Defile not yourselves in any of these things, for with all these things are these nations defiled which I cast out before you:

"And when ye shall go to war in your land against your enemies that vex you, ye shall trump with the trumpets and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, "Come and see."

and prayed us with great instance, that we would receive their benefit, and suffer them to be partakers with others in ministering to the saints.

But if a man be clean and not let in a journey, and yet was negligent to offer Passover, the same soul shall perish from his people, because he brought not an offering unto the LORD in his due season: and he shall bear his sin.

And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD, and shalt deliver it unto the priest, and he shall bring it unto the altar,

And see that thou make them after the fashion that was showed thee in the mount."

and prevailed not: neither was their place found any more in heaven.

And there came also Nicodemus which at the beginning came to Jesus by night, and brought of myrrh and aloes mingled together about a hundred pound weight.

Our cattle therefore shall go with us, and there shall not one hoof be left behind, for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God. Moreover, we cannot know wherewith we shall serve the LORD, until we come thither."

God increase Japheth that he may dwell in the tents of Shem. And Canaan be their servant."

And then Abram departed and took his journey southward.

And Saul arose from the earth, and opened his eyes, but saw no man. Then led they him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

And when he had gone over those parts, and given them large exhortations, he came into Greece:

The man answered, and said unto them, "This is a marvelous thing that ye know not whence he is, seeing he opened mine eyes.

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the son of man be to this nation.

Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place, for Jesus oftentimes resorted thither with his disciples.

And behold, there are last, which shall be first: And there are first which shall be last."

"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be joy and gladness, and prosperous high feasts unto the house of Judah: Only, love the truth and peace.

so that I had no lust to eat bread: as for flesh and wine, there came none within my mouth: No, I did not once anoint myself, till the whole three weeks were out.

I thank thee, and pray thee, O thou God of my fathers, that thou hast lent me wisdom and strength, and hast showed me the thing that we desired of thee, for thou hast opened the king's matter unto me."

They that were sent went their way, and found, even as he had said unto them.

The LORD shall be grim upon them, and destroy all the goods in the land. And all the Isles of the Heathen shall worship him, every man in his place.

{Samekh} All they that go by thee clap their hands at thee - hissing and wagging their heads upon the daughter Jerusalem - and say, "Is this the city that men call so fair, wherein the whole land rejoiceth?"

Wherefore, O king, be content with my counsel, that thou mayest lose thy sins with righteousness, and thine offenses with mercy to poor people: for such things shall prolong thy peace."

Whoso breaketh the gap, he shall go before. They shall break up the port, and go in and out at it. Their king shall go before them, and the LORD shall be upon the head of them.

he is ever imagining mischief and frowardness in his heart, and causeth discord.

Ye Ethiopians also shall perish with my sword:

Then shall there arise yet a mighty king, that shall rule with great dominion, and do what him list.

Woe be unto vain persons, that draw wickedness unto them with cords of vanity; and sin, as it were with a cart rope.

Pour out thine indignation rather upon the Gentiles, that know thee not, and upon the people that call not on thy name: And that because they have consumed, devoured and destroyed Jacob, and have rooted out his glory.

If he do not this, he stumbleth and suffereth hunger. And if he suffer hunger, he is out of patience, and blasphemeth his king and his God. Then looketh he upward, and downward to the earth,

When the just are in wealth, the city prospereth; but when the ungodly have the rule, it decayeth.

and therefore the LORD of Hosts shall perfectly fulfill the thing, that he hath determined in the midst of the whole world.

Like as he came naked out of his mother's womb, so goeth he thither again, and carryeth nothing away with him of all his labour.

The righteous shall never be overthrown; but the ungodly shall not remain in the land.

{A Psalm of David when he fled from the face of Absalom} LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise against me.

Whereas I, notwithstanding, must consume like as a foul carrion, and as a cloth that is moth eaten.

And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all manner instruments of fir wood - with harps, psalteries, timbrels, fiddles and cymbals.

Then reproved I them sore, and said unto them, "Why tarry ye all night about the wall? If ye do it once again, I will lay hands upon you." From that time forth came they no more on the Sabbath.

Then went Haman forth the same day joyful and merry in his mind. And when he saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up and kneeled before him, he was full of indignation at Mordecai.

then I will establish the seat of thy kingdom, according to the covenant I made with David thy father, saying: thou shalt have ever one or other that shall rule in Israel.

And when he was departed from him a furlong of ground, Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "Behold, my master hath spared Naaman, this Syrian, so that he hath not taken from him that which he brought! As surely as the LORD liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat."

even of nations of which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, "See ye come not at them, nor let them come to you: for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless to such Solomon clave and fell in love with them.

Hearken therefore unto the prayers of thy servant and of thy people Israel, which they pray in this place. But hear thou out of thy dwelling place heaven: and when thou hearest it, be merciful.

And these following came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close for fear of Saul the son of Kish: and they were of the men that succored the battle,

he said unto Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar trees, but the Ark of God dwelleth in the midst of curtains."

Then men told the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations which thou hast translated and put in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land, and therefore he hath sent lions upon them, which slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land."

The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

and when the LORD thy God hath set them before thee that thou shouldest smite them: see that thou utterly destroy them and make no covenant with them nor have compassion on them.

And Jesse begat his eldest son Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

He restored the coasts of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea, in the wild fields, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel which he spake through his servant Jonah the son of Amittai the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.

which also hast kept with thy servants David my father, that thou promisedest him. Thou spakest with thy mouth and hast fulfilled with thine hand, as it is come to pass this day.

And Ahaz laid him to rest with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his room.

But Jonathan heard not when his father adjured the people, wherefore he put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in a honey comb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes received sight.

But the children of Belial said, "How shall he save us?" And despised him and brought him not presents. And he made as though he had not heard it.

And he said, "Call her." And he called her. And she came and stood at the door.

Then they cried unto the LORD and said, 'We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth. But now deliver us out of the hands of our enemies and we will serve thee.'

If one man sin against another, the judge can redress it. But if a man sin against the LORD, who can redress it?" Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, for the LORD's will was to slay them.

And the men answered her, "Our lives for you to die, if you utter not this our business. And so when the LORD hath given us the land, we will deal mercifully and truly with thee."

for that day shall an atonement be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins before the LORD, and ye shall be clean.

And he that sat was, to look upon, like unto a jasper stone, and a sardine stone: And there was a rainbow about the seat, in sight like unto an emerald.

which same shall not receive much more in this world, and in the world to come: life everlasting."

When the LORD thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, then put the blessing upon mount Gerizim and the curse upon mount Ebal,

And when the dew fell about the host in the night, the Manna fell therewith.

And the people cried unto Moses, and he made intercession unto the LORD; and the fire quenched.

so that another man lie with her, fleshly; and the thing be hid from the eyes of her husband and is not come to light that she is defiled - for there is no witness against her, inasmuch as she was not taken with the manner -

the hedgehog, stellio, the lizard, the snail and the mole.

so that all that had the breath of life in the nostrils of it, throughout all that was on dry land, died.

