and send to me cedar-trees, firs, and algums from Lebanon, for I have known that thy servants know to cut down trees of Lebanon, and lo, my servants are with thy servants,

'And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father,

'And, now, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, as my lord said, let him send to his servants,

yea, it cometh to pass, as one are trumpeters and singers, to sound -- one voice -- to praise and to give thanks to Jehovah, and at the lifting up of the sound with trumpets, and with cymbals, and with instruments of song, and at giving praise to Jehovah, for good, for to the age is His kindness, that the house is filled with a cloud -- the house of Jehovah,

'When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemies in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Thee the way of this city that Thou hast fixed on, and the house that I have built for Thy name:

And on the twenty and third day of the seventh month he hath sent the people to their tents, rejoicing, and glad in heart, for the goodness that Jehovah hath done to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel His people.

If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people --

and they send and call for him, and Jeroboam cometh in, and all Israel, and speak unto Rehoboam, saying,

And all Israel have seen that the king hath not hearkened to them, and the people send back to the king, saying, 'What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in a son of Jesse; each to thy tents, O Israel; now, see thy house -- David,' and all Israel go to their tents.

A covenant is between me and thee, and between my father and thy father, lo, I have sent to thee silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he doth go up from off me.'

And in the third year of his reign he hath sent for his heads, for Ben-Hail, and for Obadiah, and for Zechariah, and for Nethaneel, and for Michaiah, to teach in cities of Judah,

And it cometh to pass, at the turn of the year, come up hath the force of Aram against him, and they come in unto Judah and Jerusalem, and destroy all the heads of the people from the people, and all their spoil they have sent to the king of Damascus,

And the sons of the troop that Amaziah hath sent back from going with him to battle -- they rush against cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-Horon, and smite of them three thousand, and seize much prey.

Come, we look one another in the face.' And Joash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, 'The thorn that is in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that is in Lebanon, and treadeth down the thorn.

And from the time that Amaziah hath turned aside from after Jehovah -- they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fleeth to Lachish, and they send after him to Lachish, and put him to death there,

and now, hear me, and send back the captives whom ye have taken captive of your brethren, for the heat of the anger of Jehovah is upon you.'

At that time hath king Ahaz sent unto the king of Asshur to give help to him;

After this hath Sennacherib king of Asshur sent his servants to Jerusalem -- and he is by Lachish, and all his power with him -- against Hezekiah king of Judah, and against all Judah, who are in Jerusalem, saying,

And in the eighteenth year of his reign, to purify the land and the house he hath sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah head of the city, and Joah son of Johaz the remembrancer, to strengthen the house of Jehovah his God.

And she saith to them, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Say to the man who hath sent you unto me,

and at the turn of the year hath king Nebuchadnezzar sent and bringeth him in to Babylon, with the desirable vessels of the house of Jehovah, and causeth Zedekiah his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem.

This is a copy of a letter that they have sent unto him, unto Artaxerxes the king: 'Thy servants, men beyond the river, and at such a time;

Now, because that the salt of the palace is our salt, and the nakedness of the king we have no patience to see, therefore we have sent and made known to the king;

An answer hath the king sent unto Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe, and the rest of their companions who are dwelling in Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, 'Peace, and at such a time:

The letter that ye sent unto us, explained, hath been read before me,

And the eye of their God hath been upon the elders of the Jews, and they have not caused them to cease till the matter goeth to Darius, and then they send back a letter concerning this thing.

The copy of a letter that Tatnai, governor beyond the river, hath sent, and Shethar-Boznai and his companions, the Apharsachites who are beyond the river, unto Darius the king.

A letter they have sent unto him, and thus is it written in it:

And now, if to the king it be good, let search be made in the treasure-house of the king, that is there in Babylon, whether it be that of Cyrus the king there was made a decree to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and the will of the king concerning this thing he doth send unto us.'

Then Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king hath sent, so they have done speedily;

because that from the king and his seven counsellors thou art sent, to inquire concerning Judah and concerning Jerusalem, with the law of God that is in thy hand,

and I send for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, heads, and for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding;

and they give their hand to send out their wives, and, being guilty, a ram of the flock, for their guilt.

and say to the king, 'If to the king it be good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.'

And I send unto them messengers, saying, 'A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?'

and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them word according to this word.

And I send unto him, saying, 'It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'

And I discern, and lo, God hath not sent him, for in the prophecy he hath spoken unto me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,

also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid.

And he saith to them, 'Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and sent portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for to-day is holy to our Lord, and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.'

And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them.

and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;

And the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;

And scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman hath commanded, unto lieutenants of the king, and unto the governors who are over province and province, and unto the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of the king Ahasuerus it hath been written and sealed with the signet of the king,

and letters to be sent by the hand of the runners unto all provinces of the king, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy all the Jews, from young even unto old, infant and women, on one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month -- it is the month of Adar -- and their spoil to seize,

and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: 'Do not think in thy soul to be delivered in the house of the king, more than all the Jews,

And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:

and the king turneth aside his signet, that he hath caused to pass away from Haman, and giveth it to Mordecai, and Esther setteth Mordecai over the house of Haman.

and ye, write ye for the Jews, as it is good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king -- for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.'

And he writeth in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and sealeth with the signet of the king, and sendeth letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares,

And his sons have gone and made a banquet -- the house of each in his day -- and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them;

and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings -- the number of them all -- for Job said, 'Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.' Thus doth Job all the days.

If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,

For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

They lift themselves up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.

And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety.

And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.

Hearken diligently to the trembling of His voice, Yea, the sound from His mouth goeth forth.

Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?'

Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?

With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.

He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee,

To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders.

Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They -- they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles.

God hath gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.

Bless, ye peoples, our God, And sound the voice of His praise,

Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.

They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,

Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.

And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas -- winged fowl,

And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.

Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.

He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.

The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.

He hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on.

He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.

The rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies.

Redemption He hath sent to His people, He hath appointed to the age His covenant, Holy and fearful is His name.

He sent tokens and wonders into thy midst, O Egypt, On Pharaoh and on all his servants.

I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.

Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,

Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger,

The memorial of the abundance of Thy goodness they send forth. And Thy righteousness they sing.

She hath sent forth her damsels, She crieth on the tops of the high places of the city:

An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.

A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff.

Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy.

Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly!

Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.

I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! 'Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled with dew, My locks with drops of the night.'

My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him.

And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: 'Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?' And I say, 'Here am I, send me.'