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8003

So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king’s table regularly. Now he was lame in both feet.

8004

and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.

8006

and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to go.”

8007

Then Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab and from all the hill country of Judah and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

8008

for we have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

8009

But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

8010

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

8011

Jesus *said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

8013

Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

8014

Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory.

8015

Also My bread which I gave you, fine flour, oil and honey with which I fed you, you would offer before them for a soothing aroma; so it happened,” declares the Lord God.

8016

“And now this commandment is for you, O priests.

8017

Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams,” declares the Lord, “and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit,” declares the Lord.

8018

“Even when they made for themselves
A calf of molten metal
And said, ‘This is your God
Who brought you up from Egypt,’
And committed great blasphemies,

8019

Now Nahash the Ammonite came up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us and we will serve you.”

8020

Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

8021

“What right has My beloved in My house
When she has done many vile deeds?
Can the sacrificial flesh take away from you your disaster,
So that you can rejoice?”

8022

Then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.

8023

And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after one in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

8025

On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.

8026

By Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.

8027

Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;

8028

Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,

8029

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.

8030

But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; so Sihon gathered all his people and camped in Jahaz and fought with Israel.

8031

The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

8032

And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient?

8033

But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also.

8034

and they said to him, “Thus says Jephthah, ‘Israel did not take away the land of Moab nor the land of the sons of Ammon.

8035

The Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

8036

Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

8037

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you.

8039

to fulfill the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.

8040

“You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have slain your people.
May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever.

8042

I will cut off your carved images
And your sacred pillars from among you,
So that you will no longer bow down
To the work of your hands.

8043

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

8044

Therefore, on account of you
Zion will be plowed as a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest.

8045

The Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a covenant.

8046

They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

8047

Then Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy where the ark of the Lord has entered.”

8048

that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.

8049

And two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

8050

The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, whom she bore, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.

8051

So David came to Baal-perazim and defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore he named that place Baal-perazim.

8052

in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the Lord saying, “He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting,” then the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,

8053

Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

8054

Heshbon, and all its cities which are on the plain: Dibon and Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon,

8055

Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

8056

For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.

8057

Just as the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

8058

And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

8059

But all the animals and the spoil of the cities we took as our booty.

8060

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’

8061

I approached one of those who were standing by and began asking him the exact meaning of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things:

8062

Then they answered and spoke before the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps making his petition three times a day.”

8063

“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.

8064

Forasmuch as you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God which is in your hand,

8066

So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

8067

Boaz replied to her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know.

8068

Now Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

8069

Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary.

8070

And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.

8071

For it is attested of Him,
You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

8072

For they could not bear the command, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.”

8073

But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them—I place no other burden on you.

8075

The leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed, so the leaders offered their offering before the altar.

8076

They shall also keep all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

8077

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

8078

Then you are not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?”

8079

He gave me instruction and talked with me and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding.

8080

But God spoke to this effect, that his descendants would be aliens in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

8081

Then the king gave orders, and Daniel was brought in and cast into the lions’ den. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you constantly serve will Himself deliver you.”

8082

They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”

8083

“Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done?
They certainly were not ashamed,
And they did not know how to blush;
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time of their punishment they shall be brought down,”
Says the Lord.

8084

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I did obey the voice of the Lord, and went on the mission on which the Lord sent me, and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

8085

On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet saying,

8086

For Topheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire.

8087

“However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries.

8088

So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe.

8089

So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city.

8090

the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.

8091

Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?”

8092

It is good that you grasp one thing and also not let go of the other; for the one who fears God comes forth with both of them.

8093

I made gardens and parks for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;

8094

Abijah and his people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.

8095

For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

8097

Koz became the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

8098

The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

8099

Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

8100

Ordering the people to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food, and breaking the loaves He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds,

8101

Thereafter Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah;

8102

When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

8103

If sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, according to the command of the Lord they remained camped. Then according to the command of the Lord they set out.

8105

For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him.

8106

Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

8107

Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea and also Nympha and the church that is in her house.

8108

If anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know;

8109

For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

8110

Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

8111

And whatever nation to which they will be in bondage I Myself will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve Me in this place.’

8112

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,

8113

Sun and moon stood in their places;
They went away at the light of Your arrows,
At the radiance of Your gleaming spear.

8114

Do you put off the day of calamity,
And would you bring near the seat of violence?

8115

For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,
Seek Me that you may live.

8116

When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; and behold, standing before me was one who looked like a man.

8117

Therefore, thus says the Lord,
If you return, then I will restore you—
Before Me you will stand;
And if you extract the precious from the worthless,
You will become My spokesman.
They for their part may turn to you,
But as for you, you must not turn to them.

8119

“Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord God, the God of hosts.

8120

he said to Arioch, the king’s commander, “For what reason is the decree from the king so urgent?” Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter.

8121

Then Daniel went to his house and informed his friends, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, about the matter,

8122

let them bring a royal robe which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown has been placed;

8124

And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

8125

King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

8126

After these events King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and established his authority over all the princes who were with him.

8127

In that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

8128

Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the Lord is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

8129

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, “Amen! Thus may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say.

8130

Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.

8131

He proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

8132

Rise up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for thus the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, “There are things under the ban in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you have removed the things under the ban from your midst.”

8133

‘Now this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which shall be presented to the Lord.

8135

So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.

8137

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.

8138

When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms.

8139

For by it the men of old gained approval.

8140

Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

8141

Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.

8142

Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.

