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8003

However, Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem because he always ate at the king’s table. His feet had been injured.

8004

When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me but let you live.

8006

to those in Hebron, and to those in all the places where David and his men had roamed.

8007

At that time Joshua proceeded to exterminate the Anakim from the hill country—Hebron, Debir, Anab—all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them with their cities.

8008

For we are making provision for what is right, not only before the Lord but also before men.

8010

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

8011

“I will come and heal him,” He told him.

8013

Your fathers went down to Egypt, 70 people in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

8014

So then I ask you not to be discouraged over my afflictions on your behalf, for they are your glory.

8015

You also set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I gave you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I fed you. That is what happened.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

8016

“Therefore, this decree is for you priests:

8017

I am against those who prophesy false dreams”—the Lord’s declaration—“telling them and leading My people astray with their falsehoods and their boasting. It was not I who sent or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

8018

Even after they had cast an image of a calf
for themselves and said,
“This is your God who brought you out of Egypt,”
and they had committed terrible blasphemies,

8019

Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

8020

Here I am with the children the Lord has given me to be signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts who dwells on Mount Zion.

8021

What right does My beloved have
to be in My house,
having carried out so many evil schemes?
Can holy meat prevent your disaster
so you can rejoice?

8022

Then you will understand righteousness, justice,
and integrity—every good path.

8023

Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, “Will you let me go into the fields and gather fallen grain behind someone who allows me to?”

Naomi answered her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

8025

On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.

8026

He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

8027

Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam;

8028

Before the men fell asleep, she went up on the roof

8029

Then the soldiers cut the ropes holding the skiff and let it drop away.

8030

but Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. Instead, Sihon gathered all his people, camped at Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

8031

But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to His disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

8032

And who did He swear to that they would not enter His rest, if not those who disobeyed?

8033

When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared.

8034

to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites.

8035

The Lord instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, make sure you do all the wonders before Pharaoh that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he won’t let the people go.

8036

So Israel lived in the Amorites’ land.

8037

Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who are from Italy greet you.

8039

They said this so that Jesus’ words might be fulfilled signifying what kind of death He was going to die.

8040

You will not join them in burial,
because you destroyed your land
and slaughtered your own people.
The offspring of evildoers
will never be remembered.

8042

I will remove your carved images
and sacred pillars from you
so that you will not bow down again
to the work of your hands.

8043

son of Matthat, son of Levi,
son of Melchi, son of Jannai,
son of Joseph,

8044

Therefore, because of you,
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,
and the hill of the temple mount
will be a thicket.

8045

The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

8046

But they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

8047

Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh from the city of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel because the places the ark of the Lord has come into are holy.”

8048

Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, he will not turn from this command to the right or the left, and he and his sons will continue ruling many years over Israel.

8049

There were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

8050

The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Jokshan’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.

8051

So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there and said, “Like a bursting flood, the Lord has burst out against my enemies before me.” Therefore, he named that place the Lord Bursts Out.

8052

The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the Lord with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the Lord:

For He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.


The temple, the Lord’s temple, was filled with a cloud.

8053

David had arrived at Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

8054

with Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau—Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,

8055

“Master,” Simon replied, “we’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing! But at Your word, I’ll let down the nets.”

8056

They covered the surface of the whole land so that the land was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on the trees or the plants in the field throughout the land of Egypt.

8057

Just as the Lord had commanded His servant Moses, Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

8058

So he went out and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.

8059

But we took all the livestock and the spoil from the cities as plunder for ourselves.

8060

But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
“Do not prophesy.”

8061

I approached one of those who were standing by and asked him the true meaning of all this. So he let me know the interpretation of these things:

8062

Then they replied to the king, “Daniel, one of the Judean exiles, has ignored you, the king, and the edict you signed, for he prays three times a day.”

8063

My days fly by faster than a runner;
they flee without seeing any good.

8064

You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God, which is in your possession.

8066

So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

8067

Boaz answered her, “Everything you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband’s death has been fully reported to me: how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you didn’t previously know.

8068

Joshua got up early the next morning. The priests took the ark of the Lord,

8069

Zadok son of Ahitub
and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests;
Seraiah was court secretary;

8070

So Joab son of Zeruiah and David’s soldiers marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. The two groups took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.

8071

For it has been testified:

You are a priest forever
in the order of Melchizedek.

8072

for they could not bear what was commanded: And if even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned!

8073

I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who haven’t known the deep things of Satan—as they say—I do not put any other burden on you.

8074

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered in God’s sight.

8075

The leaders also presented the dedication gift for the altar when it was anointed. The leaders presented their offerings in front of the altar.

8076

They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and perform duties for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

8077

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

8078

Aren’t you the Egyptian who raised a rebellion some time ago and led 4,000 Assassins into the wilderness?”

8079

He gave me this explanation: “Daniel, I’ve come now to give you understanding.

8080

God spoke in this way:

His descendants would be strangers
in a foreign country,
and they would enslave
and oppress them 400 years.

8081

So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!”

8082

They answered Him, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.”

8083

Were they ashamed when they acted so abhorrently?
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,”
says the Lord.

8084

“But I did obey the Lord!” Saul answered. “I went on the mission the Lord gave me: I brought back Agag, king of Amalek, and I completely destroyed the Amalekites.

8085

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet:

8086

Indeed! Topheth has been ready
for the king for a long time now.
Its funeral pyre is deep and wide,
with plenty of fire and wood.
The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone,
kindles it.

8087

“Yet I will leave a remnant when you are scattered among the nations, for throughout the countries there will be some of you who will escape the sword.

8088

So all the Israelites went to the Philistines to sharpen their plows, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

8089

So the people shouted, and the trumpets sounded. When they heard the blast of the trumpet, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. The people advanced into the city, each man straight ahead, and they captured the city.

8090

The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly,
but the end of his speaking is evil madness.

8091

David spoke to the men who were standing with him: “What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

8092

It is good that you grasp the one and do not let the other slip from your hand. For the one who fears God will end up with both of them.

8093

I made gardens and parks for myself and planted every kind of fruit tree in them.

8094

Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 choice men of Israel were killed.

8095

For we have heard how the Lord dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings you completely destroyed across the Jordan.

8097

Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum.

8098

The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

8099

From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to Yahweh there, and he called on the name of Yahweh.

8100

Then He commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

8101

Samuel summoned the people to the Lord at Mizpah

8102

When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.

8103

Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days. They would camp at the Lord’s command and set out at the Lord’s command.

8105

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him. Tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, when you saw it, didn’t even change your minds then and believe him.

8106

Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.

8107

Give my greetings to the brothers in Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her home.

8108

If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it.

8109

For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

8110

Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

8111

I will judge the nation
that they will serve as slaves, God said.
After this, they will come out
and worship Me in this place.

8112

But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.

8113

Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence,
at the flash of Your flying arrows,
at the brightness of Your shining spear.

8114

You dismiss any thought of the evil day
and bring in a reign of violence.

8115

For the Lord says to the house of Israel:

Seek Me and live!

8116

While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me someone who appeared to be a man.

8117

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:

If you return, I will restore you;
you will stand in My presence.
And if you speak noble words,
rather than worthless ones,
you will be My spokesman.
It is they who must return to you;
you must not return to them.

8119

Listen and testify against the house of Jacob—
this is the declaration of the Lord God,
the God of Hosts.

8120

He asked Arioch, the king’s officer, “Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” Then Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.

8121

Then Daniel went to his house and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah about the matter,

8122

Have them bring a royal garment that the king himself has worn and a horse the king himself has ridden, which has a royal diadem on its head.

8124

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

8125

King Solomon put together a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.

8126

After all this took place, King Ahasuerus honored Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite. He promoted him in rank and gave him a higher position than all the other officials.

8127

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I said about his family, from beginning to end.

8128

Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The Lord’s words are with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went to him.

8129

“Amen,” Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied to the king. “May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so affirm it.

8130

Samuel replied, “Don’t be afraid. Even though you have committed all this evil, don’t turn away from following the Lord. Instead, worship the Lord with all your heart.

8131

So he went to Naioth in Ramah. The Spirit of God also came on him, and as he walked along, he prophesied until he entered Naioth in Ramah.

