Balak flew into a rage and he started hitting his fists together. "I called you to curse my enemies," he yelled at Balaam. "But look here! You've blessed them three times!

"Naphtali is a free running deer who produces eloquent literature."

While he was still talking with them, Rachel arrived with her father's sheep, since she was a shepherdess.

Zibeon's children were Aiah and Anah. Anah discovered the hot springs in the wilderness while grazing his father Zibeon's donkeys.

I'm going to turn you around, drag you along to your destruction, and bring you up from the farthest parts of the north, and carry you to the mountains of Israel.

"If I tell the wicked person that he will certainly die, if he turns from his sin and acts with justice and righteousness,

""I, the LORD have spoken. It will happen, because I'm going to do it. I won't hold back, have compassion, or change my mind. They'll judge you according to your ways and deeds,' declares the Lord GOD."

Hide your countenance from my sins and erase the record of my iniquities.

because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.

then you will take delight in the LORD, and he will make you ride upon the heights of the earth; and he will make you feast on the inheritance of your ancestor Jacob, your father. "Yes! The mouth of the LORD has spoken."

This is the message from the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

All the leaders of the forces who were in the field along with their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Ahikam's son Gedaliah over the men, women, children, and the poor of the land who had not been taken into exile in Babylon.

Scornful men enflame a city, but the wise defuse anger.

The letter was sent by Shaphan's son Elasah and by Hilkiah's son Gemariah, whom King Zedekiah of Judah sent to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in Babylon, and it said,

My eyes look to the LORD continuously, because he's the one who releases my feet from the trap.

I will continue to believe, even when I say, "I am greatly afflicted"

The workmen did their duties faithfully with these foremen supervising them: Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Levi who were Merari's sons, Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath, and various descendants of Levi, who were skilled musicians.

When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.

Even though a large crowd of people from as far away as Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not completed consecrating themselves, they still ate the Passover in a manner not proscribed by the Law, because Hezekiah had prayed like this for them: "May the good LORD extend a pardon on behalf of

My eyes have grown weak from grief; and my whole body is as thin as a shadow.

because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged.

"Pay attention to me, you descendants of Levi! Consecrate yourselves and the Temple of the LORD God of your ancestors by taking out from the Holy Place whatever is unclean. Our ancestors have been unfaithful. They practiced what the LORD considers to be evil, abandoned him, turned their faces away from the place where the LORD resides, and turned their backs to him.

He practiced what the LORD considered to be right, following the example set by his father Amaziah's accomplishments.

Then he gathered together all of Judah, Benjamin, and people from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living among them, since many people had defected to him from Israel when they learned that the LORD his God was with him.

Obed-edom and 68 of his relatives remained also, with Jeduthun's son Obed-edom and Hosah serving as trustees.

He constructed the inner court with three rows of precut stone and a row of cedar beams.

Just then the earth shook and trembled! The foundations of heaven reeled and quaked because the LORD was angry.

May the LORD do this to the enemies of David and more also if by the morning I've left alive a single male of all those who belong to him."

David told Saul, "Who am I and what is my life or my father's family in Israel that I should be the king's son-in-law?"

Jonathan fathered Merib-baal and Merib-baal fathered Micah.

He did what the LORD considered to be evil, just as his ancestors had done. He never abandoned the sins of Nebat's son Jeroboam, who caused Israel to sin.

But the soldier replied to Joab, "I wouldn't have touched the king's son even if you dropped 1,000 pieces of silver right into my hands, because we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, "Watch how you treat the young man Absalom!'

When Saul sent the messengers to take David, Michal said, "He's sick."

From there the boundary proceeded to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Ben-hinnom Valley at the northern end of the Rephaim Valley, where it proceeded down the Hinnom Valley south of the slope of the Jebusites toward En-rogel.

Then build an altar there to the LORD your God, an altar of stones that hasn't been worked with iron tools.

the Israelis did not drive out the descendants of Geshur or the descendants of Maacath Geshur and Maacath live within the territory of Israel to this day.

The clean person is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and seventh day and then he is to purify himself on the seventh day, wash his clothes, and bathe with water. He is to be considered clean at evening.

The raised offering and wave offerings presented by the Israelis are yours, too. I've given them to you, to your sons, and to your daughters as a prescribed apportionment forever. Everyone who is clean in your household may eat it.

Then all Israel will hear about it, be afraid, and won't do this evil thing again among you.

You are to make five pillars of acacia for the screens and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you are to cast five bronze sockets for them."

They traveled from Rissah, then rested in Kehelathah.

Depending on the lot, the portion of their inheritance is to be divided between those with more members and those with fewer members."

If their carcass falls on a seed, which is for sowing, what is to be sown is clean.

Afterwards, his brother came out, and around his hand was the scarlet. So they named him Zerah.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your tongue mutters wickedness.

The conquerors captured all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, including their entire food supply, and then left.

If this is reported to the governor, we'll personally persuade him to keep you out of trouble."

I'll give over the men who transgressed my covenant, who haven't fulfilled the terms of the covenant that they made before me when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts

If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you'll be free from this oath to me. Just don't take my son back there!"

and said goodbye to each other. Then we reboarded the ship, and they went back home.

Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.

A message came to me from the LORD and it went like this:

So in my anger I declared an oath: "They are not to enter my place of rest."

Why do you go about changing your mind so much? You will also be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were disappointed by Assyria.

For the LORD's power will rest on this mountain, but the Moabites will be trodden down beneath him, just as straw is trodden down in the slime of a manure pit.

saying to captives, "Come out!' and to those who are in darkness, "Be free!' "They will feed on all the mountains, and their pasture will be on all the barren hills.

From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise: "Glory to the Righteous One!' "But I say, "I am pining away, I'm pining away. How terrible things are for me! For treacherous people betray treacherous people are betraying with treachery!'"

