Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.

I am speaking to you because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord!

and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.

The Lord spoke face to face with you at the mountain, from the middle of the fire.

He said, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

(I was standing between the Lord and you at that time to reveal to you the message of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said:

But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the Lord our God we will die!

Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance just as the Lord your God told him.

Now Aaron was 123 years old when he died in Mount Hor.

Therefore he said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war!

Then the Lord said, "I have forgiven them as you asked.

These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.

The cattle numbered 36,000; the Lord's tribute was 72.

But when you assemble the community, you must blow, but you must not sound an alarm.

He must do with the rest of the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; this is what he must do with it. So the priest will make atonement on their behalf and they will be forgiven.

For they are entirely given to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.

the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the gateway of the courtyard, its ropes and its tent pegs, and all the furnishings for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

Then the priest must offer its memorial portion up in smoke -- some of its crushed bits, some of its olive oil, in addition to all of its frankincense -- it is a gift to the Lord.

Now the leader of the clan of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.

"'If you present a grain offering of first ripe grain to the Lord, you must present your grain offering of first ripe grain as soft kernels roasted in fire -- crushed bits of fresh grain.

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed the earth.

As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.

There they continued to proclaim the good news.

He replied, "Don't you know what these are?" And I said, "No, sir."

This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

"I am against you!" declares the Lord who commands armies: "I will burn your chariots with fire; the sword will devour your young lions; you will no longer prey upon the land; the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard."

The earth quakes before them; the sky reverberates. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine.

a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.

(Ayin) The Lord has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his promise that he threatened long ago: He has overthrown you without mercy and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries' power.

At that time the sovereign master will wash the excrement from Zion's women, he will rinse the bloodstains from Jerusalem's midst, as he comes to judge and to bring devastation.

The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll!

The glory of the Lord rose up from within the city and stopped over the mountain east of it.

Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

garments, vests, head coverings, and gowns.

Many foreign rulers will ruin the land where I planted my people. They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wasteland.

This is the Lord's message that was given to Joel the son of Pethuel:

The word of the Lord came to me:

If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.

along with all the silver and gold that you may collect throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem.

The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel.

I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes.

Then Job answered:

some of the descendants of Judah and some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) Of the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the descendants of Perez;

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)

King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

The king had them cast in earthen foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

He received honor from the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.

The real mother spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. She said, "My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don't kill him!" But the other woman said, "Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!"

Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who moved them. Gera was the father of Uzzah and Ahihud.

In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians and the royal bodyguard. He met with them in the Lord's temple. He made an agreement with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord's temple. Then he showed them the king's son.

When he arrived at the hill, he took them from the servants and put them in the house. Then he sent the men on their way.

his son Nun, and his son Joshua.

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.

The descendants of Merari: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

They lived in Beer Sheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual,

When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right. Then they yelled, "A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!"

for you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have told your servant, 'I will build you a dynastic house.' That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you.

Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.

and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. But he did not obey the Lord's command.

Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan River and went through the whole region of Bitron and came to Mahanaim.

Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.

With regard to the matter that you and I discussed, the Lord is the witness between us forever!"

The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David.

You must not worship the Lord your God the way they worship.

Samuel said to the people, "The Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt.

The Lord was furious with Israel. He said, "This nation has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.

Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets into the ark I had made -- they are still there, just as the Lord commanded me.

Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, along with the grazing areas of each -- a total of four cities.

You go near so that you can hear everything the Lord our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he says to you; then we will pay attention and do it."

"After this, the Levites will go in to do the work of the tent of meeting. So you must cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he said to me, "I have heard what these people have said to you -- they have spoken well.

While Paul was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, I will send for you."

But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

This is exactly what he did for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when he destroyed the Horites before them so that they could dispossess them and settle in their area to this very day.

Do you not know that we will judge angels? Why not ordinary matters!

Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.

I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.

You say, "When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We're eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!

Then he must present from it his offering as a gift to the Lord: the fat which covers the entrails and all the fat on the entrails,

The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

"Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

He answered, 'The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father's family.

The entire lifetime of Jared was 962 years, and then he died.

This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.

Paul looked directly at the council and said, "Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day."

So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.

When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called "The Stone Pavement" (Gabbatha in Aramaic).

Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

The inhabitants of one will go to another and say, "Let's go up at once to ask the favor of the Lord, to seek the Lord who rules over all. Indeed, I'll go with you."'

