The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.

Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites. (It is noteworthy that his sarcophagus was made of iron. Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath of the Ammonites? It is thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide according to standard measure.)

But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don't serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected."

Moreover, you must season every one of your grain offerings with salt; you must not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be missing from your grain offering -- on every one of your grain offerings you must present salt.

The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.

The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

(The Emites used to live there, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites.

But two men remained in the camp; one's name was Eldad, and the other's name was Medad. And the spirit rested on them. (Now they were among those in the registration, but had not gone to the tabernacle.) So they prophesied in the camp.

accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.

now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.

Then Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

How else can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

Lord, I have heard the report of what you did; I am awed, Lord, by what you accomplished. In our time repeat those deeds; in our time reveal them again. But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!

the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. You strike the leader of the wicked nation, laying him open from the lower body to the neck. Selah.

The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his own holy character: "Certainly the time is approaching when you will be carried away in baskets, every last one of you in fishermen's pots.

for all the large ships, for all the impressive ships.

before the silver cord is removed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the well, or the water wheel is broken at the cistern --

My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.

The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being.

Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil from the tent and poured it on Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, "Long live King Solomon!"

During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,

whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.

to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words;

"Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.

So the king of Assyria ordered, "Take back one of the priests whom you deported from there. He must settle there and teach them the requirements of the God of the land."

When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it,

Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid him a thousand talents of silver to gain his support and to solidify his control of the kingdom.

We remember the fish we used to eat freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.

The rest of Amon's accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

However, the war was prolonged between the house of Saul and the house of David. David was becoming steadily stronger, while the house of Saul was becoming increasingly weaker.

Solomon was told, "Look, Adonijah fears you; see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, 'May King Solomon solemnly promise me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.'"

He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

Furthermore, Solomon has assumed the royal throne.

Then the king said to Joab, "All right! I will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom!

The Hebrews who had earlier gone over to the Philistine side joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.

However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.

Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me,

I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living!"

Now Gideon sent messengers throughout the Ephraimite hill country who announced, "Go down and head off the Midianites. Take control of the fords of the streams all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River." When all the Ephraimites had assembled, they took control of the fords all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.

Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.

"The first one was like a lion with eagles' wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off and it was lifted up from the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human being, and a human mind was given to it.

But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

If a lying windbag should come and say, 'I'll promise you blessings of wine and beer,' he would be just the right preacher for these people!

The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.

But if we say, 'From people,' we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet."

He called out loudly as follows: 'Chop down the tree and lop off its branches! Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit! Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches!

Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and quickly got up. He said to his ministers, "Wasn't it three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?" They replied to the king, "For sure, O king."

"Look! I am about to bring a nation against you, family of Israel." The Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking. "They will oppress you all the way from Lebo-Hamath to the Stream of the Arabah."

After entering into an alliance with him, he will behave treacherously; he will ascend to power with only a small force.

The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.

Then Daniel went in to see Arioch (whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon). He came and said to him, "Don't destroy the wise men of Babylon! Escort me to the king, and I will disclose the interpretation to him!"

And he said to me, "Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully.

Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught knowledge to the people; he carefully evaluated and arranged many proverbs.

So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity:

A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is from the Lord.

He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.

Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

You must not commit adultery.

who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried into exile with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile.

Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made.

As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal.

In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham's son Ahaz became king over Judah.

The rest of the events of Asa's reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease.

Abner said to Joab, "Let the soldiers get up and fight before us." Joab said, "So be it!"

The man who owned the house went outside and said to them, "No, my brothers! Don't do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Don't do such a disgraceful thing!

Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

So Edom has remained free from Judah's control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled.

"Aaron must then enter the Meeting Tent and take off the linen garments which he had put on when he entered the sanctuary, and leave them there.

The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number -- as the Lord, God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.

His hair began to grow back after it had been shaved off.

Her mother-in-law asked her, "Where did you gather grain today? Where did you work? May the one who took notice of you be rewarded!" So Ruth told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked. She said, "The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz."