Therefore my insides moan like a lyre for Moab, and my innermost being for Kir-hareseth.

but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house.

An archer who shoots at anyone is like someone who hires a fool or anyone who passes by.

He will announce to me "You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

I will sing to the LORD, for he has dealt bountifully with me. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

His soul is getting close to the Pit; his life is approaching its executioner."

so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally and without premeditation may run there and be protected from closely related avengers.

"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, "I'm more righteous than God?'

David told Abishai, "Don't destroy him. Who can raise his hand to strike the LORD's anointed and remain innocent?

Will he acquit you just because you fear him, and render a verdict on your behalf?

"So now you think you'll be able to withstand the LORD's kingdom as controlled by David's descendants, just because you have a large crown and have brought with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah,

"Go tell David, "This is what the LORD says: "I'm holding three choices out for you: pick one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you."'"

You'll plant a vineyard, but you won't drink wine or harvest any grapes because worms will consume it.

And I will not make Israel's feet to wander anymore from the land that I have given to their ancestors, if they will only be careful to do everything that I have commanded them according to the entire Law that my servant Moses commanded them."

Now Ahithophel's advice that he provided at that time was being compared to one who inquired of God, so highly regarded was Ahithophel's counsel by both David and Absalom.

"Quick! Get word to David! Tell him not to spend the night at the crossings that lead to the desert. Instead, he must cross the Jordan River immediately. That way, if he crosses the river, the king and his entourage will survive."

If your father actually notices that I'm not there, then you are to say, "David urgently requested that I allow him to run to his hometown of Bethlehem because the yearly sacrifice for the entire family was taking place there.'

Meanwhile, Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Laish's son Palti from Gallim.

Also included were the fortress towns of Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,

The LORD was king of Jeshurun when the leaders of the people all the tribes of Israel gathered together."

About Zebulun he said: "Zebulun, rejoice as you go out and Issachar, in being inside your tents.

Moses told his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to seek God's will.

You are to anoint them just as you anointed their father so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing is to qualify them to belong to a perpetual priesthood from generation to generation."

The descendants of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram were removed from the community because they joined the rebellion against Moses and Aaron, as did Korah's company when they rebelled against the LORD.

Therefore the man Jacob prospered so much that he had large flocks, female and male servants, as well as camels and donkeys.

The families of Mahli and Mushi were descendants of Merari. As families of Merari,

Those in his division number 62,700.

Surely this perfume could've been sold for a high price and the money given to the destitute."

if he doesn't oppress anyone, but instead returns the debtor's security for his debt, if he doesn't rob anyone, but instead shares his food with the hungry and gives clothes to those who are naked,

Meanwhile, Joseph continued to be ruler over the land, in charge of selling to everyone in the land. Joseph's brothers appeared and bowed down to him, face down.

Give me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him, at the end of his field. He should sell it to me in your presence at full price for a burial site."

Also included were Gad's sons Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli;

They set out to go down to Egypt, without asking my advice; taking refuge in Pharaoh's protection, and seeking shelter in Egypt's shadow.

For I was envious of the proud when I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

He'll extend his power over other countries, and even the land of Egypt won't escape.

If you return to the LORD, your relatives and children will receive compassion from those who took them away captive, and they'll return to this land, because the LORD is both gracious and compassionate he will not turn away from you if you return to him."

Look! Here come riders, each man with a pair of horses!" They're shouting out the answer: "Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and they have shattered all the images of her gods on the ground!

I am delighted with your statutes; I will not forget your word. Gimmel

This is the message from the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh conquered Gaza.

The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard; it sways like a hut; its transgression lies so heavy upon it, that it falls, never to rise again.

Whoever misleads the upright along an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

he went down to the palace, to the scribe's office, where all the officials were sitting. Elishama the scribe, Shemaiah's son Delaiah, Achbor's son Elnathan, Shaphan's son Gemariah, Hananiah's son Zedekiah, and all the other officials were there.

Be my sheltering refuge where I may go continuously; command my deliverance for you are my rock and fortress.

I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else?

And so, our God, we are giving you thanks, and we are praising your wonderful name!

Within three more days, Pharaoh will behead you and hang you on gallows, where birds will eat your flesh from you."

God, come to my rescue. LORD, hurry to help me.

King Joash of Israel captured Joash's son King Amaziah of Judah, the grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh and brought him back to Jerusalem, where he broke down 400 cubits of the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

"They listened and waited for me, as they remained in silence for my counsel.

Because you didn't carry it from the very first, the LORD our God attacked us, since we didn't care for it appropriately."

If she goes out from his house, becomes the wife of another man,

Then he told all Israel, "You will be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side." The people told Saul, "Do what seems good to you."

Then they approached him and said, "Here's where we're going to build corrals for our cattle and cities for our families,

Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled people to whom the LORD had given ability, including everyone whose hearts stirred them to come forward to do the work.

"When you offer a peace offering to the LORD, you are to offer it for your acceptance.

so go find your weapons, take your bow and arrows, go outside, and hunt some game for me.

if he doesn't eat at mountain shrines, and doesn't look to the idols that have been erected in Israel's house, if he doesn't defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman during her time of menstrual separation,

Asher's sons Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons Heber and Malchiel were also included.

They won't build for others to inhabit; they won't plant for others to eat for like the lifetime of a tree, so will the lifetime of my people be, and my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.

Also, they are not to shave their heads nor let their hair grow long. Instead, they are certainly to trim the hair on their heads.

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to cry out loud.

He owned so many sheep, cattle, and servants that the Philistines eventually became envious of him.

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Interlude

So then the man who marries the virgin acts appropriately, but the man who refrains from marriage does even better.

The rich man may be wise in his own opinion; but a discerning, poor man sees through him.