And Israel took all these cities and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites: in Heshbon and in all the towns that long thereto.

which was a similitude for the time then present, and in which were offered gifts and sacrifices that could not make them that minister perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

Then the Kohathites went forward and bare the holy things, and the other did set up the habitation against they came.

Nevertheless God, that comforteth the abject, comforted us at the coming of Titus.

And Noah came out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.

And Moses answered, "Thou must give us also offerings and burnt offerings for to sacrifice unto the LORD our God.

so that we could not but desire Titus to accomplish the same benevolence among you also, even as he had begun.

Then the upper-captain came to him, and said, "Tell me, art thou a Roman?" He said, "Yea."

Say I these things after the manner of men? Or sayeth not the law the same also?

But they have not all obeyed to the gospel. For Isaiah saith, "Lord, who shall believe our sayings?"

Jesus said unto her, "Thy brother shall rise again."

for the son shall put his father to dishonour, the daughter shall rise against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: and a man's foes shall be even they of his own household.

And as he went they spread their clothes in the way.

And his disciples answered him, "Where should a man have bread here in the wilderness to satisfy these?"

And there was, a good way off from them, a great herd of swine feeding.

And wist not what he said, for they were afraid.

Then take gold and silver, and make crowns thereof, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Jozadak, the high priest.

O king, God the highest gave unto Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, the dignity of a king, with worship and honor:

For the LORD hath taken away thy punishment, and turned back thine enemies. The king of Israel, even the LORD himself is with thee: so that thou needest no more to fear any misfortune.

I thought in myself, "I am undone; there is no hope for me in the LORD."

And he said unto me, "Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see the great abominations that they do."

{Lamed} Even when they spake to their mothers, "Where is meat and drink?" For while they so said, they fell down in the streets of the city, like as they had been wounded, and some died in their mothers' bosom.

"Ah, my belly! Ah, my belly!" shalt thou cry, "how is my heart so sore?" My heart panteth within me, I cannot be still, for I have heard the crying of the trumpets, and peals of war.

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell it: and he that understandeth my word, let him show it faithfully. For what hath chaff and wheat to do together, sayeth the LORD?

Wherefore do ye oppress my people, and mar the faces of the innocents?" Thus shall the LORD God of Hosts revile them.

Through the mouth of the dissembler is his neighbour destroyed; but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

They go all unto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turn unto dust again.

"Then shall the noise of his horses be heard from Dan; the whole land shall be afraid at the neigh of his strong horses. For they shall go in, and devour the land, with all that is in it: the cities, and those that dwell therein.

A good man is acceptable unto the LORD; but the wicked will he condemn.

The patient abiding of the righteous shall be turned to gladness; but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

From such as leave the high street, and walk in the ways of darkness;

{To the Chanter upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David} Help me, LORD, for there is not one godly man left: for the faithful are diminished from among the children of men.

My praise is of thee in the great congregation; my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.

And the king was moved and went up to a chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went thus he said, "My son Absalom, my son, my son, my son Absalom, would to God I had died for thee Absalom, my son, my son."

He shall keep thee from the perilous tongue so that when trouble cometh, thou shalt not need to fear.

Yet shall he be brought to his grave, and dwell among the heap of the dead.

Mordecai bade say again unto Esther, "Think not to save thine own life, while thou art in the king's house before all Jews:

And Jeroboam recovered not strength again in the days of Abijah. And at the last, the LORD plagued him, that he died.

Nevertheless yet they lay upon him, till he was ashamed, and said, "Send." And they sent fifty men which sought him three days and three nights, but found him not.

Then David returned to salute his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out against him, and said, "Oh how glorious was the king of Israel today, which stripped himself today before the eyes of the maidens of his servants, as a light-brained fellow is wont to strip himself."

The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur and Shobal.

And Saul said to David again, "Thou art not able to go unto this Philistine, to fight with him. For thou art but a lad, and he hath been a man of war even from his youth."

And Nahshon begat Salmon; and Salma begat Boaz;

After that, Elisha went to Damascus; Benhadad the king of Syria being sick. And one told the king, saying, "The man of God is come hither."

And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, "Thus sayeth the LORD: 'Because thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

"Make a covenant with us and we will be thy servants." And Nahash the Ammonite said, "Hereto will I make a covenant with you: even to thrust out all your right eyes, that I may bring that shame upon all Israel."

Then he said, "Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king - for he will not say thee nay - that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife."

Then he said unto his servants, "Behold, Joab hath a parcel of land fast by mine, and hath barley therein. Go and set it on fire." And Absalom's servants went and set it on fire.

And as soon as they were departed, the other came out of the well, and went and told King David and said unto him, "Up, and get you quickly over the water for such counsel hath Ahithophel given."

Thou camest but yesterday, and should I unquiet thee today to go with us? I will go whither I go. But return thou and carry again thy brethren. Mercy and truth be with thee."

And the men of Bethshemesh said, "Who is able to stand before the LORD, so holy a God, and to whom shall he go from us?"

For the land whither thou goest to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt whence thou camest out, where thou sowedest thy seed and wateredest it with thy labour as a garden of herbs:

But now our souls are dried away, for our eyes look on nothing else, save upon Manna."

And when Saul saw and understood, how that the LORD was with David, and that Michal his daughter loved him,

And he that toucheth the sprinkling water, shall be unclean until even.

And so she kept her by the maidens of Boaz, to gather unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest also: and dwelt with her mother-in-law.

He that despiseth Moses' law, dieth without mercy under two or three witnesses.

And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and had thirty cities for them, which are called the towns of Jair unto this day, and are in the land of Gilead.

And let the Levites put their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and then offer them: the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.

and then put off his raiment and put on other and carry the ashes out without the host unto a clean place.

And there went out another horse that was red, and power was given to him that sat thereon, to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. And there was given unto him a great sword.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

Therefore, when the priest seeth the raw flesh, let him make him unclean. For inasmuch as his flesh is raw, he is unclean and it is surely a true leprosy.

And the LORD said unto Moses, "Put forth thine hand and take it by the tail." And he put forth his hand and caught it, and it became a rod again in his hand.

and shall heave up part of the meat offering for a memorial, and shall burn it upon the altar: an offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

And Isaac was greatly astonished out of measure, and said, "Where is he then that hath hunted venison and brought it me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him, and he shall be blessed still."

For the spirits of the prophets are in the power of the prophets.

And the same began to speak boldly in the Synagogue. And when Priscilla and Aquila had heard him: they took him unto them; And expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

And the water prevailed and increased exceedingly upon the earth: and the ark went upon the top of the waters.

Then his father Isaac said unto him, "Who art thou?" He answered, "I am thy eldest son Esau."

For Cain shall be avenged sevenfold: but Lamech seventy times sevenfold."

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

And I said, 'God forbid Lord, for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.'

ye that sing to the lute, and in playing of instruments compare yourselves unto David;

Have we not power to eat and to drink?

But as for me, I will be glad in the LORD, and will rejoice in God my Saviour.

