortunes: "The LORD bless you, righteous dwelling, holy mountain.'

Your teeth are like a flock of ewes coming up from being washed. All of them are twins, not one has lost her young.

He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds.

not including 7,337 male and female servants, along with 200 singing men and women.

God, by your name deliver me, and by your power vindicate me.

Then he approached the child and lay down with his mouth near the child's, with his eyes near those of the child, and taking the child's hands in his. As Elisha stretched himself on the child, the child's flesh began to grow warm.

"This is what the Lord says: "Look! I'm bringing disaster on this place and on its inhabitants everything written in the book that the king of Judah has read

Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, but he practiced what the LORD his God considered to be evil.

Because that wicked woman Athaliah's family members had broken into the Temple of God and used the consecrated implements of the LORD's Temple for service to the Baals,

Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad! Say to the nations, "The LORD reigns!"

He will say to them, "Listen, Israel! You're about to go into battle today against your enemies. Don't be faint-hearted. Don't be afraid, don't panic, and don't be terrified to face them.

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

They went on to Gilead and the territory of Tahtim-hodshi, then on toward Dan. From Dan they went around to Sidon

The border turned west from Baalah to Mount Seir, continuing to the top of Mount Jearim on the north (also known as Chesalon), and then proceeded to Beth-shemesh, continuing through Timnah.

"I'll look after you, ensuring that you'll be fruitful. I'll increase your number and keep my covenant with you.

When Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of the army, "Whose son is this young man, Abner?" Abner said, "As surely as you live, your majesty, I don't know."

"A spring or a cistern that holds water is clean, but whoever touches the carcass of an unclean animal will be unclean.

"Any food that may be eaten, but into which water has soaked, becomes unclean. Any drink that may be drunk in any of these vessels becomes unclean,

"I can't do that," Joseph replied, "but God is concerned about Pharaoh's well-being."

God visited Balaam and asked him, "Who are these men with you?"

you are to tell him, "Your servants have been taking care of livestock since we were youths. We and our ancestors have taken care of livestock.' That way, you'll be able to live in the Goshen territory, since shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."

"Son of Man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who even now are prophesying, and tell those prophets that keep on prophesying according to what they wish would happen, "Listen to what the LORD says.'"

"Now as for you, Son of Man, your nation's children keep gathering together to talk about you beside the walls and at the doorway to their houses. Everyone tells one another, "Please come! Let's go hear what the LORD has to say!'

"Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce.

You will have songs as on nights when people celebrate a holy festival, and gladness of heart, as when they set out with flutes to go to the LORD's mountain, to the Rock of Israel.

But I'll restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days," declares the LORD. This concludes the judgment on Moab.

This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the LORD while king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, all his army, all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his authority, along with all the people were fighting against Jerusalem and all its towns:

For there will be a day when the watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, "Arise, let's go up to Zion to the LORD our God.'"

"LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you; and be our strength every morning, our salvation in times of trouble.

I obtain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. Nun

Whoever nurtures the fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever obeys his master will be honored.

For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place.

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM CYRUS, KING OF PERSIA All of the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the LORD God of Heaven, and he specifically charged me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Therefore, who among the LORD's people trusts in his God? Whoever among this group wishes to do so may travel to Jerusalem.

whether for discipline on his land or to demonstrate his gracious love, he causes it to be realized."

When Micaiah approached the king, the king asked him, "Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I not?" "Go to war," Micaiah replied, "and you will be successful, because the LORD will hand it over to the king!"

So that's what Jeroboam's wife did. She got up, went to Shiloh, and found Ahijah's home. Ahijah was blind, because his eyes could not focus due to his age.

Some time later, she asked him, "How can you keep saying "I love you!' when your heart isn't with me? These three times you've lied to me and haven't told me where your great strength lies."

Because deadly breakers engulfed me, while torrents of abuse from the ungodly overwhelmed me.

Perhaps the LORD will take note of my troubles and return good to me instead of curses today!"

Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet and greet him.

The offeror is to bring the oblation to the LORD, containing one tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with one fourth of a hin of olive oil.

So Joshua replied to them, "Since you're so numerous, go up to the forest and clear ground there for yourselves in the territory where the Perizzites and Rephaim are, because the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you."

Then Moses called on Joshua and told him in the presence of everyone in Israel, "Be strong and courageous, because you'll bring this people to the land that the LORD your God had promised to give your ancestors. You will be the one who causes them to possess it.

"You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze base for washing. You are to pace it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, put water in it,

Hebrews went across the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead, but Saul remained in Gilgal, and all the people followed him, trembling.

So Manoah got up quickly and followed his wife, and when he came to the man he told him, "Are you the man who spoke to my wife?" He replied, "I am."

Those in his division number 32,200.

Nevertheless, when they arrived in those nations, they continued to profane my holy name. It was said about them, "These are the LORD's people, even though they've left his land.'

Now I've given all these lands to my servant, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I've even given him the wild animals to serve him.

he may eat the same share as they do regardless of what he receives from his ancestral estate."

On the eighth day after his son Isaac had been born, Abraham circumcised him, just as God had commanded him.