He made the earth by his power. He established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised; he is awesome above all gods.

and they opposed King Uzziah. "Uzziah, it's not for you to burn incense to the LORD," they told him, "but for the priests to do, Aaron's descendants who are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary now, because you have been unfaithful and won't receive any honor from the LORD God."

You return people to dust merely by saying, "Return, you mortals!"

Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will work your land and dress your vines.

LORD, you brought me from death; you kept me alive so that I did not descend into the Pit.

A composition by King Hezekiah of Judah, following his illness and recovery:

"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"

The mouth of the righteous one produces wisdom; his tongue speaks justice.

because God didn't grant her wisdom and never gave her understanding.

Who is the King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle.

LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep your purposes and thoughts constantly in the hearts of your people and direct their hearts toward you,

"Observe the heavens! Take a look around! Look! The clouds are higher than you, aren't they?

So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians right in front of Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians ran away.

because the Israelis are my servants. They're my servants, since I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God."

The king said, "Ahimelech, you will surely die, you and all your father's family!"

Hilkiah his second, Tebaliah his third, and Zechariah his fourth, with a total of 13 sons and brothers of Hosah.

"Dogs will eat Jezebel's flesh on the property of Jezreel, and her corpse will lie like dung on the surface of the field on the property in Jezreel, but no one will say, "This is Jezebel."'"

and anything into which their carcass falls becomes unclean. An oven or stove is to be broken in pieces. They're unclean and therefore unclean for you.

Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until David began to reign.

On the third day they threw the ship's equipment overboard with their own hands.

"When a man gives a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to his neighbor for safe keeping, and it dies or is injured or is driven away when no one is looking,

After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.

"To the south, there remains to be conquered all the territory held by the Canaanites, Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorites,

"What are you doing to me?" Balak asked Balaam. "I brought you to curse my enemies, not pronounce a blessing!"

"You are not to offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, nor are you to allow the sacrifice of the Festival of Passover to remain until morning.

Deliver me from my brother Esau's control, because I'm terrified of him, and I'm afraid that he's coming to attack me, the mothers, and their children.

When the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word throughout that region and brought him everyone who was sick.

"You are to say, "Hear this message from the LORD, you kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem!

"From the thirteenth year of the reign of Ammon's son Josiah, the king of Judah, until the present time, for 23 years this message from the LORD has come to me, and I've spoken to you again and again, but you haven't listened.

For just as the belt clings tightly to a person's waist, so I've made all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah cling tightly to me,' declares the LORD. "I did this so that they would be my people, name, praise, and glory. But they wouldn't listen.'

Those who came to Gedaliah at Mizpah included Nethaniah's son Ishmael, Jonathan, Kareah's son Jonathan, Tanhumeth's son Seraiah, Ephai's sons from Netophah; and Jezaniah, the son of a man from Maacah. They came along with their men.

but they'll say, "As surely as the LORD lives who brought the descendants of the Israelis from the land of the north and from all the lands where I had driven them and brought them into the land.' Then they'll live in their own land."

The ground is cracked, because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers are disappointed, and they cover their heads in shame.

Will he try to make a deal with you, so that you may take him in servitude forever?

Let them approach and ask us, "What will happen? As to the former things, what were they? Tell us, so that we may consider them and know. Or the latter things or the things to come let us hear.

The lotus trees cover him with their shade, and willows that line the wadis surround him.

At that time, men will look upon their Maker, and their eyes will honor the Holy One of Israel.

Purge the dross from the silver, and material for a vessel comes forth for the silversmith.

The singers, as descendants of Asaph, remained at their stations as David, Asaph, Heman, and the king's seer Jeduthun required, and the gatekeepers did not have to leave their posts because their descendant of Levi relatives prepared the Passover for them.

then take a look at this wool fleece that I'm placing on the threshing floor. If dew appears only on the fleece and it's dry on the ground all around it then I'll know that you'll deliver Israel by my efforts like you've said."

Will God hear his cry when distress overtakes him?

As a group, deep darkness is their morning time; fear that lives in darkness is their friend."

Later the Philistines invaded the Rephaim Valley again.

along with the lamp stands (five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary), all made of pure gold, as well as the flower blossoms, lamps, and tongs of gold,

After this, King Amaziah of Judah sought some advice and then challenged Jehoahaz' son King Joash of Israel, the grandson of Jehu, telling him, "Come out and let's fight each other!"

May it be that the young woman to whom I ask, "Please, lower your jug so that I may drink,' responds, "Have a drink, and I'll water your camels as well.' May she be the one whom you have chosen for your servant Isaac. This is how I'll know that you have shown your gracious love to my master."

Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

Now, show gracious kindness to your servant because you have entered into a sacred covenant with your servant. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself why should you bring me to your father?"

Then Saul told the LORD God of Israel, "Judge us properly." Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the army was cleared.

Jeiel, who fathered Gibeon, lived in the city of Gibeon. His wife was named Maacah.

Will the people of Keilah hand me over to him? Will Saul come down just as your servant has heard? LORD God of Israel, please inform your servant." The LORD said, "He will come down."

Meanwhile, Jotham died, as did his ancestors, and was buried with them in the City of David, his ancestor. Then Jotham's son Ahaz reigned in his place.

If the people avoid dealing with that man when he offers his child to Molech that is, if they fail to execute him

I'm still as strong today as I was the day Moses commissioned me. I'm as strong today as I was then, and I can go out to battle and come back successful.

Every devoted thing in Israel is yours, too.

The nations will also learn that because of Israel's sin the house of Israel went into captivity, since they were unfaithful in their behavior toward me. As a result, I hid my presence from them, turned them over to the control of their enemies, and they died by violence.

The woman who was slain, that is, the Midianite woman, was named Cozbi. She was the daughter of Zur, a leader of one of the ancestral houses of Midian.