8132

“Go and consecrate the people. Tell them to consecrate themselves for tomorrow, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are things that are set apart among you, Israel. You will not be able to stand against your enemies until you remove what is set apart.

8133

“Now this is the law of the fellowship sacrifice that someone may present to the Lord:

8135

I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles that I will perform in it. After that, he will let you go.

8137

Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But He was sleeping.

8138

When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple complex, he asked for help.

8139

For our ancestors won God’s approval by it.

8140

Or is God for Jews only? Is He not also for Gentiles? Yes, for Gentiles too,

8141

Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.

8142

And Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.

8143

Now if you’re ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, fall down and worship the statue I made. But if you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire—and who is the god who can rescue you from my power?”

8144

Yahweh my Lord is my strength;
He makes my feet like those of a deer
and enables me to walk on mountain heights!


For the choir director: on stringed instruments.

8145

There I will give her vineyards back to her
and make the Valley of Achor
into a gateway of hope.
There she will respond as she did
in the days of her youth,
as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.

8146

This is the one it is written about:

Look, I am sending My messenger
ahead of You;
he will prepare Your way before You.

8148

Jesus responded to them, “Do you now believe?

8149

At noon Elijah mocked them. He said, “Shout loudly, for he’s a god! Maybe he’s thinking it over; maybe he has wandered away; or maybe he’s on the road. Perhaps he’s sleeping and will wake up!”

8150

As you have been a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Don’t be afraid; let your hands be strong.”

8151

On that day, each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

8154

“I will rise up against them”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will cut off from Babylon her reputation, remnant, offspring, and posterity”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

8155

As the ark of the Lord was entering the city of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.

8156

Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

8157

Around the great courtyard, as well as the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the portico of the temple, were three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.

8158

Listen! A noise—it is coming—
a great commotion from the land to the north.
The cities of Judah will be made desolate,
a jackals’ den.

8159

Two years later, Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

8161

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride
with me from Lebanon!
Descend from the peak of Amana,
from the summit of Senir and Hermon,
from the dens of the lions,
from the mountains of the leopards.

8162

Even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he won’t accept boiled meat from you—only raw.”

8164

The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

8165

He brought his father’s consecrated gifts and his own consecrated gifts into God’s temple: silver, gold, and utensils.

8166

But know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

8167

The sons of Gad lived next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

8168

I took the sinful calf you had made, burned it up, and crushed it, thoroughly grinding it to powder as fine as dust. Then I threw it into the stream that came down from the mountain.

8169

For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain. Is God really concerned with oxen?

8170

Isn’t it true that you may possess whatever your god Chemosh drives out for you, and we may possess everything the Lord our God drives out before us?

8171

and said, “Praise the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

8172

As the seven days were about to end, the Jews from Asia saw him in the temple complex, stirred up the whole crowd, and seized him,

8173

As soon as he had seen the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he had heard his sister Rebekah’s words—“The man said this to me!”—he went to the man. He was standing there by the camels at the spring.

8174

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

8175

And take this staff in your hand that you will perform the signs with.”

8176

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

8177

Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.

8178

As he was about to be brought into the barracks, Paul said to the commander, “Am I allowed to say something to you?”

He replied, “Do you know Greek?

8179

Then the Lord will appear over them,
and His arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord God will sound the trumpet
and advance with the southern storms.

8180

Are you better than Thebes
that sat along the Nile
with water surrounding her,
whose rampart was the sea,
the river her wall?

8181

Gather yourselves together;
gather together, undesirable nation,

8182

I will pull up the Asherah poles from among you
and demolish your cities.

8183

The Lord named you
a flourishing olive tree,
beautiful with well-formed fruit.
He has set fire to it,
and its branches are consumed
with a great roaring sound.

8184

On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on the one who struck them, but they will faithfully depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

8185

on that day a fugitive will come to you and report the news.

8187

Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,

8188

When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

8189

In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elemental forces of the world.

8190

Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, a leader of Judah’s descendants.

8191

Now the Philistine leaders gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said:

Our god has handed over
our enemy Samson to us.

8192

She asked, ‘Will you let me gather fallen grain among the bundles behind the harvesters?’ She came and has remained from early morning until now, except that she rested a little in the shelter.”

8193

Do not let any of it remain until morning; you must burn up any part of it that does remain before morning.

8194

Hadadezer sent messengers to bring the Arameans who were across the Euphrates River, and they came to Helam with Shobach, commander of Hadadezer’s army, leading them.

8195

Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for Him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were guests with them.

8196

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me your advice. What should we do?”

8197

Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you. He will close the sky, and there will be no rain; the land will not yield its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land the Lord is giving you.

8199

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

8200

“They are to spread a blue cloth over the table of the Presence and place the plates and cups on it, as well as the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to be on it.

8201

Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us travel through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he refused. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.

8202

For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts, so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

8203

So death works in us, but life in you.

8204

These were the cities of the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans:

Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

8205

and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land.

8206

Daniel answered the king: “No wise man, medium, diviner-priest, or astrologer is able to make known to the king the mystery he asked about.

8208

And He said to them, “Don’t you understand yet?”

8210

While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them,

8211

Therefore, send me a craftsman who is skilled in engraving to work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with the craftsmen who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, appointed by my father David.

8213

“Zerubbabel’s hands have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you.

8214

They have treated My people’s brokenness superficially,
claiming, “Peace, peace,”
when there is no peace.

8216

So now, kings, be wise;
receive instruction, you judges of the earth.

8217

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,
and may those who love Your name boast about You.

8219

against all the cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up,
against all the oaks of Bashan,

8220

Some time later, King Ben-hadad of Aram brought all his military units together and marched up to besiege Samaria.

8221

The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people of the city chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.

8222

Day after day they pour out speech;
night after night they communicate knowledge.

8223

Show some courage and be men, Philistines! Otherwise, you’ll serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”

8224

But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for His inheritance, as you are today.

8226

But He passed right through the crowd and went on His way.

8227

All Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was a confirmed prophet of the Lord.

8228

“Where, Lord?” they asked Him.

He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”

8229

I will sow her in the land for Myself,
and I will have compassion
on No Compassion;
I will say to Not My People:
You are My people,
and he will say, “You are My God.”

8230

They will say to you, ‘Look there!’ or ‘Look here!’ Don’t follow or run after them.

8231

Do horses gallop on the cliffs;
does anyone plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood

8232

Nebuchadnezzar asked them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you don’t serve my gods or worship the gold statue I have set up?

8233

At the beginning of your petitions an answer went out, and I have come to give it, for you are treasured by God. So consider the message and understand the vision:

8234

I will take vengeance in anger and wrath
against the nations that have not obeyed Me.

8235

The decree was issued that the wise men were to be executed, and they searched for Daniel and his friends, to execute them.

8236

“Now, son of man, turn toward the women of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them

8237

He who belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, the dogs will eat,
and he who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.’”

8238

This is what the Lord says:

If the heavens above can be measured
and the foundations of the earth below explored,
I will reject all of Israel’s descendants
because of all they have done—
this is the Lord’s declaration.

8240

Then the common people executed all those who had conspired against King Amon and made his son Josiah king in his place.

8241

Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

8242

What more can David say to You? You know Your servant, Lord God.

8243

Jephthah made this vow to the Lord: “If You will hand over the Ammonites to me,

8244

If anyone’s work is burned up, it will be lost, but he will be saved; yet it will be like an escape through fire.

8245

Joram son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria during the eighteenth year of Judah’s King Jehoshaphat and reigned 12 years.

8246

Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set the ark of God down, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until the people had finished marching past.

8247

So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; he fought against it and captured it.

8248

At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!

8250

When Herodias’s own daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I’ll give it to you.”

8251

“Then they traveled through the wilderness and around the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon but did not enter into the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.

8252

Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,

8253

So Joshua took all this land—the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the foothills, the Arabah, and the hill country of Israel with its foothills

8254

and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door. Come and lay Your hands on her so she can get well and live.”

8255

So keep the commands of the Lord your God by walking in His ways and fearing Him.

8256

The Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?”

“A staff,” he replied.

8257

saying, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them!”

8259

At that time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.

8260

Even when the cloud stayed over the tabernacle many days, the Israelites carried out the Lord’s requirement and did not set out.

