"And now arise, O Yahweh God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! O Yahweh God, let the priests be clothed with salvation, and let your holy ones rejoice in your goodness!

Then Yahweh appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.

Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.

And Solomon slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

And King Rehoboam made small shields of bronze in their place and committed them into the hand of the commanders of the guards who were keeping the entrance of the house of the king.

And Rehoboam slept with his ancestors, and he was buried in the city of David, and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

And Abijah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son became king in his place. In his days the land was at rest ten years.

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.

And on the fourth day, they assembled in the Valley of Berakah, for there they blessed Yahweh. Therefore the name of that place is called the Valley of Berakah up to this day.

And Jehoshaphat slept with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, for the band of men who had come with the Arabs to the camp had murdered all the older sons. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, the king of Judah, reigned.

And whenever he brought the chest to the appointee of the king by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that [there was] much money [in it], then the secretary of the king and the officer of the chief priest came and emptied the chest, then they took it and returned it to its place. Thus they did day by day and gathered money in abundance.

And [as for] his sons, the many oracles against him, and [his repair of] the foundation of the house of God, behold, they [are] written in the story of the scroll of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah (now he [was] sixteen years old) and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.

And Uzziah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him with his ancestors in the burial field which belonged to the kings, because, they said, "He [was] leprous." And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

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

And Ahaz slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him to the burial site of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son became king in his place.

For our ancestors acted unfaithfully and did evil in the sight of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him and turned away their faces from the dwelling place of Yahweh. {They have turned their backs} [on it].

Then the priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to his holy dwelling place in the heavens.

And Hezekiah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the upper [part] of the burial sites of the descendants of David. And all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son became king in his place.

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

But the people of the land struck down all who conspired against King Amon. And the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.

"Thus says Yahweh: 'Behold, I am bringing disaster upon this place and upon its inhabitants--all the curses written in the scroll that were read before the king of Judah--

because they have abandoned me and burned incense to other gods so as to provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands. And my wrath will be poured out on this place and it will not be quenched.'

because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants and you humbled yourself before me and tore your garments and wept before me, now I also have heard,' {declares} Yahweh.

'Behold, I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see any of the disaster that I am bringing upon this place.'" '"

And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.

Now the remainder of the words of Jehoiakim and the detestable things that he did and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

And Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, had repeatedly and persistently sent to them by the hand of his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.

And let every survivor, from wherever he {resides} be assisted by the men of that place with silver and gold, with possessions and domestic animals, and with the freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem."

When [some] of the heads of {families} came to the house of Yahweh that [is] in Jerusalem, they gave freewill offerings for the house of God to erect it on its place.

In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued forth a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem. Let the house be built, the place where sacrifices are offered and let its foundations be raised. Its height [shall be] sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits,

Also, let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylonia, be returned and brought to the temple in Jerusalem to its place. Put them in the house of God."

You also should be aware that it is not permitted to place tax, tribute, or duty upon all of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, and other servants of the house of God.

I sent them to Iddo, the head of the place called Casiphia, and I placed in their mouths what words to say to Iddo and his brothers the temple servants in Casiphia, to send to us ministers for the house of our God.

But now for a brief moment mercy has been shown by Yahweh our God, who left behind for us a remnant, and given us security in his holy place--for our God to brighten our eyes and to give us brief relief in our bondage.

But if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, even though all of your outcasts are at the furthest parts of heaven, I will gather them and bring them to the place which I have chosen to make my name dwell.'

I crossed over to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no place for {my mount} to cross over.

They stood up in their place and read from the book of the law of Yahweh their God for a fourth part of the day, and for a fourth they were confessing and worshiping Yahweh their God.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "Stand up, bless Yahweh your God from everlasting until everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name that is being exalted above all blessing and praise!

Now the commanders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the remainder of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, the [other] nine's place [was in] the [other] cities.

And let the young woman {who is pleasing} in the king's eyes become queen in place of Vashti. The thing was good in the king's eyes, and he acted accordingly.

In every province [each] place where the king's edict and his law came, there [was] great mourning for the Jews with fasting, crying, wailing, [and] sackcloth; and ashes were spread out as a bed for them.