"Then I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel. I weighed out the silver for him seventeen shekels of silver.

and may God Almighty cause the man to show compassion toward you. May he send all of you back, including your other brother and Benjamin. Now as for me, if I lose my children, I lose them."

Her parents were amazed, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.

Then Leah said, "God has given me a good gift. This time my husband will exalt me, because I've borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.

But they'll say, "It's useless! We will follow our plans and each of us will pursue his own evil desires.'

Therefore I, too, will choose harsh treatment for them, and will bring upon them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they didn't listen; but they did what I consider to be evil, and chose what doesn't please me."

Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll to all the people at the LORD's Temple. He did this from the office of Shaphan's son Gemariah the scribe, in the upper court at the entrance of the New Gate of the LORD's Temple.

This message came to me from the LORD:

while the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah that were left, namely Lachish and Azekah. (They were the only fortified cities that remained among the cities of Judah.)

For I won't accuse forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the human spirit would grow faint before me even the souls that I have created.

A sound it's the cry of the shepherds and the scream of the leaders of the flock because the LORD is destroying their pastures.

Rocks are heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation outweighs them both.

LORD, they came to you in distress; they poured out their secret prayer when your chastenings were afflicting them.

Don't lie in wait like an outlaw to attack where the righteous live;

"His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified.

Each is attached to the other, grasping each other so they cannot be separated.

Descendants of exiles from the other Elam: 1,254

Now, one of the young men told Nabal's wife Abigail: "Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our lord, but he screamed insults at them.

The righteous will see this and rejoice; the innocent will insult him, saying,

All the other prophets were saying similar things, like "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and you will be successful, because the LORD will hand it over to the king!"

with respect to the descendants of Uzziel, Micah; with respect to the descendants of Micah, Shamir;

then she is to approach her brother-in-law in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and say in response, "May this be done to the man who does not preserve the lineage of his brother.'

with respect to the descendants of Hebron, Jeriah their chief, Amariah their second in rank, Jahaziel their third, and Jekameam their fourth;

But while he was living in Jerusalem, David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.

So Delilah asked Samson, "Please tell me the secret to your great strength and how you may be tied up and tortured."

But Zeruiah's son Abishai came to David's aid, attacked the Philistine, and killed him. After this, David's army told him, "You're not going out anymore with us to battle, so Israel's beacon won't be extinguished!"

All of the men who had accompanied Joab arrived and besieged Sheba in Abel of Beth-maacah. They threw up a siege ramp against the city rampart and began to batter the wall to demolish it.

toward Beth-hoglah, and continuing on the north of Beth-arabah. The border ascended up to the boundary marker set up by Reuben's son Bohan.

But a married man is concerned about things of this world, that is, about how he can please his wife,

And don't stop showing your gracious love to my family forever, not even when the LORD eliminates each of David's enemies from the surface of the earth."

who will go in and out before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in so that the LORD'S community won't be like a flock without a shepherd."

if he doesn't lend with usury or exact interest, but instead refuses to participate in what is unjust, if he administers true justice between people,

"Instruct the Israelis to set aside a portion of their inheritance for the descendants of Levi to live in, along with grazing land surrounding their towns.

"No person is to consecrate the firstborn, because the firstborn of the animals already belongs to the LORD. Whether ox or goat, it belongs to the LORD.

and addressed them, "If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me and make a request of Zohar's son Ephron on my behalf.

Your fame spread throughout the nations because of your beauty. You were perfectly beautiful due to my splendor with which I endowed you," declares the Lord GOD.

Shobal's children were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

Prophesy against the forest of the Negev, "Listen to this message from the LORD. This is what the Lord GOD says: "Look out! I'm about to ignite a fire and set it against you. It will devour every tree whether green or dry that lives in you. This powerful flame will not be extinguishable, and the entire surface from south to north will be scorched by it.

Then Gideon told God, "Don't let yourself be angry with me! I want to ask you once again: please let me make a test with the fleece just once more. Cause it to be dry only on the fleece, but let there be dew all around on the ground."

all the various people; all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod;

Then the Pharisees replied to them, "You haven't been deceived, too, have you?

"Listen to this message from the LORD, king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David you, your officials, and your people who enter these gates.

What I don't see, instruct me! If I've done anything evil, I won't repeat it!'

Like fluttering birds, like an abandoned nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon River.

then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her,

Their children grow up while they're alive, and they live to see their grandchildren.

Asa built fortified cities throughout Judah while the land lay undisturbed, because the LORD had given him peace so that no one went to war against him during those years.

Adiel's son Azmaveth was responsible for the king's treasuries. Uzziah's son Jonathan was in charge of treasuries located in the country, in cities, in villages, and in towers.

The descendants of Joseph replied, "The hill country isn't sufficient for us, but all the Canaanites who live on the plain have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its villages as well as the inhabitants of the Jezreel Valley."

Zeruiah's son Joab began the census, but never completed it. Nevertheless, God became angry with Israel because of this, so the number was never entered into the official records of the Annals of King David.

As 10,000 of Israel's best soldiers came to fight Gibeah, the battle became fierce, but the army of Benjamin didn't know that disaster was close at hand.

Threshing will extend to the time of vintage and the vintage will extend to the time of sowing, so that you'll eat your bread to your satisfaction and live securely in your land.

So the king told the man of God, "Come back to my palace and rest a while. I'd like to give you a reward."

When he had returned the silver to his mother, his mother took 200 of the silver coins and handed them over to a silversmith. He crafted them into a carved image and into a cast image, and they were set up in Micah's house.

For seven days you are to celebrate in the presence of the LORD your God at the place where the LORD will choose; for the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in everything you do, and your joy will be complete.

This is how you will remove the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right in the sight of the LORD."