8261

There was a great deal of weeping by everyone. They embraced Paul and kissed him,

8262

On that day I will make a covenant for them
with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the creatures that crawl on the ground.
I will shatter bow, sword,
and weapons of war in the land
and will enable the people to rest securely.

8263

Israel is a lush vine;
it yields fruit for itself.
The more his fruit increased,
the more he increased the altars.
The better his land produced,
the better they made the sacred pillars.

8264

Therefore, as I live—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel—
Moab will be like Sodom
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah
a place overgrown with weeds,
a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland.
The remnant of My people will plunder them;
the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.

8265

He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.

8266

ז ZayinThe Lord has rejected His altar,
repudiated His sanctuary;
He has handed the walls of her palaces
over to the enemy.
They have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
as on the day of an appointed festival.

8267

Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man could not bring himself to take one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.

8268

I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there for the treachery he committed against Me.

8269

Israel, even if your people were as numerous
as the sand of the sea,
only a remnant of them will return.
Destruction has been decreed;
justice overflows.

8270

You provided for them in the wilderness 40 years
and they lacked nothing.
Their clothes did not wear out,
and their feet did not swell.

8272

They encounter darkness by day,
and they grope at noon
as if it were night.

8273

Your mouth is like fine wine

W flowing smoothly for my love,
gliding past my lips and teeth!

8274

The weight of gold that came to Solomon annually was 25 tons,

8275

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

8277

These nobles kept mentioning Tobiah’s good deeds to me, and they reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

8278

Then he said to Gehazi, “Say to her, ‘Look, you’ve gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?’”

She answered, “I am living among my own people.”

8279

Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. When the priests came out of the holy place,

8280

the desert owl,
the osprey, the cormorant,

8281

The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey.

8282

He can take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves can become his servants.

8283

So the Lord saved Israel that day.

The battle extended beyond Beth-aven,

8285

and as they were sailing He fell asleep. Then a fierce windstorm came down on the lake; they were being swamped and were in danger.

8286

The Lord answered Moses, “Is the Lord’s power limited? You will see whether or not what I have promised will happen to you.”

8288

“When you sound short blasts, the camps pitched on the east are to set out.

8289

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—

8290

The coastland peoples spread out into their lands. These are Japheth’s sons by their clans, in their nations. Each group had its own language.

8291

These are the family records of Aaron and Moses at the time the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

8292

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them commands concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

8293

But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you are undergoing the same punishment?

8294

You will eat but not be satisfied,
for there will be hunger within you.
What you acquire, you cannot save,
and what you do save,
I will give to the sword.

8295

As I listened the wheels were called “the wheelwork.”

8297

At that time Jerusalem will be called, Yahweh’s Throne, and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh in Jerusalem. They will cease to follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

8298

But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

Though the number of Israel’s sons
is like the sand of the sea,
only the remnant will be saved;

8299

He said, “Don’t be afraid, you who are treasured by God. Peace to you; be very strong!”

As he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”

8300

For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.

8301

“As I live,” says the Lord, “though you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would tear you from it.

8302

rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,

8303

By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise.

8304

so that I may declare all Your praises.
I will rejoice in Your salvation
within the gates of Daughter Zion.

8305

All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”

8306

Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa ordering their destruction, so that Hathach might show it to Esther, explain it to her, and command her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead with him personally for her people.

8307

The wing of the other cherub was 7½ feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7½ feet, reaching the wing of the other cherub.

8308

and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of households. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God’s temple.

8309

He said to him, “I am also a prophet like you. An angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet deceived him,

8310

Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

8311

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee—all the land of Naphtali—and deported the people to Assyria.

8312

“No matter what, I want to run!”

“Then run!” Joab said to him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.

8313

“My lord,” she said, “you have been so kind to me, for you have comforted and encouraged your slave, although I am not like one of your female servants.”

8314

five crossbars for the planks on the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for the planks of the back side of the tabernacle on the west.

8315

The Lord did as Moses had said: the frogs in the houses, courtyards, and fields died.

8316

They departed from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh).

8317

Fire must be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not go out.

8318

and he will shepherd them with an iron scepter;
he will shatter them like pottery


just as I have received this from My Father.

8319

Then they spoke the message of the Lord to him along with everyone in his house.

8320

Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that He had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

8321

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism.

8322

Other seed fell among thorns; the thorns sprang up with it and choked it.

8323

“But those tenant farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’

8324

“Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the Lord. Today you won’t find any in the field.

8325

“Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go from his land.”

8327

When He reached the place, He told them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

8328

Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’

8329

Now some are inflated with pride, as though I were not coming to you.

8330

But the time will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

8331

They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,
sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.

8332

“To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

8334

Listen to the Lord’s lawsuit,
you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth,
because the Lord has a case against His people,
and He will argue it against Israel.

8335

The Lord brings this charge
against the elders and leaders of His people:
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

8336

The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.

8337

Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,
like infants who never see daylight?

8339

the Levitical singers dressed in fine linen and carrying cymbals, harps, and lyres were standing east of the altar, and with them were 120 priests blowing trumpets. The Levitical singers were descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun and their sons and relatives.

8340

If you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commands just as your father David did, I will give you a long life.”

8341

In the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to strengthen and protect him.

8342

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for Yahweh, the God of Israel,

8343

I wish that someone might arbitrate
between a man and God
just as a man pleads for his friend.

8344

Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah98

8345

But the grapevine said to them,
“Should I stop giving my wine
that cheers both God and man,
and rule over trees?”

8346

He said:

Lord God of Israel,
there is no God like You
in heaven or on earth,
keeping His gracious covenant
with Your servants who walk before You
with their whole heart.

8347

Early on the seventh day, they started at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same way. That was the only day they marched around the city seven times.

8348

Now Eli was very old. He heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

8351

During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.

8352

The people told him about the offer, concluding, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

8354

Saul approached Samuel in the gate area and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

8355

If your gift is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.

8356

The lords of Shechem rebelled against him by putting people on the tops of the mountains to ambush and rob everyone who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.

8357

As he sowed, this occurred: Some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

8359

“I fell down in the presence of the Lord 40 days and 40 nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.

8360

the king of Libnahone the king of Adullam one

8361

After they set out from Kadesh, the entire Israelite community came to Mount Hor.

8362

Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him from the Israelites.

8363

“May the Lord take note of you and judge,” they said to them, “because you have made us reek in front of Pharaoh and his officials—putting a sword in their hand to kill us!”

8364

She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.

8365

Many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead for the Lord’s favor.”

8366

You are to tell him: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Here is a man whose name is Branch; He will branch out from His place and build the Lord’s temple.

8367

You will show loyalty to Jacob
and faithful love to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers
from days long ago.

8368

The remnant of Israel will no longer
do wrong or tell lies;
a deceitful tongue will not be found
in their mouths.
But they will pasture and lie down,
with nothing to make them afraid.

8369

How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
I have had a change of heart;
My compassion is stirred!

8370

That is why I have been prevented many times from coming to you.

8371

So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command.

Now Nineveh was an extremely large city, a three-day walk.

8372

Then after the exile to Babylon
Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel,
Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,

8373

Woe to the city that is rebellious and defiled,
the oppressive city!

8374

Egypt will become desolate,
and Edom a desert wasteland,
because of the violence done to the people of Judah
in whose land they shed innocent blood.

8375

I have made your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them or discouraged by the look on their faces, even though they are a rebellious house.”

8376

As soon as the king heard this, he was very displeased; he set his mind on rescuing Daniel and made every effort until sundown to deliver him.

8377

The Lord will bring on you, your people, and the house of your father, such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah—the king of Assyria is coming.”

8378

Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

8379

The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes
have also broken your skull.

8380

This bread of ours was warm when we took it from our houses as food on the day we left to come to you. But take a look, it is now dry and crumbly.

8381

When the Arameans came against him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Please strike this nation with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to Elisha’s word.

8382

Whenever the Israelites went out, the Lord was against them and brought disaster on them, just as He had promised and sworn to them. So they suffered greatly.

8384

Saul then removed his clothes and also prophesied before Samuel; he collapsed and lay naked all that day and all that night. That is why they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

8385

He said: “You will know that the living God is among you and that He will certainly dispossess before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites

8387

From the Izrahites: Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.

