Thus the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the Lord spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging place and put them down there.

and Jahaz and Kedemoth and Mephaath,

(For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was an iron bedstead; it is in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was nine cubits and its width four cubits by ordinary cubit.)

But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that the salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.

So they piled them in heaps, and the land became foul.

Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

(The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.

But two men had remained in the camp; the name of one was Eldad and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them (now they were among those who had been registered, but had not gone out to the tent), and they prophesied in the camp.

so much the more also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh.

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

Or how can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

Lord, I have heard the report about You and I fear.
O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years,
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember mercy.

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

You went forth for the salvation of Your people,
For the salvation of Your anointed.
You struck the head of the house of the evil
To lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah.

The Lord God has sworn by His holiness,
“Behold, the days are coming upon you
When they will take you away with meat hooks,
And the last of you with fish hooks.

Against all the ships of Tarshish
And against all the beautiful craft.

Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;

“My very own vineyard is at my disposal;
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”

“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
In the secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your form,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your form is lovely.”

Stripes that wound scour away evil,
And strokes reach the innermost parts.

Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”

I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

“I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,

Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;

The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;

“Truly then you are the people,
And with you wisdom will die!

He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred golden bowls.

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Take there one of the priests whom you carried away into exile and let him go and live there; and let him teach them the custom of the god of the land.”

When they were only a few in number,
Very few, and strangers in it,

Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his rule.

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

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; and David grew steadily stronger, but the house of Saul grew weaker continually.

Now it was told Solomon, saying, “Behold, Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon, for behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’”

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

Besides, Solomon has even taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom.

Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now, I will surely do this thing; go therefore, bring back the young man Absalom.”

Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines previously, who went up with them all around in the camp, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.

Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter there; encourage him, for he will cause Israel to inherit it.

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark.

Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ and when a door was opened for me in the Lord,

‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against Midian and take the waters before them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were summoned and they took the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.

Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.

The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it.

But Peter began speaking and proceeded to explain to them in orderly sequence, saying,

And many spread their coats in the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.

“If a man walking after wind and falsehood
Had told lies and said,
‘I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,’
He would be spokesman to this people.

The shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet.”

‘He shouted out and spoke as follows:
Chop down the tree and cut off its branches,
Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit;
Let the beasts flee from under it
And the birds from its branches.

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up in haste; he said to his high officials, “Was it not three men we cast bound into the midst of the fire?” They replied to the king, “Certainly, O king.”

“For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord God of hosts,
“And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath
To the brook of the Arabah.”

After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people.

He who restrains his words has knowledge,
And he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Therefore, Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and spoke to him as follows: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon! Take me into the king’s presence, and I will declare the interpretation to the king.”

Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, take into your heart all My words which I will speak to you and listen closely.

In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs.

Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.

The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
But victory belongs to the Lord.

“He makes the nations great, then destroys them;
He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.

In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.

‘You shall not commit adultery.

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

He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made.

It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him.

In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.

Now the rest of all the acts of Asa and all his might and all that he did and the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

Then Abner said to Joab, “Now let the young men arise and hold a contest before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”

Then the man, the owner of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my fellows, please do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, do not commit this act of folly.

Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “The two shall become one flesh.”

So Edom revolted against Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

“Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there.

When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day.

O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved off.

Her mother-in-law then said to her, “Where did you glean today and where did you work? May he who took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

“At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the former ones, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood for yourself.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

And He said to them, “Where is your faith?” They were fearful and amazed, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?”

There was not a city which made peace with the sons of Israel except the Hivites living in Gibeon; they took them all in battle.

At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house.

However not all men have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

But Aaron spoke to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord. When things like these happened to me, if I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the sight of the Lord?”

She conceived again and bore a son and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore he was named Levi.

When they came to Reuel their father, he said, “Why have you come back so soon today?”

The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.

They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.

and a voice came out of the heavens: “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof;

Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones.

They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

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

After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!”

But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,’

After they had spent time there, they were sent away from the brethren in peace to those who had sent them out.

And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.

“Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.”

“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?

And because of all your abominations, I will do among you what I have not done, and the like of which I will never do again.

He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker,
But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

Therefore you will joyously draw water
From the springs of salvation.

As for My sacrificial gifts,
They sacrifice the flesh and eat it,
But the Lord has taken no delight in them.
Now He will remember their iniquity,
And punish them for their sins;
They will return to Egypt.