And some of them that stood by when they heard that said, "Behold, he calleth for Elijah."

In the meanwhile he plagueth them for a season, until the time that she which shall bear have born: then shall the remnant of his brethren be converted unto the children of Israel.

Solomon begat Rehoboam; Rehoboam begat Abijah; Abijah begat Asa;

I lift up mine eyes again, and looked and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

"At the same time will I go about to destroy all such people as come against Jerusalem.

Upon this, went the princes and lords together unto the king, and said thus unto him, "King Darius, God save thy life forever.

Woe be unto them that are wise in their own sight, and think themselves to have understanding.

Moreover all temerarious and seditious power, yea, where there is but a coat filled with blood, shall be burnt, and feed the fire.

The LORD also will be a defense for the oppressed, even a refuge in due time of trouble.

But after certain years they shall be joined together; and the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the North for to make friendship. But she shall not obtain the power of that arm, neither shall she be able to endure through his might: but she, and such as brought her - yea, and he that begat her, and comforted her for his time - shall be delivered up.

And as soon as his kingdom cometh up, it shall be destroyed, and divided toward the four winds of the heaven. They that come after him shall not have such power and dominion as he: but his kingdom shall be scattered: yea, even among others than those.

The LORD alloweth the righteous; but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor.

Then answered the king, and said unto Daniel, whose name was Balteshazzar, "Art thou he, that canst show me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?"

The time cometh, the day draweth nigh. Whoso buyeth, let him not rejoice: he that selleth, let him not be sorry. For why? Trouble shall come in the midst of all rest:

and behold, there is trouble and darkness; vexation is round about him, and the cloud of error. And out of such adversity, shall he not escape.

For a wise man beareth his eyes about in his head, but the fool goeth in the darkness. I perceived also that they both had one end.

Strive not lightly with any man, wher as he hath done thee no harm.

O get thee away, my love, as a roe or a young hart unto the sweet smelling mountains.

To punish the innocent, and to smite the princes that give true judgment, are both evil.

honey, butter, sheep and cheese of kine - for David, and all the people that were with him, to eat. For they supposed that the people should be hungry, fainty, and thirsty in the wilderness.

"For though the wicked have never so much to fill his belly, yet God shall send his wrath upon him, and cause his indignation to rain over him:

For lo, my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth me, is above in the height.

Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, but are become heaps of stones.

And this is the foundation of Solomon in building the house of God. The length was three score cubits after the old cubit, and the breadth twenty.

And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple, and when he had set up the right pillar, he called the name thereon Jachin, and when he had set up the left pillar, he called the name thereof Boaz.

But herein the LORD be merciful to thy servant, for when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, he leaneth on mine hand, and I must worship in the house of Rimmon: Let the LORD, I pray thee, be merciful unto thy servant in this case."

Likewise, if thy people Israel be put to the worse before their enemies, because they have sinned against thee; Yet if they turn and confess thy name, and make intercession and pray before thee in this house;

After that, thou shalt come to the hill of God, where the Philistines keep their watch. And when thou art come thither to the city thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the hill, with a psaltery, a timbrel, a pipe, and a harp before them; and they prophesying.

And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

And he wrought that was evil in the sight of the LORD: but not like his father or his mother, for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

And Joab went to the king and told him. And he sent for Absalom; which, when he was come, fell to the ground on his face before the king. And the king kissed him.

Before time in Israel, when a man went to seek an answer of God, thus wise he spake: "Come, and let us go to the Seer." For he that is now called a prophet, was in the old time called a Seer.

and said unto him, "Behold, thou art old and thy sons follow not thy ways. Now, therefore, make us a king to judge us, as all other nations have."

And Abner said again to Asahel, "Turn from me! Why wilt thou that I smite thee to the ground? For then how should I hold up my face before Joab thy brother?"

Then said Abner, "Turn thee either to the righthand or to the left and catch one of the young men and take thee his spoil." But Asahel would not depart from him.

The servant fell down and besought him saying, 'Sir, give me respite, and I will pay it every whit.'

And it chanced at that time, that Eli lay in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim that he could not see.

Depart not hence until I come again unto thee and bring mine offering, and have set it before thee." And he said, "I will tarry until thou come again."

And in the eighth day the flesh of the child's foreskin shall be cut away.

But Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, because the LORD repented that he had made him king over Israel.

And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye lay your hands on, both ye and your households, because the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

which had the golden censer, and the ark of the testament overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot with manna, and Aaron's rod that sprung, and the tables of the testament.

And then Joshua smote them and slew them and hanged them on five trees till evening.

Oh, nay my sons: For it is no good report that I hear how that ye make the LORD's people to trespass.

Then said she, "My daughter sit still, until thou know how the matter will chance. For the man will not be in rest until he have finished the matter this same day."

For I will lift up my hand to heaven, and will say: I live ever.

Brethren, we are, after the manner of Isaac, children of promise:

Then said he to him, "A certain man ordained a great supper, and bade many;

Which also were taken for Giants, like as the Anakims: And the Moabites called them Emims.

and these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the eldest son, and Abihu; Eleazar and Ithamar.

No dedicated thing therefore that is dedicated of man, may be redeemed, but must needs die.

Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took meat.

When a soul hath sinned and heard the voice of cursing and is a witness: whether he hath seen or known of it, if he have not uttered it, he shall bear his sin.

But the voice answered me again from heaven, 'Count not thou those things common, which God hath cleansed.'

Two shall be also a grinding together: the one shall be received, and the other forsaken."

And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in a tomb.

As soon then as he had received the sop, he went immediately out. And it was night.

And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands, and his feet.

For thus sayeth the LORD God, 'Whereas there dwelt a thousand in one city, there shall be left scarcely a hundred therein: and where before dwelt a hundred, there shall scarcely ten be left for the house of Israel.'

Thus must she be spoiled, emptied and clean stripped out: that their hearts may be melted away, their knees tremble, all their loins be weak, and their faces black as a pot.

and I unhallowed them in their own gifts when I appointed for myself all their firstborn, to make them desolate: that they might know, how that I am the LORD.'

I, Nebuchadnezzar, being at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace,

And when a wicked turneth from his wickedness and doth justly and righteously, he shall save his soul:

The LORD hath a court to hold with Judah, and will punish Jacob: After their own ways and according to their own inventions, shall he recompense them.

{Vav} He hath smitten my teeth in pieces, and rolled me in the dust.

But like as a woman faileth her lover, so are ye unfaithful unto me, O ye house of Israel, sayeth the LORD.'"

Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me saying,

When an ungodly man dieth, his hope is gone; the confidence of riches shall perish.

And then said he unto me, "Stand up upon thy feet, O thou son of man, and I will talk with thee."

And the prophet, priest, or people that useth this term, 'the burden of the LORD' - him will I visit, and his house also.

Then, then shall man cast away his gods of silver and gold - which he nevertheless had made to honour them - unto moles and bats

I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword among them, to persecute them, until I bring them to naught."

And ye shall say in that day, 'Give thanks unto the LORD: call on his name: make his deeds known among the heathen: remember that his name is high.'