For if indeed you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and the family of your father will perish. Who knows? [Perhaps] you have come to a royal position for a time such as this."

Thus Job's three friends heard of this calamity that had come upon him. So each set out from his [own] place: Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. And they met together to come to console him and to comfort him.

In time they dry up, they disappear; when it [is] hot, they vanish from their place.

He does not return again to his house, and his place does not recognize him again.

If he destroys him from his place, then it deceives him, [saying], 'I have never seen you.'

[He is the one] who shakes [the] earth from its place, and its pillars tremble.

"But a mountain falls; it crumbles away, and a rock moves away from its place.

I myself also could talk as you, if {you were in my place}; I could join against you with words, and I could shake at you with my head.

"O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help.

"[You who] are tearing {yourself} in your anger, will [the] earth be forsaken because of you? Or will [the] rock be removed from its place?

"{Nothing} remains for him in his tent; sulfur is scattered upon his dwelling place.

Surely these [are] the dwellings of [the] godless, and this [is] the dwelling place of him [who] knows not God."

[The] eye [that] saw him {will not see him again}, and his place will no longer behold him.

Turn to me and be appalled, and place [your] hand on [your] mouth.

Please receive instruction from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.

[The] east wind lifts him up, and he is gone, and it sweeps him away from his place.

It claps its hands over him, and it hisses at him from its place.

"Indeed, there is a mine for silver and a place {for gold to be refined}.

Its stones [are the] place of sapphire, and [the] earthen dirt {has} gold.

"But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

"Refined gold cannot be gotten in its place, and silver cannot be weighed out [as] its price.

Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

"God understands its way, and he knows its place,

let thorns grow in place of wheat and noxious weeds in place of barley." The words of Job are ended.

He shatters the mighty without investigation, and he sets others in their place.

And what's more, he allured you {out of distress} [into] a broad place, [where] in place of it [was] no constraint; and [what] was set on your table is full of fatness.

You must not long for the night, to cut off people {in their place}.

"Moreover, {can anyone understand} [the] spreading of clouds, [the] thundering of his dwelling place?

He covers [his] hands [with] lightning, and he commands it the place at [which] to strike.

"About this also my heart trembles, and it leaps from its place.

"Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place,

"Where then [is] the way [where] [the] light dwells? And where then [is] its place,

[to] which I have given [the] wilderness [as] its house and [the] salt flat [as] its dwelling place?

Under [the] lotus tree it lies, in [the] hiding place of [the] reeds and [in the] marsh.

For you bless [the] righteous. O Yahweh, like a shield you surround him [with] good favor.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, [the] moon and [the] stars which you set in place--

I will bless Yahweh who advises me; yes, [at] night my {innermost being} instructs me.

He made darkness his hiding place; all about him his covering [was] a darkness of waters, {thick clouds}.

So he brought me out to a spacious place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.

Who may ascend [the] mountain of Yahweh? And who may stand in his holy place?

O Yahweh, I love [the] dwelling of your house, and {the place where your glory abides}.

My foot stands on level ground. In assemblies I will bless Yahweh.

Because he will hide me in his shelter in [the] day of trouble. He will conceal me in the hiding place of his tent. He will set me high upon a rock.

Save your people and bless your heritage. Shepherd them also and carry them always.

May Yahweh give strength to his people. May Yahweh bless his people with peace.

And you have not delivered me into [the] hand of [the] enemy. You have set my feet in a broad place.

You [are] my hiding place; from trouble you preserve me. [With] cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah

From his dwelling place he gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth,

I will bless Yahweh at all times; his praise [shall be] in my mouth continually.

They repay me evil in place of good. [It is] bereavement to my soul.

And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.

But you have crushed us in a place of jackals, and have covered us with deep shadow.

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

They only plan to thrust [him] down from his high position; they are pleased [with] deception. With their mouths they bless, but {inwardly} they curse. Selah

So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my {hands} in your name.

You drench its furrows, penetrating its ridges. With rains you soften it; its growth you bless.

Bless our God, O peoples, and cause the sound of his praise to be heard,