It cannot be compared to gold and fine glass crystal, nor can it be exchanged for gold-plated weaponry.

So Moses got up, along with Joshua his servant, and went up on the mountain of God.

While he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to his concubines and sent them to the east country in order to keep them away from his son Isaac.

I'm going to prepare for them the best of gardening spots. They will no longer live as victims in a land of starvation, nor will they have to bear the insults of the international community.

But you mountains of Israel are going to sprout branches and bear fruit for my people Israel, because they'll be coming soon.'"

"This is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch out! I'm about to bring from the north King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, that king of kings. He'll come with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a vast army.

For we are aliens and vagrants in your presence, as were all of our ancestors. Our days on the earth pass away like shadows, and we have no hope.

what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him?

"I have certainly stayed silent for a long time; I've kept still and held myself back. Now, like a woman giving birth, I'll cry out. All of a sudden I'll gasp and pant.

They press oil between the olive groves owned by the wicked; they suffer from thirst, even while treading the winepress.

"Therefore, the time is near," declares the LORD, "when it will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They'll bury in Topheth because there is no other place to do it.

Tamar went to her brother Amnon's home, where he was lying down. She brought along some dough, kneaded it, prepared some cakes especially for him, baked them,

Therefore, you in the east, give glory to the LORD! You in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the LORD God of Israel!

Those who live in my house and my maidservants, too! treat me like a stranger; they think I'm a foreigner.

But Elijah told her, "You can stop being afraid. Go and do what you said, but first make me a muffin and bring it to me. Then make a meal for yourself and for your son,

So she went out and did precisely what Elijah told her to do. As a result, Elijah, the widow, and her son were fed for days.

As a result, the priests, descendants of Levi, certain people, the singers, door-keepers, and the Temple Servants were able to settle in their original cities, with the rest of the Israelis in their cities.

When they arrived at the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families contributed toward building the Temple of God on its former site.

but whoever beats an animal to death is to replace it life for life.

Rejoice in your festival you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi, and foreigners, orphans, and widows, who live in your cities.

Jehoshaphat also made a peace treaty with the king of Israel.

So the king told Ziba, "Pay attention! Everything that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!" In response Ziba said, "I'm submitting to you. Let me find favor in your sight, your majesty the king!"

When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, "Blessed be the LORD who has judged the dispute over my insult at the hand of Nabal, and has held back his servant from evil. The LORD has repaid Nabal's wickedness."

The cherubim are to spread their wings upward, covering the Mercy Seat with their wings and facing each other. The faces of the cherubim is to be turned toward the Mercy Seat.

Since God has revealed all of this to you," Pharaoh told Joseph, "there is no one so wise and discerning as you.

So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Jephunneh's son Caleb for his inheritance.

"You must not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you.

There is no one who calls on your name or rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have given us into the control of our iniquity.

These are the regulations for one whose discharge of semen causes him to become unclean because of it,

As he was observing a well that had been dug out on the open range, all of a sudden he noticed three flocks of sheep lying there, because shepherds watered their flocks from that well. There was a very large stone that covered the opening of the well,

She is confident that her profits are sufficient. Her lamp does not go out at night.

They will never again defile themselves with their idols, with other loathsome things, or with any of their sins. Instead, I will deliver them from all of the places where they have sinned, and then I'll cleanse them. They will be my people and I will be their God."'"

so Rachel said, "I've been through a mighty struggle with my sister and won." She named him Naphtali.

"If I tell the righteous person that he will certainly live, if he trusts in his own righteousness and commits evil, none of his righteousness will be remembered, and he will die because of the wrong that he commits.

He built an altar there to God and named the place El Beth-el, because God had revealed himself there when he was fleeing from his brother.

I'm going to turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out you and your whole army along with your horses and cavalry riders, all of them richly attired, a magnificent company replete with buckler and shield, and all of them wielding battle swords.

Think about Assyria, that cedar of Lebanon, beautiful with its branches, like a shady forest, with an awesome height, its summit touches the clouds.

This evil people that refuses to listen to my words, that stubbornly pursues their own desires, and that follows other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt that is not good for anything.

He won't shout, or raise his voice, or make it heard in the street.

Then I told them, "Each of you are to abandon your detestable practices. You are not to defile yourselves with Egypt's idols. I am the LORD your God.'"'"

When he has leveled its surface, he scatters caraway and sows cumin, doesn't he? He plants wheat in rows, barley in its designated place, and feed for livestock around its borders, doesn't he?

For the coastlands will look to me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring my children from far away, their silver and gold with them, to the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.

The LORD will guard your goings and comings, from this time on and forever. A Davidic Song of Ascents

In God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand,

Therefore my people will know my name; in that day they'll know that it is I who speaks, "Here I am!'

Mankind limits the darkness as they search the deepest depths for ore in unfathomable darkness.

The LORD roared from heaven! The Most High let his voice be heard!

Their own eyes will see their destruction; and they'll drink the wrath of the Almighty.

The priests Benaiah and Jahaziel played the trumpets continually in the presence of the Ark of the Covenant of God.

