This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali by their kindreds: these cities and their villages.

And a he-goat for a sin offering, beside the daily burnt offering and his meat and drink offerings.

The merchants of Sheba and Raamah have occupied also with thee, in all costly spices, in all precious stones and gold, which they brought unto thy markets.

And Balak was wroth with Balaam, and smote his hands together, and said unto him, "I sent for thee to curse mine enemies: and behold, thou hast blessed them this three times,

Naphtali is a swift hind, and giveth goodly words.

While he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

These were the children of Zibeon: Aia and Anah; this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed his father Zibeon's asses.

and turn thee about, and carry thee forth, and lead thee from the north parts, and bring thee up to the mountains of Israel.

Again; If I say unto the wicked, 'Thou shalt surely die,' and so he turn from his sins, and do the thing that is lawful and right:

Even I the LORD have so devised: Yea, it is come thereto already, that I will do it. I will not go back, I will not spare, I will not be intreated: but according to thy ways and imaginations, thou shalt be punished, sayeth the LORD God.'"

Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds.

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

Then shalt thou have thy pleasure in the LORD, which shall carry thee high above the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the LORD's own mouth hath so promised.

Here follow the words of the LORD to the prophet Jeremiah which he spake unto the Gentiles.

Now when the captains of the Host of Judah, which with their fellows were scattered abroad on every side in the land, understood that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and that man, wife and child, yea and the poor men in the land that were not led captive to Babylon should be under his Jurisdiction:

Wicked people bring a city in decay, but wise men set it up again.

Which letter Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah did bear, whom Zedekiah the king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon. These were the words of Jeremiah's letter:

Mine eyes are ever looking unto the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled.

And the men wrought in the work of fidelity. And the overseers of them, to courage them forward, were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the children of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam of the children of the Kohathites; and as many other of the Levites as could skill of instruments of Music.

Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me, for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.

There was very much people out of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun that were not clean, and therefore did eat Passover otherwise than writing specifieth. But Hezekiah prayed for them, and said,

Mine eye is dim for very heaviness, and all my strength is become like a shadow.

For this is a wickedness and sin, that is worthy to be punished;

For our fathers have trespassed and done evil favouredly in the eyes of the LORD our God: and have forsaken him, and turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD and turned to their backs.

And he did that pleased the LORD, in all points as did his father Amaziah.

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon. For there fell many to him out of Israel, when they saw that God was with him.

And Obededom with his brethren three score and eight, and Obededom the son of Jeduthun and Uzzah to be porters.

And then he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone and one row of Cedar wood.

And the earth trembled and quoke, and the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was angry.

God do this and yet more unto the enemies of David, if until tomorrow in the morning I leave this man, of all that he hath, so much as one that pisseth against the wall."

And David answered Saul, "What am I? And what is my life or the kindred of my father in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?"

And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal and Meribbaal begat Micah.

and did that displeased the LORD, as did his fathers, and turned not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat which made Israel sin.

And the man answered Joab, "Though I had a thousand sicles of silver told in my hand yet would I not stretch out mine hand against the king's son. For we heard with our ears when the king charged thee, Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Spare me the lad Absalom.'

And when Saul sent messengers to fetch David, she said that he was sick.

and cometh down to the edge of the hill that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom which is in the valley of Rephaim northward, and descendeth through the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward and goeth down to the well of Rogel.

And there build, unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones; and see thou lift up no iron upon them.

Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites nor the Maacathites: But the Geshurites and the Maacathites dwelt among the Israelites even unto this day.

And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean the third day and the seventh day. And the seventh day he shall purify himself and wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.

And this shall be thine: the heave offering of their gifts, throughout all the wave offerings of the children of Israel, for I have given them unto thee and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee, to be a duty forever: and all that are clean in thy house, shall eat of it,

And all Israel shall hear and fear and shall do no more, and such wickedness as this is, among them.

And thou shalt make for the hanging, five pillars of sethim-wood, and cover both them and their knops with gold, and shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

And they journeyed from Rissah and pitched at Kehelathah.

and according to their lot thou shalt divide their land, both to the many and to the few."

If the dead carcass of any such fall upon any seed used to sow, it shall yet be clean still:

And afterward came out his brother that had the red thread about his hand, which was called Zerah.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with unrighteousness; Your lips speak lies, and your tongue setteth out wickedness.

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their victuals, and went their way.

And if this come to the ruler's ears, we will appease him, and save you harmless.

Yea, those men that have broken my covenant, and not kept the words of the covenant which they made before me - when they hewed the calf in two, and when there went through the two halves thereof -

Nevertheless, if the woman will not agree to come with thee then shalt thou be without danger of this oath. But above all things bring not my son thither again."

And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship, and they returned home again.

Thy floods shall be turned to pitch, and thine earth to brimstone, and therewith shall the land be kindled,

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

Therefore I said unto them in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

O how evil will it be for thee to abide it, when it shall be known how oft thou hast gone backward? For thou shalt be confounded as well of Egypt, as thou wast of the Assyrians.

For the hand of the LORD ceaseth upon this hill. But Moab shall be threshed down under him, like as the straw is trodden under feet in a dunghill.

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, "Go forth," and to them that are in darkness, "Come into the light." That they may feed in the high ways, and get their living in all places.

We heard songs sung to the praise of the righteous, from all the ends of the world. And I said, "O mine unfruitfulness! O my poverty! Woe is me! The transgressors have offended; the transgressors have grievously offended!"

Wherefore my belly rumbled as it had been a lute for Moab's sake, and mine inward members for the brick wall's sake.

But if he may be gotten, he restoreth again seven times as much, or else he maketh recompense with all the goods of his house.

A man of experience discerneth all things well, but whoso hireth a fool, hireth such one as will take no heed.

He shall call me, "Thou art my father, my God, and the strength of my salvation.'

I will sing of the LORD, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me; Yea, I will praise the name of the LORD the most highest.

His soul draweth on to destruction, and his life to death.

that the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly, may flee thither. And those cities shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

"Thinkest thou it right, that thou saidst, 'I am righteous before God?'

But David said to Abishai, "Destroy him not - for who can lay his hand on the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"

Is he afraid to reprove thee, and to step forth with thee into judgment?

And now ye think to prevail against the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David, because ye be a great multitude and have with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.

The seventh to Hakkoz. The eighth to Abijah.

"Go and say unto David, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: I offer thee three things, choose which of them I shall do to thee.'"

Thou shalt plant a vineyard and dress it, but shalt neither drink of the wine neither gather of the grapes: for the worms shall eat it.

Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers: so that they will be diligent to do all I have commanded them, and all the law that my servant Moses commanded them."

Now therefore send quickly and show David, saying, 'Tarry not all night in the fields of the wilderness, but get thee over, lest the king be devoured and all the people that are with him.'"

If thy father miss me, then say, 'David asked leave of me, that he might go to Bethlehem to his own city, for there is holden a yearly feast for all his kin.'

But Saul gave Michal his daughter David's wife to Palti the son of Laish of Gallim.

And their strong cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hamath, Rakkath and Chinnereth;

And he was in the fullness of the king, and held the rulers of the people together, with the tribes of Israel.

And unto Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and thou, Issachar, in thy tents.

And Moses said unto his father-in-law, "Because the people came unto me to seek counsel of God.

that their anointing may be an everlasting priesthood unto them throughout their generations."

And the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, councilors in the congregation, which strove against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD.

And the man became exceeding rich and had many sheep, maidservants, menservants, camels and asses.

