And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.

So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the grave which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” And Jotham his son became king in his place.

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.

So Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

Then he said to them, “Listen to me, O Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place.

For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done evil in the sight of the Lord our God, and have forsaken Him and turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the Lord, and have turned their backs.

They have also shut the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven.

So Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper section of the tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh became king in his place.

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

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 the Lord, “Behold, I am bringing evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the curses written in the book which they have read in the presence of the king of Judah.

Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place and it shall not be quenched.”’

Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares the Lord.

Behold, I will gather you to your fathers and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, so your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.”’” And they brought back word to the king.

Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord to walk after the Lord, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book.

Moreover, stand in the holy place according to the sections of the fathers’ households of your brethren the lay people, and according to the Levites, by division of a father’s household.

Josiah contributed to the lay people, to all who were present, flocks of lambs and young goats, all for the Passover offerings, numbering 30,000 plus 3,000 bulls; these were from the king’s possessions.

Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;

Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.’”

He said to him, “Take these utensils, go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem and let the house of God be rebuilt in its place.”

In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be retained, its height being 60 cubits and its width 60 cubits;

I sent them to Iddo the leading man at the place Casiphia; and I told them what to say to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that is, to bring ministers to us for the house of our God.

But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered were in the most remote part of the heavens, I will gather them from there and will bring them to the place where I have chosen to cause My name to dwell.’

I said to the king, “Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”

Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no place for my mount to pass.

When the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times, “They will come up against us from every place where you may turn,”

At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.”

Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, explained the law to the people while the people remained in their place.

While they stood in their place, they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, said, “Arise, bless the Lord your God forever and ever!
O may Your glorious name be blessed
And exalted above all blessing and praise!

Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

and were close to him: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had access to the king’s presence and sat in the first place in the kingdom—

Then let the young lady who pleases the king be queen in place of Vashti.” And the matter pleased the king, and he did accordingly.

Now the young lady pleased him and found favor with him. So he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and food, gave her seven choice maids from the king’s palace and transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem.

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”

Now when the king returned from the palace garden into the place where they were drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen with me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

“His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.

“But as for me, I would seek God,
And I would place my cause before God;

“When they become waterless, they are silent,
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

“He will not return again to his house,
Nor will his place know him anymore.

“If he is removed from his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’

Who shakes the earth out of its place,
And its pillars tremble;

“But the falling mountain crumbles away,
And the rock moves from its place;

“I too could speak like you,
If I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And shake my head at you.

“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no resting place for my cry.

“O you who tear yourself in your anger—
For your sake is the earth to be abandoned,
Or the rock to be moved from its place?

“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”

“The eye which saw him sees him no longer,
And his place no longer beholds him.

‘Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;
And He walks on the vault of heaven.’

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

“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.

“Men will clap their hands at him
And will hiss him from his place.

“Surely there is a mine for silver
And a place where they refine gold.

“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

“Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is the place of understanding?

“God understands its way,
And He knows its place.

“He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

“He strikes them like the wicked
In a public place,

“Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress,
Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;
And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.

“Do not long for the night,
When people vanish in their place.

“At this also my heart trembles,
And leaps from its place.

“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,

To whom I gave the wilderness for a home
And the salt land for his dwelling place?

“On the cliff he dwells and lodges,
Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.

“Hide them in the dust together;
Bind them in the hidden place.

He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

I will bless the Lord who has counseled me;
Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.

He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

He brought me forth also into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.

His glory is great through Your salvation,
Splendor and majesty You place upon him.

Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?
And who may stand in His holy place?

O Lord, I love the habitation of Your house
And the place where Your glory dwells.

My foot stands on a level place;
In the congregations I shall bless the Lord.

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.

The Lord will give strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace.

And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.

You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble;
You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

From His dwelling place He looks out
On all the inhabitants of the earth,

A Psalm of David when he feigned madness before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed.
I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;
And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals
And covered us with the shadow of death.

In place of your fathers will be your sons;
You shall make them princes in all the earth.

“I would hasten to my place of refuge
From the stormy wind and tempest.”

They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;
They delight in falsehood;
They bless with their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.

So I will bless You as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.

You water its furrows abundantly,
You settle its ridges,
You soften it with showers,
You bless its growth.

Bless our God, O peoples,
And sound His praise abroad,

You made men ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water,
Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.

For the choir director; with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
God be gracious to us and bless us,
And cause His face to shine upon us— Selah.

Bless God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, you who are of the fountain of Israel.

So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him;
And let them pray for him continually;
Let them bless him all day long.

May his name endure forever;
May his name increase as long as the sun shines;
And let men bless themselves by him;
Let all nations call him blessed.