8143

Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?”

8144

The Lord God is my strength,
And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet,
And makes me walk on my high places.
For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.

8145

“Then I will give her her vineyards from there,
And the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will sing there as in the days of her youth,
As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

8146

This is the one about whom it is written,
Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’

8149

It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.”

8150

It will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.’

8151

‘In that day,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and under his fig tree.’”

8154

“I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and survivors, offspring and posterity,” declares the Lord.

8155

Then it happened as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

8156

Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

8157

So the great court all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams even as the inner court of the house of the Lord, and the porch of the house.

8158

The sound of a report! Behold, it comes—
A great commotion out of the land of the north—
To make the cities of Judah
A desolation, a haunt of jackals.

8159

Now it came about after two full years that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

8161

“Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
May you come with me from Lebanon.
Journey down from the summit of Amana,
From the summit of Senir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.

8162

Also, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw.”

8164

And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

8165

He brought into the house of God the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils.

8166

But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

8167

Now the sons of Gad lived opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah.

8168

I took your sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.

8169

For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.” God is not concerned about oxen, is He?

8170

Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the Lord our God has driven out before us, we will possess it.

8171

He said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His lovingkindness and His truth toward my master; as for me, the Lord has guided me in the way to the house of my master’s brothers.”

8172

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

8173

When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “This is what the man said to me,” he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

8174

one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

8175

You shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs.”

8176

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

8177

And they began to implore Him to leave their region.

8178

As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I say something to you?” And he *said, “Do you know Greek?

8179

Then the Lord will appear over them,
And His arrow will go forth like lightning;
And the Lord God will blow the trumpet,
And will march in the storm winds of the south.

8180

Are you better than No-amon,
Which was situated by the waters of the Nile,
With water surrounding her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall consisted of the sea?

8181

Gather yourselves together, yes, gather,
O nation without shame,

8182

“I will root out your Asherim from among you
And destroy your cities.

8183

The Lord called your name,
“A green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”;
With the noise of a great tumult
He has kindled fire on it,
And its branches are worthless.

8184

Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

8185

that on that day he who escapes will come to you with information for your ears?

8187

Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains,

8188

Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,

8189

So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental things of the world.

8190

Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah;

8191

Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said,
“Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.”

8192

And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ Thus she came and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while.”

8193

And you shall not leave any of it over until morning, but whatever is left of it until morning, you shall burn with fire.

8194

And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the River, and they came to Helam; and Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer led them.

8195

And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.

8196

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your advice. What shall we do?”

8197

Or the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

8199

Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.

8200

Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of blue and put on it the dishes and the pans and the sacrificial bowls and the jars for the drink offering, and the continual bread shall be on it.

8201

then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please let us pass through your land,” but the king of Edom would not listen. And they also sent to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh.

8202

For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might utterly destroy them, that they might receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

8203

So death works in us, but life in you.

8204

Now the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho and Beth-hoglah and Emek-keziz,

8205

Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

8206

Daniel answered before the king and said, “As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians nor diviners are able to declare it to the king.

8208

And He was saying to them, Do you not yet understand?”

8210

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:

8211

Now send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass and iron, and in purple, crimson and violet fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled men whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

8213

“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

8214

“They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially,
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
But there is no peace.

8216

Now therefore, O kings, show discernment;
Take warning, O judges of the earth.

8217

But let all who take refuge in You be glad,
Let them ever sing for joy;
And may You shelter them,
That those who love Your name may exult in You.

8219

And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up,
Against all the oaks of Bashan,

8220

Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria.

8221

The cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite and stood there where there was a large stone; and they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.

8222

Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge.

8223

Take courage and be men, O Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; therefore, be men and fight.”

8224

But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as today.

8226

But passing through their midst, He went His way.

8227

All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.

8228

And answering they *said to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”

8229

“I will sow her for Myself in the land.
I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion,
And I will say to those who were not My people,
‘You are My people!’
And they will say, ‘You are my God!’”

8230

They will say to you, ‘Look there! Look here!’ Do not go away, and do not run after them.

8231

Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

8232

Nebuchadnezzar responded and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up?

8233

At the beginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision.

8234

“And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath
On the nations which have not obeyed.”

8235

So the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel and his friends to kill them.

8236

“Now you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their own inspiration. Prophesy against them

8237

The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat.”

8238

Thus says the Lord,
If the heavens above can be measured
And the foundations of the earth searched out below,
Then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel
For all that they have done,” declares the Lord.

8240

Then the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

8241

Nogah, Nepheg and Japhia,

8242

Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord God!

8243

Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, “If You will indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand,

8244

If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

8245

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

8246

Now behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar came up until all the people had finished passing from the city.

8247

So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it.

8248

It happened in the middle of the night that the man was startled and bent forward; and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

8250

and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.”

8251

Then they went through the wilderness and around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came to the east side of the land of Moab, and they camped beyond the Arnon; but they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

8252

You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,

8253

Thus Joshua took all that land: the hill country and all the Negev, all that land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowland

8254

and *implored Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live.”

8255

Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.

8256

The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he said, “A staff.”

8257

saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

8259

The Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might perform them in the land where you are going over to possess it.

8260

Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the sons of Israel would keep the Lord’s charge and not set out.

8261

And they began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,

8262

“In that day I will also make a covenant for them
With the beasts of the field,
The birds of the sky
And the creeping things of the ground.
And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land,
And will make them lie down in safety.