8388

Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have also captured the water supply.

8389

And Samuel’s words came to all Israel.

Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

8390

Now please swear to me by the Lord that you will also show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

8391

Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the sons of Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law, and pitched his tent beside the oak tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.

8392

These were the outermost cities of the tribe of the descendants of Judah toward the border of Edom in the Negev: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

8393

who did not become a priest based on a legal command concerning physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.

8394

Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”

8395

I told you: Let My son go so that he may worship Me, but you refused to let him go. Now I will kill your firstborn son!”

8396

“They are to take a young bull and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

8397

“Leave,” He said, “because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” And they started laughing at Him.

8398

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one who comes against him with 20,000?

8399

His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge
by what He sees with His eyes,
He will not execute justice
by what He hears with His ears,

8400

As for Titus, he is my partner and coworker serving you; as for our brothers, they are the messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

8401

But if something has been revealed to another person sitting there, the first prophet should be silent.

8402

Every place the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.

8403

For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was guarded, bound by chains and shackles, he would snap the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

8404

For this reason, I am very eager to send him so that you may rejoice when you see him again and I may be less anxious.

8405

Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion,
for I will make your horns iron
and your hooves bronze,
so you can crush many peoples.
Then you will set apart their plunder
to the Lord for destruction,
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

8406

Then Paul left their presence.

8408

On that day you will say:
“I will praise You, Lord,
although You were angry with me.
Your anger has turned away,
and You have had compassion on me.

8409

who build Zion with bloodshed
and Jerusalem with injustice.

8411

What strength do I have that I should continue to hope?
What is my future, that I should be patient?

8412

Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

8413

I also issue a decree concerning any man who interferes with this directive:

Let a beam be torn from his house and raised up; he will be impaled on it, and his house will be made into a garbage dump because of this offense.

8415

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
A fire unfanned by human hands will consume him;
it will feed on what is left in his tent.

8416

He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. Indeed, your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

8417

Let them tell the righteous acts of the Lord,
the righteous deeds of His warriors in Israel,
with the voices of the singers at the watering places.


Then the Lord’s people went down to the gates.

8419

Adnaof Harim, Helkai of Meraioth,

8420

Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows!” So he took them. Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” So he struck the ground three times and stopped.

8421

because the hill country will be yours also. It is a forest; clear it and its outlying areas will be yours. You can also drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.”

8422

Joshua started early the next morning and left the Acacia Grove with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan and stayed there before crossing.

8423

When it was about daylight, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing.

8425

Take away from Me the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.

8426

Then the Lord changed the wind to a strong west wind, and it carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

8427

Two of everything—from the birds according to their kinds, from the livestock according to their kinds, and from the animals that crawl on the ground according to their kinds—will come to you so that you can keep them alive.

8428

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple complex, and at once the gates were shut.

8429

After Moses sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.

8430

“At that time we took the land from the two Amorite kings across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon,

8431

When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.

8432

But he kept insisting, “If I have to die with You, I will never deny You!” And they all said the same thing.

8433

“Now this happened three times, and then everything was drawn up again into heaven.

8434

“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose Son is He?”

“David’s,” they told Him.

8435

After he had given permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand to the people. When there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language:

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8437

But the boat was already over a mile from land, battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.

8438

So he approached where I was standing; when he came near, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision refers to the time of the end.”

8439

“Go, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.”

8440

Do not seek Bethel
or go to Gilgal
or journey to Beer-sheba,
for Gilgal will certainly go into exile,
and Bethel will come to nothing.

8441

Then I said, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?

8442

The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and they pour out drink offerings to other gods so that they provoke Me to anger.

8443

Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road;
the almond tree blossoms,
the grasshopper loses its spring,
and the caper berry has no effect;
for man is headed to his eternal home,
and mourners will walk around in the street;

8445

Israel, if you act promiscuously,
don’t let Judah become guilty!
Do not go to Gilgal
or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven,
and do not swear an oath: As the Lord lives!

8446

David was infuriated with the man and said to Nathan: “As the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

8447

Your own evil will discipline you;
your own apostasies will reprimand you.
Think it over and see how evil and bitter it is
for you to abandon the Lord your God
and to have no fear of Me.
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.

8449

But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words? Hasn’t he also sent me to the men who sit on the wall, destined with you to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”

8450

Elisha said, “Don’t be afraid, for those who are with us outnumber those who are with them.”

8451

David asked, “Is there anyone remaining from Saul’s family I can show kindness to because of Jonathan?”

8453

Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all of King Ahasuerus’s provinces, both near and far.

8454

Therefore, I have sworn to Eli’s family: The iniquity of Eli’s family will never be wiped out by either sacrifice or offering.”

8455

The Jews in Susa assembled again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed 300 men in Susa, but they did not seize any plunder.

8456

They are to eat the meat that night; they should eat it, roasted over the fire along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

8457

when the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth goes ahead of you into the Jordan.

8458

When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.

8459

The men who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

8460

When Israel had finished killing everyone living in Ai who had pursued them into the open country, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword.

8461

For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this immense wilderness. The Lord your God has been with you this past 40 years, and you have lacked nothing.’

8462

If the household is too small for a whole animal, that person and the neighbor nearest his house are to select one based on the combined number of people; you should apportion the animal according to what each person will eat.

8463

“When the Lord your God enlarges your territory as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat’ because you have a strong desire to eat meat, you may eat it whenever you want.

8464

“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the sanctuary area? For it is especially holy, and He has assigned it to you to take away the guilt of the community and make atonement for them before the Lord.

8465

The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I receive glory through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

8467

So Moses went back to the Lord and asked, “Lord, why have You caused trouble for this people? And why did You ever send me?

8468

because he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.”

8469

He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and you will serve as God to him.

8470

Japheth’s sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

8471

They all ate the same spiritual food,

8472

They are enthusiastic about you, but not for any good. Instead, they want to isolate you so you will be enthusiastic about them.

8473

For it is said, “His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable.”

8474

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

8475

Accept us. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, defrauded no one.

8476

I assure you: I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in the kingdom of God.”

8478

Then all the people would come early in the morning to hear Him in the temple complex.

8479

Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep.
Then I would be at rest

8480

son of Maath, son of Mattathias,
son of Semein, son of Josech,
son of Joda,

8481

I will drive you from My presence, just as I drove out all of your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.

8482

This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?

8483

When Solomon finished praying, fire descended from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

8484

He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze craftsman. Hiram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge to do every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

8485

Praise the Lord, all His works
in all the places where He rules.
My soul, praise Yahweh!

8486

You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

8487

The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire, mixed with blood, were hurled to the earth. So a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

8488

They fought on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar and rested on the fourteenth, and it became a day of feasting and rejoicing.

8489

Hathach came and repeated Mordecai’s response to Esther.

8490

During Jehoram’s reign, Edom rebelled against Judah’s control and appointed their own king.

8491

Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, also went down to meet the king. He had not taken care of his feet, trimmed his mustache, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely.

8492

Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am.

8493

Moses said to Hobab, son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite: “We’re setting out for the place the Lord promised: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

8494

May your house become like the house of Perez, the son Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the Lord will give you by this young woman.”

8495

So the king said to Shimei, “You will not die.” Then the king gave him his oath.

8496

all the cities of the plateau, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. Moses had killed him and the chiefs of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

8497

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron: Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, and it will become gnats throughout the land of Egypt.”

8498

“However, I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go, unless he is forced by a strong hand.

8500

but also for us. It will be credited to us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

8501

Or do Barnabas and I alone have no right to refrain from working?

8502

Two of all flesh that has the breath of life in it entered the ark with Noah.

8503

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other one who had been crucified with Him.

8504

The Lord of Hosts will defend them.
They will consume and conquer with slingstones;
they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine.
They will be as full as the sprinkling basin,
like those at the corners of the altar.

8505

If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.’”

8506

Then they brought the donkey to Jesus and threw their robes on it, and He sat on it.

8507

He overlaid the temple—the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors—with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

8508

So Daniel went and asked the king to give him some time, so that he could give the king the interpretation.

8509

She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and at last, on the seventh day, he explained it to her, because she had nagged him so much. Then she explained it to her people.