The body is planted in a state of dishonor but is raised in a state of splendor. It is planted in weakness but is raised in power.

Nevertheless, a few good things have been found in you, in that you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have disciplined yourself to seek God."

and forded it to assist the king at the crossing so he could do whatever he wished.

When you see a south wind blowing, you say, "It's going to be hot,' and so it is.

Moses was very angry, so he told the LORD, "Please don't accept their offering. I haven't taken even one donkey from them nor have I hurt even one of them."

This practice became so sinful that the LORD decided to erase Jeroboam's dynasty, thus eliminating it from the face of the earth.

The descendants of Merari, allocated according to their families, received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

We've brought offerings to the LORD from whatever each man found jewel-encrusted gold, anklets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces to make atonement for ourselves in the LORD's presence."

Then he concluded, "I'm now 120 years old. I'm not able to get around anymore,

There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her, had sexual relations with her,

So Abimelech took some sheep and oxen, and some male and female servants, gave them to Abraham, returned his wife Sarah to him,

Later on, the LORD told Moses,

When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching desperately for him.

The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but anyone who consorts with immoral women squanders his wealth.

You'll be filled with drunkenness and grief. The cup that belongs to your sister Samaria is filled with horror and devastation,

Everyone's eyes are on you, as you give them their food in due time.

"Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! With happy shouts, announce and proclaim this to the ends of the earth: Say, "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!'

You split the sea by your own power. You shattered the heads of sea monsters in the water.

"Who are these that fly like clouds, and like doves to their windows?

Jeremiah sang a lament for Josiah, and all the male and female singers recite that lamentation about Josiah to this day. In fact, they made singing it an ordinance in Israel, and they are recorded in the Lamentations.

Even little children hate me; when I get up, they mock me.

How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you.

"He will restore what he has attained from his work and won't consume it; he won't enjoy the profits from his business transactions,

know for certain that the LORD your God will not continue to drive out these nations ahead of you. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap for you, a whip to your backs, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

God understands how to get there; he knows where they live.

so they will fear you and live life your way as long as they live in the land that you have given to our ancestors.

The Chaldeans captured the king and brought him to Riblah, where the king of Babylon determined his sentence.

Please let your servant return so I can die in my own home town near the grave of my father and mother. Meanwhile, here is your servant Chimham! Let him accompany your majesty the king. Please do for him whatever seems best to you."

So the priest gave him consecrated bread because no bread was there except the Bread of the Presence that had been removed from the LORD's presence and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.

King Ahab of Israel asked King Jehoshaphat of Judah, "Will you join me in attacking Ramoth-gilead?"

When they arrived at the great stone that is in Gibeon, Amasa came out to meet them. Joab was dressed in a soldier's uniform, over which was a belt that fastened a sword sheath to his thigh. As he walked forward, the sword was exposed.

"Long ago your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah, father of both Abraham and Nahor, where they served other gods. Then I took your ancestor Abraham from the other side of the Euphrates River and led him through the entire land of Canaan. I multiplied his descendants, and gave him his son Isaac.

Later, when it was time for Tamar to give birth, she was carrying twins in her womb!

I made you increase like sprouting grain in the field. As a result, you multiplied greatly. Eventually, you reached the age when young women start wearing jewelry. Your breasts were formed, your hair had grown, but you were still bare and naked."'"

Moses allotted no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The LORD God of Israel is their inheritance, as he promised them.

Agrippa told Festus, "I would like to hear the man." "Tomorrow," he said, "you will hear him."

"Then the LORD told me, "See, I've begun to deliver Sihon and his territory over to you. Prepare to take possession of his land.'

Laban responded, "You certainly are my flesh and blood!" So Jacob stayed with him for about a month.

All the Israelis did this. They did exactly as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron.

"Now suppose that person produces a son who's violent, a murderer, and practices any of these things,

The Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah on the plains of Jericho. When they seized him they brought him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed judgment on him.

Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

Now where is your king? Will he save you in all your cities? And where are your judges, about whom you demanded, "Give me a king and officials!'?

A bad tooth and an unsteady foot that's what confidence in an unreliable man is like in a time of trouble.

for strong is their Redeemer who will take up their case against you.

If they had stood in my council and had delivered my words to my people, then they would have turned them back from their evil way, from their evil deeds."

A thief's accomplice hates himself; though testifying under oath, he reveals nothing.

I thought, experience should speak; abundance of years teaches wisdom.

God's chariots were many thousands. The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.

Indeed, no one who waits on you will be ashamed, but those who offend for no reason will be put to shame.

What the wise have to say disseminates knowledge, but it's not in the heart of fools to do so.

As for the saints that are in the land, they are noble, and all my delight is in them.

But when you set them free, don't send them away empty-handed.

Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the descendants of Levi.

Amaziah gathered Judah together and organized them according to their ancestral households under commanders of thousands and hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin. He then mustered an army from those who were 20 years old and older. He discovered that there were 300,000 elite soldiers qualified for war duty and capable of handling spears and shields.

Hezekiah stopped up the upper outlet of the Gihon springs and diverted them down to the western side of the City of David. He prospered in everything he did.

In Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat also appointed certain descendants of Levi, priests, and family leaders of Israel to render verdicts for the LORD and to decide difficult cases. Their offices were in Jerusalem.

If you listen to everything that I command you to do, and if you live your life my way, and if you do what I consider to be right by observing my statutes and my commandments, just like my servant David did, then I will be with you, I will build an enduring dynasty for you, just like I did for David, and I'll give Israel to you.

Jehu also searched for Ahaziah, had him apprehended while Ahaziah was hiding out in Samaria, and had Ahaziah brought to him. Jehu had Ahaziah executed and buried. It was said of Jehu, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all of his heart." As a result, there was no one left in the household of Ahaziah strong enough to reign in the kingdom.

Then King Asa brought his entire army of Judah to carry away the building stones and the timber that Baasha had been using to surround Ramah, and he used those materials to fortify Geba and Mizpah.

The Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel today. Send me one man and let's fight together."

Nevertheless, they did not change course away from the sins of Jeroboam's household, by which he caused Israel to sin, but continued on that same course, with Asherah poles remaining in place in Samaria.

But three years later, two of Shimei's servants escaped to Maacah's son Achish, the king of Gath.

"Yet there is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."

After Amasa had been removed from the highway, the rest of the army followed Joab in pursuit of Bichri's son Sheba.

So Abimelech and his entire army got up that night and waited in ambush against Shechem in four separate companies.

There is no speech nor are there words their voice is not heard

Abimelech fought against the city all that day, captured the city, killed the people in it, then tore the city to the ground and sowed it with salt.

She also said, "Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse sons? Yet I have given birth to a son in my husband's old age!"

When Moses heard this, he fell on his face.

Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands, for a total of four cities in all.

Moses quickly bowed to the ground and prostrated himself in worship.

Exalt the LORD our God; worship and bow down at his footstool; He is holy!

Therefore he brought up the king of the Chaldeans against them, who executed their young men in the holy Temple, showing no compassion on young man or young virgin, adult men or the aged. God gave them all into the king's control,

This is what the Lord GOD says: "This is to be the territorial border by which you apportion the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel, with Joseph double-portioned.

Moreover your servant is warned by them; and there is great reward in keeping them.

because jealousy incites a strong man's rage, and he will show no mercy when it's time for revenge.

you who are full of commotion, you passionate city, you rollicking town? Your slain weren't killed by the sword, nor are they dead in battle.

The person who is full spurns honey, but to a hungry person even the bitter seems sweet.

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One."

if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans,

sparing his soul from the Pit and his life from violent death.

So that no one entices you with riches, don't let a large ransom turn you astray.

The Descendants of Solomon's Servants: Descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, and Peruda.

After all, isn't my complaint against a human being? If so, why shouldn't I be impatient?

They attacked all the cities that surrounded Gerar, because fear of the LORD had overwhelmed them. The Israelis spoiled all the cities, because there was a lot to plunder in them.

David told God, "Wasn't I the one who ordered the census of the population? Wasn't it I who sinned and acted wickedly? Now as for these sheep, what have they done? LORD God, please let your hand be against me and my ancestral household, but don't let your people be ravaged by plague!"

Saul hurled it, thinking, "I'll pin David to the wall." But David escaped from him twice.

Shaphan the scribe reported to King Josiah, brought up the matter to him, and told him, "Your servants have distributed the money that was found in the Temple by giving it to the workmen who supervise the LORD's Temple."

But Jeroboam had sent an ambush to attack from the rear, so Israel was in front of Judah, with the ambush set in place behind them.

The LORD said, "They'll hand you over." David and his men, about 600 strong, got up and left Keilah. They moved around wherever they could go. Saul was advised that David had escaped from Keilah, so he stopped the campaign.

That way, you will not mingle with those nations that remain among you, nor mention the name of their gods, nor make oaths by them, nor serve them, nor worship them.

He did what the LORD considered to be right, following everything his father Uzziah had done,

He practiced what the LORD considered to be right, but not like his ancestor David did. He acted as his father Joash had done,

Then Saul threw the spear that was beside him to strike Jonathan down. So Jonathan realized that his father was determined to kill David.

Jonathan spoke to his father Saul favorably about David. "The king shouldn't wrong his servant David because he has not wronged you and because what he has done has been very beneficial for you.

The three oldest sons of Jesse followed Saul into battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab, his second son, and Shammah, the third.

The descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh went back to the land of Gilead, leaving the Israelis at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, for their territorial possession that they had inherited in accordance with the command of the LORD given through Moses.

Even if the LORD had banished you to the ends of the heavens, the LORD your God will gather you from there

Then the priests of the descendants of Levi are to step forward, because the LORD your God chose them to serve and pronounce blessings in his name. Every case of dispute and assault is to be subject to their ruling.

There the boundary proceeded west to Aznoth-tabor and then to Hukkok, reaching Zebulun at the south, Asher on the west, and Judah on the east at the Jordan River.

The sixth lottery went to the tribe of Naphtali according to its families.