8263

Israel is a luxuriant vine;
He produces fruit for himself.
The more his fruit,
The more altars he made;
The richer his land,
The better he made the sacred pillars.

8264

“Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel,
“Surely Moab will be like Sodom
And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah—
A place possessed by nettles and salt pits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The remnant of My people will plunder them
And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”

8265

And he was accompanied by Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.

8266

The Lord has rejected His altar,
He has abandoned His sanctuary;
He has delivered into the hand of the enemy
The walls of her palaces.
They have made a noise in the house of the Lord
As in the day of an appointed feast.

8267

“Now a traveler came to the rich man,
And he was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd,
To prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him;
Rather he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

8268

I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. Then I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me.

8269

For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea,
Only a remnant within them will return;
A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

8270

“Indeed, forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not in want;
Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell.

8271

Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

8272

“By day they meet with darkness,
And grope at noon as in the night.

8273

And your mouth like the best wine!”
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

8274

Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

8275

Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son;

8277

Moreover, they were speaking about his good deeds in my presence and reported my words to him. Then Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.

8278

He said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what can I do for you? Would you be spoken for to the king or to the captain of the army?’” And she answered, “I live among my own people.”

8279

When the priests came forth from the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to divisions),

8280

the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

8281

The house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.

8282

He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.

8283

So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.

8285

But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and to be in danger.

8286

The Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.”

8288

But when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched on the east side shall set out.

8289

For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

8290

From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

8291

Now these are the records of the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

8292

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the sons of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

8293

But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

8294

“You will eat, but you will not be satisfied,
And your vileness will be in your midst.
You will try to remove for safekeeping,
But you will not preserve anything,
And what you do preserve I will give to the sword.

8295

The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels.

8297

At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of the Lord,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord; nor will they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

8298

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved;

8299

He said, “O man of high esteem, do not be afraid. Peace be with you; take courage and be courageous!” Now as soon as he spoke to me, I received strength and said, “May my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”

8300

For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.

8301

“As I live,” declares the Lord, “even though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were a signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pull you off;

8302

To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;

8303

By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise;

8304

That I may tell of all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may rejoice in Your salvation.

8305

All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”

8306

He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict which had been issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show Esther and inform her, and to order her to go in to the king to implore his favor and to plead with him for her people.

8307

The wing of the other cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing of five cubits was attached to the wing of the first cherub.

8308

and their relatives, heads of their fathers’ households, 1,760 very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

8309

He said to him, “I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.

8310

Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

8311

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.

8312

“But whatever happens,” he said, “I will run.” So he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and passed up the Cushite.

8313

Then she said, “I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants.”

8314

and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the rear side to the west.

8315

The Lord did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, the courts, and the fields.

8316

They journeyed from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh.

8317

Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it is not to go out.

8318

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father;

8319

And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.

8320

But Barnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles and described to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how at Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

8321

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality.

8322

Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out.

8323

But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’

8324

Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field.

8325

Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.”

8327

When He arrived at the place, He said to them, Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

8328

Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’

8329

Now some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.

8330

But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

8331

Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,

8332

“To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

8334

“Listen, you mountains, to the indictment of the Lord,
And you enduring foundations of the earth,
Because the Lord has a case against His people;
Even with Israel He will dispute.

8335

The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of His people,
“It is you who have devoured the vineyard;
The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

8336

The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.

8337

“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,
As infants that never saw light.

8339

and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and kinsmen, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them one hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets

8340

If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.”

8341

“In the first year of Darius the Mede, I arose to be an encouragement and a protection for him.

8342

Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to the Lord God of Israel,

8343

“O that a man might plead with God
As a man with his neighbor!

8344

the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, 98;

8345

But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my new wine, which cheers God and men, and go to wave over the trees?’

8346

He said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart;

8347

Then on the seventh day they rose early at the dawning of the day and marched around the city in the same manner seven times; only on that day they marched around the city seven times.

8348

Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

8351

that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality.

8352

The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, “Thus it will be done for the man who kills him.”

8354

Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

8355

If your offering is a grain offering made on the griddle, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil;

8356

The men of Shechem set men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech.

8357

as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

8358

and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets.

8359

So I fell down before the Lord the forty days and nights, which I did because the Lord had said He would destroy you.

8360

the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

8361

Now when they set out from Kadesh, the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

8362

You shall thus give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel.

8363

They said to them, “May the Lord look upon you and judge you, for you have made us odious in Pharaoh’s sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

8364

and she was with child; and she *cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.

8365

So many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the Lord.’

8366

Then say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the Lord.

8367

You will give truth to Jacob
And unchanging love to Abraham,
Which You swore to our forefathers
From the days of old.

8368

“The remnant of Israel will do no wrong
And tell no lies,
Nor will a deceitful tongue
Be found in their mouths;
For they will feed and lie down
With no one to make them tremble.”

8369

How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
All My compassions are kindled.

8370

For this reason I have often been prevented from coming to you;

8371

So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk.

8372

After the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.

8373

Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
The tyrannical city!

8374

Egypt will become a waste,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

8375

Like emery harder than flint I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, though they are a rebellious house.”

8376

Then, as soon as the king heard this statement, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel; and even until sunset he kept exerting himself to rescue him.

8377

The Lord will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have never come since the day that Ephraim separated from Judah, the king of Assyria.”

8378

Will they not go astray who devise evil?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

8379

“Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes
Have shaved the crown of your head.