The LORD had told Moses, "Say to the Israelis, "You are an obstinate people, and if for one moment I went up among you, I would put an end to you. Now take off your ornaments so I may decide what to do with you.'"

against King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Shinar, and King Arioch of Ellasar four kings against five.

The priest who will pronounce him clean is to present the person to be cleansed and these offerings in the LORD's presence at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

And so in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tent was set up.

At that time, they will be stricken with a terrible panic from the LORD. Everyone will attack each other.

"He has given you the glory of Lebanon, and it will come to you, the cypress, and the plane tree, and the pine, to adorn the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your ambassadors far away, you sent them down even to Sheol itself!

"We've heard about Moab's pride so very proud he became! his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence; therefore he is alone.

Tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods! Yes, do something good or something bad, so we may hear and gaze at it together.'"

Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.

"Mighty leaders will address them and those who assist them right out of the middle of Sheol: "They've come down and will lie still, these uncircumcised people who have died violently.'

Don't be a terror to me. You are my refuge in a day of trouble.

However, you cast us off and made us ashamed! You did not even march with our armies!

During this time Hezekiah became critically ill, and he prayed to the LORD. The LORD spoke to him and gave him a sign.

When a king is pleased, there is life, and his favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.

The heavens revealed his justice, for God is himself the judge. Interlude

Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken.

"I'm pure. I'm without sin; I'm innocent. I'm harboring no iniquity inside of me.

Furthermore, what could I have gained from men whose strength is gone?

Later David left the presence of the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD so Asaph and his fellow descendants of Levi could serve the ark there continually each day, doing whatever was required.

as well as for the innocent blood that he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not forgive them.

Uzziah kept a standing army, equipped for battle, garrisoned in divisions according to an organizational structure devised by his royal secretary Jeiel and his officer Maaseiah, who reported to Hananiah, one of the king's commanders.

Now with respect to the descendants of Levi there remained Shubael from the descendants of Amram and Jehdeiah from the descendants of Shubael;

Azmaveth from Baharum, Eliahba from Shaalbon,

that is, places of refuge for the Israelis, the resident alien, and any travelers among them. Anyone who kills a person inadvertently may flee there."

Ahab's son Ahaziah had offered to go. "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships!" he said. But Jehoshaphat was not willing.

Then Jehu died, as did his ancestors, and they buried him in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.

By doing things like this, he persuaded all the men of Judah to unite in support of him. They sent the king this message: "Come on back, you and all of your army!"

When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, "What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning until evening?"

O, that they were wise to understand this and consider their future!

Now, your majesty, whenever you want to come down, come down, and our part will be to hand him over to the king."

The war continued and David went out to fight against the Philistines. He thoroughly defeated them, and they fled before David.

Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Jephunneh the Kenizzite's son Caleb, and it remains so today, because he fully followed the LORD God of Israel.

Then he turned from him toward another person and asked the same thing. The people replied to him the same way as the first one had.

for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah: Zelophehad's daughters married their uncle's sons.

You are to make horns on its four corners. Its corners are to be of one piece with it, and you are to overlay it with bronze.

"Now if you ask, "What will we eat during the seventh year? After all, we may not plant or even gather our produce!'

Nobah captured Kenath and its towns and renamed it Nobah after himself.

So Moses spoke to the Israelis, and each of the tribe leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader, according to their ancestral tribes, for a total of twelve rods. Aaron's rod was one of them.

who went to his father and said, "My father"" "It's me!" he replied. "Which one are you, my son?"

The wheat and the wild grainwere not ruined because they were late crops.)

"since the Lord GOD says, "I'll deal with you according to what you've done, when you despised your oath by breaking the covenant.

Suddenly, Babylon fell down and was shattered. Wail for her! Bring balm for her wound, perhaps she will be healed.

After he had been there awhile, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out through a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

"When you divide the land for an inheritance, you are to present a Terumah to the LORD, a consecrated portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. Everything within this area is to be treated as holy.

A fool's mouth is his unraveling, and his lips entrap himself.

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "See, my servants will eat, but you'll go hungry; my servants will drink, but you'll go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you'll be put to shame.

The door turns on its hinges as does the lazy person on his bed.

where stones are sapphire and gold dust can be found,

All of them look to you to provide them their food at the proper time.

"When you speak all these words to this people, they'll say to you, "Why has the LORD pronounced all this disaster against us? What is our iniquity, and what is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'

When they heard the Law, they separated all those of foreign descent from Israel.

Then he went downstairs, walked around back and forth inside the house once, went back up to his upper chamber, and stretched himself over the child again. The young man sneezed seven times and then opened his eyes.

God prolongs the life of the strong by his power, but they get up in the morning without purpose in life.

In the first month of the first year of his reign he repaired and reopened the doors of the LORD's Temple.

"Now concerning the foreigner who is not from your people Israel, when he comes from a land far away for the sake of your great name, your mighty acts, and your obvious power, when they come and pray in the direction of this Temple,

It was truly by the command of the LORD against Judah that it came, in order to remove them from his sight, because of every sin that Manasseh had committed,

"Watch out! The days are coming when everything that's in your house everything that your ancestors have saved up right to this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,' declares the LORD.

the LORD alone guided him. There was no foreign god with him.

But after Jehoiada had died, officials from Judah came, bowed down to the king, and the king listened to what they had to say.

He did what the LORD considered to be right, just as his father Amaziah had done in everything,

Because you will not have obeyed the LORD your God, very few of you will be left instead of you being as numerous as the stars in the heavens.

So Moses and Aaron addressed the entire congregation of the Israelis: "This evening you will know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt,

He told me, "This river flows toward the eastern territories all the way down into the Arabah, and from there its water flows toward the Dead Sea, where the sea water turns fresh.