Go to the exiles, to the sons of your people, and speak to them and tell them, whether they listen or not, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’”

“Have you not done this to yourself
By your forsaking the Lord your God
When He led you in the way?

The Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me by offering up sacrifices to Baal.

People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns.

Do not enter the path of the wicked
And do not proceed in the way of evil men.

For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.

He who walks in integrity walks securely,
But he who perverts his ways will be found out.

Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’ And the Lord said to him, ‘How?’

moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.

For the Lord will be your confidence
And will keep your foot from being caught.

Remove Your hand from me,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.

For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

besides that which the traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

obliging them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same month, annually,

The son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

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

I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days.

The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

The rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Naaman said, “If not, please let your servant at least be given two mules’ load of earth; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering nor will he sacrifice to other gods, but to the Lord.

So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?”And he said to them,“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
You would not have found out my riddle.”

Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What do I have to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the Lord has called these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab.”

‘But if his means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not put oil on it or place incense on it, for it is a sin offering.

Now the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

But you have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, ‘No, but set a king over us!’ Now therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.”

Remain this night, and when morning comes, if he will redeem you, good; let him redeem you. But if he does not wish to redeem you, then I will redeem you, as the Lord lives. Lie down until morning.”

Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan;

So when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan with the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people,

Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring these five kings out to me from the cave.”

It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.’”

Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

When He finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not delivered Your people at all.”

“If one man’s ox hurts another’s so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide its price equally; and also they shall divide the dead ox.

“What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it,
Or an image, a teacher of falsehood?
For its maker trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.

And He said to them, “What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?

and I will give him the morning star.

Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, all sorts of birds.

I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

Then the captain went along with the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned).

The elders of the daughter of Zion
Sit on the ground, they are silent.
They have thrown dust on their heads;
They have girded themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.

He said, “Behold, I am going to let you know what will occur at the final period of the indignation, for it pertains to the appointed time of the end.

In that day it will be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not be afraid, O Zion;
Do not let your hands fall limp.

It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

The tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth

The Lord determined to destroy
The wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has stretched out a line,
He has not restrained His hand from destroying,
And He has caused rampart and wall to lament;
They have languished together.

Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?

“Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while as his thoughts alarmed him. The king responded and said, ‘Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.’ Belteshazzar replied, ‘My lord, if only the dream applied to those who hate you and its interpretation to your adversaries!

“Then I will make you to this people
A fortified wall of bronze;
And though they fight against you,
They will not prevail over you;
For I am with you to save you
And deliver you,” declares the Lord.

So it will be in that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.

A lazy man does not roast his prey,
But the precious possession of a man is diligence.

And you groan at your final end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;

The path of life leads upward for the wise
That he may keep away from Sheol below.

“Let the day perish on which I was to be born,
And the night which said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body,
And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.

The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright,
But ruin to the workers of iniquity.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more,
But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

For the sons of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir destroying them completely; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you return to the Lord with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will surely buy it for the full price; for I will not take what is yours for the Lord, or offer a burnt offering which costs me nothing.”

Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today;

But in the same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed 700 charioteers of the Arameans and 40,000 horsemen and struck down Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play.”

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

Now the Philistines came up once again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

Now the rest of the acts of Menahem and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Now then, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

even all that the Lord has commanded you through Moses, from the day when the Lord gave commandment and onward throughout your generations,

When she rose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her.

“Therefore we said, ‘Let us build an altar, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice;

so that you do not act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give this land,’ He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there.

he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness;

and Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai over the tribal army of the sons of Simeon,

But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord is from the flock, he shall offer it, male or female, without defect.

There is no straw given to your servants, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are being beaten; but it is the fault of your own people.”

But he said, “Who made you a prince or a judge over us? Are you intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known.”

Martha *said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”

All the brethren greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you; up to half of my kingdom.”

Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage;
Her prey never departs.

And just as Isaiah foretold,
“Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left to us a posterity,
We would have become like Sodom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.”

For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

But all this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures of the prophets.” Then all the disciples left Him and fled.

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Damascus and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.

He answered them, “I told you already and you did not listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?”

(He was one who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection made in the city, and for murder.)

In that day the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from regions beyond the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard.

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one who is more than a prophet.

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

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

‘Only acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against the Lord your God
And have scattered your favors to the strangers under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the Lord.

