And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

and read therein, before the broad place which was before the water-gate, from the time it was light, until the noon of the day, in presence of the men and the women, and such as had understanding, - and, the ears of all the people, were unto the book of the law.

Was it not, over these things, that Solomon king of Israel sinned - though, among many nations, there was no king such as he, and he was, beloved by his God, and so God gave him to be king over all Israel, - even him, did foreign women, cause to sin.

Thus cleansed I them from all such as were outlandish, and appointed the courses of the priests and Levites, every one to his office,