He sent messengers to the entire tribe of Manasseh, calling them to follow him, and he also sent word to the tribes of Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, calling them to meet him.

Whenever the more vigorous of the flock came into heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the flock to make them mate by the branches.

"This is what the Lord GOD says, "Enough of you, you regent princes of Israel! Abandon your violence and destruction. Practice what is just and right instead! Stop confiscating property from my people!' declares the Lord GOD.

So I prophesied, just as I had been ordered to do so. Immediately there was a noise and a rattling and then all of a sudden the bones came together by themselves! Each bone came together, all of them attached together!

Then they traveled from Oboth and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is in the vicinity of Moab's eastern border.

"Come with me to another place where you can see them," Balak replied. "You'll only see a portion of them, because you won't be able to see them completely. Come and curse them from there for me."

Jacob reminded Joseph, "God Almighty revealed himself to me at Luz in Canaan and blessed me.

I'll look at them with good intentions, and I'll bring them back to this land. I'll build them up. I won't tear them down; I'll plant them and not rip them up.

"Son of Man, speak to your nation's children and tell them: "If I bring war to a land, and the people of that land appoint one of their conscripted men to serve as a sentinel,

Therefore, speak up and tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says, "Every person from Israel's house who follows his idols and sets the stumbling block that is his own sin in front of his face, and then consults a prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to how many idols he embraces.

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards, in the vineyards people will sing no songs, and no cheers are raised. No vintner treads out wine in the presses, because I've put an end to the shouting.

You'll leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse, and the Lord GOD will put you to death permanently.

"Go up against the land of Merathaim and the inhabitants of Pekod. Kill them with swords, and completely destroy them," declares the LORD, "and do everything that I've commanded you.

This is the message that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to conquer the land of Egypt.

Your word is very pure, and your servant loves it.

But you won't need to force them to be accountable for money already paid to them, since they're faithful."

The conduct of a guilty man is perverse, but the behavior of the pure is upright.

Even the heavens praise your awesome deeds, LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.

Sing songs to God! Sing songs! Sing songs to our King! Sing songs!

Now let your heart be completely devoted to the LORD our God, to live according to his statutes and to keep his commands, as we are doing today."

Please, your majesty, don't pay attention to this worthless man Nabal, for he's just like his name. Nabal is his name and folly is his constant companion. But I, your servant, didn't see your majesty's young men whom you sent.

Saul replied, "When? I saw that the people were scattering from me, that you didn't come at the appointed time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash. I thought, "The Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal but I've not sought the favor of the LORD,' so I forced myself to offer the burnt offering."

So they slaughtered the bulls and the priests sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar, and they also slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

followed the Israeli man inside his tent, and impaled the two of them the Israeli man and the woman right through both of them and into her abdomen. Then the plague infecting the Israelis was brought to a halt. Nevertheless,

buzzard, any kind of kite,

"They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards.

When I think about this, I'm petrified with terror and my body shudders uncontrollably."

Come on! Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites! That way, we won't have laid our hands on him. After all, he's our brother, our own flesh."

A day will come when fishermen will line its banks from En-gedi to En-eglaim there will be plenty of room to spread out nets. There will be all sorts of species of fish, as abundant as the fish that live in the Mediterranean Sea. There will be lots of them!

"Then the priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and place it on the right earlobe of the person to be cleansed, on his right thumb, and on his right great toe.

Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber, your need like an armed bandit.

They traveled from Etham but turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is outside of Baal-zephon.

Each Israeli man and woman whose heart was prompted brought something as a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD had commanded them to do through Moses.

Jethro said, "Blessed be the LORD, who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who delivered the people from the oppression of the Egyptians.

All of a sudden, we were at the exterior wall that completely surrounded the Temple. The man whom I had observed held a measuring reed that was six cubits long as measured in cubits that were a cubit and a handbreadth long. As he measured the thickness of the wall, he measured out one reed. Its height was also one reed.

"Instead of bronze, I'll bring gold, and instead of iron, I'll bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. I'll appoint peace as your supervisor and righteousness as your taskmaster.

Some people have swords for teeth and knives for fangs to devour the afflicted from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

Praise the LORD, you from the earth, you creatures of the sea and all you depths,

Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

I am a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother's sons.

Hear the sound of my supplications when I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live,

so that I may sing praise to you and not remain silent. LORD, my God, I will give you thanks forever! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

I hate those who hate you, LORD, do I not? I loathe those who rebel against you, do I not ?

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on the LORD.

He also loads the clouds with moisture, scattering his lightning with the clouds.

For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my sin, for it is great.

"In addition to everything that I have supplied for the Temple, it pleases me to provide my own treasure of gold and silver, so because of my love for the Temple of my God I hereby give to the Temple of my God the following:

"They die suddenly, in the middle of the night; people suffer seizures and pass away; even valiant men can be taken away and not by human hands.

Sons of fools and of uncertain reputation, they have been driven from the land by scourging."

so he assembled the priests and descendants of Levi and ordered them, "Go throughout the cities of Judah and take up a collection from all of Israel for the annual upkeep of the Temple of your God. And make sure that you act quickly." But the descendants of Levi did not act quickly,

The land belongs to the powerful, and the privileged thrive in it.

The entire assembly numbered 42,360,

And as for you, you will suffer from a serious disease of your bowels. Eventually, day-by-day you will excrete your own bowels because of this disease."

At great effort I have provided for the Temple of the LORD 100,000 gold talents, 1,000,000 silver talents, as well as bronze and iron beyond calculation, since there is so much of it. I've also provided timber and stone, but you'll need to obtain more.

Have them deliver it to the workmen who are supervising the LORD's Temple, so that they may pay it over to the workmen who serve in the LORD's Temple to repair its damages,

God helped Uzziah defeat the Philistines, the Arabians who lived in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.