Before he could reply I asked again, "What are these two extensions of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?"

I will overthrow royal thrones and shatter the might of earthly kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and those who ride them, and horses and their riders will fall as people kill one another.

Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria! Your officers are slumbering! Your people are scattered like sheep on the mountains and there is no one to regather them!

Then the leaders of Judah will say to themselves, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a means of strength to us through their God, the Lord who rules over all.'

Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land," says the Lord, "but instead I will turn every last person over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them."

But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers! We are besieged! With a scepter they strike Israel's ruler on the side of his face.

Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

"Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.

A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.

He showed me this: I saw the sovereign One standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand.

"Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel, 'The days pass slowly, and every vision fails'?

I will bring on you lasting shame and lasting disgrace which will never be forgotten!'"

"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with anxious shaking.

I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!"

But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.

They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.

The Lord said to me, "The people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have plotted rebellion against me!

"These people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah.

before the mountains were set in place -- before the hills -- I was born,

You give me your protective shield; your right hand supports me; your willingness to help enables me to prevail.

I said, "So now, you wailing women, hear what the Lord says. Open your ears to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and each of you teach your neighbor this lament.

So I thought to myself, "The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?" So I lamented to myself, "The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!"

For he came out of prison to become king, even though he had been born poor in what would become his kingdom.

The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign wives?"

Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king's presence,

Then Job responded:

The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!"

Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was an adviser to the king in every matter pertaining to the people.

A proclamation was circulated throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles were to be assembled in Jerusalem.

From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jakin,

the descendants of Zaccai, 760;

The people gave their blessing on all the men who volunteered to settle in Jerusalem.

The men of Bethlehem: 123;

Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, one of the thirty warriors and their leader,Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,

Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out.

Shaharaim fathered sons in Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath:

Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth.

his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma.

While Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. Gehazi said, "My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!"

So the woman did as the prophet said. She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying, "I'm pregnant."

When he became king, he executed Jeroboam's entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, just as the Lord had predicted through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

She saddled the donkey and told her servant, "Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so."

He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub's wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub's wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub's other wing touched the second cherub's other wing in the middle of the room.

Rehoboam passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah replaced him as king.

They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said, "It is the prophet who rebelled against the Lord. The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up and killed him, just as the Lord warned him."

You will go down to Gilgal before me. I am going to join you there to offer burnt offerings and to make peace offerings. You should wait for seven days, until I arrive and tell you what to do."

When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

Then Joab blew the ram's horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting.

The men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you and you can do with us whatever you wish."

They got up at dawn and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, "Get up, so I can send you on your way." So Saul got up and the two of them -- he and Samuel -- went outside.

When he finished speaking, he threw the jawbone down and named that place Ramath Lehi.

When he reached Seirah, he blew a trumpet in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead.

He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the Lord's power and so you might always obey the Lord your God."

So Saul crossed through the hill country of Ephraim, passing through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. So they crossed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he crossed through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man's wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband's brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.

After Ehud brought the tribute payment, he dismissed the people who had carried it.

Baalah, Iim, Ezem,

Moses the Lord's servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the Lord's servant assigned their land to Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

Then he must offer the ram as a peace offering to the Lord, with the basket of bread made without yeast; the priest must also offer his grain offering and his drink offering.

You must not have sexual intercourse with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

After three days the leaders went through the camp

Then the two men returned -- they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.

for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.

Then I sent messengers from the Kedemoth Desert to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace:

They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites in advance of the Ammonites, so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.

"But if they blow with one trumpet, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, must come to you.

Then the one presenting the offering must present a gift to the Lord from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that surrounds the entrails,

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

But when you come close to the Ammonites, do not harass or provoke them because I am not giving you any of the Ammonites' land as your possession; I have already given it to Lot's descendants as their possession.

When Moses had completed setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings, and he anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils.

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

"You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and although I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt,

There will be a great cry throughout the whole land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.

I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.

was caught up into paradise and heard things too sacred to be put into words, things that a person is not permitted to speak.

Those of Pharaoh's servants who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their servants and livestock into the houses,

Live with him for a little while until your brother's rage subsides.

who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land."

and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "This man is the Son of God."

For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him."

By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, "Take this and divide it among yourselves.

In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.

Nathanael replied, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip replied, "Come and see."

for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, "How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David's son?

Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says, 'Old men and women will once more live in the plazas of Jerusalem, each one leaning on a cane because of advanced age.

Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will become holy in the sight of the Lord who rules over all, so that all who offer sacrifices may come and use some of them to boil their sacrifices in them. On that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord who rules over all.

Each of you will go straight through the gaps in the walls; you will be thrown out toward Harmon." The Lord is speaking!

I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters.

A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship.

As he spoke to me, a wind came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.

captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.

(Resh) Look, O Lord! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord's sanctuary?

"The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart."

He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.

So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many -- all that is about to come is obscure.

When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

"I will abandon my nation. I will forsake the people I call my own. I will turn my beloved people over to the power of their enemies.

Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

When my enemies turn back, they trip and are defeated before you.

Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.

They replied, "We will return these things, and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say." Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials swear to do what had been promised.

some of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.

Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Then, as soon as the copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read in the presence of Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they proceeded promptly to the Jews in Jerusalem and stopped them with threat of armed force.

David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David.

"The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight, and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs.

We also inquired of their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were their leaders.

He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them.

So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.

Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, "Go, ask Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury."

Then the king asked her, "What's your problem?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Hand over your son; we'll eat him today and then eat my son tomorrow.'

Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

The descendants of Mishma: His son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei.

The Lord said to Jehu, "You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab's dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel."

"I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land."

Solomon did evil in the Lord's sight; he did not remain loyal to the Lord, like his father David had.

These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi.

The other woman said, "No! My son is alive; your son is dead!" But the first woman replied, "No, your son is dead; my son is alive." Each presented her case before the king.

So she went to visit the prophet at Mount Carmel. When he saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, "Look, it's the Shunammite woman.

He will retain one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

"Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people,

So Saul said to his servant, "All right, we can go. But what can we bring the man, since the food in our bags is used up? We have no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?"

You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return and to discover everything that you are doing!"

The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly.

When Jacob entered Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the Lord. The Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba.

The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash to Gibeah. They attacked and put the sword to the entire city.

"'All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

The Lord's messenger said to Manoah, "If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the Lord, you should offer it." (He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the Lord's messenger.)

From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera.

His mother's relatives spoke on his behalf to all the leaders of Shechem and reported his proposal. The leaders were drawn to Abimelech; they said, "He is our close relative."

Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought, at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no silver as plunder.

Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.

The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud did not pull the sword out of his belly.

These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.

"O, Lord God, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength. (What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)

The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the part of the field that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money. So it became the inheritance of the tribe of Joseph.

Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

the king of Eglon (one), the king of Gezer (one),

from Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; from Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

And when you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that are located on the south side must begin to travel. An alarm must be sounded for their journeys.

And you may eat it in any place, you and your household, because it is your wages for your service in the tent of meeting.

Won't God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

but you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent lest you die, for the Lord's anointing oil is on you." So they acted according to the word of Moses.

Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I extend my hand over Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.

Moses said to the people, "Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin."

And you must put olive oil on it and set frankincense on it -- it is a grain offering.

Agrippa said to Paul, "In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?"

The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle toward the west.

So they came near and carried them away in their tunics to a place outside the camp just as Moses had spoken.

So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!"

The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that he should betray Jesus.

Pray that I may make it known as I should.

But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.

and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia.

We're eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!"

So Jesus told them this parable:

When the horsemen came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

and saying, "The Lord has really risen, and has appeared to Simon!"

how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

He appointed twelve: To Simon he gave the name Peter;

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

Your courtiers are like locusts, your officials are like a swarm of locusts! They encamp in the walls on a cold day, yet when the sun rises, they fly away; and no one knows where they are.

And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the Lord will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry.

Then, on Belshazzar's orders, Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom.

I will make up for the years that the 'arbeh-locust consumed your crops -- the yeleq-locust, the hasil-locust, and the gazam-locust -- my great army that I sent against you.

Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

They will eat up your crops and your food. They will kill off your sons and your daughters. They will eat up your sheep and your cattle. They will destroy your vines and your fig trees. Their weapons will batter down the fortified cities you trust in.

"They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd.

Each of you should merely ask the prophet, 'What answer did the Lord give you? Or what did the Lord say?'

They have gone back to the evil ways of their ancestors of old who refused to obey what I told them. They, too, have paid allegiance to other gods and worshiped them. Both the nation of Israel and the nation of Judah have violated the covenant I made with their ancestors.