And of Merari came the kindreds of the Mahlites and of the Mushites: and these are the kindreds of the Merarites.

and his host, and the number of them, sixty two thousand and seven hundred.

This ointment might have been well sold, and given to the poor."

he grieveth nobody; he giveth his debtor his pledge again; he raketh none other man's goods by violence; he parteth his meat with the hungry; he clotheth the naked;

And Joseph was governor in the land, and sold corn to all the people of the land. And his brethren came, and fell flat on the ground before him.

and let him give me the double cave which he hath in the end of his field, for as much money as it is worth; let him give it me in the presence of you, for a possession to bury in."

The children of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.

They go down into Egypt, and ask me no counsel; to seek help at he power of Pharaoh, and comfort in the shadow of the Egyptians.

And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.

He shall stretch forth his hands upon the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape him.

For if ye turn unto the LORD, then your brethren and your children shall find compassion in the presence of them that hold them captive, that they may come again unto this land: for the LORD your God is full of mercy and compassion, and will not turn his face from you, if ye turn again to him."

And behold, here cometh a chariot of men with two horsemen." And he answered and said, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen! She is turned upside down, and all the images of her gods are smitten to the ground!"

My delight shall be in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy words.

These are the words that the LORD spake unto Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote the city of Gaza.

The earth shall stagger like a drunkard, to and fro; and be taken away like a tent. Her misdeeds shall lie so heavy upon her, that she must fall, and never rise up again.

Whoso leadeth the righteous in to an evil way, shall fall into his own pit; but the just shall have the good in possession.

he went down to the king's palace into the Scribe's chamber, for there all the princes were set: Elishama the Scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, with all the princes.

Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may always resort; thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defense and my castle.

And I said, "O that I had wings like a dove! For then would I flee away, and be at rest.

And now our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. For what am I? And what is my people, that would obtain strength to be so willing?

for this day, three days, shall Pharaoh take thy head from thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee."

{To the Chanter, of David, to bring remembrance} Haste thee, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah at Bethshemesh: and brought him to Jerusalem, and tare the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits long.

Unto me men gave ear, me they regarded, and with silence they tarried for my counsel.

For because ye were not there at the first time, the LORD our God made a rent among us, for that we sought him not as the fashion ought to be."

If, when she is departed out of his house, she go and be another man's wife,

Then he said unto all Israel, "Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on another." And the people said unto Saul, "What thou thinkest best, that do."

And they went near him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our sheep and for our cattle, and cities for our children:

And Moses called for Bezalel, Oholiab and all the wise hearted men in whose hearts the LORD had put wisdom, even as many as their hearts couraged to come unto the work to work it.

"'When ye offer your peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer them that ye may be accepted.

Now therefore take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and get thee to the fields, and take me some venison,

he eateth not upon the hills; he lifteth not his eyes up to the Idols of Israel; he defileth not his neighbour's wife; he meddleth with no menstruous woman;

The children of Asher: Imnah, Isvah, Ishvi, Beriah and Serah their sister. And the children of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.

They shall not build, and another possess; they shall not plant, and another eat. But the life of my people shall be like a tree, and so shall the work of their hands.

They shall not shave their heads, nor nourish the bush of their hair, but round their heads only.

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lift up his voice and wept:

that he had possession of sheep, of oxen, and a mighty household; so that the Philistines had envy at him,

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

So then he that joineth his virgin in marriage doth well. But he that joineth not his virgin in marriage doth better.

The rich man thinketh himself to be wise; but the poor that hath understanding, can perceive him well enough.

Yea even the LORD of Hosts, that with his power made the earth, with his wisdom prepared the round world, and with his discretion spied out the heavens.

For the LORD is great, and can not worthily be praised: he is more to be feared than all gods. {TYNDALE: For great is the LORD, and to be praised exceedingly: and terrible is he above all gods.}

And they stepped to Uzziah the king and said to him, "It pertaineth not to thee, Uzziah, to burn cense unto the LORD; but to the priests the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to burn incense. Come out of the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed, and it shall be no worship to thee before the LORD God."

Thou turnest man to destruction; Again, thou sayest, "Come again, ye children of men."

Strangers shall stand and feed your cattle, and the Aliens shall be your plowmen and reapers.

Thou, LORD, hast brought my soul out of hell: thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit.

A thanksgiving, which Hezekiah king of Judah wrote, when he had been sick, and was recovered.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down into the pit? Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? Or shall it declare thy truth?

The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

And that because God hath taken wisdom from her, and hath not given her understanding.

Who is this King of glory? It is the LORD strong and mighty, even the LORD mighty in battle.

O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their hearts unto thee.

Look unto the heaven, and behold it: consider the clouds, how they are higher than thou.

And the LORD smote the black Moors before Asa and Judah, that they fled.

for the children of Israel are my servants which I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

But for all that, the king said, "Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech; both thou and all thy father's house."

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third and Zachariah the fourth: so that all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

and the carcass of Jezebel shall be dung upon the earth, in the field of Jezreel, that men shall not say, this is Jezebel.'"

And whether it be oven or kettle, it shall be broken. For they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you:

at Bethmarcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaarim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

If a man deliver unto his neighbor to keep ass, ox, sheep or whatsoever beast it be and it die, or be hurt or driven away, and no man see it:

And Joseph commanded his servants that were physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel forty days long,

from the south. All the land of the Cananites, and Mearah that pertaineth to the Sidonians, even unto Aphek, and to the borders of the Amorites.

And Balak said unto Balaam, "What hast thou done unto me? I fetched thee to curse mine enemies: and behold, thou blessest them!"

"Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread: neither shall ought of the sacrifice of the feast of Passover, be left unto the morning.

Deliver me from the hands of my brother Esau, for I fear him: lest he will come and smite the mother with the children.

And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were sick,

and say thus unto them: 'Hear the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and ye citizens of Jerusalem! Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring such a plague upon this place, that the ears of all that hear it, shall glow.

"From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, unto this present day, that is even the twenty third year, the word of the LORD hath been committed unto me. And so I have spoken to you. I have risen up early, I have given you warning in season, but ye would not hear me.

For as straightly as a breech lieth upon a man's loins, so straightly did I bind the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Judah unto me, sayeth the LORD: that they might be my people; that they might have a glorious name; that they might be in honour. But they would not obey me.

They came to Gedaliah unto Mizphah: Namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathah the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of Maachathi, with their companions.

But, 'The LORD liveth, which brought forth, and led the seed of the house of Israel, out of the North land, and from all countries where I had scattered them.' And they shall dwell in their own land again."

For the ground shall be dried up, because there cometh no rain upon it. The plowmen also shall be ashamed, and shall cover their heads.

Will he make a covenant with thee? Or art thou able to compel him to do thee continual service?

Let the gods come forth themselves, and show us the things that are past, what they be: let them declare them unto us, that we may take them to heart, and know them hereafter.

the fens hide him with their shadow, and the willows of the brook cover him round about.

Then shall man convert again unto his maker, and turn his eyes to the holy one of Israel.

Take the dross from the silver, and there shall be a clean vessel thereof.

And the singers the children of Asaph stood in their standing according to the commandment of David and Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king's seer of visions: and the porters waited at every gate, and might not depart from their service. But their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the threshing place. And if the dew be on the fleece only, and dry upon all the earth beside: then I shall be sure that thou wilt save Israel by my hand as thou saidest."

Doth God hear him the sooner, when he crieth unto him in his necessity?

For as soon as the day breaketh, the shadow of death cometh upon them, and they go in horrible darkness.

And the Philistines came again and ran abroad in the valley.