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill?

And all Israel brought the Ark of the LORD's covenant with shouting and blowing of horns, and with trumpets and cymbals that sounded, and with psalteries and harps.

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, O let me hear thy voice, that my companions may hearken to the same.

He shall be plucked off as an untimely grape from the vine, and shall let his flower fall, as the olive doth.

All mine enemies shall be confounded and sore vexed; they shall be turned back and put to shame suddenly.

And the damsel pleased him, and she found grace in his sight. And he caused her ointment to be given her, and her gifts, and gave her seven comely damsels out of the king's house, and favored both her and her gentle women singularly in the house of the women.

Should men give ear unto thee only? Thou wilt laugh other men to scorn; and shall nobody mock thee again?

Be it known also unto the king, that if this city be builded and the walls made up again, then shall not they pay tribute, toll, and yearly custom, and the king's profit shall incur damage?

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the time his father David had numbered them. And they were found a hundred and eighty thousand and six hundred.

And so the priests brought the Ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place: even into the quyre of the temple and place most holy, under the wings of the Cherubs.

And Jerijah was the chiefest among the kindreds and fathers of the Hebronites. And in the fortieth year of the kingdom of David they were sought for. And there were found of them men of activity at Jazer in Gilead.

with garlands of braided work and hoops of chain work for the head pieces that were on the pillars, seven for the one and seven for the other.

The way of God is undefiled, and the word of the LORD fined as gold, and he a shield to all that trust in him.

Thus sayeth the king, 'Let not Hezekiah beguile you, for he is not able to deliver you out of mine hand:

Then he said unto the kinsman, "Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, will sell a parcel of land which was our brother Elimelech's.

The sons of Reuben of Gad and of half the tribe of Manasseh, even of fighting men able to bear shield and sword, and shoot with bow, and taught to make war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and three score that went out to battle.

In his days, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went against the king of Assyria to the river of Euphrates. And king Josiah went against him, and was slain of him at Megiddo when he had seen him.

whose son was Joram: and his son was Ahaziah, and Joash was son to him.

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

And they stood still, every man in his place round about the host. And all the host ran and cried and fled.

Baanah the son of Hushai had Asher and Aloth;

Then Deborah, and Barak the son of Abinoam, sang the same day, saying,

he was the more afraid of David, and became David's enemy forever.

And they said, "Doth the LORD speak only through Moses? Doth he not speak also by us?" And the LORD heard it.

and cast him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, named Saul.

Also, when ye be merry in your feast days and in the first days of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt sacrifices and peaceofferings, that it may be a remembrance of you before your God. I am the LORD your God."

Avvim, Parah, and Ophrah;

"Command the children of Israel that they put out of the host all the lepers and all that have issues and all that are defiled upon the dead;

The king of Tappuah; The king of Hepher;

See thou fear them not, for the LORD thy God is among you: a mighty God and a terrible.

And when we had conquered this land the same time, I gave from Aroer, which is upon the river of Arnon, and half mount Gilead and the cities thereof unto the Reubenites, and Gadites.

For to their powers - I bear them record - yea and beyond their power, they were willing of their own accord,

"'All the meat offerings which ye shall bring unto the LORD shall be made without leaven. For ye shall neither burn leaven nor honey in any offering of the LORD.

saying that the son of man must suffer many things, and be reproved of the elders, and of the high priests and scribes, and be slain, and the third day rise again.

A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

and the two kidneys with the fat that lieth upon them and upon the loins, and the caul upon the liver let them take away also with the kidneys:

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,

And for this cause it is a better hope, that it was not promised without an oath.

But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the congregation, and let him speak to himself, and to God.

Consider what a man this was, unto whom the patriarch Abraham gave tithes of the spoils.

I am made a fool in boasting myself. Ye have compelled me: I ought to have been commended of you. For in nothing was I inferior unto the chief apostles, though I be nothing:

Go therefore and work, for there shall no straw be given you, and yet see that ye deliver the whole tale of brick."

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Whoso gathereth in summer is wise; but he that is sluggish in harvest, bringeth himself to confusion.

This said Jesus signifying what death he should die.

And his disciples said unto him, "Whence should we get so much bread in the wilderness as should suffice so great a multitude?"

He finisheth the work verily and maketh it short in righteousness. For a short word will God make on earth."

For when he made the heavens, I was present; when he set up the depths in order;

And whither I go, ye know; and the way ye know."

{Ayin} All thine enemies gape upon thee, whispering and biting their teeth, saying, "Let us devour, for the time that we looked for is come: we have found and seen it."

"Speak to Zerubbabel the prince of Judah, and say, 'I will shake both heaven and earth,

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still. Selah.

{Tet} They that be slain with the sword, are happier than such as die of hunger, and perish away famishing for the fruits of the field.

Even thou, O king, art the tree: great and strong. Thy greatness increaseth, and reacheth unto the heaven, so doth thy power to the ends of the earth.

Which rejoice in doing evil, and delight in wicked things:

What is he, but he knoweth that the hand of the LORD made all these?

"Should not he that maketh many words, be answered? Should he that babbleth much, be commended therein?

and will say unto God: O do not condemn me; but show me the cause, wherefore thou contendest so with me.

I have told the number of my goings, and delivered them unto him as to a prince.

I have offended; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou made me to stand in thy way, and am so heavy a burden unto myself?

Was I not happy? Had I not quietness? Was I not in rest? And now cometh such misery upon me!"

and said, "Let the day perish, wherein I was born,

And I said unto the Levites which were clean, that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the Sabbath day. Think upon me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to thy great mercy!

And then she arose at midnight and took my son from my side, while thine handmaid slept and laid it in her bosom, and put her dead child in my bosom.

But the child Samuel profited and grew, and was in favour both with the LORD and also with men.

which bare him children: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them and cut off their hands and their feet and hanged them up by the pole in Hebron. And they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

Then he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, "Sit ye down here." And they sat down.

Now, LORD God of Israel, let thy saying be true, which thou saidest unto thy servant David.

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them before the LORD, which was with him.

And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was so strong for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew the sword, to have broken up unto the king of Edom. But they could not.

The twelfth year of Jehoram son of Ahab, king of Israel, did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

and the cloud departed from the tabernacle. And behold, Miriam was become leprous, as it were snow. And when Aaron looked upon Miriam and saw that she was leprous,

And the king said to Cushi, "Is the lad Absalom safe?" And Cushi answered, "The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise against thee, to have thee, be as thy lad is."

Only the people sacrificed in altars made on hills, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD until those days.

And see, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin of Bahurim, which cursed me with a bitter curse what time I went to Mahanaim. But he came against me to Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, "I will not slay thee with the sword."

And Samuel said to all the people, "There! See ye whom the LORD hath chosen, and how there is none like him among all the company?" And all the people shouted and said, "God save the king!"

And then she let them down with a cord through the window. For her house stood in the town wall. And she dwelt in the town wall.

and a curse, if ye will not hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God: but turn out of the way which I command you this day to go after strange gods which ye have not known.'