At that same time the Lord said to me, "Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones and come up the mountain to me; also make for yourself a wooden ark.

Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, "It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

Then he said to them, "Where is your faith?" But they were afraid and amazed, saying to one another, "Who then is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!"

No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,

He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God's house.

But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

But Aaron spoke to Moses, "See here! Just today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord and such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten a sin offering today would the Lord have been pleased?"

She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, "Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him." That is why he was named Levi.

So when they came home to their father Reuel, he asked, "Why have you come home so early today?"

The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.

And a voice came from heaven: "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."

So Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

Then astonishment seized them all, and they glorified God. They were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen incredible things today."

When he had said these things, he knelt down with them all and prayed.

It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He is dead!"

But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

After they had spent some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead."

Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations' efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again because of all your abominable practices.

The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.

Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance.

They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the Lord does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt.

Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them -- say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says,' whether they pay attention or not."

You have brought all this on yourself, Israel, by deserting the Lord your God when he was leading you along the right path.

For though I, the Lord who rules over all, planted you in the land, I now decree that disaster will come on you because the nations of Israel and Judah have done evil and have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal."

With bow and arrow men will hunt there, for the whole land will be covered with thorns and briers.

Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.

Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.

The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, 'I will deceive him.' The Lord asked him, 'How?'

and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.

for the Lord will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.

Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.

Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

to have them observe the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of the month of Adar each year

The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh.

These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.

Furthermore, I am giving you what you did not request -- riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation.

The king of Egypt did not march out from his land again, for the king of Babylon conquered all the territory that the king of Egypt had formerly controlled between the Brook of Egypt and the Euphrates River.

The rest of the events of Ahaz's reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

The rest of the events of Joram's reign, including a record of his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

Naaman said, "If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry, for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the Lord.

On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!"

Elisha said to the king of Israel, "Why are you here? Go to your father's prophets or your mother's prophets!" The king of Israel replied to him, "No, for the Lord is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab."

"'If he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he must bring as his offering for his sin which he has committed a tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour for a sin offering. He must not place olive oil on it and he must not put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.

Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord this message predicting Baasha's downfall:

Ahinadab son of Iddo was in charge of Mahanaim.

But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, "No! Appoint a king over us." Now take your positions before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.'"

Remain here tonight. Then in the morning, if he agrees to marry you, fine, let him do so. But if he does not want to do so, I promise, as surely as the Lord lives, to marry you. Sleep here until morning."

These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel -- he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites.

So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

Joshua said, "Open the cave's mouth and bring the five kings out of the cave to me."

This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.'"

Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: "I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."

When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

From the time I went to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has caused trouble for this people, and you have certainly not rescued them!"

If the ox of one man injures the ox of his neighbor so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide its proceeds, and they will also divide the dead ox.

What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

He said to them, "Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

just as I have received the right to rule from my Father -- and I will give him the morning star.

Justice will be like a belt around his waist, integrity will be like a belt around his hips.

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

They entered, along with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings.

and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ's blessing.

Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).

(Yod) The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. Jerusalem's young women stare down at the ground.

Then he said, "I am going to inform you about what will happen in the latter time of wrath, for the vision pertains to the appointed time of the end.

On that day they will say to Jerusalem, "Don't be afraid, Zion! Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!

Moreover, on that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy burden for all the nations, and all who try to carry it will be seriously injured; yet all the peoples of the earth will be assembled against it.

The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen in all the land,

(Khet) The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion's wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin.

Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, "Belteshazzar, don't let the dream and its interpretation alarm you." But Belteshazzar replied, "Sir, if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries!

I will make you as strong as a wall to these people, a fortified wall of bronze. They will attack you, but they will not be able to overcome you. For I will be with you to rescue you and deliver you," says the Lord.

At that time the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders, and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large.

The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

"Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, 'A man has been conceived!'

The splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed, as when a sick man's life ebbs away.

The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. Have mercy on me and respond to my prayer!

The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir and annihilated them. When they had finished off the men of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another.

David said to Saul, "Don't let anyone be discouraged. Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!"

