"'Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.

If you go to war in your land against an adversary who opposes you, then you must sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

Then when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"

begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

But the man who is ceremonially clean, and was not on a journey, and fails to keep the Passover, that person must be cut off from his people. Because he did not bring the Lord's offering at its appointed time, that man must bear his sin.

"'You must bring the grain offering that must be made from these to the Lord. Present it to the priest, and he will bring it to the altar.

Now be sure to make them according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.

But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels.

Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds.

Our livestock must also go with us! Not a hoof is to be left behind! For we must take these animals to serve the Lord our God. Until we arrive there, we do not know what we must use to serve the Lord."

May God enlarge Japheth's territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave!"

Abram continually journeyed by stages down to the Negev.

So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he could see nothing. Leading him by the hand, his companions brought him into Damascus.

After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,

The man replied, "This is a remarkable thing, that you don't know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples.)

But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

"The Lord who rules over all says, 'The fast of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become joyful and happy, pleasant feasts for the house of Judah, so love truth and peace.'

I ate no choice food; no meat or wine came to my lips, nor did I anoint myself with oil until the end of those three weeks.

O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify you, for you have bestowed wisdom and power on me. Now you have enabled me to understand what I requested from you. For you have enabled me to understand the king's dilemma."

So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them.

The Lord will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the Lord in their own lands.

(Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. "Ha! Is this the city they called 'The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!'?"

Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged."

The one who can break through barriers will lead them out they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave. Their king will advance before them, The Lord himself will lead them.

he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

"You Ethiopians will also die by my sword!"

Then a powerful king will arise, exercising great authority and doing as he pleases.

Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. Vent it on the peoples who do not worship you. For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. They have completely destroyed them and left their homeland in utter ruin.

They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

The sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land.

Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.

The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. Lord, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me.

So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the Lord, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

But I warned them and said, "Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!" From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath.

Now Haman went forth that day pleased and very much encouraged. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the king's gate, and he did not rise nor tremble in his presence, Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

Then I will establish your dynasty, just as I promised your father David, 'You will not fail to have a successor ruling over Israel.'

Gehazi, the prophet Elisha's servant, thought, "Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him."

They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, "You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods." But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them.

Respond to the requests of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably and forgive.

These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.

The king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent."

The king of Assyria was told, "The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land."

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

and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy!

Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

He restored the border of Israel from Lebo Hamath in the north to the sea of the Arabah in the south, in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel announced through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

Ahaz passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.

But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, his eyes gleamed.

But some wicked men said, "How can this man save us?" They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it.

Elisha told him, "Ask her to come here." So he did so and she came and stood in the doorway.

Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, 'We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.'

If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?" But Eli's sons would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided to kill them.

The men said to her, "If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we've been up to, then, when the Lord hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you."

for on this day atonement is to be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins; you must be clean before the Lord.

And the one seated on it was like jasper and carnelian in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emerald encircled the throne.

who will not receive many times more in this age -- and in the age to come, eternal life."

When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are to possess, you must pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

And when the dew came down on the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.)

When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died out.

and a man has sexual relations with her without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught --

the Mediterranean gecko, the spotted lizard, the wall gecko, the skink, and the chameleon.

Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.

This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.

And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; the tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.

But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

Noah went out along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives.

But Moses said, "Will you also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings that we may present them to the Lord our God?

Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

So the commanding officer came and asked Paul, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" He replied, "Yes."

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"

Jesus replied, "Your brother will come back to life again."

For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are his own servants.

As he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.

His disciples answered him, "Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?"

A large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them.

(For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.)

Then take some silver and gold to make a crown and set it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.

The Lord has removed the judgment against you; he has turned back your enemy. Israel's king, the Lord, is in your midst! You no longer need to fear disaster.

So I said, "My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord."

He said to me, "You will see them practicing even greater abominations!"

(Lamed) Children say to their mothers, "Where are food and drink?" They faint like a wounded warrior in the city squares. They die slowly in their mothers' arms.

I said, "Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach! I writhe in anguish. Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds within me. I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet; the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul!

Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the Lord, affirm it!

Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?" The sovereign Lord who commands armies has spoken.

With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

The snorting of the enemy's horses is already being heard in the city of Dan. The sound of the neighing of their stallions causes the whole land to tremble with fear. They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it! They are coming to destroy the cities and everyone who lives in them!"

A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes.

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled.

who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, Lord! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.

You are the reason I offer praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my promises before the Lord's loyal followers.

The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said, "My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!"