And five candlesticks, for the right side, and as many for the left, before the quyre, of pure gold: with flowers, lamps, and snuffers of gold;

Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu king of Israel and said, "Come, and let us see each other."

Now the damsel to whom I say, 'stoop down thy pitcher, and let me drink.' If she say, 'Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also,' the same is she that thou hast ordained for thy servant Isaac: yea, and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed mercy on my master.

Jehoram was thirty two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

And then thou shalt show mercy unto thy servant, for thou hast made with me thy servant a bond in the LORD. Notwithstanding, if there be in me any trespass, then slay me thyself, for what needeth thee to bring me to thy father?"

And Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, "Give perfect knowledge." And Saul and Jonathan were caught, and the people escaped free.

And in Gibeon dwelt Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife was called Maacah.

Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Or will Saul come as thy servant heareth say? LORD God of Israel, tell thy servant." And the LORD said, "He will come."

And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

And though that the people of the land hide their eyes from that fellow, when he giveth of his seed unto Moloch, so that they kill him not:

and yet am as strong at this time, as I was when Moses sent me: look how strong I was then, so strong I am now, to war and to do all manner of things.

All dedicate things in Israel, shall be thine.

"And the Heathen shall know, that whereas the house of Israel were led into captivity: it was for their wickedness' sake, because they offended me. For the which cause I hid my face from them, and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, that they might all be slain with the sword.

And the name of the Midianitish woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur and head over the people of an ancient house in Midian.

and so I loosed the land from Hananel of Anathoth, mine Uncle's son, and weighed him there the money: even seven sicles, and ten silver pence.

And God almighty give you mercy in the sight of the man and send you your other brother and also Benjamin, and I will be as a man robbed of his children."

And the father and the mother of her were astonished. But he warned them that they should tell no man, what was done.

Then said she, "God hath endued me with a good dowry. Now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." And called his name Zebulon.

But they say, 'No more of this, we will follow our own imaginations, and do every man according to the wilfulness of his own mind.'

Therefore will I also have pleasure in laughing them to scorn, and the thing that they fear, will I bring upon them. For when I called, no man gave answer; when I spake, they would not hear: But did wickedness before mine eyes, and chose the things that displease me.

Then read Baruch the words of Jeremiah out of the book within the house of the LORD, out of the treasury of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the Scribe, which is beside the higher loft of the new door of the LORD's house: that all the people might hear.

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

what time as the king of Babylon's host besieged Jerusalem, and the remnant of the cities: Namely, Lachish and Azekah, which yet remained of the strong defended cities of Judah.

For I chide not ever, and am not wroth without end. But the blasting goeth from me, though I make the breath.

Then shall the shepherds cry horribly, and the rams of the flock shall mourn: for the LORD shall consume their pasture,

The stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Lord, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out their prayer while thy chastening was upon them.

Lay no privy wait wickedly upon the house of the righteous, and disquiet not his resting place.

In his neck remaineth strength, and before his face sorrow is turned to gladness.

Yea, one hangeth so upon another, and sticketh so together, that they cannot be sundered.

The children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred four and fifty;

But one of the lads told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "See, David sent messengers unto our master out of the wilderness to salute him, and he railed on them.

For with joy shall the godly, and with gladness shall the innocent,

And all the Prophets prophesied even so, saying, "Go to Ramoth in Gilead and prosper, for the LORD shall deliver it into the hands of the king."

Of the sons of Uzziel, Micah. Of the sons of Micah, Shamir.

then let his sister-in-law go unto him in the presence of the elders and loose his shoe off his foot and spit in his face and answer and say, 'So shall it be done unto that man that will not build his brother's house.'

And the sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

And David took yet more wives at Jerusalem and begat more sons and daughters.

And Delilah said to Samson, "Oh, tell me where thy great strength lieth, and if thou were bound wherewith men might constrain thee."

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the servants of David sware unto him, saying, "Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that the light of Israel be not put out."

And they came and besieged him in Abel-Bethmaacah. And they cast up a bank against the city, and it was besieged: All the people that was with Joab laboured busily to overthrow the wall.

And went up to Bethhoglah and went along by the north side of Betharabah and went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

but he that hath married, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

No, not when the LORD hath destroyed the enemies of David, every one, from the face of the earth."

which may go in and out before them, and to lead them in and out, that the congregation of the LORD be not as a flock of sheep without a shepherd."

he lendeth nothing upon usury; he taketh nothing over; he withdraweth his hand from doing wrong; he handleth faithfully betwixt man and man;

"Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites, of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in. And ye shall give also unto the cities of the Levites, suburbs round about them.

"'But the firstborn of the beasts that pertain unto the LORD, may no man sanctify: whether it be ox or sheep, for they are the LORD's already.

And he communed with them, saying, "If it be your minds that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and speak for me to Ephron the son of Zohar:

Insomuch, that thy beauty was spoken of among the Heathen, for thou wast excellent in my beauty, which I put upon thee, sayeth the LORD God.

The children of Shobal were these: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

and say to the wood toward the south, 'Hear the word of the LORD, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, that shall consume thee green trees with the dry. No man shall be able to quench his flame, but all that looketh from the south to the north shall be burnt therein.

And Gideon said unto God, "Be not angry with me, that I speak once more; let me prove only once again with the fleece. Let it be dry only upon the fleece, and dew upon all the ground about."

and all kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the Philistine's land - Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod -

Then answered them the Pharisees, "Are ye also deceived?

and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, thou king of Judah that sittest in the kingly seat of David: thou, and thy servants, and thy people, that go in and out at this gate.

If I have gone amiss, inform me: if I have done wrong, I will leave off.

For as for the daughters of Moab, they shall be as a trembling bird, that is put out of her nest: for they shall carry them unto Arnon.

O then let my wife be another man's harlot and let others lie with her.

Their children's children live in their sight, and their generation before their eyes.

And he built strong cities in Judah: because the land was in rest, and he had no war in those year. For the LORD had given him rest.

Over the king's treasure was Azmaveth the son of Adiel. And over the treasure of the fields, in the cities, villages and castles, was Jonathan, the son of Uzziah.

Then the children of Joseph said again, "The hill will not be gotten of us: for all the Cananites that dwell in the low country have chariots of iron, and so have they that inhabit Bethshean, and the towns of the same, and they also that dwell in the valley of Jezreel."

And Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number. And though he finished it not, yet there fell wrath for that upon Israel. And therefore the number was not put in the chronicles of king David.

and came before Gibeah: ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and there was sore battle. But the other knew not that evil was so nigh them.

And the threshing shall reach unto wine harvest, and the wine harvest shall reach unto sowing time, and ye shall eat your bread in plenteousness, and shall dwell in your land peaceably.

Then said the king unto the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward."

And he restored the money again unto his mother. Then his mother took two hundred silverlings and put them to a goldsmith, to make thereof a graven image and a image of metal, which remained in the house of Micah.

Seven days thou shalt keep holy day unto the LORD thy God, in the place which the LORD shall choose: for the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy fruits and in all the works of thine hands, and thou shalt be all together gladness.

And so shalt thou put innocent blood from thee, when thou shalt have done that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, "Say unto the children of Israel, 'Ye are a stiffnecked people: I must come once suddenly upon you, and make an end of you. But now put your goodly raiment from you, that I may wete what to do unto you.'"

with Chedorlaomer the king of Elam and with Tidal king of the nations, and with Amraphel king of Shinar, and with Arioch king of Ellasar: four kings against five.

Then let the priest that maketh him clean, bring the man that is made clean with those things before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of witness.

Thus was the tabernacle reared up, the first month in the second year.