8510

What if there are 50 righteous people in the city? Will You really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the 50 righteous people who are in it?

8511

When their drinking is over,
they turn to promiscuity.
Israel’s leaders fervently love disgrace.

8512

I constructed reservoirs of water for myself from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees.

8513

A wise king separates out the wicked
and drives the threshing wheel over them.

8514

With the faithful
You prove Yourself faithful;
with the blameless man
You prove Yourself blameless;

8515

and plunge it into the container or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. The priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is the way they treated all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.

8516

Yet you are not the one to build it;
instead, your son, your own offspring,
will build it for My name.”

8517

No woman will miscarry or be childless in your land. I will give you the full number of your days.

8518

So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the open country, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and go into the city.’”

8519

The Lord spoke to Moses:

8520

So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

8521

But they didn’t listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and smelled. Therefore Moses was angry with them.

8522

They buried him in the territory of his inheritance, in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

8523

Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the mat through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

8524

from Mount Halak, which ascends to Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.

8525

“In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also announced these days.

8526

The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your neighbor?”

8528

And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.

8529

So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took God’s staff in his hand.

8530

For the stones will cry out from the wall,
and the rafters will answer them
from the woodwork.

8531

They will lick the dust like a snake;
they will come trembling out of their hiding places
like reptiles slithering on the ground.
They will tremble in the presence of Yahweh our God;
they will stand in awe of You.

8533

Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia,
because the rod of the one who struck you is broken.
For a viper will come from the root of a snake,
and from its egg comes a flying serpent.

8534

Now hear the word of the Lord. You say:

Do not prophesy against Israel;
do not preach against the house of Isaac.

8535

In fact, they are now saying,
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.
What can a king do for us?”

8536

They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.

8537

The woman Folly is rowdy;
she is gullible and knows nothing.

8538

Don’t envy a violent man
or choose any of his ways;

8539

My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You
because You have redeemed me.

8540

He wanders about for food, saying, “Where is it?”
He knows the day of darkness is at hand.

8542

And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress, the city wall, and the home where I will live.” The king granted my requests, for I was graciously strengthened by my God.

8543

They perish at a single blast from God
and come to an end by the breath of His nostrils.

8544

But many of the older priests, Levites, and family leaders, who had seen the first temple, wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this house, but many others shouted joyfully.

8545

The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces assembled, defended themselves, and got rid of their enemies. They killed 75,000 of those who hated them, but they did not seize any plunder.

8546

If the king approves, let an order be drawn up authorizing their destruction, and I will pay 375 tons of silver to the accountants for deposit in the royal treasury.”

8547

Wash, put on perfumed oil, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

8548

and their relatives, capable men: 128. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim, was their chief.

8549

You made Your people Israel Your own people forever, and You, Lord, have become their God.

8550

So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was severe—30,000 of the Israelite foot soldiers fell.

8551

The donkey saw the Angel of the Lord and pressed herself against the wall, squeezing Balaam’s foot against it. So he hit her once again.

8552

Elisha said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Get ready, you and your household, and go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the Lord has announced a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”

8553

Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.

8554

Joel the chief, Shapham the second in command, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

8555

You who ride on white donkeys,
who sit on saddle blankets,
and who travel on the road, give praise!

8556

The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil from the grain offering, with all the frankincense that is on the offering, and burn its memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

8557

Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

8558

Now a Philistine garrison took control of the pass at Michmash.

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8559

“Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon. Israel said to him, ‘Please let us travel through your land to our country,’

8560

But if all are prophesying and some unbeliever or uninformed person comes in, he is convicted by all and is judged by all.

8561

Then Jotham fled, escaping to Beer, and lived there because of his brother Abimelech.

8562

Then He told her, “Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

8563

So Moses asked the Lord, “Why have You brought such trouble on Your servant? Why are You angry with me, and why do You burden me with all these people?

8564

Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table can be carried by them.

8566

At once Jesus realized in Himself that power had gone out from Him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My robes?”

8567

and saying, “The One who would demolish the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

8568

Israel worshiped Yahweh throughout Joshua’s lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlived Joshua and who had experienced all the works Yahweh had done for Israel.

8570

Now it is always good to be enthusiastic about good—and not just when I am with you.

8571

When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

8572

He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth.

8573

During the day, He was teaching in the temple complex, but in the evening He would go out and spend the night on what is called the Mount of Olives.

8574

God comes from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Paran.Selah
His splendor covers the heavens,
and the earth is full of His praise.

8575

And this news spread throughout that whole area.

8576

The princes of Judah are like those
who move boundary markers;
I will pour out My fury on them like water.

8577

you who rejoice over Lo-debar
and say, “Didn’t we capture Karnaim
for ourselves by our own strength?”

8578

I will gather them and bring them to an end.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
There will be no grapes on the vine,
no figs on the fig tree,
and even the leaf will wither.
Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.

8579

People will go into caves in the rocks
and holes in the ground,
away from the terror of the Lord
and from His majestic splendor,
when He rises to terrify the earth.

8580

By His knowledge the watery depths broke open,
and the clouds dripped with dew.

8581

There the wicked cease to make trouble,
and there the weary find rest.

8582

I heard but did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

8583

For long ago I broke your yoke;
I tore off your chains.
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.

8584

“Son of man, your own relatives, those who have the right to redeem you, and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those that the residents of Jerusalem have said this to, ‘Stay away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

8585

I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath.

8586

During his reign, Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn, he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest, he set up its gates, according to the word of the Lord He had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

8587

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Israel
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.

8588

For a remnant will go out from Jerusalem and survivors, from Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.

8589

But Pharaoh responded, “Who is Yahweh that I should obey Him by letting Israel go? I do not know anything about Yahweh, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”

8590

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi,
and from his sons, Jaaziah his son.

8591

So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the Lord, because they treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

8592

Azariah fathered Seraiah;
and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.

8593

Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingship of Israel away from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

8594

When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.

8595

Ethan’s son: Azariah.

8596

I have provided a place there for the ark,
where the Lord’s covenant is
that He made with our ancestors
when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

8597

Your little children, whom you said would be plunder, your sons who don’t know good from evil, will enter there. I will give them the land, and they will take possession of it.

8598

The descendants of Dan: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

8599

Each woman will ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry, and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

8600

His neighbors and those who formerly had seen him as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who sat begging?”

8602

and said to him:

Get out of your country
and away from your relatives,
and come to the land
that I will show you.

8603

“Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, the one different from all the others, extremely terrifying, with iron teeth and bronze claws, devouring, crushing, and trampling with its feet whatever was left.

8604

Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it’s good for us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—

8605

But they do not know the Lord’s intentions
or understand His plan,
that He has gathered them
like sheaves to the threshing floor.

8606

Then they asked him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”

8607

Cush and Egypt were her endless source of strength;
Put and Libya were among her allies.

8608

Then Daniel spoke with the king: “May the king live forever.

8609

A flood of forces will be swept away before him; they will be shattered, as well as the covenant prince.

8610

My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive to prayer from this place.

8612

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

8613

Carmi’s son: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he was unfaithful by taking the things set apart for destruction.

8614

Eliphaz’s sons: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

8615

he sent horses, chariots, and a massive army there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

8616

The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.

8617

See which field they are harvesting, and follow them. Haven’t I ordered the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”

8618

In the fiftieth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned two years.

8619

Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.

8620

So they went up toward the city.

Saul and his attendant were entering the city when they saw Samuel coming toward them on his way to the high place.

8621

In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord selects is to come forward clan by clan. The clan the Lord selects is to come forward family by family. The family the Lord selects is to come forward man by man.

8622

Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

8623

“He still had one to send, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

8624

That is what they did. They brought the five kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon to Joshua out of the cave.

8625

The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

8626

Carefully observe the commands of the Lord your God, the decrees and statutes He has commanded you.

8627

Then he will sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering.

8628

So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.

8629

He is to remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering: the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat that is on the entrails,

8630

The tabernacle was then taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting the tabernacle.

8631

They ridiculed him: “You’re that man’s disciple, but we’re Moses’ disciples.

8632

Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; then answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

8633

The coastland will belong
to the remnant of the house of Judah;
they will find pasture there.
They will lie down in the evening
among the houses of Ashkelon,
for the Lord their God will return to them
and restore their fortunes.