You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.

And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,

he said to take back this answer to Esther:

Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. The Lord struck him down and he died.

But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, "Send them out." They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah.

When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to meet him. She said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants' slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!"

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

But Saul replied to David, "You aren't able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You're just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!"

Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz.

Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king was told, "The prophet has come here."

and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, "This is what the Lord says, 'You have rebelled against the Lord and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.

But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!"

He said, "Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won't refuse you."

So he said to his servants, "Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set Joab's portion of the field on fire.

After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David, "Get up and cross the stream quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you."

It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men with you. May genuine loyal love protect you!"

The residents of Beth Shemesh asked, "Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?"

For the land where you are headed is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, a land where you planted seed and which you irrigated by hand like a vegetable garden.

But now we are dried up, and there is nothing at all before us except this manna!"

When Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

"'So this will be a perpetual ordinance for them: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.

So Ruth worked beside Boaz's female servants, gathering grain until the end of the barley harvest as well as the wheat harvest. After that she stayed home with her mother-in-law.

Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair -- they are in the land of Gilead.

When the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, offer the one for a purification offering and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.

Then he must take off his clothes and put on other clothes, and he must bring the fatty ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place,

And another horse, fiery red, came out, and the one who rode it was granted permission to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher one another, and he was given a huge sword.

Over the company of the tribe of the Manassehites was Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,

so the priest is to examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean -- it is diseased.

But the Lord said to Moses, "Put out your hand and grab it by the tail" -- so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand --

Then the priest must take up from the grain offering its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar -- it is a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Isaac began to shake violently and asked, "Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived, and I blessed him. He will indeed be blessed!"

Indeed, the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,

He began to speak out fearlessly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

The waters completely overwhelmed the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

His father Isaac asked, "Who are you?" "I am your firstborn son," he replied, "Esau!"

If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!"

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.

Do we not have the right to financial support?

I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!

When some of the bystanders heard it they said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"

So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king's countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel.

Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."

So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion to the king and said to him, "O King Darius, live forever!

Those who think they are wise are as good as dead, those who think they possess understanding.

Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth and every garment dragged through blood is used as fuel for the fire.

Consequently the Lord provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.

After some years have passed, they will form an alliance. Then the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain her power, nor will he continue in his strength. She, together with the one who brought her, her child, and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time.

Shortly after his rise to power, his kingdom will be broken up and distributed toward the four winds of the sky -- but not to his posterity or with the authority he exercised, for his kingdom will be uprooted and distributed to others besides these.

The Lord approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.

The king then asked Daniel (whose name was also Belteshazzar), "Are you able to make known to me the dream that I saw, as well as its interpretation?"

The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath comes against their whole crowd.

When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.

honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. For they said, "The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert."

"While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.

Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

Solomon laid the foundation for God's temple; its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.

He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right side and called it Jakin; he erected the other pillar on the left side and called it Boaz.

May the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship, and he leans on my arm and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this."

"If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, and pray for your help before you in this temple,

Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him.

(Now it used to be in Israel that whenever someone went to inquire of God he would say, "Come on, let's go to the seer." For today's prophet used to be called a seer.)

They said to him, "Look, you are old, and your sons don't follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead us, just like all the other nations have."

So Abner spoke again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. How then could I show my face in the presence of Joab your brother?"

Abner said to him, "Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers and take his equipment for yourself!" But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.

Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.'

Eli's eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

Do not leave this place until I come back with a gift and present it to you." The Lord said, "I will stay here until you come back."

On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised.

Until the day he died Samuel did not see Saul again. Samuel did, however, mourn for Saul, but the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

Both you and your families must feast there before the Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.

It contained the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered entirely with gold. In this ark were the golden urn containing the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

Then Joshua executed them and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening.

This ought not to be, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord's people is not good.

Then Naomi said, "Stay put, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of the matter today."

For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say, 'As surely as I live forever,

But you, brothers and sisters, are children of the promise like Isaac.

But Jesus said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.

These people, as well as the Anakites, are also considered Rephaites; the Moabites call them Emites.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Any human being who is permanently dedicated must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death.

So all of them were encouraged and took food themselves.

"'When a person sins in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify and he is a witness (he either saw or knew what had happened) and he does not make it known, then he will bear his punishment for iniquity.

But the voice replied a second time from heaven, 'What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!'

There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left."

When John's disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

Judas took the piece of bread and went out immediately. (Now it was night.)