Tell them that the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse.

A destructive army will come marching over the hilltops in the desert. For the Lord will use them as his destructive weapon against everyone from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe.

What more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead?

The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!

Wail, O city gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away all that our ancestors worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters.

But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.

for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

I said of partying, "It is folly," and of self-indulgent pleasure, "It accomplishes nothing!"

he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.

So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,

He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

Shallum son of Hallohesh, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to him, assisted by his daughters.

Joel son of Zicri was the officer in charge of them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second-in-command over the city.

Deliver to the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God.

Powerful kings have been over Jerusalem who ruled throughout the entire Trans-Euphrates and who were the beneficiaries of tribute, custom, and toll.

The king sent the following response: "To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and other parts of Trans-Euphrates: Greetings!

Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah:

then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.

Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

David's power steadily grew, for the Lord who commands armies was with him.

Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were Korahites,

Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu said to the servants of Baal, "Make sure there are no servants of the Lord here with you; there must be only servants of Baal."

She gave the king 120 talents of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.

From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah;

Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

The descendants of Joel: His son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei,

Jehoram turned his chariot around and took off. He said to Ahaziah, "It's a trap, Ahaziah!"

The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the construction of the pillars was completed.

When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.

Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa's reign over Judah and replaced him as king.

This is exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him to death in the city gate.

The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

He went to his father's home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, the seventy legitimate sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal's youngest son, escaped, because he hid.

Nathan replied to the king, "You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you."

At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, "My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.

for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you.

There you will worship gods made by human hands -- wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?"

The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged on to the battlefields.

Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

She answered, "Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.

Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah.

So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.

"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

You must not do any work on this particular day, because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the Lord your God.

When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness -- her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

The Lord told Joshua,

They told Joshua, "Surely the Lord is handing over all the land to us! All who live in the land are cringing before us!"

Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness.

But if you have gone astray while under your husband's authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you."

You have witnessed what the Lord did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.

"Tell Aaron and his sons, 'This is the way you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

The priest is to present it before the Lord and make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law of the one who bears a child, for the male or the female child.

At that time I instructed you as follows: "The Lord your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites equipped for battle.

Their responsibilities included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the curtain, and all their service.

God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.

but the entrails and the legs he washed with water, and Moses offered the whole ram up in smoke on the altar -- it was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma, a gift to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed by doing one of these things, and he will be forgiven. The remainder of the offering will belong to the priest like the grain offering.'"

Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

"You are to make the robe of the ephod completely blue.

"'If his offering is a goat he must present it before the Lord,

So now, send instructions to gather your livestock and all your possessions in the fields to a safe place. Every person or animal caught in the field and not brought into the house -- the hail will come down on them, and they will die!"'"

Now Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.

so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you -- that is, Jesus.

The young woman ran and told her mother's household all about these things.

Now Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' households of Levi according to their clans.

Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,

After the flood Noah lived 350 years.

All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him."

Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.

Now Jesus' mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

I saw the sovereign One standing by the altar and he said, "Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword. No one will be able to run away; no one will be able to escape.

Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!

Draw yourselves water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls!

Though I scatter them among the nations, they will remember in far-off places -- they and their children will sprout forth and return.

This is the interpretation of the words: As for mene -- God has numbered your kingdom's days and brought it to an end.

Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.

including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,

And you must drink water by measure, a pint and a half; you must drink it at fixed times.

His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins.

But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me! Each one of them followed the stubborn inclinations of his own wicked heart. So I brought on them all the punishments threatened in the covenant because they did not carry out its terms as I commanded them to do.'"

You will have no place to go, except to kneel with the prisoners, or to fall among those who have been killed. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

So look, the sovereign master is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River -- the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!

If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, tell them that the Lord who rules over all says 'You most certainly must drink it!

For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God.

See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies --

It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.

"Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.

a trembling gripped me -- and a terror! -- and made all my bones shake.

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

Now when the young women were being gathered again, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.

and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, from the descendants of Shelah.

These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem. (While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities,

Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

saying, "Don't touch my anointed ones! Don't harm my prophets!"

Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

He said, "The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; Joab restored the rest of the city.

He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, "Help us, my master, O king!"

Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, son of Mikri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah.

Some from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem.

Jehoash said to the priests, "I place at your disposal all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord's temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, the silver received from those who have made vows, and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord's temple.

Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, and Mikloth.

Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel and Dan.

his son Rephah, his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan,

His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.

King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, "How do you advise me to answer these people?"

"You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies.

The prophet visited the king of Israel and said, "This is what the Lord says: 'Because the Syrians said, "The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys," I will hand over to you this entire huge army. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'"

He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high.

The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple's outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.

But now don't treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; make sure he has a bloody death."

So they informed David, "Uriah has not gone down to his house." So David said to Uriah, "Haven't you just arrived from a journey? Why haven't you gone down to your house?"

so you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The Lord of hosts is God over Israel!' The dynasty of your servant David will be established before you,

He said to them, "The Lord is witness against you, and his chosen king is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me." They said, "He is witness!"

But he added, "You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live."

David said to the messenger, "Tell Joab, 'Don't let this thing upset you. There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. Press the battle against the city and conquer it.' Encourage him with these words."

Samuel said to the cook, "Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you -- the one I asked you to keep with you."

The servant went on to answer Saul, "Look, I happen to have in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us where we should go."

Then they must take all the utensils of the service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on a carrying beam.

The Lord said to Gideon, "You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag, 'Our own strength has delivered us.'

He said to them, "Follow me, for the Lord is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!" They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not let anyone cross.

"Tell the Israelites, 'When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the Lord's commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them --

I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up and bring you where you do not want to go."

They traveled from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River across from Jericho.

Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.

The Amorites managed to remain in Har Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, the Amorites were forced to do hard labor.

But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over everything in it. They must carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they must attend to it and camp around it.

Now the leader of the clan of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

All these your servants will come down to me and bow down to me, saying, 'Go, you and all the people who follow you,' and after that I will go out." Then Moses went out from Pharaoh in great anger.

The Lord visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

But they said to him, 'Sir, he has ten minas already!'

Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.

Those of them who were numbered, counting every male from a month old and upward, were 7,500.

Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.

But he replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"

from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand,

The chariot drivers will crack their whips; the chariot wheels will shake the ground; the chariot horses will gallop; the war chariots will bolt forward!

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley to purchase her.

The Ephraimites will be like warriors and will rejoice as if they had drunk wine. Their children will see it and rejoice; they will celebrate in the things of the Lord.

I then said, "I will not shepherd you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be eradicated, let it be eradicated. As for those who survive, let them eat each other's flesh!"

In King Darius' fourth year, on the fourth day of Kislev, the ninth month, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah.

He judges the world fairly; he makes just legal decisions for the nations.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.

Let us acknowledge our shame. Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, both we and our ancestors. From earliest times to this very day we have not obeyed the Lord our God.'

if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

Then I will summon as my reliable witnesses Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah."

But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.

Therefore tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: I hereby end this proverb; they will not recite it in Israel any longer.' But say to them, 'The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of Israel said to them, "You have no right to help us build the temple of our God. We will build it by ourselves for the Lord God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us."

Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.

The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were with them, supporting them.

For they were under royal orders which determined their activity day by day.

The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men.

Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

But the Lord told Shemaiah the prophet,

Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there.

He told David, 'Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood.

the pure gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,

Saul told his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me." But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him, "Say this to these people who have said to you, 'Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.' Say this to them: 'I am a lot harsher than my father!

Ezer was the leader, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,

The father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon; his wife's name was Maacah.

Have any of the gods of the nations actually rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

Shamsherai, Shechariah, Athaliah,

May the Lord your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord's eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions."

I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it.

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah.

Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.

The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron's firstborn, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

The king asked the woman about it, and she gave him the details. The king assigned a eunuch to take care of her request and ordered him, "Give her back everything she owns, as well as the amount of crops her field produced from the day she left the land until now."

When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected the king, for they realized that he possessed supernatural wisdom to make judicial decisions.

There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three.

The king asked, "Is there not someone left from Saul's family, that I may extend God's kindness to him?" Ziba said to the king, "One of Jonathan's sons is left; both of his feet are crippled."

Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.

When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. David said, "Mephibosheth?" He replied, "Yes, at your service."

The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.

Gideon continued, "I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken." (The Midianites had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

He said to his servant, "Run, find the arrows that I am about to shoot." As the servant ran, Jonathan shot the arrow beyond him.

But they burned the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the Lord's house.

"When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you.

Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: "Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho." They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.

Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back,

Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, "Enter the prostitute's house and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her."

Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

He must lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, must splash the blood against the altar's sides.

So I made an ark of acacia wood and carved out two stone tablets just like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.

Jesus replied, "You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin."

Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

They traveled from Dibon-gad and camped in Almon-diblathaim.

For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.'

The same day Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to him and asked him,

When God saw their actions -- they turned from their evil way of living! -- God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them.

and 16,000 people.

"Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?

After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Jesus replied, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is the devil?"

"Go to Bethel and rebel! At Gilgal rebel some more! Bring your sacrifices in the morning, your tithes on the third day!

The Lord says, 'I have returned to Zion and will live within Jerusalem. Now Jerusalem will be called "truthful city," "mountain of the Lord who rules over all," "holy mountain."'

The Lord said, "Are you really so very angry?"

The Lord confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob: "I swear I will never forget all you have done!

So they brought the gold and silver vessels that had been confiscated from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, together with his wives and concubines, drank from them.

They do not say to themselves, "Let us revere the Lord our God. It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time. It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest."

Then I told her, "You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with another man, and I also will wait for you."

They said to leave the taproot of the tree, for your kingdom will be restored to you when you come to understand that heaven rules.

"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?

For there will no longer be any false visions or flattering omens amidst the house of Israel.

And there you will remember your conduct and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves because of all the evil deeds you have done.

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, "Say: This is what the Lord says: 'This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.

Hear this, you peoples of the earth: 'Take note! I am about to bring disaster on these people. It will come as punishment for their scheming. For they have paid no attention to what I have said, and they have rejected my law.

But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone their own way.

He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.

(Sin/Shin) The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; you slaughtered them without mercy.

For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian's defeat.

When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

For messengers are coming, heralding disaster, from the city of Dan and from the hills of Ephraim.

Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words.

Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless -- like chasing the wind.

For you defended my just cause; from your throne you pronounced a just decision.

For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive? (Selah)

Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good."

So the king said to me, "Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren't sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?" This made me very fearful.

Throughout each and every province where the king's edict and law were announced there was considerable mourning among the Jews, along with fasting, weeping, and sorrow. Sackcloth and ashes were characteristic of many.

Now all the actions carried out under his authority and his great achievements, along with an exact statement concerning the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king promoted, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

who were rebuilding the wall. Those who were carrying loads did so by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.

Then the servants of the king who were at the king's gate asked Mordecai, "Why are you violating the king's commandment?"

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their colleagues in the days of Jeshua.

Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,

Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

After him the Levites worked -- Rehum son of Bani and after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

the men of Netophah: 56;

When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, "The Lord is the true God! The Lord is the true God!"

These are the leaders and those enrolled with them by genealogy who were coming up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people, and all the holy items in the tent.

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.'

Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations."

All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;

They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.

The Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another, "Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!"

the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary,

He also made a throne room, called "The Hall of Judgment," where he made judicial decisions. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.

One of them said, "Please come along with your servants." He replied, "All right, I'll come."

Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

The king then said, "Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other!"

(Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.

I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!"

As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, and David heard it.

Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated. The Israelites retreated before Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for a king, she served him curds.

The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them -- the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong!

The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites' fighting spirit was broken. The land had rest for forty years during Gideon's time.

He said to her, "Give me a little water to drink, because I'm thirsty." She opened a goatskin container of milk and gave him some milk to drink. Then she covered him up again.

The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day.

He said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. I swear, as surely as the Lord is alive, if you had let them live, I would not kill you."

burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

the stork, the heron after its species, the hoopoe, the bat,

Also, they must take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it.

From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

the king of Jericho (one), the king of Ai -- located near Bethel -- (one),

Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day) and the Lord's anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.

You must not slaughter an ox or a sheep and its young on the same day.

Indeed, it was the very hand of the Lord that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone.

When the Lord heard you, he became angry and made this vow:

and sent out a raven; it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.

But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

At this point the Lord said to me,

Then the priest is to put some of the olive oil that is in his hand on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering,

Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved."

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.

The burnt offering itself they handed to him by its parts, including the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar,

So Barnabas and Saul, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

He said, "What comes out of a person defiles him.

Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

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).

So the rich man said, 'Then I beg you, father -- send Lazarus to my father's house

Jared lived 800 years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters.

So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, look, the one you love is sick."

and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease."

and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior,

"Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you."

Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the Lord; she does not seek the advice of her God.

Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.

Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.

He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!"