8634

Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

8635

Then Daniel was brought before the king. The king said to him, “Are you Daniel, one of the Judean exiles that my predecessor the king brought from Judah?

8636

If I go out to the field,
look—those slain by the sword!
If I enter the city,
look—those ill from famine!
For both prophet and priest
travel to a land they do not know.

8637

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. According to Shigionoth.

8638

Then you will go safely on your way;
your foot will not stumble.

8639

David answered Saul: “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

8640

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”

8641

They pledged to send their wives away, and being guilty, they offered a ram from the flock for their guilt;

8642

Therefore I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air.

8643

Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

8644

Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his brothers began to build the altar of Israel’s God in order to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

8645

This explains why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a time of rejoicing and feasting. It is a holiday when they send gifts to one another.

8646

The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

8647

what was declared by wise men
and was not suppressed by their ancestors,

8648

These were David’s sons who were born to him in Hebron:
Amnon was the firstborn, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
Daniel was born second, by Abigail of Carmel;

8649

Hezron’s sons, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

8650

Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the Qedemites had settled down in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.

8651

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. Throughout his reign, he did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

8652

“These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

8653

But the Israelites said, “We have sinned. Deal with us as You see fit; only deliver us today!”

8654

Joshua also set up 12 stones in the middle of the Jordan where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are there to this day.

8655

Ish-bosheth could not answer Abner because he was afraid of him.

8656

So they got up and were counted off—12 for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and 12 from David’s soldiers.

8657

But don’t eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

8658

“This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams.

8660

so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your fathers.

8661

The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.

8662

These things are illustrations, for the women represent the two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery—this is Hagar.

8663

Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.

8664

But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He told the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

8665

But the Lord replied to Moses, “Now you are going to see what I will do to Pharaoh: he will let them go because of My strong hand; he will drive them out of his land because of My strong hand.”

8667

I would like to be with you right now and change my tone of voice, because I don’t know what to do about you.

8669

So, leaving everything behind, he got up and began to follow Him.

8670

They ate and were filled. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces.

8671

Some said, “He’s the one.” “No,” others were saying, “but he looks like him.”

He kept saying, “I’m the one!”

8673

You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory.
You also—drink,
and expose your uncircumcision!
The cup in the Lord’s right hand
will come around to you,
and utter disgrace will cover your glory.

8674

It will be like a man who flees from a lion
only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.

8675

So he got up, took the child and His mother, and entered the land of Israel.

8676

until the Ancient of Days arrived and a judgment was given in favor of the holy ones of the Most High, for the time had come, and the holy ones took possession of the kingdom.

8677

None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. He will live because of the righteousness he has practiced.

8678

But you are thrown out without a grave,
like a worthless branch,
covered by those slain with the sword
and dumped into a rocky pit like a trampled corpse.

8680

Now I will tell you the truth.

“Three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth will be far richer than the others. By the power he gains through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

8681

with the kings and counselors of the earth,
who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,

8682

He said:

Lord God of Israel,
there is no God like You
in heaven above or on earth below,
keeping the gracious covenant
with Your servants who walk before You
with their whole heart.

8683

Is Israel a slave?
Was he born into slavery?
Why else has he become a prey?

8684

But the Lord of Hosts is exalted by His justice,
and the holy God is distinguished by righteousness.

8685

Mordecai was the legal guardian of his cousin Hadassah (that is, Esther), because she didn’t have a father or mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was extremely good-looking. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter.

8686

Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

8687

Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the Angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you.”

8689

So the Jewish elders continued successfully with the building under the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished the building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and King Artaxerxes of Persia.

8690

May the God who caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who dares to harm or interfere with this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out diligently.

8691

be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, ‘How did these nations worship their gods? I’ll also do the same.’

8692

Then the women said to Naomi, “Praise the Lord, who has not left you without a family redeemer today. May his name become well known in Israel.

8693

So Moses thought: I must go over and look at this remarkable sight. Why isn’t the bush burning up?

8694

Israel and the Philistines lined up in battle formation facing each other.

8695

The sound of harpists, musicians,
flutists, and trumpeters
will never be heard in you again;
no craftsman of any trade
will ever be found in you again;
the sound of a mill
will never be heard in you again;

8696

For if you carefully observe every one of these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the Lord your God, walk in all His ways, and remain faithful to Him—

8697

all the cities of the plateau, Gilead, and Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of Og’s kingdom in Bashan.

8698

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor on the border of the land of Edom,

8699

He burned up the flesh and the hide outside the camp.

8700

Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who will personally report the same things by word of mouth.

8701

Next the military divisions of the camp of Ephraim with their banner set out, and Elishama son of Ammihud was over Ephraim’s division.

8703

He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand so that this act will serve as my witness that I dug this well.”

8705

Since its blood was not brought inside the sanctuary, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”

8706

For I know your eagerness, and I brag about you to the Macedonians: “Achaia has been prepared since last year,” and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

8708

Then some of the crowd gave Alexander advice when the Jews pushed him to the front. So motioning with his hand, Alexander wanted to make his defense to the people.

8709

I heard, and I trembled within;
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress
to come against the people invading us.

8710

Then they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their robes on the donkey, they helped Jesus get on it.

8712

For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

8713

and say: This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the women who sew magic bands on the wrist of every hand and who make veils for the heads of people of every height in order to ensnare lives. Will you ensnare the lives of My people but preserve your own?

8714

“This is Wickedness,” he said. He shoved her down into the basket and pushed the lead weight over its opening.

8715

In all your detestable practices and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were stark naked and lying in your blood.

8716

And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell, bound, into the furnace of blazing fire.

8717

“You even took your sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them to these images as food. Wasn’t your prostitution enough?

8718

You force the women of My people
out of their comfortable homes,
and you take My blessing
from their children forever.

8719

Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.

8720

against all the high mountains,
against all the lofty hills,

8722

The king told Haman, “Hurry, and do just as you proposed. Take a garment and a horse for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the King’s Gate. Do not leave out anything you have suggested.”

8723

Didn’t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His anger against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”

8724

“Tell the Israelites: When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is during the days of her menstrual impurity.

8725

They said to each other, “Come, let us make oven-fired bricks.” They used brick for stone and asphalt for mortar.

8726

As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

8727

Here, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine now. Use them and do whatever you want to them. But don’t do this horrible thing to this man.”

8728

So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace and put it into the hands of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion king of Aram who lived in Damascus, saying,

8729

Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was head of their ancestral houses.

8730

Judah did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes. They provoked Him to jealous anger more than all that their ancestors had done with the sins they committed.

8731

“We’re going to die,” he said to his wife, “because we have seen God!”

8732

because of the sin he committed by doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and by following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he caused Israel to commit.

8733

Whenever the judge died, the Israelites would act even more corruptly than their fathers, going after other gods to worship and bow down to them. They did not turn from their evil practices or their obstinate ways.

8734

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about it, for he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon’s presence, Jeroboam stayed in Egypt.

8735

However, the archers shot down on your soldiers from the top of the wall, and some of the king’s soldiers died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

8736

Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; 10,000 men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

8737

And who was He provoked with for 40 years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

8738

So Zipporah took a flint, cut off her son’s foreskin, and threw it at Moses’ feet. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood to me!”

8740

“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

8741

Now I do all this because of the gospel, so I may become a partner in its benefits.

8742

When they reached Jesus, they pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this,

8743

The sons of Simeon:
Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin,
Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
These are the clans of Simeon.

8744

But Paul and Barnabas, along with many others, remained in Antioch teaching and proclaiming the message of the Lord.

8745

The next day, they returned to the barracks, allowing the cavalry to go on with him.

8746

“If You drive us out,” the demons begged Him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”

8747

The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’

8749

On that day, the words

HOLY TO THE LORD

will be on the bells of the horses. The pots in the house of the Lord will be like the sprinkling basins before the altar.

8750

Let his mind be changed from that of a man,
and let him be given the mind of an animal
for seven periods of time.

8751

I will not vent the full fury of My anger;
I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim.
For I am God and not man,
the Holy One among you;
I will not come in rage.

8752

ז ZayinRemember my affliction and my homelessness,
the wormwood and the poison.