He installed two doors made of olive wood, inlaying them with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers, and overlaying them with gold. Then he added more gold to cover the cherubim and palm trees.

Nation battled nation, and city fought city, because God was afflicting them all with every kind of distress.

However, the captain of the guard left some of the poor people of the land to work as vinedressers and farmers.

Solomon offered peace offerings to the LORD consisting of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelis dedicated the LORD's Temple.

Even so, Nebat's son Jeroboam, who used to serve David's son Solomon, rose in rebellion against his own master!

For instance, he may have accompanied his friend to go to a forest to cut trees. Then he swung his axe to cut some wood, but the ax head flew off the handle and hit his friend, so that he died. The killer may flee to one of these cities to live.

From the descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel were assigned

The descendants of Shimei included Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were sons of Shimei.

including Uriel their leader from the descendants of Kohath, along with 120 of his relatives,

People came from everywhere to hear Solomon's advice. Every king on the earth heard of his wisdom.

When the Philistine got up and came closer to meet David, David quickly ran to the battle line to meet the Philistine.

In response, the people said, "Far be it from us that we should abandon the LORD to serve other gods,

Just as he finished his comments, the king's sons arrived, crying loudly. At this, with tears overflowing, the king and his entire staff wept bitterly.

If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign deities, then he will turn and do you harm, consuming you after all the good he has done for you."

Yeast is not to be seen in any of your territories for seven days. The meat is not to remain from the evening of the first day until morning.

Then Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the soldiers and say to them, "Let each man bring his ox and his sheep to me, and you are to slaughter them here and eat. But don't sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood.'" So every soldier brought his ox with him that night, and they slaughtered them there.

Then he went down and talked to the woman, and she looked fine to Samson.

Every daughter who is in possession of an inheritance from the Israelis is to marry someone from the families within her father's tribe so the Israelis can retain possession of their ancestral inheritance.

The lottery went to the families of the descendants of Kohath. So the descendants of Aaron the priest, who were descendants of Levi, received thirteen cities by random lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

You are not to eat anything that crawls on its belly, anything that walks on four legs, anything that has many legs, or any of the swarming creatures that swarm the land, because they're detestable.

then it is to turn southward to the ascent of Akrabbim, cross Zin, and then run south of Kadesh-barnea and proceed from there to Hazar-addar and across to Azmon.

These descendants of Asher numbered 53,400.

"When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it's injured or dies while its owner was not with it, he is certainly to make restitution.

You are to cast four rings for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two rings on its other side.

I'll cleanse them from all their sin that they have committed against me, and I'll forgive all their sins that they committed against me and by which they rebelled against me.

He tends ashes. A deceived mind has lead him astray. It cannot be his life, nor can he say, "There's a lie in my right hand."

"No resident alien is to eat anything sacred. Neither the visitor of the priest nor a hired laborer is to eat anything sacred.

"I'm going to display my glory among the people, and every nation will see the judgment that I administer by my own hand among them.

For this reason the Jewish leaders grabbed me in the Temple and kept trying to kill me.

Are you a king because you try to outdo everyone with cedar? Your father ate and drank and upheld justice and righteousness, did he not? And then it went well for him.

"Son of Man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem on this very day.

This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet delivered to Neriah's son Seraiah, the grandson of Mahseiah, when he went with King Zedekiah of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster.

All my bones will say, "LORD, who is like you? Who delivers the weak from the one who is stronger than he, and the weak and the needy from the one who wants to rob him?"

I am more insightful than my teachers, because your decrees are my meditations.

Its breaking will be like when potters' vessels are broken, shattered so ruthlessly that among its fragments not even a broken sliver will be found for taking fire from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern."

if I've observed someone who is about to die for lack of clothes or if I have no clothing to give to the poor,

"Cultivate your land like the Nile, you daughter of Tarshish; for there is no longer a harbor.

The LORD watches over anyone with knowledge, but he ruins the plans of the unfaithful.

"Assemble before me, my saints, who have entered into my covenant by sacrifice."

How happy are those who live in your Temple, for they can praise you continuously. Interlude

Leaping in his excitement, he takes in the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpets sound!

That day they offered a large number of sacrifices, and they rejoiced, because God had caused them to rejoice enthusiastically. Their wives and children rejoiced, so that Jerusalem's joy was heard from a long distance.

That's why I'm terrified at his presence! When I think about it, I'm afraid of him.

The Philistines abandoned their gods there, so David ordered that their idols be incinerated.

You were adorned with gold, silver, clothing of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate food made from the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, attaining royal status.

Therefore the LORD secured Jehoshaphat's kingdom under his control, with all of Judah paying him tribute, and Jehoshaphat became very wealthy and greatly respected.

Didn't Zerah's son Achan act treacherously with respect to the things banned by God, and as a result God became angry at the entire community of Israel? And that man was not the only one to die because of his iniquity.'"

Jehu looked up toward the window and called out, "Who is on my side? Who?" When two or three eunuchs looked out at him,

The messengers went in, and there was the household idol in the bed with the cover of goat hair at its head!

who had been fathered by Ethni, who had been fathered by Zerah, who had been fathered by Adaiah,

As the king crossed over the Jordan River to Gilgal, Chimham accompanied him, as did all the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel.

"Look!" the king's staff replied. "Your servants will do whatever the king chooses."

Then the servant brought out some silver and gold items, along with some clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave gifts to her brother and to her mother.

The skillfully woven band that is on it is to be made like it, that is, of one piece with it, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine woven linen.