Samuel said to all the people of Israel, "If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."

King David replied to Ornan, "No, I insist on buying it for top price. I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice that cost me nothing.

But respond favorably to your servant's prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today.

That night the Lord told Nathan,

The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach, the general in command of the army, who died there.

So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play."

The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

The rest of the events of Menahem's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

all that the Lord has commanded you by the authority of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses and continuing through your future generations --

When she got up to gather grain, Boaz told his male servants, "Let her gather grain even among the bundles! Don't chase her off!

So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,

"The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath, 'To your descendants I will give this land.' He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.

He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

Over the company of the tribe of the Simeonites was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

"'If his offering for a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord is from the flock, he must present a flawless male or female.

No straw is given to your servants, but we are told, 'Make bricks!' Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your people."

The man replied, "Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, thinking, "Surely what I did has become known."

Martha said, "I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the last day."

All the brothers and sisters send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

He swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."

Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!

Just as Isaiah predicted, "If the Lord of armies had not left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have resembled Gomorrah."

For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled.

This is what the Lord says: "Because Damascus has committed three crimes -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They ripped through Gilead like threshing sledges with iron teeth.

He answered, "I told you already and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don't want to become his disciples too, do you?"

(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

At that time the sovereign master will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave the head and the pubic hair; it will also shave off the beard.

What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

He said to me, "Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? For they think, 'The Lord does not see us! The Lord has abandoned the land!'"

However, you must confess that you have done wrong, and that you have rebelled against the Lord your God. You must confess that you have given yourself to foreign gods under every green tree, and have not obeyed my commands,' says the Lord.

Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down.

For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.

Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.

"Then the king of the south will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand.

Then you will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God." All the people responded, "This will be a fair test."

The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

"Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

Because you rage against me, and the uproar you create has reached my ears; I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came."

The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver.

That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.

It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you -- for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

Samuel said to Saul, "I will not go back with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel!"

Then Abner sent messengers to David saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement with me, and I will do whatever I can to cause all Israel to turn to you."

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.

Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Capture your prisoners of war, son of Abinoam!

The Lord's spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

They took all the Amorite territory from the Arnon River on the south to the Jabbok River on the north, from the desert in the east to the Jordan in the west.

Ehud made himself a sword -- it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh.

You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.

Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops and fought against it.

Joshua campaigned against these kings for quite some time.

A man may not marry his father's former wife and in this way dishonor his father.

"Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband."

So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.")

Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"

but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

And again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."

The Lord said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead."

Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

The entire lifetime of Kenan was 910 years, and then he died.

Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said, "I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land."

For three and a half days those from every people, tribe, nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.

nor are all the children Abraham's true descendants; rather "through Isaac will your descendants be counted."

They will flog him severely and kill him. Yet on the third day he will rise again."

You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection.

Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.' Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful land a waste."

You implement the regulations of Omri, and all the practices of Ahab's dynasty; you follow their policies. Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, the city's inhabitants will be taunted derisively, and nations will mock all of you."

Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!

I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.

Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.

"This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, for none of the wise men in my kingdom are able to make known to me the interpretation. But you can do so, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you."

He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

I will certainly regather my people from all the countries where I will have exiled them in my anger, fury, and great wrath. I will bring them back to this place and allow them to live here in safety.

What good will it do you then to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? What good will it do you to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?

Then the Lord said, "As for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people! Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf! Do not plead with me to save them, because I will not listen to you.

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

for every high tower, for every fortified wall,

One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.

I purchased male and female slaves, and I owned slaves who were born in my house; I also possessed more livestock -- both herds and flocks -- than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem.

The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips brings about evil.

In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon and bring it in raft-like bundles by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem."

David did just as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Gibeon all the way to Gezer.

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters -- with complete purity.

Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.

Elijah replied, "That's a difficult request! If you see me taken from you, may it be so, but if you don't, it will not happen."

But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.

After Solomon finished building the Lord's temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,

As he was still speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, "Come in, for an important man like you must be bringing good news."