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

The sovereign Lord says this: "The city that marches out with a thousand soldiers will have only a hundred left; the town that marches out with a hundred soldiers will have only ten left for the family of Israel."

Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Their hearts faint, their knees tremble, each stomach churns, each face turns pale!

I declared them to be defiled because of their sacrifices -- they caused all their first born to pass through the fire -- so that I would devastate them, so that they will know that I am the Lord.'

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was relaxing in my home, living luxuriously in my palace.

When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.

But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband," says the Lord.

The word of the Lord came to me:

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.

He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you."

I will punish any prophet, priest, or other person who says "The Lord's message is burdensome." I will punish both that person and his whole family.'"

At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,

I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords until I have destroyed them.'"

At that time you will say: "Praise the Lord! Ask him for help! Publicize his mighty acts among the nations! Make it known that he is unique!

For the music director; by David. In the Lord I have taken shelter. How can you say to me, "Flee to a mountain like a bird!

All Israel brought up the ark of the Lord's covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments.

The Lover to His Beloved: O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to hear it!

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.

May all my enemies be humiliated and absolutely terrified! May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated!

This young woman pleased him, and she found favor with him. He quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her rations; he also provided her with the seven specially chosen young women who were from the palace. He then transferred her and her young women to the best quarters in the harem.

Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?

Let the king also be aware that if this city is built and its walls are completed, no more tax, custom, or toll will be paid, and the royal treasury will suffer loss.

Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.

The priests brought the ark of the Lord's covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

As for the Hebronites: Jeriah was the leader of the Hebronites according to the genealogical records. In the fortieth year of David's reign, they examined the records and discovered there were highly respected men in Jazer in Gilead.

The latticework on the tops of the pillars was adorned with ornamental wreaths and chains; the top of each pillar had seven groupings of ornaments.

The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the Lord's promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.

This is what the king says: 'Don't let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!

Then Boaz said to the guardian, "Naomi, who has returned from the region of Moab, is selling the portion of land that belongs to our relative Elimelech.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war.

During Josiah's reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.

Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

Now Michal, Saul's daughter, had no children to the day of her death.

They stood in order all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away.

Baana son of Hushai was in charge of Asher and Aloth.

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song:

Saul became even more afraid of him. Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on.

They said, "Has the Lord only spoken through Moses? Has he not also spoken through us?" And the Lord heard it.

When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

"Also in the time when you rejoice, such as on your appointed festivals or at the beginnings of your months, you must blow with your trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, so that they may become a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God."

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

"Command the Israelites to expel from the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.

the king of Tappuah (one), the king of Hepher (one),

You must not tremble in their presence, for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God.

This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.

For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,

"'No grain offering which you present to the Lord can be made with yeast, for you must not offer up in smoke any yeast or honey as a gift to the Lord.

saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys)

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation -- for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.

I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those "super-apostles," even though I am nothing.

So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!"

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.

(Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?"

for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly."

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,

And you know the way where I am going."

(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, "We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!"

Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah: 'I am ready to shake the sky and the earth.

Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways! (Selah)

(Tet) Those who died by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, those who waste away, struck down from lack of food.

it is you, O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.

who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;

Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this,

"Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?

I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.'

I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him.

If I have sinned -- what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?

I have no ease, I have no quietness; I cannot rest; turmoil has come upon me."

Job spoke up and said:

Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.

She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.

Now the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the Lord and with people.

She bore him sons named Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

So David issued orders to the soldiers and they put them to death. Then they cut off their hands and feet and hung them near the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

Boaz chose ten of the village leaders and said, "Sit down here!" So they sat down.

Now, O Lord God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant David be realized.

Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him.

When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed.

In the twelfth year of the reign of Israel's King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoram's son Ahaziah became king over Judah.

When the cloud departed from above the tent, Miriam became leprous as snow. Then Aaron looked at Miriam, and she was leprous!

The king asked the Cushite, "How is the young man Absalom?" The Cushite replied, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you be like that young man!"

Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord.

"Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the Lord, 'I will not strike you down with the sword.'

Then Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see the one whom the Lord has chosen? Indeed, there is no one like him among all the people!" All the people shouted out, "Long live the king!"

Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window. (Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)

and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known.

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph's. He clothed him with fine linen clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

All Jerusalem was terrified because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

If he presents it on account of thanksgiving, along with the thank offering sacrifice he must present unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil, and well soaked ring-shaped loaves made of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil.

any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,

You must offer your burnt offerings, both meat and blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; the blood of your other sacrifices you must pour out on his altar while you eat the meat.