Their grandchildren may participate in the assembly of the LORD."

all the cities pertaining to King Sihon of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonite territory,

Those that can be redeemed, you are to redeem at the age of one month, based on your estimate for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, that is, for 20 gerahs.

Any earthen vessel into which any of these things fall becomes unclean, along with everything in it. You are to destroy it, along with all its contents."

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, since she had concealed her face.

You are to make atonement for the altar for seven days and consecrate it. It will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy."

Furthermore, you are not to go out past the entrance to the Tent of Meeting until the days of your ordination have been completed, since it will take seven days to ordain you.

and send up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD; it's a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.

I bathed you with water, rinsed your own blood from you, and anointed you with oil.

Then he brought them both close to his father, placing Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right.

My father might touch me and he'll realize that I'm deceiving him. Then, I'll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing."

Benjamin's sons included Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

"This is what the LORD says: "I'm going to restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob and have compassion on his dwellings. A city will be rebuilt on its ruins and a palace will sit on its rightful place.

That very day, Laban removed the male goats that were striped or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted that is, every one that had white on them and all the black lambs and placed them into the care of his sons.

Their father Jacob told them, "You're causing me to lose my children! Joseph is gone. Now Simeon is gone, and you're planning to take Benjamin, too. Everything's going against me!"

They discussed this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

I do not want to visit with you now just in passing, because I hope to spend a longer time with you if the Lord permits.

They will bring all yes, all! of your kindred from all the nations to my holy mountain Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD on horses, in chariots, in wagons, and on mules yes, even on mules! and on camels," says the LORD, "just as the Israelis bring a grain offering in a clean vessel to the LORD's house.

Do you see a man who speaks hastily? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

But the LORD is my stronghold, and my God, the rock, is my refuge.

"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,

"I call to my servant, but he doesn't respond, even though I beg to him earnestly.

The lion, mighty among the beasts, retreats before nothing.

There is no flaw in his body's armor; it is firmly fixed on him and unbreachable.

May their camp become desolate and their tents remain unoccupied.

David reached his hand into the bag, took out a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sunk into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.

After all of this happened, the LORD struck him in his bowels with an incurable illness.

"So be very diligent to love the LORD your God,

who had been fathered by Ethan, who had been fathered by Zimmah, who had been fathered by Shimei,

Eventually they proceeded to Beer-sheba in the Judean Negev. After they had traveled throughout the entire land, they returned to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and 20 days.

You are not to gather what grows from the spilled kernels of your crops. You are not to pick the grapes of your untrimmed vines. Let it be a year of Sabbath for the land.

Now the rest of Jehoshaphat's accomplishments, the power that he demonstrated, and how he waged war are written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?

"So now, return and obey the LORD your God and observe all his commands that I'm giving you today,

"We were tying sheaves together out in the middle of the fields, when all of a sudden, my sheaf stood up erect! And then your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf!"

Joshua called together all Israel, including their leaders, officials, judges, and tribal officers. He told them, "I am old now after having lived many years.

then let your elders and judges go out and measure the distance from the dead body to the neighboring cities.

You are to redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a sheep, and if you don't redeem it, you are to break its neck. You are to redeem every firstborn of your sons, and no one is to appear before me empty-handed.

a beka a head (a beka is half a shekel, according to the standard used in the sanctuary) for everyone who went through the registration process from 20 years old and older. The total numbered 603,550 bekas.

Then Moses asked Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you brought such great sin upon them?"

From there they traveled to the Well of Beer, where the LORD had instructed Moses, "Gather the people together and I'll give you water."

Anyone who eats it will bear the punishment of his sin, since he will have defiled himself regarding the LORD's holy things. That person is to be eliminated from contact with his people."

When he had laid his hands on them, he went on from there.

They will live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob and on which your ancestors lived. They will live in that land, along with their children and grandchildren, forever. David my servant will be their everlasting leader.

""Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "Because you've spoken falsehood and deceptions, I am therefore opposing you," declares the Lord GOD.

but Jacob set out for Succoth, built a house there, and constructed some cattle shelters. He named the place Succoth.

I'll punish Bel in Babylon, and I'll make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth. The nations will no longer stream to him. Even the wall of Babylon will fall.

you say, "I'm innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.'" "I'm about to bring charges against you because you say, "I haven't sinned.'

Furthermore, I'll add fifteen years to your life. I'll deliver you and this city from domination by the king of Assyria, and I'll defend this city for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."'"

A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking."

and they attacked Judah, invading it and carried off everything he owned in his royal palace, along with all of his sons and wives except for his youngest son Jehoahaz.

After this, the king commanded all of the people, "Celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, just as it's prescribed in this Book of the Covenant."

So David changed his behavior before them and acted like he was crazy in their presence. He scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down his beard.

Remember to magnify his awesome activities, about which mortal man has sung.

and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, and with knowledge of all kinds of work,

and asked him, "Why has your majesty the king come to his servant?" David replied, "To purchase your threshing floor and to build an altar to the LORD, so the pestilence can be averted from the people."