“Behold, I am weighted down beneath you
As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

For the customs of the peoples are delusion;
Because it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

Nations will see and be ashamed
Of all their might.
They will put their hand on their mouth,
Their ears will be deaf.

The king of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into the hand of the former.

Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord, and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people said, “That is a good idea.”

He who troubles his own house will inherit wind,
And the foolish will be servant to the wisehearted.

“Why is light given to him who suffers,
And life to the bitter of soul,

‘Because of your raging against Me,
And because your arrogance has come up to My ears,
Therefore I will put My hook in your nose,
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.

Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.

“My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,
And my yield better than choicest silver.

Thus the sons of Israel were subdued at that time, and the sons of Judah conquered because they trusted in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

“The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples,

But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

Then Abner sent messengers to David in his place, saying, “Whose is the land? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

When Baasha heard of it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and remained in Tirzah.

“Awake, awake, Deborah;
Awake, awake, sing a song!
Arise, Barak, and take away your captives, O son of Abinoam.

And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

So they possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness as far as the Jordan.

Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his cloak.

“You shall therefore love the Lord your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

And Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to Lachish, and they camped by it and fought against it.

Joshua waged war a long time with all these kings.

“A man shall not take his father’s wife so that he will not uncover his father’s skirt.

“Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.

For it is written,
“Rejoice, barren woman who does not bear;
Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;
For more numerous are the children of the desolate
Than of the one who has a husband.”

Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison,

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat.

Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and *said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

and again, “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless.”

Now the Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”

Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.

So all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “through Isaac your descendants will be named.”

and after they have scourged Him, they will kill Him; and the third day He will rise again.”

that you be driven away from mankind and your dwelling place be with the beasts of the field, and you be given grass to eat like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven; and seven periods of time will pass over you, until you recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes.

So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense;
They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

“but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

“The statutes of Omri
And all the works of the house of Ahab are observed;
And in their devices you walk.
Therefore I will give you up for destruction
And your inhabitants for derision,
And you will bear the reproach of My people.”

Ephraim is joined to idols;
Let him alone.

And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles;
Its surface was covered with nettles,
And its stone wall was broken down.

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
Because he was determined to follow man’s command.

This is the dream which I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its interpretation, inasmuch as none of the wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you.’

and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

Behold, I will gather them out of all the lands to which I have driven them in My anger, in My wrath and in great indignation; and I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell in safety.

“But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of the Nile?
Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
To drink the waters of the Euphrates?

“As for you, do not pray for this people, and do not lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with Me; for I do not hear you.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.

Against every high tower,
Against every fortified wall,

Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.

I bought male and female slaves and I had homeborn slaves. Also I possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.

He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;
He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.

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

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

We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem.”

Then David did so, just as the Lord had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.

the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity.

Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet, nine.

and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abshai, Joab and Asahel.

He said, “You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.”

Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.

Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all that Solomon desired to do,

While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. Then Adonijah said, “Come in, for you are a valiant man and bring good news.”

Now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maids you were? Behold, he winnows barley at the threshing floor tonight.

Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king; then Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord, the king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.”

But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away.”

Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omerful of manna in it, and place it before the Lord to be kept throughout your generations.”

But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.

Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the Arnon border, at the extreme end of the border.

I will send hornets ahead of you so that they will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you.

And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others.

The Lord spoke further to Moses, saying,

But if you want anything beyond this, it shall be settled in the lawful assembly.

and the second

and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain;

But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.

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

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

Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.

When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.

“Behold, I am going to deal at that time
With all your oppressors,
I will save the lame
And gather the outcast,
And I will turn their shame into praise and renown
In all the earth.

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me, “Blessed be the glory of the Lord in His place.”

My sorrow is beyond healing,
My heart is faint within me!

When He spread it out before me, it was written on the front and back, and written on it were lamentations, mourning and woe.

Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
So is the lazy one to those who send him.

And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number
That a child could write them down.

The integrity of the upright will guide them,
But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.

I also gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you many more things like these!

The Lord arises to contend,
And stands to judge the people.

But my dove, my perfect one, is unique:
She is her mother’s only daughter;
She is the pure child of the one who bore her.
The maidens saw her and called her blessed,
The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

Turn to me and be gracious to me,
For I am lonely and afflicted.

Elijah took his mantle and folded it together and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

“Who will confront him with his actions,
And who will repay him for what he has done?

The land of utter gloom as darkness itself,
Of deep shadow without order,
And which shines as the darkness.”

the sons of Azgad, 1,222;

As for Abshai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the thirty, and he swung his spear against three hundred and killed them; and he had a name as well as the thirty.