And he took off his ring from his finger, and put it upon Joseph's finger, and he arrayed him in raiment of byss, and put a golden chain about his neck,

then they feared exceedingly, for Gibeon was a great city, as any city of the kingdom, and thereto greater than Ai, and all her men were mighty.

If he offer to give thanks, he shall bring unto his thank offering: sweet cakes mingled with oil and sweet wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil of fine flour fried,

or any manner beast that is on the earth or of any manner feathered fowl that flyeth in the air,

and thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, both flesh and blood upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and the blood of thine offerings thou shalt pour out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and shalt eat the flesh.

Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat of them that chew cud and have hoofs. The camel, for he cheweth cud but he divideth not the hoof into two claws, therefore he shall be unclean unto you.

But as soon as ye heard the voice out of the darkness and saw the hill burn with fire, ye came unto me all the heads of your tribes and your elders:

and brought us from thence to bring us in and to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

as the LORD commanded Moses." And Aaron laid it up before the testimony there to be kept.

And yet Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may set mine hand upon Egypt and bring out mine armies, even my people the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, with great judgments.

And when the seven thunders had spoken their voices, I was about to write. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, "Seal up those things which the seven thunders spake, and write them not."

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, was Abidan the son of Gedeoni.

Therefore let no man rejoice in men. For all things are yours,

But God raised him again from death,

But unto thee O LORD our God, pertaineth mercy and forgiveness. As for us, we are gone back from him,

And, behold, certain of the scribes said in themselves, "This man blasphemeth."

And behold, two men talked with him, and they were Moses and Elijah,

Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth. Yea and we ourselves also bear record, and ye know that our record is true.

And they led Jesus away to the highest priest of all, and to him came all the high priests and the elders, and the scribes.

But when the brethren knew of that, they brought him to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him see. And he was restored to his sight, and saw every man clearly.

The ungodly is so proud and full of indignation, that he careth not for God: neither is God in all his thoughts.

And his disciples came, and took up his body, and buried it: And went and told Jesus.

Woe is me! I am become as one that goeth a gleaning in the harvest. There are no more grapes to eat, yet would I fain, with all my heart, have of the best fruit.

And he charged them that they should tell no man of it.

The LORD roareth like a lion, that they may follow him. Yea, as a lion roareth he, that they may be afraid like the children of the sea:

Shall not the land tremble; and all they that dwell therein, mourn for this? Shall not their destruction come upon them like a water stream; and flow over them, as the flood of Egypt?

But the judgment shall be kept, so that his power shall be taken from him: for he shall be destroyed, and perish at the last.

Then the dukes, lords and nobles, and the king's counsel came together to see these men, upon whom the fire had no manner of power in their bodies: insomuch that the very hair of their head was not burnt, and their clothes unchanged: Yea, there was no smell of fire felt upon them.

It goeth down softly; but at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder.

the goodly flowered wide and broidered raiment, brushes and headbands,

Four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offerings, of a cubit and a half long and broad, and one cubit high: whereupon were laid the vessels and ornaments, which were used to the burnt and the slain offerings, when they were slaughtered.

forsaketh the husband of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

In that day shall the Lord take away the gorgeousness of their apparel, and spangles, chains, partlets,

and if Noah, Daniel and Job were therein: as truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but save their own souls in their righteousness.

The same year that king Ahaz died, God threatened by Isaiah on this manner:

If thou be so foolish to magnify thyself, or meddlest with any such thing, then lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

There, are small and great; the bondman, and he that is free from his master.

He runneth proudly upon him, and with a stiff neck fighteth he against him:

And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon and came to prove him with riddles at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and with camels that bare sweet odours and plenty of gold and precious stone. And when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

The children of Ater of Hezekiah, eight and ninety;

Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

But they answered us with these words, and said, 'We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

And as soon as he had made an end of offering of burnt sacrifice, he said to them of the guard and to the lords, "Go in and slay them, let none come out." And they smote them with the edge of the sword. And the guard and the lords cast them out, and went unto the city of the house of Baal,

Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods."

Moreover, Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings and the meat offerings and the fat.

That thine eyes be open over this house day and night, and over the place of which thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth at this place:

For the Levites were committed to be principal porters of fidelity. And they had the oversight of the vestries and treasures of the house of God,

And he took him and brought him to his mother. And he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

And the house which Solomon built for the LORD was three score cubits long and twenty broad and thirty cubits high.

And all Israel were numbered by kindreds: and see, they be written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah were carried away to Babylon for their offenses.

And if any man trespass against his neighbour, and his neighbour take an adjuration to adjure him withal, and the adjuration come before thine altar at this house,

The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath.

Then came the spirit of God upon Saul, when he heard those tidings, and he was exceeding angry.

And when all the kings that were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with them and served them. And so the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

The lords of Issachar were with Deborah. And as Barak, even so was Issachar sent into the valley afoot. But in the divisions of Reuben, were great imaginations of heart.

And Joshua cursed at that time, saying, "Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: so that he lay the foundation with the death of his eldest son, and with the death of his youngest set up the gates."

and said unto them, "Why do ye such things? For I hear your wicked deeds of all these people.

Overthrow their altars and break their pillars and burn their groves with fire and hew down the images of their gods, and bring the names of them to nought out of that place.

And he said unto them, "This is my blood, of the New Testament, which is shed for many.

The name of the man was Elimelech, and his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion and they were Ephraimites, out of Bethlehem Judah. And when they came into the land of Moab, they continued there.

Then said Deborah unto Barak, "Up, for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hands: for the LORD is gone out before thee." And so Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

And so Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes: and the tribe of Judah was caught.

And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood still upon dry land, until all the people were clean over Jordan.

And then it was showed unto Sisera how that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

Gibeon, Ramah, and Beeroth;

or of any manner worm that creepeth on the earth or of any manner fish that is in the water beneath the earth.

And as soon as the people were all gone over Jordan, the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

and that thou tell in the audience of thy son and of thy son's son, the pageants which I have played in Egypt, and the miracles which I have done among them: that ye may know how that I am the LORD."

And their complaint came up unto God from the labour. And God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

"Make thee two trumpets of hard silver, that thou mayest use them to call the congregation together, and when the host shall journey.

But last of all, he sent unto them his own son, saying, 'They will fear my son.'

And hindmost of all the host came the standard of the host of the children of Dan with their armies: whose captain was, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth."

And they called the name of the place Taberah because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

And Moses said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'About midnight will I go out among the Egyptians,

The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners: lest any of them, when he had swum out, should flee away.

And the king was sorry. Yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat at supper also, he would not put her beside her purpose.

And the enchanters assayed likewise with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. And the lice were both upon man and beast.

And his disciples said unto him, "Thou seest the people thrusting thee on every side, and yet askest, 'Who did touch me?'"

And when the people saw it, they marveled and glorified God, which had given such power to men.

The salutation by the hand of me, Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you, Amen. {Sent from Rome by Tychicus and Onesimus.}

"Up, and get thee to Nineveh that great city, and preach unto them the preaching which I bade thee."