In that day shall the LORD make a great sedition among them, so that one man shall take another by the hand, and lay his hands upon the hands of his neighbour.

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee: The fir trees, Boxes and Cedars together, to garnish the place of my Sanctuary, for I will glorify the place of my feet.

Thou wentest straight to kings with oil and divers ointments - that is, thou hast sent thy messengers far off, and yet art thou fallen into the pit thereby.

We have heard of the pride of Moab: it is well known. He is very proud, presumptuous, arrogant, and full of indignation, and vain are his lies.

Either, let them show us things for to come, and tell us what shall be done hereafter: so shall we know, that they be gods. Show something, either good or bad: so will we both knowledge the same, and tell it out.

Coals kindle heat, and wood the fire; even so doth a brawling fellow stir up variance.

The mighty worthies and his helpers, that be gone down and lie with the uncircumcised and with them that be slain with the sword: shall speak to him out of the hell.

Be not terrible unto me, LORD: for thou art my trust in the evil day.

But now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.

In those days Hezekiah was sick unto the death and besought the LORD; which answered him and showed him a wonderful miracle.

The cheerful countenance of the king is life; and his loving favor is as the evening dew.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God is judge himself. Selah.

Yea, thou hast spoiled the ungodly of their light, and broken the arm of the proud.

'I am clean without any fault, I am innocent, and there is no wickedness in me.

The power and strength of their hands might do me no good, and as for their age, it is spent and past away without any profit.

And he left there before the ark of the LORD's covenant, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the Ark evermore day by day.

and for the innocent blood that he shed and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not forgive.

And Uzziah had a host of fighting men that went out to war in the army and were told and numbered by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah an officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's lords.

The rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael. Of the sons of Shubael, Jehdiah.

Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite;

And these six free cities shall be for the children of Israel and for the stranger and for him that dwelleth among you, that all they which kill any person unawares, may flee thither.

Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with thine in the ships." But Jehoshaphat would not.

And when Jehu was laid to rest with his fathers, they buried him in Samaria, and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.

And he bowed the hearts of all the men of Judah, as a man would bow the heart of one man: so that they sent word to the king, that he should return with all his servants.

When his father-in-law saw all that he did unto the people, he said, "What is this that thou doest unto the people? Why sittest thou thyself and lettest all the people stand about thee from morning unto even?"

I would they were wise, and understood this, and would consider their latter end.'

Now therefore, sir king, come down with all the lust that thy soul hath to come. And our part shall be to deliver him into the hands of the king."

And the war began again, and David went out and fought with the Philistines and slew a great slaughter, and put them to flight.

And Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, unto this day: because he followed the LORD God of Israel perpetually.

And departed from by him into another front, and spake of the same manner, and the people answered him again, as before.

Mahela, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, and were married unto their fathers' brothers' sons,

And make it horns proceeding out in the four corners of it, and cover it with brass.

"'If ye shall say: What shall we eat the seventh year inasmuch as we shall not sow nor gather in our increase?

And Nobah went and took Kenath with the towns longing thereto, and called it Nobah after his own name.

And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and all the princes gave him for every prince over their fathers' houses, a rod: even twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among the rods.

And he went in to his father saying, "My father." And he answered, "Here am I, who art thou my son?"

but the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were late sown.

For thus sayeth the LORD God: I should, by right, deal with thee, as thou hast done. Thou hast despised the oath, and broken the covenant.

But suddenly is Babylon fallen and destroyed. Mourn for her; bring plasters for her wounds, if she may peradventure be healed again.

And it happened after he had been there long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebekah his wife.

When ye divide the land by the lot, ye shall put aside one part for the LORD, to be holy from other lands: namely twenty five thousand measuring rods long, and ten thousand broad. This shall be holy, as wide as it is round about.

A fool's mouth is his own destruction, and his lips are the snare for his own soul.

Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shall be confounded.

Like as the door turneth about upon the threshold, even so doth the slothful welter himself in his bed.

There is found a place, whose stones are clean Sapphires, and where the clots of the earth are gold.

These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them meat in due season.

"Now when thou showest this people all these words, and they say unto thee, 'Wherefore hath the LORD devised all this great plague for us?' Or, 'What is the offense and sin that we have done against the LORD our God?'

Now when they heard the Law, they separated from Israel everyone that had mixed himself therein.

And went again and walked once up and down in the house, and then went up and spread himself upon him. And the lad sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

They pluck down the mighty with their power, and when they themselves are gotten up, they are never without fear, as long as they live.

He opened the doors of the house of the LORD in the first year and first month of his reign, and he repaired them.

Thereto, a stranger which is not of thy people Israel, if he come from a far land for thy great name's sake and thy mighty hand and stretched out arm, and therefore come and pray at this house;

Only at the bidding of the LORD happened it so to Judah, to put them out of his sight, for the sin of Manasseh according to all he did:

Behold, the day shall come, that all that is in thine house and that thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried to Babylon, and nothing shall be left, sayeth the LORD.

The LORD alone was his guide - and there was no strange god with him.

And after the death of Jehoiada, came the lords of Judah and made obeisance to the king. And then he hearkened unto them.

And he did that pleased the LORD in all things, as did his father Amaziah,

And ye shall be left few in number, wheretofore ye were as the stars of heaven in multitude: because thou wouldest not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, "At even ye shall know that it is the LORD which brought you out of the land of Egypt;

Then said he unto me, "This water that floweth out toward the East, and runneth down into the plain field, cometh into the sea: and from the sea it runneth out, and maketh the waters whole.

and sent messengers throughout all Manasseh and called them up to follow him also. And he sent messengers unto Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali, which came also to meet him.

And always in the first bucking time of the sheep, Jacob put the staves before the sheep in the gutters, that they might conceive before the staves:

"Thus sayeth the LORD God: O ye princes, ye have now oppressed and destroyed enough. Now leave off, handle now according to the thing that is equal and lawful: and thrust out my people no more, sayeth the LORD God.

So I prophesied, as he had commanded me: and as I was prophesying, there came a noise and a great motion, so that the bones ran every one to another.

And they departed from Oboth and lay at Iyeabarim in the wilderness, which is before Moab on the east side.

And Balak said unto him, "Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place: whence thou shalt see them, and shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all and curse me them there."

and said unto Joseph, "God almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

and I will set mine eyes upon them for the best, for I will bring them again in to this land. I will build them up, and not break them down. I will plant them, and not root them out.

"Thou son of man, Speak to the children of thy people, and tell them, 'When I send a sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their country, and set him to be their watchman:

Therefore speak unto them, and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Every man of the house of Israel that beareth his Idols in his heart, purposing to stumble in his own wickedness, and cometh to a prophet, to enquire anything at me by him: unto that man will I the LORD myself give answer, according to the multitude of his idols:

Mirth and cheer was gone out of the field and vineyards, insomuch that no man was glad nor sung. There went no treader into the winepress, their merry cheer was laid down.

Your name shall not be sworn by among my chosen, for God the LORD shall slay you, and call his servants by another name.

"Go down, O thou avenger, into the enemies' land, and visit them that dwell therein: down with them, and smite them upon the backs, sayeth the LORD. Do according to all, that I have commanded thee.

These are the words that the LORD spake to the prophet Jeremiah, concerning the host of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, which was sent to destroy the land of Egypt.

Thy word is tried to the uttermost, and thy servant loveth it.

Howbeit, let no reckoning be made with them of the money that is delivered into their hands, but let them do it of their conscience."

The ways of the froward are strange; but the works of him that is clean, are right.