8380

This our bread was warm when we took it for our provisions out of our houses on the day that we left to come to you; but now behold, it is dry and has become crumbled.

8381

When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord and said, “Strike this people with blindness, I pray.” So He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

8382

Wherever they went, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had spoken and as the Lord had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.

8384

He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

8385

Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will assuredly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite.

8387

As for the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were assigned to outside duties for Israel, as officers and judges.

8388

Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

8389

Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped beside Ebenezer while the Philistines camped in Aphek.

8390

Now therefore, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a pledge of truth,

8391

Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.

8392

Now the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the border of Edom in the south were Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur,

8393

who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.

8394

Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”

8395

So I said to you, ‘Let My son go that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.”’”

8396

Then let them take a bull with its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and a second bull you shall take for a sin offering.

8397

He said, “Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep.” And they began laughing at Him.

8398

Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

8399

And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes see,
Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;

8400

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; as for our brethren, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ.

8401

But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, the first one must keep silent.

8402

Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours; your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the western sea.

8403

For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him many times; and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and yet he would break his bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.

8404

Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you.

8405

“Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion,
For your horn I will make iron
And your hoofs I will make bronze,
That you may pulverize many peoples,
That you may devote to the Lord their unjust gain
And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

8406

So Paul went out of their midst.

8407

The Lord of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand,

8408

Then you will say on that day,
I will give thanks to You, O Lord;
For although You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away,
And You comfort me.

8409

Who build Zion with bloodshed
And Jerusalem with violent injustice.

8411

“What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should endure?

8412

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’

8413

And I issued a decree that any man who violates this edict, a timber shall be drawn from his house and he shall be impaled on it and his house shall be made a refuse heap on account of this.

8414

He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.

8415

Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,
And unfanned fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.

8416

May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

8417

“At the sound of those who divide flocks among the watering places,
There they shall recount the righteous deeds of the Lord,
The righteous deeds for His peasantry in Israel.
Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates.

8419

of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

8420

Then he said, “Take the arrows,” and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground,” and he struck it three times and stopped.

8421

but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall clear it, and to its farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have chariots of iron and though they are strong.”

8422

Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and he and all the sons of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they lodged there before they crossed.

8423

Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken nothing.

8425

“Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.

8426

So the Lord shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

8427

Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

8428

Then all the city was provoked, and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.

8429

Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

8430

Thus we took the land at that time from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of Arnon to Mount Hermon

8431

When they left Pharaoh’s presence, they met Moses and Aaron as they were waiting for them.

8432

But Peter kept saying insistently, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing also.

8433

This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into the sky.

8434

“What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “The son of David.”

8435

When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying,

8436

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

8437

But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary.

8438

So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

8439

“Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.”

8440

“But do not resort to Bethel
And do not come to Gilgal,
Nor cross over to Beersheba;
For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity
And Bethel will come to trouble.

8441

And I said,
Hear now, heads of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to know justice?

8442

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me.

8443

Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street.

8445

Though you, Israel, play the harlot,
Do not let Judah become guilty;
Also do not go to Gilgal,
Or go up to Beth-aven
And take the oath:
“As the Lord lives!”

8446

Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, surely the man who has done this deserves to die.

8447

Your own wickedness will correct you,
And your apostasies will reprove you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter
For you to forsake the Lord your God,
And the dread of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord God of hosts.

8449

But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”

8450

So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

8451

Then David said, “Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

8453

Then Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

8454

Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”

8455

The Jews who were in Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and killed three hundred men in Susa, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

8456

They shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

8457

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan.

8458

When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.

8459

And the men who did not die were smitten with tumors and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

8460

Now when Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field in the wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them were fallen by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed, then all Israel returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword.

8461

For the Lord your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing.”’

8462

Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb.

8463

“When the Lord your God extends your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, whatever you desire.

8464

“Why did you not eat the sin offering at the holy place? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to bear away the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord.

8465

Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen.”

8467

Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me?

8468

for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue.”

8469

Moreover, he shall speak for you to the people; and he will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him.

8470

The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.

8471

and all ate the same spiritual food;

8472

They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them.

8473

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”

8474

Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.

8475

Make room for us in your hearts; we wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one.

8476

Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

8478

And all the people would get up early in the morning to come to Him in the temple to listen to Him.

8479

“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

8480

the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

8481

I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, all the offspring of Ephraim.

8482

This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?

8483

Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house.

8484

He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work.

8485

Bless the Lord, all you works of His,
In all places of His dominion;
Bless the Lord, O my soul!

8486

You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.

8487

The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

8488

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.

8489

Hathach came back and related Mordecai’s words to Esther.

8490

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

8491

Then Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

8492

Now it is true I am a close relative; however, there is a relative closer than I.

8493

Then Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out to the place of which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you’; come with us and we will do you good, for the Lord has promised good concerning Israel.”

8494

Moreover, may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring which the Lord will give you by this young woman.”

8495

The king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” Thus the king swore to him.

8496

even all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.

8497

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats through all the land of Egypt.’”

8498

But I know that the king of Egypt will not permit you to go, except under compulsion.

8500

but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

8501

Or do only Barnabas and I not have a right to refrain from working?

8502

So they went into the ark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life.

8503

So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was crucified with Him;

8504

The Lord of hosts will defend them.
And they will devour and trample on the sling stones;
And they will drink and be boisterous as with wine;
And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin,
Drenched like the corners of the altar.

8505

If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.”

8506

They *brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it; and He sat on it.