For this is a word of promise, "About this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son."

and when he was drunken with wine, he commanded to bring him the golden and silver vessels, which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple at Jerusalem: that the king and his lords with his queen and concubines might drink thereout.

but this I commanded them, saying, 'Hearken and obey my voice, and I shall be your God, and ye shall be my people: so that ye walk in all the ways, which I have commanded you, that ye may prosper.'

Then turn to thy God, keep mercy and equity, and hope still in thy God.

Then spake I to the angel that talked with me, 'Whither will these bear the measure?'

Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "Look that ye call for mourning wives, and send for wise women: that they come shortly,

After this, wrote king Darius, "Unto all people kindreds and tongues, that dwelt in all lands, peace be multiplied with you.

that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding.

Say not now, 'I am not unclean, and I have not followed Baal.' Look upon thy own ways in the woods, valleys and dens: so shalt thou know, what thou hast done. Thou art like a swift Dromedary that goeth easily his way:

Why prolong we the time? Let us gather ourselves together, and go into the strong city; there shall we be in rest. For the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water mixed with gall to drink: because we have sinned against him.

And there arose great dearth in Samaria: for they had besieged it, until an ass's head was worth four score sicles of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of doves' dung worth five sicles.

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; and he will teach them that are unlearned.

they came to Zerubbabel and to the principal fathers, and said unto them, "We will build with you: for we seek the Lord your God like as ye do. And we have done sacrifice unto him, since the time that Esarhaddon the king of Assyria brought us up hither."

and is the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, - howbeit his father was a Tyrian - and he can skill to work in gold, silver, brass, iron, stone, timber, scarlet, Jacinth, bysse and crimson: and grave all manner of gravings, and to find out all manner of subtle work that shall be set before him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

In the morning will we rise betimes, and go see the vineyard: if it be sprung forth, if the grapes be grown, and if the pomegranates be shot out. There will I give thee my breasts;

Wilt thou be so cruel and extreme unto a flying leaf, and follow upon dry stubble?

And the king said unto Haman, "Let the silver be given thee, and that people also, to do withal what pleaseth thee."

And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem. But the other people cast lots therefore, so that among ten one part went to Jerusalem into the holy city to dwell, and nine parts in the cities.

And now in the mean season we have destroyed the temple, and would no longer see the king's dishonour. Therefore sent we out, and caused the king to be certified thereof:

And he made an altar of brass twenty cubits long and twenty cubits broad and ten cubits high.

And he made in the house most holy two Cherubs of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

and his son Elkanah, and his son Ebiasaph, and his son Assir,

And they dwelt in Gilead and in Bashan and her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, even unto the end of their borders.

But the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, of which he had thirty two, saying, "Fight neither with small nor great, save with the king of Israel only."

And Eshton begat Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah the father of the city of Nahash - which are the men of Rechah.

The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.

whereupon the LORD said to Solomon, "Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept mine covenant and mine ordinances which I have commanded thee, therefore I will rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

And the first house, that is to say, the body of the temple, was forty cubits long.

And as Samuel turned to go away, he caught the lap of his coat, and it rent.

Then the people gat them to the spoil and took sheep oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground and did eat with the blood.

And Joshua rent his clothes and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, both he and the elders of Israel; and put earth upon their heads.

And the king sent with him, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have set him upon the king's mule.

the same had a son called Saul, a goodly young man, so that among the children of Israel, there was none goodlier than he, and was thereto, from the shoulders upward, higher than all the other people.

And Barzillai the Gileadite came from Rogelim and went over Jordan with the king, to accompany him over Jordan:

Then Samuel told the people the duty of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD, and so sent all the people away; every man to his house.

And she named the child Ichabod saying, "Honour is departed from Israel" - Because the ark of God was taken, and her father-in-law and her husband were dead.

Then the other answered, "Then say, 'Shibboleth.'" And they said, "Syboleth" - and could not so pronounce. Whereupon the others took them and slew them at the passages of Jordan. And there were overthrown at that time, of the Ephraimites, forty two thousand.

And she took it up and went to the city, and showed her mother-in-law what she had gathered. And thereto she plucked out and gave to her that she had reserved when she had eaten enough.

And the LORD turmoiled them before Israel and slew of them a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron and slew them till they came to Azekah and Makkedah.

But the city shall be excommunicate, both it and all that is therein, unto the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, both she and all that is with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

But and if she be not able to bring a sheep, then let her bring two turtles or two young pigeons: the one for the burnt offering, and the other for the sin offering. And the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'"

And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, "The LORD give thee seed of this woman, for that she hath lent the LORD." And they went unto their own home.

And when the days of her purifying are out, whether it be a son or a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of one year old for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering unto the door of the tabernacle of witness unto the priest:

Hezron begat Ram, Ram begat Amminadab,

And the cony, for he cheweth the cud but divideth not the hoof into two claws, therefore he is unclean to you.

And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and Ithamar his eldest sons, "Uncover not your head, neither rent your clothes; lest ye die and wrath come upon all the people. Let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, beweep the burning which the LORD hath burnt.

Then he brought the kindreds of Judah, and found the kindred of the Zerahites guilty.

No man's flesh shall be anointed therewith: neither shall ye make any other after the making of it for it is holy, see therefore that ye take it for holy:

And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink: so that it shall grieve the Egyptians to drink of the water of the river.'"

And Lot's wife looked behind her, and was turned in to a pillar of salt.

Yea, in those days I will pour out my spirit upon servants and maidens.

And he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch with me one hour?

And Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he turned water into wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

And the LORD said unto Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, for he will come unto the water: and say unto him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: let my people go, that they may serve me.

And the high captain answered, "With a great sum obtained I this freedom." And Paul said, "I was freeborn."

When it was concluded that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, an under-captain of Caesar's soldiers.

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to couple himself with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him and believed not that he was a disciple.

none of you imagine evil in his heart against his neighbour, and love no false oaths: for all these are things that I hate, sayeth the LORD."

They have sown wind, therefore shall they reap a whirlwind. Their seed shall bear no corn, there shall no meal be made of their increase: though they reap, yet shall strangers devour it up.

The archer shall not abide, and the swift of foot shall not escape. The horseman shall not save his life,

And so it was broken in that day. Then the poor simple sheep that had a respect unto me, knew thereby that it was the word of the LORD.

and the earth shall help the corn, wine, and oil, and they shall help Jezreel.

And they that escape from you, shall think upon me among the Heathen, where they shall be in captivity. As for that whorish and unfaithful heart of theirs, wherewith they run away from me, I will break it: Yea, and put out those eyes of theirs, that committed fornication with their idols. Then shall they be ashamed, and displeased with their selves, for the wickedness and abominations, which they have done:

{Kuf} Stand up and make thy prayer in the first watch of the night; pour out thine heart like water before the LORD. Lift up thine hands for the lives of thy young children that die of hunger in the streets.

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his disease: Ephraim went unto Assyria, and sent unto king Jareb: yet could not he help you, nor ease you of your pain.