Then he ignited the torches, set the foxes loose into the Philistines' unharvested grain, and burned up both the harvested shocks and the standing grain, along with their vineyards and olive groves.

because he completely adopted his father's lifestyle, serving the same idols his father had served and worshipped.

You must reserve three cities within the land that the LORD your God is about to give you to possess.

The Philistine leaders were passing in review among the military units, and David and his men were among them in the rear with Achish.

David was the youngest, while the three oldest had followed Saul.

Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

Both of you acted unfaithfully against me among the Israelis at Meribah-kadesh in the desert of Zin, when you failed to uphold my holiness among the Israelis.

If, while she had been living in her late or former husband's house, she makes a vow or a promise that binds her with an oath,

Joseph stored up so much grain like sand on the seashore in so much abundance! that he stopped keeping records because it was proving to be impossible to measure how much they were gathering.

So they took Joseph's coat, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.

These families of Manasseh numbered 52,700.

So they decided to use the money to buy the Potter's Field as a burial ground for foreigners.

Then the man asked him, "What's your name?" "Jacob," he responded

"That's why I'm going to attack them with pestilence and disinherit them. Instead, I'll make you a great nation even mightier than they are!"

As a result, Moab greatly feared the people, because they were so numerous. Because a sense of impending doom was afflicting the Moabites as they faced the Israelis,

Those who were hired at five o'clock came, and each received a denarius.

However, we will have to run aground on some island."

We are glad when we are weak and you are strong. That is what we are praying for your maturity.

But they said, "We won't drink wine, because our ancestor, Rechab's son Jonadab commanded us: "You and your descendants are never to drink wine!

loans with usury, and exacts interest; will he live? He certainly will not! He has done all these detestable practices. He will certainly die, and his guilt will be his own fault."

After this, Abraham returned to his servants and they set out together for Beer-sheba, where Abraham settled.

We stopped at Syracuse and stayed there for three days.

because they plan violence, and they are always talking about trouble.

The LORD continuously does what is right, executing justice for all who are being oppressed.

"Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is fighting against us. Perhaps the LORD will do some of his miraculous acts for us, and Nebuchadnezzar will depart from us."

Seldom set foot in your neighbor's home; otherwise, he'll grow weary and hate you.

A Commander-in-Chief who is a cruel oppressor lacks understanding, but whoever hates unjust gain will live longer.

People will buy fields for money, sign deeds, seal them, and call witnesses in the land of Benjamin, in the areas around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah, the towns of the hill country, the towns of the Shephelah, and the towns of the Negev, for I'll restore their fortunes,' declares the LORD."

There is an abundance of gold and precious stones, but lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

They reap fodder in the field and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

I spoke once, but I can't answer; I tried a second time, but I won't do so anymore."

No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor.

The next day, they offered sacrifices and burnt offerings to the LORD amounting to 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, along with their libations. Sacrifices were abundant throughout all Israel,

David thought, "My son Solomon is young and inexperienced. The temple that will be built for the LORD is to be magnificent, well known, and internationally honored, so I will complete preparations for it." So before his death, David finished providing a great quantity of materials for it.

"Would he use his great power to fight me? No, he'll pay attention to me.

However, the king's daughter Jehoshabeath took Ahaziah's son Joash away from the king's children who were about to be assassinated and hid him and his nurse in a bedroom. That's how King Jehoram's daughter Jehoshabeath, who was also the priest Jehoiada's wife and Ahaziah's sister, hid him from Athaliah. As a result, she was not able to kill him.

Jehoiada also placed the offices of the LORD's Temple under the authority of the Levitical priests whom David had assigned over the LORD's Temple, just as is required by the Law of Moses, to offer the LORD's burnt offerings with joy and singing, just as David had ordered.

Zeruiah's son Abishai killed 18,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley.

he ordered, "Throw her down!"

I'll set my face against you so that you'll be defeated before your enemies. Those who hate you will have dominion over you and you'll keep fleeing even when no one is pursuing you.

He practiced what the Lord considered to be evil by living life like his father and mother did. He lived like Nebat's son Jeroboam, who led Israel into sin.

"Let the officials also speak to the army, "Is there a man here who is afraid and faint-hearted? Let him go back home. Otherwise, he may demoralize his fellow soldier.'

because this is what you asked from the LORD your God at Horeb when you were assembled together: "Don't let us hear the voice of the LORD our God again, or even see this great fire otherwise, we will die.'

Then he took the bronze altar that stood in the LORD's presence from in front of the Temple, moved it to the north side of his altar,

Then the army told Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who brought about this great deliverance in Israel? As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head will fall to the ground, because today he did this with God's help."

Rebekah gave these instructions to her son Jacob: "Quick! Pay attention!" she said. "I heard your father talking to your brother Esau. He told him,

You only have to allocate the land as an inheritance, just as I commanded you."

But Sarah denied it. "I didn't laugh," she claimed, because she was afraid. The LORD replied, "No! You did laugh!"

It's better to live in a corner on the roof than in a house with a contentious woman.

After concluding this set of instructions to his sons, Jacob tucked his feet up into bed, quit breathing, and was gathered to his ancestors.