O LORD the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works; yea, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.

O Sing praises, sing praises unto our God: O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.

And I pray God that your hearts may be sound with the LORD our God, to walk in his ordinances and to keep his laws as we do this day."

Let not my lord regard this unthrifty man Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him. But I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord which thou sendest.

then said I, 'The Philistines shall come down upon me to Gilgal, before I have made supplication unto the LORD.' And therefore I took a courage with me and offered burnt offerings."

And they slew the oxen; and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar; and they slew the rams and sprinkled the blood upon the altar; and they slew the lambs and sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

and went after the man of Israel into the whorehouse, and thrust them through: both the man of Israel and also the woman even through the belly of her. And the plague ceased from the children of Israel.

the ixion, the vulture, the kite and her kind,

"The ungodly is very swift: O that his portion also upon earth were swifter than the running water, which suffereth not the shipman to behold the fair and pleasant vineyards.

For when I ponder and consider this, I am afraid, and my flesh is smitten with fear.

Come on, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hands be defiled upon him: for he is our brother and our flesh." And his brethren were content.

By this river shall the fishers stand from Engedi unto Eneglaim, and there spread out their nets: for there shall be great heaps of fish, like as in the main sea.

"Then let the priest take of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.

And they removed from Etham and turned unto the entering of Hiroth which is before Baalzephon, and pitched before Migdol.

And the children of Israel brought willing offerings unto the LORD; both men and women, as many as their hearts made them willing to bring, for all manner works which the LORD had commanded to make by the hand of Moses.

And Jethro said, "Blessed be the LORD which hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, which hath delivered his people from under the power of the Egyptians.

Behold, there was a wall on the outside round about the house: the measuring rod that he had in his hand, was six cubits long and a span. So he measured the breadth of the building, which was one measuring rod, and the height also one measuring rod.

For brass will I give thee gold, and for iron, silver: for wood, brass, and for stones, iron. I will make peace thy ruler, and righteousness thine officer.

This peoples' teeth are swords, and with their jawbones they consume and devour the simple of the earth, and the poor from among men.

Praise the LORD upon earth, ye dragons, and all deeps;

Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children.

Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee, when I hold up my hands towards the mercy seat of thy holy temple.

that it watereth and moistureth the dry and barren ground:

Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing. O my God, I will give thanks unto thee forever.

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

Have they no knowledge, that they are all such workers of mischief, eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the LORD?

The clouds do their labour in getting moistness, the clouds pour down the rain.

For thy name's sake, O LORD, be merciful unto my sin; for it is great.

And yet because I have lust to the house of my God, I have several gold and silver which I give to the house of my God above all I have prepared for the holy house:

In the twinkling of an eye shall they be slain: and at midnight, when the people and the tyrants rage, then shall they perish, and be taken away without hands.

They were children of fools and villains, which are dead away from the world.

And upon that he gathered together the priests and the Levites and said to them, "Go out through the cities of Judah and gather of all Israel silver, to strengthen the house of your God, year by year, and see that ye haste the thing." Howbeit, the Levites were slack.

Should such one then as useth violence, wrong and oppression, doing all things of partiality, and having respect of persons, dwell in the land?

The whole congregation as one man, was two and forty thousand, three hundred and threescore;

And thou shalt have much disease through infirmity in thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of thy sickness, day by day.'"

Behold: in mine adversity I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand, thousand talents of silver, and as for brass and iron it cannot be numbered, it is so much. And I have prepared timber and stone, and shalt provide more thereto.

and let them deliver it into the hands of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of the LORD, which shall give it to them that work upon the house of the LORD, to repair the decayed places thereof -

And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Meunites.

And the two doors of olive tree he graved with graving of Cherubs and Palm trees and graved flowers, and covered them with gold, and laid gold over the Cherubs and also the Palm trees.

For one nation shall destroy another, and one city another: for God will trounce them with all adversity.

Nebuzaradan the chief Marshal carried away, and left of the poor of the land to dress the vines and to till the ground.

And the peace offerings that Solomon offered unto the LORD, were twenty two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep: And so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

But Jeroboam the son of Nebat the servant of Solomon the son of David, rebelled against his lord.

as when a man goeth unto the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and as his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe, the head slippeth from the helve and smiteth his neighbour that he die; the same shall flee unto one of the same cities and be saved.

Among the Amramites, Izrahites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites,

And the sons of Shimei were also Jahath, Zina, Jeush and Beriah: these four were the sons of Shimei.

Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and of his brethren a hundred and twenty.

And there came of all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all kings of the earth which had heard of his wisdom.

And when the Philistine arose and came and drew nigh unto David, David hasted and ran in array even against the Philistine.

And the people answered and said, "God forbid that we should forsake the LORD and serve strange gods.

And as soon as he had left speaking: behold, the king's sons came and lifted up their voices and wept. And thereto the king and all his servants wept exceedingly.

But when ye have forsaken the LORD and have served strange gods, he will turn and do you evil and consume you, after that he hath done you good."

And see that there be no leavened bread seen in all thy coasts seven days long, and that there remain nothing of the flesh which thou hast offered the first day at evening, until the morning.

and go abroad among the people and bid them bring every man his ox and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood." And the people brought every man his ox in his hand by night and slew them there.

And he went down and talked with the woman, which seemed well favoured in the sight of Samson.

And every daughter that possesseth any inheritance among the tribes of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the kindred of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his father,

And the lot came out unto the kindreds of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest which were of the Levites had given them by lot, out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of Simeon, out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

And whatsoever goeth upon the breast, and whatsoever goeth upon four or more feet among all that crawleth upon the earth, of that see ye eat not: for they are abominable.

and shall fetch a compass from the south up to Akrabbim, and reach to Zin. And it shall go out on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, and go out also at Hazaraddar, and go along to Azmon.

These are the kindreds of Asher, in number fifty three thousand and four hundred.

When a man borroweth ought of his neighbor if it be hurt or else die, and if the owner thereof be not by, he shall make it good:

And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it and put them in the four corners thereof; two rings on the one side of it, and two on the other.

From all misdeeds wherein they have offended against me, I will cleanse them: And all their blasphemies which they have done against me, when they regarded me not, I will forgive them.

The keeping of dust, and foolishness of heart hath turned them aside: so that none of them can have a free conscience to think, "Do not I err?"

"'There shall no stranger eat of the hallowed things, neither a guest of the priests, or a hired servant.

I will bring my glory also among the Gentiles, that all the Heathen may see my judgment that I have kept, and my hand which I have laid upon them:

For this cause the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

Thinkest thou to reign, now that thou provokest me to wrath with thy Cedar trees? Did not thy father eat and drink, and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equity and righteousness?

"O thou son of man, write up the name of this day; yea, even the hour of this present day when the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem.

This is the charge that Jeremiah gave unto Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went toward Babylon with Zedekiah the king of Judah, in the fourth year of his reign. Now this Seraiah was a peaceable prince.

All my bones shall say, "LORD, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him? Yea, the poor, and him that is in misery, from him that spoileth him?"

I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my study.

And your destruction shall be like as an earthen pot, which breaketh no man touching it, yea and breaketh so sore, that a man shall not find a shiver of it to fetch fire in, or to take water withal out of the pit."

Have I seen any man perish through nakedness and want of clothing? Or any poor man for lack of raiment,

Go through thy land, O thou daughter of the sea, as men go over the water; for thou hast no more strength.

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge; but as for the words of the despiteful, he bringeth them to naught.

"Gather my saints together unto me, those that set more by the covenant than by any offering."

