They feared the Lord and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.

He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.

Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’”

He said, “What have they seen in your house?” So Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasuries that I have not shown them.”

And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son became king in his place.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.

Then the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

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?

Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.

Amon his son, Josiah his son.

Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, enrolled by genealogy, in all 87,000.

Behold, he was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three; and David appointed him over his guard.

Now these are the ones who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still restricted because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in war.

and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty. Then Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,

Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples.

Tell of His glory among the nations,
His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”

Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus; and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And the Lord helped David wherever he went.

But he did not number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.

But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

As for the Hebronites, Jerijah the chief (these Hebronites were investigated according to their genealogies and fathers’ households, in the fortieth year of David’s reign, and men of outstanding capability were found among them at Jazer of Gilead)

Yet, the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,

then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of the Lord with them; and they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.

Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son;

So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found much among them, including goods, garments and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry. And they were three days taking the spoil because there was so much.

But Jehoshabeath the king’s daughter took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she would not put him to death.

They buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done well in Israel and to God and His house.

Now it happened at the turn of the year that the army of the Arameans came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

Now he went out and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the area of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

Also for the sons of Aaron the priests who were in the pasture lands of their cities, or in each and every city, there were men who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone genealogically enrolled among the Levites.

Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed who could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand?

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh even his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are among the records of the kings of Israel.

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his place.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord as Manasseh his father had done, and Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which his father Manasseh had made, and he served them.

Moreover, he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done, but Amon multiplied guilt.

But the people of the land killed all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!’”

Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.

These searched among their ancestral registration, but they could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.

Among the sons of the priests who had married foreign wives were found of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah.

Remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful I will scatter you among the peoples;

Our enemies said, “They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them and put a stop to the work.”

In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel; therefore you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these reports.

the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Amon.

These searched among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.

Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 basins, 530 priests’ garments.

“They refused to listen,
And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them;
So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But You are a God of forgiveness,
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not forsake them.

Likewise we cast lots for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites and the people so that they might bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers’ households, at fixed times annually, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law;

and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the leader in beginning the thanksgiving at prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin.

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.

In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.

In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree arrived, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.

So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province and every city; and these days of Purim were not to fail from among the Jews, or their memory fade from their descendants.

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his whole nation.

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

“As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.

“Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this,

“Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.

To whom alone the land was given,
And no alien passed among them.

“But come again all of you now,
For I do not find a wise man among you.

“He has no offspring or posterity among his people,
Nor any survivor where he sojourned.

And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

“I chose a way for them and sat as chief,
And dwelt as a king among the troops,
As one who comforted the mourners.

“Among the bushes they cry out;
Under the nettles they are gathered together.

“Let us choose for ourselves what is right;
Let us know among ourselves what is good.

‘For he adds rebellion to his sin;
He claps his hands among us,
And multiplies his words against God.’”

“They die in youth,
And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes.

“Will the traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him among the merchants?

In all the land no women were found so fair as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
Declare among the peoples His deeds.

For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

The wicked strut about on every side
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, O Lord,
And I will sing praises to Your name.

Their offspring You will destroy from the earth,
And their descendants from among the sons of men.

They divide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots.

I will give You thanks in the great congregation;
I will praise You among a mighty throng.

You give us as sheep to be eaten
And have scattered us among the nations.

You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the peoples.

Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.

“Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to You among the nations.

That Your way may be known on the earth,
Your salvation among all nations.

When you lie down among the sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with glistening gold.

The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;
The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

You are the God who works wonders;
You have made known Your strength among the peoples.

He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them,
And frogs which destroyed them.