And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the rulers, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites. One principal household was taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

But David did not take the number of those from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said He would increase Israel like the stars of the heavens.

Take heed now, for Jehovah has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.

And now, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way to walk in My Law, as you have walked before Me.

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim. And he renewed the altar of Jehovah before the porch of Jehovah.

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel. But the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

And he placed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set troops in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken.

And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son.

But there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the Asherahs out of the land and have prepared your heart to seek God.

And he said to the judges, Take heed what you do. For you do not judge for man, but for Jehovah, who is with you in the judgment.

And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Jehovah. And Zebadiah the son of Ishmael is the ruler of the house of Judah for all the king's matters. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. Take courage and act, and Jehovah shall be with the good.

And Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their plunder, they found among them in abundance both riches and precious jewels in great number with the dead bodies, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away. And they were three days in gathering of the plunder, it was so much.

But, the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts to the God of their fathers.

And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, which were taken up in the Book of the Kings of Israel.

And Jehoiada the priest brought out the commanders of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, Take her out of the ranks. And whoever follows her shall be killed with the sword. For the priest said, Do not kill her in the house of Jehovah.

And now hear me, and deliver again the captives which you have taken captive of your brothers. For the fierce wrath of Jehovah is on you.

The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with its villages, and Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo and its villages. And they lived there.

Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on it?

And they cried out with a loud voice in Jewish to the people of Jerusalem on the wall, in order to frighten them and to trouble them, so that they might take the city.

Nor will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have set apart for your fathers; only if they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

And the archers shot at King Josiah. And the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am grievously wounded.

And take heed that you do not fail to do this. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

And he said to him, Take these vessels and go. Carry them into the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in His place.

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons. So the holy seed has mixed themselves with the people of those lands. Yes, the hand of the leaders and overseers has been chief in this sin.

And now do not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth forever, so that you may be strong and eat the good of the land and leave it for an inheritance to your sons forever.

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have sinned against our God and have taken strange women from the people of the land. Yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have sinned, and have taken strange women to increase the sin of Israel.

And let our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all those who have taken strange women in our cities, come at a set time, and with them the elders of every city and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter has turned from us.

And they made an end with all the men who had taken strange women by the first day of the first month.

And among the sons of the priests, these were found who had taken strange women: From the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers were Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

All these had taken strange women. And many of them had women by whom they had sons.

And also I, my brothers and my servants, might take from them silver and grain. Please let us leave this lending at interest.

Please even today give back to them their lands, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the wine, and the oil, that you take from them.

But the former governors that had been before me were too heavy upon the people, and had taken bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not do this, because of the fear of God.

For many in Judah were sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

And we swore that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land nor take their daughters for our sons.

And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes, and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the rooms, into the treasure house.

And I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair. And I made them swear by the name of God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters to your sons, or for yourselves.

And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her for his daughter, had come to go in to the king, she asked nothing but what was chosen by Hegai the king's officer, the keeper of the women. And Esther had favor in the sight of all who looked on her.

And Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

And the letters were sent by postal riders into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take what they owned for a prize.

And Esther's servant women and her eunuchs came and told her. And the queen was exceedingly grieved, and she sent clothing to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him. But he did not receive it.

And the king said to Haman, Make haste! Take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Do not fail to do any of all the things you have spoken.

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

In them the king granted the Jews in every city to gather themselves, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to kill and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province who desired to attack them, little ones and women, and to take what they owned for a prize,

And he said, I came naked out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah.

Their harvest the hungry eats, and takes it even out of the thorns; and the snare swallows up their wealth.

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust, and You shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Behold, He takes away; who can turn Him back? Who will say to Him, What are You doing?

who will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear make me afraid;

Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

And you shall be safe, because there is hope; yea, you shall look around you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

He removes the speech of the men of trust, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the land, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.

Why do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?

Yea, you do away with fear, and take away prayer before God.

I was at ease, but He has broken me in pieces; yea, He has also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for His mark.

The trap shall take him by the heel, and the noose shall hold sway over him.

He has stripped me of my glory, and has taken the crown from my head.

And if I remember, I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh.

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

They drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor.

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

As God lives, He has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty has made my soul bitter.

For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?

Iron is taken out of the earth, and bronze is melted out of the stone.

And now my soul is poured out within me; the days of affliction have taken hold on me.

For I do not know how to eulogize; else after a little my Maker would take me away.

For God speaks once, yea, twice, but not one takes notice.

For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my right;

In a moment they die, and a people are shaken at midnight and pass away; and the mighty shall be taken away without a hand.

For has any said to God, I have taken away; I will not pervert?

But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold;

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth; that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

that you should take it to its boundary, and that you should know the paths to its house?

Shall any take him before his eyes, or pierce through his nose with cords?

Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant for ever?

Who can take off the surface of his skin; who can come to him with his double bridle?

And now take to yourselves seven young bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. And My servant Job will pray for you. Surely I will lift up his face so as not to do with you according to your foolishness, in that you have not spoken of Me what is right, like My servant Job.

let the enemy persecute my soul and take it; yea, let him trample down my life on the earth and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the plans that they have imagined.

How long shall I take counsel in my heart having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be lifted up over me?

he does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;

he has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall not be moved forever.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied who run after another god. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood; and I will not take their names on my lips.

Do not take away my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men

When my father and my mother forsake me, then Jehovah will take me up.

I have hated those who take heed to lying vanities; but I trust in Jehovah.

For I have heard the slander of many; fear is on every side; because of their plottings together against me, they planned to take away my life.

Take hold of a shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

How precious is Your loving-kindness, O God! And the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of Your wing.

To the Chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked are before me.

For evils without number have hemmed me in; my sins have taken hold on me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.

But God will redeem my soul from the hand of the grave; for He will take me. Selah.

for when he dies he shall take nothing away; his glory shall not go down after him.

I will take no bull out of your house, nor he-goats out of your folds.