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be always praising thee. Selah.

yet rusheth he in fearlessly, and beateth upon the ground. He feareth not the noise of the trumpets,

And the same day were there great sacrifices offered, and they rejoiced: for God had given them great gladness, so that both the wives and children were joyful, and the mirth of Jerusalem was heard afar off.

This is the cause, that I shrink at his presence, so that when I consider him I am afraid of him.

And they left their gods there, which David bade to be burnt with fire.

Thus wast thou decked with silver and gold, and thy raiment was of fine white silk, of needle work and divers colors. Thou didst eat nothing but simnels, honey and oil: marvelous goodly wast thou, and beautiful, yea even a very Queen wast thou.

Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand and all Judah brought him presents, that he became exceeding rich and glorious.

Did not Achan the son of Zerah trespass in the excommunicate things, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel, so that he alone perished not for his wickedness?'"

And he lifted up his eyes to the window and said, "Who is of my side? Who?" And there looked out to him two or three lords that were chamberlains.

And when the messengers were come in, "Behold there lay an image in the bed, with a pillow of goat's hair under the head of it.

the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

And then the king went to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him. Now all the men of Judah were at the bringing over of the king, and but half the men of Israel.

And the king's servants said to him, "Behold, thy servants are ready to whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint."

And the servant took forth jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: But unto her brother and to her mother, he gave spices.

And the girdle of the ephod shall be of the same workmanship and of the same stuff: even of gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined bysse.

And when Reuben came again unto the pit and found not Joseph there, he rent his clothes,

and went out westward to Michmethath on the north side, and compassed eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and past it on the east side unto Janoah,

then let the priest look upon him. If the leprosy have covered all his flesh, let him judge the disease clean: for inasmuch as he is altogether white he is, therefore, clean.

gave them their inheritance by lot, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, to give unto the nine tribes, and unto the half tribe of Manasseh.

And they came to Balaam and told him, "Thus sayeth Balak, the son of Zippor: 'Oh, let nothing let thee to come unto me,

Yea, even thus sayeth the LORD God: In the fire of my jealousy have I taken a device against the residue of the Gentiles, and against all Edom: which have taken in my land unto themselves for a possession: which also rejoiced from their whole heart with a despiteful stomach, to waste it, and to spoil it.

And the wrath of the LORD shall not turn away again, until he perform and fulfils the thought of his heart. And in the latter days ye shall know his meaning."

But the way of peace they know not. In their goings is no equity, their ways are so crooked that whosoever goeth therein, knoweth nothing of peace.

Then said Abimelech, "Why hast thou done this unto us? One of the people might lightly have lain by thy wife and so shouldest thou have brought sin upon us."

And seekest thou yet promotion? Look not for it, and desire it not. For I will bring a miserable plague upon all flesh, sayeth the LORD. But thy life will I give thee for a prey, wheresoever thou goest."

And some of them would have taken him: but no man laid hands on him.

But I set up the purpose of my servants, and fulfill the counsel of my messengers. I say unto Jerusalem, "Turn again," and to the cities of Judah, "Be ye builded again," and I repair their decayed places.

I shall wake him up with righteousness, and order all his ways. He shall build my city, and let out my prisoners: and that neither for gifts or rewards, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

After that, shall the seventy years of Tyre - even as long as their king's life was - be forgotten. And after seventy years, it shall happen to Tyre as with a harlot that playeth upon a lute.

Then I got me a breech, according to the commandment of the LORD, and put it about my loins.

Yea, all ye that sit in the compass of the world, and dwell upon the earth: when the token shall be given upon the mountains, then look up: and when the horn bloweth, then hearken to.

And all Judah rejoiced in the oath, for they had sworn with all their hearts, and sought him with all their lust, and he was found of them. And the LORD gave them rest round about.

Such as be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

O let me have understanding in the ways of Godliness, until the time that thou come unto me! I will walk in my house with a perfect heart.

{To the Chanter, in Neginoth, a Psalm and song of Asaph} In Jewry is God known; his name is great in Israel.

But lo, he hath picked a quarrel against me, and taketh me for his enemy:

Then he said, "I see all Israel scattered in the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master, let them return every man to his house in peace.'"

Look, whom he leaveth behind him, they shall die and be buried, and no man shall have pity of his widows.

And the priests went into the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD, and in the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it and carried it out into the brook Kidron.

And they assembled at Jerusalem the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

And they hired thirty two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, which came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities and went out to battle.

And after the two months she turned again unto her father, which did with her according to his vow which he had vowed, and so she knew no man.

And let him that gathereth the ashes of the cow, wash his clothes, and remain unclean until evening. And this shall be unto the children of Israel and unto the stranger that dwelleth among them, a manner forever.

And they poured out for the men to eat. And when they had tasted of the pottage, they cried out and said, "There is death in the pot, thou man of God!" And could not eat thereof.

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and other that were chosen and named by name, to thank the LORD that his mercy lasteth ever.

And her husband arose and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her home again; and his lad with him and a couple of asses. And she brought him unto her father's house, and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced of his coming.

And when Joash was laid to rest with his fathers, Jeroboam sat upon his seat. And Joash was buried in Samaria among the kings of Israel.

Then said Jonadab unto the king, "Behold, the king's sons are come; and as thy servant said, so it is."

And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies and on them that hate thee and persecute thee.

And thou shalt bring it to thy father and he shall eat, that he may bless thee before his death."

And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations before your faces: for the LORD your God he fought for you.

Wherefore let the children of Israel bring their offerings they offer in the wide field unto the LORD; even unto the door of the tabernacle of witness and unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.

And he took up his parable and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! And hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor!

and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

And they brought rewards unto them from before him: but Benjamin's part was five times so much as any of theirs. And they ate and they drank, and were drunk with him.

Thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as the Philistines have done this - namely taken vengeance with despiteful stomachs, and of an old evil will set themselves to destroy -

'Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: behold, I will turn back the weapons, that ye have in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans, which besiege you round about the walls, and I will bring them together into the midst of this city,

Thorns shall grow in their palaces, nettles and thistles in their strongholds; that the dragons may have their pleasure therein, and that they may be a court for Ostriches.

all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the Isles that are beyond the sea;

even three thousand talents of gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of silver tried:

When thou cryest, let thy chosen heap deliver thee. But the wind shall take them all away, and carry them into the air. Nevertheless, they that put their trust in me, shall inherit the land, and have my holy hill in possession.

Then shalt thou say unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I shall fill all the inhabiters of this land with drunkenness, the kings that sit upon David's stool, the Priests and Prophets, with all that dwell at Jerusalem.

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health; that my tongue may praise thy righteousness.

A servant will not be the better for words; for though he understand, yet will he not regard them.

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked; and for their wickedness, God overthroweth the ungodly.

Wilt thou take thy pastime with him as with a bird? Or give him unto thy maidens,

And there chanced yet again war at Gath, where was a man of a size with twenty four fingers and toes, six on every hand and six on every foot, and was the son of Haraphah and defied Israel.

The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

So that the eye which saw him before, getteth now no sight of him, and his place knoweth him no more.

Then the king arose and sat down in the Gate. And it was told unto all the people, how the king sat in the Gate. And then all the people came before the king. But Israel fled every man to his tent.

but the LORD keep me from laying mine hand upon the LORD's anointed. Now then take a fellowship the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go."

And he called Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

And the men came with the women - even as many as were willing hearted - and brought bracelets, earrings, rings and girdles and all manner jewels of gold; and all the men that waved wave offerings of gold unto the LORD;

But my counsel is, that all Israel be gathered unto thee, from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand of the sea in number, and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

After the work of a stone graver, even as signets are graven, shalt thou grave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel, and shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

And after this manner spake she to Joseph day by day; but he hearkened not unto her, to sleep near her or to be in her company.