8507

He also overlaid the house with gold—the beams, the thresholds and its walls and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.

8508

So Daniel went in and requested of the king that he would give him time, in order that he might declare the interpretation to the king.

8509

However she wept before him seven days while their feast lasted. And on the seventh day he told her because she pressed him so hard. She then told the riddle to the sons of her people.

8510

Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?

8511

Their liquor gone,
They play the harlot continually;
Their rulers dearly love shame.

8512

I made ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate a forest of growing trees.

8513

A wise king winnows the wicked,
And drives the threshing wheel over them.

8514

With the kind You show Yourself kind;
With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

8515

Then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. Thus they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

8516

Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.’

8517

There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.

8518

Then the king arose in the night and said to his servants, “I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone from the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and get into the city.’”

8519

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

8520

So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

8521

But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.

8522

And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

8523

But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus.

8524

from Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir, even as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. And he captured all their kings and struck them down and put them to death.

8525

And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days.

8526

He went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were fighting with each other; and he said to the offender, “Why are you striking your companion?”

8528

And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

8529

So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand.

8530

“Surely the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the framework.

8531

They will lick the dust like a serpent,
Like reptiles of the earth.
They will come trembling out of their fortresses;
To the Lord our God they will come in dread
And they will be afraid before You.

8533

“Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you,
Because the rod that struck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out,
And its fruit will be a flying serpent.

8534

Now hear the word of the Lord: you are saying, ‘You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.’

8535

Surely now they will say, “We have no king,
For we do not revere the Lord.
As for the king, what can he do for us?”

8536

So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them.

8537

The woman of folly is boisterous,
She is naive and knows nothing.

8538

Do not envy a man of violence
And do not choose any of his ways.

8539

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my soul, which You have redeemed.

8540

“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.

8541

Do not be afraid of sudden fear
Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes;

8542

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which is by the temple, for the wall of the city and for the house to which I will go.” And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.

8543

“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.

8544

Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy,

8545

Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces assembled, to defend their lives and rid themselves of their enemies, and kill 75,000 of those who hated them; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

8546

If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”

8547

Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself and put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

8548

and their brothers, valiant warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

8549

For Your people Israel You made Your own people forever, and You, O Lord, became their God.

8550

So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.

8551

When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she pressed herself to the wall and pressed Balaam’s foot against the wall, so he struck her again.

8552

Now Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise and go with your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn; for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will even come on the land for seven years.”

8553

and Jehozadak went along when the Lord carried Judah and Jerusalem away into exile by Nebuchadnezzar.

8554

Joel was the chief and Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.

8555

You who ride on white donkeys,
You who sit on rich carpets,
And you who travel on the road—sing!

8556

Then one of them shall lift up from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil and all the incense that is on the grain offering, and he shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, a soothing aroma, as its memorial offering to the Lord.

8557

Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.

8558

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

8559

And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, “Please let us pass through your land to our place.”

8560

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an ungifted man enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all;

8561

Then Jotham escaped and fled, and went to Beer and remained there because of Abimelech his brother.

8562

And He said to her, “Because of this answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”

8563

So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me?

8564

You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.

8566

Immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My garments?”

8567

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

8568

Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and had known all the deeds of the Lord which He had done for Israel.

8570

But it is good always to be eagerly sought in a commendable manner, and not only when I am present with you.

8571

and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds of the air.

8572

And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

8573

Now during the day He was teaching in the temple, but at evening He would go out and spend the night on the mount that is called Olivet.

8574

God comes from Teman,
And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah.
His splendor covers the heavens,
And the earth is full of His praise.

8575

This news spread throughout all that land.

8576

The princes of Judah have become like those who move a boundary;
On them I will pour out My wrath like water.

8577

You who rejoice in Lodebar,
And say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”

8578

“I will surely snatch them away,” declares the Lord;
“There will be no grapes on the vine
And no figs on the fig tree,
And the leaf will wither;
And what I have given them will pass away.”’”

8579

Men will go into caves of the rocks
And into holes of the ground
Before the terror of the Lord
And the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.

8580

By His knowledge the deeps were broken up
And the skies drip with dew.

8581

“There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.

8582

As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?”

8583

“For long ago I broke your yoke
And tore off your bonds;
But you said, ‘I will not serve!’
For on every high hill
And under every green tree
You have lain down as a harlot.

8584

“Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from the Lord; this land has been given us as a possession.’

8585

I am the man who has seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.

8586

In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

8587

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Israel and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they sell the righteous for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals.

8588

For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion survivors. The zeal of the Lord will perform this.

8590

The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, Beno.

8591

Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for the men despised the offering of the Lord.

8592

and Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak;

8593

So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

8594

And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left.

8595

The son of Ethan was Azariah.

8596

There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, which He made with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt.”

8597

Moreover, your little ones who you said would become a prey, and your sons, who this day have no knowledge of good or evil, shall enter there, and I will give it to them and they shall possess it.

8598

Of the sons of Dan, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

8599

But every woman shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will plunder the Egyptians.”

8600

Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?”

8602

and said to him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you.’

8603

“Then I desired to know the exact meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, and which devoured, crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet,

8604

Peter *said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

8605

“But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

8606

So they said to him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”

8607

Ethiopia was her might,
And Egypt too, without limits.
Put and Lubim were among her helpers.

8608

Then Daniel spoke to the king, “O king, live forever!

8609

The overflowing forces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant.

8610

Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

8612

Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

8613

The son of Carmi was Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated the ban.