However, you must not eat these from among those that chew the cud and have divided hooves: The camel is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.

Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.

He delivered us from there so that he could give us the land he had promised our ancestors.

Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony for safekeeping.

Pharaoh will not listen to you. I will reach into Egypt and bring out my regiments, my people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.

When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but just then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down."

and over the company of the tribe of Benjaminites was Abidan son of Gideoni.

So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

But God raised him from the dead,

Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

Then some of the experts in the law said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming!"

Then two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with him.

Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.

Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.

When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

Then Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, "God won't hold me accountable; he doesn't care."

Then John's disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

I am depressed! Indeed, it is as if the summer fruit has been gathered, and the grapes have been harvested. There is no grape cluster to eat, no fresh figs that I crave so much.

Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.

He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the Lord; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

Because of this the earth will quake, and all who live in it will mourn. The whole earth will rise like the River Nile, it will surge upward and then grow calm, like the Nile in Egypt.

But the court will convene, and his ruling authority will be removed -- destroyed and abolished forever!

Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically unharmed by the fire. The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!

Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets, amulets,

The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches long, 32 inches wide, and 21 inches high. They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.

who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.

At that time the sovereign master will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, neck ornaments, crescent shaped ornaments,

Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own son or daughter; they would save only their own lives by their righteousness.

In the year King Ahaz died, this message was revealed:

If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!

Small and great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield!

When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah): 98;

Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

They responded to us in the following way: 'We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king of Israel built it and completed it.

When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard and officers, "Come in and strike them down! Don't let any escape!" So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there. Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal.

Absalom instructed his servants, "Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' kill him then and there. Don't fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!"

Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord's temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to hold all these offerings.

Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant's prayer for this place.

The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God's sanctuary.

So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap until noon and then died.

The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

The people of Judah were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

"When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.

The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.

The Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and he became very angry.

When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

Issachar's leaders were with Deborah, the men of Issachar supported Barak; into the valley they were sent under Barak's command. Among the clans of Reuben there was intense heart searching.

At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration: "The man who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho will stand condemned before the Lord. He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!"

He said to them, "Why do you behave in this way? For I hear about these evil things from all these people.

You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

He said to them, "This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many.

(Now the man's name was Elimelech, his wife was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were of the clan of Ephrath from Bethlehem in Judah.) They entered the region of Moab and settled there.

Deborah said to Barak, "Spring into action, for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! Has the Lord not taken the lead?" Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order and the tribe of Judah was selected.

The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side.

When Sisera heard that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,

Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.

When the entire nation was on the other side, the Lord told Joshua,

and in order that in the hearing of your son and your grandson you may tell how I made fools of the Egyptians and about my signs that I displayed among them, so that you may know that I am the Lord."

God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,

"Make two trumpets of silver; you are to make them from a single hammered piece. You will use them for assembling the community and for directing the traveling of the camps.

Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

The standard of the camp of the Danites set out, which was the rear guard of all the camps by their companies; over his company was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying, "I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."

So he called the name of that place Taberah because there the fire of the Lord burned among them.

Moses said, "Thus says the Lord: 'About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,

Now the soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.

Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

When the magicians attempted to bring forth gnats by their secret arts, they could not. So there were gnats on people and on animals.

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.

I, Paul, write this greeting by my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you."

For this is what the promise declared: "About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son."

While under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar issued an order to bring in the gold and silver vessels -- the ones that Nebuchadnezzar his father had confiscated from the temple in Jerusalem -- so that the king and his nobles, together with his wives and his concubines, could drink from them.

I also explicitly commanded them: "Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you."

But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.

I asked the messenger who was speaking to me, "Where are they taking the basket?"

The Lord who rules over all told me to say to this people, "Take note of what I say. Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!"

Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and language groups who were living in all the land: "Peace and prosperity!

by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,

"How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.

The people say, "Why are we just sitting here? Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. Let us at least die there fighting, since the Lord our God has condemned us to die. He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment because we have sinned against him.

Samaria's food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey's head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove's droppings for five shekels of silver.

Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is known even in the heart of fools.

they came to Zerubbabel and the leaders and said to them, "Let us help you build, for like you we seek your God and we have been sacrificing to him from the time of King Esarhaddon of Assyria, who brought us here."

whose mother is a Danite and whose father is a Tyrian. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stones, and wood, as well as purple, violet, white, and crimson fabrics. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and understands any design given to him. He will work with your skilled craftsmen and the skilled craftsmen of my lord David your father.