Nevertheless, for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a light in Jerusalem; that he set up his son after him to continue Jerusalem,

Then said Jonathan to David, "Tomorrow shall be the first day of the moon. And thou shalt be missed, because the place shall appear empty.

They shall teach Jacob thy judgments and Israel thy laws. They shall put cense before thy nose and whole sacrifices upon thine altar.

But David took a good courage to him in the LORD his God and said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, "Bring me the ephod." And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

Thou shalt get sons and daughters, but shalt not have them: for they shall be carried away captive.

then shall the male from twenty years unto sixty be set at fifty sicles of silver, after the sicle of the sanctuary,

at the mouth of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim. And he built the city and dwelt therein.

Out of heaven he made thee hear his voice to nurture thee, and upon earth he showed thee his great fire, and thou heardest his words out of the fire.

Take heed to thyself as concerning the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently to do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach thee, as I commanded them so ye shall observe to do.

And before I had made an end of speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth, and her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well and drew. And I said unto her, 'give me drink.'

Then he sayeth, 'I will return again into my house, from whence I came out.' And when he is come, he findeth the house empty and swept, and garnished.

and the Oaks of Bashan to make the rowers. Thy boards have they made of ivory, and of costly wood out of the Isle of Chittim.

And she said unto him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah which she bare unto Nahor,"

"Thou son of man, the house of Israel is turned to dross. All they that should be brass, tin, iron and lead, are in the fire become dross.

Then said Lea, "God hath given me my reward, because I gave my maiden to my husband." And she called him Issachar.

The Smith comforted the molder, and the Ironsmith the hammer man, saying, 'It shall be good, that we fasten this cast work,' and then they fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

"'And as for you, O my sheep, sayeth the LORD God: I will put a difference among the sheep, among the wethers and the goats.

and say unto the Ammonites, 'Hear the word of the LORD God. Thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as thou speakest over my Sanctuary, 'Aha,' I trow it be now suspended; and over the land of Israel, I trow it be now desolate; yea, and over the house of Judah, I trow they be now led away prisoners.

Why wilt thou make thyself a coward, and as it were a giant that yet may not help? For thou art ours, O LORD, and we bear thy name; therefore forsake us not."

and they both shall be punished for their wickedness. According to the sin of him that asketh, shall the sin of the Prophet be:

Dedan, Tema, Buz and the shaven Ishmaelites;

"'Now when I had carried them out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness,

And those same that remain shall lift up their voice, and be glad, and shall magnify the glory of the LORD, even from the sea

The sluggard thinketh himself wiser than seven men that sit and teach.

As for me, I will patiently abide always, and will ever increase thy praise.

while my breath is in me, and as long as the wind that God hath given me is in my nostrils.

Out of drops bringeth he great floods together, and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light.

This day shall the LORD deliver thee into my hand, and I shall smite thee and take thine head from thee, and will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the earth - and all the world shall know that there is a God in Israel.

Therefore is my mind poured full of heaviness, and the days of trouble have taken hold upon me.

Then brought all Judah the tithes of corn, wine and oil unto the treasury.

If thou sinnest, what doest thou unto him? If thine offenses be many, how gettest thou his favour?

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his seat in their apparel, in a threshing floor beside the gate of Samaria, and all the Prophets prophesying before them.

And when Uzziah was laid to rest with his fathers, they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial of the kings. For they said, "He is a leper." And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

And in those days there shall be no peace to them that go out and in; But great vexation upon the inhabiters of all lands.

But God said to me, 'Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war and hast shed blood.'

arose and laid on the Philistines until his hand ached and clave unto the sword. And the LORD made a great victory the same day. And the people returned and went after him only to spoil.

"And so the LORD will not be merciful unto him, but then the wrath of the LORD and his jealousy, smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book light upon him, and the LORD do out his name from under heaven,

Likewise, he that received two gained other two.

And unto Shemaiah his son were sons born that ruled in the house of their father, for they were men of might.

Then said the king, "Where is thy master's son?" and Ziba said unto the king, "Behold, he tarrieth still at Jerusalem. For he said, 'This day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.'"

And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Ruben, to the children of Gad and unto the half tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

And David put an order among the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

and let the judges enquire a good. And if the witness be found false and that he hath given false witness against his brother,

And he took of the honey in his hands and went eating, and came to his father and mother, and gave them also. And they did eat. But he told them not, that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the Lion.

For I am sure that after my death, they will utterly mar themselves and turn from the way which I commanded you, and tribulation will come upon you in the latter days, when ye have wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD to provoke him with the works of your hands."

and it was told thee and thou hast heard of it: Then thou shalt enquire diligently. And if it be true and the thing of a surety that such abomination is wrought in Israel,

And if thou have no favour unto her, then let her go whither she lusteth: for thou mayest not sell her for money nor make chevisance of her, because thou hast humbled her.

And he looked round about, for to see her that had done that thing.

Wait therefore upon the holy place and upon the altar, that there fall no more wrath upon the children of Israel:

and his host and the number of them thirty five thousand and four hundred.

According unto the multitude of years, thou shalt increase the price thereof and according to the fewness of years, thou shalt minish the price: for the number of fruit he shall sell unto thee.

And when Jehudi had read three or four leaves thereof, he cut the book in pieces with a pen knife, and cast it into the fire upon the hearth, until the book was all burnt in the fire upon the hearth.

These are the commandments and laws which the LORD commanded through Moses, unto the children of Israel in the fields of Moab upon Jordan nigh unto Jericho.

to spoil them, to rob them, to lay hand upon their so well inhabited wildernesses: against that people, that is gathered together from among the Heathen, which have gotten cattle and good, and dwell in the midst of the land.'

Behold, like as the Lion cometh up from the pleasant meadows of Jordan unto the green pastures of Etham, so will I drive him, and make him run against her. But who is the young man that I will ordain thereto? Who is like unto me? What is he that will strive with me? What shepherd may stand in my hands?

Wherefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Bring a great multitude of people upon them, and make them be scattered and spoiled:

He shall be like the heath that groweth in the wilderness. As for the good thing that is for to come, he shall not see it: but dwell in a dry place of the wilderness, in a salt and unoccupied land."

Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: Because thou hast sealed letters under thy name unto all the people that is at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, yea and sent them to all the priests: wherein thou writest thus unto him:

And after this manner shalt thou speak unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: If ye will not obey me, to walk in my laws, which I have given you,

O LORD wherefore hast thou led us out of thy way? Wherefore hast thou hardened our hearts, that we fear thee not? Be at one with us again, for thy servants' sake that are of the generation of thine heritage.

"Pluck up your hearts and be strong: Be not afraid or in any wise discouraged for dread of the king of Assyria, and of the great multitude that is with him: for there is one greater with us than with him.

Take heed, and hear my voice, ponder and mark my words well.

Lift up thine eyes round about and see. All these are gathered together and are come unto thee. Thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be ever by thy side.

Therefore shall Moab make lamentation because of the Moabites that shall be slain: yea, they shall wail all together. Because of the foundations of the city of brick shall ye complain, even ye lame people that are left only behind.

To have respect of persons in judgment is not good: And why? He will do wrong; yea, even for a piece of bread.

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things; thou art God alone.

O LORD, how glorious are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep.

Like as a woman with child, when her travail cometh upon her, is sorry and crieth in her pains: Even so are we, O LORD, in thy sight.