Upon this went Nebuchadnezzar unto the mouth of the hot burning oven: he spake also, and said, "O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the high God: go forth, and come hither." And so Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego went out of the fire.

They have also builded an altar at Tophet, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom: that they might burn their sons and daughters - which I never commanded them, neither came it ever in my thought.

And all the trees of the field shall know, that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, and set the low tree up: that I have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish: Even I the LORD that spake it, have also brought it to pass.'"

So as I was looking up, behold, there was sent unto me a hand, wherein was a closed book:

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be helped. How long shall thy noisesome thoughts remain with thee?

And thither shall ye come. And as for all impediments, and all your abominations: I will take them away.

Therefore is the wrath of the LORD kindled also against his people, and he shaketh his hand at them: yea he shall smite so, that the hills shall tremble. And their carcasses shall lie in the open streets, like mire. And in all this, the wrath of God shall not cease, but he shall stretch his hand wider.

Lift up! Sing unto the LORD, for he hath done excellently, and that is known throughout all the world.

The LORD will not let the soul of the righteous suffer hunger; but he putteth the ungodly from his desire.

Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious; search out the wickedness which he hath done, that he may perish.

As the princes that have great substance of gold, and their houses full of silver.

But the ungodly shall be rooted out of the land, and the wicked doers shall be taken out of it.

The roaring of the lion, the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the lion's whelps are broken.

There, are those let out free which have been in prison, so that they hear no more the voice of the oppressor.

And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity, made booths, and dwelt therein. For since the time of Jeshua the son of Nun unto this day, had not the children of Israel done so, and there was very great gladness.

These sealers were: Nehemiah, that is Hathirsatha, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

And there were four lepers set without the gate of Samaria. And they said each to his companion, "What sit we here until we die?

And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: so that he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he bestowed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and Cedar as plenteous as mulberry trees that grow in the valleys.

The rest of the acts of Abijah and his ways and his doings are written in the story of the Prophet Iddo.

And Caleb the son of Hezron begat Azubah, a woman, and Jerioth whose sons are these: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.

Notwithstanding yet the thirty seventh year after Jehoiachin king of Judah was carried away, the twenty seventh day of the twelfth month, did Evilmerodach king of Babylon lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of the prison house,

And Abigail bare Amasa the father of which Amasa was Jether an Ishmaelite.

And he made the pillars, and for either of the head pieces a garland with two rows of pomegranates to cover them withal.

And when he shaved his head - for at every years' end he shaved it because it was heavy on him, and therefore he shaved it - the hair thereof weighed two hundred sicles weight of the king's weight.

But after the death of Hadad, there were dukes in Edom:

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

And for all that, when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, 'Not so, a king shall reign over us' - when yet the LORD your God was your king.

Then said the king, "Let him turn to his own house, but see that he come not in my presence." And so Absalom went to his own house, but came not in the king's presence.

Then spake one of the people, and said, "Thy father adjured the people, saying, 'Cursed be the man that eateth any sustenance this day.'" And yet the people were fainty.

And David had children born him in Hebron: his eldest son was Amnon of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

And the same night the LORD said unto him, "Take an ox of thy father's and another of seven years old, and destroy the altar of Baal that belongeth unto thy father, and cut down the grove that is about it,

It shall be a Sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall humble your souls, and it shall be an ordinance forever.

And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned again into the host, and so they did six days long.

And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the borders of Debir.

I call heaven and earth to record unto you this day, that ye shall shortly perish from off the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it: Ye shall not prolong your days therein, but shall shortly be destroyed.

These are the kings of the land which the children of Israel smote and conquered their lands, on the other side Jordan eastward, from the river Arnon, unto mount Hermon, and all the plain eastward:

And at the going down of the sun, Joshua gave commandment, and they took them down off the trees and cast them into the cave, where they hid themselves, and laid great stones on the cave's mouth, which remain unto this day.

lest that the land spew you out when ye have defiled it, as it spewed out the nations that were there before you.

But ye shall go over Jordan and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and he shall give you rest from all your enemies round about: and ye shall dwell in safety.

Blessed are ye when men hate you, and thrust you out of their company, and rail on you, and abhor your name, as an evil thing, for the son of man's sake.

and whosoever beareth the carcass of them, shall wash his clothes and shall be unclean until even.

And next unto him shall the tribe of Issachar pitch; and Nethanel the son of Zuar captain over the children of Issachar:

There shall no man be able to stand before you: the LORD your God shall cast the fear and dread of you upon all lands whither ye shall come, as he hath said unto you,

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

And let him bring them the eighth day for his cleansing, unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the LORD.

Afterward he slew the burnt offering, and Aaron's sons brought the blood unto him, and he sprinkled it round about upon the altar.

And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons, as a thing that is most holy of the offerings of the LORD.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil, the Lord reward him according to his deeds,

Over the ark were the cherubims of glory shadowing the seat of grace. Of which things, we will not now speak particularly.

When they had gone throughout the Isle unto the city of Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer: a false prophet, which was a Jew,

saying, "Let me be: what have we to do with thou, Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee, what thou art, thou art even that holy man promised of God."

and said unto his brethren, "Gather stones." And they took stones, and made a heap, and they ate there, upon the heap.

And one cried this, another that, among the people. And when he could not know the certainty, for the rage, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

And Moses said, "Let it be as thou hast said: I will see thy face no more."

And the shepherds came and drove them away: But Moses stood up and helped them and watered their sheep.

And when Jesus saw their thoughts, he said, "Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

And Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice unto the LORD your God in the wilderness: only go not far away, and see that ye pray for me."

Then said one of his disciples named Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which afterward betrayed him,

And the dwelling of them was from Mesha until thou come unto Sephar, a mountain of the east land.

And as soon as they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

When the deputy had read the letter, he asked of what country he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia,

is not the seed yet in the barn? Have not the vines, the fig trees, the pomegranates and the olive trees been yet unfruitful? But from this day forth, I shall make them to prosper."

Consider then from this day forth and afore, namely, from the twenty fourth day of the ninth month, unto the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid: Mark it well,

This is the proud and careless city, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is else none." O how is she made so waste, that the beasts lie therein? Whoso goeth by, mocketh her, and pointeth at her with his finger.

And the word of the LORD of Hosts came unto me, saying,

Set the horn to thy mouth, and blow: get thee swiftly as an Eagle into the house of the LORD: for they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.

Tekel, thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting:

O LORD, my strength, my power, and refuge in time of trouble! The Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the world, and say, "Verily our fathers have cleaved unto lies, their Idols are but vain and unprofitable.

Jacob fled into the land of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

I was left there myself alone, and saw this great vision, so long till there remained no more strength within me: Yea I lost my colour clean, I wasted away, and my strength was gone.

My people hath no lust to turn unto me, their prophets lay the yoke upon them, but they ease them not of their burden.

So the dukes, lords and nobles, the judges and officers, deputies and sheriffs, with all the rulers of the land gathered them together, and came unto the dedicating of the Image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Now when they stood before the Image, which Nebuchadnezzar had set up,

O LORD thou shalt give them: what shalt thou give them? Give them an unfruitful womb and dry breasts!