That's how Israel blessed these twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father told them when he pronounced his blessing for them, blessing each one with a blessing suitable for them.

So Isaac lived in Gerar.

Therefore, order the tomb to be secured until the third day, or his disciples may go and steal him and then tell the people, "He has been raised from the dead.' Then the last deception would be worse than the first one."

But I will sing of your power and in the morning I will shout for joy about your gracious love. For you have been a fortress for me; and a refuge when I am distressed.

For it is not an enemy who insults me I could have handled that nor is it someone who hates me and who now arises against me I could have hidden myself from him

And what about me? Where will I go to escape this disgrace? And as for you, you'll be known as one of Israel's greatest fools! So please talk to the king, because he won't withhold me from you!"

The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.

Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they came into the city and reported everything, especially what had happened to the demon-possessed men.

May we shout for joy at your deliverance and unfurl our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.

""Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary stone.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'

but it will clap its hands over him, hissing at him as it lunges toward him."

As a result, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him in bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Also, the altar broke apart and the ashes that were on it spilled out from the altar, providing just the proof that the man of God had predicted in his message from the LORD!

For the Aramean king had left only 50 cavalry, ten chariots, and 10,000 soldiers out of the army belonging to Jehoahaz, because the king of Aram had destroyed the others, making them like chaff left over after threshing.

Jehoshaphat stood among the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the LORD's Temple in the vicinity of the new court

David realized that the LORD was affirming him as king over Israel, and that his government was being exalted in order to benefit his people Israel.

The king had them cast in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan in the Jordan plain.

"Take from among yourselves an offering for the LORD. Everyone whose heart is willing is to bring as an offering for the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;

When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner,

You may also buy from resident aliens who live among you and their families who are with you, whom they fathered in your land. They may become your property.

Later on, Abimelech went to Thebez, set up a siege encampment there, and captured it.

Meanwhile, the Israelis had run away back to their own homes. Throughout the tribes of Israel, everyone was quarreling with one another: "The king delivered us from the domination of our enemies"." "He's the one who rescued us from Philistine control"." "Now he's fleeing the country because of Absalom"!"

Indeed, I hear many people whispering, "Terror on every side. Denounce him, let's denounce him!" All my close friends watch my steps and say, "Perhaps he will be deceived, and we can prevail against him and take vengeance on him."

The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be polluted like Topheth, as will be all the houses on whose roofs people burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out liquid offerings to other gods."'"

So accompanied by Balaam and Balak's officials, Balak traveled to Kiriath-huzoth,

Just then, Israel saw Joseph's sons and asked, "Who are these?"

Israel remained in Egypt's Goshen territory, acquired land there, became prosperous, and his descendants grew very numerous.

"Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in my anger I struck you down, in my favor I have shown you mercy.

This is the message that the LORD has spoken in opposition to him: ""The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem she tosses her head behind you as you flee.

One will say, "I belong to the LORD,' and another will call himself by the name of Jacob; still another will have written on his hand, "the LORD's,' and will adopt the name of Israel."

But this is what the LORD says: "He will seize even the warriors' plunder, and the captives of tyrants will be rescued. I myself will quarrel with those who have a quarrel with you, and I myself will save your children.

Whatever he does is reliable and just, and all his precepts are trustworthy,

to whom I've given the Arabah for a home; the salt plain for his dwelling place?

They will not look upon the altars, the products that their own fingers have made, and they will have no regard for Asherah poles or incense altars.

But this message from the LORD came to me, telling me

"I won't be silent concerning his limbs, his mighty strength, and orderly frame.

summon the man or the woman who did this evil thing to your city gates. Then stone the man or the woman to death.

God listened to Manoah's request, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting out in the pasture. But her husband Manoah wasn't with her,

"Anyone whom the one with the discharge touches without rinsing his hands with water is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

Then she said, "Your majesty, please remember the LORD your God, so that blood avengers don't do any more damage! Otherwise, they'll destroy my son!" So he promised, "As the LORD lives, not even a single hair from your son's head will fall to the ground!"

Finally, the LORD will bring you back to Egypt by ship, a place that I said you'd never see again. There you'll try to sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you."

So they did, and her blood splashed against the wall and on the horses, while Jehu trampled her underfoot. Later on, after he had come in to eat and drink, he ordered, "Go and see to this cursed woman, and bury her, because she was a king's daughter."

So Moses sent for Eliab's sons Dathan and Abiram, but they responded, "We're not coming.

So Moses carved out two stone tablets like the first ones, got up early in the morning, and climbed Mount Sinai, just as the LORD had commanded him. He took with him the two stone tablets.

Is it such an insignificant thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelis to draw you to himself, appointing you to do the work of the tent of the LORD and to stand before the community to minister to them?

So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, and from there to the top of Mount Pisgah, where he built seven altars and then offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

If he has selected her for his son, he is to treat her according to the ordinance for daughters.

He is not to marry a widow or one who has been divorced, has been defiled, or has been a prostitute. Instead, he is to take a virgin from among his people as his wife.

from Joseph's tribe of Manasseh, Susi's son Gaddi;

Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the LORD during the reign of Josiah's son Jehoiakim, king of Judah:

Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth?