Now Boaz, with whose female servants you worked, is our close relative. Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor.

Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked the king. Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant!"

But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away."

Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar and put in it an omer full of manna, and place it before the Lord to be kept for generations to come."

The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

After Abimelech's death, Tola son of Puah, grandson of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.

When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab which was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory.

I will send hornets before you that will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you.

He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

But if you want anything in addition, it will have to be settled in a legal assembly.

The second

He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

When I say to the wicked, "You will certainly die," and you do not warn him -- you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live -- that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you. I will rescue the lame sheep and gather together the scattered sheep. I will take away their humiliation and make the whole earth admire and respect them.

Then a wind lifted me up and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me as the glory of the Lord rose from its place,

Then I said, "There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.

Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded: "All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless -- like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth."

Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them.

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.

I gave you your master's house, and put your master's wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all that somehow seems insignificant, I would have given you so much more as well!

The Lord takes his position to judge; he stands up to pass sentence on his people.

But she is unique! My dove, my perfect one! She is the special daughter of her mother, she is the favorite of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and complimented her; the queens and concubines praised her:

Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!

Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.

to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."

the descendants of Azgad: 1,222;

Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame along with the three elite warriors.

Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:

David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand: "Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired for a hundred Philistine foreskins."

Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath: "Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!" So no one in the army ate anything.

In the spring Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army and marched to Aphek to fight Israel.

When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and came to Helam. The Arameans deployed their forces against David and fought with him.

When all the Israelites who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, they too pursued them in battle.

Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David's soldiers.

So on the day of the battle no sword or spear was to be found in the hand of anyone in the army that was with Saul and Jonathan. No one but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

Then they came to Marah, but they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter. (That is why its name was Marah.)

Then the Lord again appeared in Shiloh, for it was in Shiloh that the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel through the word of the Lord.

Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship's boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,

But the Levites must perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. It will be a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations that among the Israelites the Levites have no inheritance.

However, Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son!" He replied, "Here I am."

Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Then the Lord said to me, "Do not harass Moab and provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as your territory. This is because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.

Then Moses and Aaron went and brought together all the Israelite elders.

And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.

Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Dodanim.

When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.

For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come."

Think about what I am saying and the Lord will give you understanding of all this.

The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.

How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?"

whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.

But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord."

But Judah will reside securely forever, and Jerusalem will be secure from one generation to the next.

I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, "The work is demanding and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.

Then the Lord told me about some men from Anathoth who were threatening to kill me. They had threatened, "Stop prophesying in the name of the Lord or we will kill you!"

"God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

and said, "God forbid that I should do this! Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?" Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.

He put "The Sea" on the south side, in the southeast corner.

He ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines as far as the border of Egypt.

David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

Micaiah replied, "Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide."

There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.

The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan.

The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

"Know for sure that I saw the shed blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday," says the Lord, "and that I will give you what you deserve right here in this plot of land," says the Lord.' So now pick him up and throw him into this plot of land, just as the Lord said."

Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him.

For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.

The one caught with the riches must be burned up along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord's covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.'"

Then I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat will cost a day's pay and three quarts of barley will cost a day's pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine!"

He joined Ahab's son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

When David's oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said, "Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the desert? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle!"

then the man must bring his wife to the priest, and he must bring the offering required for her, one tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he must not pour olive oil on it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of suspicion, a grain offering for remembering, for bringing iniquity to remembrance.

"'Now this is what is unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the land: the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind,

It must be made with olive oil on a griddle and you must bring it well soaked, so you must present a grain offering of broken pieces as a soothing aroma to the Lord.

When the Lord your God eliminates the nations from the place where you are headed and you dispossess them, you will settle down in their land.

No one could see another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.

and over the company of the tribe of the Gadites was Eliasaph son of Deuel.

But he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father.

The entire lifetime of Methuselah was 969 years, and then he died.

If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water. Position yourself to meet him by the edge of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake.

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.

If someone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, which is what you are.

When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place.

Then the crowd responded, "We have heard from the law that the Christ will remain forever. How can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"

Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out: "Stop! Stop!" -- but no one turns back.