Who lifteth him up, and stripeth him out of his clothes, or who taketh him by the bit of his bridle?

{A song of the stairs} Behold now, praise the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, ye that by night stand in the house of the LORD.

If I be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the whole world is mine, and all that therein is.

Mayest thou believe him, that he will bring home thy corn, or to carry anything unto thy barn?

Send thee help from the Sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

How their young ones grow up and wax great through good feeding?

Shouldest thou then see no darkness? Should not the water flood run over thee?

And the Levites were numbered from thirty years and above, and the tale of them in men, poll by poll, was thirty eight thousand.

But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say: thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel, as touching the words which thou heardest.

And Jehoram went forth with his lords and all his chariots with him and rose by night and laid on the Edomites - Which compassed him in, and the captains of his chariots.

And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, brought David exceeding much brass. Wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea and the pillars and the vessels of brass.

And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab - for a daughter of Ahab was his wife - and he wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD.

The sons of Ladan: the chief was Jehiel and then Zetham and Joel, three.

And Joab answered, "The LORD make thy people a hundred times so many more as they be. But my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why then doth my lord require this thing? Why should my lord be a cause of trespass to Israel?"

And of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and of his brethren a hundred and thirty.

And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.

And when the king was come from Damascus and saw the altar, he went to it and offered thereon.

And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, kept him that he abode with him three days and so they ate and drank and lodged there.

The rest of the deeds of Uzziah and all he did, are written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

And the king said unto the wife, "Go home to thine house, and I will give a charge for thee."

And there went out after him Joab's men and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and the men of might. And they departed out of Jerusalem to follow after Sheba the son of Bichri.

so that thou hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and do all these commandments which I command you this day.

Thou stretchedest out thy right hand, and in the earth swallowed them.

come now and let us slay him and cast him into some pit, and let us say that some wicked beast hath devoured him, and let us see what his dreams will come to."

And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities by name:

And the sum of silver that came of the multitude, was five score hundred weight and a thousand seven hundred and seventy five sicles of the holy sicle.

And he said, "Ye shall not go through." And Edom came out against him with much people and with a mighty power.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

The fourth, a Turquoise, Onyx and Jasper. And they shall be set in gold in their enclosures.

Nevertheless, as for thine eyes and thine heart, they look upon covetousness, to shed innocent blood, and to do wrong and violence.'"

And the tribe of Naphtali also; and the captain over the children of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan:

And Joseph said unto the third day, "This do and live, for I fear God.

Then Jacob did sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and tarried all night in the hill.

And when he had thus spoken, he let the congregation depart.

Now, therefore, if ye will deal mercifully and truly with my master, tell me - And if not, tell me also - that I may turn me to the righthand or to the left."

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

What think ye?" They answered and said, "He is worthy to die."

And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabshakeh from Lachish toward Jerusalem, against king Hezekiah, with a grievous Host; which set him by the conduit of the over pool, in the way that goeth through the fuller's land.

Pharaoh's host also was come out of Egypt: which when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem perceived, they departed from thence.

Shall not the snow that melteth upon the stony rocks of Lebanon moisten the fields? Or may the springs of waters be so graven away, that they run no more, give moistness, nor make fruitful?

The path of equity wilt thou grant unto the just, O thou most righteous; thou shalt order the path of him that is righteous.

And the proud crown of the drunken Ephraimites shall be trodden under foot.

the desolate earth is in heaviness. Lebanon taketh it but for a sport, that it is hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness: Bashan and Carmel are turned upside down.

The seat of the king that faithfully judgeth the poor, shall continue sure for ever more.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my righthand forget her cunning.

How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart? How long shall mine enemies triumph over me?

For the end is not yet come and thy patient abiding shall not be in vain.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled.

My God, I have put my trust in thee. O let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me.

The soul of the ungodly wisheth evil; and hath no pity upon his neighbour.

O come hither and behold the works of God; which is so wonderful in his doings among the children of men.

For he is even the same, that knoweth the rebellious kings, and sayeth to princes,

There will come many days in Israel, in which there shall be no true God - nor priest that teacheth, nor any law.

and gave him a few figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten his spirits came again to him: for he had eaten no bread nor drunk no water in three days and three nights.

Before whom hast thou spoken those words? Who made the breath to come out of the mouth?

And the Philistine said unto David, "Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff?" And he cursed David in the name of his gods.

"Come with the children of Israel and say, 'Appoint out free cities, of which I spake unto you by Moses,

And as the prophet spake to him, he said to the prophet, "Have men made thee of the king's counsel? Cease, lest thou be beaten." And the prophet ceased, and said, "I am sure that God hath taken counsel to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and obeyest not my counsel."

And Ahab said, "By whom?" And he said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Even by the men of the governors of the shires.'" And Ahab said, "Who shall join battle?" And he said, "Thou."

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites and the eldest sons of David waited at the king's hand.

your children, your wives and the strangers that are in thine host, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

Then said Hushai to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

And now what hast thou under thine hand? Give me five loaves of bread or what cometh to hand."

even because of the afterbirth, that is come out from between her legs, and because of her children which she hath borne, because she would eat them for need of all things; secretly, in the straitness and siege wherewith thine enemy shall besiege thee in thy cities.

and said unto him, "Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee, and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I must be next unto thee: And Saul my father thereto knoweth that it shall be so."

if he be able to fight with me and to beat me, then we will be your servants. But if I can overcome him and beat him, then ye shall be our servants and serve us."

And Moses spake unto Aaron, "Say unto all the company of the children of Israel, 'Come forth before the LORD, for he hath heard your grudgings.'"

And Reuben said moreover unto them, "Shed not his blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hands upon him." For he would have rid him out of their hands and delivered him to his father again.

but that which is once gone out of thy lips, thou must keep and do, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God a freewill offering which thou hast spoken with thy mouth.

And Jacob set up a mark in the place where he talked with him; even a pillar of stone, and poured drink offering thereon and poured also oil thereon,

And now the LORD hath given rest unto your brethren as he promised them. Wherefore, return and go unto your tents and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and did obeisance and kissed him, and they saluted each other and came into the tent.

Verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

And Balak sent again a greater company of lords, and more honorable than they.

In thee have they despised father and mother, in thee have they oppressed the stranger, in thee have they vexed the widow and the fatherless.

and have gotten oxen, asses and sheep, menservants and womenservants, and have sent to show it my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.'"

I trust that ye shall know that we are not castaways.

Show that obstinate household a parable, and speak unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Get thee a pot, set it on, and pour water into it:

The meek-spirited shall hold a merry feast in the LORD, and the poor among them that be lowly shall rejoice in the holy one of Israel.

Thou makest of towns, heaps of stone; and of head

Or who will enforce me to keep or make peace?

{A song of the stairs} If the LORD himself had not been on our side - now may Israel say -

The LORD shall send the rod of thy power out of Zion; be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine enemies.

False witnesses are risen up, and lay to my charge things that I know not.

Let the sea make a noise, yea and all that therein is. {TYNDALE: Let the sea thunder, and his fullness;}

I will follow upon mine enemies, and overtake them; neither will I turn again till I have destroyed them. {TYNDALE: I followed mine enemies and destroyed them, and turned not again until I had consumed them.}

If any such complain, no man giveth answer; and that because of the wickedness of proud tyrants.

And when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned to death, she said to Ahab, "Up, and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, which he denied to give thee for silver, for Naboth is not alive, but dead."

that thou shouldest come under the covenant of the LORD thy God, and under his oath which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day.