8614

The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna and Amalek.

8615

He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

8616

They abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.

8617

Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have commanded the servants not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the water jars and drink from what the servants draw.”

8618

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

8619

Thus Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.

8620

So they went up to the city. As they came into the city, behold, Samuel was coming out toward them to go up to the high place.

8621

In the morning then you shall come near by your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which the Lord takes by lot shall come near by families, and the family which the Lord takes shall come near by households, and the household which the Lord takes shall come near man by man.

8622

Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock?

8623

He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

8624

They did so, and brought these five kings out to him from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

8625

The Lord spoke further to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people.

8626

You should diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you.

8627

He shall also sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar: it is a sin offering.

8628

So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

8629

He shall remove from it all the fat of the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat which is on the entrails,

8630

Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were carrying the tabernacle, set out.

8631

They reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

8632

And Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

8633

And the coast will be
For the remnant of the house of Judah,
They will pasture on it.
In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;
For the Lord their God will care for them
And restore their fortune.

8634

Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it in ordinary letters: Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey.

8635

Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the exiles from Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?

8636

‘If I go out to the country,
Behold, those slain with the sword!
Or if I enter the city,
Behold, diseases of famine!
For both prophet and priest
Have gone roving about in the land that they do not know.’”

8637

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

8638

Then you will walk in your way securely
And your foot will not stumble.

8639

But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

8640

Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”

8641

They pledged to put away their wives, and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their offense.

8642

Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air;

8643

Why has the wicked spurned God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require it.”

8644

Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers arose and built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

8645

Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in the rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a holiday for rejoicing and feasting and sending portions of food to one another.

8646

There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.

8647

What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from their fathers,

8648

Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second was Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess;

8649

Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai.

8650

Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.

8651

He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.

8652

‘By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

8653

The sons of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned, do to us whatever seems good to You; only please deliver us this day.”

8654

Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.

8655

And he could no longer answer Abner a word, because he was afraid of him.

8656

So they arose and went over by count, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

8657

Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

8658

These you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.

8660

so that your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens remain above the earth.

8661

The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.

8662

This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar.

8664

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He *said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your bed and go home.”

8665

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will let them go, and under compulsion he will drive them out of his land.”

8667

but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

8669

And he left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him.

8670

And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces.

8671

Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the one.”

8673

“You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.
Now you yourself drink and expose your own nakedness.
The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you,
And utter disgrace will come upon your glory.

8674

As when a man flees from a lion
And a bear meets him,
Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.

8675

So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

8676

until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom.

8677

All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live.

8678

“But you have been cast out of your tomb
Like a rejected branch,
Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit
Like a trampled corpse.

8680

And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece.

8681

With kings and with counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;

8682

He said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart,

8683

“Is Israel a slave? Or is he a homeborn servant?
Why has he become a prey?

8684

But the Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment,
And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

8685

He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had no father or mother. Now the young lady was beautiful of form and face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

8686

Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars.

8687

Then your maidservant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king be comforting, for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’”

8689

And the elders of the Jews were successful in building through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

8690

May the God who has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who attempts to change it, so as to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree, let it be carried out with all diligence!”

8691

beware that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods, that I also may do likewise?’

8692

Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed is the Lord who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name become famous in Israel.

8693

So Moses said, “I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.”

8694

Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army.

8695

And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer;

8696

For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and hold fast to Him,

8697

all the cities of the plateau and all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

8698

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

8699

The flesh and the skin, however, he burned with fire outside the camp.

8700

“Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth.

8701

Next the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, according to their armies, was set out, with Elishama the son of Ammihud over its army,

8702

But, indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth.

8703

He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well.”

8704

The Lord spoke again to Moses, saying,

8705

Behold, since its blood had not been brought inside, into the sanctuary, you should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, just as I commanded.”

8706

for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians, namely, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

8708

Some of the crowd concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly.

8709

I heard and my inward parts trembled,
At the sound my lips quivered.
Decay enters my bones,
And in my place I tremble.
Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress,
For the people to arise who will invade us.

8710

They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their coats on the colt and put Jesus on it.

8711

If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

8712

“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them,
Everyone is greedy for gain,
And from the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely.

8713

and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to hunt down lives! Will you hunt down the lives of My people, but preserve the lives of others for yourselves?

8714

Then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its opening.

8715

Besides all your abominations and harlotries you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare and squirming in your blood.

8716

But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, fell into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up.

8717

“Moreover, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to Me and sacrificed them to idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter?

8718

“The women of My people you evict,
Each one from her pleasant house.
From her children you take My splendor forever.

8719

Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!

8720

Against all the lofty mountains,
Against all the hills that are lifted up,

8722

Then the king said to Haman, “Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have said.”

8723

Did not your fathers do the same, so that our God brought on us and on this city all this trouble? Yet you are adding to the wrath on Israel by profaning the sabbath.”

8724

“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying:‘When a woman gives birth and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days, as in the days of her menstruation she shall be unclean.

8725

They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

8726

As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My ordinances,

8727

Here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please let me bring them out that you may ravish them and do to them whatever you wish. But do not commit such an act of folly against this man.”

8728

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold which were left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,

8729

Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their fathers’ households.

8730

Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with the sins which they committed.

8731

So Manoah said to his wife, “We will surely die, for we have seen God.”

8732

because of his sins which he sinned, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel sin.

8733

But it came about when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their stubborn ways.

8734

Now when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon).