“Only two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide from Your face:

So David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, to whom I was betrothed for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”

Now the men of Israel were hard-pressed on that day, for Saul had put the people under oath, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food before evening, and until I have avenged myself on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.

At the turn of the year, Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.

Now when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Arameans arrayed themselves to meet David and fought against him.

When all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, even they also pursued them closely in the battle.

That day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.

So it came about on the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan.

When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah.

And the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, because the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the Lord.

But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down the ship’s boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending to lay out anchors from the bow,

Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.”

“Be careful to listen to all these words which I command you, so that it may be well with you and your sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters.

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

Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.’

Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the sons of Israel;

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

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.

But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

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

Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch.

because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.

But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.

How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

That is why I came without even raising any objection when I was sent for. So I ask for what reason you have sent for me.”

Whom I myself shall behold,
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My heart faints within me!

But I will spare a few of them from the sword, the famine and the pestilence that they may tell all their abominations among the nations where they go, and may know that I am the Lord.”

But Judah will be inhabited forever
And Jerusalem for all generations.

I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall far from one another.

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, so that you will not die at our hand”;

“But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built.

and he said, “Be it far from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

He set the sea on the right side of the house toward the southeast.

He was the ruler over all the kings from the Euphrates River even to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt.

David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even as far as Gezer.

Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day when you enter an inner room to hide yourself.”

There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

The sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will repay you in this property,’ says the Lord. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the Lord.”

Now it happened afterwards that the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son became king in his place.

For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know.

It shall be that the one who is taken with the things under the ban shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has committed a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”

Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.

Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.”

the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as an offering for her one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, a reminder of iniquity.

‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the great lizard in its kinds,

It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall present the grain offering in baked pieces as a soothing aroma to the Lord.

“When the Lord your God cuts off before you the nations which you are going in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land,

They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.

and Eliasaph the son of Deuel was over the tribal army of the sons of Gad.

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

So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

Whether it gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates River became king in his place.

The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard out of the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Now they are fleeing;
“Stop, stop,”
But no one turns back.

“So I will send fire upon Moab
And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid tumult,
With war cries and the sound of a trumpet.

“For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will be mentioned by their names no more.

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

When he had come near the den to Daniel, he cried out with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you constantly serve, been able to deliver you from the lions?”

Can a man take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?

It will come about that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy—everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem.

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?

but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

“Now you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
And when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.

She sits at the doorway of her house,
On a seat by the high places of the city,

The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them.

so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

“Who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.

Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai:

Absalom came to the king and said, “Behold now, your servant has sheepshearers; please let the king and his servants go with your servant.”

Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?” And He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

Then the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

The anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

Then on the fourth day they assembled in the valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the Lord. Therefore they have named that place “The Valley of Beracah” until today.

But every nation still made gods of its own and put them in the houses of the high places which the people of Samaria had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.

Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; so that he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright.

Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is the city making such an uproar?”

who goes before you on your way, to seek out a place for you to encamp, in fire by night and cloud by day, to show you the way in which you should go.

But the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man.”

Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field.

But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.”

Now it came about in those days that the Philistines gathered their armed camps for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, “Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the camp, you and your men.”

If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod some remained.

For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without, fears within.

If a ransom is demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is demanded of him.

The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years.

Then Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters.

Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.

You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

Her gates have sunk into the ground,
He has destroyed and broken her bars.
Her king and her princes are among the nations;
The law is no more.
Also, her prophets find
No vision from the Lord.

If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished!

The Lord will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

But now, do consider from this day onward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the Lord,

“He delivers and rescues and performs signs and wonders
In heaven and on earth,
Who has also delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”

Ephraim, as I have seen,
Is planted in a pleasant meadow like Tyre;
But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.

Then I, Daniel, looked and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the river and the other on that bank of the river.

Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David; nevertheless David would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord;

Then Elisha said, “Listen to the word of the Lord; thus says the Lord, ‘Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’”

“His sons will mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and overflow and pass through, that he may again wage war up to his very fortress.

“But his body pains him,
And he mourns only for himself.”

then it shall be, if it is done unintentionally, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one bull for a burnt offering, as a soothing aroma to the Lord, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.

So a horseman went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger came to them, but he did not return.”

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

When Gideon came, behold, a man was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, “Behold, I had a dream; a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down so that the tent lay flat.”