Later, when Reuben returned to the cistern, Joseph wasn't there! In mounting panic, he tore his clothes,

Then the border proceeded west from Michmethath on the north, then turned east toward Taanath-shiloh, continuing to the east of Janoah.

when the priest's examination reveals that the infectious skin disease has covered his entire body, then he is to declare him clean, even though he still has the skin infection. He has turned entirely white, so he's clean.

by lot, just as the LORD commanded through Moses for the nine tribes and the half-tribe,

who approached Balaam with this message: "This is what Zippor's son Balak says: "Don't let anything get in the way of your coming to me.

""Because this is what the Lord GOD says: "Motivated by my burning zealousness, I have spoken against the rest of the surrounding nations, including Edom, who confiscated my land, taking possession of it with joyful enthusiasm and with animal-like malice, in order to plunder Israel's pastures.'

The LORD's anger won't turn back until he has accomplished what he intended to do. In the future you will clearly understand it.

The pathway of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their courses. They have made their roads crooked; no one who walks in them will know peace."

"What have you done to us?" Abimelech asked. "Any minute now, one of the people could have had sex with your wife and you would have caused all of us to be guilty."

Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don't seek them. Indeed, I'm about to bring disaster on all flesh,' declares the LORD, "but your life will be spared wherever you go.'"

Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

who carries out the words of his servants, and fulfills the predictions of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, "It will be inhabited," and of Judah's cities, "They will be rebuilt," and of her ruins, "I'll raise them up";

"I have aroused him in righteousness, and I'll make all his pathways smooth. It is he who will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, but not for a price nor reward, " says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

It will happen at that time that Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years, the span of a king's life. Then, at the end of those 70 years, it will turn out for Tyre as in the prostitute's song:

So I bought the belt according to the LORD's instruction, and put it around my waist.

All you inhabitants of the world, you who live on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you'll see it. When a trumpet sounds, you'll hear it!

Everybody in Judah was very glad to make their oath, because they had made their vow with all their heart and had sought him with all of their might, and they found him! The LORD also gave them rest in their surrounding lands.

Planted in the LORD's Temple, they will flourish in the courtyard of our God.

I will pay attention to living a life of integrity when will I attain it? I will live with integrity of heart in my house.

God is known in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great.

Nevertheless, God has found a pretext to attack me; he considers me his enemy.

And so Micaiah replied: "I saw all of Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD told me, "These have no master, so let them each return to his own home in peace.'"

Those who do survive him disease will bury, and his widow won't even weep.

The priests entered the inner courts of the LORD's Temple to cleanse it, and they brought out everything unclean that they found there to the outer court of the LORD's Temple. Then the descendants of Levi carried everything from there out to the Kidron Valley.

They all assembled in Jerusalem during the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.

They hired 32,000 chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who arrived and encamped at Medeba. The Ammonites also were mustered and came out to battle from their home cities.

Later, after the two months were concluded, she returned to her father, and he fulfilled what he had solemnly vowed and she never married. That's how the custom arose in Israel

Whoever gathers the ashes of the heifer is to wash his clothes and is to remain unclean until the evening. This ordinance is to remain for the benefit of both the Israelis and the resident aliens who live among them."

When they served the men, they began to eat the stew. But they cried out, "That pot of stew is deadly, you man of God!" So they couldn't eat the stew.

David also appointed Heman, Jeduthun, and others chosen by name to give thanks to the LORD, because "his gracious love is eternal."

when her husband got up and went after her, intending to speak lovingly to her in order to win her back. He took with him his young man servant and a pair of donkeys. When she brought him into her father's house to see him, her father was happy to have met him.

So Joash died, as did his ancestors, and Jeroboam assumed his throne after Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

Jonadab told the king, "Look! Here come the king's sons. This thing has turned out just like your servant reported."

Then the LORD your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate and persecute you."

Then you are to take it to your father so that he can eat and bless you before he dies."

You have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all of these nations on your behalf, because it has been the LORD your God who has been fighting on your behalf.

"This statute is required so that the Israelis may bring their sacrifices that they have been sacrificing to the LORD in the open field to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, where they are to slaughter their peace offering to the LORD.

In response, Balaam uttered this prophetic statement: "Stand up, Balak, and pay attention! Listen to me, you son of Zippor!

Then they moved on in the wilderness from there to Mattanah, then from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

Joseph himself brought portions to them from his own table, except that he provided to Benjamin five times as much as he did for each of the others. So they feasted together and drank freely with Joseph.

"This is what the Lord GOD says: "Because Philistia has made it their practice to carry out retribution, accompanied by extraordinary malice in their personal vendettas vendettas that spring from their everlasting hostility

"This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "I'm about to turn against you the weapons of war that are in your hands and with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls. I'll gather them into the center of this city.

Thorns will grow over its palaces, nettles and brambles its fortresses. It will become a haunt for jackals, a home for ostriches.

all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and all the kings of the coast lands that are beyond the sea;

3,000 gold talents imported from Ophir, 7,000 talents of refined silver for gilding the walls of the Temple

When you cry out, let your collection deliver you! The wind will carry them all off, and a mere breath will sweep them all away." "But whoever takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.

then say to them, "This is what the LORD says: "I'm about to make all the inhabitants of this land drunk the kings who sit on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the residents of Jerusalem.

Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness.

By mere words a servant will not be corrected; even though he understands, there will be no response.

The righteous God considers the house of the wicked, bringing the wicked to ruin.

"Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls?

There was also a battle at Gath, where there was a very tall man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot for a total of 24 digits who was a descendant of the Rephaim.

The LORD of the heavenly armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Interlude To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah.

"An eye that gazes at him won't do so again; and his place won't even recognize him.

So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the army was informed, "The king is sitting in the gateway!" they all gathered together in his presence.

The LORD forbid that I should raise my hand against the LORD's anointed. Now take the spear that is at his head and the jug of water, and let's go."

Later, David called for his son Solomon and directed him to build a temple to the LORD God of Israel.