8735

Moreover, the archers shot at your servants from the wall; so some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

8736

Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up with him; Deborah also went up with him.

8737

And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

8738

Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and threw it at Moses’ feet, and she said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me.”

8739

and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.

8740

“Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.

8741

I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

8742

When they came to Jesus, they earnestly implored Him, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this to him;

8743

The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.

8744

But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching with many others also, the word of the Lord.

8745

But the next day, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the barracks.

8746

The demons began to entreat Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”

8747

On the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting together, and he tried to reconcile them in peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren, why do you injure one another?’

8749

In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “HOLY TO THE LORD.” And the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the bowls before the altar.

8750

“Let his mind be changed from that of a man
And let a beast’s mind be given to him,
And let seven periods of time pass over him.

8751

I will not execute My fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim again.
For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in wrath.

8752

Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.

8754

They captured fortified cities and a fertile land.
They took possession of houses full of every good thing,
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
Fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate, were filled and grew fat,
And reveled in Your great goodness.

8755

A stone was brought and laid over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed in regard to Daniel.

8756

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility.

8757

So they will know that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and spread them among the countries.

8758

Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.

8760

So they forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

8761

“Their houses shall be turned over to others,
Their fields and their wives together;
For I will stretch out My hand
Against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the Lord.

8762

For they also built for themselves high places and sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree.

8763

The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

8764

The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

8765

Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; but his army fled to their tents.

8766

Elisha said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you.

8767

and shall dedicate to the Lord his days as a Nazirite, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a guilt offering; but the former days will be void because his separation was defiled.

8769

Now Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

8770

Then David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”

8771

The others came out from the city to encounter them, so that they were trapped in the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side; and they slew them until no one was left of those who survived or escaped.

8772

If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me—

8773

Jesus *answered, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.

8774

I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,
And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and fed them.

8775

But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”

8776

When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

8777

What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others.

8778

These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the length of Levi’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.

8779

If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn, and one must interpret;

8780

Say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”

8781

If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance.”

8782

They were imploring Him not to command them to go away into the abyss.

8783

When He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not drive it out?”

8784

Ephraim feeds on wind,
And pursues the east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is carried to Egypt.

8785

If a man carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and touches bread with this fold, or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.”

8786

so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear!

8787

She has fallen, she will not rise again—
The virgin Israel.
She lies neglected on her land;
There is none to raise her up.

8788

In a time of tranquility he will enter the richest parts of the realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time.

8789

“Behold, he goes up like clouds,
And his chariots like the whirlwind;
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!”

8790

so that they might request compassion from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

8791

And likewise I, my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us leave off this usury.

8792

Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”’

8793

Then You frighten me with dreams
And terrify me by visions;

8794

So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?

8795

then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

8796

Now Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand and go to Ramoth-gilead.

8797

When David inquired of the Lord, He said, “You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.

8798

Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding,
But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

8799

The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

8800

Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites would invade the land in the spring of the year.

8801

When I and all who are with me blow the trumpet, then you also blow the trumpets all around the camp and say, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon.’”

8802

But when the sons of Israel cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

8803

However, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always.

8804

So the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today.

8805

Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

8807

And the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he *said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

8808

“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord,
“I remember concerning you the devotion of your youth,
The love of your betrothals,
Your following after Me in the wilderness,
Through a land not sown.

8809

“These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall carefully observe in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth.

8810

The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

8811

Aaron then shall present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, that they may qualify to perform the service of the Lord.

8813

Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, “Moses, my lord, restrain them.”

8814

however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

8815

Yes, they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things.

8816

So a young man ran and told Moses and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

8817

Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.

8818

Thus the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

8819

Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

8820

Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”

8821

I will go away and return to My place
Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

8822

For ships of Kittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.

8823

“Then it came about after all your wickedness (‘Woe, woe to you!’ declares the Lord God),

8824

Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

8825

As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on evil, and they will speak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the end is still to come at the appointed time.

8826

“Yet I planted you a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned yourself before Me
Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?

8827

But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

8828

Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool,
And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

8829

Now three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.

8830

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

8831

How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make known to me my rebellion and my sin.

8832

Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.”

8833

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hephzibah.

8834

to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

8835

As they were burying a man, behold, they saw a marauding band; and they cast the man into the grave of Elisha. And when the man touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet.

8836

Of the Levites were Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

8837

So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.

8838

“When he finishes atoning for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.

8839

Their kinsmen of their fathers’ households were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven.

8840

All the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

8841

Then he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” And when he had called her, she stood before him.

8842

But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Omri became king.

8843

Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.’”

8844

Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”

8845

Now King Solomon was king over all Israel.

8846

David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

8847

to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.”

8848

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

8849

that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.

8850

And He *directed the people to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to serve to them, and they served them to the people.

8851

The sons of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, with the sword among the rest of their slain.

8852

And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!”

8853

If the place which the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter of your herd and flock which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates whatever you desire.

8854

The city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

8856

Every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron, to all alike.

8857

Therefore it was also credited to him as righteousness.

8858

But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

8859

And the Lord their God will save them in that day
As the flock of His people;
For they are as the stones of a crown,
Sparkling in His land.

8860

And sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there.

8861

I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, whose waist was girded with a belt of pure gold of Uphaz.

8862

Take an offering from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah; and you go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have arrived from Babylon.

8863

But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
Who tries the feelings and the heart,
Let me see Your vengeance on them,
For to You have I committed my cause.