So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth's fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram's horn.

For I will remove the names of the Baal idols from your lips, so that you will never again utter their names!"

Then a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees.

As he approached the den, he called out to Daniel in a worried voice, "Daniel, servant of the living God, was your God whom you continually serve able to rescue you from the lions?"

Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called "holy," all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you."

When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.

So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

The Lord said to Samuel, "Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord's splendor filled God's temple.

Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

Then Esther replied to Hathach with instructions for Mordecai:

Then Absalom went to the king and said, "My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me."

what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?" He replied, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."

So the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, who was hostile toward the Jews.

The Lord was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could not withstand their enemies' attacks.

On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah to this very day.

But each of these nations made its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.

You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn -- (Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father's bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel's son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records.

Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, "Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?"

the one who was constantly going before you to find places for you to set up camp. He appeared by fire at night and cloud by day, to show you the way you ought to go.

The Lord said to him, "Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army."

The three sons of Zeruiah were there -- Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. (Now Asahel was as quick on his feet as one of the gazelles in the field.)

She answered, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

In those days the Philistines gathered their troops for war in order to fight Israel. Achish said to David, "You should fully understand that you and your men must go with me into the battle."

If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.

No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way -- struggles from the outside, fears from within.

If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (The length of Kohath's life was 133 years.)

Mahalalel lived 830 years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters.

When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

(Tet) Her city gates have fallen to the ground; he smashed to bits the bars that lock her gates. Her king and princes were taken into exile; there is no more guidance available. As for her prophets, they no longer receive a vision from the Lord.

And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come.

The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.

Now therefore reflect carefully on the recent past, before one stone was laid on another in the Lord's temple.

He rescues and delivers and performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions!"

Just as lion cubs are born predators, so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.

I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river.

Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate. They carried it back to David, but David refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord

Elisha replied, "Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says, 'About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.'"

His sons will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy's fortress.

Only his flesh has pain for himself, and he mourns for himself."

then if anything is done unintentionally without the knowledge of the community, the whole community must prepare one young bull for a burnt offering -- for a pleasing aroma to the Lord -- along with its grain offering and its customary drink offering, and one male goat for a purification offering.

So the horseman went to meet him and said, "This is what the king says, 'Is everything all right?'" Jehu replied, "None of your business! Follow me." The watchman reported, "The messenger reached them, but hasn't started back."

Then Zophar the Naamathite spoke up and said:

When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had. The man said, "Look! I had a dream. I saw a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed."

Sure enough, the next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water came flowing down from Edom and filled the land.

Then he must bathe his body in water in a holy place, put on his clothes, and go out and make his burnt offering and the people's burnt offering. So he is to make atonement on behalf of himself and the people.

Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you reaches me."

Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

On that day a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head.

So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord's sanctuary.

At that time the Lord told Joshua, "Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again."

Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about to die, because I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.

"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.

When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,

And you must take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten, and gather it together. It will be food for you and for them.

To him also Abraham apportioned a tithe of everything. His name first means king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people,

And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?"

"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"

These are the heads of their fathers' households: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.)

We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!"

Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

Ask the Lord for rain in the season of the late spring rains -- the Lord who causes thunderstorms -- and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.

As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

So they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.

But I will keep watching for the Lord; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will hear my lament.

Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.

we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards.

For you will pay in full for your violent acts against Lebanon; terrifying judgment will come upon you because of the way you destroyed the wild animals living there. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.

There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.

You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.

The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.

I have heard about you, how there is a spirit of the gods in you, and how you have insight, discernment, and extraordinary wisdom.

As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him' --

Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.

At that time the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel will be reunited. Together they will come back from a land in the north to the land that I gave to your ancestors as a permanent possession. "

Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.

For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

His father's family will gain increasing prominence because of him, including the offspring and the offshoots. All the small containers, including the bowls and all the jars will hang from this peg.'

So the royal scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king's satraps and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king's signet ring.