"Now as for you, Son of Man, prophesy to Israel's mountains and tell them, "Listen to this message from the LORD, you mountains of Israel:

The cities of Oraru will be deserted they will be devoted to herds that will lay at rest, and terrorism will be no more.

One will say of me, "Only in the LORD are victories and might.' All who raged against him will come to him and will be put to shame.

Three things are stately in procession, four which are stately in their gait:

Elihu waited to have a word with Job, since the others were older than he,

refined gold for the altar of incense, by weight, along with his plans for crafting the golden chariot for the cherubim that spread out their wings to cover the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD.

so the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and asked him, "Why haven't you required the descendants of Levi to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the LORD's servant, and the assembly of Israel for the Tent of Testimony?"

Behold! Their prosperity isn't in their control! The counsel of the wicked will remain far from me."

Lod, and Ono's Craftsmen Valley,

As a result, David would not take the ark into the City of David for it to be in his care. Instead, he took it to the home of Obed-edom the Gittite.

Moses made a promise to me on that day when he said, "The land that you covered on foot will certainly be your inheritance. It will belong to your descendants forever, because you have fully followed the LORD my God.'

He brought me to a wide open area, rescuing me because he was pleased with me!

Samuel said, "Then what is this bleating of sheep in my ears and the lowing of cattle that I hear?"

The entire community consented, because doing so pleased all the people.

The king sent for Ahitub's son Ahimelech the priest and for all his father's family who were priests at Nob. All of them came to the king.

they are to drive out all the inhabitants of the land and destroy all their idols and their molten images. You are to demolish all their high places,

except Jephunneh's son Caleb, the Kenizzite, and Nun's son Joshua. They've wholeheartedly followed the LORD.'

""Meanwhile, as for me, I'll remember my covenant with you from when you were young, because I'll establish an eternal covenant with you.

Saul's wife was Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz, while the commander of his army was Saul's uncle Ner's son Abner.

Whenever the ark was being readied to rest, he would say: "Return, LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel."

If anyone says anything to you, tell him, "The Lord needs them,' and that person will send them at once."

So the Israelis did not wear their ornaments from Mount Horeb onward.

She quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and told me, "Have a drink while I also water your camels.' So I drank, and she also gave my camels water to drink.

This is what the LORD says to these people: "Yes, they do love to wander, and they haven't restrained their feet. So the LORD won't accept them now. He will remember their iniquity and punish their sin."

Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

You kept on bringing in foreigners, those who were uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to profane my sanctuary by being inside my Temple, and by doing so you've emptied my covenant, all the while offering my food the fat and the blood in addition to all of the other loathsome things you've done.

The Regent Prince is to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings at the festivals, on the New Moons and Sabbaths, and at all of the prescribed festivals of the house of Israel. He is to provide the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings in order to make atonement for the house of Israel."

"This is what the LORD says: "If you could break my covenant with the day and night so that day and night wouldn't occur at the proper time,

This message came to me from the LORD:

How they rebelled against him in the desert, grieving him in the wilderness!

Also, when I reach old age and have gray hair, God, do not forsake me, until I have declared your power to this generation and your might to the next one.

"Why is your clothing red, and your garments like those worn by the ones who tread in the winepress?

Then send messengers to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon through the envoys who come to Jerusalem to king Zedekiah of Judah.

Kings take pleasure in righteous speech; they treasure a person who speaks what is upright.

I've revealed and saved and proclaimed, when there was no foreign god among you and you are my witnesses," declares the LORD.

Absalom would respond, "Look, your claims are valid and defensible, but nobody will listen to you on behalf of the king.

So the Three elite warriors broke through the Philistine ranks, drew some water from the Bethlehem well that was next to the city gate, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out in the LORD's presence,

A rebellious person seeks evil; a cruel emissary will be sent to oppose him.

Flames blaze from his mouth; streams of sparking fire fly out.

For the Israelis and the descendants of Levi will bring the grain offering, the wine, and the oil into the chambers where the vessels of the sanctuary are, along with the ministering priests, the porters, and the singers. We will not neglect the Temple of our God."

It whirls about in circles at his direction to accomplish all that he commands throughout the surface of the entire world,

blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen and goat hair;

The Aramean army attacked with only a small force, but the LORD delivered a much larger army into their control because Judah had abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors. And so the Aramean army carried out God's judgment on Joash.

and the tribe of Judah assembled together to seek the LORD. People came from all of the cities of Judah to seek the LORD.

then hear from heaven where you reside, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the people of the earth may know your name, fear you as do your people Israel, and so they may know that this Temple that I have built is called by your name.

"When you have crossed the Jordan River, set up these stones about which I'm commanding you today on Mount Ebal, and coat them with plaster.

It is to be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway to the Tent of Meeting in the LORD's presence, where I'll meet with you to speak to you there.

Achish said, "Where did you raid today?"

He brought you near, along with all of your relatives, the descendants of Levi. Are you also seeking the priesthood?

Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuach, Enam,

and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he is to offer it as a continual incense offering in the LORD's presence throughout your generations.