Let us rise early to go to the vineyards, to see if the vines have budded, to see if their blossoms have opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom -- there I will give you my love.

Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?

The king replied to Haman, "Keep your money, and do with those people whatever you wish."

So the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, while the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to settle in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine remained in other cities.

In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, we are sending the king this information

He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.

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

They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its surrounding settlements, and in the pasturelands of Sharon to their very borders.

Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, "Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; fight only the king of Israel."

Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. These were the men of Recah.

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

So the Lord said to Solomon, "Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.

When Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore.

So the army rushed greedily on the plunder, confiscating sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them right on the ground, and the army ate them blood and all.

Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening and threw dirt on their heads.

The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king's mule.

He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelites more handsome than he was; he stood head and shoulders above all the people.

Now when Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, he crossed the Jordan with the king so he could send him on his way from there.

Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work. He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes.

She named the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel," referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.

then they said to him, "Say 'Shibboleth!'" If he said, "Sibboleth" (and could not pronounce the word correctly), they grabbed him and executed him right there at the fords of the Jordan. On that day forty-two thousand Ephraimites fell dead.

She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much grain she had gathered. Then Ruth gave her the roasted grain she had saved from mealtime.

The Lord routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies we sent.

If she cannot afford a sheep, then she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest is to make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.'"

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying, "May the Lord raise up for you descendants from this woman to replace the one that she dedicated to the Lord." Then they would go to their home.

"'When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she must bring a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, to the priest.

Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,

The rock badger is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.

Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his other two sons, "Do not dishevel the hair of your heads and do not tear your garments, so that you do not die and so that wrath does not come on the whole congregation. Your brothers, all the house of Israel, are to mourn the burning which the Lord has caused,

He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi was selected.

It must not be applied to people's bodies, and you must not make any like it with the same recipe. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

Fish in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile."'"

But Lot's wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt.

Even on male and female servants I will pour out my Spirit in those days.

Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake for one hour?

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick.

The Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and position yourself before Pharaoh as he goes out to the water, and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Release my people that they may serve me!

The commanding officer answered, "I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money." "But I was even born a citizen," Paul replied.

When it was decided we would sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.

When he arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple.

Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath -- these are all things that I hate,' says the Lord."

They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.

Archers will not hold their ground; fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses.

So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the Lord.

then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to 'God Plants' (Jezreel)!

Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.

(Qof) Get up! Cry out in the night when the night watches start! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord! Lift up your hands to him for your children's lives; they are fainting at every street corner.

When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound!

Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire. He called out, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come out! Come here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fire.

They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing!

All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!'"

Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

"Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

"When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.

So the Lord is furious with his people; he lifts his hand and strikes them. The mountains shake, and corpses lie like manure in the middle of the streets. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

Sing to the Lord, for he has done magnificent things, let this be known throughout the earth!

The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

or with princes who possessed gold, who filled their palaces with silver.

but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.

There the prisoners relax together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy.

On the sealed documents were the following names: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, along with Zedekiah,

Now four men with a skin disease were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, "Why are we just sitting here waiting to die?

Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.

The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.

The rest of the events of Abijah's reign, including his deeds and sayings, are recorded in the writings of the prophet Iddo.

Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.

Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar.

When he would shave his head -- at the end of every year he used to shave his head, for it grew too long and he would shave it -- he used to weigh the hair of his head at three pounds according to the king's weight.

The tribal chiefs of Edom were: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

"When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, 'No! A king will rule over us' -- even though the Lord your God is your king!

But the king said, "Let him go over to his own house. He may not see my face." So Absalom went over to his own house; he did not see the king's face.

Then someone from the army informed him, "Your father put the army under a strict oath saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today!' That is why the army is tired."

Now sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, born to Ahinoam the Jezreelite.

That night the Lord said to him, "Take the bull from your father's herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. Pull down your father's Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.

It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.

They marched around the city one time on the second day, then returned to the camp. They did this six days in all.

Their territory ran from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir.

I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely and swiftly be removed from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be annihilated.

Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land on the east side of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:

At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.)

So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.

"Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

Those who will be camping next to them are the tribe of Issachar. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar.

Nobody will be able to resist you; the Lord your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

"On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent before the Lord,

He then slaughtered the burnt offering, and his sons handed the blood to him and he splashed it against the altar's sides.

The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons -- it is most holy from the gifts of the Lord.

Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.

And above the ark were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

When they had crossed over the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

"Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are -- the Holy One of God!"

Then he said to his relatives, "Gather stones." So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones.