8754

They captured fortified cities and fertile land
and took possession of well-supplied houses,
cisterns cut out of rock, vineyards,
olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance.
They ate, were filled,
became prosperous, and delighted in Your great goodness.

8755

A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing in regard to Daniel could be changed.

8756

I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.

8757

They will know that I am Yahweh when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

8758

God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.

8760

for they abandoned Him and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.

8761

Their houses will be turned over to others,
their fields and wives as well,
for I will stretch out My hand
against the inhabitants of the land.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

8762

They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;

8763

The goat will carry on it all their wrongdoings into a desolate land, and he will release it there.

8764

The weight of the nails was 20 ounces of gold, and he overlaid the ceiling with gold.

8765

So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. Then at night he set out to attack the Edomites who had surrounded him and the chariot commanders, but his troops fled to their tents.

8766

Elisha responded, “As the Lord of Hosts lives, I stand before Him. If I did not have respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I would not look at you; I wouldn’t take notice of you.

8767

He is to rededicate his time of consecration to the Lord and to bring a year-old male lamb as a restitution offering. But do not count the previous period, because his consecrated hair became defiled.

8768

You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

8769

Solomon completed his entire palace complex after 13 years of construction.

8770

Then David inquired of the Lord: “Should I go to war against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?”

The Lord replied to David, “Go, for I will certainly hand the Philistines over to you.”

8771

Then men in ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces, some on one side and some on the other. They struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained,

8772

“But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,

8773

Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life for Me? I assure you: A rooster will not crow until you have denied Me three times.

8774

I led them with human cords,
with ropes of love.
To them I was like one
who eases the yoke from their jaws;
I bent down to give them food.

8775

But Moses asked him, “Are you jealous on my account? If only all the Lord’s people were prophets and the Lord would place His Spirit on them!”

8776

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, requesting Him to come and save the life of his slave.

8777

“Therefore, what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others.

8778

These are the names of the sons of Levi
according to their genealogy:
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Levi lived 137 years.

8779

If any person speaks in another language, there should be only two, or at the most three, each in turn, and someone must interpret.

8780

And tell Archippus, “Pay attention to the ministry you have received in the Lord, so that you can accomplish it.”

8781

If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a long distance.”

8782

And they begged Him not to banish them to the abyss.

8784

Ephraim chases the wind
and pursues the east wind.
He continually multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a covenant with Assyria,
and olive oil is carried to Egypt.

8785

If a man is carrying consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does it become holy?”

The priests answered, “No.”

8786

“so I have resolved again in these days to do what is good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.

8787

She has fallen;
Virgin Israel will never rise again.
She lies abandoned on her land,
with no one to raise her up.

8788

During a time of peace, he will come into the richest parts of the province and do what his fathers and predecessors never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will make plans against fortified cities, but only for a time.

8789

Look, he advances like clouds;
his chariots are like a storm.
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!

8790

urging them to ask the God of heaven for mercy concerning this mystery, so Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men.

8791

Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop charging this interest.

8792

“Therefore say: This is what the Lord God says: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

8793

then You frighten me with dreams,
and terrify me with visions,

8794

Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He will do what has already been done.

8795

then I will uproot Israel from the soil that I gave them, and this temple that I have sanctified for My name I will banish from My presence; I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

8796

The prophet Elisha called one of the sons of the prophets and said, “Tuck your mantle under your belt, take this flask of oil with you, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

8797

So David inquired of the Lord, and He answered, “Do not make a frontal assault. Circle around behind them and attack them opposite the balsam trees.

8798

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.

8799

Midian’s sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
All of these were Keturah’s sons.

8800

Then Elisha died and was buried.

Now Moabite raiders used to come into the land in the spring of the year.

8801

When I and everyone with me blow our trumpets, you are also to blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then you will say, ‘For Yahweh and for Gideon!’”

8802

Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjaminite, as a deliverer for them. The Israelites sent him to Eglon king of Moab with tribute money.

8803

The Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah because of His servant David, since He had promised to give a lamp to David and his sons forever.

8804

The Lord commanded us to follow all these statutes and to fear the Lord our God for our prosperity always and for our preservation, as it is today.

8805

and when he died, he was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

8806

because the great day of Their wrath has come! And who is able to stand?”

8807

“Get dressed,” the angel told him, “and put on your sandals.” And he did so. “Wrap your cloak around you,” he told him, “and follow me.”

8808

“Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says:

I remember the loyalty of your youth,
your love as a bride—
how you followed Me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.

8809

“Be careful to follow these statutes and ordinances in the land that Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days you live on the earth.

8810

Manasseh’s descendants:
the Machirite clan from Machir.
Machir fathered Gilead;
the Gileadite clan from Gilead.

8811

Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a presentation offering from the Israelites, so that they may perform the Lord’s work.

8813

Joshua son of Nun, assistant to Moses since his youth, responded, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

8814

yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, in order to teach others also, than 10,000 words in another language.

8815

Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits, then they are obligated to minister to Jews in material needs.

8816

A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

8817

Again he sent another slave to them, and they hit him on the head and treated him shamefully.

8818

In the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, the Lord told Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

8819

Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

8820

In the meantime the disciples kept urging Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

8821

I will depart and return to My place
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;
they will search for Me in their distress.

8822

Ships of Kittim will come against him, and being intimidated, he will withdraw. Then he will rage against the holy covenant and take action. On his return, he will favor those who abandon the holy covenant.

8823

“Then after all your evil—Woe, woe to you!”—the declaration of the Lord God

8824

Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.

8825

The two kings, whose hearts are bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.

8826

I planted you, a choice vine
from the very best seed.
How then could you turn into
a degenerate, foreign vine?

8827

But speak My words to them whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

8829

Three of the 30 chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while the Philistine army was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

8830

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.

8831

How many iniquities and sins have I committed?
Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

8832

Before the day breaks
and the shadows flee,
turn to me, my love, and be like a gazelle
or a young stag on the divided mountains.


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8833

Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king and reigned 55 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

8834

to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.

8835

Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a raiding party, so they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. When he touched Elisha’s bones, the man revived and stood up!

8836

The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah of the Merarites;

8837

Gideon and the 100 men who were with him went to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch after the sentries had been stationed. They blew their trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.

8838

“When he has finished purifying the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat.

8839

Their relatives according to their ancestral houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven.

8840

So all the men of Israel were assembled in the presence of King Solomon in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim, at the festival.

8841

He ordered his attendant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she stood before him.

8842

However, the people who followed Omri proved stronger than those who followed Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

8843

Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back. The Lord also said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over Israel.’”

8844

Pull out some stalks from the bundles for her and leave them for her to gather. Don’t rebuke her.”

8845

King Solomon ruled over Israel,

8846

But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As the Lord lives, the One who has redeemed my life from every distress,

8847

to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beer-sheba.”

8848

But when Pharaoh saw there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

8849

that I have intense sorrow and continual anguish in my heart.

8850

Then He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks, broke the loaves, and kept on giving them to His disciples to set before the people. So they served the loaves to the crowd.

8851

Along with those the Israelites put to death, they also killed the diviner, Balaam son of Beor, with the sword.

8852

So the disciples came and woke Him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to die!”

8853

If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, you may slaughter any of your herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.

8854

So the city was filled with confusion, and they rushed all together into the amphitheater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.

8856

But any grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all of Aaron’s sons.

8857

Therefore, it was credited to him for righteousness.

8858

“But the one who was mistreating his neighbor pushed him away, saying:

Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?

8859

The Lord their God will save them on that day
as the flock of His people;
for they are like jewels in a crown,
sparkling over His land.

8860

Then they sat down and were guarding Him there.

8861

I looked up, and there was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of gold from Uphaz around his waist.

8862

“Take an offering from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.

8863

But, Lord of Hosts, who judges righteously,
who tests heart and mind,
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You.

8864

I will move against them with My power, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me.

8865

Observe this: The Lord God of Hosts
is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah
every kind of security:
the entire supply of bread and water,

8866

The king of the North will return to his land with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant; he will take action, then return to his own land.

8868

before the sun and the light are darkened,
and the moon and the stars,
and the clouds return after the rain;

8869

And I, my brothers, my men, and the guards with me never took off our clothes. Each carried his weapon, even when washing.

