And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword; and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son became king in his place.

Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of this book, to do all the things which are recorded in it.

And because of the wrath of the Lord, this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them all away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.

And the sons of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who did wrong about the cursed thing.

And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.

Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.

And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a very tall man about five cubits high, armed with a spear like a cloth-worker's rod; he went down to him with a stick, and pulling his spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.

And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was master of the music: he gave directions about the song, because he was expert.

When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;

And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.

And now, Lord, let your words about your servant and about his family be made certain for ever, and do as you have said.

And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines.

Now it came about after this that death came to Nahash, the king of the children of Ammon, and his son became king in his place.

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.

Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and truly, word was not given me of half your great wisdom; you are much greater than they said.

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not recorded in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh, and in the visions of Iddo the seer about Jeroboam, the son of Nebat?

So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.

And all the people made an agreement with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, Truly, the king's son will be king, as the Lord has said about the sons of David.

Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this.

Then Hezekiah put questions to the priests and Levites about the store of goods.

And in all the towns of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon as far as Naphtali, he made waste their houses round about.

Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for those who are still in Israel and for Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which has been let loose on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord or done what is recorded in this book.

So Hilkiah, and those whom the king sent, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the robes (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town); and they had talk with her about this thing.

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

But the eye of their God was on the chiefs of the Jews, and they did not make them give up working till the question had been put before Darius and an answer had come by letter about it.

Because you are sent by the king and his seven wise men, to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem, as you are ordered by the law of your God which is in your hand;

The history of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. Now it came about, in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, when I was in Shushan, the king's town,

And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.

And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.

And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.

And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.

For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.

And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.

For there was an order from the king about them and a regular amount for the music-makers, for their needs day by day.

And the sons of the music-makers came together from the lowland round about Jerusalem and from the daughter-towns of the Netophathites,

And from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the music-makers had made daughter-towns for themselves round about Jerusalem.

Now it came about in the days of Ahasuerus, (that Ahasuerus who was ruler of a hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom, from India as far as Ethiopia:)

So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed.

Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the haters of the Jews had been hoping to have rule over them; though the opposite had come about, and the Jews had rule over their haters;

Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.

The order given by Esther gave the force of law to the rules about the Purim; and it was recorded in the book.

And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:

His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.

Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.

Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways.

Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.

And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.

He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.

There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.

They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;

I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.

I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.

See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.

And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,

I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.

Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.

Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.

And he let it come down into their resting-place, round about their tents.

They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.

God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.

O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.

Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.

When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people.

Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.

They will make songs about the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.

If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered.

He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.

And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.