A wise man will receive warning; but a fool will sooner be smitten in the face.

The ungodly is afraid of every peril; but the righteous hath a good hope even in death.

"Seeing thou art weary in running with the footmen, how wilt thou then run with the horses? In a peaceable sure land thou mayest be safe, but how wilt thou do in the furious pride of Jordan?

This Ezra was a perfect scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel did give. And the king gave him all that he required, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

Wilt thou say unto God, 'The thing that I take in hand is perfect, and I am clean in thy sight'?

Now when the time came of Esther the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai, which had received her as his own daughter, that she should come to the king, she desired nothing but what Hegei the king's chamberlain the keeper of the women, said. And Esther found favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

For it is he that knoweth the vanity of men. He seeth their wickedness also; should he not then consider it?

But the castles in the land shall be confederate with thee, and the beasts of the field shall give thee peace.

And when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and made it strong, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him;

and looked, and gat me up, and said unto the chief men and rulers, and to the other people, "Be not ye afraid of them, but think rather upon the great LORD, which ought to be feared; and fight for your brethren, sons, daughters, wives, and houses."

Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

And there were six steps to the seat with a footstool of gold fastened to the seat: and pommels on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the pommels.

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had made the folk so ready: for the thing was suddenly done.

And it shall be answered then, 'Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and caught hold on other gods, and bowed to them and served them: even therefore brought he on them all this evil.'"

And Jehu took a bow in his hand and smote Jehoram between the shoulders, that the arrow came out at his breast. And he fell down three fold in his chariot.

And the children of half the tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir and unto mount Hermon, and they were many.

And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a lad, ruddy and goodly to look upon.

And Meonothai begat Ophrah. And Seraiah begat Joab the father of them of the valley of craftsmen, so-called because they were craftsmen.

And after the death of Hadad, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

And when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace Jehu?" And he said, "What peace should there be, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so great?"

And she made him sleep upon her lap, and sent for a man, and cut off the seven locks of his head and began to vex him. But his strength was gone from him.

And Jeroboam laid him to rest with his fathers and with the kings of Israel, and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.

And he beat the Moabites and measured them with a line, making them lie along the earth; so that he brought two parts of them to death, and let one part live. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and paid tribute.

And the LORD had not yet said that men should put out the name of Israel from under heaven. And therefore he helped them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

And he made great ordinance before them. And when they had eaten and drunk, sent them away, and they went to their master. And so the soldiers of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

And he said to him, "Go in peace."

And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: for he was a son-in-law to the house of Ahab.

And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt from Kue: the merchants fetched them from Kue at a price.

Behold, here I am. Answer me before the LORD and before his anointed, whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Whom have I done wrong to? Or whom have I oppressed? And of whose hand have I received any bribe, to blind mine eyes therewith? And I will restore it you again."

And when the man came in, Eli sat upon a stool by the wayside looking: for his heart feared for the ark of God. And the man came in and told it in the city. And all the city cried.

And her husband went with her, and came weeping behind her, till they came to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, "Go and return." And he returned.

Nevertheless, yet Saul said nothing at all that day. For he thought, 'Something has chanced him that he is not clean.'

And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hands of your enemies on every side, so that ye dwelled without fear.

And the people sent to Shiloh, and fetched from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts which dwelleth between the Cherubims. And there were the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas with the ark of the covenant of God.

But Joab and Abishai followed Abner till the sun went down. And when they were come to the hill Ammah that lieth before Giah in the way that goeth through the wilderness of Gibeon,

and put themselves in array against Israel. And in the end of the battle Israel was put to the worse before the Philistines. And the Philistines slew in array along by the fields, about a four thousand men.

And all that saw it said, "There was no such deed done or seen since the children of Israel came out of Egypt unto this day. Consider the matter, give counsel and say your minds."

And when Phinehas the priest and the lords of the congregation and heads over the thousands of Israel, which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, they were well content.

And Joshua said unto them, "Fear not, nor dread: But be strong and pluck up your hearts, for so shall the LORD serve all your enemies against which ye fight."

And in the valley they had Betharam, Bethnimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, and Jordan and the coasts that lie thereon, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth, on the other side Jordan eastward.

Thus was destroyed all that was upon the earth; both man, beasts, worms and fowls of the air, so that they were destroyed from the earth: save Noah was reserved only and they that were with him in the ark.

but with such as becometh women that profess the worshipping of God through good works.

Then Joshua at that time turned back and took Hazor and smote her king with the sword. For Hazor, before time, was the head of all those kingdoms.

And he said unto him, "I will not: but will go to mine own land and to my kindred."

The king of Shimronmeron; The king of Achshaph;

Because all the firstborn are mine - for the same day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast, and mine they shall be: for I am the LORD."

And the soldiers wound a crown of thorns and put it on his head. And they did on him a purple garment,

The child while he sucketh, shall have a desire to the serpents nest, and when he is weaned, he shall put his hand in to the Cockatrice den.

which are on the other side Jordan on the back side of the way toward the going down of the son in the land of the Canaanites which dwell in the fields over against Gilgal beside Moreh grove.

But the skin of the ox and all his flesh with his head, his legs, his inwards with his dung,

At my first answering for myself, no man assisted me, but all forsook me. I pray God, that it may not be laid to their charges:

Then said the king of Sodom unto Abram, "Give me the souls, and take the goods to thyself."

When they covet to have land, they take it by violence; they rob men of their houses. Thus they oppress a man for his house, and every man for his heritage.

Of this manner were the journeys of the children of Israel, with their armies when they removed.

And of the peace offering they shall bring a sacrifice unto the LORD: the fat thereof, and the rump altogether, which they shall take off hard by the back bone: and the fat that covereth the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

And he had in his hand a little book open: and he put his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth.

But Peter took him up, saying, "Stand Up: for even I myself am a man."

The sons of Cush: were Seva, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah were: Sheba, and Dedan.

Their heart is divided, therefore will they be destroyed. The LORD shall break down their Images, he shall destroy their altars.

Among these now were certain of the children of Judah: namely Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

Even so shalt thou also be drunken, and hide thyself, and seek some help against thine enemy.

Because I brought thee from the land of Egypt, and delivered thee out of the house of bondage? Because I made Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead thee?

For the king's commandment was so straight, and the oven was exceeding hot. As for the men that put in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, the flame of the fire destroyed them.

So he went, and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim: which conceived, and brought forth a son.

Out of the branches of her root, there shall stand one up in his stead: which with power of armies shall go through the king's land of the north, and handle him according to his strength. As for their Idols and princes, with their costly Jewels of gold and silver,

so that none shall remain. For upon the citizens of Anathoth will I bring a plague, and the year of their visitation."

Thus, I say, spake the LORD of Hosts, "Behold, I will visit you. Your young men shall perish with the sword; your sons and your daughters shall utterly die of hunger,

Who shall then maintain the messages of the Gentiles? But the LORD establisheth Zion, and the poor of my people shall put their trust in him.