8864

For behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

8865

For behold, the Lord God of hosts is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah
Both supply and support, the whole supply of bread
And the whole supply of water;

8866

Then he will return to his land with much plunder; but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and then return to his own land.

8868

before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;

8869

So neither I, my brothers, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us removed our clothes, each took his weapon even to the water.

8870

When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.

8872

He said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’

8873

In them the king granted the Jews who were in each and every city the right to assemble and to defend their lives, to destroy, to kill and to annihilate the entire army of any people or province which might attack them, including children and women, and to plunder their spoil,

8874

Then all the sons of Israel and all the people went up and came to Bethel and wept; thus they remained there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening. And they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

8875

and they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the Lord to anger.

8876

who has kept with Your servant David, my father, that which You have promised him; indeed You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.

8877

He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in relays; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And Adoniram was over the forced laborers.

8878

And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord God, for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And this is the custom of man, O Lord God.

8879

and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,

8880

And his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

8881

He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.

8882

David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife.

8883

Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?

8884

Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and named it The Lord is Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

8885

I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died,

8886

But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have let us hear things like this at this time.”

8887

You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all.

8888

and Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan,

8889

If sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would move out; or if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out.

8890

the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

8891

You shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

8892

then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his property.

8893

The king reflected and said, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’

8894

“So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road, away from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed through by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

8895

their numbered men of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.

8896

The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.

8897

When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country.

8898

My defense to those who examine me is this:

8899

When he got to the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

8900

Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

8901

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

8902

“When this man was arrested by the Jews and was about to be slain by them, I came up to them with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

8903

“And wanting to ascertain the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their Council;

8904

The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

8905

Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept bitterly.

8906

For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

8907

All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?”

8909

Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, because Jezebel his wife incited him.

8910

Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a large crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

8911

The captain of the Lord’s host said to Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

8912

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

8913

For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.

8914

“So the helpless has hope,
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

8915

And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?

8916

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

8917

“Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—
This time I will make them know
My power and My might;
And they shall know that My name is the Lord.”

8918

Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him.

8919

and when those who carried the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest),

8920

For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

8921

The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

8922

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

8924

Saul said to the people who were with him, “Number now and see who has gone from us.” And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.

8925

So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

8926

Then it came about, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon and to the king of Shimron and to the king of Achshaph,

8928

For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

8929

The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

8930

Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.

8931

But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?”

8932

As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

8933

This they will have in return for their pride, because they have taunted and become arrogant against the people of the Lord of hosts.

8935

Then He brought me to the entrance of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and behold, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

8936

You trampled on the sea with Your horses,
On the surge of many waters.

8937

Will not the day of the Lord be darkness instead of light,
Even gloom with no brightness in it?

8938

“Arise and go,
For this is no place of rest
Because of the uncleanness that brings on destruction,
A painful destruction.

8939

“Now this is the inscription that was written out: ‘MENĒ, MENĒ, TEKĒL, UPHARSIN.’

8940

In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks.

8941

Thus says the Lord God, “I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

8942

My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,
Have given a pledge for a stranger,

8943

Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among them.

8946

I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

8947

Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
And strangers will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.

8948

I was also blameless with Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.

8949

Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?”

8950

Also in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

8951

But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.

8952

“For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity;
They will be led forth at the day of fury.

8953

Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

8954

So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

8955

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

8956

and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

8957

Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

8959

“And He will say, ‘Where are their gods,
The rock in which they sought refuge?

8960

But you shall do nothing to the girl; there is no sin in the girl worthy of death, for just as a man rises against his neighbor and murders him, so is this case.

8961

Then Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me and I have appointed a king over you.

8962

while the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the Lord.

8963

Then he said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob, for he has supplanted me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

8964

The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

8965

I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky; and it came right down to me,

8966

and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.

8967

Then Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters.

8968

Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

8969

And He will arise and shepherd His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God.
And they will remain,
Because at that time He will be great
To the ends of the earth.

8970

Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

8971

Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”

8972

I have become a laughingstock to all my people,
Their mocking song all the day.

8973

The gates of the rivers are opened
And the palace is dissolved.

8974

“It will come about in that day that I will respond,” declares the Lord.
“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,

8975

They spoke to them just as Jesus had told them, and they gave them permission.

8976

He will stir up his strength and courage against the king of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him.

8977

“All who handle the oar,
The sailors and all the pilots of the sea
Will come down from their ships;
They will stand on the land,

8978

Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands,

8979

They have lied about the Lord
And said, “Not He;
Misfortune will not come on us,
And we will not see sword or famine.

8980

It shall be in those days when you are multiplied and increased in the land,” declares the Lord, “they will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ And it will not come to mind, nor will they remember it, nor will they miss it, nor will it be made again.

8981

Those who are most helpless will eat,
And the needy will lie down in security;
I will destroy your root with famine,
And it will kill off your survivors.

8983

In order to go into the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs
Before the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.

8984

Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of men—many concubines.

8987

Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews.

8988

My beloved is dazzling and ruddy,
Outstanding among ten thousand.

8989

Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.

8991

These came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah.The number of the men of the people of Israel:

8992

and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the River. Now

8993

and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel and Azaziah, to lead with lyres tuned to the sheminith.

8994

Now the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

8995

For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.’”

8996

As David’s time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,

8997

Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

8998

When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage remained in any man any longer because of you; for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.

8999

In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve years; he reigned six years at Tirzah.

9000

Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

9001

of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

9002

and he said to the sons of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’