But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.

Moses said, "As you wish! I will not see your face again."

When some shepherds came and drove them away, Moses came up and defended them and then watered their flock.

When Jesus saw their reaction he said, "Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?

Pharaoh said, "I will release you so that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the desert. Only you must not go very far. Do pray for me."

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said,

Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern hills.

When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased.

When the governor had read the letter, he asked what province he was from. When he learned that he was from Cilicia,

The seed is still in the storehouse, isn't it? And the vine, fig tree, pomegranate, and olive tree have not produced. Nevertheless, from today on I will bless you.'"

Think carefully about the past: from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, to the day work on the temple of the Lord was resumed, think about it.

This is how the once-proud city will end up -- the city that was so secure. She thought to herself, "I am unique! No one can compare to me!" What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.

The word of the Lord who rules over all came to me as follows:

Sound the alarm! An eagle looms over the temple of the Lord! For they have broken their covenant with me, and have rebelled against my law.

As for teqel -- you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.

Then I said, "Lord, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say, 'Our ancestors had nothing but false gods -- worthless idols that could not help them at all.

Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.

I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy.

My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them!

So the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial authorities assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They were standing in front of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.

Give them, O Lord -- what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!

The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

The Lord answered, "If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?

This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

For you have said, 'My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.'

When it became the turn of Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai (who had raised her as if she were his own daughter) to go to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who was overseer of the women, had recommended. Yet Esther met with the approval of all who saw her.

For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?

For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

After Rehoboam's rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.

When I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!"

Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side.

Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.

Others will then answer, 'Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.'"

Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram's shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.

The half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan as far as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They grew in number.

When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.

Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those who live in Ge Harashim, who were craftsmen.

When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him.

When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked, "Is everything all right, Jehu?" He replied, "How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?"

She made him go to sleep on her lap and then called a man in to shave off the seven braids of his hair. She made him vulnerable and his strength left him.

Jeroboam passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah replaced him as king.

He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. The Moabites became David's subjects and brought tribute.

The Lord had not decreed that he would blot out Israel's memory from under heaven, so he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash.

So he threw a big banquet for them and they ate and drank. Then he sent them back to their master. After that no Syrian raiding parties again invaded the land of Israel.

Elisha said to him, "Go in peace." When he had gone a short distance,

He followed in the footsteps of Ahab's dynasty and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like Ahab's dynasty, for he was related to Ahab's family.

Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king's traders purchased them from Que.

Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!"

When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair watching by the side of the road, for he was very worried about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, the whole city cried out.

Her husband went along behind her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Finally Abner said to him, "Go back!" So he returned home.

However, Saul said nothing about it that day, for he thought, "Something has happened to make him ceremonially unclean. Yes, he must be unclean."

So the Lord sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.

So the army sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

So Joab and Abishai chased Abner. At sunset they came to the hill of Ammah near Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

The Philistines arranged their forces to fight Israel. As the battle spread out, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men in the battle line in the field.

Everyone who saw the sight said, "Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since the Israelites left the land of Egypt! Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!"

When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, they were satisfied.

Then Joshua said to them, "Don't be afraid and don't panic! Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

It included the valley of Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the realm of King Sihon of Heshbon, the area east of the Jordan to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth.

So the Lord destroyed every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.

but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.

At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time the leader of all these kingdoms.

But Hobab said to him, "I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred."

the king of Shimron Meron (one), the king of Acshaph (one),

because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the Lord."

The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.

A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand.

Are they not across the Jordan River, toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the oak of Moreh?

But the hide of the bull, all its flesh along with its head and its legs, its entrails, and its dung --

At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me -- may they not be held accountable for it.

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself."

They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.

These were the traveling arrangements of the Israelites according to their companies when they traveled.

Then he must present a gift to the Lord from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove all the fatty tail up to the end of the spine, the fat covering the entrails, and all the fat on the entrails,

He held in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land.

But Peter helped him up, saying, "Stand up. I too am a mere mortal."

The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

Their heart is slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The Lord will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.

As it turned out, among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

You too will act like drunkards; you will go into hiding; you too will seek refuge from the enemy.

In fact, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I delivered you from that place of slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.

But since the king's command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed by the leaping flames.

So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. Then she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.

"There will arise in his place one from her family line who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully.

Not one of them will survive. I will bring disaster on those men from Anathoth who threatened you. A day of reckoning is coming for them."

So the Lord who rules over all said, "I will surely punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. Their sons and daughters will die of starvation.

How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.