8870

When Mordecai learned all that had occurred, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, went into the middle of the city, and cried loudly and bitterly.

8872

Then he said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Dig ditch after ditch in this wadi.’

8873

The king’s edict gave the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate every ethnic and provincial army hostile to them, including women and children, and to take their possessions as spoils of war.

8874

The whole Israelite army went to Bethel where they wept and sat before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.

8875

and abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They went after other gods from the surrounding peoples and bowed down to them. They infuriated the Lord,

8876

You have kept what You promised
to Your servant, my father David.
You spoke directly to him,
and You fulfilled Your promise by Your power,
as it is today.

8877

He sent 10,000 to Lebanon each month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon, two months they were at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

8878

What You have done so far was a little thing to You, Lord God, for You have also spoken about Your servant’s house in the distant future. And this is a revelation for mankind, Lord God.

8879

Baalath, Tamar in the Wilderness of Judah,

8880

Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

8881

He rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah the king rested with his fathers.

8882

David and his men went out and killed 200 Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as full payment to the king to become his son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David as his wife.

8883

A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Didn’t I reveal Myself to your ancestral house when it was in Egypt and belonged to Pharaoh’s palace?

8884

So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it Yahweh Shalom. It is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites until today.

8885

I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

8886

But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had intended to kill us, He wouldn’t have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us, and He would not have shown us all these things or spoken to us now like this.”

8887

You both see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods!

8888

Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,

8889

Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning; when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out. Or if it remained a day and a night, they moved out when the cloud lifted.

8890

the king of Makkedahone the king of Bethel one

8891

You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God is delivering over to you and not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

8892

he may calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man he sold it to, and return to his property.

8893

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”

8894

“So we bypassed our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road and from Elath and Ezion-geber. We traveled along the road to the Wilderness of Moab.

8895

those registered for the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

8896

The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain on the head.

8897

When Moses sent them to scout out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up this way to the Negev, then go up into the hill country.

8898

My defense to those who examine me is this:

8899

When Paul got to the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the mob’s violence,

8900

Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and questioned Him:

8901

Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

8902

When this man had been seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, I arrived with my troops and rescued him because I learned that he is a Roman citizen.

8903

Wanting to know the charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down before their Sanhedrin.

8904

The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

8905

While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly.

8906

This is why his parents said, “He’s of age; ask him.”

8907

And all the crowds were astounded and said, “Perhaps this is the Son of David!”

8909

Still, there was no one like Ahab, who devoted himself to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight, because his wife Jezebel incited him.

8910

Mordecai went from the king’s presence clothed in royal purple and white, with a great gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. The city of Susa shouted and rejoiced,

8911

The commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

8912

Then Jacob gave bread and lentil stew to Esau; he ate, drank, got up, and went away. So Esau despised his birthright.

8913

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

8914

So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.

8915

And who is like Your people Israel? God came to one nation on earth in order to redeem a people for Himself, to make a name for Himself, and to perform for them great and awesome acts, driving out nations and their gods before Your people You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.

8916

The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”

8917

“Therefore, I am about to inform them,
and this time I will make them know
My power and My might;
then they will know that My name is Yahweh.”

8918

Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh and did not worship Him.

8919

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan, their feet touched the water at its edge

8920

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

8921

Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

8922

Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king and reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, granddaughter of Israel’s King Omri.

8924

So Saul said to the troops with him, “Call the roll and determine who has left us.” They called the roll and saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were gone.

8926

When Jabin king of Hazor heard this news, he sent a message to:

Jobab king of Madon,
the kings of Shimron and Achshaph,

8927

Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans on their beds!
At morning light they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.

8928

For you can have 10,000 instructors in Christ, but you can’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

8929

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

8930

Kenan was 70 years old when he fathered Mahalalel.

8931

You have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

8932

As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?”

8933

This is what they get for their pride,
because they have taunted and acted arrogantly
against the people of the Lord of Hosts.

8935

So He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord’s house, and I saw women sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

8936

You tread the sea with Your horses,
stirring up the great waters.

8937

Won’t the Day of the Lord
be darkness rather than light,
even gloom without any brightness in it?

8938

Get up and leave,
for this is not your place of rest,
because defilement brings destruction—
a grievous destruction!

8939

“This is the writing that was inscribed:

MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.

8940

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.

8941

This is what the Lord God says:

I will take a sprig
from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it.
I will pluck a tender sprig
from its topmost shoots,
and I will plant it
on a high towering mountain.

8942

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

8943

Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness.
None of them will remain:
none of their multitude,
none of their wealth,
and none of the eminent among them.

8947

Lambs will graze
as if in their own pastures,
and strangers will eat
among the ruins of the rich.

8948

I was blameless toward Him
and kept myself from sinning.

8949

“Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

8950

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim 15 feet high out of olive wood.

8951

Instead, you must turn to the place Yahweh your God chooses from all your tribes to put His name for His dwelling and go there.

8952

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of disaster,
rescued from the day of wrath.

8953

Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea; they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing.

8954

Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down, had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon.

8955

So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. She beat out what she had gathered, and it was about 26 quarts of barley.

8956

and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding Him up to contempt.

8957

his son Amaziah, his son Azariah,
his son Jotham,

8958

Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and He fulfilled everything Samuel prophesied.

8959

He will say: “Where are their gods,
the ‘rock’ they found refuge in?

8960

Do nothing to the young woman, because she is not guilty of an offense deserving death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

8961

Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have carefully listened to everything you said to me and placed a king over you.

8962

What is left of the oil in the priest’s palm he is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed. In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the Lord.

8963

So he said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice now. He took my birthright, and look, now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

8964

The sun had risen over the land when Lot reached Zoar.

8965

“I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a visionary state, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.

8966

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the Canaanite clans scattered.

8967

Kenan lived 840 years after the birth of Mahalalel, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

8968

Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

8969

He will stand and shepherd them
in the strength of Yahweh,
in the majestic name of Yahweh His God.
They will live securely,
for then His greatness will extend
to the ends of the earth.

8970

Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

8971

I asked him, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

8972

I am a laughingstock to all my people,
mocked by their songs all day long.

8973

The river gates are opened,
and the palace erodes away.

8974

On that day I will respond
this is the Lord’s declaration.
I will respond to the sky,
and it will respond to the earth.

8975

They answered them just as Jesus had said, so they let them go.

8976

“With a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South. The king of the South will prepare for battle with an extremely large and powerful army, but he will not succeed, because plots will be made against him.

8977

All those who handle an oar
disembark from their ships.
The sailors and all the captains of the sea
stand on the shore.

8978

However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

8979

They have contradicted the Lord
and insisted, “It won’t happen.
Harm won’t come to us;
we won’t see sword or famine.”

8980

When you multiply and increase in the land, in those days”—the Lord’s declaration—“no one will say any longer, ‘The ark of the Lord’s covenant.’ It will never come to mind, and no one will remember or miss it. It will never again be made.

8981

Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed,
and the impoverished will lie down in safety,
but I will kill your root with hunger,
and your remnant will be slain.

8983

They will go into the caves of the rocks
and the crevices in the cliffs,
away from the terror of the Lord
and from His majestic splendor,
when He rises to terrify the earth.

8984

I also amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered male and female singers for myself, and many concubines, the delights of men.

8987

When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious. He mocked the Jews

8988

W My love is fit and strong,
notable among ten thousand.

8989

Send your bread on the surface of the waters,
for after many days you may find it.

8991

They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of the Israelite men included:

8992

and the rest of the peoples whom the great and illustrious Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and the region west of the Euphrates River.

8993

and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to the Sheminith.

8994

The Lord has fulfilled what He promised.
I have taken the place of my father David,
and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised.
I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

8995

I will defend this city and rescue it
for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.”

8996

As the time approached for David to die, he instructed his son Solomon,

8997

Abraham fathered Isaac.
Isaac’s sons: Esau and Israel.

8998

When we heard this, we lost heart, and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below.

8999

In the thirty-first year of Judah’s King Asa, Omri became king over Israel and reigned 12 years. He reigned six years in Tirzah,

9000

They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat them.

9001

teaching about ritual washings, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

9002

and said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’