When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.

until I come and take you to a land just like your own -- a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Then you will live and not die. Don't listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, "The Lord will rescue us."

he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, who will escape through the cleanness of your hands."

"But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,

You will defeat every fortified city and every important city. You must chop down every productive tree, stop up all the springs, and cover all the cultivated land with stones."

Solomon worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.

He made the most holy place; its length was 30 feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold.

Finally the Lord rejected Israel just as he had warned he would do through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

When these things had been accomplished and the rage of King Ahasuerus had diminished, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decided against her.

He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers.

Then when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, "Come!" So I looked, and here came a black horse! The one who rode it had a balance scale in his hand.

Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" He pushed hard and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life.

Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following the practices of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married Solomon's daughter Basemath.)

The slave replied, 'Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.'

But the people refused to heed Samuel's warning. Instead they said, "No! There will be a king over us!

For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle -- I am telling the truth; I am not lying -- and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner.

So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship,

When David's words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.

The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.

But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster.

Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez.

And after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.

If he presents a sheep as his offering, he must present it before the Lord.

I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel. "For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.

"After these things, as I was watching, another beast like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back. This beast had four heads, and ruling authority was given to it.

"'It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,' the Lord Lord who rules over all had said.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

and he took it and ate it in front of them.

Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them," says the Lord.

I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted. It is the Lord who dwells in Zion!

But leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the animals in the grass of the land.

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this."

Those who share the king's fine food will attempt to destroy him, and his army will be swept away; many will be killed in battle.

A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;

So Arioch quickly ushered Daniel into the king's presence, saying to him, "I have found a man from the captives of Judah who can make known the interpretation to the king."

When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.

This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil."

So here is what the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, says: "My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria, even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as Egypt did.

The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people publicize folly.

Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab; he also went down and killed a lion inside a cistern on a snowy day.

The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, "Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side.

By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple's foundation with chiseled stone.

Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.

With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"

These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. Tamar was their sister.

"Treat fairly the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, because they helped me when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.

Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true!

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;

So he asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She has no son, and her husband is old."

So I am legally informing you: Acquire it before those sitting here and before the leaders of my people! If you want to exercise your right to redeem it, then do so. But if not, then tell me so I will know. For you possess the first option to redeem it; I am next in line after you." He replied, "I will redeem it."

The army of Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?"

when someone told me that Saul was dead -- even though he thought he was bringing good news -- I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the good news I gave to him!

the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.

So David said, "Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul's daughter Michal when you come to visit me."

Israel has been living in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon for three hundred years! Why did you not reclaim them during that time?

But don't you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! Don't allow them to retreat to their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you."

The Lord spoke to Moses:

(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion and the Amorites call it Senir),

And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.

Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

for she kept saying, "If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed."

The standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their companies; over his company was Elizur son of Shedeur.

So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

When Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.

I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.

Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;

The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way.

I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor."

And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong."

If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,

Now I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus.

Now this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the other supervisors and the satraps, for he had an extraordinary spirit. In fact, the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom.

Each will sit under his own grapevine or under his own fig tree without any fear. The Lord who commands armies has decreed it.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?

But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."

However, I have heard that you are able to provide interpretations and to decipher knotty problems. Now if you are able to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will wear purple and have a golden collar around your neck and be third ruler in the kingdom."

From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed.

Then Haggai asked, "If a person who is ritually unclean because of touching a dead body comes in contact with one of these items, will it become unclean?" The priests answered, "It will be unclean."

I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

Every blow from his punishing cudgel, with which the Lord will beat them, will be accompanied by music from the tambourine and harp, and he will attack them with his weapons.

So they will give life to you, and grace to adorn your neck.

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, addressed Ezra: "We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the local peoples. Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard.

There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

"What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

It so happened that when the king's edict and his law became known many young women were taken to Susa the citadel to be placed under the authority of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the royal palace to be under the authority of Hegai, who was overseeing the women.

Huram also said, "Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself.

But when the matter came to the king's attention, the king gave written orders that Haman's evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.

the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;

The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.

Rehoboam married Mahalath the daughter of David's son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse's son Eliab.